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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... | „ |
| ~ Robert Freeman |
| “ | What happened to the movies? Y'all should be ashamed! Why is it when I order a soda pop, I get a empty cup? I didn't order a empty cup! I ordered a soda pop! And what ***hole started putting commercials in movies? I can see commercials at home on TV! And the bathrooms stink! Clean the f***ing bathrooms! I'm not gonna take it anymore! I paid too much damn money for these movie tickets to butter my own motherf***ing popcorn! It's only popcorn! | „ |
| ~ Robert Freeman |
Robert Jebediah Freeman is the deuteragonist of the 2005 Adult Swim TV series The Boondocks.
He is the paternal grandfather of Huey Freeman and Riley Freeman. He is also their legal guardian after their parents were in some sort of accident (most likely a car one), and live in the exclusive suburb of Woodcrest. He is a regular character on The Boondocks cartoon, as well as the comic strip.
He was voiced by the late John Witherspoon.
Biography[]
It is not known when Robert was born, but it stands to reason it would have to be sometime in the 1920s for him to have fought in WWII.
Robert was a Tuskegee Airman and flew a P-51 Mustang, and was an active participant in the U.S. civil rights movement. During the war, his wingman, Moe, often took credit for things that Robert did or that they dually accomplished together, and Robert's angst about this culminated at Moe's funeral, during which he blows the lid off of some of Moe's more embellished accomplishments. He had close relationship with his sister Cookie. Cookie was the smarter and more responsible of the siblings and often called Robert her "Favorite Dumb Ass."
Robert also lived in Alabama during the U.S. civil rights movement. He specifically recalled showing up late for a march because he forgot his raincoat, much to the indignation of his cohorts. He also had a grudge against Rosa Parks for "stealing his thunder", as he was sitting next to her on the bus and likewise refused to give up his seat. The bus driver was only offended by Rosa's, not his, unwillingness to move, however; also, he claims Malcolm X died owing him five dollars. Robert has three different looks as a young man throughout the series.
While living in Alabama during Jim Crow law, Robert was an accidental and unwilling participant in The Freedom Rides. Robert was trying to skip town back home to Chicago but got on the wrong bus with the Freedom Riders. The Aftermath of the horrifically dangerous ordeal was Robert doing some jail time with the Freedom Riders leader, Sturdy Harris, who was of questionable sanity.
Robert's exact age is unknown. But for him to be present during World War II and several civil rights events, he would be 90 to 110 years old today (taking into account his cartoonish antics, his relative stamina and energy versus others his age, and the minimum age of World War II participants - at least 86 per 1945 participation). He obviously was married and fathered a son. The exact fates of his wife, son, and daughter-in-law are unknown but they are considered deceased by all accounts. In the episode "Riley Wuz Here", Riley spray-paints a mural on the side of their house of Grandad and his deceased wife on their wedding day, copying a photo from the family album. After Granddad sheds a tear, he thanks Riley and takes a picture of the mural on his digital camera. He then forces Riley to paint over the side of the house.
Personality[]
The best way to describe Robert is that he is old yet unwise. He never accepts responsibility for his actions, nor does he learn any lessons.
Robert has been shown to be extremely prideful, impatient and intolerant. He believes in strict discipline, quick to go for his belt when the boys step out of line. As he says "I hate to see a child go unbeaten." He is not exactly the best father figure or influence. He is perfectly fine with sneaking into movies without paying. A dream sequence revealed that he is cowardly and quick to abandon friends and family to save himself.
Robert describes himself as a "Civil Rights Legend." When describing his experiences during those times he shamelessly includes himself alongside several important figures during that period. Quite frankly he earned more animosity from Blacks then he did White people. He also says he's related to Jackie Robinson. According to him the Freeman is silent.
Robert (aka Mr. Bitches) is also a pathological and compulsive liar; Robert is also quite a womanizer with an extremely unhealthy attraction for women significantly younger than he is.
Robert has also been revealed to be extremely incompetent with money and finances. At the start of the series, he is noted as having used both his grandsons' inheritance to purchase a house in Woodcrest, something he couldn't afford otherwise. This has led to him being in debt for two million dollars. Robert can also be swayed quite easily by T.V. Advertisments which led to Him purchasing the demonic Siri.
That isn't to say that Granddad is all bad, he has been shown to care for and love Riley and Huey, albeit, he does tend to get embarrassed by their actions or get distracted by other things. He is also shown to have loved his deceased wife, and was touched when Riley painted her on the house.
Fighting Skills[]
Robert's combat style focuses primarily on his belt. Because of his experience raising a child (Huey and Riley's father) and then raising Huey and Riley he knows when to use a belt, how to use a belt, and whom to use a belt on. Robert wields his belt in the style of a whip. Robert is shown to use this belt for whupping (normally Riley), restraining (even with no experience he can latch it on people's legs or arms), and offense during a fight. (See Granddad's Whip). Even at a young age, Robert was skilled enough to beat several men down with his belt.
He also uses his cane to fight, also similar to the fighting style of tonfa.
During the episode Stinkmeaner: Begun the Clone War Has, Granddad undergoes extreme training and becomes skilled enough in H2H combat to nearly kill the enhanced Stinkmeaner clone.
Gallery[]
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Trivia[]
- In the fourth episode of the series, he gets into a fight with an old crazy blind man. He loses the fight. For this, Riley makes fun of him.
- Despite his complaints about Huey and Riley, Robert has gotten all of them in more terrible situations because of his reckless actions and desire to live a lavish lifestyle with women who are in their twenties that he's unable to afford. The first example of this being that he spent both his grandchildren's inheritance to buy a house in Woodcrest.
- Although, Robert tends to less harsh on Huey, who is more respectful than Riley, Robert in most situations tens to allow his youngest granson to talk him into doing various things that gets all of them into more trouble without heeding Huey's advice on the matter until it's either too late or they're at the breaking point of disaster.
- In WWII, he had a friend named Moe Jackson (nicknamed Mo Guns).
- During WWII, Robert flew a secret mission and saved the world.
- Robert seems to indulge on unhealthy and hearty foods with Riley such as in "The Itis" when he makes a Luther Burger (a fried burger patty sandwiched between 2 glazed donuts as buns with bacon) and makes food heavy enough to cause "the Itis" or in "Fried Chicken Flu" when he is willing to go hardships to take Riley to Colonel's Fried Chicken, only to have to resort to non chicken Wendy's items when a fried chicken pandemic breaks out. Huey will sometimes complain about his eating habits.