Other Gribbles
- Nancy Hicks-Gribble (voiced by Ashley Gardner) — Nancy (née Hicks) is Dale's wife, Joseph's mother, and weather-girl-turned-anchor for local news station Channel 84. She had a fourteen-year affair with John Redcorn, which produced her son, Joseph, although she eventually broke off the affair and became a more faithful wife to Dale. She frequently addresses other characters as "shug," short for "sugar." Her mother Bunny was similarly unfaithful to Nancy's father, but did not reveal her own long-term affair until Nancy began suffering from stress-induced hair loss over her unresolved feelings for John Redcorn. Nancy is a former beauty queen, a fact which helped her get her job as a news anchor, and thusly takes great interest in maintaining a youthful appearance. She is also shown to have a fierce competitive streak on occasion.
- Joseph John Gribble (voiced by Brittany Murphy in 1997-2000, Breckin Meyer in 2000-2009) — Joseph is Dale and Nancy's 13-year-old son and one of Bobby's best friends. Despite Joseph's obvious Native American features, his similarity in appearance to John Redcorn, and the fact that his middle name is "John," neither he nor Dale are aware that Redcorn is his biological father (Nancy refers to Dale having a "Jamaican grandmother" to explain Joseph's dark complexion). Redcorn's occasional and awkward attempts to get closer to Joseph (against Nancy's wishes) lead Joseph to regard him as strange and creepy. Joseph is something of a pervert, objectifying almost all girls, with the exception of Connie. In some episodes he is shown to have a small infatuation for Connie, particularly when she and Bobby are at odds. Joseph has a half-sister named Kate (by John Redcorn having cheated on Nancy), who is very similar to Joseph in personality and interests but likewise does not realize that Redcorn is their father. Joseph is the only child, or character for that matter, of the series shown to physically mature, having grown six inches in height over the course of a summer and having a deeper voice and a wispy mustache upon his reappearance. It is hinted that he was conceived in the Arlen 'Caves' during an episode when Peggy claims those caves are where half of Arlens unplanned pregnancies occur; John Redcorn and Nancy then exchange weary looks.
- Bug Gribble (voiced by David Herman) — Bug is Dale's father, who had been estranged from Dale for many years for kissing Nancy at her and Dale's wedding reception. Bug is actually gay and had been flirting with a Filipino caterer instead, and, upon sensing Dale's imminent entry into the room, attempted to hide his orientation from his son by grabbing and kissing 'the nearest thing in a dress' - which, unfortunately, had been Nancy. This misunderstanding, and Bug's inability to reveal his true sexuality to Dale, resulted in their estrangement. When Dale and Nancy renew their wedding vows 20 years afterward, Nancy arranges to invite Bug, and Dale initially suspects his odd behavior and his having a "partner" of meaning that Bug is an undercover government agent, but finally accepts the truth, and his father, when shown that Bug works for a gay rodeo - and upon seeing Bug and his partner share a devoted kiss. Bug's appearance in "My Own Private Rodeo" retcons his appearance in earlier episodes, where he bears a near-identicality to present-day Dale. In "Now Who's the Dummy?", Dale's father is shown to be the source of Dale's fear of ventriloquist dummies, due to a prank played at a birthday party. Bug makes a final cameo in "Lucky's Wedding Suit" as one of the guests at Luanne and Lucky's wedding.
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