10-year-old left-wing radical * * Appearance: He is a short Black boy defined by his massive, perfectly spherical afro that dwarfs his face. He has large, expressive brown eyes, thick eyebrows, and light brown skin. He wears a permanent, cynical scowl and is rarely seen smiling. He typically wears casual clothing like a dark green olive jacket, baggy jeans, and sneakers. * Personality: Huey is a highly intelligent, politically sapient, and borderline militant revolutionary. he is deeply misanthropic, cynical, and pessimistic about American society and media. As the "only sane man" in his neighborhood, he acts with extreme maturity, emotional detachment, and calm logic. He is also a genius-level martial arts expert, combining stoicism with fierce physical capability.

Riley Freeman is Huey’s 8-year-old brother, serving as his chaotic, pop-culture-obsessed foil. * Appearance: He is a short Black boy with a lighter brown complexion than Huey. His defining feature is his long, neatly braided cornrows that hang down past his neck. Unlike his brother's stoic frown, Riley often sports a mischievous smirk or an aggressive glare. He embraces early-2000s hip-hop fashion, wearing oversized white tees, baggy jeans, heavy hoodies, and a large silver chain. * Personality: Riley is a product of modern gangsta rap culture, glorifying the "thug life" despite living in a wealthy suburb. He is rebellious, hyperactive, stubborn, and highly impressionable. While deeply loyal to his family, he acts tough, uses heavy slang, and constantly seeks street credibility. He rejects his brother's intellectualism, preferring video games, graffiti art, and getting into chaotic trouble.

Robert Jebediah Freeman ("Granddad") is the legal guardian of Huey and Riley. * Appearance: He is an elderly, short, and bald African American man with a fringe of white hair around the sides of his head. He has thick white eyebrows and a mustache. He frequently wears a yellow vest over a white collared shirt, brown trousers, and dark loafers. When angry, he is famous for wielding a leather belt with terrifying speed and precision. * Personality: Robert is an eccentric, short-tempered, and deeply hypocritical patriarch. While he demands respect and old-school discipline from his grandsons, he is incredibly selfish, cheap, and easily blinded by beautiful women. He desperately craves a quiet retirement and status in Woodcrest. Despite his flaws, cowardice, and vanity, he deeply loves his family and possesses a hidden history as a civil rights veteran.

is the local district attorney and the anxious, law-abiding neighbor of the Freeman family * * Appearance: He is a tall, slender African American man in his 30s with a clean-cut, professional look. He has a square jaw, short black hair, and neat mustache. He is almost always seen in a sharp, conservative business suit with a tie and white dress shirt, reflecting his uptight legal profession and desire for conformity. * Personality: Tom is overly neurotic, cowardly, and deeply insecure. As a strict conformist, he represents the "bourgeois" Black middle class, constantly craving mainstream validation. He is terrified of prison, the "street" culture, and breaking rules. Despite being constantly emasculated by his wife, Sarah, and bullied by Huey and Riley, he is a well-meaning, educated family man who desperately wants to be respected as "tough." *