History Characters / TheClevelandShow

A magical talking walrus, that comes to the rescue, when Cleveland and his friends are in a pinch.

* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Only wears a top hat.

* TheWhitestBlackGuy: The episode "The Men in Me", centered around Cleveland Brown, being publicly labelled as "The Whitest Black Guy in America", after jamming out to Justin Bieber's "Baby". He spent the whole first act, trying to deny this, by becoming more "black", listening to rap music, dressing in "black" clothes, and going on Soul Train. It finally came about that, [[spoiler:the reason he was so "white", was because he was babysat by a white woman a lot as a child.]]
* WouldntHitAGirl: His dilemma with dealing with [[spoiler:Holt's abusive girlfriend, Jane.]]

* AdaptationalWimp: Was a lot less dorky and more self-confident in ''Family Guy''

->'''Voiced by:''' Rosie Perez

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->'''Voiced by:''' Phylicia Rashād

* BusCrash: The WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy episode "Candy, Quahog Marshmallow" reveals that [[spoiler:she committed suicide, putting an irreversible end to the unfinished story arc of her and Robert, getting married and adopting an Asian child]].

The adopted Asian child of [[spoiler:Robert and Dee Dee.]] First appeared in "Wheel of Family!"

* BusCrash: In addition to his show being cancelled, before his story arc could even begin, the WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy episode, "Candy Quahog Marshmallow!", revealed that [[spoiler:his adoptive mother shot herself]], which pretty much puts an absolute end to any stories that could possibly revolve around him.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BruceMcGill

->'''Voiced by:''' Jason Sudeikis

->'''Voiced by:''' Will Forte

* {{Archenemy}}: To Cleveland.

->'''Voiced by:''' Jamie Kennedy

---->'''Voiced by:''' Mike Henry

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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Stopped appearing after season two, as the plot rarely ever needed him again and Roberta was OutOfFocus by this point. In the season four episode, "A Rodent Like This", [[spoiler:Junior looked through a hit list of all the people he needed to "strike". Mr. Armstrong's picture was there, with a red X on it, jokingly suggesting that his long-time absence was because he was killed.]]

-->'''Voiced by:''' Alex Borstein

->'''Voiced by:''' Kevin Michael Richardson

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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DavidLynch.

->'''Voiced by:''' {{Creator/Kristen Wiig}} then Beth Littleford

->'''Voiced by:''' [[Music/KanyeWest Kanye West]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Carl Reiner

->'''Voiced by:''' Kevin Michael Richardson

->'''Voiced by:''' Kevin Michael Richardson

->'''Voiced by:''' Rob Riggle

->'''Voiced by:''' Will Arnett

-->'''Voiced by''': Alex Sulkin (Angus), John Veiner (Gordy)

* StrongFamilyResemblance: Give her a mustache and she'd be a dead ringer for her son.

* AbsurdlyYouthfulFather: He's only a 19 year old.

* CoolGuns: Has a shot gun, and uses it to shoot animals, and sometimes humans.
-->'''Lester''': You know, I think I like cocking this thing, more than I like shooting it.

** "[[JustForPun Be-Cleve in Yourself.]]"

* PetBabyWildAnimal: In "A Rodent Like This", Cleveland keeps a deranged rat as a pet and names it [[JustForPun Rat Lauer]].

* UncattyResemblance: Or in this case, "[[JustForPun Uncanine Resemblance]]". He shares Rallo's [[FunnyAfro funny fro]].

* UsedToBeASweetKid: According to Donna, she used to be a nice little girl, back when she lived with Robert. However, on top her her ever-changing teenage hormones, was her mom divorced her dad, and remarried a fat, stupid fuck off, turning her into a bit of a bitch.

* PrettyFreeloader: In "Love Rollercoaster", she uses her looks to get by in school.

* BlackSheep: The only member of the family to talk with a normal voice, instead of an [[WhatTheHellIsThatAccent ambiguously Italian accent]].

* CatchPhrase: He's got a ton of these. Some originating from ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' and some, specifically from the show.

-->'''Cleveland:''' [[CatchPhrase Yup!]]

* CatchPhrase: "Sweet ''[name of food]'' and ''[name of rhyming food]!''" (ex. "Sweet peas and jujubes!", "Sweet ham and braised lamb!")

* {{Catchphrase}}: A clearly stones and confused, "Hello?"

* CatchPhrase: "I'm outrageous!" Said usually after lifting her leg and letting out a huge fart.

* {{Catchphrase}}: "Whoa!"

* {{Catchphrase}}: "I'm Dwayne Meighan."

* {{Catchphrase}}: "Sorry, sorry." and occasionally, he adds "My fault."

* CoolLoser: On campus, he's actually considered one of the popular kids. Frequently hanging out with the other top dogs of popularity and throwing parties. In the real world however, everyone treats him like the joke he is.

* NoPeriodsPeriod: In "The Brown Knight", Roberta had her period. This is the only time in the series, this ever happened, despite the entirety of the series taking place, over the course of four years.

* {{Jerkass}}: She became this midway through season 1.

** DisabledHottie: Interestingly, she still used a scooter, suggesting she has some kind of disability in addition to being really fat.