1. Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver is the fictional title character of the American television series Leave It to Beaver.
23 Facts About Beaver Cleaver
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The Beaver prefers "messin' around" with his pals and reading comic books to attending church or taking dance lessons.
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Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver was portrayed by Jerry Mathers in the pilot, "It's a Small World"; the original series; the spinoff telemovie, Still the Beaver; and the sequel series, The New Leave It to Beaver.
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Beaver Cleaver puts communications from the parents into kidspeak for the Beaver, and keeps his parents apprised of the Beaver's plans, feelings, and activities.
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The Beaver Cleaver has a paternal great uncle, Billy, who makes a few appearances in the series.
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The Beaver Cleaver has a maternal great aunt, Martha Bronson, who buys the Beaver Cleaver a short pants suit and wants him to attend a hoity toity prep school on the east coast.
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The Beaver Cleaver was named for Martha's brother, Theodore, and in one episode, Martha gives the Beaver Cleaver Theodore's heirloom ring.
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The Beaver Cleaver has a maternal aunt named Peggy, and an infant cousin.
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The Beaver Cleaver is sometimes led astray by his school friends.
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Beaver Cleaver is accidentally locked in the office and calls the fire department to be freed.
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The Beaver Cleaver's enemies are loud-mouthed, snitching classmate Judy Hensler in the early episodes, and, in the later seasons, snooty Penny Woods.
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Beaver Cleaver has a horse named Nick for a night, a rabbit, a toad called Herbie, a monkey named Stanley, and two pigeons, named for his favorite teachers, Miss Canfield and Miss Landers, that die and are buried in the backyard.
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The Beaver Cleaver has a sapling which, with Larry's help, he digs up and moves from the Mapleton Drive house to the new house on Pine Street.
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The Beaver Cleaver takes clarinet lessons in one episode and ballroom dancing lessons at a studio on Saturdays.
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Beaver Cleaver appears in school plays as a mushroom and a Dutch boy.
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Beaver Cleaver reads several classic novels during the show's run, including The Last of the Mohicans and Tom Sawyer.
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Beaver Cleaver plays football and receives the team's "Most Inspirational" award.
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Beaver Cleaver is shocked beyond words when she shows up on the doorstep in a cocktail dress and a pair of open-toed pumps.
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In later seasons, Beaver Cleaver has many crushes on other girls.
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In 1983, CBS aired the reunion telemovie Still the Beaver Cleaver starring Jerry Mathers.
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In 1985, a sequel to the original series was produced called Still the Beaver Cleaver, again starring Jerry Mathers and other original cast members.
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In 1997, the feature film Leave It to Beaver Cleaver was released starring young Cameron Finley as the Beaver Cleaver.
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Kimberly and the Beaver Cleaver had clashed over her dream of becoming a veterinarian, and that plus other problems had strained their marriage to its breaking point.