South Park fans are still looking at chef Jererom McCero, or just a chef as the children called. Expressed by Isaac Chase, the chef was a great presence during the first eight seasons. He was there to offer children advice and borrow a cute ear. But at some point, the presence of the character in the series declined, and in the 10 season, the show killed him.

How would you kill him? Well, they had the wooden bridge on which it was lightning. The chef, burning alive from the subsequent fire, fell into a canyon as he hit each stuck rock on the road down. He landed on a sharp branch of the trees that attracted him, and was then complemented by the death of both a mountain lion and the grizzly bear. It is a kind of death that immediately asks if anything is happening behind the scenes. Why so suddenly, the heinous death for such a long -term character?

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For years, the official story was that Chase, who joined the Church of Scientology in the mid-1990s, was offended by the previous jokes at the show at the expense of Scientology. The straw that broke the camel's back was supposedly Season 9 episode "Trapped in the closet", which is still ranked among the best episodes of South Park for many. This episode was really difficult in the church, and the fans' narrative was that Chase left the show after having enough of the preservation of Scientology.

That will certainly make sense given the real plot of the last episode of the chef, which revolves around the children's discovery that the chef is washed by a brain from the "super adventure" club, a gray cult that is clearly preserving Scientology. The boys almost manage to expose him, but the chef returns to the cult and is quickly punished by God with that deadly lightning stroke.

It seemed quite clear that the creators of South Park Trey Parker and Matt Stone were angry at Chase who left the show over his dedication to Scientology, so they brutally killed his image in retaliation. But it turns out that there is more about the story.

In 2008, two years after the death of the chef on the show, Isaac Chase died in real life. In July 2025, the son of musician-actor, Isaac Chase III, took him to X and Posted Explanation of what really descended:

"After the episode" busy in the closet ", it aired in 2005, my father suffered a stroke only a few months later, leaving him not to speak or make decisions on his own. He was in no condition to resign. The truth is, someone else in his circle of Scientology made that decision and gave up the show for him. His health robbed him from that chance. "

Jay's stroke in early 2006 was well documented at the time and was reported to have affected his speech and memory. (His death, two years later, was reportedly caused by another blow.) Adding greater credibility to Chase's son's claims are the interviews Chase had before his blow. In an interview in January 2006 with AV Club, he expressed some anxiety about taking over the Scientology show, but his tone seemed quite attractive in the whole.

In 2006 "Last November, when the episode" trapped in the closet "was aired, I saw Chase and spent time with him in Memphis for the annual blues ball," he wrote for Fox News. "If he hated the show so much, I doubt he will perform his hit -a shooting mark on the show," Chocolate Salted Balls ". He threw the song in the middle of one of his less fragrant hits and made the entire audience in the Memphis pyramid to sing together.

The defense repeated what Chase's son said in the same statement from his July:

"He wanted to be a chef's voice. He loved the character. He wanted to connect to the fans. He would joke with the people who recognized his voice and really enjoyed being part of the show. ... He didn't leave the South Park.

Despite the involvement of Isaac Chase in Scientology, many South Park fans complain about the chef's death and still long for the days when he was regular attendance in the show. For many, the chef presents South Park during his prime minister, when the play was still young and fresh and more in contact with the innocence of his main children. Although many believe that South Park remained incredibly consistent Over the years compared to other adult animated shows such as "Simpsons" or "Family Guy", the series definitely had a gradual turn from children and adult characters like Stan's father, Randy.

The chef came from a time when South Park was clear about the four main boys, and he served as the important goal of being a really warm, careful presence that the children could look for. Ignoring his habit of breaking out in horny songs, the chef was a character created with little of the usual cynicism of the show. When it was written outside the series, South Park lost a little touch with its more children's side.

Of course, even if South Park did not kill the chef, he would probably have to be written soon anyway. Chase died two years after the death of the chef screen, and it seems unlikely that writers would be vigilant to hire an actor to replace the desired character. In a retrospective, the chef was always doomed. Some characters have tried to hold South Park for the whole race, while others are condemned to hold only part of it. It is sadly, but at least the chef has kept his place in the hearts of fans, unlike other written characters like Pip Pire (whose The episode of the same name is among the worst in South Park history) or Veronica Crabtri. RIP Chef: We hope you can sing all the attacked ballads you love in the sky.