History YMMV / SouthParkS10E1TheReturnOfChef

** The death itself is also quite polarizing. Due to how the sheer nastiness and goriness of it, as well as the the fact that the character's last decision before being killed was [[RedemptionRejection to leave the boys in favor of the cult that had brainwashed him]], it came across to many fans as very disrespectful to both the character and Music/IsaacHayes. However, others believe that a [[CruelAndUnusualDeath Cruel and Unusual]] [[UndignifiedDeath Undignified Death]] is an appropriate send-off for a major character in [[CrossesTheLineTwice a show like South Park]], especially considering how many of those deaths [[TheyKilledKennyAgain one of the protagonists]] gets daily (and the fact that many other major retired characters got killed in similarly gory and undignified ways, such as Ms. Chokesondik, Ms. Crabtree, Pip Pirrip, Betsy Donovan, Jack Tenorman, and Jason White)[[note]] granted, even those are quite contested among the fandom [[/note]].

* BrokenBase: While the episode got good reviews, many considered it too dark for its own good, most notably how brutal Chef's death was. On the other hand, the comedic moments, the brutal jabs at the very controversial Church of Scientology and Kyle's genuinely heartfelt eulogy at the end rescued the episode for some.
* The death itself is also quite polarizing. Due to how the sheer nastiness and goriness of it, as well as the the fact that the character's last decision before being killed was [[RedemptionRejection to leave the boys in favor of the cult that had brainwashed him]], it came across to many fans as very disrespectful to both the character and Music/IsaacHayes. However, others believe that a [[CruelAndUnusualDeath Cruel and Unusual]] [[UndignifiedDeath Undignified Death]] is an appropriate send-off for a major character in [[CrossesTheLineTwice a show like South Park]], especially considering how many of those deaths [[TheyKilledKennyAgain one of the protagonists]] gets daily (and the fact that many other major retired characters got killed in similarly gory and undignified ways, such as Ms. Chokesondik, Ms. Crabtree, Pip Pirrip, Betsy Donovan, Jack Tenorman, and Jason White)[[note]] granted, even those are quite contested among the fandom [[/note]].

* BrokenBase: While the episode got good reviews, many considered it too dark for its own good, most notably how brutal Chef's death was.

* ItWasHisSled: If you've seen the endless number of videos or read the reviews, then you would know that this is the episode where Chef dies.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: Chef getting horrifically killed is quite tragic, but it's still hard not to laugh when his corpse ''starts shitting itself''.

* HilariousInHindsight: The choppy splicing of Chef's previous lines to form new dialogue would later become a popular editing technique in WebAnimation/YouTubePoop.

** Chef's death scene is even sadder after Isaac Hayes' death two years later. Like Chef, Hayes died without renouncing the "fruity little club".

* NightmareFuel: Chef's drawn out death. First, he starts burning alive while barely hanging on the broken rope bridge after lightning strikes it. Then he gets hit by falling debris and falls on to several rocks before being impaled by a dead tree. Afterwards, a mountain lion ''and'' a grizzly bear show up to literally tear Chef apart with his internal organs spilling out, and the mountain lion ''tears his face off''; also, one of the SAC members [[ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy accidently shoots Chef several times]] while trying to kill the mountain lion.

* BrokenBase: While the episode got good reviews, many considered it too dark for it's own good, most notably how brutal Chef's death was.

** According to Music/IsaacHayes' son, Chef's "fruity little club" literally brainwashing and ruining "a cool guy" wasn't that much of an exaggeration. As it turned out, Hayes never intended to quit ''South Park'' in protest of "[[Recap/SouthParkS9E12TrappedInTheCloset Trapped in the Closet]]", rather the Church took advantage of the fact that he'd just had a debilitating stroke and, in his absence, quit ''for'' him (not unlike [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Lisa_McPherson what they'd done with Lisa McPherson]])! "Trapped In The Closet" may have exposed what Scientologists actually believe, but this episode ended up (unintentionally) exposing what they ''do.''
** Chef's death scene is even sadder after Isaac Hayes' death two years later. Like Chef, Hayes died without renouncing the "fruity little club."

* MoralEventHorizon: Connelly crosses when he kidnaps Chef to turn him into a pedophile, again, and finally succeeds.

* UncannyValley: Chef's dialogue in his messed-up state is actually previous dialogue that's been mixed up really badly making him sound like an edited [=YouTube=] video. This might come off as unsettling to some.

* UncannyValley: Chef's dialogue in his messed-up state is actually previous dialogue that's been mixed up really badly making him sound like an edited Youtube video. This might come off as unsettling to some.