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The Goode Family
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Mike Judge's next animated series after King of the Hill. Just as KotH was a parody of straitlaced conservative Middle America, The Goode Family skewers the other side of the political spectrum (liberal, politically correct West Coast America), as exemplified by the titular family of liberals who do their best to maintain political correctness in all facets of their lifestyle, as difficult as it can be at times.The family consists of Gerald, a community college professor; Helen, a self-proclaimed activist; Bliss, their snarky teenage daughter, and Ubuntu, their adopted African son who turned out to be a white South African. Other characters include Che, the family dog whom they raised as a vegan (but who often sneaks out to eat wild animals and neighborhood pets), and Charlie, Helen's sarcastic father who doesn't approve of their lifestyle.Originally airing on ABC, it was canceled during its only season. Comedy Central aired reruns of the show, but it failed there as well. It can now be seen in reruns on Amazon Prime Video, NBC's new streaming service, Peacock; and TubiTV. | |
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Butch Lesbian | |
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Butch Lesbian: Mo and Trish in "A Tale of Two Lesbians". | |
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"Well Done, Son" Guy | |
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"Well Done, Son" Guy: A daughter example with Helen and her father, Charlie. | |
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Hidden Heart of Gold | |
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Hidden Heart of Gold: Bliss. Sure, she's a snarker, but she genuinely loves her family and isn't shy about saying so. | |
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Only Sane Man | |
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Only Sane Man: Bliss, although she's also implied to be conceited and greedy. | |
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Distaff Counterpart | |
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Distaff Counterpart: Penny is essentially Bill Dauterive if he were a pathetic, single woman. | |
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Lipstick Lesbian | |
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Lipstick Lesbian: Suki and Jennifer, who are also of the Straight Gay variety. | |
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Surprisingly Realistic Outcome | |
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Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: Che is on a vegan diet but he's clearly malnourished and starving (to the point of killing other animals for food) as dogs are carnivores and cannot survive on a vegan diet. | |
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Mirror Universe | |
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The entire cast is like a Mirror Universe of King of the Hill: | |
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Huge Guy, Tiny Girl | |
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Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: Two cases: Ubuntu & Bliss (non-romantic), and Ubuntu & Tanya (romantic). | |
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Friendly Enemy | |
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Friendly Enemy: The ending to Trouble In Store shows that Helen and Margo, while always rivals, aren't always malicious about it. | |
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Animation Bump | |
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Animation Bump: Seth Kearsley's episodes have more fluid animation than the rest of the series. | |
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Throw the Dog a Bone | |
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Throw the Dog a Bone: Che goes off his enforced vegan diet surprisingly often. | |
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Evil Counterpart | |
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Evil Counterpart: Kent to Gerald. While Gerald is simply well-meaning and misguided, Kent is self-serving and unethical. | |
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Rule of Funny | |
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Rule of Funny: It's odd that Ubuntu has a very much African-sounding name, since most white South Africans are ethnically Dutch, but otherwise the gag about his being adopted wouldn't have worked (the Goodes thought they were adopting a black African child, going only off his name). | |
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Deadpan Snarker | |
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Deadpan Snarker: Bliss. She gets it from her grandpa. | |
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The Ace | |
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The Ace: Ubuntu parodies this. | |
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Political Overcorrectness | |
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Political Overcorrectness: The entire joke of the series, as the Goodes practically want everything to be in their politically-correct, left-wing viewpoints. | |
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Sadistic Choice | |
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Sadistic Choice: Helen forgets her reuseable grocery bags one day and has a minor freakout when the clerk asks her "Paper or plastic?" because she can't figure out which one is less bad for the environment. (She eventually decides not to bag her groceries at all.) | |
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Nice Guy | |
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Nice Guy: Gerald. Despite being portrayed as very misguided, he's an otherwise decent person who is incapable of holding a grudge (even when he knows the offender really deserves otherwise). | |
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Spiritual Antithesis | |
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Spiritual Antithesis: This show satirizes the opposite side of the political spectrum from King of the Hill, parodying liberals instead of conservatives. | |
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Dating What Daddy Hates | |
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Dating What Daddy Hates: Bliss tries this to scare Helen and Gerald into letting her date the boy she's actually interested in; it backfires...spectacularly. | |
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Black Comedy Animal Cruelty | |
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Black Comedy Animal Cruelty: The Goodes constantly give their pet dog Che only vegan food, despite the fact that canines are carnivores. As a result, Che is always malnourished and hunting down anything that's meat. | |
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Expy | |
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Expy: As Hank Hill is to Tom Anderson, Gerald is to Van Driessen, as both are protagonists who are blatantly expies of side-characters from Mike Judge's breakthrough series Beavis and Butt-Head. The entire cast is like a Mirror Universe of King of the Hill: | |
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Jerkass | |
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Jerkass: Margo. Seriously, the girl has one hell of a chip on her shoulder. Charlie. Even though he's nice to Bliss and Ubuntu, he has some really cringe-worthy moments with Helen and Gerald. | |
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Comically Missing the Point | |
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Comically Missing the Point: With the possible exception of Bliss, none of the Goodes realize that Che doesn't like being a vegan, or that dogs are natural carnivores.note There is some controversy over whether dogs should be classified as carnivores or omnivores, which may be why the Goodes think it is okay to feed them a vegan diet. That said, although dogs are very adaptable in regards to diet, the evidence is that they are better off on a carnivorous diet. Moreover, wolves, which are genetically so close to dogs as to be practically the same species, are definitely carnivores. Contrast cats, which are obligate carnivores that would simply die on a vegan diet. | |
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Pet the Dog | |
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Pet the Dog: Despite treating Helen like crap, Charlie was concerned enough to bring over some pain medication when she injured her back. | |
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