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The Boondocks
The Boondocks
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The Boondocks

“Satire, chaos, and black humor.”

8.2 / 10
2005
4 seasons
55 episodes
Action & AdventureComedyAnimation

When Robert “Granddad” Freeman becomes legal guardian to his two grandsons, he moves from the tough south side of Chicago to the upscale neighborhood of Woodcrest (a.k.a. "The Boondocks") so he can enjoy his golden years in safety and comfort. But with Huey, a 10-year-old leftist revolutionary, and his eight-year-old misfit brother, Riley, suburbia is about to be shaken up.

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Trailer

Boondocks Season 4 Official Trailer | Adult Swim

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Cast

Regina King

John Witherspoon

Cedric Yarbrough

Jill Talley

Gary Anthony Williams

Gabby Soleil

Jim Meskimen

Kevin Michael Richardson

Charlie Murphy

Kym Whitley

Jeff Bennett

Corey Burton

Seasons

The first season of the animated television series, The Boondocks originally aired in the United States on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim. Season one started on November 6, 2005 with "The Garden Party" and ended with "The Passion of Reverend Ruckus" on March 19, 2006, with a total of fifteen episodes. All fifteen episodes from season one were released completely uncensored on a three-disc DVD set in the United States on July 25, 2006.

  • The Garden Party

    1.The Garden Party

    8.5
    06-11-200520m

    When the owner of Granddad's house invites Granddad and the kids to his garden party, Huey tries to start trouble by saying Jesus was black and comparing Ronald Regan to the devil....

  • The Trial of Robert Kelly

    2.The Trial of Robert Kelly

    8.0
    13-11-200522m

    When the trial of R&B star R. Kelly comes to town and Tom Dubois is the ADA, Huey and Riley are on opposing sides of the hot-button "underage peeing" issue. Meanwhile, Granddad and...

  • Guess Hoe's Coming to Dinner

    3.Guess Hoe's Coming to Dinner

    8.1
    20-11-200522m

    Huey and Riley try to convince Grandad that his new girlfriend Cristal (like the champagne) is actually a prostitute. Of course, Grandad doesn't believe them, even when she spends...

  • Granddad's Fight

    4.Granddad's Fight

    8.4
    27-11-200522m

    Grandad and Colonel Stinkmeaner have a beef. One man's blind. One man's feeble. Both are really, really old. Let "The Slugfest In Woodcrest" commence!

  • A Date with the Health Inspector

    5.A Date with the Health Inspector

    7.7
    04-12-200521m

    District Attorney and law-abiding citizen Tom Dubois fits the description of the elusive "X-Box Killer" and is arrested. Huey has to find the real killer before Tom is shipped off...

  • The Story of Gangstalicious

    6.The Story of Gangstalicious

    7.1
    11-12-200523m

    Riley's favorite rapper, Gangstalicious, is shot and hospitalized in Woodcrest. When Riley goes to visit the rapper, he finds more than he anticipated ... like maybe rappers that m...

  • A Huey Freeman Christmas

    7.A Huey Freeman Christmas

    7.9
    18-12-200522m

    A well meaning teacher offers Huey the chance to direct the school Christmas play, and Huey decides to release his vision to the world: "The Adventures of Black Jesus."

  • The Real

    8.The Real

    6.4
    08-01-200622m

    While Riley is busy convincing two reality shows that Granddad's blind and running a homeless shelter, Huey is being shadowed by a secret government agent. But is he real?

  • Return of the King

    9.Return of the King

    8.0
    15-01-200623m

    When Martin Luther King Jr. comes out of a coma after 32 years and finds himself thrust into the 21st and life in the post "September 11th" lunacy, his "turn the other cheek" philo...

  • The Itis

    10.The Itis

    7.5
    22-01-200620m

    Grandad opens "The Itis", the only soul food restaurant in Woodcrest. White people didn't expect it. They also didn't expect high cholesterol, heart disease, and obesity.

  • Let's Nab Oprah

    11.Let's Nab Oprah

    6.9
    12-02-200623m

    Huey has to stop Riley and a small gang of misfit idiots from nabbing the talk show deity, Oprah.

  • Riley Wuz Here

    12.Riley Wuz Here

    8.2
    19-02-200623m

    When Riley's affinity for grafitti goes too far, Grandad sends him to an art teacher that actually encourages him to do grafitti, only painting murals instead. Meanwhile, Huey disc...

  • Wingmen

    13.Wingmen

    7.9
    05-03-200622m

    When Grandad's oldest friend, and possibly his worst friend, Moe, dies, the Freemans go back home and Grandad wants the possession Moe left him. Meanwhile, Huey is eager to see his...

  • The Block is Hot

    14.The Block is Hot

    7.5
    12-03-200623m

    Its February, and its record temperatures of 90 degrees. Luckily, Jazmine has her lemonade stand open, and does pretty well. Her success catches the eye of corporate tycoon Ed Wunc...

  • The Passion of Reverend Ruckus

    15.The Passion of Reverend Ruckus

    8.1
    19-03-200623m

    While Ruckus spreads the word of White Jesus to get into White Heaven, Huey desperately tries to save his friend from death row.

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