List of Raising Hope characters

This is a list of fictional characters in the television series Raising Hope. The article deals with the series' main, recurring and guest stars.

James "Jimmy" Bon Jovi Chance played by Lucas Neff, Hope's father. A good-natured, wide-eyed 23-year-old who is clueless about raising a child and everything else. He met and had a one-night stand with Lucy Carlyle, resulting in her pregnancy and the birth of Hope. He did not know about Hope until seven months later when Lucy contacted him. He works for his father's landscaping and pool cleaning business, and later gets a second job as a bagger at Howdy's, a grocery store. He also did not know that Lucy was a serial killer until the morning after their one-night stand. Jimmy is harmless and kindhearted, but dimwitted. He is a talented artist. When he was a teenager, he went through a phase where he dressed like a goth. In Season 2 Episode 1, it was revealed that he used to have musical talent when he was young. (Teen singer, Greyson Chance played 13-year old Jimmy in the episode "Prodigy") In Season 3, he marries Sabrina and moves in with her.

Virginia Slims Chance played by Martha Plimpton. Hope's grandmother, Jimmy's mother, and Burt's wife. She is sarcastic and frequently utters malaprops. When she was younger, she had a scoliosis and had to wear a back brace, but she claims that having sex with Burt cured her of it. Virginia conceived Jimmy when she was fifteen (he was born on prom night). Her mother wanted to be a swinger and left her when she was two years old, leaving her to be raised by her grandmother, Maw Maw, who told Virginia that her mother had died when she'd fallen and hit her head on a duck lawn ornament. In the pilot, she is shown chainsmoking, but she quits in the second episode and gives Jimmy her cigarette money to pay for Hope's daycare. Virginia works as a housecleaner. For the first season, Martha Plimpton was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.

Burt Jebbidiah Chance played by Garret Dillahunt. Hope's grandfather, Jimmy's father, and Virginia's husband. Burt conceived Jimmy with Virginia when he was seventeen. He is dimwitted, but very kindhearted. He is a recovered gambling-addict. He has a lawn care/pool cleaning business with Jimmy as his assistant. As a teenager, he wanted to be a rockstar, and he is often shown playing his guitar.

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