A character sheet from Aaron [=McGruder=]'s newspaper comic strip-turned-animated series ''TheBoondocks''
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!!Huey Freeman
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->''"Vision? What do you know about my vision? My vision would turn your world upside down, tear asunder your illusions, and send the sanctuary of your own ignorance crashing down around you."''

-->'''Voiced by:''' Regina King

* AfroAsskicker
* AngryBlackMan: Especially in the comic.
* AsideGlance
* BadassBookworm
* BerserkButton: "I do not like being laughed at."
* BirdsOfAFeather: Huey became best friends with Caesar because of their common political views.
** Well it was more because they were the only black kids in Woodcrest (besides Riley) and could relate. While he often agrees with Huey, Caesar is generally much less interested in politics and occasionally gets annoyed that it's all Huey ever seems to talk about.
* BlackAndNerdy
* BlueOni: To Riley's Red.
** Also to Caesar's Red in the comics.
* ButtMonkey
* TheCassandra
* CavalierCompetitor: Over the kick ball game. At least until Ming [[ItsPersonal makes it personal.]]
* TheComicallySerious: A ten year old who plans a prison escape, thinks he can bring down the man and brings [[FightingWithChucks nunchucks]] to the cinema. And all with a straight face.
* CompositeCharacter: Cartoon Huey combines Comic Huey's radical views and cynicism with Caesar's OnlySaneMan attitude.
* ConspiracyTheorist: He thinks that every white man's in on it, and that you can't tame them with cheese. He's at least wrong about the cheese part. Downplayed in the cartoon, where he acknowledges that most white people are just very, very ignorant, or are evil for non-racist reasons.
** He also tends to adhere to other, non-racial conspiracies as well. In the comics he totally buys into the Y2K scare to a ridiculous extent, to the point of running drills, trying to get his grandfather to buy a generator, and (perhaps jokingly) expecting irradiated zombies to rampage through the hills. This results in him [[CrowningMomentOfFunny totally freaking out when Granddad pulls a prank on him by cutting the lights just as the New Year hits.]]
* CrazyPrepared: Lets just say when shit goes down, Huey is prepared.
* DeadpanSnarker
* FascinatingEyebrow
* FreudianTrio: [[TheSpock The Superego]] to Robert's [[TheKirk Ego]] and Riley's [[TheMcCoy Id]]
* GenreSavvy: Listen to the kid. It might just save your life.
* HypocriticalHumor: In the comic. Caesar is usually responsible for calling him on it.
-->'''Huey:''' Most people don't have the time or the energy to follow politics, and the government takes advantage of that. This country needs to keep a closer eye on Washington! We need to start holding our elected officials responsible for this mess!
-->'''Caesar:''' Wow... So who is our Congressman, Huey?
-->'''Huey:''' Who knows... Some punk...
* InnocentProdigy
* InsufferableGenius: Particularly in the comic.
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: Huey has no real friends. He scares them all off [[BirdsOfAFeather except for Caesar]] and Jazmine, especially in the cartoon, due to Caesar's absence.
* IntergenerationalFriendship:
** With Tom, at least as much as Huey's cynicism will allow.
** Also develops this with The White Shadow to an extent.
* IssueDrift: Inverted in the final days of the comic, because Aaron [=McGruder=] put all of his good ideas into the cartoon.
* IWarnedYou: Writer of "I Told You So: Emegency Household Protocols For Catastophic Scenario"
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Although you have to look pretty hard for it. He means well and does well, but is harsh on those he considers ignorant.
* KatanasAreJustBetter: He plays it straight and also subverts it when he gets in a fight with Riley.
* {{Kuudere}}
* LittleProfessorDialog
* MundaneUtility: In the comics he often tries to use his skills at revolutionary rhetoric and great berth of knowledge of black history to, among other things, get out of mowing the grass. It always fails.
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Huey P. Newton.
* NervesOfSteel: He didn't even flinch when [[spoiler: Luna killed herself with a grenade.]]
* NobleMaleRoguishMale: The (relatively) noble one
* OnlySaneMan
* PerpetualFrowner: Almost always seen with a frown to emphasize his pessimistic and cynical personality. He's only smiled about 5 times in the animated series.
* PosterGalleryBedroom: His (half of the) room is neat with a full bookshelf, a computer and posters of Che and Malcolm X.
* PowerFist: He builds one with instructions from the Internet.
* PsychicPowers: An odd example, as ''TheBoondocks'' as a series only ever slightly ventures into UrbanFantasy territory in its cartoon iteration, but Huey has a tendency to come across information that he would have otherwise never known about in unnatural ways.
** DreamSpying: When Stinkmeaner [[LikeABadassOutOfHell ascended from hell]], Huey had a dream of it happening that same night. When he told Robert about it, he tried to reassure him that Stinkmeaner was dead and [[AnxietyDreams it was just a dream]]. [[TheCassandra Quite obviously, that wasn't the case]].
*** Similarly, but with much less at stake, in the comic strip Huey had a dream that his Granddad had "betrayed" him by getting a government job. He confronted his granddad about it, asking if he had perhaps gotten work as a mailman. At this point, Robert reveals to the boys that he has just gotten work as a census taker, much to Huey's dismay.
** MySignificanceSenseIsTingling: When Stinkmeaner's spirit is running around spreading discord in Tom's body, they cut to a shot of Huey on his hill, narrating the fact that he could sense an evil force gathering nearby, unable to shake the feeling nor the memory of his earlier dream from his mind.
** SpiritAdvisor: He's the only person who can see or hear the voice of the blue StarWars ghost version of Ghostface Killah, (who isn't ''actually'' dead, so this trope cannot fall into the ISeeDeadPeople category).
*** The White Shadow, who for most of his existence seemed to be a non-supernatural, imagination-based entity, became something of a SpiritAdvisor to Huey in the episode "It's Goin' Down". The key element that made him not just a hallucination that spits out things Huey had heard earlier in the day like he was in the episode "The Real", was that the White Shadow warned him of the imminent invasion of his home by actual federal agents, something that Huey had no idea was going to happen. What or who the White Shadow is remains to be seen.
* RaisedByGrandparents
* [[FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling Responsible Sibling]]
* RetiredBadass: Possibly the youngest example ever.
* RidiculousProcrastinator: Huey gets an entire arc about how he can't get himself to just mow the grass.
* TheSchizophreniaConspiracy: In ''The Real'' he concludes that the he's either crazy or that the government is trying to make him think he's crazy.
* SeriousBusiness: The nerd in him will quote Obi-Wan Kenobi and he's repeatedly overreacted when he's given news of bad black movies etc. by Caesar.
* TheSnarkKnight: A very accurate example.
* SoapboxSadie
* TheStoic
* StraightMan
* StrawmanPolitical
* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: This is an odd one. A few of season 3 episodes rely on the fact that Huey is a domestic terrorist although the extent of how or why he is one is ambiguous at best. The animation has him state that he runs several left wing radical groups. In the comic strip, when a teacher reads his profile, he mentions that Huey has several Socialist groups. Then, you look at his adventures, gear, abilities, and personality, it's kind of hard to pin if it was a literal title or a satirical title. And no, Huey has never engaged in any terrorist activities in either the strip or animation.
* TookALevelInBadass: In the comics Huey's martial arts skills are an InformedAbility. In the cartoon, not so much.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour
* {{Ubermensch}}: Deconstructed. Initially, Huey is the picture perfect example or was one in progress. However, as the series progresses, he has his faith challenged that force him to accept that there are forces he can't understand and sometimes he can't make a difference. As the series progresses, Huey starts become more hopeless to eventually giving up on society and accepting that his outlook is not enough.
* TheUnfavorite: Implied in the animated series because he's less likely to go along with his Granddad's crazy schemes than Riley is.
* UnreliableNarrator: In "Attack Of The Killer Kung Fu Wolf Bitch", though he corrects himself.
* WeekendInventor
* WhenHeSmiles: And it's actually quite [[http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs22/f/2007/360/5/2/Huey_Freeman__s_smiles_by_MadMassa13.jpg nice]].
* WiseBeyondTheirYears
* TheWorfEffect: While a skilled martial artist, he is often the one kissing concrete when he gets into fights, though to be fair, a lot of his opponents are adults and elite Badasses. The only fights he has won or at least, had the advantage in, were against either those in his own age group, or just mooks.
* [[SiblingYinYang Sibling Yin]]

!!Riley Freeman
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->''"Game recognize game, and you lookin' kinda unfamiliar right now."''

-->'''Voiced by:''' Regina King

* AdaptationDyeJob: Not a dye job but a hairstyle change. Riley's hair was changed from being short to having cornrows.
** It should be noted that his hairstyle also changed later in the comic's run; in fact there was an arc about him growing his hair out.
* BookDumb: In the comics, he invokes this intentionally.
* BrattyHalfPint
* CatchPhrase: Nigga, you gay.
** Pause.
* CharacterExaggeration: Becomes more of a TedBaxter in the animated series. Somewhat justified in that Riley is supposed to represent black youth stirred in the wrong direction, imitating rappers. During the time of the strip most rappers were known for how "hard" or "gangster" they were. Currently most rappers are known for how flashy and braggadocios they are.
* {{Determinator}}
* EnemiesEqualsGreatness: He's a firm believer in this trope, but [[WrongGenreSavvy unfortunately]], this led Butch Magnus to steal his chain.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He is thoroughly creeped out by Lamilton.
* EvilLaugh: His sadistic snicker.
* FlashbackToCatchphrase: In "The Story Of Gangstalicious, Part 2".
* [[FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling Foolish Sibling]]
* FreudianTrio: [[TheMcCoy The Id]] to Robert's [[TheKirk Ego]] and Huey's [[TheSpock Superego]]
* GeniusDitz
* GenreSavvy: He can predict his Grandad's Catcher Freeman story.
* GirlsHaveCooties
--> ''(After Riley complainins that he might never be able to have money and girls like the rappers on T.V.)''
-->'''Huey:''' Riley, you don't even LIKE girls!
-->'''Riley:''' I DO SO! ''([[{{Beat}} beat]])'' Just as long as they don't touch me...
* GoodOldFisticuffs
* GuiltyPleasures: He feels great shame when it's revealed he's a Lauryn Hill fan. This isn't because Hill is a regular guilty pleasure, [[http://www.gocomics.com/boondocks/1999/07/16/ as Huey explains]] -- he doesn't see Hill's positive messages as compatible with his chosen "gangsta" lifestyle. He has an image and mindset to maintain.
* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday
* IJustWantToBeBadass
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Thugnificient.
* JerkAss
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: [[DependingOnTheWriter Occasionally]].
* LaserGuidedKarma: While Riley never learns any lessons, he doesn't always escape consequences. He usually serves to be his own downfall and often gets beaten by his grandfather if he pisses him off.
* NobleMaleRoguishMale: The roguish one
* ObfuscatingStupidity: In the comics. Outside of being a talented artist, he is also exceptionally bright when he wants to be. He does poorly in school to protect his "rep". In the cartoon, he really ''is'' that stupid.
** He does also learn to be a great artist during an episode in the first season of the show.
** In the first season, Riley was more on the fence when it came to obfuscating stupidity. For all the dumb things he did, the boy was a surprisingly good debater.
** Also, he showed remarkable cunning in "Let's Nab Oprah" by misdirecting Oprah's bodyguards which included Bushido Brown, certainly more cunning than Ed III & Gin Rummy have ''ever'' shown.
** The third season of the cartoon also brings him closer to this; he is, among other things, a master strategist, but is ''willingly'' GenreBlind to an extent that would require him to be secretly GenreSavvy.
* RaisedByGrandparents
* RedOni: Red to Huey's Blue.
* {{Schemer}}
* TedBaxter
* ThisLoserIsYou
* TokenEvilTeammate: Often
* TrashTalk
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour
* UngratefulBastard
* VerbalTic: He seems to have picked up a new one lately whenever he mentions something gay, no homo.
* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: In Roberts DaydreamSurprise.
** Although he's actually pretty asexual in both the comic and show. He sees bitches as more of a status symbol than anything.
* TheWorfEffect: Even worse then Huey as he has no muscles, isn't trained and his style is just straight up brawling. At the very least, he has some high stamina and can take a lot of punishment. But that just means he get tossed around like a ragdoll.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs
* [[SiblingYinYang Sibling Yang]]
* VillainProtagonist

!!Robert "Granddad" Freeman
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->''"Y'all need to start appreciating your Grandaddy! I went and spent your inheritance on this beautiful house in this neighborhood, and all I ask you to do is act like you got some class..."''

-->'''Voiced by:''' John Witherspoon

* AcePilot: He received a medal and flew a "top secret mission to Germany to save the whole world".
* ActorAllusion: Pops, is that you?
* AngryBlackMan: 'Cause he's a GrumpyOldMan.
* {{Awesome McCoolname}}: Robert "Bitches" Freeman.
* BeenThereShapedHistory
** Although how much of it is true [[UnreliableNarrator is uncertain to say the least.]] He definitely was a Tuskeegee Airman and present [[WrongGenreSavvy (albeit deeply unpopular)]] at Rosa Parks' bus protest and the Birmingham marches, definitely ''wasn't'' the UFC light-middleweight champion or a member of G-Unit, and may or may not have gotten into a knife fight with Jesse Jackson.
** Well actually, the Rosa Parks thing was revealed in an episode that turned out all to be Huey imagining what would happen if Martin Luther King had fallen into a coma an woken up in the year 2000 rather than dying, so that one may not be true either.
* BerserkButton: Asking him to butter his own popcorn.
* BlatantLies: "I'm gonna go find myself a white man and lie to 'im right now."
* BystanderSyndrome: Prone to this attitude, especially in the comics.
* CoolOldGuy
* DirtyOldMan: Pretty much the point of his character in the cartoon.
* DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff
* FreudianTrio: [[TheKirk The Ego]] to Huey's [[TheSpock Superego]] and Riley's [[TheMcCoy Id]]
* HypocriticalHumor: A true master.
** HypocrisyNod: Especially in the comics - a common gag is for Huey to point out how he's acting foolish or hypocritical, only for Granddad to agree, but reply that since he's in his golden years he doesn't care.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: In the comics, where he simply desires to live his golden years in relaxation.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: In the show, where he's big on appearances and often wants to live the high life.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Tom.
* IResembleThatRemark
* ItsAllAboutMe
* IWasQuiteALooker: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wingmen_%28The_Boondocks%29 Here]].
* JerkAss
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Sometimes. He does love his grandsons, no matter how much of a pain in the ass they are.
* KavorkaMan
* MeaningfulName: Which Ed Wuncler [[LampshadeHanging hangs a lantern on.]]
* {{Mentor}}: Of a sort to Huey in the comics, where his characterization is that he ''is'' OlderAndWiser, but because he's retired he really doesn't want to have to care. Huey occasionally comes to him for deep conversation, though it's never guaranteed that Granddad will want to get into the situation.
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: at least when they're censored.
* {{Parent-Fu}}
* RedOniBlueOni: Red to Tom Dubois's Blue
* SelfServingMemory
* ShipperOnDeck: Granddad seems to ship the boys with Cindy and Jazmine intentionally (Trying to get Riley to show interest in girls) or sub-consciously (Calling Jazmine Huey's "little friend" and dreaming of Jazmine instinctively hugging Huey when attacked by the [[spoiler: swarm of Stinkmeaners]].)
* TookALevelInJerkass: In the animated series.
* UngratefulBastard
* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: With regard to parenting.
--> "You ever try beatin' his ass?"

!!Uncle Ruckus (No Relation)
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->''"There are those of you who say I'm wrong for hatin' niggas. I call y'all ALL hypocrites 'cause each and every one of you can name ten niggas you hate right now if you had to!"''

-->'''Voiced by:''' Gary Anthony Williams

* BoomerangBigot
* {{Badass}}: In one episode he's shown matching Huey in martial arts skills, which would arguably make him one of the most skilled fighters in the show. In spite, of this, he holds that blacks are ultimately inferior in combat to whites.
* BringMyBrownPants: In "The Story Of Gangstalicious", while at gunpoint.
-->'''Uncle Ruckus:''' (Calmly) Say that again? I couldn't hear you over the sound of me shittin' myself.
* CanonImmigrant: He was originally created for the show, but [=McGruder=] added him to the comic in the brief period between the show starting and the comic ending.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Season 1 actually has moments where he seems completely aware that he's black. Refering to whites as "they" and blacks as "we" is a subtle example.
** Other lines include "I was happy at the back of the bus" and "I would have shoot you myself but I realized the white man got better aim." Not to mention the episode "The Passion of Reverend Ruckus".
* ContinuityNod: He's a reverend again in "Stinkmeaner Strikes Back".
-->'''Uncle Ruckus:''' I am Reverend Father Uncle Ruckus. No relation.
* EnemyMine [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ijFSU1S-3g Briefly formed one with niggers in order to finance his movie]].
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: He's on very good terms with his mother and brothers; it's his father he hates.
** [[AbusiveParents With good reason]].
* FluffyCloudHeaven: In the ColdOpen of "The Passion Of Reverend Ruckus".
* FreudianExcuse: Was raised by an extremely abusive dad who always proclaimed his hatred of white people as well as a loving mom who idolized Caucasians. This helped warp Ruckus's mind into the self-hating oaf we know and love.
* GlassEye
* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: Played for laughs and drama.
** [[AbusiveParents Abusive Dad]]: Well, they ''try'' to play it for laughs, but it's not very funny to see how brutally abusive his dad was. He beat the shit out of him ''for having fun and wanting to be a doctor''. No wonder he grew up so messed.
* HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: When they flashback to his childhood, his mother actually calls him Uncle, so "Uncle Ruckus" is actually his full name.
* IKnowKarate: "You think you're the only one to master the ancient & deadly art of the Nunchaku?"
* JerkAss: Most of the time.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: At times.
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[ReturnOfTheJedi Jabba's theme]] plays most of the time he's on-screen from season 2 onward.
* MadEye: Interestingly enough, this is the only one with color.
* NWordPrivileges: No one takes offense to his song in "The Garden Party", or anything else he says because he has these.
* NonstandardCharacterDesign
* PassFail
* PetTheDog: In ''A Huey Freeman Christmas.''
* PretendPrejudice
* RonaldReagan: He worships him to the same extent that Huey hates him.
* SitcomArchnemesis
* StopOrIWillShoot: Not only was he doing nothing illegal, he was the one who called them.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Robert. Despite his racist views and the verbal abuse they keep slinging at each other because of it, the two sure seem to hang out a lot.
* WhyDoYouKeepChangingJobs: Subverted. He's holding down ''47 jobs at once''.

!!Michael Caesar
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->''"Remember, the people you want to liberate are still tied to the system. You need big distribution-- make it hip. [...] [[HilariousInHindsight And make it look kinda anime]], like {{Pokemon}}: That's popular."''

* BlackAndNerdy: Has just as much casual nerdy knowledge as Huey.
* CelebCrush: Claimed Jennifer Lopez was the female ideal of unobtainable beauty and then dumped her off the list because of the movie ''Enough''.
* ClassClown
* TheConfidant: One of the people who will actually listen and care about what Huey has to say, lending an ear to his many conspiracy theories and potentially unpopular opinions, even if he'd rather be doing something less weighty.
* TheConscience: He serves this function particularly when Huey's thoughts or actions threaten to cross a line in some way, reminding him that life doesn't have to be so [[BlackAndWhiteMorality black and white]].
** A more straight-forward example of Caesar playing the part was when Huey tried to write a civil, courteous letter to President G. W. Bush. Whenever he'd type something cynical or rude, Caesar'd steer Huey back in the 'right' direction.
---> ''(Huey begins typing the header to his letter)''
---> '''Huey:''' [-DEAR ILLEGAL AMERICAN REGIME-]--
---> '''Caesar:''' [[LittleNo Start over]].
* DeadpanSnarker
* DreadlockRasta: Caesar falls into the laid-back, anti-authoritarian group of dreadlock wearers, contrasting his best friend's ultra-serious, militant attitude and afro.
* {{Foil}}: Was introduced as a character with Huey's views and wisdom who was much more laid back about it. This quickly put him into the OnlySaneMan slot.
* FishOutOfWater: Same as the Freeman kids, though he gets used to it a lot faster than either of them do.
* GenreSavvy
* InnocentProdigy
-->'''Caesar:''' [[LampshadeHanging Not to change subjects, but...]] [[NonSequitur Why are all the cookies on your side of the table?]]
* TheLancer: Caesar functions as Huey's right-hand-man on many an activity, such as being a co-founder to their newspaper. [[{{Foil}} At the same time, he generally challenges the kid's serious nature with a much warmer personality]].
* LastNameBasis: His first name, Michael, is referenced less than a handful of times in the comic strips.
* MeaningfulName: MC.
* MetaGuy: He has a habit of vaguely referencing he and Huey's position as characters, the comic's creator, or the strip itself in meta fashion.
-->'''Caesar:''' Can you believe it's been four years since the last [election]?
-->'''Huey:''' Yeah.
-->'''Caesar:''' Funny. Seems like we haven't aged a day...
* NiceGuy
* ObligatoryJoke: Often, much to Huey's annoyance. Especially since his jokes can come out of [[NonSequitur no-where]] with little-to-no prompt.
* OnlySaneMan
* RedOni: Red to Huey's blue.
* SoUnfunnyItsFunny: Most of his jokes fall into this category.
* WhereTheWhiteWomenAt: [[http://www.gocomics.com/boondocks/2010/10/03/ Oh Caesar.]]
* WiseBeyondTheirYears
* YouNeedToGetLaid: To Condeleeza Rice of all people.
* YourMom: Basically his catch phrase, with varying levels of cleverness.

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[[folder: Recurring Characters]]
!!Tom Dubois
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->Voiced by: Cedric Yarbrough

* AssKicksYou
* ButNotTooBlack: [[LampshadeHanging Which he hangs a lantern on.]]
* ButtMonkey
* ChewToy
* ClusterFBomb: In "Ballin'" & "Home Alone".
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Much to his dismay.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Huey & Robert.
* MeaningfulName: Tom as in Uncle Tom, Dubois from W.E.B Dubois.
* NiceGuy
* RedOniBlueOni: Blue to Robert Freeman's Red
* StarbucksSkinScale: "Well, actually I'm more of a caramel complexion."
* StrawmanPolitical: He and his wife are stereotypical clueless moderate liberals.
* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: In the comics, he is stated to have only dated white women, eventually marrying Sarah.
* WouldntHitAGirl

!!Jazmine Dubois
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->Voiced by: Gabby Soleil

* AccidentalPervert: Poor Jazmine. Her first penis display belonged to an 80+ year old man.
* BreakTheCutie: A major reason Huey has for talking to her in the comics, though he doesn't exactly mean to be malicious - he truly thinks she would be better off if she were a cynic like him, so he makes it his mission to tear down her childlike beliefs.
* ButtMonkey: In the comic, though she only tends to be treated badly by Huey and occasionally Riley. It seems like in general the world enjoys messing with her naivete.
* CheerfulChild
* FanGirl: Of Usher.
* FunnyAfro: Makes her insecure. Played for laughs, naturally.
* GreenEyes
* {{Hikikomori}}: Once she returns in the comic book her two year long ChuckCunninghamSyndrome is explained as her locking herself in her room ever since 9/11 our of fear of terrorists.
* IAmNotPretty
* LuminescentBlush: At the end of "Wingmen".
* VocalEvolution: Justified since her voice actor was a little girl when the series began.
* WideEyedIdealist

!!Cindy [=McPhearson=]
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->Voiced by: TaraStrong

* CharacterExaggeration: In the original comic, she was simply a white student obsessed with black culture and oblivious to Huey's blatant dislike of her. In the show, she's an over-exaggerated wigger.
* CheerfulChild: The comic version is arguably even more cheerful than Jazmine since she doesn't have Jazmine's insecurities or Huey to depress her.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Cindy only appeared in the comic strip for the first 2 years during the comic's lifespan. The other four years? She dropped off the face of the Earth. She made her first appearance in 7 years on the show and has been shown to be becoming an EnsembleDarkhorse.
* DefeatEqualsFriendship: With Riley in the cartoon.
* DumbBlonde
** She is however street smart in the cartoon, able to organize and lead girl scouts as a minor drug boss.
* GenkiGirl: In the comic.
* GirlScoutsAreEvil
* HeyItsThatVoice: Hey that's [[PowerPuffGirls Bubbles]]
* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: Parodied.
* TokenWhite
* TookALevelInJerkass: In the cartoon, similar to Riley, again due to "thug life" changing since she had a role in the comic.
* TrashTalk
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour


!!Sarah Dubois
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->Voiced by: Jill Talley

* FanGirl: Of Usher and BarackObama.
* [[HenpeckedHusband Henpecked Housewife]]: She is often pretty frustrated by Tom's uptightness and awkwardness in public. His endless fear of being sent to prison and anally raped has taken a toll on their marriage.
* HotMom: Oh Yes. Especially in the cartoon.
* SatelliteCharacter: She's Tom's wife, Jazmine's mother, the Freeman's neighbor and every episode she's featured in deals with one of those facts.
* TokenWhite
* [[WhereDaWhiteWomenAt Where Da Black Men At]]: In the comics, she only dated black men, eventually marrying Tom. She's still openly attracted to black men, notably Usher and President Obama in the show, much to Tom's dismay.

!!Otis "Thugnificent" Jenkins
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->Voiced by: Carl Jones

* [[AFatherToHisMen A Bro To His Men]]
* AscendedExtra: Albeit slightly - having only appeared in 3 episodes in Season 2, he appeared in 5 episodes for Season 3.
* AutoTune: Uses it in his album "Mo' Bitches, Mo' Problems". [[KanyeWest Which fails spectacularly]] since he uses it in ''all'' his songs.
* BigDamnHeroes: Even after getting kicked out of Granddad's house, he still managed to come to the rescue in "Fried Chicken Flu".
* ADayInTheLimelight: "Bitches to Rags".
* DrivesLikeCrazy
* EarlyBirdCameo: Kind of. That song "Booty Butt Cheeks" you hear throughout Season 1? He made that.
* FallenOnHardTimesJob: His attempt to sell crack.
* HiddenDepths
** IMinoredInTropology: In the episode "The Story of Thugnificant" the title character congratulated Huey for his enjoyment of reading. Huey thought it wasn't a big deal, but what he didn't know was that Thugnificent has a bachelors degree in communications, meaning he does understand the importance of education.
* ImportantHaircut: [[spoiler:After he sells his home]], he loses the "Mickey Mouse" afro.
* IncomingHam: The RunningGag of his arrival being heralded by a glass-shatteringly loud rendition of one of his own songs.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Riley.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's an irresponsible idiot, but he's probably one of the nicest characters in the series.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Gets his buddy fired from his job, due to NoSuchThingAsHR.
** And again when he visit a Asian friend for help for his failing career and instantly got it just from simply asking. The thing though he brought Ed Wuncler III with him since he thought it was a drug deal. When Ed realized he wasn't getting any money out of it...yeah.
* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: A good showman but due to trying to preserve his image, not the smartest when it comes to money. [[spoiler: Ultimately derails his music career in season three.]]
* [[spoiler: RichesToRags: The episode title is a even a play off the name.]]
* VitriolicBestBuds: Gets off to a rocky start with Granddad, but eventually they put aside their differences. This is especially apparent after [[spoiler: Otis gives up his "Thugnificent" persona]].
-->'''Thugnificent:''' Old man, I know I told you to go eat dicks in the past, but you alright with me.

!!Leonard
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->Voiced by: [=DeRay=] Davis

* AFriendInNeed: He's the only one left in the Lethal Interjection Crew that sticks around when Thugnificent's money dries up.
* BigDamnHeroes: With Thugnificent in "Fried Chicken Flu".
* ButtMonkey: Usually the odd-man-out and the butt of jokes, as far as members of the Lethal Interjection Crew go.
* FallenOnHardTimesJob: Working at Wendy's
* GoodIsDumb: While he's one of the kindest characters in the show, he's not particularly bright.
-->'''Leonard:''' You know what, when I tried [a buffalo wing], I thought to myself, "this tastes like chicken," but the fact it's a buffalo, I was like, naw, I don't want to say it out loud 'cause y'all gonna think I'm stupid. That's why I ain't get no chicken, I just got the buffalo.
* LovableCoward: He ''will not'' die for his chain.
* NiceGuy
** TokenGoodTeammate: When the Lethal Injection Crew were talking about what they were going to do if their careers fail, they all talk about becoming burglars and drug dealers. Only Leonard talked about getting a paying job, which he was immediately chewed out for.
* OddNameOut: The Lethal Interjection Crew consists of Thugnificent, Macktastic, Flonominal [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg ...and Leonard]]
* TheRuntAtTheEnd
* {{Workaholic}}: He works so much when Thugnificent goes broke in the third season that you hardly see him out of his [[BadJobWorseUniform Wendy's uniform]].
** When he figures out that the mortgage on the mansion is 12,000 a month and his boss won't give him extra hours to cover it, he reasons that he'll try to work his job, do telemarketing, and sell art out of the drive-through window at the same time.

!!Gangstalicious
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->Voiced by: Mos Def

* ArmoredClosetGay
* BrokenPedestal: Subverted, as Riley says that he's telling "their stories."
* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: His videos make him out to be a lot bigger than he actually is.
-->'''Riley''': Damn nigga, you short.
* FeetOfClay
* {{Gayngster}}
* OnlyAFleshWound: Was shot twice on stage, one of them in his right shoulder, and laid there bleeding out for 45 minutes before anyone thought to call an ambulance. [[UnexplainedRecovery He Got Better]].
* YouAreTheNewTrend: After his extremely successful "Homies Over Hoes" single drops, a lot of people become really into his [[{{Camp}} ridiculous]] new fashion line.



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[[folder: Trouble-making Characters]]
!!Ed Wuncler, Sr.
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->Voiced by: EdwardAsner

* CorruptCorporateExecutive
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Even He thinks Ed III is a fuckup.
* EvilPlan: Hatches a few, usually involving money.
* FriendlyEnemy: He's well aware that Huey is [[WiseBeyondTheirYears Wise Beyond His Years]], and seems to genuinely like Granddad. Huey mentions that he doesn't think he's racist, just a greedy old man.
* InkSuitActor: Imagine Ed Asner still channeling [[TheMaryTylerMooreShow Lou Grant]], and you wouldn't be too far off.
* JerkAss: Wuncler has done multiple acts of pure malice throughout the series and he is proud of them.
* KarmaHoudini: You know you're one when even '''the president''' ''personally phones'' the agent holding you at gunpoint to tell him to stand down.
* MeaningfulName: His name refers to the Once-Ler from Dr. Seuss' Literature/TheLorax, who was just as greedy as he is.
* MoneyDearBoy: "Don't you have ''enough'' money?" "No."
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: If Ed the Third is [[GeorgeWBush George W. Bush]], this would naturally make Ed Senior his grandfather, Prescott Bush. Though, ''his'' grandfather was Prescott Rothchild Wuncler.
* StrawmanPolitical: Some of his rhetoric seems to be conservative/libertarian based. Since he is a satiric characterization of Prescott Bush, it is kind of expected.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney
* TheChessmaster

!!Ed Wuncler III
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->Voiced by: Charlie Murphy

* AxCrazy: Mostly in terms of how he thinks outright sociopathic behavior is all in good fun.
* BringMyBrownPants: His time in Iraq... good god.
** To be precise, he soiled himself at least a dozen times, the other members of his unit called him "Stinkbomb", and he was eventually kept from joining on patrols because the enemy could smell him coming.
* CatchPhrase: (What the) Fuck y'all lookin' at?
* ComedicSociopathy
* FearlessFool: He invites Riley to test his ballistic vest with live ammo while he's wearing it, wanders in full view through raging gunfights [[GunsAkimbo firing]] [[GangstaStyle wildly]] [[ATeamFiring at nothing,]] and seems to forget that taking both hands off the steering wheel to shoot out of a moving car is a bad idea, among other things. He's really, ''really'' lucky to be alive at this point.
* HeyItsThatVoice: [[Series/ChappellesShow Charlie Murphy]], is that you?
* JerkAss: Hoo boy.
* MotorMouth: Nobody does rambling anecdotes quite like Charlie Murphy.
* NamesTheSame
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Meant as a parody of [[GeorgeWBush George W. Bush]], being destined for greatness simply because his family is rich.
* KarmaHoudini:
** Due to his grandfather's protection and being viewed as a SociopathicHero in-series.
** Subverted in "It's Goin' Down".
* PetTheDog: There are subtle moments where he's shown to be not that of a guy.
* PocketProtector: His big "W" medallion has spared him from death on several occasions.
* RunningGag: Will generally find some way to get shot in the chest (surviving due to his vest).
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections / ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney
* SeinfeldianConversation: Which he [[LampshadeHanging hangs a lantern on.]]
* TheSociopath
* TriggerHappy
* UpperClassTwit
* [[EvilRedhead VERY Morally Ambiguous Redhead]]
* WhiteGangBangers

!!Gin Rummy
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->Voiced by: SamuelLJackson

* ComedicSociopathy
* ConspiracyTheorist
* FeigningIntelligence
* HeyItsThatVoice: [[SamuelLJackson Sam L.]] got skills.
* KarmaHoudini: Same as Ed. Subverted in "It's Goin' Down".
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Meant as a parody of Donald Rumsfeld.
* SeinfeldianConversation: Which [[LampshadeHanging he hangs a lantern on.]]
* SophisticatedAsHell
* TriggerHappy
* UpperClassTwit
* WhiteGangBangers

!!Colonel H. Stinkmeaner
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->Voiced by: Cedric Yarbrough

* [[BadassCrew Badass and]] {{Jerkass}} [[BadassCrew Crew]]: Stinkmeaner in his slightly younger days belonged to the Hateocracy, a group of senior citizens who hated everything and were all {{jerkass}}es. Stinkmeaner [[spoiler: might not be that dangerous a fighter, but the rest of the Hateocracy is dangerous enough to defeat and [[OffWithHisHead behead]] [[MemeticBadass Bushido Brown]].]]
* BlindBlackGuy
* BloodKnight: Really enjoys Nigga moments
* BoomerangBigot: While he hates everyone, he hates black people slightly more than everyone else.
* CameBackStrong: Initially just a hateful old man who managed to get lucky in a single fight. When he comes back from Hell, though...
* DisabilitySuperpower: Subverted, as for once the generally GenreSavvy Huey was WrongGenreSavvy, and EverybodyWasKungFuFighting didn't apply.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: [[SarcasmMode In his defense]], have you tried driving while blind?
* FateWorseThanDeath: He may be in Hell, but it's better than being in jail.
** Defied as he's clearly enjoying his stay in Hell.
* ForTheEvulz: The sole motivation behind his ''very breathing''.
* '''''[[JerkAss Jerk Hole]]''''': He puts Ed Wuncler to shame.
* KarmaHoudini: Big time before getting his comeuppance, as shown that death cannot stop a nigga moment (something that [[InLoveWithYourCarnage he enjoys]]) but peace and/or jailtime will.
* LikeABadassOutOfHell: "Hell ain't SHIT!"
* MadeOfEvil
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: [[spoiler:possibly]]
* TookALevelInBadass: "''I got 'three-stick nunchucks'!''"
* TrainingFromHell: ''Literally''. "''This is how you break yo foot off in a mothafuckas' ass!''"
* TrashTalk
* [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch This Is For Emphasis Bitch Nyukka]]
* ScrewPolitenessImASenior
* ThePowerOfHate: He owes his long life to his "love of hatred".
* VerbalTic: '''BITCH ASS NYUKKA!'''


!! A Pimp Named Slickback
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->''"Let us pray the Pimp's Prayer. Lord, please pray for the soul of this bitch and guide my pimp hand and make it strong, Lord, so that she might learn a ho's place. Amen."''

--> Voiced by: Katt Williams

* CatchPhrase: Need to correct every character he interacts with. His name is A Pimp Named Slickback.
* HeyItsThatVoice: Voiced by famous comedian, Katt Williams.
* {{Jerkass}}: He IS a pimp afterall.
* PimpDuds
** CoolShades: Tinted purple to match his suit, even.
* PurpleIsPowerful
* SmokingIsCool: He smokes. He's cool.
* WouldHitAGirl: Hits his hos. Advice to Tom. Hit her.


!!Bushido Brown
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->Voiced by: Cedric Yarbrough, later Michael Jai White

* AfroAsskicker
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: ''Very'' arrogant.
--> '''Robert Freeman:''' Did you just tell me to whipe your ass?
* AwesomeMcCoolname
* {{Expy}}: Of 1970s Martial Arts film star Jim Kelly
* InsistentTerminology: Grand''master'' Bushido Brown.
* JerkAss
* MemeticBadass: In-universe his reputation is greatly exaggerated. He's still quite possibly the best fighter on the show.
** Is also one of two notable characters in the whole show to have fought in the Kumite ([-[[RunningGag HU-CHYA!]]-]).
* OccidentalOtaku: Aside from the obvious, his demands in return for helping the Freemans in Season 3 include large amounts of sushi and one of those "Japanese butt-cleaning toilets".
* [[spoiler:OffWithHisHead]]

!!Luna
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->Voiced by: Aisha Tyler

* AbusiveParents: Her father would constantly beat her mother right in front of her, even over a piece of chicken. Unfortunately, Luna suffered the same type of abuse in her previous relationships.
* ActionGirl
* AndShowItToYou: Did this to a guy back in the Kumite ([-[[RunningGag WA-TA!]]-]), all completed with this line:
--> [[MortalKombat '''FINISH HIM!''']]
* BadAss
* BrokenBird
* CuteAndPsycho
* CuteBruiser
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Troubled would be an understatement for this girl: beside from being RaisedByWolves, Luna has suffered every type of abuse in every relationship she's been in. It doesn't help that she grew up in a broken home with an abusive father.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Like her mother, Luna was severely abused over the slightest things, whether the cooking was cold and the laundry was done wrong.
** Her friend Nicole doesn't help either; she suggested that Luna should just outright ''kill'' Granddad just for cutting their weekend short.
--> '''Nicole:''' Now remember, this is not your fault. This man took your weekend from you. Two days you'll never get back! You gotta kill him.
* DomesticAbuse:
--> '''BITCH, THIS CHICKEN IS COLD!'''
* [[spoiler: InterruptedSuicide:]] Only most likely because Granddad and Tom [[spoiler: were in the same room and tied up when Luna contemplated whether she should blow herself up with a grenade.]]
** [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide:]] [[SarcasmMode Thanks a lot, Nicole.]]
* LargeHam: "If I could just find a man to love me-he-he-he-he *gasp* eh-he-he-he-he *gasp* eh-he- *beat* [[OverlyLongGag -eee.]]"
* PoisonousFriend: She hangs on Nicole's every word, even if she tells her to kill Graddad, [[spoiler: or herself.]]
* RaisedByWolves: She also owns ''fifteen'' of them.
* SheFu: She beats the living shit out of Huey, chokes out Granddad, and tosses Tom across the room by the neck with her legs.
** WaifFu: Luna is also much stronger than she looks, as she is seen a flashback beating the crap of a guy three times her size in the Kumite ([-[[RunningGag HIYAA!]]-]) flashback and ''rips his heart right out of his chest.'' She also laments wiping the floor with Huey by ''punching a hole in the wall.''
* SkilledButNaive: A literal example; she's practically a trained killer, but easily fell for Granddad's Fidel Castro lie.
* StepfordSmiler: Type C.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: Her friend Nicole is the epitome of this trope.
* TragicVillain: Her past relationships ''sucked''.
* UnusualEuphemism: Her "friendly sparring match" with Huey [[CurbStompBattle wasn't so friendly...]][[spoiler: for Huey, that is.]]
* WhamLine:
--> '''Luna:''' I thought you were going to say that I was crazy and you didn't want to see me again ''like the others''.
* WomanScorned: She rose hell when she found out Granddad lied to her about attending Fidel Castro's birthday party.
* {{Yandere}}: And ''how''.


!!Jericho Freeman
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-> Voiced by: Cedric the Entertainer

* BaldOfEvil
* ConMan: After mooching off of Grandad for a few months, he pretends that F.E.M.A. denied his compensation request so that he won't have to pay him or anyone back.
* FatBastard
* FatSlob
* ForgotToPayTheBill: Really, Robert Freeman neglected to pay the utilities and phone bills in the hopes it would send the New Orleans Freemans packing.
* JerkAss
* LazyBum: He spends all of his time waiting for F.E.M.A. to pay for his life and family instead of going out and actually getting a real job.
* TheLoad
* LowerClassLout
* RaginCajun: Lived in New Orleans when the hurricane hit.
* TheTramp
* UngratefulBastard: Doesn't seem to care one bit that Granddad let him and his family live in their house or gave him money to help them out.
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