This is a list of characters in the Fox television series The Cleveland Show.
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Cleveland Brown
Cleveland Orenthal Brown Sr. (voiced by Mike Henry) is the protagonist of the series. He is a portly 45-year-old African-American man who is very polite to everyone and has a unique laugh. He was formerly one of Peter Griffin's best friends in Family Guy and also owned and ran a deli. In "Pilot" he moves to the town of Stoolbend, Virginia to show his son where he grew up (even though Cleveland was in love with Donna but they were only friends and she did not know it). Eventually re-sparking his relationship with her, they get married and he and his son move in with her and her two children. Cleveland is usually depicted as exceedingly gentle and patient, and it is only on rare occasions that he has been known to lose his temper and resort to violence. However, Cleveland gets visibly annoyed with racist behavior. He often acts as the voice of caution when other characters hatch harebrained schemes. Cleveland's speech is slow and almost elongated in Family Guy, but in The Cleveland Show his voice has a wide variety. Various flashbacks give conflicting histories of his speech patterns. He is shown as a more sexual, obnoxious, unintelligent, selfish, and violent character in his new form than he was originally. After the show wasn’t renewed for a fifth season, Cleveland was added back to Family Guy, along with his family.
Donna Tubbs-Brown
Donna Lou Retten Tubbs-Brown (née Tubbs), voiced by Sanaa Lathan, is the second wife of Cleveland Brown. She is 44 years old and works as the principal's secretary at Stoolbend High School. She has two biological children from her previous relationship with Robert (last name unknown, which is a joke later in the series), Roberta and Rallo, and she has kept her maiden name (seen in "Pilot", Cleveland says, "Back in high school, I would have given anything to spend the night at Donna Tubbs' house.").
Cleveland Brown Jr.
Cleveland Orenthal Brown Jr., (also referred to as Cleveland Raj Rerun Dwayne Brown)[1] better known as Junior, (voiced by Mike Henry in "Family Guy," Kevin Michael Richardson in "The Cleveland Show"), is the obese 14-year-old biological son of Cleveland Brown and his late ex-wife Loretta. He debuted in the season 2 episode "Love Thy Trophy" on the animated TV show Family Guy. During his time in Family Guy he was shown to be skinny, hyperactive, and athletic. He was presumably taken into Loretta's custody after she and Cleveland divorced in "The Cleveland-Loretta Quagmire" and has since become severely obese. He suffers from mild seizure-like episodes which he refers to as "brainstorms" and takes medication to control them. It was revealed in the episode "The Hurricane!" that he "doesn't believe in God", although he claims he is not an atheist either, which he calls "another religion".
Roberta Tubbs
Roberta Coretta Tubbs (sometimes Roberta Benigni Tubbs) is the 15-year-old biological daughter of Donna and her ex-husband, Robert. She looks up to Tyra Banks, hoping to one day become her co-hostess. A relatively popular girl in school, Roberta is often seen socializing with her friends, both in person, and using phones/social networking websites. She has been dating a less-than-respectable boy named Gabriel "Federline Jones" Friedman. Donna does not much approve of Federline, though Cleveland has since managed to bully him into submission. As with many popular students, Roberta often acts as a bully and a self-centered character, even towards her own family members. She is also revealed to be a genius in the Season 3 episode "B.M.O.C.", when she went on a college tour to Cleveland's alma mater, State.
Neither Roberta nor her brother Rallo are initially pleased with the arrival of Cleveland and Cleveland Brown Jr., though both appear to accept their mother marrying Cleveland without much issue. In fact, Roberta and Cleveland seem to fall into a rather stereotypical father/daughter relationship, with Roberta being embarrassed by her stepfather's behavior when he attends social functions at her school. Eventually she accepts Cleveland as her father.
Rallo Tubbs
Montclair "Rallo" Tubbs is the 5-year-old biological son of Donna and her ex-husband, Robert. He has one biological sister, Roberta. Despite his age, and the fact his father has been mostly absent most of his life, Rallo acts much like Robert, behaving at times very articulate, yet hormonally charged. He seems to get along fairly well with his mother, Donna and has a normal love/hate relationship with Roberta, who at times seems to neglect him, yet at other times speaks to him as an intellectual equal.
In the Season 3 episode "American Prankster", Cleveland asks Donna why his name is Rallo. Donna replies to that question by stating it was from "that guy from Sanford and Son." (referring to Rollo Larson).
Brown/Tubbs relatives
- Evelyn "Cookie" Brown (voiced by Frances Callier) – Evelyn is Cleveland's 70-year-old mother. Her first appearance was in the episode "A Brown Thanksgiving". She is hypercritical of Donna because she never forgave her for spurning Cleveland in favor of Robert in high school. Cleveland is quite oblivious to his mother and Donna's rough relationship.
- LeVar "Freight Train" Brown (voiced by Craig Robinson) – LeVar is Cleveland's 72-year-old father. His first appearance was in the episode "A Brown Thanksgiving". He also turned 63-years old in the episode "Hustle N Bros."
- Broderick Brown – Cleveland's 42-year-old younger brother who is a doctor who first appears in the Family Guy episode He's Too Sexy for His Fat. He previously worked as a plastic surgeon in Quahog and before enlisting in the navy. He appears in the episode "Our Gang" where he rescues Cleveland and Cleveland Jr. from a drug gang by trading Afghani heroin to the gang for their freedom.
- Robert (voiced by Corey Holcomb) – Robert is Donna's 48-year-old ex-husband and the biological father of Roberta and Rallo. At the start of the show, he had grown negligent of the statuses of his children, not even knowing their names or ages, which convinced Donna to accept Cleveland as her true love.
- Kevin "Auntie Momma" Tubbs (voiced by Kym Whitley as a female, Kevin Michael Richardson as a male) – Auntie Momma is Donna's 72-year old caring, lovable, eccentric aunt. She is a large, fat woman whose appearance and mannerisms are a parody of Tyler Perry's character Madea. Auntie Momma was originally Donna's Uncle Kevin, and when Donna was younger, her parents were never around. So Uncle Kevin becomes Auntie Momma through a sex change in order to provide Donna with a strong female influence in her life.
- Loretta Marie Callender Brown (voiced by Alex Borstein) – Loretta is Cleveland's late ex-wife, and the biological mother of Cleveland Jr. In early Family Guy episodes, Loretta had a minimal quantity of lines, the bulk of which were "Mm-hmm!". She treated Cleveland harshly, and eventually cheated on him with Glenn Quagmire, leading them to divorce. Loretta later died in the Season One episode "Gone With The Wind", was buried in Stoolbend, and left her fortune to Cleveland Jr. in her will.
- Dorothy "Dee Dee" Tubbs (voiced by Phylicia Rashād) – Dee Dee is Donna Tubbs' 65-year old long-lost mother. In the Season Three episode "Mama Drama", they are reunited once again, and she becomes a recurring character for the remainder of the series. In the last episode of Season 4, Dee Dee begins a relationship with Robert (her daughter's ex-husband), and they adopt a 5-year-old Chinese boy named Quang Quang.
- Quang Quang (later Hong-Kong-Phooey) is the 5-year-old adopted Chinese boy of Dee Dee and Robert. This would make him Donna's adopted brother, and both the adopted brother and uncle of Roberta and Rallo, who Donna refers to as their "bruncle". Near the end of the episode, Quang Quang was christened with the new name Hong-Kong-Phooey by Reverend Jenkins.
Grace St. Neighbors
A number of characters in the show live on the same street as the Brown family. All were seen attending the wedding of Cleveland and Donna Brown.
Bear family
- Tim (voiced by Seth MacFarlane from Season 1–3, Jess Harnell from Season 3–4) – Tim is one of Cleveland and Donna's neighbors in Stoolbend who just happens to be an anthropomorphic bear. He is 46 years old[1] (as He says "I'm 4" in the season 3 episode "Skip Day (The Cleveland Show)") and lives with his wife, Arianna, and his son, Raymond. He becomes Cleveland's drinking buddy at The Broken Stool, where he also converses with Holt and Lester.
- Arianna (voiced by Arianna Huffington) – Arianna is the wife of Tim and one of Cleveland and Donna's neighbors in Stoolbend. Arianna has a son named Raymond. Like her son and husband, Arianna is a bear.
- Raymond (voiced by Nat Faxon) – The 17-year-old son of Tim and Arianna and neighbors with Cleveland and Donna in Stoolbend. He appears briefly in the pilot at Cleveland and Donna's wedding.
Krinklesac family
- Lester Krinklesac (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson) – One of Cleveland and Donna's neighbors in Stoolbend, Lester is a 48-year-old hillbilly with a large beer gut. He becomes Cleveland's drinking buddy at The Broken Stool, conversing with Tim and Holt.
- Kendra Krystal Krinklesac (voiced by Aseem Batra) – She is the 47-year-old wife of Lester the redneck.
- Ernie Krinklesac (voiced by Glenn Howerton) – Ernie is the 17-year-old son of Lester and Kendra, and Cleveland Jr.'s best friend. Ernie first appeared in the episode "Pilot" at Cleveland and Donna's wedding.
- (Unnamed Sister) – Lester's unnamed sister, who is a stripper.
- Princess – Krinklesac family's pet opossum.
Richter family
- Holt Richter (voiced by Jason Sudeikis) – Holt is a 42-year-old frat boy wannabe.
- Mrs. Richter (voiced by Fergie) – The unnamed and unseen mother of Holt who lives with him and still treats him like a child.
- General Richter (voiced by Will Arnett) – The strict father of Holt who works in the military.
Choni's family
- Choni (voiced by Rosie Perez) – Choni is the aunt of Cecilia and the mother of Marco. She is the owner of Choni's Cantina (a Mexican restaurant).
- Cecilia Moreno-Brown (voiced by Elia Saldana) – The 16-year-old niece of Choni and wife of Cleveland Jr. who works at her aunt's restaurant.
- Marco – Choni's young son and Cecilia's cousin. He is only shown in the episode "There Goes El Neighborhood" when Choni asks Cleveland to babysit him while she went out.
Characters based in other locations
Waterman Cable
- Lloyd Waterman (voiced by Bruce McGill) – He is the head of Waterman Cable who hires Cleveland to be a salesman. His workers are Terry and Tim the Bear.
- Terry Kimple (voiced by Jason Sudeikis) – Terry is a high school friend of Cleveland who once took the fall for him when the two were busted for smoking marijuana.
- Arch (voiced by Mike Henry) – An employee of Waterman Cable. He seems to be very serious, being quite a stickler when it comes to office etiquette.
- Aaron (voiced by Alec Sulkin) – One of Cleveland's co-workers. He once helped Cleveland win a Civil War reenactment of "The Battle of Stoolbend" against B. Emerson Plunkett V.
- Florence (voiced by Mike Henry) – Florence is Lloyd Waterman's assistant who seems to be more favored than the other employees.
- Jane (voiced by Fergie) – She is a worker at Waterman Cable.
- Tori (voiced by Rutina Wesley) – Tori is a worker that first appears in "Frapp Attack." She becomes friends with everyone in the office, especially Cleveland (much to Donna's dismay).
Stoolbend High School
- Principal Wally Farquhar (voiced by Will Forte) – The Principal of Stoolbend High and a former high-school classmate of Cleveland's. He hates both Cleveland and Terry because they bullied him in high school.
- Gabriel Friedman (voiced by Jamie Kennedy) – more commonly known as Federline Jones, is Roberta's Jewish classmate and boyfriend. He is a reference to rapper Kevin Federline/"K-Fed."
- Oliver Wilkerson (voiced by Mike Henry) – He is a popular deaf jock and school bully at Stoolbend High School. He is the captain of the school football team and often teases and torments Cleveland Jr. He leads the popular kids at his school and his closest friends are apparently Derek, Laine, and Reggie, although they are often seen without him.
- Derek (voiced by Julius Sharpe) – One of Oliver's friends at Stoolbend High School. He is also possibly his right-hand man and like Oliver, he wears a letterman's jacket and is on the school softball team and possibly the football team as well. When he attempts to join the others in making fun of other students (notably Cleveland Jr.), he goes much too far by often making incredibly inappropriate comments (such as describing things as "gay"), much to Laine's anger.
- Laine (voiced by Alec Sulkin) – One of Oliver's friends at Stoolbend High School. He is apparently the most intelligent of Oliver's main group of friends.
- Reggie (voiced by Clarence Livingston) – One of Oliver's friends at Stoolbend High School. He is most likely the most humorous of Oliver's gang. His catchphrase is "Whoa!" and he reveals early in the series to have testicular cancer.
- Kenny West (voiced by Kanye West) – The slick rapper of Stoolbend High. He first appears in "Brotherly Love." Cleveland Jr. and Kenny get in a rap battle to impress a girl. Then he re-appeared in the first episode in season 2 where Cleveland Brown helped to jump start Kenny's musical career. He has a daughter named Candace who is the same age as Rallo.
Harper Elementary School
- Mrs. Hadassah Lowenstein (voiced by Alex Borstein) – Rallo's kindergarten teacher at Harper Elementary School. In the pilot episode, she expelled Rallo from school for pulling down her pants, but Cleveland convinced her to give him another chance. She is a stereotypical Jew; when Cleveland asks if he can call her Hadassah, she says "Ochay", referring to the stereotypical "ch' sound heard in Hebrew and Yiddish.
- Julius Nemeth (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson) – One of Rallo's best friends, along with Walt, who attends Harper Elementary School. He writes a blog titled "Out & About with Julius".
- Walt Fuller (voiced by Al Thompson) – One of Rallo's best friends, along with Julius, who attends Harper Elementary School.
- Theodore Parker Jr. III (voiced by T-Pain) – One of Rallo's friends at Harper Elementary School. He is good friends with Bernard.
- Bernard Bernard (voiced by will.i.am) – One of Rallo's friends at Harper Elementary School. He is good friends with Theodore.
- Hot Wheels (voiced by Mike Henry) – One of the kids at Harper Elementary School. He wears roller blades. Despite being in kindergarten, he already shows signs of being part of an "alternative lifestyle." He resembles former American Idol contestant Adam Lambert.
Others
- Coach Charles McFall (voiced by Mike Henry) – He worked as a baseball coach during Cleveland's high school days at Stoolbend High School. When Cleveland wanted to start up the Waterman Yards again, Cleveland found Coach McFall working as a janitor at the Broken Stool.
- Gus (voiced by David Lynch) – The bartender at the Broken Stool, before which he studied Drama at Northwestern University. Gus seems to be on good terms with Cleveland and his friends, giving them their drinks for free.
- Larry the Leopard – Larry is Cleveland Jr.'s stuffed toy leopard.
- Meadowlark Lemon - Meadowlark Lemon was the Tubbs' former family dog. In the second episode of season one, Cleveland accidentally kills him by running over him with his car several times. His body was later eaten by Lester and his family.
- Murray (voiced by Carl Reiner) – Murray is a Jewish senior citizen who Rallo meets at the retirement home around Christmas time. He teaches Rallo about the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. In the episode "Sex and the Biddy" he has a girlfriend named Hazel, but does not know until after he marries her that she is a golddigger. Near the end of the episode, Murray and Rallo get revenge on her by filling her apartment with cats to make her seem that she lost her mind and being forced to go to a mental institution.
- Angus (voiced by Alec Sulkin) – A radio show host and occasional sports commentator and one of Cleveland's high school friends.
- Gordy (voiced by John Viener) – A radio announcer who is the co-host and best friend of Angus and one of Cleveland's high school friends.
- Dr. Fist (voiced by Seth MacFarlane from Season 1–2, Tom Kenny in Season 3, Bryan Cranston in Season 4) – A doctor that works at Stoolbend's hospital. Due to Seth MacFarlane working on the film Ted, Tom Kenny had to cover for Seth by voicing Dr. Fist starting with "Skip Day."
- Donny (voiced by Danny Smith) – Formerly a leisure-suit-wearing patron of the Broken Stool and a former acquaintance of Cleveland's, Donny was first seen in "How Cleveland Got His Groove Back", when Cleveland temporarily sought out a new circle of friends. He later tried to murder Cleveland and kept Cleveland Jr. and Donna hostage to lure Cleveland into a trap.
- Dwayne Meighan (voiced by Mike Henry) – Dwayne is the local television newscaster of Stoolbend.
- Fern Stapleton (voiced by Kristen Wiig in the first appearance, Beth Littleford in later appearances) – Fern is the mother of Lacey Stapleton and Kyle Stapleton.
- Mike (voiced by Brandon Richardson) – The band member leader who help Cleveland Brown and Kenny West find his street cred.
- Mayor Larry Box (voiced by John Slattery) – The Mayor of Stoolbend who is casually profane.
- Mr. Flippers (voiced by Mike Henry) – A magical flying walrus that would save the characters during the "Scene Missing" parts.
- Reverend Jenkins (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson) – A reverend who works at the Stoolbend Community Church. He first appeared in "Gone with the Wind" where he proceeded over Loretta Brown's funeral.
- Prof. Sarah Friedman (voiced by Bebe Neuwirth) – Sarah Friedman is the mother of Gabriel and works as a university professor alongside her husband Saul.
- Prof. Saul Friedman (voiced by Jason Alexander) – Saul Friedman is the father of Gabriel and works as a university professor alongside his wife Sarah. He allows his son to promote his CD at his house. Saul was present at LeVar and Cookie's wedding.
- Yvette (voiced by Rutina Wesley) – She is Donna Tubbs's best friend. She first appears in the episode "Ladies' Night". She made a second appearance in the episode "Brotherly Love."
- Rock Hudson – He is an upbeat bichon frisé who was originally owned by Lloyd Waterman. When Rallo and Cleveland Jr. try to return him for a $5000 reward, Waterman reveals that he hates the dog, and gives the boys the reward money to get rid of him.
See also
References
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- ^ a b Dave Jeser, Matt Silverstein (writers) & Jack Perkins (director) (November 20, 2011). "Skip Day". The Cleveland Show. Season 3. Episode 4. Fox.