5 Times Insecure's Kelli Prenny Made Us Raise A Glass In Appreciation

People aren't often appreciated the way they should be until they're gone. While Kelli (played by the brilliant Natasha Rothwell) is still very much alive on HBO's Emmy winning-comedy Insecure, her alma mater Stanford University mistakenly listed her as deceased at her 10-year college reunion.

Although Kelli initially laughed off the faux pas during the Season 5 premiere, each "in memoriam" and passing comment frustrated her more. Eventually, Kelli felt like the world — and even her friends — saw her simply as a comic foil whose sole purpose in life was to make them laugh.

At first, Tiffany, Issa and Molly didn't understand how much being misclassified as dead bothered poor Kelli. But when they finally did, the trio paid tribute to Kelli by creating a eulogy at brunch that perfectly captured all of the wonderful things she brought to their lives and how extraordinary she is as a friend.

The tribute moved Kelli to tears, and when she lifted her mimosa in celebration, she promised her girls that she isn't going anywhere.

Just like Issa and friends, we at TVLine think Kelli deserves her flowers now. We also agree with fans on Twitter who say Kelli should get her own spinoff when Season 5 wraps up as the show's last. Until that spinoff does or doesn't come, here are five memories of Kelli we will always hold near and dear. Salut!

Criminals get tased, and Kelli is no criminal. That said, the accountant did start a fight at Coachella in Season 3 after a few young white hipsters moved into the space she and Molly tried to reserve by strategically placing Molly's coat on the ground. Of course, the coat and the spot were gone when they returned.

Kelli confronted the hipsters, including a blonde perched on her boyfriend's shoulders, and they shrugged her off and said it was a field where no one could hold space. To this, Kelli responded: "And I bet that's where you'd like to keep us, you whole milk-drinking bitch." (Gotta love slavery allegories.)

The blonde told Kelli to calm down and even flippantly called her and Molly "first-timers." And like the scene in The Color Purple where Oprah Winfrey's Sofia angrily strikes the mayor, a very pregnant Tiffany screamed for Kelli to stop. Kelli either ignored her or didn't hear her, because she knocked old girl off of old boy's shoulders, and chaos ensued. Kelli, Molly, their dates and Tiffany all got kicked out of Coachella. And as Kelli attempted to run in when she heard Beyoncé performing, a security guard tased her.

Because Kelli met Darnell (rapper Amine) with a British accent, she had to keep the ruse going throughout Issa's block party in Season 4. This all fell apart after Issa and Molly's fight escalated at the end of the night and someone shouted that there was a gun. (There was not a gun.)

Kelli started running and shouting, and her British accent fell away. When Darnell asked Kelli where her accent had gone, the comedic chameleon confessed she's from Philly.

One of the reasons Kelli cheers so loudly for an entrepreneurial, full-of-potential Issa is because she remembers when Issa was so broke and her credit was so bad (during Season 3), she couldn't get her own place. Kelli not only helped Issa improve her spending habits, but as we learned in the Season 5 premiere, Kelli cut out coupons for her girl Issa for six months.

Before she helped Issa, though, Kelli made fun of her friend's purchasing habits, all-too-frequent takeout ordering and shopping at Lids for fitted caps.

Kelli bodied Season 2 of Insecure. For proof, peruse the dramatic comedy's GIFs, and most of them will be Rothwell's character saying all sorts of unforgettable lines in the series' second year.

There was: "You ever seen Locked Up Abroad? They gon' lock a broad up" (pictured) and "You know what that is? Growth." Each line was funnier than the last and helped solidify Insecure as a pop-culture touchstone.

Very rarely do we see Tiffany without Kelli, and vice versa. But there was a stretch of time in Season 3 where Kelli felt like Tiffany's pregnancy and her unborn daughter were edging her out. Kelli's fears compounded when Tiffany had a group of her mommy friends do most of the heavy lifting for her baby shower.

Although Tiffany didn't mean to offend or exclude Kelli, she had done just that, and Kelli angrily left the party in a huff. This rare moment of umbrage showed fans a vulnerable side of Kelli they hadn't seen. Thankfully for Kelli, Tiffany and their friendship foursome, the trouble didn't last, and as soon as Simone was born, Kelli was her biggest cheerleader and most readily available babysitter.

What were some of your favorite Kelli moments on Insecure? Share your thoughts and memories in the comments.