Bunny

Bunny is the slash ship between Butters Stotch and Kenny McCormick from the South Park fandom.

Canon
Butters and Kenny have rarely interacted with each other throughout the show. Despite this, the two boys are usually on positive terms, and there are several moments that hint at them being good friends.

In "Kenny Dies," Kenny is diagnosed with a terminal illness, and Butters draws a picture of the two of them together in an airplane, which Kyle Broflovski delivers to Kenny's bedside at the hospital.

In "Lil' Crime Stoppers," the boys start a detective club, and bring in Butters for questioning on the case of a missing doll. Eric Cartman plays the role of "bad cop" and interrogates Butters, while Kenny plays "good cop" and comforts him.

In "Tsst," Butters and Kenny are seen playing a board game together, along with Kyle and Stan Marsh. The four are later seen playing a video game together as well.

In "Major Boobage," after Kenny overdoses on cat urine, Butters makes him a cup of coffee to help him feel better when he regained conciseness. Butters also comforts Kenny while Kyle and Stan hold an intervention for his "cheesing" addiction.

In "The Ring," Butters was greatly perturbed when he found out that Kenny was dating a fifth grader named Tammy Warner, whom he had heard was a "slut" according to the claims of the other fifth graders.

In "Going Native," the friendship between the two boys is truly developed. When the boys confront Butters for beating up Scott Malkinson, Butters suddenly explodes with anger and begins to tell them all off, calling all of them "fake and stuck-up" and that the only one among them who has any sense of dignity is Kenny. This prompts Cartman to suggest that Kenny is apparently Butters' best friend, and then teases Kenny by asking if the two of them are going to make out, annoying him. Butters later learns that he was born in Hawaii, and that he must go there for his Hapa Noa. When the other boys hear about this, they manage to convince Kenny to try and stop him. When Kenny arrives at the airport, he finds Butters crying, and its revealed that he isn't allowed on the plane. Kenny then tries to get Butters to come home, but he refuses. Kenny decides to help Butters, and takes him by the hand to the check-in desk, where the employee eventually allows him to fly, on the condition that Kenny must accompany him, thus the two venture to Hawaii together. After arriving, Butters is greeted by a group of natives who have arranged for his ceremony, but do not approve of Kenny being present. Butters begs for them to let Kenny come, as he was the reason he was able to come to Hawaii in the first place. Kenny is eventually allowed to attend, and he later writes to his friends back in South Park that Butters appears to be feeling better with every passing day. Later, when the Hawaiians begin to band tourists from entering, they threaten to kill Kenny, but Butters angrily protests, and says that Kenny is the only person at school who he likes. The natives allow Kenny to prove himself as their ally by surfboarding, and Butters warns him to be careful. Kenny ends up falling into the river, and is swept away by the current, much to Butters' concern. The two are eventually reunited when Kenny returns on a raft full of chi-chi ingredients, and the two of them are both honored as native Hawaiians.

In "Obama Wins!," Butters is hospitalized due to an allergic reaction caused by almonds. He is later confronted by Kyle, Kenny, Stan, Craig Tucker, Jimmy Valmer and Token Black for what he knows about Cartman's plan, but only Kenny is able to understand his muffled speech, and he translates for the others.

In "Informative Murder Porn," Kenny comforts Butters after his dad killed his mom in Minecraft, placing his hand on his shoulder.

In "Wieners Out," Kenny was one of several boys who joins Butters' #WienersOut protest against the girls of South Park Elementary.

In "A Boy And A Priest," Cartman annoyingly asks Stan why he invited Butters to their board game night, but Stan says he didn't invite him. The boys then accusingly look at Kenny, which suggests that it was him.

In the video game, South Park: The Stick of Truth, Butters shows romantic attraction to Kenny in his Princess Kenny costume.

Fanon
Bunny is a very popular ship in the South Park fandom. Many fans find the pairing adorable, as well as believe it to be one of the more healthy and stable relationships in the show. Several pieces of fan art and fiction have been created for the pairing, and it is also the third most-written about ship in the fandom on Archive of our Own, only behind Creek and Style, all of which have 1,000+ results.

The exact origin of the ship is somewhat ambiguous, although it gained significant attention after their first on-screen interaction, along with the confirmation of their friendship in the episode "Going Native."

One of the ship's main detractors is the fact that Kenny is heavily implied to be heterosexual, due to one of his defining character traits being his extreme attraction to women, emphasized by him often talking about breasts and having sex with women.

Fandom
FAN FICTION

DEVIANTART

INSTAGRAM

TUMBLR

WIKI
 * on
 * on

Trivia

 * Both characters are voiced by Matt Stone.
 * Both characters have blond hair.
 * Both characters are Roman Catholic.
 * Both characters have crossed-dressed. Butters as "Marjorine" in the episode of the same name, and Kenny as "Princess Kenny" in the video game, South Park: The Stick of Truth.