Cleveland Brown Jr.

Cleveland Brown, Junior
Family Guy / The Cleveland Show character
File:Cleveland Brown Jr.png Cleveland Brown, Junior
First appearance	Love Thy Trophy (Family Guy) Pilot (The Cleveland Show)
Portrayed by	Mike Henry (2000-2009) Kevin Michael Richardson (2009-)
In-universe information
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Relatives	Cleveland Brown (Father) Loretta Brown (Mother) Donna Tubbs-Brown (Step-Mother) Rallo Tubbs (Step-Brother) Roberta Tubbs (Step-Sister)

Cleveland Brown, Jr., was a fictional supporting character on the animated TV series Family Guy, and a main character on its spinoff, The Cleveland Show. He is the son of Cleveland, Sr. and Loretta. On Family Guy, he was depicted as slim and hyperactive. On The Cleveland Show he had become obese. He was voiced by Mike Henry on Family Guy and Kevin Michael Richardson on The Cleveland Show.

Biography

Junior is the obese son of Cleveland Brown. He debuted in the season 2 episode "Love Thy Trophy" of the animated TV show Family Guy. During his time in Family Guy he was previously shown to be skinny, hyperactive, and athletic. He was presumably taken into Loretta's custody after she divorced Cleveland in "The Cleveland-Loretta Quagmire," and has since become calmer, less intelligent and severely obese, possibly as a side effect of anti-ADD and -ADHD prescription medication. After Cleveland and Loretta's divorce was finalized in the pilot episode of The Cleveland Show, Junior was placed in Cleveland's custody, and moved out of Quahog, Rhode Island to Stoolbend, Virginia where Cleveland married his old high school sweetheart, Donna Tubbs. In episode 2 it is revealed that he is bullied at school and is afraid of the toaster.

Family Guy

Cleveland Jr. was a hyperactive child and a minor character who had a short time with Peter in the episode, "Fore Father", where he showed a talent of playing golf. After that episode, he made short appearances later in the show, with his last on Family Guy at his father's supposed funeral, along with Loretta.

The Cleveland Show

After the show, when Loretta gave custody of Cleveland Jr. back to Cleveland and forced him to move, the two left for California. On their way there, they decided to live in Stoolbend instead, where Cleveland married Donna Tubbs, and Rallo and Roberta became his step-siblings. Here, Cleveland Jr. was given his own room. When Rallo met Cleveland Jr., he would often call Cleveland Jr. and his father "fat." In the second episode, he served as a door in the bathroom so that he could earn his classmates' respect, which angered Cleveland. He also seems to have a fear of toasters because the toaster in his house scares and taunts him. When it is revealed in "Birth of a Salesman" that he has repressed emotions from the divorce of his parents and has in fact never cried before, his siblings help him to express his sadness. In a preview of the show, he says, "I can eat this and a salad," and Cleveland replies with, "A salad would be a good start," possibly meaning he's encouraging him to go on a diet. However, it could also simply be some sarcastic remark to Cleveland Jr.'s obesity.

Junior's obesity and low self esteem makes it difficult for him to find friends. In "Da Doggone Daddy-Daughter Dinner Dance", he becomes friends with Laine and Kyle, although this is only because he serves as a good replacement door for the bathroom stalls of Stoolbend High School. In "The One About Friends", Cleveland Jr. creates an actual friendship with Lester Krinklesac's son, Ernie.

While Cleveland Junior is not very active, he has other hobbies; he enjoys doing chores and playing the pooba.

Trivia

In the animatic for the Family Guy episode "Love Blactually", his newfound obesity is mentioned as a side-effect of mood-stabilizing medication, though no mention of it has been made in the broadcast version of "Love Blactually" or on The Cleveland Show.

External links

• Official The Cleveland Show website on FOX.com