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Greg Corbin and Terry Bates
Greg voiced by: Seth MacFarlane
Terry voiced by: Mike Barker
Homosexual life partners and co-anchors at W-ANG-TV, and neighbors to the Smiths. Francine was a surrogate mother for their daughter Liberty Belle, or "Libby".
- All Gays Love Theatre: At least, Terry does, and tends to get really pissed off when people attempt to do a musical number in his own house without him.
- The Bear: Greg slightly. Compared to Terry he has more visible body hair and he's pudgier.Greg: I'm gay fat. I'm straight thin, but I'm gay fat.
- Beta Couple: Prior to their breakup, they were arguably the most prominent relationship on the show after Stan and Francine (and maybe Jeff and Hayley).
- Bickering Couple, Peaceful Couple: In contrast to Stan and Francine’s incredibly volatile and argument-laden relationship, Greg and Terry are genuinely happy with each other and don’t argue nearly as much. (That is, until their breakup in Season 12.)
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Though they're generally better people than the Smiths a few focus episodes show them to be just as if not more self-obsessed than they are. In A Boy Named Michael Greg forces the whole family to meet his high standards, which makes Terry have to sneak casual elements like snack foods and a Lay-Z Boy chair. Terry for his part is willing to kill to maintain his secret rather than talk it out with Greg. Greg also asks Roger, who is impersonating their Russian adopted son, to get rid of his accent for being "nasty", tries to force him into skinny jeans and, when Terry seemingly kills him, quickly blows it off because he didn't fit in with their image. When they report his death on the news they request presents instead of condolences and neither seem shaken up at all.
- The Bus Came Back: Terry reappeared in "The Two Hundred" for a very brief non-speaking cameo alongside many of the show's other supporting characters who have since been Out of Focus.
- Carpet of Virility: Greg's get visible body hair whenever he's shirtless.
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome:
- While Greg & Terry were simply demoted to the background for Season 11, their daughter Libby (who had previously appeared at least once per season since her debut) was nowhere to be found. With Terry dumping Greg and leaving him in the following season, it's even more unlikely that she'll reappear anytime soon. Francine mentioning her in "Roger's Baby" (though not by name) as part of several instances where she's been pregnant is the first time her existence has even been so much as acknowledged since the show switched networks. She later appeared in "Stan & Francine & Connie & Ted."
- Greg and Terry also had a pet dog named Heath Ledger in the early episodes that was never seen again after the 3rd season, though his disappearance is more justified as Heath Ledger died in real life nearly two months after the dog's final appearance in "Surro-Gate" and this was most likely done to avoid complaints of being in poor taste.
- Dance Battler: They fight like characters out of West Side Story.
- The Dandy: Greg more than Terry.
- Deadpan Snarker: Both of them.
- Demoted to Extra: Both were hit by this starting in Season 11 as a result of Mike Barker leaving the series (they did appear on the episode "Morning Mimosa," but Greg was the only one who spoke while Terry didn't). Terry was eventually written out of the series altogether in the following season's "Anchorfran" by dumping Greg to go on tour with 311.
- Foil: To Stan and Francine. While Stan and Francine are an incredibly unstable couple, who abuse each other and are both incredibly shallow, Greg and Terry have more normal issues that don't tend to exceed mild bickering. That is of course, before Terry ultimately dumped Greg and left him.
- Gay Conservative: Greg's a Log Cabin Republican, which Terry is against because of the Republicans' stance on gay marriage.
- Happily Married: Prior to their breakup in Season 12. Although not technically married, they were one of the sweetest couples in animation history, with few arguments and a multitude of tender moments between them.
- Have I Mentioned I Am Gay?: Aside from a few Camp Gay mannerisms that are sparse and tend to get played for humour, you can tell they're gay because they're always holding hands and telling people how gay they are.
- Jerkass Ball: The two of them grab this pretty firmly in "A Boy Named Michael" despite the fact that they aren't normally so passive aggressive or nasty.
- Kent Brockman News: They tend to squabble and unload their dirty laundry while at work — or did, in the early episodes. The later ones, not so much.
- Not So Above It All: Terry only pretends to be cultured for the sake of Greg. When Greg's not around Terry like's to indulge in junk food and tricked Greg into letting them buy a lazyboy under the pretense of enjoying it 'ironically'.
- Only Sane Man: In "The Two Hundred" Greg is the only person in Langley Falls aside from the Smith Family who didn't resort to cannibalism after the world ended.
- Out of Focus: Ever since Mike Barker (voice of Terry) left the series early into the 11th season.
- Parental Abandonment: Terry suffered this from his father Tank after Tank disowned him for being a homosexual due to his own dislike of homosexuality. Even when Terry tearfully forgives him live on TV during his newscast of Steve being rescued from a gorilla exhibit in the zoo, Tank denied that Terry was his son and pointed out that his son is an Indian kid from a viral video.
- Ironically, Terry himself would eventually do this to his own surrogate daughter Libby when he dumps Greg and leaves him.
- Papa Wolf: After Stan kidnapped their baby, the two managed to rouse up support from numerous gay truckers to stop Stan. After Stan returned Liberty (and the kids he stole from a lesbian couple) Stan expected to be forgiven because he learned a lesson. Terry decked him.
- Put on a Bus: With Mike Barker leaving the show, this became Terry's fate (after temporarily being Demoted to Extra). He dumped Greg in "Anchorfran" in order to go on a 311 tour.
- The Quiet One: Terry became this before being written out of the show altogether.
- The Un-Favourite: Terry. His father abandons him after discovering his sexuality and in "Rapture's Delight", he's left behind while Greg is raptured, because apparently God does like gays... but only if they're tops ("Take it in the behind, you get left behind").
- Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Terry is apparently freaked out by vaginas. He's seen Francine's twice and both times he's moaned about it afterwards. Greg asks why he even bothers looking when he knows she has one, and Terry responds "I don't trust it. I refuse to turn my back on it." It makes you wonder how they dealt with changing their daughter's diapers.
- With Friends Like These...: Greg and Terry have been known to spend a numerous amount of time with Stan and Francine, but a couple of instances have proven that the two don't really care much for the Smiths.
- Some episodes imply that they at least like Francine, having her be their surrogate, and later having the baby play around with her, though throughout the episode they were chasing after Stan who stole their daughter Terry slugs him in the end.
Francine: (after talking to them on the phone) It turns out they hate us.Stan: (unfazed) I can see that.
Memphis Stormfront
There's only one true certainty in this world, Steve. That eventually it's going to end.
Voiced by: Andrew Daly
The new weatherman after Terry left and a partner for Greg Bates. He is a recurring character until he (or an alternate version of him at least) has been revealed to have been plotting to summon B'Thazalon the Nameless One to destroy the world.- Ambiguous Situation: Whether or not he had is soul corrupted by B'Thazalon or is acting out of his own free will is unclear, since he does state that he became corrupted by it and so did Dickie. However, he has no problem manipulating Steve.
- Cloud Cuckoo Lander: It’s subtle, but it’s there.
- The Corruptor: To Steve in "Echoes" in an attempt to free B'thazalon the Nameless from its prison. He's rewarded for this by being crushed by the beast.
- Evil Laugh: Very much so after B'Thazalon is freed.
- Evil Mentor: Toward Steve, who he took in to the Weather Station as part of his school mentorship program. He showed no interest in helping him pass for his grade and also is evil because he purposefully manipulated him for his plans.
- Karmic Death: After being killed by the monster he plotted to use to kill the entire world, he isn't given much sympathy.
- Mistaken for Gay: In his debut episode, he is mistaken for gay by Stan and Francine because they try to get him and Greg together.
- Would Hurt a Child: Indirectly and psychologically at least towards Steve, who he manipulated into freeing the Nameless One then proceeded to taunt him about it. Needless to say, his plan to destroy the world certainly involves children.
Al Tuttle
Voiced by: Richard Kind
- Ambiguously Bi: Stan says Tuttle has a boy crush on Klaus in “Kloger”, and he had a wife.
- Ascended Extra: He is given much more focus in recent episodes.
- The Big Guy: He was EXTREMELY obese for a few seasons.
- Character Catchphrase: "It's me, Tuttle!"
- Cloud Cuckoo Lander: Tuttle after walking into the Smith's house:"Oh ding doodle, this isn't my house!"
- Last-Name Basis: Always referred to as "Tuttle" by everybody.
- Nice Guy: Tuttle is very nice.
- Sudden Name Change: Originally named Bob Tuttle, his name was changed to Al Tuttle, possibly because the Smiths already had a neighbor with that first name.
- Temporary Bulk Change: In his second appearance, Steve and his friends discovered Tuttle became so depressed over his wife's death he coped by eating until he became morbidly obese and unable to leave his house. He was like this for several seasons until he started making more appearances having somehow slimmed down back to his original weight.
- The Unfavorite: Zigzagged depending on the ep but the usual consensus is that he somewhat unlike. In fact it's why he's so popular in South Korea as he unwittingly the star of their favorite show 'Sad Fatso'.
- Weight Woe: He turned to overeating to deal with his wife's death and eventually grew so fat he couldn't leave his house.
Linda Memari
Voiced by: Megyn Price
An Iranian-American neighbor and friend of Francine who has a crush on her.
- Aborted Arc: Her crush on Francine which disappears completely after the first season as her overall screentime is heavily diminished.
- The Bus Came Back: Reappears in "Stan & Francine & Connie & Ted."
- Bus Crash: In "Cheek to Cheek: A Stripper's Story", it's mentioned off-hand that she passed away. Despite this, she made background appearances in later episodes such as "One Fish, Two Fish" (albeit with much darker skin) and "300".
- In "Don't You Be My Neighbor" Klaus cites her and her husband as one of the families the Cherry Street Neighbor Haters Club ran out of town, which further complicates matters.
- Demoted to Extra: Along with her husband, she hasn't spoken since Season 4's "Roy Rogers McFreely". This may be justified as she didn't have much of a character beyond crushing on Francine.
- The commentary for "Not Particularly Desperate Housewives" reveals that her affections for Francine makes her a complicated character to write for, which likely was the reasoning behind her being dropped from the supporting cast.
- Flat Character: As mentioned above, her only defining trait is that she's bi-sexual and has a crush on Francine.
- Out of Focus: From Season 4 onwards where she only appears in brief non-speaking cameos.
Bob Memari
Linda's husband and Stan's "friend". He actually knows about his wife being attracted to Francine.
- The Bus Came Back: Reappears in "Stan & Francine & Connie & Ted."
- Demoted to Extra: Like his wife. His latest appearance was "Stompe Le Monde".
- Flat Character: No personality or character traits AT ALL. Just like Hooper and Stiles.
- Jerkass: Only because the end of his debut episode reveals that he is a racist. He says his old neighbors were worse than Stan because they were black.
Hiko Yoshida
Voiced by: Sandra Oh
Toshi and Akiko's mother.
- All Asians Know Martial Arts: Played straight and invoked. Hiko believes that because she is Japanese she has the advantage in a fight against the caucasian Francine, panic when she finds out Francine was adopted by Chinese parents, and the two proceed to have a gravity-defying wire-fu like sword fight.
- Ascended Extra: For a time between the 4th and 8th season. Excluding Season 7, she would appear at least once in all of these seasons often with a speaking part and played an important role in Season 8's "Spelling Bee My Baby".
- Action Mom: Goes toe-to-toe with Francine in "Spelling Bee My Baby". Beforehand in the same episode, she "ninja-darts" Hayley in the neck, and knocks out Klaus with striking a pressure point, when breaking into the Smith house to save Akiko after Francine kidnaps her.
- Asian Speekee Engrish: When finding out where Akiko's held captive, even though she speaks fluent English and doesn't understand why her son, Toshi, still speaks Japanese.
- "Give me the aggress."
- Bring It: Calls out Francine after she foils her kidnapping plan.
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Suffered from this around the same time as her daughter. Her latest appearance in "The Two Hundred" marks the first time she's appeared on-screen in almost three years.
- Dominatrix: Is into S&M, shown in "The Missing Kink".
- Early-Installment Weirdness: The first time she was seen in "Threat Levels", she was a lot older and heavier looking
◊. This early version of Akiko has since been repurposed as a background extra in episodes such as "Phantom of the Telethon" from Season 4 and "Morning Mimosa" from Season 11. - Education Mama: Best shown in "Spelling Bee My Baby", where her determination to get her children into a good college conjures a rivalry with Francine and a wedge between the friendship/growing romance of Steve and Akiko.
- Formerly Fat: As mentioned above, she was shown to be fat and rather old in her initial appearance. She's been portrayed as being much younger and slimmer since Season 4's "Weiner of Our Discontent".
- Jerkass: A mild case, but it's still evident.
- Mama Bear: Sends the entire Yakuza and Yoshi with three bloodhounds on a mission to find Akiko before the spelling bee, though this is more due to her Education Mama tendencies and less about loving her daughter. Once she finds out her the Smith address (from Akiko registering into her Nintendo account, humorously considering Hiko forbids her from playing), she breaks in and save her. Once she arrives at the spelling bee, she's ready to fight Francine.
- Not So Above It All: In "Spelling Bee My Baby", she releases Akiko from her glass cage by what presumed to be a secret martial-arts technique, but breaks the cage with her vocals by humming a series of onomatopoeias.
- Oh, Crap!: As she boasts about her ethnicity before her fight with Francine in a hall of Asian weapons and how it gives her an advantage (under her assumption that because Francine's white, she knows nothing about martial arts), but then Francine's parents show up for Steve's spelling bee.
- Hiko: Wait, you're Chinese?Francine: Hiiyoooo!(Hiko's smirk literally vanishes at this point.)
- Only Sane Woman: She understandably questions why Yoshi speaks Japanese in "Spelling Bee My Baby", when even she doesn't speak Japanese, and only in complete English... Even though she scolded him in a previous episode hinting that she does at least understand the language.
- Retcon: In "Best Little Horror House in Langley Falls", she's shown scolding Toshi meaning that she understands Japanese (which is the language he's fluent in) yet in "Spelling Bee My Baby" she claims to not speak it, hints that she doesn't understand it, and even questions how he's able to speak the language. Additionally, she and her husband spoke Japanese in "The Magnificent Steven" as Stan mentions not being able to understand them when he tried getting their permission to include Toshi on his cattle drive.
- The Rival: To Francine.
Hideki Yoshida
Hiko’s husband and Toshi and Akiko’s father. He is also a contractor.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: In his first couple of appearances he seems like a reasonable person, but when Stan and Roger go to him with their idea about male stripper shoes he tries to make them kill his wife and also steals their idea and becomes rich because of it.
- The Bus Came Back: Reappears in "Fantasy Baseball", "Stompe Le Monde" and "Crystal Clear."
- Demoted to Extra: He was a recurring character for one season only and practically disappeared after “The Missing Kink”.
- Laser-Guided Karma: He completely gets away with what’s mentioned above, but in his next appearance Stan and Roger both shoot him, probably as revenge.
Buckle
Voiced by: Matt Mc Kenna
A Disney imagineer turned Mountain Man turned Henpecked Husband married to a demanding and spoiled Jewish woman.
- Big Damn Heroes: Has been this twice to the Smiths, and both of those times he was saving them from Stan's stupidity.
- He met them while he was saving them from a bear that was about to maul them all, after Stan insisted their only means to survive was to stand perfectly still.
- In the hurricane episode, Buckle burst into the house and managed to tranq the shark and the bear that were attacking the Smiths. He also tranqed Stan for good measure, since Stan let both animals into the house.Buckle: I wasn't sure who was doing the most damage.
- The Big Guy: He's a large guy who's physically strong enough to snap a bear's neck with his bare hands.
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: After "Hurricane!", it would be more than four and a half years before he reappeared for a brief speaking cameo in "Roots". He has started appearing again in the new seasons.
- Gadgeteer Genius: He used to work for Disney. See the treehouse he built and the amazing haunted house he put together for Halloween as proof of his abilities. As Francine put it in regards to the haunted house:Francine: (disturbed) I actually don't know how I got out. The front hallway spiraled into a black hole and the weather kept changing and I was a child again.
- Henpecked Husband: Sharri always rides his ass about everything.
- Mountain Man: Before he met Sharri.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: He's been in the wild so long that he no longer remembers his true name. He came up with "Buckle" because it "felt right".
- Stalker with a Crush: He developed an unhealthy obsession with Hayley for a little while due to his extreme loneliness. Stan fixed it by setting him up with Shari (a Jewish woman Roger almost married).
- Stout Strength: He's a big man who's as strong as he is wide.
Shari Rothberg
Voiced by: Lisa Edelstein
A Jewish-American princess and annoying wife of Buckle.
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: After “Hurricane” we never see her again, until "Stan & Francine & Connie & Ted."
- Jerkass: She complains to Buckle a lot. Though the fact that she was raised by a rich dad may have something to do with it. She was not used to not getting what she wants so it probably inflated her ego.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Though she admitted to herself that she loves Buckle.
- Wanting Is Better Than Having: Desperately wants to be married, does almost nothing but complain to her husband even though she admits to herself she loves him.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: In "Hurricane!", she and Buckle try to save the Smiths from the flood only to be washed away by it. While Buckle shows up again later in the episode, Sharri doesn't, implying that she may have drowned. She also wasn't present when Buck made a brief speaking cameo in "Roots". We know she’s alive though because she’s still in the intro and later appears in "Stan & Francine & Connie & Ted".
Father Donovan
Voiced by: Martin Mull
The local pastor. Almost as apathetic as Reverend Lovejoy, but is a bit more vice-ridden.
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Didnt appear from "Season's Beatings" to "Stompe Le Monde."
- Demoted to Extra: His screentime is more reduced after first seasons and this ends in a Chuck Cunningham Syndrome.
- Dirty Old Man: Keeps hitting on other women, especially towards Francine.
- Hypocrite: Is actually implied to be an atheist as he wasn't ascended to heaven at which point he remarks, "Turns out there is a God". However, he still puts in a token effort, by speaking at church and providing advice to people due to the fact he is unable to get his full pension in "Roger Codger".
- Killed Off for Real: He was killed by Nemo — Hayley and Jeff's demon child — in "Season's Beatings". That is, if this episode is considered to be canon. Indeed, when the family attends Easter services in "Daesong Heavy Industries", a new Priest is present. But this is a non canon episode so he’s still alive but doesn't appear very much anymore.
Chuck White
Voiced by: Mike Barker
A snooty neighbor of the Smiths and Stan’s rival. Everything he says, he ends it with “Haha”.- The Ace: He does better than Stan eat everything.
- The Bus Came Back: He reappears in "Stan & Francine & Connie & Ted."
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: He’s been absent since well before Mike Barker’s departure from the show.
- Demoted to Extra: His last few appearances were background cameos, and he stopped making background appearances before Mike Barker left the show. Although he reappeared in "Stan & Francine & Connie & Ted."
- Rich Bitch: He is wealthy and is an egotistic jerk.
Christie White
Chuck White’s wife. She is just as stuck up as Chuck, but unlike Chuck, she is amoral, because she tried to murder Francine to keep her secret safe.
- The Bus Came Back: She reappears in "Stan & Francine & Connie & Ted."
- Demoted to Extra: Her last appearance was “The Missing Kink” and that was a non-speaking cameo, until "Stan & Francine & Connie & Ted."
- More Deadly Than the Male: She is initially characterized as your everyday smug jerk like her husband Chuck, but she proves to be an even bigger threat to the Smith family when she resolves to flat out kill her former friend to keep her secret safe.
Esther Lonstein
Snot’s mother. She is extremely promiscuous.
- Ascended Extra: She appears frequently in the most recent episodes.
- Domestic Abuse: Snot’s dad shot her in the face with a flare gun.
Karen Foster
A neighbor of the Smiths who appeared in "Homeland Insecurity" and made cameos in the background of a few other episodes as one of the neighbors.
Lisa Collins
A single mother who is a neighbor of the Smiths and has a new boyfriend every week.
Overweight couple
A couple who are neighbors of the Smiths. They were never named, but they have appeared in the background as neighbors of the Smiths several times. They first appeared in "Homeland Insecurity", which is the only time they had any lines.
Barb Hanson
A realtor who is with Captain Monty a lot.Voiced by Rachael MacFarlane
- Continuity Nod: Her first episode sees her sent to Guantanamo Bay where the inmates promise to cut of her hand for taking their food. In all later episodes she has a hook hand.
- Mr. Exposition: She's introduced as working for "Exposition Reality" and instant sums up the needed information for the plot to continue.
Lisa Tuttle
Tuttle's deceased wife. She died when a big C from a sign fell on her.
Connie & Ted Robinson
Connie voiced by: Jessica St. Clair
Ted voiced by: Gary Cole
- Abusive Parents: Invoked. Prior to their appearance in the show, they were implied to be abusive towards Barry, in particular being very controlling, such as not letting Barry use the iron. Then subverted when they actually appeared, and it turned out that they weren't abusive, and their strict requirements for Barry had a legitimate reason.
- Abusive Offspring: The Robinsons are forced to keep Barry on a strict regime of anti-psychosis medicine because without it he becomes a sadistic, impulsive, homicidal maniac.
- Casual Kink: The Robinsons are shameless about the fact they're swingers. They're so blatant about it that Barry is completely indifferent to it, and in their debut episode, "Stan & Francine & Connie & Ted", they literally plan to invite the Smiths to swing with them on their first meeting.
- Disco Dan: Downplayed and played sympathetically. The Robinsons have an obvious fondness for the 70s, wearing clothing more in the 70s style and embracing both swinging and the use of cocaine. Ironically, this causes Stan to find them "cool" rather than hate them.
- Strong Family Resemblance: Subverted. Connie and Ted are both really slender, tall, and attractive individuals, whilst Barry is short, ugly and really fat. In their first dinner, Stan even comments repeatedly on how hard it is to believe that two such gorgeous parents could produce such an ugly son. Also, the two of them are affectionate, loving and compassionate individuals, whereas Barry turns out to be a murderous psychotic who depends on medication to suppress his malevolence.
Lonnie Lonstein
Snot"s father. He was killed offscreen in "Independent Movie". He was not seen in person until long after he was killed off, in "Demolition Daddy". He was very abusive to Snot and Esther, apparently he once shot Esther in the face with a flare gun.
Dr. Kalgary
Klaus’s best friend and the Smith’s evil doctor.
- Ascended Extra: It seemed like he was a one-time character in his debut.
- Did Not Think This Through: Gave Billy a pair of extendable metal wings for quick escapes, but didn't realize they'd be too heavy to fly even if they weren't also too big for him to move with.
- Mad Scientist: While he usually acts like a normal pediatrician, this is just a cover. He's actually a very disturbing version of this trope, which he refers to as "the abominable sciences", and it's implied he even mixes it with black magic.
- Meaningful Name: His name is pronounced almost exactly the same as the villain from The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.
- Morally Ambiguous Doctorate: While he does have a legitimate Phd in medicine, it's his... side business that goes into this territory.
Casey
Mr. Hallworthy
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Heath Ledger
Johnny Collins
Tuttle's iguana
