' To complicate the issue further, Brandine remarked to Cletus 'Yer tha best husband, brother and son I ever did have.' Looking at a form, he asked 'Wait a minute… are you two brother and sister?' Brandine replied, 'We's all kindsa thangs. Homer, who was ordained over the Internet as a minister, was once preparing to marry Cletus and Brandine. At an auto racing event, Brandine remarks 'Dang, Cletus! Why'd you have to park so close to my parents?' to which Cletus responds, 'Now honey, they's mah parents too!' However, he may mean that they are his in-laws (This plays into the stereotype that incest is prevalent among hillbillies). It is often implied that the two are siblings. His theme song implies that he has lost at least one of his toes.Ĭletus has an ongoing relationship with Brandine, who is generally represented as his wife, although the nature of their exact relationship is somewhat vague. Appearance Ĭletus dresses in a sleeveless tattered white shirt and blue pants. ĭuring Trappuccino, Cletus distracts Cargill while the town escapes through a hole in the top of the dome, only to be knocked off by Homer attempting to get into the dome (surprisingly, he was actually able to succeed at distracting him, at least before Homer entered, a fact that Cargill was repulsed and embarrassed of), with Cletus largely sympathizing with Cargill due to Cletus himself having lost a game of Tic-Tac-Toe to a chicken before then. Cletus took advantage of the money his children were making and used it to his own personal satisfaction. He is currently in the process of opening a family business that sells miscellaneous animal parts. He and Brandine operate a vegetable shack near the Kwik-E-Mart. He also owns a successful chain of moonshine stills and was delighted when it was decided that his drink would be used to flavor the latest version of Southern Cracker. Ĭletus works as a fifth-generation dirt farmer. Ĭletus and Brandine were once rejected from coming to Lenny's party after they are both afraid to use the 'uppity box' (an elevator). At one time, Brandine wielded a shotgun at him for giving the pig 'a day of beauty and make-up' instead of herself.

Cletus had an apparent stronger love to a pig, rather than Brandine. Ĭletus and Brandine have a happy relationship, however they are often shown having disagreements. He and his family once abducted a UPS deliveryman and locked him in their Root Cellar due to being under the mistaken impression that the latter was an alien and went to see Cosmic Wars: The Gathering Shadow to identify which alien he was and showed a photo of the postal worker to the ticket person. He predicted that Chief Wiggum would be mauled by a bear later in that episode. Cletus also possesses a form of precognitive vision through whittling. Chief Wiggum was able to track down Bart and Gina after they escaped from the Juvenile Correctional Facility through Cletus' wood carving of them. He whittles what he observes into wood with a penknife. Cletus had a 'smell -hound' named Geech, although the latter ended up killed in an accident involving a cement mixer, much to his supervisor Bob Terwilliger's chagrin.Ĭletus has seemed to be suffering from some sort of illness caused by drinking mercury out of a thermometer. He admits his favourite food is fresh skunk and raccoon. Cletus has several hobbies which include whittling 'piney babies' for children, searching for roadkill, digging through garbage, and spending time with everyone in his family except Brandine.

He isn't ashamed by his marriage to his apparent relative, Brandine Spuckler. Cletus isn't bothered by others' opinions of him. Growing up, Cletus developed a loving relationship with his mother, whom he addresses as 'Maw.' He has always been social and hard working.

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