Cleveland celebrates Thanksgiving with his new family, with his parents due to arrive. However, his mother Cookie disapproves of Donna for not falling for Cleveland 25 years ago. His father LeVar “Freight Train” Brown downright hates Cleveland, but had left his mother twice for a waitress. Things become hostile until Donna’s Auntie Momma arrives. Cleveland soon discovers, while taking out the trash, that Auntie Momma is a male cross-dresser after he sees “her” urinating while standing.

He tries to tell Donna but refrains because she would be crushed if the truth was revealed. LeVar becomes smitten by Auntie Momma. Cleveland is in such shock that he tries to tell his father about it, but refrains from telling him as well. He believes that it is best that his father find out the hard way. Cleveland also learns from Rallo that he had known all along from sitting on Auntie Momma’s lap. When LeVar and Auntie Momma come back down from having sex, they start teasing each other at dinner by subtly acting out their antics with the food. Cleveland becomes so disgusted and surprised that his father didn’t notice that he vomits all over the table.

Later, he confronts Auntie Momma, but soon learns that she is actually Uncle Kevin, who was acting as a strong, female influence for Donna in place of her parents. In addition, he was able to disguise his gender towards LeVar. Since he/she sees that Cleveland will take good care of Donna, “Auntie Momma” decides that it is time to leave. Soon after, Cleveland tells his father the truth, causing him to vomit over the front porch, before convincing him to reconcile with Cookie.

Meanwhile, Roberta decides to spend a romantic Thanksgiving together with Federline, but Donna refuses to let her. Only Auntie Momma’s influence convinces Donna to let her leave. As the couple kiss by a river, Federline’s car is stolen by two homeless men. They track the car to a mission where the poor (including Lester’s family) are eating, being served by the Bear family. The homeless man who stole the car gives back the keys. Roberta notices the unity around her and realizes that family is more important. She returns home and apologizes to her mother.

“A Brown Thanksgiving” is the seventh episode of The Cleveland Show. The episode aired on November 22, 2009 on Fox in the United States.

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