History Characters / TheBoondocksMainCharacters

* NWordPrivileges: No one takes offense to his song "Don't Trust Them New Niggas Over There" in "The Garden Party", or anything else he says because he has these.
-->'''White party guest:''' I think the "N-Word" is okay if ''they'' say it.

* IconicSequelCharacter: Despite being one of the most major and recognisable characters in the series, in the original comic he didn't [[https://www.gocomics.com/boondocks/2004/12/18 appear]] until the strip had been running for over 5 years.

* FreudianExcuse: He was raised by an extremely AbusiveDad who always proclaimed his hatred of white people, whose physical abuse of young Ruckus resulted in his lazy eye, and whom threw him out of the house when he was just a child; as well as having a loving yet delusional mom who idolized Caucasians (and lied that Ruckus was born white). This helped warp Ruckus' mind into the self-hating oaf we know, love, and hate.

* InsufferableGenius: Particularly in the comic. For example, one year for Christmas, he gave everyone he knew free coupons for hour-long lectures from him on a flaw of theirs of ''his'' choice.

* ButNotTooBlack: Invoked. Despite having the darkest skin of all characters, Ruckus ''really wants to believe'' that he isn't a black man. He often claims to be a white man with a "re-vitiligo" disease that darkens his skin, the opposite of what Michael Jackson had (lucky bastard).
** Upon receiving a DNA test result claiming he is 50% white, he jumps for joy, unaware that the result [[CaptainObvious was actually faked]]. He's actually 102% black (with a 2% margin of error).[[note]]That's 100% black even at the ''lowest'' margin of error, and at the highest he is upwards of ''104%'' black--quite possibly the ''blackest man in existence.''[[/note]]

* ButNotTooBlack: Tom has approximately 30% Caucasian ancestry (French and Scottish). This would also make his daughter mostly white.
-->"[[LampshadeHanging Well actually, I'm more of]] a [[StarbucksSkinScale caramel complexion]]."

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JohnWitherspoon (English, old; 2005-2014), TBA (English, old; 2021-onward), Creator/AaronMcGruder (English, young, 2005-2007), Jorge Santos (Latin American Spanish), Yuzuru Fujimoto (Japanese)

** Upon receiving a DNA test result claiming he is 50% white, he jumps for joy, unaware that the result [[CaptainObvious was actually faked]]. He's actually 102% black (with a 2% margin of error).

* FreudianExcuse: He was raised by an extremely AbusiveDad who always proclaimed his hatred of white people, and who threw him out of the house when he was just a child; as well as having a loving yet delusional mom who idolized Caucasians (and lied that Ruckus was born white). This helped warp Ruckus' mind into the self-hating oaf we know, love, and hate.

* {{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.

* {{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 “You still do” much to his embarrassment.

* GoMadFromTheRevelation: In "The Uncle Ruckus Reality Show", he goes through a DNA test. Ruckus reads the results and finds out that he's 100% African, much to his shock and horror. After Ruckus' [[InterruptedSuicide unsuccessful suicide attempt]], the show's producer (Wedgie Rudlin) forces the geneticist into redoing the DNA test, so that Ruckus is "[[BlatantLies actually]]" 50% Caucasian and he snaps back to normal.

* VillainousBSOD: He has a long drawn-out one after his DNA test result reveals that he is 100% black. Ruckus becomes depressed, and tries to live as a stereotypical "black man". He doesn’t like it and eventually attempts suicide right when the producer of his show interferes. Then he receives a faked test result claiming he is 50% white and becomes enthusiastic about it and goes back to normal.

* WhipItGood: How he uses his belt. He even uses it to bind his opponents limbs.

* AuthorAvatar: Seemingly [[ImpliedTrope Implied]] in the episode "It's a Black President, Huey Freeman" when Uncle Ruckus tells Huey, a known mouthpiece for Aaron [=McGruder=]'s political and social views, that it sometimes seems like they are the only two people with "common sense" (the context being their shared dislike of Barack Obama). However, Huey silently walked away without explicitly agreeing or disagreeing.

* AuthorAvatar: Seemingly [[ImpliedTrope Implied]] in the episode "It's a Black President, Huey Freeman" when Uncle Ruckus tells Huey, a known mouthpiece for Aaron [=McGruder=]'s political and social views, that it sometimes seems like they are the only two people with "common sense" (referring to their shared dislike of Barack Obama). However, Huey silently walked away without explicitly agreeing or disagreeing.

* AuthorAvatar: Seemingly [[ImpliedTrope Implied]] in the episode "It's a Black President, Huey Freeman" when Uncle Ruckus tells Huey, a known mouthpiece for Aaron [=McGruder=]'s political and social views, that it sometimes seems like they are the only two people with "common sense" (referring to their shared dislike of Barack Obama). However, Huey silently walked away.

* AuthorAvatar: Seemingly [[ImpliedTrope Implied]] in the episode "It's a Black President, Huey Freeman" when Uncle Ruckus tells Huey, a known mouthpiece for Aaron [=McGruder=]'s political and social views, that sometimes it seems like they are the only two people with "common sense" (referring to their shared dislike of Barack Obama). However, Huey silently walked away.

* AuthorAvatar: Seemingly [[ImpliedTrope Implied]] in the episode "It's a Black President, Huey Freeman" when Uncle Ruckus tells Huey, a known mouthpiece for Aaron McGruder's political and social views, that sometimes it seems like they are the only two people with "common sense" (referring to their shared dislike of Barack Obama). However, Huey silently walked away.

* AuthorAvatar: Seemingly [[ImpliedTrope Implied]] in the episode "It's a Black President, Huey Freeman" when Uncle Ruckus tells Huey, a known mouthpiece for Aaron Mcgruder's political and social views, that sometimes it seems like they are the only two people with "common sense" (referring to their shared dislike of Barack Obama). However, Huey silently walked away.

* AuthorAvatar: Seemingly [[ImpliedTrope Implied]] in the episode "It's a Black President, Huey Freeman" when Uncle Ruckus tells Huey, a known Author Avatar, that sometimes it seems like they are the only two people with "common sense" (referring to their shared dislike of Barack Obama). However, Huey silently walked away.

* AuthorAvatar: Seemingly [[ImpliedTrope Implied]] in ''It's a Black President, Huey Freeman'' when Ruckus tells Huey, a known Author Avatar, that sometimes it seems like they are the only two people with "common sense" (referring to their shared dislike of Barack Obama). However, Huey silently walked away.

* AuthorFilibuster: Uncle Ruckus' criticisms of black people are sometimes a little ''too'' specific...

* ArchEnemy: To Huey Freeman, especially after the events of the season 2 premier, and sometimes Robert.

* SmallNameBigEgo: He often claims himself to be a civil-rights legend, when actually people don't know who he is whenever he mentions it.