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Trivia about The Boondocks includes:
- Actor Allusion:
- Throughout the series, there are direct and indirect references to the movie Friday, which starred John Witherspoon, the voice of Robert "Granddad" Freeman.
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Granddad:: That wasn't even me. That's that n**** from Friday dressed like me. |
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- In "A Date with the Health Inspector", Rummy (voiced by Samuel L. Jackson) demands to know if they speak English in a mysterious country known simply as "What." On the way to the real Xbox killer's apartment, Ed and Rummy stop to get a "tasty beverage." One gets the impression that Rummy is a big Pulp Fiction fan.
- Mark Hamill plays a dealer who sells Granddad something called "Skywalker."
- Rev. Rollo Goodlove messes up while singing "Go-Go Gadget Gospel," a song originally performed by his voice actor Cee-Lo. It becomes extra funny when you realize Cee-Lo is purposefully messing himself up when he should be able to sing it perfectly.
- Ascended Meme: In "Mr. Medicinal", Riley states that he's going to challange Jaden Smith to a fight if he moves to LA. This is a reference to many popular pictures comparing Riley to the new Karate Kid.
- Author Appeal: McGruder is One of Us and a self-proclaimed nerd, especially when it comes to Star Wars. As a result, but the comic and (to a somewhat lesser extent) the show are chock full of Star Wars references, and Huey himself is a fan.
- He also enjoys anime, and (in the show) it shows to say the least.
- Executive Meddling: Two episodes of Season 2 were not allowed to air in the States due to the fact that they were massive Take Thats against BET. They played just fine in Canada and still made it onto the DVD though.
- Follow the Leader: Inverted. McGruder has stated that what drove him to take the book into a hardline left political direction was a conversation he had with Garry Trudeau over the issue of the September 11th Terrorist Attacks. Trudeau told McGruder that he was going to wait until around December before he would begin incorporating the terrorist attacks and the political fallout the attacks would have upon America. This led to McGruder deciding to immediately incorporate 9-11 and the political fall-out into the comic strip, since no one else was doing this.
- Hey, It's That Voice!:
- Scrubs regular John C. McGinley plays The White Shadow.
- McGinley's Scrubs co-star Donald Faison appears as The Freeman's ancestor, "Catcher" Tobias Lynchwater, as well as someone who isn't Reginald Hudlin.
- Zoe is Ebony Brown!
- Badass motherfucker Samuel L. Jackson plays Gin Rummy.
- Watch "A Date With the Booty Warrior" again. Listen to the voice of the man demonstrating the anti-rape technique. Sound familiar? It's John Landis!
- Beloved rapper Mos Def plays Gangstalicious.
- Jimmie Walker plays Mr. George Pissedofferson. He even wears the hat and says "dy-no-mite!".
- Charlie Murphy plays Ed Wuncler III.
- The biggest little pimp in the world, Kat Williams, plays A Pimp Named Slickback.
- Snoop Dogg and Busta Rhymes as Macktastic and Flonominal respectively.
- If you listen close enough you can hear Tom Kenny, a.k.a. SpongeBob SquarePants. He's married to Jill Talley, who provides the voice of Sarah.
- Granddad is voiced by John Witherspoon, a.k.a. Pops from The Wayans Bros. He's also Ice Cube's dad Willie in the Friday movies, along with Regina King (Huey and Riley) who played his daughter Dana in the first one.
- The "Health Inspector". The first time he appeared, you expected him to go "Easy white chocolate, I wouldn't want you to melt..."
- Adam West as the voice of R. Kelly's lawyer.
- Did Zuko just join the Woodcrest kickball team?
- Ed Wuncler makes a bet with Uncle.
- And speaking of Ed Wuncler, Sr., he's voiced by and looks like Edward Asner.
- Magneto's trying to kill LaMilton.
- Cindy is... Tara Strong, aka Sari, Dill, Bubbles, Ben, Raven, Timmy and Twilight Sparkle?!
- Fire Lord Joker is the Potdealer, whose specialty product is "Skywalker".
- Bender used to be the head of security on Jerry Springer before getting his own show.
- Spawn is Bushido Brown, not to mention the cop that arrests the Hateocracy for Brown's murder. Trippy.
- Uncle Ruckus is Abe Kenarban?!
- Aisha Tyler is Luna, the eponymous character of "Attack of the Killer Kung-Fu Wolf Bitch".
- In the Japanese-dubbed version:
- Huey is Daisuke Motomiya
- Riley is Shizune
- Tom Dubois is Iori Yagami and Haruki Kusakabe
- Ed Wuncler III is Ali al-Saachez and Hiroshi Nohara
- Gangstalicious is Date Masamune and Roronoa Zoro. Ouch.
- One of Us: Aaron McGruder is a self-proclaimed "nerd" whose interests include Star Wars, Anime, video games, and Monty Python.
- Ripped from the Headlines:
- The episode "Smokin' With Cigarettes" is a parody of the Latarian Milton incident, in which a little boy robbed his grandma's car and shortly afterward, attacked her for not buying him chicken wings. In true Refuge in Audacity fashion, he is treated as the "ultimate evil" in a Shout-Out to Dr. Loomis' speech in Halloween.
- Likewise, the episode "The Booty Warrior" is also based in part on a true inmate.
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