Kydi

"What do I want? … I want a world where you aren’t ridiculed for trying to help! A world where a nice girl that I liked isn’t turned into another Eric Cartman!"

- Kyle

Kydi is the het ship between Kyle Broflovski and Heidi Turner from the South Park fandom.

Canon
Kyle and Heidi were largely acquaintances in earlier seasons, having little to no interaction until season 20, where she begins dating Eric Cartman. However, it is during this time that the girls declare war on the boys and refuse to interact with them.

At first, Kyle stays out of Cartman and Heidi's relationship drama, until the the sixth episode of season 21, "Sons A Witches". Cartman's toxic relationship continues to annoy Kyle and he begins to defend Heidi from Cartman's negative remarks. At one point, Kyle reprimands Cartman for planning to kill Heidi, and tells him instead that he should break up with her because she doesn't deserve Cartman's negative treatment.

Having enough of Cartman's complaining, Kyle decides to try and help Heidi get out of the relationship. He at first tries to talk with the other girls to not tease Heidi about her relationship, as that only leads her to double down on it. The girls instead tease him about his apparent crush on Heidi. Kyle then talks to Heidi on the gym bleachers, as she's still ostracized from the girl group. He reassures her that it's not her fault Cartman is the way he is, and that everyone makes mistakes. This leads to Heidi reflecting on her relationship with Cartman and deciding to end it once again. In that time, she also begins spending more time with Kyle, and the two start a relationship. Cartman catches wind of their new relationship and sets out to end it, at first attempting to fight Kyle at school, but ultimately gaslighting Heidi into breaking up with Kyle and taking him back.

In "SUPER HARD PCness", Kyle is heartbroken over his and Heidi's break-up, and resents that Cartman has turned her into a female version of him. He lets it slip that Heidi's manipulation is one of the reasons that he wants to cancel Canadian TV.

After Kyle refuses his friends' help looking for Ike in "Splatty Tomato", Heidi accuses him of not wanting to be near her because he liked her and she rejected him. Kyle tells her that he's not interested in the person she is now, shocking her into silence. This statement is what forces her to look at the person she had become, and that continued introspection helps her realize the situation she's in and finally break up with Cartman for good.

The two aren't seen together again until "The Problem With A Poo". In it, Heidi has returned to her previous self before Cartman's influence, including regaining her spot with the girls. She and Kyle don't interact, but she does sit behind him in the music room, and there is no apparent hostility between the two. It is unclear though, if they still have feelings for each other, as they have not interacted with or mentioned each other since then.

Fanon
Kydi is not a popular ship within the fandom, and shippers have been targeted by Heiman, Kyman, and Style shippers. Part of the reason for its unpopularity is the newness of the ship - getting most of its content in the 21st season. Despite this, they are happy producing content for the ship; with 73 works on AO3 and a small collection of art on DeviantART. There are also members of the fandom who do not actively ship Kydi, but support it over Heiman due to it being portrayed as a healthier relationship.

In the movie "South Park: Post Covid: The Return of Covid", Kyle has two kids in the good future. What's not shown is who his wife is, and Kydi shippers believe that person to be Heidi.

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