Chris (Everybody Hates Chris)

Infobox character
name = Chris Rock
color = Orange
title = Protagonist
interests = Being Cool, Dating


caption = Tyler James Williams as Chris.
born = 1969/1970
age = 15 (in 1985)
42 (as of the present)
Race = African American
gender = Male
portrayer = Tyler James Williams
first = Everybody Hates the Pilot
family = Julius Rock (father)
Rochelle Rock (mother)
Drew Rock (younger brother)
Tonya Rock (baby sister)
Extended Family members
Gene (grandfather)
Maxine (grandmother)
Michael (uncle)
Mousey (aunt)
Charlotte (aunt)
Louis Rock (uncle)
residence = Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, New York
occupation = High school student (1982-1986)

Chris Rock (born 1969 [In the first season, narrator Chris Rock says he turned 13 years old in 1982] or 1970 [In the third season, the character Chris had turned 15 years old.] ) is a fictional, title character and the protagonist on "Everybody Hates Chris". His character is loosely based upon Emmy Award winning comedian and show creator Chris Rock. [cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1927701/awards|title=Awards for Tyler James Williams|publisher=Imdb.com|accessdate=2008-09-07|last=|first=]

Character History

On the show set in 1986, Chris (whose last name was not revealed or his family members last names) was born either in 1969 or 1970 (although this is realistic fiction, Chris Rock was actually born on February 7, 1965), and is currently 16 years old.

Chris and his family had moved from a horrible neighborhood where his mother, Rochelle, convinced his father (her husband) Julius to move the family out of the projects, so as the first season was set in 1982, Chris had finally turned 13 years old, and had moved to an-all white school named "Corleone Junior High School" in Brooklyn Beach, where the all-white students made fun out of him because of his ethnicity, so, according to the series, Chris had met Greg Wuliger, an Italian-American, as the two became best friends, the racist school bully, Joey Caruso (and his posse) picks on both of them, however Greg runs away like a fool when Chris is in trouble with Caruso.

As the following school year began in 1984, Chris ran for 8th Grade class president, where he had to come up with a speech with his best friend, Greg, however after trying out the speech several times, and both finally agreeing on one, Chris was ready to perform his speech for the "Class President" meeting, however the local husky racist school bully Joey Caruso, steals the speech in broad daylight. So, when it was Chris' time to go on stage and perform the speech, Chris had lied about "everything" (lockers, books, etc.) and was impeached during an impeachment meeting, however almost 98% agreed that Chris should be impeached, and was.

During the 1984–1985 era (mostly in early 1985) Chris started working at the local shop, Doc's (Antonio Fargas), originally Chris was the best Asteroids player throughout the winter of 1983 (his reputation) and loved having around at Doc's, despite his mother's wishes. Chris also had once a reputation as "Chrissy the Black", where he, Doc and the other residents of Brooklyn started gambling (despite his own mother's wishes as well) on a Basketball game, however Chris was threatened one day on his way to school that his boss, Doc should not win the basketball game, scared, surprised and nervous, Chris tells Doc, and Doc tells the residents to hold their bets.

Towards the end of the school year in 1985, Chris had hatched a plan to get revenge on his school bully Joey Caruso, and successfully, the plan had worked, and Joey went to summer school to help pay for the school (the effect was that Chris had dumped cat food in Caruso's locker, had an army of cats around it, then the school was televised.) but unexpectedly (after a few minutes after the plot) Chris had unintentionally failed Science had to go to summer school as well.

In the series' third season, setting to 1985–1986, Chris had turned 15 years old, and entered the ninth grade, at Corleone, which was his last year at the Junior high school, he was trying to be remembered as part of Corleone's school history (e.g. Chris written a story about a serial killer on the loose in Brooklyn, which made citizens unsafe outside of their homes, however it was confirmed at the end of the episode, that Chris was lying).

Relationships

Chris & Tonya

Chris loves his baby sister, Tonya, who was born in 1973, and is the baby of the family. Being the youngest, and the only girl in the entire family, Tonya always get her way, by tattling on each older brother with untruthful tattling (e.g, when Drew wanted to watch a hockey game, and Tonya wanted to watch "Simon & Simon", led to Drew snatching the TV's remote control and Tonya lied about Drew hitting her.), but mostly, in the series' first season, Tonya was a troublemaker, mostly getting Chris in trouble. For this reason, Chris hates Tonya because her lying, and for being completely stubborn, after this phased out in the first season, In 1984 (the series' second season that which took place that year.), Tonya started to change her ways, and started to have an obssession with R&B singer Billy Ocean (e.g., buying handful of his albums, posters.), although she deserves the effect most of the time, Tonya and Chris have a close love-hate relationship.

Chris & Drew

Chris' younger brother, Drew who was born in 1971, could attract many girls that Chris' has crushes on but could never get any dates with them. Drew is the middle child of the family, and it was confirmed that Drew was indeed stupid graduating from Fifth grade with a 2.0 grade point average. Drew, secretly looks up to Chris, and wishes that he could do the things Chris does normally (taking two buses to school every day, etc.). In one episode, Chris took karate lessons from a crazy teacher (Stoney Jackson) and was determined to beat Drew at something (in reality), the two had started to fight and the fight had ended in a disaster when Chris injures Drew by breaking his arm, but still Drew managed to come out on top getting moral support from girls he already know. Drew and Chris have a good relationship.

Chris & Greg

Greg Wuliger, an Italian-American originally from Queens, New York, is an only child living with his father, Art, who divorced his wife (Greg's unnamed mother) after she ran off with his brother. Greg is usually shy around girls and acts as Chris' sidekick. He wishes for more brothers and sisters like Chris'. He is polite and shows an understanding of Chris' unique problems.

Chris & Rochelle

Like most strict, sassy African-American mothers, Rochelle loves Chris and is mostly sadistic and animated around him, and his siblings: Drew and Tonya. Rochelle always makes colorful threats to Chris such as: "Knock the cap off his knees", "Slap him into next week". Rochelle once taught Chris algebra so that his class could win a Pizza, unwittingly and shocking, Rochelle was very hard on him and mostly yelled and hollered at him for the most part when tutoring him, so Chris visited his Grandma Maxine (Loretta Devine) and discovered she was an excellent mathematics teacher and was a bigger "ghetto snob" than Rochelle. When visiting Maxine, Rochelle is shocked and ashamed that Chris went behind her back to Maxine who helped him with the algebra. Another time was when Chris forged a fake report card in order to fool his parents, when his teacher Mrs. Morello (Jacqueline Marzella) finds out she brings Rochelle to the Math class and in general, humiliates him. Other than that, Rochelle and Chris have a wonderful relationship as Mother and son.

Chris & Julius

Julius, Chris' father always tries his best to make sure the family does not end up on the streets and does his very best to keep them in line. Julius is very proud and astonished that Chris found himself a job as employee at "Doc" (Mr. Harris) (Antonio Fargas) local grocery store, Julius always maintains his ability to come out on top and wants nothing for the best for Chris and the rest of the entire Rock family. Julius, however gives Chris unhelpful (and nonsensial) advice to which, in many of the series' episodes, shown that Chris' effort to do something great–Then, wanting to give up, leading Julius to bore Chris (and the family sometimes) with his long speeches about "What If", here's an example:

Chris & Caruso

Joey Caruso (Travis T. Flory) is the husky racist bully at Chris' school, and basically Caurso hates Chris because he is the only African-American at the entire High school. Chris and Greg often hate Caruso but turn out to be complete wimps. Caruso is always seen with three (or four) other boys and they plot to annoy and harass Chris as much as possible. In one episode, Principal Edwards was holding a trip and advised Chris and Caurso on the buddy system. Caruso purposely forgets the school bus which head back to Brooklyn and for the most part, Chris and Caruso had to take the subway, as a result they been over 10 stops in a derelict section of Brooklyn. Caruso was once bullied by and older, Chinese-American student who was a lot older and bigger than Caruso who beat him up when Chris and Greg ran to school. Aside from this, Caruso has a long list of horrible ideas and calls him names such as: "Boom-Boom", "Smokey", "Cocoa-Puff", "Bojangles".

Chris & Keisha

Keisha Ridenhour, was a new neighbor in the first season of "Everybody Hates Chris", her mother, Sheila, is attracted to Chris' father, Julius, and one time, Julius had smacked Sheila onto the behind, Julius told Rochelle one night, and Rochelle made a promise threat to Julius, saying "she'll stab him.", Keisha, becomes Chris' first crush, and one time, Keisha and Chris were determined to be alone, but Chris and Tonya saw Drew giving Keisha a very deep passionate kiss. Tonya was determined to tattle both on Drew and Chris. Keshia moves to Compton in Season 2. Keshia was played by Aree Davis.

Chris & Tasha

Tasha Clarkson becomes the second crush that Chris has, unlike her Grandmother, Louise, who is mostly arrogant and insults Chris and infuriates Rochelle, Chris' mother, Tasha is the only girl on the block that does not hate Chris, and Chris really wanted to go steady with Tasha. Tasha is played by Paige Hurd.

Quotes

* Yvette: "I'm going to run and get you guys something to eat. Watch the baby, okay."
* Chris: "You can't leave your baby here."
* Yvette: "Why not?"
* Chris: "Because you're babysitting."cite episode|title=Everybody Hates the Babysitter|series=Everybody Hates Chris|serieslink=Everybody Hates Chris|airdate=2005-11-03]

* Chris: "You know, there's a reason why you didn't have a friend until I came along."
* Greg: "And there's a reason why you don't have a friend now!"
* Narrator: "It was like Andrew Ridgeley leaving Wham!"cite episode|title=Everybody Hates Food Stamps|series=Everybody Hates Chris|serieslink=Everybody Hates Chris|airdate=2005-11-17]

References

ee also

* Everybody Hates Chris cast and characters

External Links

* [http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0029861/ Chris] at Imdb.com
* [http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0029861/mediaindex Chris Photo Gallery] at Imdb.com