Editing Kyle Broflovski (section)

==Myths & Legends==
*Kyle was the ugliest boy in [[Herbert Garrison|Mr. Garrison's]] Fourth Grade classroom according to the girls' corrupted list in "[[The List]]"; while his real placement cannot be ascertained for certain, it is known he was originally higher, and that [[Eric Cartman]] is lower on the real list.
*Before season 5's "[[How to Eat With Your Butt]]", the subject of Kyle's hair was a frequent and popular topic among fans, with speculation for a variety of color and styles, although many fans assumed it would be similar to Matt Stone's hair. We've since on many occasions seen that Kyle has reddish hair in a 'jewfro' style, just like Matt Stone used to.
*According to his mother, Kyle has diabetes ("[[Cherokee Hair Tampons]]") but this has not been acknowledged since in any other episodes. Notably, Kyle has never directly stood up for [[Scott Malkinson]], a character who debuted eight years later and is often bullied for his diabetes.
**A multitude of fan theories exist to explain away this discrepancy: the two have different forms of the disease, Kyle is better at controlling it, or he for whatever reason doesn't wish to stand up for Scott. It has also been suggested he may keep it a secret, as it has never been brought up by him personally. After all, diabetes affects us all, but it ''mostly'' affects Scott Malkinson.
*Kyle's middle name is still up for debate around fans -- there is a wide preference to use Biblical names, such as Abraham. Less common choices include Isiah or Matthew, the latter a reference to the fact he's based on Matt Stone.

===Death===
Matt and Trey gave very serious consideration to removing Kyle from the show during the fourth and fifth seasons, due to his many similarities with Stan and a desire to elevate Butters as a main character on the show. A press release was issued by Comedy Central in mid-2000 suggesting one of the boys would move away, and Matt and Trey have mentioned "[[Cripple Fight]]" intentionally experimented with the kids' dynamic without Kyle around, while "[[Cherokee Hair Tampons]]" and "[[Cartmanland]]" portrayed him as a very sickly character who could die of illness. They eventually found he was too distinctive a character to lose, and began focusing on his rivalry with Cartman, as well as altering his character by fleshing out his personality from Stan's (making him more compassionate, intelligent, focused on morals, and of course- notably shortening his temper.)  

Instead of killing Kyle, Matt and Trey decided while producing "[[Kenny Dies]]", initially merely intended to be a single instance of Kenny's death being taken seriously, to kill Kenny off instead... it lasted about a year.

Kyle did seem to briefly die in "[[Imaginationland Episode II]]", and was declared as such at the Pentagon by top scientists, but was successfully revived by Cartman, so Kyle could make good on his end of the bet.

Kyle's momentary death parodies a revival scene from the movie "The Abyss".

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