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A Boyle always says I love you |
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―Jake Peralta in "Game of Boyles" | ||
The Boyle family is the large, extended family consisting of the relatives of detective Charles Boyle. Members engage in numerous family rituals, traditions and behaviours, and are all uclosely-knit, similar and united. Additionally, the family is often presented as drab, strange or odd as a result of its familial ways.
Members[]
Male
- Andrea Boyle
- Becca Boyle
- Bernard Boyle
- Bill Boyle
- Bobby Boyle
- Brendan Boyle
- Charles Boyle (Illegitimate by affair)
- Christina "Tina" Boyle
- Cory Boyle (male)
- Don Boyle
- Lyndon Boyle
- Lynn Boyle
- Milton Boyle
- Nikolaj Boyle (adopted)
- Pappy Boyle
- Sam Boyle
- Sherman Boyle
- Steve Boyle
- Tommy Boyle
- Pam Boyle
Female
- Charles' Sister
- Cory Boyle (female)
- Donna Boyle
- Enigma
- Granny Nona Boyle
- Great Nana Boyle
- Susan Boyle
- Bruce Boyle
- Bianca Boyle
- Charles' mom
Unknown Gender
- Donna Boyle's children (two)
Consorts
- Charles' unnamed mother
- Eleanor Horstweil
- Gina Linetti
- Darlene Linetti
- Genevieve Mirren-Carter
Trivia[]
- Their ancestral home is in Butthumb (pronounced Beaut-Hume), Iowa.[1]
- The Boyle family crest is a white flag.
- It is a Boyle trait to give up.
- The majority of Boyles share the following traits: short "ham hands", indecisiveness, and sleep apnea.
- They also have flat butts and fleshy toe pads.
- The unofficial motto of the Boyle family is “I love you,” which they say to all, even strangers.
- The Boyles have a planner of nearly 500 pages that covers everything from romantic advice to what to eat for lunch. However, this is used just a stalling method until decisions are made for them.
- There's an old family legend that only the "One True Boyle" can open the grandmother sourdough starter that's been closed for over 100 years.
- Charles is able to open it showing that he is still a Boyle despite his paternity.
- Gina burnt the "mother dough" and started a new one for future generations.
- They believe that hanging upside down like a bat is a great way to make decisions.
- According to Charles, Boyles thrive underground.
- A preferred meal of the Boyle family is hard boiled eggs.
- They gush sweat when they lie.
- Whilst some Boyles are culinarily creative like Charles, some just enjoy plain bland food like Sam.
- There is a Boyle in every state in the United States.
- And possibly in other countries too; if Susan Boyle is supposed to be the real-life Susan Boyle, that would mean there are Boyles in at least Great Britain as well as the United States (the real-life Susan Boyle is Scottish).
- The favourite colour of the Boyle family is beige and tan.
- The Boyles' favourite shop is Mervyns, where they purchase all of their clothes. (Slogan: Ah!, Mervyns!)
- Their handshake is ”up high” (normal high five) “down low“ (low high five) “Butts, butts, butts” (bump butts three times).
- Boyle marriages are not legally recognised in Iowa, so all those who married in Iowa are only in a civil partnership.
- The Boyles share a single tent in their trip to Iowa, this is hinted at by Charles.
- The Boyles also have a shared crypt that they all plan to lie in when they die.
- The Boyle boys start puberty at around 25 years old.
- Sam Boyle suspected Charles wasn't a true Boyle when he entered puberty at 13.
- It's is possible that this rule applies to female members as well, since a female family member nods in agreement when Sam says that Boyles go through puberty at 25.