Almost 10 years ago, i discovered a right to be hostile, the third collection of the boondocks comic strip at my public library. Rileys teacher and the nword s2 ep11 the boondocks. The freeman family in the boondocks series is portrayed as an allmale, africanamerican trio, each having very different personalities. The shows second season brings a diverse group of rappers, recording artists, actors, and media personalities to the guestvoice mix.
After proving himself worthy, riley is finally initiated into thugnificents lethal interjection crew and given the crews official chain. He and many others commonly refer to him as riley escobar, young reezy, and the fundraiser. It says something like ima cuthroat baller like oj simpson. Watch the boondocks episodes online season 2 2008 tv guide. He steals rileys chain which he received from thugnificent, after knocking him out. The boondocks is an american adult animated sitcom created by aaron mcgruder for cartoon networks latenight programming block, adult swim. After riley s prized chain is stolen by a bully, he goes to great lengths to retrieve it and preserve his reputation. Riley seeks advice from huey, who tells riley the chain was only. This is the second episode butch magnus is in, the bully that steals riley s chain in the episode shinin in season 2. The boondocks began its life as a comic strip in the diamondback, the student newspaper at mcgruders alma mater, university of maryland, college park. This is a list of songs from the boondocks tv series and official mixtape albums.
On the show the boondocks, it does seem in some way of a connection between riley and cindy. A bully steals the chain that signifies rileys membership in thugnificents crew, prompting various attempts by riley to get it back. Uploaded march 17, 2008 the boondocks season 2 episode 14 hunger strikes full show banned from tv 2,523,095 comment count uploaded october 20, 2015 waka flocka flame announces his candidacy for speaker of the house of representatives. A bully steals the chain that signifies riley s membership in thugnificents crew, prompting various attempts by riley. The boondocks is an animated comedy series produced by sony pictures television, originally running intermittently for four seasons from 2005 to 2014 on adult swim, with an upcoming reboot scheduled for release in 2020 on hbo max. Man i cant hear nothin over granddads gay ass music, look out, new message aww man its a old dude with his shirt off wait. It was adapted from the newspaper comic strip of the same name that was created by aaron mcgruder, who is also the executive producer and main writer for this show. He has a long history of committing mischief and violence, such as a tendency to rob others and then ask for their things afterwards. The show begins with a black family, the freemans, settling into the fictional, friendly and overall white suburb of woodcrest. He is an 8yearold who emulates the gangster lifestyle. Jul 15, 2007 riley freeman is the deuteragonist of the boondocks. I feel that each of the characters epitomize a particular social and political archetype or stereotype that is represented in some aspects within. Afraid of disappointing his new crew, riley will stop a nothing to recover his chain and rep. The main protagonist and narrator is huey, who possesses the cognitive functions of a child genius.
The boondocks is an american adult animated sitcom created by aaron mcgruder for cartoon network s latenight programming block, adult swim. Riley, who grew up on the south side of chicago, was moved along with his brother to the. The family has recently moved to an idyllic community in suburban maryland only to see it taken over by the tyrannical uncle ruckus and his bizarre neofascist regime. While riley s convincing two reality shows that granddads blind and running a. The boondocks began its life as a comic strip in the diamondback, the student newspaper at mcgruder s alma mater, university of maryland, college park.
Season 3 episode 7 directed by sung dae kang written by aaron mcgruder original air date june, 2010 during the annual worlds ultimate chocolates school. He aspires to be like the rap artists and the gangsters that he admires. Reprising their guest roles from last season are mos def, xzibit, charlie murphy, and katt williams. However, when he actually hands it over to riley and when riley does wear it, the chain is considerably shorter to compensate for riley s. Riley freeman is a character from the syndicated comic strip the boondocks written by aaron mcgruder and its tv series adaptation. A bully steals the chain that signifies riley s membership in thugnificents crew, prompting various attempts by riley to get it back. But be fully prepared to drink hella haterade, nigga. I like when stinkmener strikes back and home alone. Nov 12, 2010 highlighting rileys artistic ability, this episode gives insight about his personality compared to hueys revolutionary one. Uploaded march 17, 2008 the boondocks season 2 episode 14 hunger strikes full show banned from tv 2,523,074 comment count uploaded october 20, 2015 waka flocka flame announces his candidacy for speaker of the house of representatives. After rileys prized chain is stolen by a bully, he goes to great lengths to retrieve it and preserve his reputation. At first, he tries to fight the bully, butch magnus, but fails on advice from granddad. I put a 25 in ya back like a barry bonds jerseyim addicted to head just call me the brainac those are some of the lines in the. He fights riley for the chain in which he wins, then later discards it altogether after taking it to the jeweler and finding out it was worthless, but not before smacking flownominal on the leg with a baseball bat after he demands the chain back.
Each of these songs are listed in order of the first episode they appeared in, as some were featured in multiple episodes or. He often refers to himself as riley escobar, and in season two of the tv series, he also refers to himself as young reezy. Aqua teen hunger force 200115 the boondocks 200514 the brak show 200103 china, il 201115 frisky dingo 200608 home movies 200104 harvey birdman, attorney at law 200107 lucy, the daughter of the devil 200507 mary shelleys frankenhole 201012 metalocalypse 2006. Unfortunately, a local bully steals the chain, so riley tries to retrieve it. Nov 26, 2007 season 2, episode 7 shinin first aired. I fell in love with iti was a ridiculously partisan, lefty kid in the middle of the bush administration and was overjoyed to have my own outlet to make fun of the president i had a lot of friends, obviously. He then hired ed wuncler iii to capture him but ed accidently kidnapped the wrong kid. When martin luther king comes out of a coma after 32 years and finds himself thrust into the 21st century and life in the postseptember 11 era, his turn the other cheek philosophy quickly takes him from beloved national hero. A negotiated reading of encoding strategies in the boondocks. After proving himself worthy to thugnificent, riley is finally initiated into thugnificents lethal interjection crew and given the crews official chain. His vocabulary seems to be quite limited, and uses hiphop slang frequently at the end of, even in between his sentences, and if he cant think of anything else to say such as word.
Bill cosby voiced by kevin michael richardson bill cosby is played as a barely intelligible cynic who complains endlessly about the poor manners of young people. He often refers to himself as riley escobar, and in season two, three, and four of the tv series, he also refers to himself as young reezy. Jun 26, 2010 at best rileys innocence does come through at times, or the fact that hes still a child. The boondocks follows the adventures of selfproclaimed civil rights legend robert granddad freeman, and his two rambunctious grandsons huey and riley. Riley freeman is the deuteragonist of the boondocks. The boondocks is based on the satiric aaron mcgruder comic strip of the same name. A bully steals the chain that signifies riley s membership in thugnificents crew, prompting various. In the scene where thugnificent is giving riley is new chain and holds a speech, we can see that riley s chain is as long as thugnificents. With regina king, john witherspoon, cedric yarbrough, gary anthony williams.
Riley freeman, robert freeman, jericho freeman huey freeman is the main protagonist of the boondocks comic strip written by aaron mcgruder as well as the main character and principal narrator of the animated tv series of the same name. The show s second season brings a diverse group of rappers, recording artists, actors, and media personalities to the guestvoice mix. Invasion of the katrinians the freemans reluctantly take in relatives, in the wake of hurricane katrina. Watch the boondocks episodes online season 2 2008 tv. What episode on the boondocks does riley and cindy play. He fights riley for the chain in which he wins, then later discards it altogether after taking it to the jeweler and finding out it was worthless, but not before smacking flownominal on the leg with a baseball bat after he demands the chain. Rags to bitches, and in shinin, reporting on the theft of riley s chain. After showboating his way into a youth basketball league, riley s true colors are unveiled. The fifteenepisode first season ended on march 19, 2006. The second season premiered on october 8, 2007 and is expected to consist of twenty episodes. He first tried to fight him but failed miserably due to being outsized.
Riley finally gets what hes always wanted a platinum and diamond chain only to have it snatched by the local bully. Politically sapient, and borderline militant, he regularly reflects on current events as well as the plight of african americans, as it relates to. Thats granddad e, he in the bathroom, probably just ran out of toilet paper again and i aint gettin it for him neither, nope. For example in season threes smokin with cigarettes when faced with the reality of a gun while dealing with lamilton taeshawn, or the many instances that their grandfather actually is heard giving riley a spanking for his behavior. Flonominal, real name derrick cornish voiced by busta rhymes, is a rapper, and member of thugnificent s lethal interjection crew. The boondocks season 4 episode 1 the boondocks full episodes. The boondocks follows an africanamerican family, the freemans, having moved from the south side of chicago, illinois to the fictional, peaceful and mostly white suburb of woodcrest. The second season of the animated television series, the boondocks originally aired in the united states on cartoon networks late night programming block, adult swim. In the episode shinin, butch steals riley s chain, and riley has to recover it at great difficulty. The perspective offered by this mixture of cultures, lifestyles, social classes.
In one part of the episode where young reezyriley finally gets his chain his is walking with it and this song is playin in the background and it has a great verse and it was pretty nice and i want it. The show follows the adventures of two black boys, riley and huey freeman, who experience a culture clash when they move from southside chicago to the boondocks to live with their grandfather. When martin luther king comes out of a coma after 32 years and finds himself thrust into the 21st century and life in the postseptember 11 era, his turn the other cheek philosophy quickly takes him from beloved national hero to despised terrorist sympathizer. Season 2 episode 7 of the boondocks resulted in a 0. Favorite boondocks episodoe boondocks stats forum fanfiction. Riley s natural inclination to never snitch is challenged when he learns ed wuncler iii and gin rummy are behind a series of robberies in woodcrest, climaxing in the theft of granddads car. Butch magnus milosevic is a big, fat bully who attends j. Most all of the superhuman feats performed by the players were associated to shaolin soccer, especially hueys final pitch.
Though on the episode ballin cindy and riley dont seem to like each other throughtout the other. I think that riley is a visionary who uses art to envision the future unlike huey who believes in conspiracies and government coverups only envisions the future based on the consequences of people not educating. A bully steals the chain that signifies rileys membership in thugnificents. He also appears in the story of thugnificent narrating the documentary thugnificent. Each of these songs are listed in order of the first episode they appeared in, as some were featured in multiple episodes or even multiple seasons. Debiescarl 4212014 the boondocks and its social commentary the boondocks, a hit animated television series that airs on adult swim, created by cartoonist aaron mcgruder, follows the lives of the freemans, an african american family consisting of two young brothers and their grandfather as they experience some of the social dichotomies that exist between the suburban. Busta rhymes, donald faison, snoop dog, ceelo of gnarls barkley, usher, lil wayne, cedric the entertainer and more. Riley vs lamilton the boondocks season 3 episode 6. Meanwhile, a local bully steals riley s prized chain. Cause yall bout to see how good it is to be me, and how bad it is to be you. This is the first of five installments of character case studies on characters on creator and writer aaron mcgruders comic strip now turned animated series on adult swim, the boondocks. Flonominal the boondocks information center fandom.
The fundraiser by itchy fish season 3 episode 7 of the boondocks had a nice enough title in the fundraiser, making it seem like riley was going to be doing something sweet by selling sweets in order to raise money for a cause. Tvguide has every full episode so you can stayuptodate and watch your favorite show the boondocks anytime, anywhere. He is huey freeman s younger brother and robert freemans youngest grandson. Jul 31, 2010 this is the second episode butch magnus is in, the bully that steals riley s chain in the episode shinin in season 2. Highlighting rileys artistic ability, this episode gives insight about his personality compared to hueys revolutionary one. Unfortunately, a local bully jacks his ice, so riley tries to retrieve it before the lethal interjection crew finds out. A character case study of the boondocks and riley freeman. His brother, riley freeman, is more practical, streetwise, and outspoken. Flonominal, real name derrick cornish voiced by busta rhymes, is a rapper, and member of thugnificents lethal interjection crew. He is hueys younger brother who aspires to be like the rap artists and the gangsters that he admires. The boondocks is an animated comedy series produced by sony pictures television, originally running intermittently for four seasons from 2005 to 2014 on, with an upcoming reboot scheduled for release in 2020 on hbo max. What is the song off of the episode of boondocks called. The perspective offered by this mixture of cultures, lifestyles, socioeconomic classes, stereotypes, and races provides for much of the comedy and conflict in this. On at least one occasion, he demonstrated an aptitude for writing fiction in the form of a script he wrote a play entitled the adventures of black jesus in the boondocks episode a huey freeman christmas.
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