Robert Ford

Robert Deanolia Ford served as a very minor character in the television series WildSide and is a prominent recurring character in the sequel series Wild2ide. He is Dean Ford's biological father who abandoned him when he was eight years old, however he makes a return in his life after his son gets into a life threatening accident in the second season. He attempts to make amends with Dean on certain occasions post accident with little success. During the third season, we learn that Robert hooked up with another woman while he was still with Dean's mother Nora and got her pregnant. The woman ended up having a daughter named Izza S. Talker, however she refused to let him into her life so he never got to learn the identity of her.
Robert is portrayed by Jason Biggs.
==Biography==
===Background===
Robert Deanolia Ford was born in 1975 to his two parents; his mother being unnamed and his father named Deanolia Ford, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He would eventually meet a young woman named Nora and the two would fall in love and get married to one another. On October 3, 1999, the two gave birth to their first and only son Deanolia Ford. He would grow up to form a close bond with his son where he would teach him physical skills such as basketball and fishing. Despite having a solid bond with his son, his relationship with Nora quickly faded. When Deanolia was around four years old, Robert had an affair with a woman named Ms Talker and would eventually get her pregnant. Ms Talker ended up having a daughter named Izza S. Talker insisted on raising her on her own due to his marital status. Robert would never learn the identity of his daughter until decades later.
When Deanolia was eight years old, Robert and Nora's relationship finally crumbled, resulting in Robert abandoning her and his son. On the night Robert decided to leave, Deanolia was upset at the constant bullying he received due to his name, so Robert suggests for him to shorten it to "Dean". He would then choose to go by that name ever since. Despite the moment being one of the most significant moment's in Dean's life, the moment gets ruined for him when Robert leaves the house with the promise that he was going to the grocery store to pick up some milk. He would go on to not contact Dean for another fifteen years.
===History===
==Role in WildSide==
Robert's role in WildSide was extremely minor as he made no physical appearances and he was only mentioned twice. He is first mentioned by name in Wild Bowling Day when Dean wears his old bowling shirt out to a bowling session with his friends; although its big size makes everyone believe that it was a dress. His second and final mention occurs in a blink-and-you-miss-it moment in Wild Celebration when Dean reads aloud a card he received from his mother for his thirteenth birthday. Both Robert and Nora ("Mom" and "Dad") is mentioned on the card despite the pair being seperated at the time. Additionally in Wild and Bad Memories, it is revealed that Dean had kept the birthday card.
==Relationships==
TBA
==Trivia==
*In Wild Celebration, Dean's mother sends him a birthday card that simply reads "To Dean, Love Mom and Dad" on it. After Dean reads the card aloud, Justice snarkingly mentions the fact that Dean's parents "didn't love him". Despite it being a throwaway joke in the original episode, it becomes Harsher in Hindsight when we learn about the fate of Dean and Robert's relationship in the sequel series episode I Didn't Know You Knew How to Snowboard.
*Jason Biggs and Zachary Gordon previously acted together in the 2008 comedy movie Lower Learning.
**Additionally, Jason Biggs was well known for his role in the American Pie films. Zachary Gordon would star in his own American Pie film titled American Pie Presents: Girls' Rules in 2020 as a side character.
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