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Character history

Darnell (usually called "Crab Man" by only Earl Hickey) works as a cook at the local restaurant, Ernie's Crab Shack (hence his nickname). Darnell began having an affair with Joy Darville while she was still married to Earl. He is the father of Joy's younger son, Earl Jr. (who Joy had while she was still married to Earl, and was obviously supposed to be named after him). Joy eventually leaves Earl to be with Darnell. Despite this, he and Earl are always on good terms and always greet each other with the well-known exchange: Earl J. Hickey is the protagonist and narrator of the American TV show, My Name Is Earl. ... // A nickname is a name of a person or thing other than its proper name. ... Information Gender Female Age 30s Family Connie Darville (mother) Buzz Darville (father) Liberty (half-sister) (unnamed half-brothers) Spouse(s) Darnell Turner (husband) Earl Hickey (ex-husband) Children Dodge Hickey Earl Hickey, Jr. ... This is a list of minor characters that have appeared at least once on the NBC sitcom My Name Is Earl. ...

Darnell: "Hey, Earl!"

Earl: "Hey, Crab Man!"

After the first time they meet, Earl cannot remember his name, thus beginning his calling him "Crab Man". It was revealed in one episode that Darnell's real name is Harry Monroe, but he was forced to change it through the Witness Protection Program. Joy throws him out after learning this, believing everything she knew about him was now a lie, but takes him back after he convinces her that his feelings are genuine. He has a fondness for cheese, a pet box turtle named Mr. Turtle, and a cactus named Mr. Prickly. He is almost always seen wearing a wifebeater shirt. In the episode entitled "Buried Treasure," Darnell reveals through an inner monologue that he graduated college at the age of 14, is a virtuoso cellist, and can identify 254 varieties of cheese blindfolded, and generally significantly more intelligent than the rest of the characters, but cannot disclose his past as he is in the aforementioned Witness Protection Program. He has shown considerable skill in archery, but says that he "is still a little rusty." In the episode entitled "The Frank Factor", Darnell reveals to Catalina in a flashback when they first meet that he is fluent in French, Russian and Arabic. Y2K is the title of the 19th episode of the American television series My Name Is Earl. ... In the United States, the Witness Protection Program (also known as the Witness Security Program, or WITSEC) was established by the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970, which in turn sets out the manner in which the U.S. Attorney General may provide for the relocation and protection of a... Cheese is a solid food made from the milk of cows, goats, sheep, and other mammals. ... Genera Cuora Pyxidea Terrapene The box turtle is one of several species of turtles. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Sleeveless T-shirt. ... Buried Treasure is an episode of the American sitcom My Name Is Earl. ... The violoncello, usually abbreviated to cello, or cello (the c is pronounced as in the ch of check), is a bowed stringed instrument, a member of the violin family. ... In the United States, the Witness Protection Program (also known as the Witness Security Program, or WITSEC) was established by the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970, which in turn sets out the manner in which the U.S. Attorney General may provide for the relocation and protection of a... Archery is the practice of using a bow to shoot arrows. ...

Although generally calm and soft-spoken, Darnell is implied to be quite intelligent and occasionally makes highly intellectual statements, which the others usually ignore or brush off. Darnell claims that being in the witness protection makes him nervous about finding out his true identity, which makes him jumpy when answering questions asked by strangers. Unlike most of the characters on the show, Darnell is not a habitual criminal. He once attempted to steal an old woman's purse (most likely at Joy's urging) but immediately gave it back and apologized.

In the pilot, it is mentioned that his parents had recently thrown him out for growing weed in their trailer, though only his mother is seen at his wedding. In "Our "Cops" Is On", in 2003 he was discovered by the police to be growing cannabis in his grandmother's apartment in plain view; at the time his grandmother was unaware what the plants were. This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Cannabis, known as marijuana[1] or ganja[2] in its herbal form and hashish in its resinous form,[3] is a psychoactive product of the plant Cannabis sativa L. subsp. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... List of My Name Is Earl episodes Our Cops Is On is an episode of the American sitcom My Name Is Earl. ...

He has a sister, Daneesha, who is also present at his wedding. He mentions in one episode that his family had actually emigrated from Canada, though given his past, this may not be true. While visiting a wealthy friend in the episode "Two Balls, Two Strikes" Darnell said he "could get used to living like this again", suggesting he came from a wealthy background before entering the Witness Protection Program. In a previous episode, he also mentions that the moon landing was filmed in his uncle's garage. Two Balls, Two Strikes is an episode of the American sitcom My Name Is Earl. ... In the United States, the Witness Protection Program (also known as the Witness Security Program, or WITSEC) was established by the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970, which in turn sets out the manner in which the U.S. Attorney General may provide for the relocation and protection of a... The Apollo 11 mission was the first manned mission to land on the Moon. ... Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong in NASAs training mockup of the Moon and lander module. ...

It is hinted in the season 3 premiere that he may be Jewish, when one of the books that he gives Earl to read on his spiritual journey in jail is the Torah. However, he also gives Earl a Bible and a copy of "Are You There God, It's Me Margaret?", which implies he undertook a general spiritual journey of his own but does not practice any particular religion. In addition, his aforementioned knowledge of Arabic would have allowed him to study the Koran.

This is also challanged When Joy threaterns the kid's with god's wrath "while i disagree with your view of a conventional anthropomorphic god, i respect you using that myth to disipline those rascaly boys"(season3-5)