- Jossed. Thomas Sowell writes from a libertarian and conservative perspective these days, which is completely opposed to a lot of Huey's ideas.
- So? That doesn't mean that Huey-Thomas' views couldn't have changed after growing older.
- Actually, his mother just told him he was really a white boy. Apparently, he gets his racist ideology from his father, and his backwards view of history (including his own) from his mother. It's also worth noting that Uncle Ruckus's name is "a reference to Amos Rucker, an African-American United Confederate Veterans member, who allegedly wanted to stay a slave after the United States Civil War."
- She was a parody of a legit actor that is prevalent in most Tyler Perry films and shows. But that doesn't rule this out.
- It's unlikely that this woman is Ruckus' sister, as she doesn't show up for the family reunion in "The Color Ruckus". Maybe she's a cousin?
- Decent judgement? Instead of hiding like Riley and Cindy, he decides to go guns blazing and starts shooting randomly without prejudice in turn, gets shot in his chain and knocked out. This wasn't the first time that Ed had to go it alone and still acted like a moron. For example, the first episode where he ends up getting shot out the window. Another is when he kidnaps the wrong kid in Shinin'. There was also when Riley asked him to find the Hateocracy and he ends up shooting at random old people. Then the whole Thugnificent scenario that ended quite badly for him as well. As his grandfather stated, he is a moron.
- I stand corrected, especially now that I've had a chance to see "Bitches to Rags" (he flipped out over not being able to sell cocaine when he could have earned a $30,000 commission). Still, he's good for dumb muscle, unlike Rummy who doesn't do anything except come up with bad ideas and give Ed more problems. Though if I recall correctly, in "Shinin'" Rummy was with him.
- Still, Ed III is more competent on his own relative to when he's with Gin Rummy.
- Questionable at best, considering that he literally got the crap scared out of him while he was serving in Iraq.
- If anything, Rummy is the smarter of the two. While still stupid, he's not a complete idiot like Ed the Third.
- I stand corrected, especially now that I've had a chance to see "Bitches to Rags" (he flipped out over not being able to sell cocaine when he could have earned a $30,000 commission). Still, he's good for dumb muscle, unlike Rummy who doesn't do anything except come up with bad ideas and give Ed more problems. Though if I recall correctly, in "Shinin'" Rummy was with him.
- Inverted: Rummy is actually competent on his own, but none of his plans work because he always involves Ed in them. Their plan in "It's Goin' Down" would have worked fine had Ed not left his iPhone at the Freemans' house.
- I agree with the above, as "The Red Ball" depicts Gin Rummy successfully eliminating the paid-off referee as per Ed Wuncler's orders. Granted, it was executed using a HUGE amount of overkill, but the job got done.
- Word of God: Riley is not gay. It was stated on the commentary of the season 2 DVD which Aaron was specific in his words due to the huge backlash he's seen due to the minimal possibility of turning him gay. I doubt that he even thinks of his own sexuality since he is still 8. He is just mimicking what he sees and hears on TV.
- Homophobia DOES NOT NECESSARILY EQUAL closet homosexuality. It seems that people like this kind of irony too much.
- There are multiple reasons why that can't be true. First, difference in personality. Second, different names. And third, the Karate Kid was from Detroit, while Riley is from Chicago.
- When has Cindy shown any ability to fight aside from a Groin Attack?
- It was sufficient deterrent to keep anyone else from attacking. Come to think of it, maybe a running theme of this story is to deconstruct I Know Mortal Kombat.
- It was a deterrent to keep a grown man from scaring her off the block. It just may be possible that Huey and the other practicioners just may have trained to get their ability just like everybody else. Since Huey isn't shown doing anything else except reading and on computer, its not too far fetched to believe that he finds time to train when nobody is around.
- When has Sarah shown any fighting capabilities whatsoever? It's safe to say that she could not handle herself in a fight. Otherwise she'd be wearing the pants in Tom's household.
- Tom isn't a badass either. In fact he lets his wife throw objects at him with impunity.
- Jossed because the so-called "fried chicken flu" was really just a word for salmonella, nobody actually died from it, and civilization is still the same.
- Salmonella is also still ongoing and dangerous.
- Kind of would ruin the whole point of the show if they moved out. If anything, the opening episode of a possible Season 4 should finally introduce Caesar, and have Huey coming out of retirement.
- Confirmed.http://screenrant.com/the-boondocks-season-4-announced-kofi-125008/
- Still, there's not a lot left in Woodcrest, since Tom isn't afraid of prison rape anymore and Uncle Ruckus no longer hates black people.
- While the show was renewed for a Season 4, all of the above guesses are jossed, except for Tom no longer being afraid of prison rape (or it's at least not mentioned anymore).
- Season 4 will introduce Caesar to the cartoon and have Huey finally coming out of retirement.
- Riley, Huey, or both will eventually cross the Moral Event Horizon.
- The White Shadow is the Big Bad of the series and is secretly pulling an extremely complex and devious scheme on Huey.
- Stinkmeaner, the Hateocracy, or both will return.
- Gangstalicious and Thugnificent will both return.
- Butch Magnus and Lamilton will both return and team-up.
- We will learn what happened to Riley and Huey's parents.
- All of the above guesses are jossed, except for Stinkmeaner's return (sort of, except that a clone takes his place).
- "The Red Ball", "The Fried Chicken Flu", and "It's Goin Down" all add some credence to this, especially since said Shadow showed up in "It's Goin Down" to warn Huey. Huey being around saved the town from being bought by communists, his entire house being destroyed (a lesser thing for sure), and an entire building blowing up.
- Considering her reaction to Tom possessed by Stinkmeaner's ghost, this is obvious.
- Also worth noting that The Boondocks Wiki states that "while Tom was shown exhausted (and sweaty), Sarah was on the other side reading (with glasses) and did not show any signs of fatigue. It is most likely that their sex life is not that good, or that Tom simply did not give her enough pleasure." I swear that it once stated that Sarah wishes that Tom would be more assertive, possibly sexually.
- Read above.
- Or it could be named after Dorothy Dandridge. In the comic, it was shown that he had a thing for her.
- Or Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz?
- Robert Jebediah "Granddad" Freeman represents the old out of touch indifferent older generation, whom became cynically apathetic and complacent after the civil rights era. Basically suffering from a serious case of Silly Rabbit, Idealism Is for Kids!. In a sense he seems to have a "I'm over it" type attitude towards "the struggle".
- Huey Freeman represents all the smart black youth who has a dark cynical almost misanthropic view of the world as far as politics, religion, the media, businesses and corporations, African-American culture and American society goes. Represents the darker view of a left wing ideologue.
- Riley Freeman The naive, apolitical and or indifferent "ignorance is bliss" type. Also a conformist type despite wanting to be a rebellious thug and gangster. Represents the worst stereotypes of young black america, and is to ignorant to know.
- Michael Caesar is socially aware but optimistic, unlike Huey, able to see the bright side of things at almost all times and possess non destructive hobbies outside of activism. The more positive side of youth culture.
- Jazmine Dubois represents the suburban, sheltered, naive, apolitical type of black youth. Uncaringly obeying the system's rules and having no hangups at all about it or how it functions or why its even there and what its doing or not doing to their lives, she just wants to fit into white society. In a ironic way she's the flip side of the same coin of Riley, completely ignorant but for different reasons.
- Thomas Lancaster Dubois represents the out of touch white collar black professional whom has forgotten his roots. After finding success he marries a blond white woman. His job as a prosecuting attorney is ironic: He essentially sends other people (mostly black men) to the fate he himself most fears. Could also bee seen as someone who wants to fit into white society.
- Uncle Ruckus is pretty obvious, he's a Boomerang Bigot who doesn't believe he's black. Also an allegory for "uncle toms".
- This isn't so much a WMG, but more of an obvious list of character descriptions.
- What would it be called, "The Horrible Thing About Niggers"?
- But this never happens.
- At the end of "Mr. Medicinal," Granddad is apparently free to go to California as soon as his parole is up. He also says in "It's Goin Down" that they might have to start looking for a new neighborhood.
- Jossed, they remain in Woodcrest.
- Confirmed, as seen in "Stinkmeaner 3: The Hateocracy". Robert feels guilty about accidentally killing Stinkmeaner, but Stinkmeaner's ability to come back to life is unrelated to that, he really is just an evil old asshole.
- Maybe that explains why Mister tended to single out Ruckus more than the other kids due to him being pissed at how shitty his life was due to racism and Jim Crow laws.
- Continuing off from this,
- Jossed, Ruckus' unhappy childhood, spent with an abusive father and a white-loving mother, taught him to be a self-hating negro.
- Jossed because of Jazmine's minimized role in Season 4.
- Jossed. The closest we get to a "climatic battle" is Huey kicking Ed Wuncler II in the face and destroying Freedomland, though Wuncler still manages to escape somewhat scott-free.
- Unfortunately this is confirmed. Though if Caesar did appear in the show, I think he should've been voiced by Phil Lamarr.
- While Ruckus does love his black family (minus his father and grandmother), he states that instead of actively hating black people, they should be pitied for their "inferiority" to white people.
- Confirmed.
- Confirmed, Season 4 is indeed the final season of The Boondocks.
- "Freedom Ride or Die" was a flashback/prequel episode, so it couldn't have been the finale. I think you may have meant to say "Freedomland", which seems like it was intended to end the story arc, even if it still leaves a lot of loose threads hanging.
- And Robert's legend of Catcher Freeman was based on Django. Just watch Django Unchained, and see how oddly similar it is to "The Story of Catcher Freeman"!
- Note: This theory was shamelessly copied from the Django Unchained WMG page.
- Alternatively, Huey's version of the story is true, and (in-universe) Quentin Tarantino based the film on a version of the story told to him by a distant cousin of the Freemans, who heard the same distorted version Robert did.
- Huey was originally just an idealistic bookworm who had high hopes of changing the world, but his parents' deaths made him become very cynical, and so he turned to political extremism.
- Riley was left without any good role models to discourage him from bad behavior, so he handled his loneliness by making some bad friends who only taught him delinquency and hooliganism.
Huey and Riley seem to have always grown up with their grandfather; in "The S-Word", Huey reminds his grandfather how he's always used the word "nigga" in his home, and Riley thought it was his name until he was 3. Also in the comic strip, Caesar used to make a lot of "yo mama" jokes to Huey; it seems like Huey would be more bitter to it if he knew his parents were dead.
Tobias' script, although seemingly forgotten, would eventually be discovered and turned into a play (perhaps loosely), about the legendary Catcher Freeman. Eventually it was adapted even more loosely into the movie Django Unchained.
- Her hair probably is an afro, as in the comic strip series, whenever she tries to straighten up her hair it always poofs back up again.
- The real reason he acts white is because he does not want to go to prison.
- Despite not actually doing anything illegal, Huey was added to the federal government's watchlist of suspected domestic terrorists, forcing him to rant about politics much less frequently.
- Caesar left Woodcrest for some unknown reason. With the sudden loss of the only friend whom he knew how to talk to, this couldn't have helped Huey's constant bitterness.
- Riley gets a new hairstyle, but is still just as (if not more) annoying as he was before. His bad influence also causes Cindy to become more of a jerk.
- Robert starts developing the early symptoms of dementia, which explains why he seems to have become so incredibly stupid in the show.
- Mr. Uberwitz replaced Mr. Petto as Huey's teacher, while Mr. Petto replaced Ms. Peterson as Riley's teacher.
- Sarah retired early from her law career for some reason, so Tom had to increase his own working hours.
- But this probably won't stop unconfirmed rumors about the return of the series.
- Hey, it happened for Family Guy and Futurama!
- As of June 2019 this has been confirmed, as a Season 5 (or more precisely a Continuity Reboot) has been officially announced.
- As of February 2022 this has been jossed due to the reboot getting canceled.
- Hey, it happened for Family Guy and Futurama!
- It would've been funny to see the Devil (as he appeared in "Stinkmeaner Strikes Back") fooling Ruckus (or other people) like this.
It would explain why she's so much more intelligent and emotional than a real Siri. Also, there was that one scene where she appeared as a spirit to Robert; that's what she actually looked like in her human life.
- Jossed. The writers no longer give a damn about Huey's ambitions or the quality of the series. Heck, the creator Aaron McGruder doesn't even care about this show anymore and moved onto Black Jesus.
- THIS IS A JOB FOR FANFIC-MAAAAAAAN (OR WOMAN)!
- Given the move from [adult swim] to HBO Max, the show will eagerly take advantage of the relative lack of censorship and newfound freedom that comes with it; there will be a lot more instances of uncensored profanity, sexual humor, and bloody violence.
- While the overall tone of the show will still be that of an irreverently satirical comedy, it will also become more of a serialized dramedy rather than just an episodic sitcom, and there will be some more occasional serious shifts in its tone.
- We will learn much more about the history of the Freeman family; particularly the identities of Robert's wife, Huey's and Riley's parents, and what exactly happened to all of them. They will be featured in flashbacks that are (mostly) Played for Drama.
- Robert will get an Age Lift; he'll no longer be a World War II veteran (because as of now, he'd be pushing near 100 years old). Instead he would be a veteran of the Vietnam War, which may also still allow him to have participated in the Civil Rights Movement as well.
- Due to popular demand from fans of the comic strip, Michael Caesar will finally make his animated debut after all these years. Bonus points if he's played by Phil LaMarr (a famous black voice actor who has been notably absent from The Boondocks in the past).
- Tom, Sarah, Jazmine, and Cindy will play a much greater role in the story (especially the latter three, because let's be honest, this show unfortunately tended to ignore its female characters most of the time).
- Although Uncle Ruckus will now be the Big Bad, Ed Wuncler I will still nevertheless appear as a major recurring antagonist. Ed Wuncler II could also show up, though how similar/different he would be from his Season 4 incarnation is uncertain. Oh yeah and of course, Ed Wuncler III and Gin Rummy will most likely return as well.
- Due to the deaths of Charlie Murphy and John Witherspoon (who voiced Ed III and Robert respectively), obviously they will need to recast new voice actors to play those characters. And if Edward Asner (the voice of Ed I) were to possibly die as well (because he's about 90 years old as of this writing), well then they might have to replace him soon too. And in any case, they'll be commemorated in the end credits.
- Obviously enough, you can't really have The Boondocks without making tons of jokes and references about African-American pop culture. There will probably be a lot of jabs against the recent state of hip-hop music in the 2010s and 2020s (so Gangstalicious' and Thugnificent's characters will probably be updated to reflect on more current and contemporary rappers).
- Not only will the show try to catch up on all the major political events between 2014 and 2021, it will become much more focused on them (similar to the later years of the comics). Topics that will be satirized range from Donald Trump (and the 2016/2020 presidential elections) to Black Lives Matter and immigration, the #MeToo movement (with special focus on the sexual abuse scandals surrounding R. Kelly and Bill Cosby), mass shootings and neo-fascist terrorism, the wars in the Middle East, the global COVID-19 Pandemic (through an episode similar to "The Fried Chicken Flu"), etc.
- Eiither by Huey or Grandad, Riley will get slapped and lectured on for using the word "gay" as an insult, as before the rise of LGBTQ+ acceptance, homophobic remarks used to be more acceptable. This will be done to highlight how modernized The Boondocks has become.
- All of the above is currently jossed, as the 2022 reboot has been cancelled.
- Denial: Otis keeps trying to reassure Riley that everything's okay and that his career is doing just fine despite that everything clearly isn't given the run-down state his mansion's in.
- Anger: Otis lashes out at Sergeant Gutter on live radio, basically taking out his dying career out on him and blaming him for the "corruption" of the music industry.
- Bargaining: Willing to do whatever it takes to keep his career afloat, he resorts to getting a job (which works as well as one would expect) to even attempting to sell crack and cocaine (which, also works as well as one would expect)
- Depression: He wakes up in the Freeman's house feeling defeated, ultimately coming to terms with the fact that his days as a rich rapper are over and leaves with somber disposition.
- Acceptance: Otis is able to regain his happy-go-lucky outlook on life and is now finding a way to make it back into fame even if it isn't through music.