Bobby's World - Characters

Characters

Generic family members

The Generic family's surname is pronounced "JEN-a-rick" to make it sound like the word "general", but uttered as "djinn-AIR-ick" (as in the prescription classification) by other characters.

• Bobby Generic – the main character of the series, a 4-year old little boy with a big imagination. He uses his magical powers to use his imagination. He originally lived in a magical fairy tale-like imaginary world called "Bobbyland". (voiced by Howie Mandel)
• Howard Generic – Bobby's father (modeled upon and also voiced by Howie Mandel using his regular voice)
• Martha Generic – Bobby's mother, who speaks with a heavy North Central American English/Scandinavian accent, in stereotypical Minnesotan/Great Lakes style, and often punctuates her speech with phrases like "Fer corn sakes", "Fer cryin' in the mud", "gee golly", "gosh darn" and "don't 'cha know". (voiced by Gail Matthius)
• Kelly Generic – Bobby's 14-year-old bully sister and the eldest, sporting a shag haircut, purple eye shadow and a valley girl accent/demeanor and often speaks with her catch phrase "Get real!" She is also very obsessed with her boyfriend George. (voiced by Charity James)
• Derek Generic – Bobby's 10-year-old abusive brother, with a rat-tail hairdo and a sarcastic manner. He always calls Bobby "Dork!" (voiced by Kevin Smets seasons 1–5 and Pamela Segall season 6–7)
• The Generic Twins (Jake & Al) – Identical twins who were introduced in Season 4 but mentioned in Seasons 2 and 3 as Martha was pregnant with them. Bobby's infant brothers.
• Aunt Ruth – Bobby's aunt and Martha's sister (voice of Edie McClurg)
• Uncle Ted – Bobby's uncle and Martha's brother. He loves to give noogies to Bobby and is a collector of various things, one of which is a novelty item called Socks in a Can. (voice of Tino Insana)
• Roger – the Generic family dog (voiced by Frank Welker)

Recurring Characters

• Jackie – Bobby's cute girlfriend/next door neighbor/classmate with the floor-length pigtails who has a crush on Bobby and always kisses him, which Bobby hates, She hugs him which Bobby loves. She speaks with a monotonic voice. (voiced by Debi Derryberry)
• Charlotte – Rambunctious and sassy, Charlotte was the fun-loving adventurous girl who was famous for her dislike of chocolate and her ability to tease Bobby incessantly over small things he does.