Randal Graves
Jeff Anderson as Randal in Clerks
First appearance	Clerks
Last appearance	Clerks II
Created by	Kevin Smith
Portrayed by	Jeff Anderson
Information
Gender	Male
Age	36
Date of birth	1972
Occupation	RST Video clerk; Mooby's frycook

Randal Graves is a fictional character in director Kevin Smith's View Askewniverse, portrayed by Jeff Anderson. He was introduced in Smith's debut film Clerks. He also appeared in comic books, an animated series and a sequel to the original film. Jeffrey Allan Anderson (born April 21, 1970 in Long Branch, New Jersey) is an American film actor best known for being featured in Clerks. ... This article is about the film. ... This article is about the film. ... Clerks II is the sequel to Kevin Smiths 1994 movie Clerks, and his sixth feature film to be set in the View Askewniverse. ... This article is about the American screenwriter, film director, actor and comic book writer. ... Jeffrey Allan Anderson (born April 21, 1970 in Long Branch, New Jersey) is an American film actor best known for being featured in Clerks. ... Map of Leonardo CDP in Monmouth County Leonardo is a census-designated place and unincorporated area located within Middletown Township, in Monmouth County, New Jersey. ... Not to be confused with Moby. ... A fictional character is any person, persona, identity, or entity that is created from ones imagination or from an adaption of an existing entity. ... This article is about the American screenwriter, film director, actor and comic book writer. ... The View Askewniverse is a fictional universe created by Kevin Smith, featured in several films, comics and a television series; it is named for Smiths production company, View Askew Productions. ... Jeffrey Allan Anderson (born April 21, 1970 in Long Branch, New Jersey) is an American film actor best known for being featured in Clerks. ... Clerks. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Clerks II is the sequel to Kevin Smiths 1994 movie Clerks, and his sixth feature film to be set in the View Askewniverse. ...

Character overview

Randal is a clerk at RST Video, located next door to the Quick Stop convenience store in Leonardo, New Jersey. In the first film and the cartoon, Randal is a prime example of the typical slacker: He works in a dead-end job, has no respect for customers, and arrives at work late every day. He periodically closes the store (during work hours) to chat with his best friend Dante Hicks, a Quick Stop clerk. Whereas Dante believes that title dictates behavior, Randal does whatever he pleases. He has been known to order porn movies for RST Video in front of customers, spit water in customers' faces, and intrude on private conversations about sex. Leonardo is a census-designated place and unincorporated area located within Middletown Township, in Monmouth County, New Jersey. ... Slacking in the park The term slacker was commonly used in the United States in World War I and World War II to describe men who were avoiding the military draft. ... Dante Hicks (played by Brian OHalloran) in the movie Dante Hicks (Born 1972) is a fictional character and one of the protagonists in Kevin Smiths View Askewniverse, played by Brian OHalloran. ... Porn redirects here. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

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Randal's behavior at times appears contradictory; for example, he notes that he hates people but loves social gatherings, and says, "This job would be great if it weren't for the fucking customers." Such behavior spills into his relationship with Dante, whom he often coerces into highly unlikely, theoretical situations by manipulating him into feeling guilty. Randal goes off on an analytical theory of something outlandish, before going to the complete opposite. He might also perhaps be the worst confidant of all time, frequently causing an uproar in Dante's personal life by spilling secrets to those he shouldn't.

His life centers on movies, video games and pornography. He often quotes dialogue and discusses films, goes to other video stores to rent porn, and is often depicted in Clerks: The Animated Series with a porn magazine. His love life is nonexistent (at least in a romantic sense). The few relationships he had never lasted because of his nonchalant attitude; his ex-girlfriends were subsequently so fed up with men that they became lesbians. In contrast, it is implied he has a budding sex life, despite his overall pathetic existence; he has girls over when his mother isn't home and when she is, he brings them over to the Quick Stop. In Clerks II, it is stated that many of his sexual exploits are with "barely legal pussy" (seventeen-year-old girls), thanks in no small part to their willingness to take part in taboo sexual acts (such as what he and others refer to bluntly as ass-to-mouth). Computer and video games redirects here. ... Porn redirects here. ... This article is about same-sex desire and sexuality among women. ... Clerks II is the sequel to Kevin Smiths 1994 movie Clerks, and his sixth feature film to be set in the View Askewniverse. ... Ass to mouth is a colloquial term for the removal of the penis from the passive partners anus followed by the immediate insertion of the penis into the passive partners or another partners mouth. ...

Appearances after Clerks.

A Clerks live action TV series was produced, without Kevin Smith's permission, by Disney in 1995. Anderson auditioned for the role of Dante, since his role was filled by Jim Breuer. Anderson later said he was glad he didn't get the part, as he thought it was "like Saved By The Bell". The series never aired. Disney may refer to: The Walt Disney Company and its divisions, including Walt Disney Pictures. ... Jim Breuer This article is about the comedian. ... Saved by the Bell is an American sitcom that originally aired between 1989 and 1993. ...

Randal also appears in the three Clerks comic books Smith has written: Clerks: The Comic Book, Clerks: Holiday Special and Clerks: The Lost Scene, as well as a comic strip, "On the Perils of Cinema", that appeared in the November 1999 issue of Talk magazine. He makes very brief appearances in Smith's other comic book serials, Chasing Dogma and Bluntman and Chronic as well as Walt Flanagan's Dog. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... For other uses, see November (disambiguation). ... Events of 2008: (EMILY) Me Lesley and MIley are going to China! This article is about the year. ... Talk was a popular American magazine edited by Tina Brown. ... Chasing Dogma is a comic mini-series that chronicles the events of the two fictional stoners Jay and Silent Bob between two of their films: Chasing Amy and Dogma. ... The cover for the actual Bluntman and Chronic comic book. ... The cover for Oni Double Feature #1s storyJay and Silent Bob in Walt Flanagans dog. In the comic Oni Double Feature #1, a story called Walt Flanagans Dog appears and tells the adventure of Jay and Silent Bob having an incounter with Walt Flnagans dog, Krypton. ...

He has a cameo in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, which shows him still hanging out with Dante at the Quick Stop. He makes a large decision (for him), finally plucking the effort to get rid of Jay and Silent Bob by getting a restraining order against them. He also appears in the 2002 short film The Flying Car, in which he asks Dante the hypothetical question of what he would sacrifice for marketing rights to the titular technology. Since its first use in 1851, a cameo role or cameo appearance has been a brief appearance in a play (or later, a movie) that stands out against the general context for its éclat or dramatic punch. ... Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) is a film written by, directed by and starring Kevin Smith, the fifth to be set in his View Askewniverse, a growing collection of characters and settings that developed out of his cult favorite Clerks. ... An injunction is an equitable remedy in the form of a court order that either prohibits or compels (enjoins or restrains) a party from continuing a particular activity. ... Short subject is an American film industry term that historically has referred to any film in the format of two reels, or approximately 20 minutes running time, or less. ... The Flying Car is a six-minute 2002 short film written and directed by Kevin Smith. ...

Randal features prominently in Clerks: The Lost Scene, a short animated in the style of the TV series, which, like the comic book of the same name, depicts the events at Julie Dwyer's wake that were never filmed because of cost.

Clerks: The Animated Series

Randal is portrayed in the short-lived animated series as an immature slacker who often finds himself in abnormal situations.

• In the series' first episode (which was unaired by ABC), Randal assists Dante in bringing down key series villain Leonardo Leonardo and his "Quicker Stop" establishment. Gaining an idea from the television show The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer, he masquerades as a woman to bring Leonardo to justice.

• The series' second episode finds Randal and Dante locked inside the Quick Stop's walk-in freezer. As they pass the time, it is revealed that the pair were employed by the stores as early as 1985 and met as children in the 1970s (when Randal was also introduced to pornographic magazines; it would be more accurate to say that Randal vaguely acknowledged that Dante had just met him, and that he actually met Dante at some later time when he wasn't engrossed in the dirty magazines of a deceased diabetic).

• In the series' third episode, Randal provokes mass pandemonium after mistaking Leonardo's sickly reaction to rancid burritos as the deadly motaba virus, an act which, when Dante attempts to explain to others, ends up having others confuse Randal for Quentin Tarantino. The stores are quarantined and Dante must publicly admit to being gay in order to save the town from being vaporized by fighter jets.

• The series' fourth episode (the first aired by ABC) finds Randal (seemingly intentionally) talking Jay into suing Dante and the Quick Stop after slipping on spilled soda. Randal also goes on to act as Dante's lawyer, effectively dismantling his case.

• In the fifth episode, Randal beats his high school high score on a "Pharaoh" arcade machine, only to find out that, a la The Last Starfighter, the machine served as a secret government recruitment device to enslave Randal and others in subterranean pyramid construction. All his ex girlfriends became lesbians, making him think that after him no guy would satisfy them.

• While the sixth episode largely mirrors Clerks in terms of style, Randal nevertheless manages to indirectly admit to spying on the President of the United States (by making a prank phone call to Air Force One) and willfully admits to hating The Golden Girls to the point where he harassed actresses Rue McClanahan, Bea Arthur, and Estelle Getty.

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Clerks II

Dante and Randal are the main characters of the 2006 film Clerks II, set approximately 10 years after the first film, with Randal now in his early 30s. In the beginning of the film, he and Dante get jobs at Mooby's, a new low-rent fast food restaurant, after the Quick Stop burned down. Clerks II is the sequel to Kevin Smiths 1994 movie Clerks, and his sixth feature film to be set in the View Askewniverse. ... The Mooby the Golden Calf logo Mooby the Golden Calf is a fictional childrens television character featured in Kevin Smiths View Askewniverse, most notably in the film Dogma. ... Fast food is food prepared and served quickly at a fast-food restaurant or shop at low cost. ...

As in his previous job, Randal goofs off while he is supposed to be working; he spends his day flirting with teenaged customers, berating the Lord of the Rings film trilogy, and venting his depression at aging by attempting to relive favorite pastimes. The main plot of the film revolves around Dante's decision to move to Florida with his soon-to-be wife, which leaves Randal feeling rejected. Lord of the Rings (film) may refer to a trilogy of films, directed by Peter Jackson: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (film) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (film) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (film) This is a... On the Threshold of Eternity. ... This article is about the U.S. State of Florida. ...

Randal arranges a donkey show for Dante's going-away party, but ruins Dante's engagement by congratulating store manager Becky on her pregnancy with Dante's child, a personal detail she thought he did not know. The donkey show goes on as intended, but Randal finds out too late that a man, not a woman, "performs" with the animal. Everyone in the restaurant, except Becky, is taken to jail, where an infuriated Dante renounces their friendship, leaving Randal devastated and angry. He tearfully tells his best friend that he loves him ("in a totally heterosexual way") and says the two of them should reopen the Quick Stop and run it themselves. Dante finally realizes what he really wants to do with his life, and agrees. The two go into business together, and live happily ever after. A bar in Boys Town, Nuevo Laredo, Mexico advertising a nightly donkeys show. A donkey show is a form of live entertainment in which a person (usually a woman) performs sexual acts with a donkey. ... This article is about human pregnancy in biological females. ... Heterosexuality is a sexual orientation characterized by esthetic attraction, romantic love or sexual desire exclusively for members of the opposite sex or gender, contrasted with homosexuality and distinguished from bisexuality and asexuality. ...

Behind the scenes

• Smith originally wrote the role of Randal with himself in mind while scribing the first Clerks. film. However, upon realizing that he couldn't possibly memorize all of the character's lines, especially in the lengthier scenes, he took the smaller part of Silent Bob.
• In the "View Askewniverse", Randal and Mallrats protagonist Brodie Bruce are cousins. Both have told sordid stories about a "Cousin Walter." In addition, in the comic book Clerks. (The Holiday Special), Randal makes reference to a sexual act as a "Bruce/Graves family tradition." They also mention a racist grandmother who may be a lesbian.
• Smith's high school friend Bryan Johnson was the inspiration behind the character.

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External links

• Randal Graves at the Internet Movie Database