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* ButtMonkey: Not only is he given zero respect by his fellow tenants, but is constantly on the receiving end of the show's AmusingInjuries more than the others.

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* ButtMonkey: Not only is he given zero respect by his fellow tenants, but is constantly on the receiving end of the show's AmusingInjuries more than the others.
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* ButtMonkey: He's not only given no respect by his fellow tenants, but is constantly on the receiving end of the show's AmusingInjuries compared to the others.

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* ButtMonkey: He's not Not only is he given no zero respect by his fellow tenants, but is constantly on the receiving end of the show's AmusingInjuries compared to more than the others.
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* ButtMonkey: He's not only given no respect by his fellow tenants, but is constantly on the receiving end of the show's AmusingInjuries compared to the others.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Season 3's "Scathroat".
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* CrankyLandlord: Of the superintendent variety. A rare example of this type of character being the protagonist.

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* BrilliantButLazy: For all the jokes that are made about how bad he is at his job Thurgood is a gifted repairman that can innovate solutions to unconventional problems. It's just that he's highly unmotivated and prefers goofing off. One episode has him cleaning up his act when the threat of being fired rears it's head.

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* BrilliantButLazy: For all the jokes that are made about how bad he is at his job Thurgood is a gifted repairman that can innovate solutions to unconventional problems. It's just that he's highly unmotivated and prefers goofing off.off (which is made worse by HUD's poor budget allotments). One episode has him cleaning up his act when the threat of being fired rears it's head.



* TheLoinsSleepTonight: A minor RunningGag is that his poor health has led to impotency. It's briefly reignited by a new blood pressure medication.



* YoungerThanTheyLook: He's 45, but a lifetime of wearage makes him look like he's atleast 60.



* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Of all the tenants Sanchez is the least liked and most mocked, with everyone making jokes at his expense and insulting him to his face. One episode has him insulting Thurgood just like everyone else, only for Avery to warn him not to get cocky.

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* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Of all the tenants Sanchez is the least liked and most mocked, with everyone making jokes at his expense and insulting him to his face. One episode has him insulting Thurgood just like everyone else, only for Avery to warn him not to get cocky. However, he's still always included in activities.
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* BrilliantButLazy: For all the jokes that are made about how bad he is at his job Thurgood is a gifted repairman that can innovate solutions to unconventional problems. It's just that he's highly unmotivated and prefers goofing off. One episode has him cleaning up his act when the threat of being fired rears it's head.


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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Thurgood is short-tempered, irresponsible, and lazy to the point of apathy about his job but he's also a man who cares deeply about his friends and community.
* OnlySaneMan: If he's not the one responsible for the ZanyScheme of the day he'll be the one to snark about it and try to stop it if it threatens others.
* RetiredBadass: Thurgood's no longer in his prime but he had a successful wrestling career and served in the navy with at least thirty confirmed kills. He also maintains an interest martial arts which he mixes with his past skills to deal with people that actually threaten him. Unless they pull guns on him the odds of Thurgood walking away after besting him are pretty good and even being armed isn't a guarantee he'll be the one losing.


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* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Of all the tenants Sanchez is the least liked and most mocked, with everyone making jokes at his expense and insulting him to his face. One episode has him insulting Thurgood just like everyone else, only for Avery to warn him not to get cocky.
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* IndianCasino: In one of the last produced episodes, he finds out he's part Native American, and opens up an Indian casino in the projects.

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* FreudianExcuse: "Red Man's Burden" explains Jimmy's PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy behavior. He rejects his Korean heritage because the one night stand that led to his birth caused his mother be thrown out of the family and he believed his father to be black based on the name on the dog tags left behind.

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* InformedFlaw: Many jokes are made about Thurgood being bad at repair work but quite often he demonstrates that he's a capable if unorthodox handyman, often making use of his skills to great effect.



* VerbalTic: Prone to saying "uht" when shocked.



* MultipleChoicePast: How exactly he lost his voice. It's typically stated that years of smoking damaged his throat, but it's implied in "Haiti Sings the Blues" that Haiti Lady placed a voodoo {{curse}} on him.

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* MultipleChoicePast: How exactly he lost his voice. It's typically stated that years of smoking damaged his throat, but it's implied in "Haiti Sings the Blues" that Haiti Lady placed a voodoo {{curse}} on him. [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane Not that either explanation is mutually exclusive.]]

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* AllWomenAreLustful: Has quite the sex drive, as demonstrated when Thurgood begins taking medication that has a side effect of increasing his libido. After he runs out, his libido drops back down, but she still incessantly tries to get him in the mood, and ends up almost forcing herself on him. When he still won't give in, she breaks down crying.



* ReallyGetsAround: It's mentioned that Jimmy is her fifth husband. Her promiscuity is even lampshaded in the premiere:

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* ReallyGetsAround: It's mentioned that Jimmy is her fifth husband. Her promiscuity is even lampshaded Lampshaded in the premiere:"The Door":



** She also slept with most of her high school teachers, as well as an exotic dancer--the night before her wedding

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** She also slept with most of her high school teachers, as well as an exotic dancer--the night before her weddingwedding.



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[[folder: Garcelle Dupree/Haiti Lady]]"Haiti Lady" Dupree]]



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[[folder: Smokey]]Elister "Smokey" [=McDaniel=]]]



* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His real name, Elister, is revealed in the second season episode "Smokey the Squatter." Prior to that, he's either known as "that damn crackhead," "Mr. Crack," or "Smokey."

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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His real name, Elister, is revealed in the second season episode "Smokey the Squatter." Squatter", and his surname, [=McDaniel=], is revealed in the [[ShortRunInPeru originally-unaired-in-the-US]] episode "ClipShow". Prior to that, he's either known as "that damn crackhead," "Mr. Crack," or "Smokey."



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* UsefulNotes/CivilRightsMovement: Part of her BackStory is that she lived in Alabama during TheSixties, where she attended a previously all-white school. She even got to meet then-Governor George Wallace--because he was blocking the school door.
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* GenreSavvy: DoubleSubverted and PlayedForLaughs in "Fear of a Black Rat." When he finds the rat hiding in his hair, he at first thinks about smacking it with a frying pan, but realizes, "No, that would be stupid." He opts to shoot at it with [[RevolversAreJustBetter a revolver]] instead.
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/EddieMurphy

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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/EddieMurphy
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* DirtyCop: In "How the Super Stoled Christmas," he arrests a purse snatcher, but leaves him locked in a trunk instead of turning him in. He also steals evidence and sells it at the pawnshop as his "christmas bonus", and once threatens to beat up Thurgood when he thinks he's wearing a wire.

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* DirtyCop: In "How the Super Stoled Christmas," he arrests a purse snatcher, but leaves him locked in a trunk instead of turning him in. He also steals evidence and sells it at the pawnshop as his "christmas "Christmas bonus", and once threatens to beat up Thurgood when he thinks he's wearing a wire.



Calvin's obese best friend, Juicy is the son of the Hudson family, two morbidly obese shutins so large, they can no longer leave their apartments and depend on Juicy to run errands and shop for them.

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Calvin's obese best friend, Juicy is the son of the Hudson family, two morbidly obese shutins shut-ins so large, they can no longer leave their apartments and depend on Juicy to run errands and shop for them.



* ExtremeOmnivore: Often eats things that arent food, such as the plastic bag around the marshmallows, or the carpet isolation.

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* ExtremeOmnivore: Often eats things that arent aren't food, such as the plastic bag around the marshmallows, or the carpet isolation.insulation.



* FatIdiot: Is noteably slow-witted and almost completely lacks common sense.
* TheUnfavorite: Thurgood often treats Juicy with signifigantly less regard than he does Calvin.

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* FatIdiot: Is noteably notably slow-witted and almost completely lacks common sense.
* TheUnfavorite: Thurgood often treats Juicy with signifigantly significantly less regard than he does Calvin.
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* OnlySaneMan[=/=]WomenAreWiser: As stated above, she's typically the voice of reason to Thurgood's antics.

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* OnlySaneMan[=/=]WomenAreWiser: As stated above, she's She's typically the voice of reason to Thurgood's antics.



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* FatAnSkinnyFatAndSkinny: The fat to Calvin's skinny.

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* IndianCasino: In one of the last produced episodes, he finds out he's part Native American, and opens up an Indian casino in the projects.



* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Most people just call her Haiti Lady.

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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Most people just call her Haiti Lady. She often has to remind Thurgood that its not her actual name.



* DirtyCop: In "How the Super Stoled Christmas," he arrests a purse snatcher, but leaves him locked in a trunk instead of turning him in.

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* DirtyCop: In "How the Super Stoled Christmas," he arrests a purse snatcher, but leaves him locked in a trunk instead of turning him in. He also steals evidence and sells it at the pawnshop as his "christmas bonus", and once threatens to beat up Thurgood when he thinks he's wearing a wire.


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* FatAndSkinny: The skinny to Juicy's fat.


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* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Thurgood
* ThoseTwoGuys: Is almost never seen apart from Juicy.


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[[folder: Calvin Banks]]
--> '''Voiced By''': Crystal Scales

One of the local Hilton Jacob's children. Often hangs out with Thurgood and at one point planned on becoming a janitor himself. Oddly enough, his parents are never seen, despite Calvin appearing with the rest of the residents for meetings and various hijinx.
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[[folder: Juicy Hudson]]
--> '''Voiced By''': Michele Morgan

Calvin's obese best friend, Juicy is the son of the Hudson family, two morbidly obese shutins so large, they can no longer leave their apartments and depend on Juicy to run errands and shop for them.

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* BigEater: Early episodes had his mother hanging a "Do Not Feed" sign around his neck to curb this tendency.
* BigFun
* ExtremeOmnivore: Often eats things that arent food, such as the plastic bag around the marshmallows, or the carpet isolation.
* FatBestFriend: For Calvin
* FatIdiot: Is noteably slow-witted and almost completely lacks common sense.
* TheUnfavorite: Thurgood often treats Juicy with signifigantly less regard than he does Calvin.
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* HiddenDepths: For a crackhead, Smokey is actually pretty intelligent. He helps Thurgood get his GED (Successfully) and has an understanding of housing laws and building codes.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His real name, Elister, is revealed in the second season episode "Smokey the Squatter."

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* HiddenDepths: For a crackhead, Smokey is actually pretty intelligent. He helps Thurgood get his GED (Successfully) (successfully) and has an understanding of housing laws and building codes.
codes (which most likely comes from illegally living in housing projects or hanging around HUD).
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His real name, Elister, is revealed in the second season episode "Smokey the Squatter." Prior to that, he's either known as "that damn crackhead," "Mr. Crack," or "Smokey."
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* FamousAncestor: The second season premiere reveals that he is descended from Thomas Jefferson.

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* SkewedPriorities: Whenever he unclogs Haiti Lady's toilet, he's typically more concerned with the fact that she flushed paper towels than the fact that she also flushes animal parts and voodoo accessories.



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[[folder: Emilio Sanchez]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Pepe Serna

A Cuban tenant who speaks with an electrolarynx, and one of Thurgood's friends.
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* LastNameBasis: Everyone just calls him Sanchez.
* MultipleChoicePast: How exactly he lost his voice. It's typically stated that years of smoking damaged his throat, but it's implied in "Haiti Sings the Blues" that Haiti Lady placed a voodoo {{curse}} on him.
* NiceHat: Wears a blue-and-white trucker hat.
* SmokingIsNotCool: He speaks with an electrolarynx because of his smoking habit.
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[[folder: Jimmy Ho]]
->'''Voiced by''': Michael Paul Chan

Bebe's Korean husband and Muriel and Thurgood's brother-in-law, who considers himself part of the African-American community.
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* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: Well, he's Asian, but he still fits the bill, considering himself an honorary black man and often using speaking of himself as such.
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[[folder: Garcelle Dupree/Haiti Lady]]
-->'''Voiced by''': Cheryl Francis Harrington

A Haitian tenant and the projects' resident voodoo queen.
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* DoesNotLikeShoes: Is always seen barefoot.
* HollywoodVoodoo: Whether or not her magic actually works varies between episodes.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Most people just call her Haiti Lady.
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[[folder: Smokey]]
-->'''Voiced by''': Shawn Michael Howard

A homeless crackhead who is nonetheless considered part of the Hilton-Jacobs community.
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* DrugsAreBad: He's homeless and addicted to crack.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His real name, Elister, is revealed in the second season episode "Smokey the Squatter."
* StickyFingers: He tends to steal from the tenants whenever possible.
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[[folder: Walter Burkett]]
-->'''Voiced by''': Marc Wilmore

The neighborhood parole officer and a friend of Thurgood's.
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* DirtyCop: In "How the Super Stoled Christmas," he arrests a purse snatcher, but leaves him locked in a trunk instead of turning him in.
* SonOfAWhore: He mentions in the episode "Bougie Nights" that he was raised in a whorehouse.
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->'''Voiced by:''' Jenifer Lewis



* BoyishShortHair: Although her personality is atypical for the trope.
* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: She and Muriel don't always get along very well.



** She also slept with most of her high school teachers, as well as an exotic dancer--the night before her wedding
** Of course, this makes "Ho" a MeaningfulName.




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* CoolOldLady: But not as far as Thurgood is concerned.
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->'''Voiced by:''' Ja'net Dubois
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* GenreSavvy: DoubleSubverted and PlayedForLaughs in "Fear of a Black Rat." When he finds the rat hiding in his hair, he at first thinks about smacking it with a frying pan, but realizes, "No, that would be stupid." He opts to shoot at it with a revolver instead.

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* GenreSavvy: DoubleSubverted and PlayedForLaughs in "Fear of a Black Rat." When he finds the rat hiding in his hair, he at first thinks about smacking it with a frying pan, but realizes, "No, that would be stupid." He opts to shoot at it with [[RevolversAreJustBetter a revolver revolver]] instead.
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Loretta Devine



* OnlySaneMan: As stated above, she's typically the voice of reason to Thurgood's antics.

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* OnlySaneMan: UsefulNotes/CivilRightsMovement: Part of her BackStory is that she lived in Alabama during TheSixties, where she attended a previously all-white school. She even got to meet then-Governor George Wallace--because he was blocking the school door.
* OnlySaneMan[=/=]WomenAreWiser:
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* PinkIsFeminine: She usually wears pink clothing.
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Characters who appear in ''WesternAnimation/ThePJs'' and their associated tropes.

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[[folder: Thurgood Stubbs]]

The superintendent of the Hilton-Jacobs projects and the main protagonist of the show.
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* AffectionateNickname: Muriel occasionally calls him "Goodie."
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: As dimwitted as he can be, he's proven to be kind and a natural leader if need be.
* DeadpanSnarker: Most of his interactions with the other tenants consist of sarcastic one-liners on his end.
* GenreSavvy: DoubleSubverted and PlayedForLaughs in "Fear of a Black Rat." When he finds the rat hiding in his hair, he at first thinks about smacking it with a frying pan, but realizes, "No, that would be stupid." He opts to shoot at it with a revolver instead.
* UnusualEuphemism: Often uses the names of African-American icons as expletives ("What on Eartha Kitt?", "Mother Marion Berry!", etc.).
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[[folder: Muriel Stubbs]]

Thurgood's wife.
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* OnlySaneMan: As stated above, she's typically the voice of reason to Thurgood's antics.
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[[folder: Florence Normandy Avery]]
An elderly tenant who constantly antagonizes Thurgood.
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* ICallItVera: She calls her shotgun "Mrs. Jones."
* LastNameBasis: Most people just call her "Mrs. Avery."
* MadeOfIron: She's had multiple strokes, but is still alive and able to move on her own.
* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: Often brings out a shotgun to threaten people or to get her way.
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[[folder: Bebe Ho]]
Muriel's sister, and wife of Jimmy Ho.
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* ReallyGetsAround: It's mentioned that Jimmy is her fifth husband. Her promiscuity is even lampshaded in the premiere:
-->'''Bebe''': With that door gone, what's to stop some strange man from comin' in here and [[RapeAsDrama havin' his way with me?]]\\
'''Thurgood''': [[DeadpanSnarker The long-ass line]].
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