Richard Goodman is the legitimate unloved son of Mr. Goodman and older brother of Benjamin Goodman in the SML series. His voice is completely identical to his father's voice.
Quotes[]
- "Ok, first off, it smells like poor in here."
- "My name is Richard Goodman, but people just call me Rich because I am."
- "My dad SUCKS!"
- "EW, POOR!!"
- "Hey, poor kid!"
- "Call my fucking dad!"
- "CHA-CHING! I'm allergic to your poor air!"
- "What's your air freshener called, poor?"
- "Ew, I don't want your poor tomato!"
- "CHIVES! Come pick me up in the helicopter!"
- "Junior I am so screwed!"
- "DAMMIT! That noticeable, huh?"
- "WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?!?!"
- "EW! DID YOU SNEEZE ON THE WINDOW?!"
- "I like my women how I like my tacos. Full of sour cream."
- "SON OF A BIIIIIIIIIIISCUIT!"
- "Dad, dad, dad!" (Borrowed catchphrase from Junior)
- "ARE YOU FUCKING DRUNK?!?!"
- EW! POOR PEOPLE FOOD!
Personality[]
Richard was raised to be a carbon copy of his father, and thus is also snobby, spoiled, egotistical, selfish and greedy. This is because when he was first introduced, the SML creators wanted him to act like a stereotypical rich bully who thinks he is of such a high class that anything less expensive and valuable that something he has (Or simply doesn't like), it disgusts him and he describes everything as "poor". However, he uses bribes of money to get his own way, in stark contrast to his father, who uses threats of violence to enforce his rule, so he isn't as heartless as his Father.
In "Mr. Goodman's Son!", Junior and Cody manage to convince him that money can't buy happiness, and the most important things in life were friends and family, which improved his behavior. However, his father disagrees, punishing him by smacking his AirPods out of his ears and shouting to him that everything that he said was the complete opposite of true. This reveals that Richard is not like other stereotypical rich bullies as he is does believe that having money is not what life is about. Instead, the reason he is so much his father is because Goodman abuses and manipulates him constantly.
In "Junior's AirPods!", Richard is shown to have seemingly forgotten who Junior is and be unfamiliar with technology, not knowing he can charge his phone instead of buying a new one.
In "Goodman's Son Gets a Job!", he clogs the toilet due to using $100 bills as tissue wipes, angering his father for not knowing the value of money, so he is given a 'poor people' job at "McDonald's", which, in reality, is Jimmy Johns, but Tyrone brought the food there due to McDonald's being closed due to COVID-19 (a.k.a. the Cough Cough). After this job, Richard clogs the toilet again, but this time, he does it with $20 bills, which shows that even though he barely appreciates money any more than he did before now, he is at least progressing in becoming a better person. He made even more progress in Joseph the Hero!, in which he was very grateful to Joseph for saving his life and did everything he could to thank him. However, despite this being one of the only times Richard has ever shown kindness, this kindness was wasted because Joseph constantly took advantage of it to get everything he wanted from Richard. However, he also learned how to be patient.
Relationships[]
Marvin[]
Richard is shown to already not like Marvin in his debut episode, saying that his house smells like poor and calls him poor as well. This is possibly due to Goodman also disliking Marvin. Marvin also doesn't like Richard so it is safe to say that they hate each other.
Status: Enemies
Jeffy[]
Richard and Jeffy are shown to have a neutral relationship in the episodes they're in together. For example, he accuses Jeffy of stealing his scooter when Scooter was the one who actually took it.
Status: Neutral
Junior[]
Junior seems to have a good relationship with Richard as they're seen as friends in many episodes. Also, Junior helped Richard realize that money can't buy happiness in "Mr. Goodman's Son!". After that episode they seem to be neutral. However, he was seen playing with him in "Junior's Playtime 6" and "Goodman's Son Gets a Job!".
Status: Friends/Neutral
Joseph[]
Joseph and Richard seem to be friends (even though Richard is mean to Joseph and his friends most of the time) and they are seen playing Money Jenga together in "Goodman's Son Gets a Job!", so it can be assumed they're friends.
Status: Friends
Cody[]
Richard and Cody seem to be on the neutral side of each other, Cody got mad when Richard took Ken from him in "Bowser Junior's Crazy Sleepover!" and in that same video, Cody lost to Richard in the pillow fight.
Status: Neutral
Benjamin[]
While never appearing on screen with together, it can be assumed that they're on good terms. However, Benjamin considers Richard as "the favorite child", which can imply to some that he dislikes him.
Status: Friends (possibly)
Goodman[]
Richard does not like his dad as he abuses him (slapping his air-pods out in "Mr. Goodman's Son!"). When he does something good, he stole his idea to buy Chuck E Cheese and almost runs him over without notice. Although in "Goodman's Son Gets a Job!", at the end of it, they are shown to love each other. It's possible Goodman might be afraid of his son, as shown in "Mr. Poorman!", where he was afraid of telling Richard he couldn't rent out Disney World because Richard might yell at him, then agreed to increase his credit score when he yelled at him. However this could probably not be canon as Goodman is still very confident in punishing his son when he does something he doesn't like.
Status: Father
Scooter[]
Scooter was Richard's replacement scooter and Richard seems to use him as just a tool.
Status: Neutral
Trivia[]
- Richard's puppet has the same face as Goodman's, but with lighter hair and lighter eyes.
- The Richard puppet is a Sunny Toys Chef glove puppet with Silly Puppets Kenny's clothes on, which both can be found here and here.
- As shown in "Mr. Goodman's Son!" and "Goodman's Son Gets a Job!" his dad smacks his AirPods out of his ears every time he gets in trouble.
- He is usually used as a replacement for Cody during his absence.