Quintuplets: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

For information about actual quintuplets, see multiple birth.

Quintuplets is a 2004 television show that debuted on June 16 and currently broadcasts on the Fox network. It stars 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 revolves of the difficulty of supporting a large family of teens, both financually 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 3 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 refridgerator, and the basement contains a walk-in freezer; all to store the large amounts of food 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 better than the latter.

Cast

• Andy Richter - Bob Chase, 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 5 teen children.
• Rebecca Creskoff - Carol Chase, mother. Maintaining the large familiy 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.
• Sarah Wright - Paige Chase, 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 is prone to flashes of brilliant insight as humor demands.
• Jack McDorman - Parker Chase, the cool boy. Tallest of the quints, successfull in academics, sports, and attracting girls. He tends to speak for all the quints when they need to present a united front to their parents.
• April Matson - Penny Chase, 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 suprising ways.
• Ryan Pinkston - Patton Chase, the shortest of the quints at slightly more than 4 ft tall. He takes growth hormones, the result of which is ripe with comedic opprotunity. He's the most sex-obsessed of all the quints, whenever a woman remarks about him positively in any way, he releases his catch phrase -- "You likey?" in a sensual tone. He is arugably the craftiest of the quints, often with a hidden plan.
• Johnny K. Lewis - Pearce Chase, has curly hair, and is the wierdest member of the family. He has a strange outlook about just about any subject, and is never afraid to share his bizarre thoughts with everyone. A compasionate person, he has a Mongolian pen pal, and adopts most of the animals from the pet store he works in. Like Paige, he is prone to unexpected flashes of brilliance when needed.