Season Six

For all episodes see List of Episodes.

Season Six began on March 6th, 2002 with "Jared Has Aides" and ended on December 11th, 2002 with "Red Sleigh Down". The start of season six also introduced a new "country" like theme song, involving a banjo and harmonicas. One unique aspect of this season is the absence of Kenny McCormick, who died "permanently" in the episode "Kenny Dies" of the previous season. Several episodes of this season deal with Stan, Kyle, and Cartman attempting to fill the void of Kenny's absence with a new fourth friend, initially hiring Butters, and, after deciding he was too lame, holding a "Bachelor"-like contest in order to choose their new fourth friend in the episode Professor Chaos, resulting in Tweek becoming Kenny's replacement until the episode Child Abduction is Not Funny. The opening theme replaces Kenny's singing with Timmy, singing "Timmy, Timmy, Timmy, Timmy, Timmy, Timmy, livin' a lie, Timmy!" The episodes "A Ladder to Heaven" and "The Biggest Douche in the Universe" form a mini-arc involving Kenny's soul being trapped in Cartman's body after Cartman drinks Kenny's ashes, thinking it is chocolate milk mix. Kenny spontaneously returned alive and well at the end the season six finale, "Red Sleigh Down".