When Sophie Rutschmann of the University of Strasbourg discovered a mutated gene that causes an adult fruit fly to die within two days after it is infected with certain bacteria, she named the gene "Kenny" in honor of the character.
Da Sophie Rutschmann fra Strasbourg Universitet opdagede at en muteret gen fik en voksen bananflue til at dø inden for to dage efter at være blevet inficeret med en bestemt form for bakterie, kaldte hun genet "Kenny" til ære for figuren.