Stinkmeaner Strikes Back

Stinkmeaner is a callback to Season 1, Episode 4 ("Granddad's Fight"), in which Robert accidentally killed the crotchety blind old man during a rematch. The sequel premise — a villain returning from the afterlife for revenge — is a staple of horror and action franchises, and the show undercuts it by placing Hell in a stereotyped Asian bureaucratic setting, complete with paperwork and queueing, before Stinkmeaner escapes.

Source: The Boondocks season 2 — Wikipedia (episode summary: "The spirit of Colonel H. Stinkmeaner is released from Asian-styled Hell")

The possession makes Tom — the mild-mannered, assimilationist lawyer neighbor — the vessel for the show's most aggressive villain. The irony is deliberate: Tom spends the series trying to be respectable and non-threatening, so having Stinkmeaner's fury erupt through him is the show's way of saying that rage cannot be politely contained.

Source: The Boondocks season 2 — Wikipedia (episode summary: "he possesses Tom Dubois to exact vengeance upon the Freemans for killing him")

Huey's early awareness of the possession sets him up as the show's truth-teller: he sees what the adults cannot. This is a recurring pattern — Huey is usually the first to recognize supernatural or conspiratorial threats, and his warnings are ignored until it is almost too late.

Source: The Boondocks season 2 — Wikipedia (episode summary: "Huey is aware of his return")

The exorcism plot borrows the ritual from Catholic tradition — the rite of casting out a possessing spirit — and repurposes it as a mundane appointment ("scheduled for an exorcism," as though booking a dentist). The deadpan treatment of a supernatural emergency is pure Boondocks: the show treats the occult with the same bureaucratic flatness it applies to everything else in Woodcrest.

Source: The Boondocks season 2 — Wikipedia (episode summary: "Stinkmeaner is knocked out and scheduled for an exorcism")

Ghostface Killah, a founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan, voices himself. The episode's soundtrack and the Wu-Tang connection are notable: "Guillotine (Swordz)" by Raekwon featuring Ghostface Killah was already used in the Season 1 episode "Granddad's Fight," where Stinkmeaner first appeared, so Ghostface's cameo here deepens the Wu-Tang thread that runs through the Stinkmeaner storyline.

Source: The Boondocks season 2 — Wikipedia (episode guest stars: Ghostface Killah as himself)

Terry Crews, the actor and former NFL player known for his physical comedy, voices an unnamed man in a parking lot. Casting a performer famous for his physique in a bit part is characteristic of the show's guest casting, which frequently pairs star power with throwaway screen time for comic effect.

Source: The Boondocks season 2 — Wikipedia (episode guest stars: Terry Crews as a man in a parking lot)

Kevin Michael Richardson, one of animation's most prolific voice actors (The Cleveland Show, Family Guy, and countless series), voices the devil and multiple background characters. His deep, versatile voice lets one performer populate the entire underworld sequence, a common cost-saving move in animation that Richardson's range makes nearly invisible.

Source: The Boondocks season 2 — Wikipedia (episode guest stars: Kevin Michael Richardson as the devil/various characters)

Stinkmeaner's death in "Granddad's Fight" (Season 1, Episode 4) is the engine of this whole episode: Robert won the rematch by accident, killing the old man in anger, and the town briefly treated Robert as a hero. The sequel's premise — the victim returning to punish his killer — inverts the usual revenge formula by making the show's protagonists the guilty party.

Source: The Boondocks season 1 — Wikipedia (episode summary of "Granddad's Fight": "Granddad ends up accidentally killing Stinkmeaner in anger during the rematch")

The episode carries production code 201 — the lowest in season two, indicating it was the first produced for the season even though it aired fourth. The McGruder/Barnes writing partnership was the season's most frequent, and director Seung Eun Kim handled most of the early-season episodes.

Source: The Boondocks season 2 — Wikipedia (episode list credits and production code)

The episode's guest list spans three corners of black entertainment: Wu-Tang's Ghostface Killah from hip-hop, Terry Crews from action-comedy, and Kevin Michael Richardson from the voice-acting world. Their combined presence is typical of season two, which the production notes list as featuring Snoop Dogg, Katt Williams, Samuel L. Jackson, Mos Def, and many others — a deliberate strategy of packing each episode with recognizable talent.

Source: The Boondocks season 2 — Wikipedia (production section: guest appearances)