Stinkmeaner: Begun the Clone War Has
Synopsis
The clone of Colonel H. Stinkmeaner becomes a celebrity after a video of his fight with Granddad goes viral. Robert becomes so consumed by hatred that he turns blind and begins to act just like Stinkmeaner himself.1
Annotations
[1] The episode title alludes to the Star Wars prequel film Attack of the Clones.
"Begun the Clone War Has" echoes the line spoken by Yoda in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002), in which the Clone Wars begin. The episode follows the same escalation pattern as the film series: a single clone introduces the idea, and the conflict intensifies from there. This is the fourth and final episode of the Stinkmeaner franchise within The Boondocks.
✓ Researched Source: Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones — Wikipedia (episode description: the Clone Wars begin); The Boondocks season 4 — Wikipedia (episode title)
[2] Colonel H. Stinkmeaner has appeared across all four seasons of the show.
Voiced by Cedric Yarbrough, Stinkmeaner is a blind elderly man filled with pure hatred. He first appeared in Season 1's "Granddad's Fight" (2005), where Robert accidentally killed him. He returned as a ghost possessing Tom DuBois in Season 2's "Stinkmeaner Strikes Back" (2007), and in Season 3's "Stinkmeaner 3: The Hateocracy" (2010) his former crew sought revenge. This episode introduces a clone of Stinkmeaner who becomes a viral celebrity, continuing the character's pattern of returning from death in ever-more-absurd forms.
✓ Researched Source: List of The Boondocks characters — Wikipedia (Colonel H. Stinkmeaner: "A blind old black man... his cancer-induced blindness at age 15", history across seasons)
[3] The clone becomes famous from a viral video of the fight with Granddad.
In the episode, a video of Stinkmeaner's clone fighting Robert spreads online and makes the clone a media personality. This satirises the 2010s trend of viral celebrity and internet fame, where any public confrontation can be filmed and turned into a spectacle — a theme The Boondocks previously explored with gangsta rap fame in "The Story of Thugnificent" (Season 2) and viral controversy in "The S-Word" (Season 2).
✓ Researched Source: The Boondocks season 4 — Wikipedia (episode summary: "The clone of Colonel H. Stinkmeaner becomes a celebrity after a video of his fight with Granddad goes viral")
[4] Edward Asner guest stars as Ed Wuncler.
Legendary actor Edward Asner voices Ed Wuncler Sr., the patriarch of Woodcrest's wealthiest family. Asner was best known for his Emmy-winning portrayal of Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off Lou Grant, and for voicing Carl Fredricksen in Pixar's Up (2009). The Wuncler character, a ruthless capitalist with a soft spot for Robert, first appeared through Ed Wuncler III in Season 1.
✓ Researched Source: List of The Boondocks characters — Wikipedia (Ed Wuncler Sr.: "voiced by Ed Asner"); The Boondocks season 4 — Wikipedia (guest star: Edward Asner as Ed Wuncler)
[5] Granddad becomes blind from hatred, mirroring Stinkmeaner's own condition.
In the episode's conclusion, Robert's consuming rage causes him to go blind and act exactly like Stinkmeaner — ornery, hateful, and physically belligerent. The poetic irony is that Stinkmeaner himself was blind from cancer at age 15. Robert has become the thing he fought, which was the same moral the original "Granddad's Fight" episode drove home.
✓ Researched Source: The Boondocks season 4 — Wikipedia (episode summary: "Granddad soon becomes so enraged in hate he becomes blind and begins to act just like Stinkmeaner"); List of The Boondocks characters — Wikipedia (Stinkmeaner's blindness at age 15)
Sources
1. The Boondocks season 4 — Wikipedia. Accessed August 17, 2026.