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| name = Leo Chingkwake |
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| first = "]"<br />(episode 2.08) |
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| last = "]"<br />(episode 8.22) |
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| creator = ] |
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| nickname = The Hippie, Dirty Old Hippie, Mr. Hippie, Hophead, Smokey The Bear, Dopehead |
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| gender = Male |
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| occupation = ] ]<br />Record store employee<br />] <small>(out of business)</small> |
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| spouse = Unnamed wife |
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| children = Unnamed son |
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| family = ] <small>(cousin)</small><br />] <small>(cousin)</small><br />] <small>(cousin)</small><br />] <small>(brother)</small> |
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| nationality = ] |
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'''Leonard "Leo" Chingkwake''' (Born 1919) is a ] on the ] ] '']'', portrayed by ]. The character is an aging ] and the owner of a ] at which ] worked. Leo himself does not have a strong ], often putting play before work and maintaining an easy-going attitude in all things, business included. He once promoted Hyde to manager of Foto Hut. He is one of the very few older characters allowed into the "circle". |
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== Appearances == |
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Leo is first introduced in the episode "]" as he interviews Hyde at the Foto Hut for a job. He asks if Hyde "likes photos", to which Hyde agrees, and is given the job on the spot. |
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===Absence and Return=== |
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Leo was written out of the series, due to ] serving a ]. However, Leo is absent throughout most of season 5 with no explanation; until the episode "The Battle of Evermore" when Hyde gets worried about Leo because he hasn't seen him in a long time. Searching for Leo, Hyde recruits Kelso, Fez and Jackie and they look all over Point Place to find him. They go by the Foto Hut and it's closed down with everything gone. They go to Leo's apartment but Leo's cousin Eli gives Hyde a letter from Leo that says: "Dear Hyde, man. One day I stopped in Point Place for some gas, before I knew it eight years had passed. Whoa, that rhymes. Anyway, I should get home to my wife. Take care, you're a good kid, man. You're a good kid, man". |
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As a farewell gift, Leo left Hyde and the rest of the gang, a large supply of marijuana (or as they call it, "film"). |
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During his absence in seasons 5 and 6, he was somewhat replaced by another character named Roy Keen, who was portrayed by comedian ]. Roy and Leo were similar in some ways. Roy was goofy and quite dimwitted like Leo was. After season 6, Roy was never seen or mentioned again, mainly due to the return of Leo in Season 7. |
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Leo returns to the show in the seventh season episode "Down The Road Apiece" after nearly a three-season absence. Leo is reintroduced when he finds ] on a road trip, to which he asks, "Do I know you, man?" This trend continues with everyone he knows, until he sees Hyde again, to which he says, "Wait a minute. You're Hyde, man!" Shortly after his return, Hyde has Leo work at the record store owned by Hyde's father. At the beginning of ], when Hyde returns from Vegas, a bunch of hippies are sitting around smoking pot, and when Hyde tries to enter his office, he discovers an orgy is taking place (to which Leo immediately jumps in to join). |
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After ] (]) failed to renew his contract for the 8th season, the show was without a resident "idiot" character, so Leo began to take on a more major role in that capacity. |
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However, despite having a main role, he was still a recurring character in Season 8 due to him being absent in several episodes such as "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Misfire", "We Will Rock You", along with other episodes. |
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===Series Finale=== |
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In the first half of the ], he and the others try to convince Hyde to start back smoking (who had quit a short while prior and felt miserable). He is subsequently fired from Grooves by Hyde's father, but he wasn't aware of it. It can be assumed that he doesn't actually lose his job. In the second half, Leo is absent most of time. He makes a brief appearance near the end of the episode at the Formans' New Years party. When Kitty tells everyone in the room why she loves them, she tells Leo that he always makes her day when he waves and smiles "hello" even when he is urinating on her mailbox. Afterwards, he is never seen again. He only has one line of dialogue. |
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==Personality== |
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Leo is a permanently stoned hippie (although he did become briefly cured when the Formans served him a cup of coffee in "Long Away"), the owner of a Foto Hut shop, and the employer of Steven Hyde. His marijuana use has left him quite dimwitted, to the point of doing nothing about misdeeds that are about to be performed by the teenagers that should be brought to the attention of parents or authorities, even if he disapproves of these actions. He has little regard for his major duties as a store owner and would rather take the time to play board games with Hyde than work. |
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In Season 8, Red hired Leo to be the official photographer at one of his ] reunions where it was revealed (after being recognised by some old war buddies) that Leo was a veteran himself, much to Red's surprise. Leo, who had been an Army supply truck driver, had driven his truck into the middle of a German tank formation and rescued a platoon of GI's, for which he was awarded a medal for his efforts. He forgot what it was called but said that "it was shaped like a ]". After the war finished he had returned to ], ], intending to work in his father's pharmacy and then go to medical school. It was while leaving Fort Dix that he became addicted to ] after thumbing a car ride with some jazz musicians (claiming that it was the last thing he remembered until Kitty poured him a cup of coffee over 30 years later). Another consequence of his drug use is a poor memory, mistaking different objects for items other than what they actually are, and forgetting the current year. |
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