Answer: Heck
They say their last name many times throughout the series. They are also very poor so they usually say it when doing the taxes.
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Answer: Indiana
The Heck family lives in the fictional small town of Orson, Indiana. The Pacers (NBA) and Colts (NFL) both play in Indianapolis, the capital of the state. In some ways the Hecks are a typical family, but in many other ways they are quite dysfunctional. The show premiered in 2009.
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Answer: Axl, Sue and Brick
Axl is the eldest, the typical teenage lad who thinks he is god's gift to everything, when in fact he really is just a typical girl chasing, chore dodging, half decent sports player. Sue on the other hand is the total opposite: very goofy, very accident prone and has absolutely no sense of direction. Finally, Brick, yes Brick, the baby of the Hecks; although a genius and one of the most incredible readers of books, this young man outsmarts all the others, but fails in social etiquette.
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Answer: Frankie
Mrs. Heck, known as Frankie, is played by Patricia Heaton (famous for her role as Debra on "Everybody Loves Raymond). Frankie Heck works at a car dealership and raises her family of three kids with her husband.
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Answer: Brick
They chose the name Brick in the hopes that giving their son an unusual name would help make the child popular.
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Answer: Sue
There was a mistake on the birth certificate so her middle name is the same as her first. Frankie was telling Mike that they needed to get it changed, but they never did.
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Answer: Patricia Heaton
Frankie is an emotional mom who quite often switches from fragile and insecure to overbearing and meddlesome within each episode. She constantly pries into other peoples' business and usually gets in trouble as a result. Above all else, she loves her family and wants what is best for them.
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Answer: Orson
Mike Heck is a massive Indianapolis Colts fan and his life basically revolves around sports on TV, which is good for his relationship with Axl. However, Frankie tends to allow the rigours of the day to influence her mood and it is often seen that she just wants to watch a weepy or sit with her kids and eat potato chips whilst slurping soda.
In the episode 'Super Sunday' (series 2 episode 13), Frankie is given the role of working while the Super bowl comes to Indianapolis. Full of joy she later has her hopes dashed when in fact she is sent to a parking lot in the small suburb of French Lick, which sort of sums up the bad luck the Hecks tend to suffer.
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Answer: Brick
Brick is a very intelligent and very quirky kid. He enjoys solitary activities such as reading, and has trouble socializing with other children his age. This whispering got him in trouble at a spelling bee in one episode, in which he accidentally repeated a letter at the end of a word, thus spelling it wrong and becoming disqualified.
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Answer: Orson
Both parents in the show were born and raised in this fictitious small town.
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Answer: Darrin
Darrin and Sue were dating and then he proposed to her in the Valentine's day episode. Sue accidentally said yes and had a hard time trying to tell him no.
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Answer: Used car saleswoman
Frankie is subjected to a cruel boss and strange coworkers at Ehlert Motors. Unfortunately, selling cars is simply not her strength. After being fired she goes back to school and becomes a dental hygienist.
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Answer: works in a quarry
During part of the first season, Mike is laid off from his job. This results in the family having to do things to save money, such as doing without television for a while.
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Answer: Dental hygienist
She had a bit of a hard time in college, but made it through to become a hygienist.
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Answer: Indiana
They say they live in Indiana a lot. I have been to Indiana a bunch of times. They live in a fictional city named Orson.
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Answer: the quarry
Mike is the manager of a local quarry. He usually gets along well with his employees. However, in one episode he and his coworkers discover dinosaur bones on the site. The workers aren't too happy with him when he reports it to the local officials and the quarry is shut down for a few months for further investigation. Mike is played by Neil Flynn, who gained fame as the janitor on "Scrubs".
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Answer: works at a car dealership
Frankie Heck works for Ehlert Motors. She is a very unsuccessful salesperson, but keeps her job in order to support her family.
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Answer: Both
Axl is portrayed as your typical teenager. He's a jock who eats anything he can get his hands on.
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Answer: Reading
Yes, in about every episode Brick has his nose in a book. When the family went on a trip Brick got a book on where they were going and he never stopped reading it.
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Answer: football
For the first several seasons, Axl struggles to pass basic high school classes as all of his focus is on friends and sports. Not surprisingly, Axl continues his academic problems at EISU as well.
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Answer: Patricia Heaton
Double Emmy Award winning Patricia has been in the TV game for quite a while and is famed for appearing in the CBS sitcom 'Everybody Loves Raymond'. Her major success in 'The Middle' landed her a Hollywood Walk of Fame Star in May of 2012. I do hope to see much more of Mrs. Heaton on 'The Middle' for a long time to come.
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Answer: Indiana
The Heck family lives in the fictional city of Orson. Their location contributes to the name of the show, since Indiana is a state in the Midwest.
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Answer: Cross country
Poor Sue is extremely uncoordinated. However, the cross country team doesn't cut people and Sue is very ecstatic to be part of a team. She later makes the Volleyball team as well, because the floor collapses while she was trying out.
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Answer: Rusty
Rusty got married at the Hecks' house. Then a little bit later he got divorced again. Now he lives with his dad.
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Answer: cross country
The only reason she makes the team is because it has a "no-cut" policy! During her first meet she takes a wrong turn and gets lost in the woods for several hours. In later episodes, Sue becomes the head cheerleader for the wrestling team, not to be confused with the "real" cheerleaders for the football team.
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Answer: Neil Flynn
Mr Flynn has had a career spanning nearly 25 years. Many of his roles have been minor but he appeared in programs such as 'Scrubs' and 'Clone High USA'.
Atticus Shaffer plays the youngest child Brick, Charlie McDermott plays Axl and Chris Kattan plays Bob, Frankie's work buddy.
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Answer: car
Axl gets a $110 car, which turns out to be junk. Unfortunately, the jeans are ruined by the end of the episode as well.
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Answer: Football
Yes, he is always talking to Mike about football. Sue was on the cross country team. Brick was on no team and sometimes makes friends with people who are very old. Brick did a spelling bee once.
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Answer: Don Ehlert
Mr Ehlert is pretty much a male chauvinist, who looks at Frankie as a bit of a fly in the ointment. His character is a no nonsense kind of guy who runs his business to make as much money as possible even if really he makes seemingly very little.
Brian Doyle Murray plays the part very well and is the brother of comedian Bill Murray who appeared in numerous films like 'Groundhog Day', 'Ghostbusters II' and 'Caddy shack'.
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Answer: Pez dispenser
Brick finds a previously lost Pez dispenser in the car from the previous year. This brings the joy of Christmas back to Brick.
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Answer: Bulky storage
When Brick was left home alone for the first time he attempted to use the oven and almost burned down the house because he got distracted in his book. When Frankie got homes she said that she keeps quilts in the oven.
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Answer: Darrin
Axl is consistently annoyed by Darrin because of his zeal for Sue. Darrin, like Axl, has already graduated from high school and is in training to be an air conditioning mechanic.
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Answer: football
The children are reluctant to join in at first. However, soon enough the kids are loving every minute of it, as the adults get more and more tired. By the end of the episode, both Frankie and Mike give up on the idea because it takes too much energy for them.
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Answer: Doris
Doris is a very sick old dog who rides around in a wagon and wears a diaper.
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Answer: Brad
Brad and Sue are more brother and sister than Axl and Sue! They briefly date, but it ends when Sue finds out that Brad smoked cigarettes.
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Answer: Betty White
Betty White informs Brick that, unless he returns all overdue books, he would not be promoted to the next grade. Brick's deadline was Walt Whitman's birthday.
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Answer: Bob
It is never really explained why Mike dislikes him so much, but he just seems rather annoyed by his mannerisms and perhaps because he doesn't act the way Mike thinks a man should.
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Answer: Reverend Tim Tom
Sue sort of had a crush on Reverend Tim Tom. He played a guitar and has been a on a lot of episodes.
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Answer: Disney World
After winning tickets in a contest, the family drives from Indiana to Florida only to find that the tickets were for Disneyland and not Disney World! They still manage to get into the park and, in true Heck fashion, irritate each other immensely.
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Answer: To celebrate and honour programming created for women, by women, and about women
The Gracie Award is awarded to women in the television industry, or more concisely the Electronic Media.
'The Middle' was awarded the Gracie due to the brilliance of the creators Eileen Heisler and DeAnn Heline. It also was awarded for the excellence portrayed by both Patricia Heaton and Eden Sher (Sue Heck) within the show.
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