George adds to this by replying that Ernie's mother sneezed and he "popped out to her shoulders". George [to Benny after Manny dies]: You know, I used to feel sorry he walked out on you, now I'm sorry he didn't take me with him. (George, however, defends himself by saying if she's told him repeatedly, he's obviously not a very good listener) George can also tend to forget Angie's birthday or their anniversary, such as in "George of the Ring", where Angie points out that he actually forgot three days ago. George Lopez: [looking at a picture of Manny] Who's that he's holding? George found Manny in Phoenix, Arizona, punched him in the face for calling his mother a "cabrona" (Spanish for "Bitch") and was arrested for it a month later. At another time, when Benny said she would never see George again after an argument, George said he would (when he's called to identify Benny's dead body)- "That's her. A major recurring trait throughout the show, Angie's family is seen more than George's family as they greatly hate each other. He is also an avid sports fan of teams such as the Oakland Raiders, the Los Angeles Lakers, and the Los Angeles Dodgers. She usually has been misled through someone else's deception or by her own desires (such as when she ran away from home with the womanizing Zach Powers and later insisted upon re-decorating her bedroom symbolically in order to match with her supposed maturity). Despite this, Angie was extremely whip-smart. While they are talking, George bursts through the door dressed as Castro, and shouts in a thick Cuban accent: "It's Go Time!" Manny dies in Momentos, the next episode, before the surgery. His father (played by Stacy Keach) pressured him into taking steroids to enhance his athletic abilities. Mementos was the 11th episode in Season Three of George Lopez; it also was the 39th overall series episode. Needles is the name of the Lopez family dog; mangy and sickly, having contracted a multitude of harsh, often fictional and disgusting, canine ailments. Max thinks the world of his father and is very close to him, part of which is due to their shared disability. He abandoned Benny and George when George was two and before Linda was born. Terms and Policies It's been implied that one of the reasons Max didn't do too well at school is George and Angie's constant arguing which makes it hard for him to concentrate on his studies, though his parents don't seem to care or even attempt to change even after Max practically broke down informing them of this, though it was implied he simply used it as an excuse in order to explain his getting a D in history at the time. Carmen did not agree, and Piper made Carmen choose to be friends with her or with Toby. George and Ernie worked at Mr. Carrillo's restaurant during high school. He and Carmen broke up at one point because he was cheating on her with a girl who was "more experienced," but he managed to win her back by using his charm and way with words at a Debate Club meeting which they both participated in. She is also portrayed as a goody-two-shoes, very naive, and often takes people at face-value. At the start of the series, he and Angie were very much in love. George and Angie agreed that he would not box anymore, and resolved to help him deal with his stress; George later implied he was lying and would make Angie handle it alone. Furious and emotional, George destroys the watch, not knowing that it is worth a fortune until Benny tells him it must have been worth a lot more than when she was with Manny. Get the freshest reviews, news, and more delivered right to your inbox! Much to George's fury, Manny has prohibited his son's family from attending his funeral in protection of his reputation. She once even ordered George to put up a shelf in Max's room rather than sleep with him. [20] The fourth season was released on June 23, 2015. Manny comes to George in jail, and tells him he only got him arrested to talk to him, as he admits that he thought that he would be bettor off without Benny and George, and that it was a "terrible thing" to think about his son. Needles's development of a deadly, life-threatening tumor that required surgical extraction in order for the dog to receive treatment, which the Lopez family refused in exchange for euthanasia of Mr. He eventually accepts George as a good match for his daughter, as his son and other daughter's marriages ended in failure while Angie is still married. He is also dyslexic, which often comes into play on the show. Unlike George's tough childhood, Angie had a spoiled upbringing, which sometimes causes friction between herself and George. When they meet again, Joe only gives Benny a $10. It is stated that he was kicked out of school, vandalized the factory (in the episode "Wrecking Ball") and got a girl pregnant at a previous school, simply to infuriate the principal. But before he dies, he gives Benny the tickets. Piper and her other cool friends go on a website to post insulting comments; in the episode "Token of Unappreciation", they target Toby. George initially believed Manny, his father, was dead (which was what Benny told him so he would stop asking where his father was), but learned he was actually alive from Manny's sister and George's aunt, Cecelia. George stated Carmen and Taylor's friendship as "Carmen having her own Carmen." Read on for more. Stubborn, Benny often hates to admit her mistakes, accept apologies, or reconcile with others, and her relentless alcoholism and strong addiction to smoking is frequently poked fun at by her disrespectful son. Several times in the series George has had to prove to her that people were lying or being insincere. Danny boy, a lazy worker voiced by Lopez, always called into work with hilarious phone calls, making excuses for not being there. George finally gets to meet her for the first time at a Valley School district meeting in the episode "Feel the Burn". Carmen doesn't exactly have good taste in men; she often falls for the handsome popular jock with a sob story. This is incorrect he should have said that they are in Malibu when actually they are in Cuba. It is later revealed that the child belongs to someone else, and Ernie's fiance makes a swift and permanent exit. He speaks with a thick Cuban accent which George often mocks; George has stated that Vic's heavy Cuban accent makes every sign sound angry. He starts to say all those words and dropping dollar bills everywhere, before he says "what-cha" (George's catchphrase) to George in his own house. George often refers to his mother as "a crazy old bat". Taylor is the backup dancer for Chingy. Other characters include Angie's indulgent father, wealthy doctor Vic Palmero, who is not very fond of George; and George's best childhood friend Ernie Cardenas, noted for his socially-awkward behavior and unsuccessful attempts at dating. Helford and Borden also serve as showrunners and are executive producers. George also accidentally saw Sylvie naked as a child. There is no Audience Score because there are not enough user ratings at this time. Like Angie, Carmen has unrivaled beauty. George and Ernie worked at Mr. Carrillo's restaurant during high school. And what happens?"[13]. In the three episodes which he actually appears, Manny is played by William Marquez. They both share a hatred for Carmen. They broke up once because Randy wanted to take it to the next level but Benny didn't. George runs into his aunt at the store and finds out that Benny has been lying to him for over 30 years and that his father is alive and is living in California. Ernie refuses to believe so, even though George says there are pictures of him being breastfed at the reception. Later, George learns from the other George that Manny lives in Phoenix, Arizona, with his construction buisness and is now rich. Carmen and Toby don't go to the party and Carmen and Toby remain best friends. As a boy, George enjoyed playing guitar and baseball; in his teens he started a heavy-metal band with Ernie, and other friends called "Dos Bad Asses"; they won battle of the bands at school by lighting their instruments on fire, but only the first round and making the curtains in the auditorium fire-poof. As soon as Manny insults Benny, George punches him in the face. Benny calls it a neck wallet. Initially, George stayed quiet about her accusations. George throws out a box of Angie's grandmother's mementos because he thought it was just a box of trash. Although he doesn't have Carmen's low self-esteem, he succumbs to peer pressure, and does outlandish things such as dyeing his hair purple, telling Benny to "take her tired ass home" (and being slapped in the face), and giving his garage to a band. At some point during the second George's childhood, Manny, his second son, and wife, Lydia, had a dog whom Manny named "Benny" after his ex-wife. Piper invites Carmen and Toby to her party; and Carmen tells Toby they're only inviting Toby to make fun of her. She and Vic shortly get together when Vic pays George $2,000 dollars to take to a party his workmates were having much to Angie's and George's disgust due to how she was one of the family basically. He eventually walked out on his family because he couldn't stand Benny anymore and married Lydia who would have their own son, George together. Angie was most upset, though, in the season 3 episode "Mementos", where George proves he has failed to listen to her and throws an irreplaceable box of her grandmother's mementos away while spring cleaning, and this spawns an entire list of occasions in which his failure to listen to Angie at an earlier time (usually not seen by the viewers) comes back to haunt him in one of the episodes. [13] Lopez stated that the explanation was "painful to hear," noting that the show had four different time slots in only five years and had to constantly compete against shows like American Idol, yet the final season of the show was still able to outperform a comedy series that was renewed by ABC: Notes from the Underbelly. Last edited on 18 February 2023, at 03:52, Learn how and when to remove this template message, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_George_Lopez_characters&oldid=1140043299, This page was last edited on 18 February 2023, at 03:52. Originally, after George found out Manny was alive, it was assumed Manny never gave George any support, only to figure out he left behind his own fathers golden watch that would be worth a fortune by the time he was an adult. But there seems to be little to no footage of the show on . People may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. This results in Carmen being devastated, as he left California to pursue his baseball career. George runs into his aunt at the store and finds out that Benny has been lying to him for over 30 years and that his father is alive and is living in California. However, it is later revealed Vic paid him off to do so (with George joking that he'd leave Angie if he got paid $200,000). George!'") At serious points in the series, he has tried to set Angie straight but she's always managed to either outsmart him or avoid the problem completely by pointing out some other problem. Though aside from all this, they both truly love each other. Bullock executive produced the show; normally a film actress, Bullock's three episodes as Amy are her only television acting credits in the twenty-first century. He has two daughters and one son. George's character also goes through a big change over the course of the series. and the Amaury Nolasco in "Long Time No See", both in Season 2. Despite all this, Angie still loves him. For her part, Angie will side with George against her father Vic, and will always help her husband no matter what problem he has. Meanwhile, Carmen gets a job working at the restaurant that George worked at as a teenager. Ernesto "Ernie" Cardenas (Valente Rodriguez) has been George's best friend since the second grade. As Max grew into a teenager, a number of problems made George begin to seriously doubt his son's capability, intelligence and overall future after leaving education. Conceiving him in the back of a car wash after engaging in premarital sexual relations with Manny Lopez, Benny wed her lover shortly afterward, only for Manny to divorce her during George's infanthood. He begins a secret relationship with Carmen towards the end of season 3, deceiving her into thinking he cared for her, although it later turned out that he only dated Carmen with hopes of getting her into bed and planned to leave her right afterward. A prime example is when George believed his mom died in a house fire and was genuinely anxious. She laughs this off, but learns not to take a shower when Max is home, as she found him in the hamper once. Angie usually outsmarted George and had disrespected him in front of their children. The series finale aired on May 8, 2007, after the show was canceled by ABC. Though when Carmen was no longer affected by this, it's left questionable as to why she was not put back in public school. The other George gives Manny the first George's number, and Manny calls, where as George hangs up, upset of the fact Manny left him and Benny. Veronica's charms often play a key role in earning her what she wants, enticing men into filling out her wishes, much to the jealousy of her aging aunt in one episode, fearing for her reputation as the family's main beauty. After getting a black eye (from taking off his boxing glove wrong), Angie found out. [10] The George Lopez Show was seen as an attempt from ABC to diversify their programming, while still appealing to the widest possible audience. Manny dropped the charges and had George released. George is of Mexican descent and proudly boasts about it several times throughout the series, though he occasionally makes jokes about it as well. Esai Morales who plays Manny Lopez, George's father, is actually two years younger than George Lopez. Uncle Joe once appeared to have an oversized bump on his neck which is so huge George claims "It looks like you're growing a second head!" George, who's preparing to give a kidney to his father, is in trouble with Angie because he threw away a box of her family mementos, but both their priorities shift when Benny delivers bad news: Manny has died. He decided to return to Emilina, who had indicated that she wanted him back; unfortunately, she died before they could reunite. He consistently strives to pick up women but to no avail. More than a decade after the George Lopez show went off-air, the comedian has returned to the small screen with another family-friendly sitcom series. Even so, he still loves his family and cares for them, even if he doesn't show it as often as before. Mr. At the end of the episode when George and Angie were at the restaurant Angie told George that her father does not want her to go to Cuba unless Castro is not in power anymore. 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