George Lopez (character)

George Edward Lopez, played by the comedian of the same name, is the central character of the show "George Lopez".

Background

George Edward Lopez [George vs. George; season 2, episode 16] , (b. 1966), had a difficult childhood which is referenced throughout the series. His mother, Benny, is blamed for much of the abuse and jokes are often made about how she treated him badly. George initially believed Manny, his father, was dead (which was what Benny told him so he would stop annoying her by asking her where his father was), but learned he was actually alive from Manny's sister, Cecelia. When Manny sends George a check after he ran into financial trouble, George (with Angie, Max and Benny in tow) go to see him in Phoenix,Arizona where George ends up punching him in Benny's honor. Manny soon had George arrested, but dropped the charges,and since he suffered from kidney failure, he George agreed to give him a kidney. George later lost his father to the disease before the transplant was performed.George married Angie Palmero and had two children; Carmen and Max Lopez. In the pilot episode, Prototype, George gets promoted to being the manager of Power Brothers Aviation (usually seen as Power Bros.), a factory that makes airplane parts. Angie's wealthy father, Vic, disapproved of George. In Super Bowl, George is also a Oakland Raiders fan. It also mentions in several episodes that George has dyslexia, as well his son Max. He also played guitar and baseball as a kid.

Relationships

Family and Friends

*Manny Lopez - George's father who left him and Benny when he was a baby. After leaving George and Benny, he moves to Phoenix and starts a second family, as well a successful business. After George finds out where he is, George goes to Phoenix to find him. After he found him they get into an argument and George punches him in the face. Then Manny later on wanted to press charges against George and sent him to jail. After a while he removed the charges. George wanted to donate a kidney to him with his kidney problem but before George could he dies. In his death bed he didn't want George or Benny to come to his funeral. He is also the second George's father.
*Benita "Benny" Lopez - George's mother. Along with George, she has another daughter, Linda, whom she gave away. It is later revealed that she tried to give George away first but kept him after the family returned him.
*George Edward Lopez - George's half-brother (on his father's side). George hangs up the phone when he gives Manny the Lopez's number. He and the first George have the same birthday (he got the original George's Birth Certificate from his father), social security number and father.
*Linda Lorenzo - George's sister. Benny gave her away at an early age
*Joe - George's deceased uncle. Joesph dies of a neck disease.
*Angie Lopez (née Palmero) - George's wife. They married when they were 20.
*Max Lopez George's younger child. He suffers from dyslexia like his father so he struggles in school. He tends to be the cause of trouble but his father always helps him to get over and past it.
*Carmen Lopez The elder of George's Children. Overly dramatic and apparently, not very smart, she drove George crazy with her teenage-based problems with boys, school and money.
*Victor "Vic" Palmero - George's father-in-law. He didn't always like George; he attempted to pay his daughter not to marry George. Later in the series, he and George appear to become closer.
*Ernesto 'Ernie' Cardenas - George's best friend and co-worker whom he's known since the second grade.
*Jack and Mel Powers -The propriators of Powers Bros. Aviation. They are friendly towards George, and often seen at Thirsty's bar, or the factory's office.
*Luisa Diza - George's grandmother, who makes his relationship with Benny not look as bad compared to the one she has with her. She, however, gets along with George.

Catchphrases

This is a list of catchphrases that George often says throughout the series.
*Whenever talking to Benny, he may call her "Bat".
*Whatcha, I be like...(Makes some sort of gesture) (Max occasionally says it with a gesture as well)
*I got this!: While in a high voice and patting his chest sometimes saying "Sabes Que?" before.
*Wappah! (His most well known catchphrase next to "I got this".)
*Shao! (Used by Benny sometimes also)
*Mom!: When Benny says something to Max or Carmen about George, Or when Benny puts sexual implications about herself in her stories.
*Because Sabes Que...
*Sabes Que?
*Whatcha!
*Hello!
*Whatcha! Hello! (combined catchphrases)
*(thinking of something while turning his head and then saying something related to what he was thinking.)
*Saying something related to George's childhood.
*I can never do nothing! (sometimes Max, Angie or Ernie will use this phrase.)
*Orale... (Usually following with either a famous person or a scenario dealing with the situation present)
*Something involving Vic Palmero's accent or his stories about Cuba.
*I can never do NOTHING in my/this house!
*I can never do NO-THING!
*Esta Loca!
*Palo!
*Huevos
*It's the Lopez way
*...because you're a Lopez!
*You don't underestimate George Lopez!
*I can never win nothing!
*My big head!
*Cochino. (!)
*Vato!
*Come on, fool!
*Vamanos, vamanos!
*Mom, you lied to me my whole life! You said my father died, I didn't have a sister. (Then something funny his mother did to him)
*You don't know me!
*O Que La! (Usually in a situation similar to when he says, "Orale")
*Ay, Guey!
*Orale!(George says this whenever he is surprised or something bad is about to happen)
*I be like this, Whatcha!
*Tambien!
*'Sta Loco!
*'Member? You 'Member! (Remember)
*No, que, no! (Also Ernie's catchphrase)
*'Sta Loco/Loca in two ways:
**'Sta Loco/Loca! (Repeats the last thing the person he's talking to said)!
**(Repeats the last thing the person he's talking to said), 'Sta Loco/Loca!
*Who told you that?