The South Park Theory, which explains why Cartman knew of Kenny’s immortality

In both the season 2 episode “City on the Edge of Forever” and the season 6 episode “Cartmanland,” Eric Cartman pointed out to the residents of South Park that Kenny was dying all the time. The reason Cartman can see what Stan and Kyle cannot see may be related to the Season 3 episode “Succubus” where he receives an eye transplant using Kenny’s eyes from his severed head. That might have given him the ability to literally see through Kenny’s eyes. In a Season 6 episode, “A Ladder to Heaven”, while Kenny was still officially dead on the show, Cartman drinks his ashes and through a supernatural possession begins to receive visions of Kenny’s life through his eyes as well, allowing Cartman to continue with his friend is connected .

An eerie bond between the two characters emerged from the 1992 short film “The Spirit of Christmas” by South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker. This short film features Jesus fighting Frosty the Snowman and came before the second Short film “Spirit of Christmas” in which Jesus fights Santa Claus; This made Stone and Parker a viral VHS sensation that led to their hit series. In the short version, four children resembling the four from the show watch the fight begin. A character the others call Kenny actually resembles the production version of Cartman. He is the first to be briefly killed by the killer snowman before the monster then kills an unnamed child who resembles Kenny. The bodies of the two children are thrown together and their pools of blood on the show. Some fans think that this scene depicts these two characters always linked in death.