Name: Cleveland Brown

Identity: Peter’s black friend

Age: Unknown

Occupation: Owns and runs “Cleveland’s Deli”

Relatives: Cleveland Junior (son)

“I’m no meteorologist, but I’m pretty sure it’s rainin’ bitches”

Personality: Cleveland is usually depicted as almost exceedingly gentle and patient, but is known for his irregular angry outburts. On one occasion, he vandalizes Brian’s taxi after he refuses to pick him up (“Deep Throats”), and in “The Cleveland-Loretta Quagmire”, Cleveland exhibits a short, comical burst of rage, but ultimately forgives Glenn, so the two remain friends. Cleveland’s speech is slow, almost elongated with a hint of Baltimorese.

He has also been known to procrastinate. In “Fifteen Minutes of Shame”, he shows Meg the guest room to his house and states that his great Uncle Chet died in there, “sometime between the Tonight Show and the Today Show”. When he opens the door, it is shown that he has not bothered to move the body. In “Fore Father”, he admits that even though he has been suspicious that his son was suffering from ADD, or epilepsy, he simply watched television instead of doing anything about it.

Patriism: Cleveland displays a political and cultural interest in promoting his fellow African Americans. The Brown household plays Afro-centric board games, such as “Two Decades of Dignity” (“Petarded”), and Cleveland’s wife, Loretta Brown, “does not allow white literature in the house.” (“Wasted Talent”)

Relationships: Loretta Brown, Carolyn (“Love Blactually”), Donna (“The Cleveland Show”)

“…and boom goes the dynamite”