Quintuplets
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- For information about actual quintuplets, see multiple birth.
- For the South Park episode, see Quintuplets 2000.
Quintuplets was a sitcom that aired twenty-two episodes on the Fox network from June 16, 2004 through January 12, 2005. The program starred Andy Richter and Rebecca Creskoff as parents of a family of quintuplets and their various adventures in parenthood.
The story is set in New Jersey, and is on the face of it a typical family sitcom. Much of the storyline focuses on the difficulty of supporting a large family of teens, both financially and emotionally, as they grapple with the reality that, grown up, they simply aren't as cute and interesting as they were when they were born.
The house is a typical three-bedroom family home. The male quints share a room with bunk beds, the female quints share another room. The kitchen contains a double wide beer cooler as a refrigerator, and the basement contains a walk-in freezer, both to store the large amounts of food such a large family requires. The situation may be seen to parallel and parody the old sitcom The Brady Bunch, by highlighting the impracticality of the large family.
The theme song, "Suk or Shine," was performed by Chris and Tad.
Characters
- Bob Chase (Andy Richter) - father, he works for an ad agency, and barely makes enough money to support the large family. Most of his time is spent trying to save money, and only occasionally provide parenting for his five teen children.
- Carol Chase (Rebecca Creskoff) - mother. Maintaining the large family and house requires her to be a typical sitcom housewife. She often appears tired and haggard, but provides most of the parenting for the quints, and serves as the voice of reason when Bob gets too heavy handed.
- Parker Chase (Jake McDorman) - the popular boy. Tallest of the children, good-looking, successful in academics, sports, and attracting girls. He tends to speak for all the quintuplets when they need to present a united front to their parents.
- Pearce Chase (Johnny K. Lewis) - has curly hair, and is the weirdest member of the family. He has a strange perspective on just about any subject, and is never afraid to share his bizarre thoughts with everyone. A compassionate person, he has a Mongolian pen pal, and adopts most of the animals from the pet store he works in. He is prone to unexpected flashes of brilliance when needed.
- Penny Chase (April Matson) - is intellectual, and vigorously nonconformant. She dresses and styles her hair in the typical goth style. She acts as a foil for Paige and the other members of her family, often in surprising ways.
- Paige Chase (Sarah Wright) - attractive girl, she spends most of her time thinking about and attending to her appearance. Her hair is frosted blonde, and she conforms to the typical sitcom dumb blond stereotype - she tends to miss the point of jokes, thinks only of her herself, and yet, like Pearce, is prone to flashes of brilliant insight as humor demands.
- Patton Chase (Ryan Pinkston) - the shortest of the children, at slightly more than 5 ft tall. He takes growth hormones, the result of which is ripe with comedic opportunity. He's the most sex-obsessed of the quints; whenever a woman remarks about him positively in any way, he utters his catch phrase — "You likey?" in a sensual tone. He is arugably the craftiest of the quints, often with a hidden plan.
Guest Characters
- Alayna Collins (Alice Greczyn) - Pearce's girlfriend, she is beautiful and intelligent. She moved to Africa five years ago, and when she came back, Parker and Pearce found out that they both had feelings for her and vice versa and started fighting to win her heart until Parker decided to walk away. But he stepped out too late, as she found herself a cute boyfriend in the next second. However, that didn't last long and when Pearce revealed his true feelings to her (through the TV), his words were so touching that she actually fell in love with him.
- Tyler (Adam Grimes)- Paige's weird boyfriend. Not much is known about him, only that he's stupid.
- In November 24, 2004 American swimmer Amanda Beard appeared as herself.