Benny often calls her "princess" sarcastically due to her being spoiled, and the two don't get along well. EPISODE 48. 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. Unfortunately this has left her quite easy to manipulate, as her search for true love and acceptance from her peers blinds her to a person's true nature. She got George in trouble with the Powers Brothers for not responding to important calls. George's dad, Manny Lopez, died in this episode right before George donates a kidney to him. She is also portrayed as a goody-two-shoes, very naive, and often takes people at face-value. During the show's fifth season, Aimee Garcia was cast as George's niece, Veronica. and "Ay, What are you looking at?" Dr. Victor "Vic" Garcia Lantigua Palmero (Emiliano Dez) is Angie's wealthy father, Emilina's ex-husband, George's father-in-law, and Carmen, Max, and Veronica's grandfather. [10] The George Lopez Show was seen as an attempt from ABC to diversify their programming, while still appealing to the widest possible audience. 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. Privacy Policy His last appearance was in season 5 Jason became very uncomfortable with Carmen trying to have a child with him as the very next day he left and told Max that he will see him someday. George finds out he has a half-brother, also named George, and hears that Manny and his son are poor but he later finds out that Manny owns Lopez Construction and is wealthy. Or in "George Nieces a New Video Room", where Veronica's ex-boyfriend leaves her a giant stuffed animal in the backyard and George says that he will use it as Angie's anniversary gift and then says ("Now that doesn't mean you won't get that set of diamond earrings you asked for - but you're not"). 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. George is often annoyed by his stories about Cuba and his expressions, earning comical, sarcastic remarks. After confessing to leaving Carmen at a nightclub, he runs outside where Benny hits him with a wrench. Towards the conclusion of the series, Carmen left for college and the role filled by her character was replaced through the addition of her snobbish, overindulged, wealthy cousin Veronica, whose trust fund has been left in George's care after the death of her mother and who debuted shortly before Carmen's departure. He likes everyone in the family except for Benny, who sometimes barks at him due to his personality. 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. After seeing her TikToks, George Lopez took daughter Mayan Lopez to therapy and the two now co-star on 'Lopez vs. Lopez.'. Joe appears and dies in the episode "Super Bowl". She was last seen cleaning up in Benny's house. [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. Comedian Gabriel Iglesias, whose work is uncredited, used his imitation of his mother's voice. There is no Audience Score because there are not enough user ratings at this time. Lopez vs. Lopez premieres on NBC Friday, Nov. 4, with a star-studded cast of characters that includes his daughter, Mayan Lopez. However, her judgment of right and wrong is not always the best, and she has performed daring acts of defiance against her parents' wishes if she feels the urge to protest against supposed injustices in her parents' orders or security in a certain environment. Esai Morales who plays Manny Lopez, George's father, is actually two years younger than George Lopez. I realized I wasn't the best dad, but when your kid's twerking upside-down, you've got some real f--king problems.. Born in 1996, Mayan is George's only child. 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. So let's wrap her around the keg and start this party!" 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. On Lopez Tonight, the real George Lopez stated that he had a best friend named Ernie in real life who he based the character off of. The series was also shown on Paramount Global sister networks MTV Tres and TV Land. At the start of the series, he and Angie were very much in love. Vic despises Fidel Castro; in Carmen's Dating, when George tells him that Castro died, he is irrepressibly thrilled. His younger brother, Eric, is in a wheelchair. 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. If you have kids with her, your mom and I will have to pay a dollar to visit our grandkids at the carnival.". Much to George's fury, Manny has prohibited his son's family from attending his funeral in protection of his reputation. Jason was abandoned by his parents, so George and Angie took him in. It's also been revealed that George got Angie pregnant before they got married, meaning that their first-born Carmen was conceived outside of marriage. [8] Lopez was only willing to do a show if it meant that the roles were not demeaning to Latinos, vowing never to play a murderer, drug dealer or gang member. George is clearly devoted to his wife, Angie, and. They remain dedicated parents, and committed partners in business and their philanthropic organization, The Lopez Foundation.". Much like George is overprotective of Carmen, Angie is overprotective of Max, and sees him as her little boy just like any stereotypically overprotective mother. When George finally decides to approach his estranged father, Manny Lopez (guest star William Marquez), his solitary journey is transformed into a family vacation and a day of reckoning for Benny. [19] After over six years since the release of the first and second seasons, Warner Home Video released the third season on July 16, 2013. He decided to return to Emilina, who had indicated that she wanted him back; unfortunately, she died before they could reunite. However, every appearance after that, the character is never shown and is voiced by a man. Max once ended up in the hospital for alcohol poisoning after drinking grain alcohol mixed with fruit punch at a party. George Lopez (2002-2007) Full Cast & Crew See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro Series Directed by Series Writing Credits Series Cast Series Produced by Series Music by Series Cinematography by Series Film Editing by Series Casting By Series Art Direction by Series Set Decoration by Series Costume Design by Series Makeup Department George Lopez: [looking at a picture of Manny] Who's that he's holding? George Edward Lopez (played by George Lopez) is the main protagonist of the series. His mother is morbidly obese, and lots of jokes are made about her, especially by George and Benny (and sometimes Angie). It is also implied he lives with his parents in Switzerland. When Angie's mother dies, George . He easily gives in to peer pressure mainly because he got bullied in grade school (much like George used to) which prompted him to believe that he must follow the crowd in order to avoid being tormented. George often buys expensive jerseys of the teams and wears them on his days off. When George learned from his Aunt Cecilia that he was alive, he tried to track him down. In the "fantasy dream flashbacks", in which George supposedly has when he's trying to describe to his son Max what his dad Manny, whom he's not seen since he was two, and doesn't remember how he looked, might look and act like, Manny's played first by Esai Morales in "Who's Your Daddy?" Benny couldn't afford to keep both her and George, so she gave her up for adoption. He claims to be jealous of George's life. He and Angie begin searching for Manny, in hope to find him. to try calming himself. George attempts to teach Veronica responsibility by helping her find a job in the factory, though his efforts are often thwarted when Veronica seduces the male workers (particularly Ernie and Mel Powers) into carrying out her duties for her. He was even willing to run into the burning building to save her if it weren't for a firefighter holding him back. 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. A month later, the police show up at George's work, and arrest him. George throws out a box of Angie's grandmother's mementos because he thought it was just a box of trash. George is not publicly dating anybody new at this time. Ernie is a former co-worker. Because he left Benny, she had to give Linda up for adoption. Several times in the series George has had to prove to her that people were lying or being insincere. Max thinks the world of his father and is very close to him, part of which is due to their shared disability. George Lopez, commonly referred to as The George Lopez Show, [1] is an American sitcom created by George Lopez, Bruce Helford and Robert Borden, which originally aired for six seasons, consisting of 120 episodes, on ABC from March 27, 2002, to May 8, 2007. Ernie is somewhat envious of George because although they grew up together, George's life led to a beautiful wife with two children and him being manager, while Ernie gained no such thing and has been on the manufacturing floor for almost 30 years. George adds to this by replying that Ernie's mother sneezed and he "popped out to her shoulders". Needles' role in the television program was minor, his extensive quantity of ailments receded however he was mentioned a couple of times during the show saying that George use a shock to keep mr needles off the furniture. 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. She rebelliously fled to San Francisco with him against George and Angie's wishes in one episode. Helford and Borden also serve as showrunners and are executive producers. Jason MacNamara (Bryan Fisher) is Carmen's boyfriend during seasons 3 and 4: popular, athletic, handsome, charming and smart. But there seems to be little to no footage of the show on . George smashes the watch, and then Benny tells him it was worth a lot. George and Angie raise money to send Carmen to private school. Get the freshest reviews, news, and more delivered right to your inbox! Randy leaves Benny at the altar to be with Amy, his former love interest, but returns and begs her to take him back. Max took on a more selfish attitude mainly from George's part and begins to make decisions based on his own insight rather than George's, which is seen towards the end of season 5 and beginning of season 6. She is seen partly on-screen in the episode "George Takes a Sentimental Ernie" due to her appearance. [10] The network bought promotional time for the show on Spanish-language networks, and took out full-page ads in some magazines.[10]. Many markets also moved the show from overnight timeslots to more desirable ones.[18]. He has a huge crush on Angie, and can often be seen hitting on her, much to George's distaste. ABOUT GEORGE. This eventually stops, and seems like Chuck Cunningham Syndrome, but considering he never showed up, he was actually probably fired. Libbey Peverall, who was just . Joseph "Joe" Diaz (Ismael 'East' Carlo) is George's and Linda's deceased uncle, Angie's uncle-in-law, Carmen and Max's great-uncle, and Benny's big brother. Aggravated by her parents' limits, Carmen often performs acts of rebellion against them as a means of proving her maturity and independence, albeit her father often fears for her virginity. He and Angie begin searching for Manny, in hope to find 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 Manny's sister and George's aunt, Cecelia. Episodes from the first four seasons of George Lopez do not use those respective seasons' opening titles, the season five version is used instead (this is evident as Emiliano Diez is credited in the sequence, which is slightly longer than how they were originally broadcast on ABC, though there is also a short version also used in syndication that also differs from the original short opening credits that does not credit him for seasons 13, even though Diez did not make his first guest appearance until season two and did not become a cast regular until season four); the final two seasons use those seasons' appropriate versions of the opening credits. She disapproves of the constant fighting between George and Benny and consistently tries to mend fences between them. Taylor is the backup dancer for Chingy. Distractify is a registered trademark. He is often very shy around women and cannot seem to ever get a date due to his awkwardness and overall inability to connect with women, let alone talk to them. Also, despite being a housewife, Angie is rarely shown doing any house work in the series especially during the later seasons, heavily implying that she hardly ever does any work at all. Ernie said: "She likes to air-dry!". Benny calls it a neck wallet. George finally gets to meet her for the first time at a Valley School district meeting in the episode "Feel the Burn". Est loco! 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. For her part, Angie will side with George against her father Vic, and will always help her husband no matter what problem he has. Viewing herself as sexually-appealing and erotically-charming, Gina's main character hallmarks of her countless attempts at charming her male co-workers and at sex appeal are often the object of ridicule. Veronica's trust fund is jeopardized by her self-serving, cold-hearted, manipulative father in an attempt to rob his daughter of her inherited wealth, resulting in the freezing of her account. The couple - who wed in July . Sylvie is Ernie's morbidly obese mother who needs assistance with bathing and dining. Another running gag in the series is her hitting George at least once an episode after he says something she doesn't want to hear or something that she believes is too inappropriate in front of the kids. He has a brother, Octavio Palmero. His son, Max, also has dyslexia, but a more severe case than his father. scaring the living daylights out of Vic and Octavio, who angrily pursue him. In the three episodes which he actually appears, Manny is played by William Marquez. She was a cheerleader in high school and was very popular. Mementos was the 11th episode in Season Three of George Lopez; it also was the 39th overall series episode. He is the son of Manny and Benny Lopez. However, it has been revealed that Benny secretly does love her son; some reasons relating to her secrecy and deprivation of multiple privileges toward George were out of protection and worry for him. The show entered syndication one month after the series finale on ABC, and is distributed by Warner Bros. Television Distribution. After Carmen's departure from the series, Angie's overindulged niece Veronica moved in, laden with a large trust fund that is entrusted to George's care. Director John Pasquin Writers Bruce Helford George Lopez Robert Borden Stars George Lopez Constance Marie Masiela Lusha Piper and her other cool friends go on a website to post insulting comments; in the episode "Token of Unappreciation", they target Toby. George also accidentally saw Sylvie naked as a child. Angelina "Angie" Lopez (ne Palmero) (Constance Marie) is the daughter of Vic and Emilina Palmero, sister of Gloria and Ray Palmero, wife of George, daughter-in-law of Benny, and mother of Carmen and Max. Top Democrats said their goal is to 'just stop stupid stuff' and 'put people over politics' as they took their first pass at a strategy for trying to take back the House in 2024. 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. At one point, George finds out that Manny is alive from Manny's sister Cecelia Lopez. and the By creating an account, you agree to the At Thanksgiving dinner later that year, Manny is revealed to need a kidney transplant, so George offers to donate his kidney. 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