Colonel H. Stinkmeaner
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Colonel H. Stinkmeaner is a fictional character from the Adult Swim
animated television series The Boondocks
, voiced by Cedric Yarbrough
. The character is an antagonist
in the series, and is portrayed as a foulmouthed, blind old man who believes it is his mission in life (and in death) is to spread hatred, ignorance, and chaos throughout the black community.
" or "bitch" (he actually pronounces it "Nee-Uh-Guh" and "Nyu-kuh") and constantly spitting, misanthropy, and hatred for all people of all races and things that are meant to bring joy. He also believes that anyone who is possibly killed by him will receive the closest thing to an honorable death as most of them will probably get, and in that respect he considers himself a "humanitarian". He is the series' prime instigator of "nigga moments," times where "ignorance overwhelms the mind of a perfectly logical negro male, causing him to act in an illogical self-destructive manner." According to the series, these situations are the #3 reason why black men are killed (porkchops and the Federal Emergency Management Agency
being #2 and #1, respectively.)
Stinkmeaner's catchphrase can be heard sometimes which is "What's good nigga?! What's really good?!"
Stinkmeaner's death in the series occurred in season one, and was the result of a confrontation with Robert "Granddad" Freeman
. After Huey's mistaking the old man's mannerisms for genuine fighting skill (and subsequently overtraining Robert), Robert ended up accidentally beating Stinkmeaner to death for what he did to his car, new shoes, and knee, shown in the episode "Granddad's Fight
".
In the second season episode "Stinkmeaner Strikes Back
", the character is bent on getting revenge on the Freeman family. While in Hell
, Satan
himself describes him as "the baddest motherfucker Hell had ever seen," and Stinkmeaner even calls Satan
himself a "bitch-ass nigga." Since his death, Stinkmeaner has trained under the devil's wing in martial arts and Three section staff (calling them "three stick numchucks"), commenting "Y'all gonna have to kick me out of this bitch, I'm having the time of my life!" He proves to be even more psychotic when he possesses Tom Dubois
and tries to kill Granddad with an axe. He also fights the Freeman children, commenting that they're "not too little to get dat ass whooped." Stinkmeaner is heard singing the chorus "Ave Maria" from Ellens dritter Gesang
by Franz Schubert
at random times.
tennis
shoes. When Granddad tries to throw a punch, he taps Stinkmeaner's cane with his foot, giving away his position, and allowing Stinkmeaner to move just in time to avoid the punch. When Granddad hits the ground, the blind man strikes him on his bad knee, and the fight somehow makes national and international headlines. Granddad challenges him to a rematch, and Huey, mistakenly believing that Stinkmeaner has heightened senses and skills as a result of his blindness, helps him train for two weeks (he even dreams sword-fighting Stinkmeaner as the Blind Nigga Samurai). During the fight, Stinkmeaner swings around his cane wildly shouting expletives while Granddad lands blow after blow with the final one killing the blind man when he hits his head on the concrete. By this time, Huey has realized that Stinkmeaner was nothing more than a "blind old man who had just gotten lucky" in their first encounter, but his realization comes too late.
In Stinkmeaner Strikes Back
, Stinkmeaner is resurrected when Satan believes that he is the best candidate to "spread ignorance and chaos in the black community" and to get revenge on the Freeman family. He possesses Tom Dubois when the prosecutor is in a nigga moment, and slowly gains full control over him. After having relations
with Tom's wife Sarah
, he attacks the Freeman household until he is knocked out and held down (in Riley's
bed, to his disgust). His constant shouting ruins Granddad's blind date, and the Freemans summon Uncle Ruckus
to exorcise Stinkmeaner's spirit from Tom's body. Ruckus's techniques of forcing Stinkmeaner to read and beating him with whips and nightsticks (all things that frighten black men according to Ruckus) have little to no effect, but the ghost of Ghostface Killah
(who is not really dead in the series or real life) cryptically reveals to Huey that the only sure way to end a "nigga moment" is with peace. Stimulating a friendly conversation between Ruckus and Stinkmeaner by comparing their mutual hatred of black people, the blind man's spirit is forced out of Tom's body but swears to return to eventually get his revenge.
Stinkmeaner narrates the episode Stinkmeaner 3: The Hateocracy, in which his crew, the "Hateocracy", re-unites to ostensibly exact revenge on Robert Freeman for killing Stinkmeaner. They ended up beating Huey and Riley until the bell rang in school. Huey decided to call Bushido Brown who is very protective about his name. Huey asked "is this mr Bushido Brown?" He replied "see na you dun already messed up. Thats Grandmaster, Bushido Brown." Robert hires him to protect them from danger, but he goes too far. He ends up kicking a lady in the face making her fly back.(Because she bumped her cart into roberts in a market.) But when Robert fires him he opens the door to leave and the hateocracy stood in his yard. Robert rehires him for double the fee. He fought well against them but the man with a blade got it stuck in a tree. Bushido ran up to him to attack, but he pulled the blade from the tree decapitating Bushido. Robert makes a quick speech about Stinkmeaner and how he was sorry, however, it is revealed that they actually didn't care about him at all, and only wanted a convenient target to annoy. When his crew is thrown in jail by the police, who remark that jail is the only thing that can stop a "nigga moment" for good, Stinkmeaner adds that he is glad to be in Hell
rather than jail.
While Stinkmeaner seemed to be ungainly and physically slow in "Granddad's Fight
," he is shown to have superhuman speed and reflexes (like the other members of the Hateocracy) in The Hateocracy flashback. This may, of course, be an embellishment since Stinkmeaner himself was recounting the flashback.
Adult Swim
Adult Swim is an adult-oriented Cable network that shares channel space with Cartoon Network from 9:00 pm until 6:00 am ET/PT in the United States, and broadcasts in countries such as Australia and New Zealand...
animated television series The Boondocks
The Boondocks (TV series)
The Boondocks is an American animated series created by Aaron McGruder on Cartoon Network's late night programing block, Adult Swim, based on McGruder's comic strip of the same name...
, voiced by Cedric Yarbrough
Cedric Yarbrough
Cedric Yarbrough is an American comedian and actor.Yarbrough was born in Burnsville, Minnesota. Yarbrough attended Burnsville Senior High School and later Minnesota State University, Mankato. He is also an alumnus of Dudley Riggs' Brave New Workshop in Minneapolis.Yarbrough starred on the Comedy...
. The character is an antagonist
Antagonist
An antagonist is a character, group of characters, or institution, that represents the opposition against which the protagonist must contend...
in the series, and is portrayed as a foulmouthed, blind old man who believes it is his mission in life (and in death) is to spread hatred, ignorance, and chaos throughout the black community.
Appearance
Stinkmeaner is a black man with a frail-looking body, paunchy stomach, messy gray hair, buckteeth, and sunglasses. Stinkmeaner wore a green-and-white cardigan, pinstriped gray trousers, a loosened bow-tie, checkered shirt, and scuffed black shoes when he was alive, and karate robes when in Hell. He is always seen with a mean scowl, and that he "always was and always would be a cantankerous ornery old man." He spent his childhood disagreeing on most things, including happiness, unity, and kindness. He became blind at age fifteen due to cancer, which hardly affected him in terms of hope, and was expected to die three years later. For this reason, Stinkmeaner dedicated the remaining years of his life to making everyone else's life miserable. Doctors were at a loss as to how he managed to live so long, but it is believed that his "love of hatred" is what has sustained him into old age.Personality
Colonel H. Stinkmeaner (in more recent episodes and promos) usually addressees and/or introduces himself by saying "I'm Colonel H.-Mothafuckin'-Stinkmeaner; holla at 'cha boy. I gets money!". Stinkmeaner is known for his foul attitude, Ebonics-ridden insults, mostly with the word "niggaNigga
Nigga is a term used in African American Vernacular English that began as an eye dialect form of the word nigger .- Use in language :In practice, its use and meaning are...
" or "bitch" (he actually pronounces it "Nee-Uh-Guh" and "Nyu-kuh") and constantly spitting, misanthropy, and hatred for all people of all races and things that are meant to bring joy. He also believes that anyone who is possibly killed by him will receive the closest thing to an honorable death as most of them will probably get, and in that respect he considers himself a "humanitarian". He is the series' prime instigator of "nigga moments," times where "ignorance overwhelms the mind of a perfectly logical negro male, causing him to act in an illogical self-destructive manner." According to the series, these situations are the #3 reason why black men are killed (porkchops and the Federal Emergency Management Agency
Federal Emergency Management Agency
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security, initially created by Presidential Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1978 and implemented by two Executive Orders...
being #2 and #1, respectively.)
Stinkmeaner's catchphrase can be heard sometimes which is "What's good nigga?! What's really good?!"
Stinkmeaner's death in the series occurred in season one, and was the result of a confrontation with Robert "Granddad" Freeman
Robert Jebediah Freeman
Robert Jebediah "Granddad" Freeman is a fictional character in the animated television show The Boondocks, as well as a regular character in a comic strip of the same name. He lives in the suburb of Woodcrest with his two grandsons, Huey Freeman and Riley Freeman...
. After Huey's mistaking the old man's mannerisms for genuine fighting skill (and subsequently overtraining Robert), Robert ended up accidentally beating Stinkmeaner to death for what he did to his car, new shoes, and knee, shown in the episode "Granddad's Fight
Granddad's Fight
"Granddad's Fight" is the fourth episode of the Adult Swim animated television series The Boondocks. It originally aired on November 27, 2005.-Plot:The episode starts with two young black men passing each other on a city street...
".
In the second season episode "Stinkmeaner Strikes Back
Stinkmeaner Strikes Back
"Stinkmeaner Strikes Back" is the fourth episode of the second season of the Adult Swim animated television series The Boondocks and the nineteenth episode overall. It originally aired on October 29, 2007.-Plot:Colonel H...
", the character is bent on getting revenge on the Freeman family. While in Hell
Hell
In many religious traditions, a hell is a place of suffering and punishment in the afterlife. Religions with a linear divine history often depict hells as endless. Religions with a cyclic history often depict a hell as an intermediary period between incarnations...
, Satan
Satan
Satan , "the opposer", is the title of various entities, both human and divine, who challenge the faith of humans in the Hebrew Bible...
himself describes him as "the baddest motherfucker Hell had ever seen," and Stinkmeaner even calls Satan
Satan
Satan , "the opposer", is the title of various entities, both human and divine, who challenge the faith of humans in the Hebrew Bible...
himself a "bitch-ass nigga." Since his death, Stinkmeaner has trained under the devil's wing in martial arts and Three section staff (calling them "three stick numchucks"), commenting "Y'all gonna have to kick me out of this bitch, I'm having the time of my life!" He proves to be even more psychotic when he possesses Tom Dubois
Dubois Family
The members of the DuBois family — Tom , Sarah , and Jazmine — are fictional characters and featured players in Aaron McGruder's Boondocks comic strip and animated TV series...
and tries to kill Granddad with an axe. He also fights the Freeman children, commenting that they're "not too little to get dat ass whooped." Stinkmeaner is heard singing the chorus "Ave Maria" from Ellens dritter Gesang
Ellens dritter Gesang
Ellens dritter Gesang , in English: "Ellen's Third Song", was composed by Franz Schubert in 1825 as part of his Opus 52, a setting of seven songs from Walter Scott's popular epic poem The Lady of the Lake, loosely translated into German.It has become one of Schubert's most popular works under the...
by Franz Schubert
Franz Schubert
Franz Peter Schubert was an Austrian composer.Although he died at an early age, Schubert was tremendously prolific. He wrote some 600 Lieder, nine symphonies , liturgical music, operas, some incidental music, and a large body of chamber and solo piano music...
at random times.
Series appearances
In the episode Granddad's Fight, Stinkmeaner first appears in the series when he slams his car repeatedly into the Freeman car, known as "Dorothy", believing the handicapped space is always free (the dented sign post shows that he always roughly parks there, further alluding to it in the episode "Stinkmeaner Strikes Back"). This instigates a "nigga moment" when he blames Granddad for being in the space in the first place and proceeds to stomp on his brand new white NikeNike, Inc.
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tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
shoes. When Granddad tries to throw a punch, he taps Stinkmeaner's cane with his foot, giving away his position, and allowing Stinkmeaner to move just in time to avoid the punch. When Granddad hits the ground, the blind man strikes him on his bad knee, and the fight somehow makes national and international headlines. Granddad challenges him to a rematch, and Huey, mistakenly believing that Stinkmeaner has heightened senses and skills as a result of his blindness, helps him train for two weeks (he even dreams sword-fighting Stinkmeaner as the Blind Nigga Samurai). During the fight, Stinkmeaner swings around his cane wildly shouting expletives while Granddad lands blow after blow with the final one killing the blind man when he hits his head on the concrete. By this time, Huey has realized that Stinkmeaner was nothing more than a "blind old man who had just gotten lucky" in their first encounter, but his realization comes too late.
In Stinkmeaner Strikes Back
Stinkmeaner Strikes Back
"Stinkmeaner Strikes Back" is the fourth episode of the second season of the Adult Swim animated television series The Boondocks and the nineteenth episode overall. It originally aired on October 29, 2007.-Plot:Colonel H...
, Stinkmeaner is resurrected when Satan believes that he is the best candidate to "spread ignorance and chaos in the black community" and to get revenge on the Freeman family. He possesses Tom Dubois when the prosecutor is in a nigga moment, and slowly gains full control over him. After having relations
Sexual intercourse
Sexual intercourse, also known as copulation or coitus, commonly refers to the act in which a male's penis enters a female's vagina for the purposes of sexual pleasure or reproduction. The entities may be of opposite sexes, or they may be hermaphroditic, as is the case with snails...
with Tom's wife Sarah
Dubois Family
The members of the DuBois family — Tom , Sarah , and Jazmine — are fictional characters and featured players in Aaron McGruder's Boondocks comic strip and animated TV series...
, he attacks the Freeman household until he is knocked out and held down (in Riley's
Riley Freeman
Riley Freeman is a fictional character from the syndicated comic strip The Boondocks written by Aaron McGruder and its TV series adaptation...
bed, to his disgust). His constant shouting ruins Granddad's blind date, and the Freemans summon Uncle Ruckus
Uncle Ruckus
Uncle Ruckus, also known as Rev. Uncle Ruckus and Rev. Fr. Uncle Ruckus, as well as Uncle Rukus while serving at Robert Freeman's Soul Food restaurant "The Itis" , is a fictional character from the Boondocks comic strip and animated television series The Boondocks...
to exorcise Stinkmeaner's spirit from Tom's body. Ruckus's techniques of forcing Stinkmeaner to read and beating him with whips and nightsticks (all things that frighten black men according to Ruckus) have little to no effect, but the ghost of Ghostface Killah
Ghostface Killah
Dennis Coles , better known by his stage name Ghostface Killah, is an American rapper and prominent member of the Wu-Tang Clan. After the group achieved breakthrough success in the aftermath of Enter the Wu-Tang , the members went on to pursue solo careers to varying levels of success...
(who is not really dead in the series or real life) cryptically reveals to Huey that the only sure way to end a "nigga moment" is with peace. Stimulating a friendly conversation between Ruckus and Stinkmeaner by comparing their mutual hatred of black people, the blind man's spirit is forced out of Tom's body but swears to return to eventually get his revenge.
Stinkmeaner narrates the episode Stinkmeaner 3: The Hateocracy, in which his crew, the "Hateocracy", re-unites to ostensibly exact revenge on Robert Freeman for killing Stinkmeaner. They ended up beating Huey and Riley until the bell rang in school. Huey decided to call Bushido Brown who is very protective about his name. Huey asked "is this mr Bushido Brown?" He replied "see na you dun already messed up. Thats Grandmaster, Bushido Brown." Robert hires him to protect them from danger, but he goes too far. He ends up kicking a lady in the face making her fly back.(Because she bumped her cart into roberts in a market.) But when Robert fires him he opens the door to leave and the hateocracy stood in his yard. Robert rehires him for double the fee. He fought well against them but the man with a blade got it stuck in a tree. Bushido ran up to him to attack, but he pulled the blade from the tree decapitating Bushido. Robert makes a quick speech about Stinkmeaner and how he was sorry, however, it is revealed that they actually didn't care about him at all, and only wanted a convenient target to annoy. When his crew is thrown in jail by the police, who remark that jail is the only thing that can stop a "nigga moment" for good, Stinkmeaner adds that he is glad to be in Hell
Hell
In many religious traditions, a hell is a place of suffering and punishment in the afterlife. Religions with a linear divine history often depict hells as endless. Religions with a cyclic history often depict a hell as an intermediary period between incarnations...
rather than jail.
While Stinkmeaner seemed to be ungainly and physically slow in "Granddad's Fight
Granddad's Fight
"Granddad's Fight" is the fourth episode of the Adult Swim animated television series The Boondocks. It originally aired on November 27, 2005.-Plot:The episode starts with two young black men passing each other on a city street...
," he is shown to have superhuman speed and reflexes (like the other members of the Hateocracy) in The Hateocracy flashback. This may, of course, be an embellishment since Stinkmeaner himself was recounting the flashback.