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George Lopez | |
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| Basic Information | |
| Birth Name | George Edward Lopez |
| Born | April 21, 1965, in Los Angeles, California |
| Gender | Male |
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| Appearances and Portrayal | |
| First Appearance | "Prototype"' (Season 1) |
| Last Appearance | "George Decides to Sta-Local Where It's Familia" (Season 7) |
| Portrayed By | George Lopez |
George Edward Lopez is the main protagonist of the series. The series dominantly follows George. His current age would be 59 years of age. He often makes harsh remarks on his family and can sometimes be stubborn, naive, or immature on occasions but he is a protective and loving family man who keeps his wife's and children's best interests at heart and is a hard-working manager at Powers Brothers Aviation who cares about his employee's. He makes funny remarks during all sorts of situations, but he knows when a serious moment needs to be serious.
Biography[]
George Lopez was born on April 21, 1965 in Los Angeles, California to Manuel "Manny" Lopez and Benita "Benny" Lopez (née Diaz) He was always made fun of because of his head was bigger than his body. He has a younger sister named Linda Lorenzo (Benny and Manny's younger daughter) who was adopted when she was born and one younger half-brother George Lopez (II) (Manny and his 2nd wife's child) also named George Lopez.
George had a difficult childhood which is referenced throughout the series. His mother, Benny, is blamed for much of the abuse and jokes that are often made about how she treated him. 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 his aunt Cecelia Lopez. He and his mother were spotted by Cecelia during a trip to a grocery store, of which her mom fled upon being seen. When Manny sends George a check to help him out of financial trouble, George goes to see him in Phoenix, and ends up punching him in Benny's honor (the first gift Benny actually wanted from him).
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 of fire, but only the first round and making the curtains in the auditorium fire-proof. Throughout grade school, he and Ernie had the reputation of being outcasts or "unpopular." At one point, George learned Angie's ex-boyfriend dumped her before meeting him, making him think she "dropped a level" so she wouldn't get dumped again. However, it is later revealed Angie's father Vic Palmero paid him off with $10,000 (with George joking that he'd leave Angie if he got paid $20,000).
George was very popular in high school. His only friend in school was his best friend Ernie Cardenas. When he graduated high school, he married Angela Palmero. They have two children together; a daughter Carmen Lopez and a son, Max Lopez. They have been married over 20 years.
When Max was a kid, George and Angie found out Max has a learning disability called "Dyslexia" and they found out that George has it too.
When Carmen was in high school, she dated this boy named Adam Connors and when she wouldn't put out, Jason made up a rumor about Carmen, and the whole school was calling Carmen "Ho-pez." She ended up getting into a fight with Piper Morey. George and Angie decided to send Carmen a private school called Allendale Preparatory School.
In Season 3, Manny has George arrested for hitting him, but drops the charges that same day after asking for another chance. George invites Manny over for dinner. Benny is incensed at this, but decides to accept it for George's sake. At Thanksgiving dinner later that year, Manny is revealed to need a kidney transplant, so George offers to donate his kidney. Unfortunately, Manny dies before this can happen. George gets a package with a gold watch and a letter from Manny asking him not to come to his funeral to avoid ruining his reputation. Angry and hurt, 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.
George is the manager of Powers & Sons Aviation which is an airplane parts factory. He worked on the line for 16 years when he got promoted to manager.
George is of Mexican descent and proudly boasts about it several times throughout the series, though he occasionally makes jokes about it as well.
Relationships[]
Benny Lopez - Mother
Manny Lopez - Father
Linda Lorenzo - Sister
George Lopez (II) - Half-brother
Angie Lopez - Wife
Carmen Lopez - Daughter
Max Lopez - Son
Vic Palmero - Father-in-law
Emilina Palmero - Mother-in-law
Cecilia Lopez - Paternal Aunt
Joe Diaz - Maternal Uncle
Octavio Palmero - Paternal Uncle
Lynette Palmero - Paternal Aunt
Ernie Cardenas - Best friends/co-worker
Claudia Palmero - Sister-in-law
Ray Palmero - Brother-in-law
Catchphrases[]
(Main Article: Famous Lines)
- Cochino/Cochina!
- I'm handling it the Lopez way.
- Shut up, bat
- I got this!
- Orale.
- Oh, que la?
- Ta loco/loca...
- Watts up?
- WAPAH!
Appearance[]
In Seasons 1 and 2, George keeps his appearance of long hair. Near the end Season 3, he cut his hair drastically very short. George kept this appearance until Season 6.
Trivia[]
- George also loves to play golf and he usually does it whenever he gets out of situations and to outsmart his family, like listening to Carmen's poetry or talk about Max's dyslexic problems
- He is also an avid sports fan of teams such as the Oakland Raiders, the Los Angeles Lakers, and the Los Angeles Dodgers. George often buys expensive jerseys of the teams and wears them on his days off.
- He and his son Max are both dyslexic, but Max's case is more severe than his father.
- He thinks that his mother slapped him so much that his head got swollen and got big as it is. But when Angie's brother visits George's house in one episode, he talks to George and says that his head has gotten smaller.
- Despite the fact that George's birthday is April 21, 1966, in "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Honey", Ernie reveals that Bennie got a right up in the factory in March of 1965 and that George was born 9 months later, which would place George's birthday in December of 1965.
- He and Angie had their kids really young in their early twenties.
- There was one instance where he finds himself in Nick Jr., onto the cross-path hills in Dora the Explorer being lost with Dora Márquez and Boots around. As this was part of the eponymous show's promo on Nick at Nite, last aired from 2008-2009, the two then team up to help him return to his home block.
Gallery[]
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