Best Friends Forever

Season 9, Episode 4, Aired
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In this Emmy winning episode, Kenny is the first kid in South Park to get the new Playstation Portable; a device that was actually created by God to determine who has the best skills to defeat the armies of Satan. Things get complicated when Kenny is brought back to life but resides in a vegetative state.moreless
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  • Trey Parker

    Voice of Stan Marsh; Eric Theodore Cartman; Herbert Garrison; Officer Barbrady; Terrance; Timmy; Ned Gerblanski; Satan; Randy Ma

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    Matt Stone

    Voice of Kyle Broflovski; Kenny McKormick; Gerald Broflovski; Pip Pirrup; Jesus; Jimbo Kearn; Phillip; Saddam; Various Others

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    Isaac Hayes

    Voice of Jerome "Chef" McElroy

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    By futuramarama, Aug 04, 2011 Report Abuse
    What I liked: the BFF bracelet, Kenny becoming obsessed with his PSP and not doing anything else for two weeks, Kenny's will revealing if he was ever in a vegetative state, to NOT have him be seen like that on television, the ending with Kenny getting a Keanu Reeves statue for helping Heaven beat Hell, amongst other things.

    Really good episode. The plot was really amazingly done and it had several moments I laughed hard, so my final grade is going to be an A+. Truly superb episodemoreless

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  • Some decent gags but overall an unfunny episode

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    By sixgunsaint, Jun 30, 2010 Report Abuse
    I know that this episode was the Emmy award winning one, but I've watched it a few times and still can't say it's one of my favourites. The satirical take on the euthanasia conteversy was well done, especially with its ties to the 'Kenny needs to lead the armies of heaven' plotline, but this episode just wasn't funny - not because the material was offensive, just the fact that there weren't any real jokes. The evil Republicans gag was alright, but the marker sniffing angel and the long tired mormon jokes seemed too forced. The Keanu Reeves running gag wasn't effective either, as really he's only played a messiah figure in the Matrix films and that's all (throughout the episode Kenny is referred to as Heaven's Keanu Reeves, since only he can lead them to victory). There have been much better episodes than this in the 9th season, and though I'm happy the boys got the Emmy, I think the nod could have gone to a number of other episodes.moreless

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  • Disapointing and overrated.

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    By pinks_not_here, Jun 30, 2010 Report Abuse
    I seriously don't understand why this episode is rated so highly, I just did not find it funny. The political satire was kind of clever, but was not done in a humerous or entertaining way. I was yawning by the end, my only laugh was the line "You idiot, Japanese people don't have souls!"

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  • It was okay.

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    By jennuinlyfaux, Jun 30, 2010 Report Abuse
    I didn't think it was too great. Kenny isn't my favorite character so a show that focused a lot on him wouldn't be my most favorite show. Cartman was being an ass as usual and manipulating things to go his way but I dont know, there was something about this episode that wasn't that enticing. I think the plot didn't seem very good.

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  • CARTMAN AND KENNY ARE BFF S !!!!

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    By offline1234, Jan 31, 2009 Report Abuse
    i only give 10 out of 10 to only special episodes,and episodes that are really killer to me.this is one of them.BBF is one of my favorite episodes,and i hope the spirit of this 21 minutes full of funny twist,action and adventure will stunn all viewers in breath taking amounts.Trey Parker and Matt Stone deserve 3 hours of applause for this fantastic episode.i hope this episode will be remembered as a special heritage to the tv show south park.this episode will blow your mind,as it uses clever thinking and i think the creators had a hard time making this episode in just 5 or 6 days.they must have used a lot of hardcore thought.HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOLKS.moreless

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    • Goof: In Up the Down Steroid, Cartman's mom says that he's nine years old. Although, in this episode, Kyle says that Cartman's eight. Edit
    • Since when did Kenny have a sister? She was never seen in any other episode. Edit
    • Just before Michael draws up the plans on the whiteboard, a statue of God (in the form first seen in Are You There God, It's Me Jesus) can be seen in the background. Edit

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    • They have made a gold case for the PSP which looks a lot like the one Kenny had, you can see it for yourself at this link: http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/psp/gold-diamond-encrusted-psp-036099.php Edit
    • On June 15, 2 1/2 months after this episode originally aired, an autopsy revealed that Terri Schiavo was indeed brain-dead, even though she could only blink her eyes and breathe. 5 days later, Schiavo's ashes were laid to rest in Pennsylvania, with her gravestone marking the words of Michael Schiavo, her husband: "I kept my promise." Edit
    • This episode won the 2005 Emmy Award for "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour)". Edit

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    • Female Nurse: Doctor! Doctor, we have a pulse! The Doctor: Then that's it! We brought him back. Male Nurse: Amazing, doctor! You've revived somebody who's been legally dead for almost a day! Edit
    • Hooded Figure: My Lord. My Lord, we must attack, now! Satan: What's the point?! They have a Keanu Reeves now. Edit
    • Satan: My armies are being pushed back! How could we be losing?! Spy: It's God! He has his Keanu Reeves! Satan: We must retreat! Kevin: No, my lord. We must keep going! Satan: Oh, shut up, Kevin! I'm breaking up with you! (Blasts Kevin into a wall) Edit

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    • In-joke: Cartman:Respect my authoritah! Cartman once again uttered these words in this episode as he did many times in the epsiode Chickenlover except this time he didn't yell it. Edit
    • Pinky and the Brain: Satan: What are we going to do? Satan's Advisor: What we do every time… This is an allusion to Pinky and the Brain, when at the end of most of the episodes Pinky would say, "Why Brain, what're we going to do tomorrow night?" and Brain would always reply, "The same thing we do every night Pinky, try to take over the world…!". Edit
    • Dogma: In the movie Dogma (by Kevin Smith), the "GOD" character was locked in a human body when he entered a vegetative state by Satan's troops - the world was almost over, until the body that God possessed was unplugged from the machines, and he (as Alanis Morrisette) saved the world at the last second - just like Kenny was in the episode - stuck in vegetative state by machines (the feeding tube) - and was able to save the world only by dieing. Edit

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