History Main / CountryCousin

* Various county cousins, friends, etc. appear on ''TheBeverlyHillbillies''. Of course, the main characters are ''from'' the country, so this is a JustifiedTrope.
* In ''ILoveLucy'', Lucy's Cousin Ernie comes from rural Tennessee and quickly overstays his welcome. Getting him to leave takes 2 episodes and, later in the series, Ricky and Lucy see him in Tennessee. Cousin Ernie was played by Composer and Actor Tennessee Ernie Ford.
* ''ThatsSoRaven'' has an episode (aptly named "Country Cousins") in which Raven visits her cousins in the country. [[SeriousBusiness Gravy is their lifeblood]].
* In ''MarriedWithChildren'', Peggy's family consists of country hillbillies who live in the middle of nowhere. They appeared in a few episodes where the Bundys visited them, and when Katey Sagal took a break from the show while pregnant, the character went to Wisconsin to stay with her family.

* In ''ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'', the season 9 episode Mac Day has the character Country Mac who, as you might have guessed, is Mac's cousin from the country, who comes for a visit.

* [[DiscussedTrope Spoken]], not particularly straight example: BonJovi's song "We Got It Going On" (from the band's attempt at a [[JustifiedTrope country album]], ''Lost Highway'') features BigAndRich, who are introduced by Jon saying "And now a PublicServiceAnnouncement from my Country Cousins. Big Kenny, talk to the people!"

* ''TheFabulousFurryFreakBrothers'' have their Cousin Country Cowfreak. Two guesses what he grows on his farm.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'': In the episode "A Friend in your Face", Ren finds the country cousin of [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext the little man living in Stimpy's head]] has moved into ''his'' head.

* In ''WesternAnimation/OggyAndTheCockroaches'', there's Kustl, the cockroaches' older cousin. He's a farmer with a disgusting food palate and, much to the disdain of his cousins, manages to get on the good side of Oggy.

* On ''WesternAnimation/{{SpongeBob SquarePants}}'', Plankton call his relatives to help him get the Krabby Patty formula in "Plankton's Army". He expects them to be {{Evil Genius}}es like him, so he's shocked to find that they're all hillbillies.
* Spoofed in ''TheSimpsons'', where Homer's country "cousin" (actually only their dogs are related) is way more sophisticated than him, whereas Homer claims it's the other way round, adhering to the stereotypes concerning country people.

* ''TheFlintstones'' had an episode in which Fred's country cousins (who just so happen to be over-the-top StoneAge hilbillies) come to visit for a weekend...and then continue to stay for months afterwards, thinking that Fred really means it when he says that he wishes they could stay longer.

* On ''{{SpongeBob SquarePants}}'', Plankton call his relatives to help him get the Krabby Patty formula. He expects them to be {{Evil Genius}}es like him, so he's shocked to find that they're all hillbillies.

* In ''WesternAnimation/OggyAndTheCockroaches'', there's Kustl, the cockroaches' older cousin. He's a farmer with a disgusting food palate, and, much to the disdain of his cousins, manages to get on the good side of Oggy.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpy'' episode "Friend in your Face", Ren finds the country cousin of [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext the little man living in Stimpy's head]] has moved into ''his'' head.

* In ''WesternAnimation/OggyAndTheCockroaches'', there's Kustl, the cockroaches' older cousin. He's a farmer with a disgusting food palate, and, much to the disdain of his cousins, manages to get on the good side of Oggy.

* ScoobyDoo has one of these in [[TheScrappy Scooby-Dum]]. You can probably guess what his schtick is.

* ''GarfieldAndFriends'': Jon got a visit from a literal country cousin. It was a case of NamesTheSame as the cousin's name is [[FattyArbuckle Roscoe Arbuckle]].

* ''HeyArnold'' has Arnold's country cousin who is exactly like Arnold in every way, except that he is completely bland, dull, and [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment vanilla-flavored]]. His hometown, however, is a BizarroUniverse version of Arnold's.

** Another take on the same premise was two versions of LittleRedRidingHood (or rather, RedHotRidingHood) where the country cousin visits his city-cousin wolf to get away from his countrified AbhorrentAdmirer, Red, only to fall for the ''city'' version of Red. Once the City Wolf takes him back, he then has the same reaction to ''Country'' Red.

** {{Inverted|Trope}} with Babs Seed, who visits her cousins Applejack and Apple Bloom in the rural Ponyville from Manehatten.

Compare CountryMouse; while that trope usually applies to characters who are naive and central to the cast, this more applies to a character with more or less any personality (though stereotypes applying to the country will usually be apparent) and is at most a RecurringCharacter.

* [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Applejack]] was a Country ''Niece'' to her Aunt and Uncle Orange in Manehattan, whom she lived with for a brief period, but quickly found that she missed her more immediate family, and the farm. Then she heard a bang, and saw a rainbow pointing home, and realized that ''that's'' where she really wanted to be, and ended up earning her cutie mark upon returning.

* Inverted in ''SouthPark'' with Kyle's cousin Kyle, from New York. He's very much the stereotypical Jew/nerd (nasal voice, good with math and money, and heavily allergic to EVERYTHING). In the end, he calls Kyle and his friends hick jocks.

* ''GarfieldAndFriends'': Jon got a visit from a literal country cousin. It was a case of NamesTheSame as the cousin's name is [[FattyArbuckle Roscoe Arbuckle]].

* In the DisneyDucksComicUniverse, Donald's grandma and his cousin Gus Goose live on a farm.

* On ''{{SpongeBob SquarePants}}, Plankton call his relatives to help him get the Krabby Patty formula. He expects them to be {{Evil Genius}}es like him, so he's shocked to find that they're all hillbillies.

** Another take on the same premise was two versions of LittleRedRidingHood (or rather, RedHotRidingHood) where the country cousin visits his city-cousin wolf to get away from his countrified AbhorrentAdmirer, Red, only to fall for the ''city'' version of Red. Once the City Wolf takes him back, he then has the same reaction to ''Country'' Red.

* The SillySymphonies short [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ4_3mv8BZE "The Country Cousin"]].

* {{Rudi}} (from the German comic with the same name) has Alfi from deepest Bavaria.

* [[DiscussedTrope Spoken]], not particularly straight example: BonJovi's song "We Got It Going On" (from the band's attempt at a [[JustifiedTrope country album]], ''[[YourMileageMayVary Lost Highway]]'') features BigAndRich, who are introduced by Jon saying "And now a PublicServiceAnnouncement from my Country Cousins. Big Kenny, talk to the people!"

* ''TheFlintstones'' had an episode in which Fred's country cousins (who just so happen to be over-the-top StoneAge hilbillies) come to visit for a weekend...and then continue to stay for months afterwards, thinking that Fred really means it when he says that he wishes they could stay longer.
* ''HeyArnold'' has Arnold's country cousin who is exactly like Arnold in every way, except that he is completely bland, dull, and [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment vanilla-flavored]]. His hometown, however, is a BizarroUniverse version of Arnold's.
* ''ThatsSoRaven'' has an episode (aptly named "Country Cousins") in which Raven visits her cousins in the country. [[SeriousBusiness Gravy is their lifeblood]].
* [[DiscussedTrope Spoken]], not particularly straight example: BonJovi's song "We Got It Going On" (from the band's attempt at a [[JustifiedTrope country album]], ''[[YourMileageMayVary Lost Highway]]'') features BigAndRich, who are introduced by Jon saying "And now a PublicServiceAnnouncement from my Country Cousins. Big Kenny, talk to the people!"
* On ''{{SpongeBob SquarePants}}, Plankton call his relatives to help him get the Krabby Patty formula. He expects them to be {{Evil Genius}}es like him, so he's shocked to find that they're all hillbillies.

* Various county cousins, friends, etc. appear on ''TheBeverlyHillbillies''. Of course, the main characters are ''from'' the country, so this is a JustifiedTrope.
* In ''ILoveLucy'', Lucy's Cousin Ernie comes from rural Tennessee and quickly overstays his welcome. Getting him to leave takes 2 episodes and, later in the series, Ricky and Lucy see him in Tennessee. Cousin Ernie was played by Composer and Actor Tennessee Ernie Ford.

* Spoofed in ''TheSimpsons'', where Homer's country "cousin" (actually only their dogs are related) is way more sophisticated than him, whereas Homer claims it's the other way round, adhering to the stereotypes concerning country people.
* ScoobyDoo has one of these in [[TheScrappy Scooby-Dum]]. You can probably guess what his schtick is.
* Inverted in ''SouthPark'' with Kyle's cousin Kyle, from New York. He's very much the stereotypical Jew/nerd (nasal voice, good with math and money, and heavily allergic to EVERYTHING). In the end, he calls Kyle and his friends hick jocks.

* The SillySymphonies short [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ4_3mv8BZE "The Country Cousin"]].
* {{Rudi}} (from the German comic with the same name) has Alfi from deepest Bavaria.

* The SillySymphonies short [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ4_3mv8BZE "The Country Cousin"]].

* In ''MarriedWithChildren'', Peggy's family consists of country hillbillies who live in the middle of nowhere. They appeared in a few episodes where the Bundys visited them, and when Katey Sagal took a break from the show while pregnant, the character went to Wisconsin to stay with her family.