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'''Jethro Bodine''' is a [[fictional character]] in the [[1960s]] television [[situation comedy|sitcom]], ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]'' and in the [[1993 in film|1993]] [[The Beverly Hillbillies (film)|movie remake]]. In the more well-remembered television show, he was played by [[Max Baer, Jr.|Max Baer Jr.]], and in the subsequent movie, he was played by actor [[Diedrich Bader]] . |
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== The gentle giant == |
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Jethro is the son of [[Pearl Bodine]] ([[Bea Benaderet]]) and the nephew of her cousin, [[Jed "JD" Clampett]]. He also has a sister named [[Jethrene Bodine|Jethrene]] (also played by Baer in [[drag (clothing)|drag]] but voiced by [[Linda Kaye Henning]]). He is substantially strong but also extremely dumb in many ways, and is considered quite childlike. Following a meeting between Jethro and a psychologist in the first season, the psychologist tells Mr. Drysdale that Jethro is one of the most uncomplicated teenagers he has met, but does not give a specific age. |
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His uncle Jed, a poor [[hillbilly]], became a millionaire after striking [[oil]] while out hunting. Upon the advice of his "[[family|kin folk]]", he moved his family to [[Beverly Hills, California]]. Ironically, the doltish Jethro was also the only one at the time who could drive. |
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Of all the family, he is the one who truly likes Beverly Hills and clearly makes the most of his uncle getting rich. He wants badly to be a [[Playboy (disambiguation)|playboy]] and is always very girl crazy. |
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One of his well-known attributes is his very healthy appetite. He is often the first in line for "vittles"; and would eat huge bowls of food, to everyone's dismay. |
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Having no more than a sixth-grade education, he is also not very bright, and would invariably get himself into trouble no matter what happened. He also has a rivalry of sorts with his cousin, [[Elly May Clampett]]. Whenever he would say that men were superior to women, Elly, who was raised like a [[tomboy]], would usually one-up her cousin, to his mortification, and prove that whatever he could do, she could do even better. |
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He is often threatened with punishment by [[Daisy "Granny" Moses]], because of his slightly dumb way of doing things. He would alternately be a pride and a dismay to his uncle Jed, who would often mutter, ''"Someday, I have to have a long talk with that boy!"'' |
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Jethro is the target of a crush by [[Jane Hathaway]], the assistant to the president of the Commerce Bank of Beverly Hills, [[Milburn Drysdale]], but he hardly even notices her, usually looking for another girl he could love. |
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However, being in the city, he makes the most of it, and enjoys it—as much as one can with a sixth grade level education. |
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