Talk:List of Malcolm in the Middle characters

Schizophrenia?
I know it's a far stretch but in the episode 'Future Malcolm,' Dewey is doing things because of what the unborn baby tells him (e.g. driving the car, getting sand, making a melon sling shot of some type). There is then this conversation between Reese and Dewey when Dewey tells Reese of the baby's voice:

Reese: What are you doing? :) Dewey: Can you hold these for a second? (holding elastic ropes stuck in a closet) Reese: Sure. (takes them) What's this for anyway? Dewey: You'll see. (opens door to hit Reese with melon) Reese: Are you crazy? Dewey: It wasn't my idea. The baby told me to. Reese: Wait a minute. Mom's baby? You think Mom's baby talks to you? Dewey: Yes! It's telling me to do all these crazy things. Reese: Let me give you a little advice. You've got to ignore the voices. They're not on your side. And you never tell anyone about them. Especially your teachers; they get panicky for no reason. You understand? Dewey: I think so. Reese: Attaboy. You're going to be okay. (punches him)

So Reese hears voices, and so does Dewey (though later the voice is somehow right as it tells Dewey to tell Lois to turn around and they catch Hal filling her tea with maple syrup). I know we need evidence for Malcolm or Francis but this is at least evidence of /something/ going on that can be mentioned in the articles, right? It doesn't need to be of schizophrenia. Just that they hear voices? - Babylon pride (talk) 17:02, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Reese being referred to as private jetson
In the episode where Reese joins the army, he uses a fake I.D. so this would also explain why he was referred to as jetson. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.46.238.219 (talk) 13:46, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Why is this page so weak compared to other American tv series? Surely it must have been fairly popular, for it to last quite long? I mean other American shows have every episode with its own page, and Malcolm doesn't even get his own page?

Maybe it's only here in the UK the programme is very popular, far more than something like King of the Hill, which has a huge amount of wiki on it.

Before anyone suggest, I would make pages myself, but i'm not good enough with computers. I'd screw it up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.142.231.173 (talk) 21:32, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

Surname?
Is it accurate to use the surname "Wilkerson" in this article? Except for Francis' name badge in the pilot, the family's surname is never mentioned (intentionally), so should the characters be referred to by this name? I would change it, but I don't know if there would be any objection. LlwynogCymru (talk) 14:57, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Their last name was never officially mentioned on the show, and they even made a joke about this in the final episode (when the principal was announcing Malcolm as the valedictorian but couldn't read the last name because it was smudged). It should be removed from the article.  TJ   Spyke   21:39, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Eric ?
Is there any reference about Lois and Hal's sixth child being named Eric? This information should be erased if no reference is found. (I tried to search one but I'm no expert). --AurélieM Hi! 21:55, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Agreed -- I have NEVER heard this before, I tried to search too. It is usually helpful to cite such things when they are not common knowledge (or knowledge at all!!) 76.114.60.48 (talk) 01:43, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks to whoever corrected this. --AurélieM Hi! 23:37, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

The name would have been interesting to know, had the series continued.--85.23.21.246 (talk) 20:05, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

Malcolm's section is too long
There really doesn't have to be a complete listing of every single girl that Malcolm has dated in the show. That part of the article really needs to be cleaned up. --Ultimo Camdawg (talk) 15:29, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

I've gone ahead and removed the section about Malcolm's girlfriends. Everything else I left the same. --Ultimo Camdawg (talk) 16:45, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Pervert messed the page up
Pardon my french but somebody went through and really fucked up the article. Dewey's section is the only one that I read but it is now almost entirely about sex. No one could find this helpful at all.Kostaskubes (talk) 04:17, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Split
This article is too long. Sections on characters are already as short as they can be, whilst still displaying all relevant and neccessary information. I propose we split this into two articles; Malcolm's Family (Malcolm In The Middle), (or something along those lines) for Malcolm, Reese, Dewey, Hal, Lois, Francis, Ida, Piama, Jamie and Victor (main and recurring characters related by blood and/or marriage) and another article, such as List of Malcolm in the Middle characters for the rest of them.

The Hamster?
What about the hamster the Dewey had for an episode and had let it free? Shouldn't we mark that as a recurring character? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.74.138.252 (talk) 06:06, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Hal's dreams
Does anyone else think that Hal's dreams should be mentioned as a running gag? It's kind of subtle, but when you think about it, there have been alot of cases were Hal had weird dreams (more than any other character), such as the dream when he went to Las vegas, the singin trashcans, his own funeral after his dad died, the dreams he had after being sedated in the episode where Jamie is born, etc... ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.60.27.211 (talk) 20:58, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Reese's wife?
Wasn't Reese married and living in the garage at some point? I'm not finding his wife mentioned on this page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.181.235.232 (talk) 03:10, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Reese
Some idiot decided to screw with the article and make Reese into a girl. I suggest this error be corrected. 70.157.177.95 (talk) 12:23, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

Is this article really a "list"?
This probably isn't the place to ask this question, but why do we have this odd habit of using "list of" for things that aren't really lists? There's way more content here than any plain language use of the word list would suggest. Croctotheface (talk) 06:55, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

Proposal to rename this article
I propose renaming the article to remove the words "List of". Ever since the main character pages were merged into this article, it has been quite a bit more than a list. Even the recurring characters section has a lot more in it than just a list. Thatotherperson (talk/contribs) 13:18, 19 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Anybody? Any thoughts? Chirp chirp. Thatotherperson (talk/contribs) 19:17, 24 June 2011 (UTC)


 * If nobody comments in the next couple days, I'm just going to go ahead and move it. Thatotherperson (talk/contribs) 00:21, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

Thatotherperson (talk/contribs) 19:37, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Well, I moved it. I don't have enough time at the moment to fix all the links I just turned into redirects, but I think I at least fixed all the redirects I just turned into double redirects. I'll finish cleaning up later.

Minor characters
There were some minor characters in the show. Shouldn't they be listed? 68.185.147.12 (talk) 08:13, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

the german copule
wasn't it otto and someone shouldn't they be reccuring 109.149.143.121 (talk) 19:32, 1 April 2012 (UTC)ericdeaththe2nd109.149.143.121 (talk) 19:32, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

Reese
I noticed that the article highlighted that Reese was in all episodes BUT Clip Show II. However, I watched the episode earlier today and saw that he appears in the Cold Opening (the one where he contorts/twists and repeatedly strikes a toy doll in his room, thinking he's hurting Hal through Voodooism, when it's shown that Hal is only peeling off a plaster, albeit in a squeamish matter). Does that count as appearing in the episode?

125.239.135.240 (talk) 15:35, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

Ida and Lois from Canada. Also, they are not Croatian.
Season 3 episode 7 'Christmas' - Lois makes Francis visit Ida in Whitehorse (Yukon Territory), Canada. Regarding Ida and Lois being Croatian: In 'Ida's Dance' the Croatian flag is there, but the dress is Ukranian, words they use are Romanian,  and there are Filipino images as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.121.83.85 (talk) 02:37, 22 November 2013 (UTC)

Thatotherperson talk contribs  06:59, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
 * I've deleted the line that said Lois was of Croatian descent. As for them being from Canada, we don't know that for sure just because part of the family lives there now.

Requested move 3 April 2018

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: consensus to move the page per the discussion below. Dekimasu よ! 04:08, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

Characters of Malcolm in the Middle → List of Malcolm in the Middle characters – I believe this article is a list and should be labeled as one. This is an article listing the characters and a little about the characters. See other television character list articles for examples. The Doctor Who (talk) 04:05, 3 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Strongly support per nom. Uncontroversial. All other American sitcom pages do it this way. This is the agreed-upon naming convention. Paintspot Infez (talk) 14:07, 3 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Support per standard procedure. Lepricavark (talk) 14:17, 3 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Support per nom.  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 17:28, 3 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Support and speedy close. Its a list, not a broad topic on the development and relative merits of characters of this particular show. -- Netoholic @  02:56, 4 April 2018 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

Redirect
This edit summary explains the redirect. Only one minor source; and the article as a whole reads like it would be better suited for Fandom than Wikipedia.  Erpert  blah, blah, blah... 14:18, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
 * , and now I have developed a draft for the characters. Hope someone will add sources to it. I don't plan to, until I have finished watching the series. -- Kailash29792 (talk)  03:58, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

"Patty Henderson" listed at Redirects for discussion
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Patty Henderson. The discussion will occur at Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 August 27 until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Kailash29792 (talk)  10:52, 27 August 2020 (UTC)