The Anti-kenny! Rare, but they do exist!

[Flangepart]

Squishy reminded us of the presence of a Kenny (Shudder) in Red Sonia. Are there Anti-kennys? I do believe so. Craig Warnock in Time Bandits. Fireuza Balk (Unfortunate name, nice kid) in Return to Oz. And of corse Bill Mumy. But are there others? And how does one define the Anti-Kenny? Leave us ponder this, Mr Stibbons......

[Will]

Linda Blair in the Exorcist.

Incidentally, there are (a few) instances of those damn Kennys getting killed, like the kid from Baywatch biting it in Warlock (or Warlock II, I don't remember which). Alas, it's off-camera. And kids always bite it in Troma movies, particularly Beware! Children at Play

[Squishy]

The "Kenny" of Rawhead Rex went away in a very nasty fashion. Little bastard was reading "Secret Wars" when Rex caught him...

The ultimate anti-Kenny, IMHO, belongs to Return of the Aliens: The Deadly Spawn. He doesn't try to make friends with the monster, or run around yelling like an idiot.

Runner-up: The Shining. Even whichever version you don't like.

Most pointless Kenny: The Funhouse. This little bastard dressed up as a slasher and scares his nekkid older sister in the shower. How's THAT for f***ed-up? His role in the rest of the movie: unrelated time-filler. (In the Dean Koontz novelization, he actually gets involved in the story, and the story itself doesn't suck eggs.)

[Drezzy]

...but what, might I ask, is a "Kenny"? I know it's a reference to the Godzilla films, and has something to do with the annoying little children in movies that seem to only be there as somewhat of a filler (maybe I just hit the nail on the head accidentally), but I'm not sure of the actual reasoning for "Kenny's." I never really watched Godzilla movies, so that's probably why.

[Squishy]

Very close: a "Kenny" is an annoying, cloying, little brat who is supposed to be "cute" but merely enrages the audience, often making a bad situation worse by doing something totally stupid because the story would otherwise end early.

I'm not absolutely sure, but the first one is probably the little squirt from Gamera The Invincible, who not only adored the monster that was destroying cities and killing thousands of people (this was well before the recent Gamera: Guardian of the Universe trilogy changed the rules and examined the issue)--but actively interfered with efforts to stop it. Subsequent kaiju movies rubbed our noses in little punks in "disturbing shorts" who occasionally were even given full command of the situation by doting adults.

The name "Kenny," however, came from a later Gamera movie.

[Andrew]

Atreyu from "The NeverEnding Story" is pretty well off, he would likely throw a Kenny into the swamp of sadness.  Also, of course, Hogarth from "The Iron Giant."

Sort of on the subject; it always makes to happy to see a Kenny get chomped.  The brat from Mutant was a balanced part of the toxic vampires' diet.  The kid from "Body Snatchers" (1993) also came close to Kennydom, but he finally got his just desserts.

Andrew

[Will]

I think the worst Kenny ever is Bob from House by the Cemetery. I just started thinking about him, and a vomited all over a co-worker. Not a good start to the day.

[BlackAngel]

Short round, from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.  This kid could not shut up.  From the beginning of the movie to the end.  I just wanted to wire his mouth shut.

Also I wanted to stuff that fat kid's (from The Goonies) mouth with food so he could shut up as well

[john]

>Incidentally, there are (a few) instances of those damn Kennys getting killed

 Like in the remake of The Blob. It gets one of the kids in the sewer. I even recall reading an article where the director  was told "You can't kill a kid" and he replied "Oh yeah? Watch me!".

>Runner-up: The Shining. Even whichever version you don't like.

 That would be the mini-series. I liked the adaption itself, but I hated the kid. If they ever make a live-action Beavis & Butthead movie, the kid's a shoo-in for Butthead! Except for swallowing, he never closed his mouth throughout the entire 6 hours, and even that looked like it was a major effort for him.


>Most pointless Kenny: The Funhouse. This little bastard dressed up as a
>slasher and scares his nekkid older sister in the shower. How's THAT for f***ed

 Better than really killing her like Michael did.

>-up? His role in the rest of the movie: unrelated time-filler. (In the Dean Koontz
>novelization, he actually gets involved in the story,

 Actually, the novel came first. It would only be a novelization if he'd written it AFTER the movie.