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Happy Birthday Kenny!MrEnter is putting together a collection known as "1001 Animation You Must See Before You Die" and has requested the help of several deviantART users. Read more about it here: fav.me/d7b0ldi .
I figured I could help out in the field of South Park. Also I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who wants to see another episode that shows Kenny and Karen's relationship in a similar manner.
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I disagree with you, in my opinion, this episode only exist to increase Kenny’s popularity, Kenny and Karen’s relationship never was established in the show before, only in fanfiction of course, but Trey and Matt decided to make their sibling relationship canon(who previously only existed in the fanfics from the show) to please these fans and Karen is a one-dimensional character, she doesn’t have too much of a defined personality and is rather bland, Kenny and Karen’s relationship is also rushed and badly-developed, seems like Trey, Matt and the rest of the crew didn’t know how to develop their relationship properly because not only this was the first time that was established that Kenny has a bond with Karen, but also because they didn’t have enough time, which ended up turning Kenny and Karen’s sibling up being too boring and too perfect with little to no development.
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I have to admit, even though Karen is adorable, you're kinda right. She feels more like a Mary Sue OC than a good character to me.
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Yes, Karen isn’t a good character at all and her sibling bond with her brother Kenny feels too forced.
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Agreed! Seriously, in a family as dysfunctional as Kenny's, she'd probably be more aggressive, and not the stereotypical "Sweet little sister who cries a lot". She'd probably also have an essence of bitterness, and wouldn't be nearly as innocent as she's portrayed. She was barely even in the show before that episode, and as you said, their relationship feels very rushed and forced.
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Believe or not, she was based on a female OC created by a South Park fanfic writer named JMV, she was also called Karen, but she wasn’t a sweet and innocent girl, she was more active and mischievous, she was also more similar to Astro Boy’s younger sister Uran(not in appearance, but in personality), but she was more strong-willed and independent, but for some reason, Trey and Matt decided to turn her into a fragile Mary Sue who needs to be always protected by Kenny, what i mean is that there’s very few prominent female characters on South Park, the only exceptions are Wendy(she mainly gets more focus than the other girls because she is Stan’s girlfriend), Heidi in season 21(i don’t think she had a major role in season 20, because in this season she solely existed to be Cartman’s girlfriend and nothing more) and occasionally Bebe( she had a major role in some episodes such for example in “Clubhouses”, “Bebe’s Boobs destroy society” and “The List”), would be very cool if they created a badass South Park female character with a defined personality but what we get instead is another stereotypical female character, plus, i like Kyle and Ike’s brotherly bond more, i mean, their relationship is obviously not perfect and they were shown to fight sometimes, but at least is more well-developed and more heartwarming than Kenny and Karen’s relationship.
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Really? 
And yes, I agree, she's incredibly Mary Sue-ish. Like, the kind of Mary Sue a 13 year old fan would make to be their self insert or the girlfriend of their self inset or something...Seriously, Trey And Matt, why not make her like the original one? Or maybe a bit of a tomboy, or a little sassy, or something like that. Maybe give her a bit of a bad relationship with Kenny, but Kenny still protects her, if they want to make him more popular, like they seemed to try to do with this episode. WE NEED A BETTER YOUNG FEMALE CHARACTER!
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I think would be better if Kenny was a aloof big brother, because Kenny’s entire personality is that he is a pervert and that he dies a lot, this is just me, but i don’t see Kenny as a guy who cares a lot about his loved ones, i mean, he has done some heroic actions, but he isn’t that heroic, from all the boys, Kyle is the one who is protective towards his family, especially towards his little brother Ike, sure, Kyle has kicked him around like a football in earlier seasons, but he still usually fiercely loyal to Ike and there’s a lot of episodes focusing on their relationship, most notably on “Ike’s Wee Wee”, “Taming Strange”, “Miss Teacher bangs a boy”, “About Last Night” and “Fatbeard”, when Kyle tries to save Ike or keep him safe and sound, Kenny only have “Poor Kid” and the game Fractured but Whole and his cringy fanbase praise anything that he does just because is Kenny.
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Ikr? I could see Kyle doing something like that, maybe...But even though Kenny is my fav character, that was so OOC for him. He isn't some Gary Stu hero, he's a shy but weird pervert.
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I totally agree, this was very OOC for Kenny, he is not meant to be a heroic or complex character, he is just a dirty pervert who likes Women’s titties and who almost always dies, Stan and Kyle(especially Stan) who are the Heroes. This is one of the main reasons why i dislike Kenny, his fanbase worship him like if was some kind of hero just because he saved a sister that never has appeared on the show before outside of the episode “Best Friends Forever”, you mentioned that Kenny is your favorite character, i’m going to tell you something, i’m glad that i finally found a Kenny fan that doesn’t treat him like if he was a Gary Stu Hero.
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Thank you! :3 I respect your opinion. Honestly, that's one of the things that made me love him so much. He's no Gary Stu. He's no hero. He's no valiant white knight. He's a shy, socially awkward, weird little pervert, and that's what makes him kinda boyish and charming. And yes, his fanbase is so crazy, and this is coming from a big Kenny fan...THEY TREAT HIM LIKE SOME KIND OF GOD!
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True, his fans are annoying and this was the main reason why they created this episode, to please these fanfic writers who like to portray Kenny in a heroic way.
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Yep, I like the idea behind the episode, but honestly, use it for a different character, not Kenny.
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They could had used this for Kyle, i mean, Kyle was shown multiple times to be protective over his younger brother Ike, would be fun to see this. If you don’t know, i’m Currently working on my newest fanfic called “Fixing the war”, Kyle is one of the main characters from the fanfic.
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That sounds awesome! 
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Of course, i will post here on DeviantArt.
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