Name: South Park Theory: Only Kyle Is Aware the Kids Have Been in 4th Grade for 20 Years
Brand: cbr.com
SKU: cbr-com-13
Availability: OnlineOnly

critic

South Park Theory: Only Kyle Is Aware the Kids Have Been in 4th Grade for 20 Years

preview

has spurred its fair share of , some more believable than others. suggests Kyle is more mature than the other boys because he is the only person in South Park aware of the actual passage of time. With that said, Kyle knows he and his friends have been in fourth grade for more than two decades. The theory may even shed some light on Kenny's death and resurrection cycle.The Reddit&nbsp;user proposes that Kenny's death and resurrection cycle triggered a temporal time loop where . This triggers amnesia that keeps people from realizing it, or at least everyone but Kyle. Since Kyle was eight-years-old in the series' 1997 pilot, he would have been born in 1989, but the South Park kids have only aged two years in the series' 23 year legacy. Considering follows current events, that means Kyle is a millennial at 33-years-old, and he knows it.CBR VIDEO OF THE DAYMost of his friends act like kids, but Kyle is much more mature. He rarely gets involved in the group's schemes, and he continuously reminds them how immature they are,&nbsp;passing down&nbsp;unprecedented wisdom. Kyle also evolves from bullying his brother and friends to being very protective of them. Sometimes he even refers to his friends as "little kids."Kyle's time loop realization may have occurred in the Season 4's "The Tooth Fairy's Tats," where he&nbsp;confides in Stan that he fears he isn't real. He also says he can "sometimes see time slowing down." According to the fan theory, the reference to time slowing down may result from the temporal loop accidentally created by Kenny. This suggests Kyle knows he's 33-years-old but continues to attend elementary school to spare his friends and family's sanity. Although, it's doubtful anyone in South Park would believe him anyway.It's plausible Kyle's computer savviness and smarts are due to his ability to retain information for over 33 years, unlike his peers. This ability may explain Kyle's short temper and strong beliefs, with Butters claiming, "Kyle believes he knows everything," in "Going Native." Considering South Park's residents exist in an amnesia-like state, Kyle's know-it-all tendencies may be justified because he actually knows more than everyone else.Overall, this fan theory remains compelling primarily due to the evidence presented in "The Tooth Fairy's Tats." Kyle's existential crisis turns from interesting to sad. To be the only one aware of South Park's strange time loop is a lonely existence. Whether fans believe it or not, they may take pause next time they hear the line "They Killed Kenny!"

has spurred its fair share of , some more believable than others. suggests Kyle is more mature than the other boys because he is the only person in South Park aware of the actual passage of time. With that said, Kyle knows he and his friends have been in fourth grade for more than two decades. The theory may even shed some light on Kenny's death and resurrection cycle.The Reddit&nbsp;user proposes that Kenny's death and resurrection cycle triggered a temporal time loop where . This triggers amnesia that keeps people from realizing it, or at least everyone but Kyle. Since Kyle was...

public

Jeanette White

cbr.com

Credible

Speculation

Anecdotal Evidence

Generalization

Stacking the Deck

Appeal to Authority

Straw Man

Slippery Slope

Emotional Appeal

Red Herring

False Dilemma

Illogical

Moral Equivalency

Ad Hominem

Correlation w/o Causation

Semantics

Begging the Question

Faulty Analogy

Non Sequitur

Bandwagon

Dogmatism

Failing Occam's Razor

Biased

Pure Opinion

Hit Piece

Racial Bias

National Bias

Religious Bias

Financial Incentive

Political Agenda

Gender Bias

Misused Image/Video

Study Misinterpreted

Mistake

Misused Term

Science Misrepresented

Factual Error

Satire

Surface Level

Lack of Reliable Sources

Sensational

Not Credible

Investigative

Balanced

Well Sourced

Great Context

sports

entertainment

U.S.

international

business

technology

science

culture

politics

media

health

South Park Theory: Only Kyle Is Aware the Kids Have Been in 4th Grade for 20 Years

No article scores yet.

CRITIC REVIEWS

PUBLIC REVIEWS