
Although Chef technically survived his "death", the fact he has not appeared at all is most likely out of respect to Isaac Hayes, who died two years after leaving the series. From the next episode onwards, his appearance in the crowd scene is replaced by Darth Chef.

This is the last appearance of Chef (apart from his appearance in the crowd scene in the title sequence).This and " Smug Alert!" feature end credits after the Braniff splash ad.The speech given by Kyle at Chef's funeral appears to be influenced by Trey and Matt's negative feelings towards Scientology as well as Hayes' departure.


This is intentional to make him sound out of his mind, as Isaac Hayes quit after allegedly being offended by the episode " Trapped in the Closet" which mocked Scientology, a religion he was a member of.
