History Characters / TheBoondocksMainCharacters

** WhenHeSmiles: Rarely though, you can see Huey in a better mood. And it's actually quite [[http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs22/f/2007/360/5/2/Huey_Freeman__s_smiles_by_MadMassa13.jpg nice]]. Although it has been stated that those instances of him being happy are animation errors, it works for his character as those particular moments of uncharacteristic happiness have something to do with what's happening or who he is speaking to.

* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: He's a self proclaimed revolutionary at ten years old, where do we begin? Huey owns a real sword and an electric shock glove, has planned a prison breakout, brought nunchaku to a cinema, kidnapped Ruckus and hijacked his school bus, he [[https://hueyfreemanonlyspeaksthetruth.tumblr.com/post/61901908901/the-boondocks-comic-strip-854 wishes he had the power to]] [[PsychicStrangle Force Choke]] people, and he created a bomb with the intent to assassinate Ed Wuncler II (although in Huey's defense, Ed II is a loan shark who isn't above murdering people). As always, played for laughs rather than drama.

* TheUnreveal: We never get to find out who his parents were.

* 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}}.

%%* AntiHero

** Openly cries and prays to God when he believes he won't be able to save Shabazz.

{{Irony}}: In spite of his views of race and black culture, he tends to use the word "nigga" on occasion.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Sometimes. He does love his grandsons, no matter how much of a pain in the ass they are.

* DysfunctionalFamily: In the TV series, Robert is rather shockingly [[ManChild immature]] and [[AdultsAreUseless incompetent]] for a man his age, and uses [[AbusiveParents corporal punishment]] rather liberally against Riley. Not to mention how often Huey and Riley fight each other, usually due to the latter's [[{{Delinquent}} trouble-making tendencies]]. There seems to be no rhyme or reason for this.

[[TheWhitestBlackGuy A black man who "acts white" as much as possible]]: He's an UsefulNotes/IvyLeague-educated attorney, [[WhereDaWhiteWomenAt married to a white woman]], and has no "ebonic" accent. A genuinely NiceGuy, but also [[ButtMonkey a]] big [[ExtremeDoormat pushover]].

->'''Voiced by:''' Cedric Yarbrough (English), Gerardo Garcia (Latin American Spanish), Creator/KunihikoYasui (Japanese)

* BigotryException: While he hates most black people, he loves his mother and brothers and is on good terms with them. Prior to Season 4, he would reluctantly ally with the Freemans and Tom DuBois.

* BoomerangBigot: The whole purpose of his character. Uncle Ruckus is always praising white people and detesting black people, despite ironically being the latter. However Ruckus often [[IRejectYourReality denies being black]], so from his point of view he isn't the hypocrite that he really is.

--> '''Huey''': ''Grandad, you said the word 'nigga' 47 times yesterday. I counted.''

An elderly black man who seems to [[NewJobAsThePlotDemands work in every conceivable low-wage job]]. [[BoomerangBigot Despite his ethnicity and being perhaps the darkest-skinned character in the show, he is also a loud-mouthed white supremacist who sycophantically praises the white man every step of the way]]. He's incredibly petty, cruel, and is the stereotypical "Uncle Tom" to an exaggerated degree.

* BigotryException: While he hates most black people, he loves his mother and brothers and is on good terms with them.

* {{Embarrassing Damp Sheets}}: While Riley is arguing with Tom about fighting against R. Kelly, he makes up a fake scenario where Riley is urinating and accidentally pees on Huey due to them being in the bathroom at the same time. When Huey questions why he would be in the bathroom the same time as him, he tries to get his point across by mentioning when they used to share the same bed and at times he would have a “little accident”, to which Huey replies [[*BrutallyHonest “You still do”]] much to his embarrassment.

** He's notably upset when Jazmin snaps at him to leave her alone.

* {{Embarrassing Damp Sheets}}: While Riley is arguing with Tom about fighting against R. Kelly, he makes up a fake scenario where Riley is urinating and accidentally pees on Huey due to them being in the bathroom at the same time. When Huey questions why he would be in the bathroom the same time as him, he tries to get his point across by mentioning when they used to share the same bed and at times he would have a “little accident”, to which Huey replies [[{{Brutally Honest}}“You still do”]] much to his embarrassment.

* CatchPhrase:

* CatchPhrase:

* CatchPhrase:
** "I'm Uncle Ruckus, no relation."
** "I've got re-vitiligo (it's the opposite of what Music/MichaelJackson's got)."

* CatchPhrase:
** "BROOKLYN!"
** "YourMom"

** Huey ''does'' smile occasionally, mostly when he's with Jazmin or something good happens with his family.

* AllForNothing: Uncle Ruckus once part of the Civil Rights moment during the Jim Crow Era; however, he was on the opposite side. He tried to stop black people from getting rights, but failed miserbly. One of them he tried to throw bricks at Dr. Martain Luther King Jr., but keeping missing.

* IRejectYourReality: He will occasionally outright '''''deny being black'''''.

* EasilyForgiven: Uncle Ruckus believed his white parents abondoned him due to having a skin condition that made him black. Uncle hopes that one day his white parents will one day come and take him back and be reunited; however, his white parents aren't real due to his mother (who is his real mother) lying to him about being adopted.

* VillainProtagonist: Of "The Passion of Reverend Ruckus", "The Uncle Ruckus Reality Show", "The Story of Jimmy Rebel", and "The Color Ruckus". He was also set to star in his own live-action movie had it secured sufficient funding and entered production.