Crips (Gang)

The Crips are a street gang seen in Season 7, episode 2, "Krazy Kripples".

Background
Timmy and Jimmy travel to Denver, Colorado looking for people who were crippled from birth to avoid Christopher Reeve who was paralyzed from the neck down in an accident. They meet the notorious street gang, the Crips. Timmy and Jimmy are accepted into the gang, if "they can pop some punk ass bloods". After they inadvertently cause a traffic accident killing thirteen of the Bloods standing in a parking lot, they are accepted and given new names, Jimmy becomes "4-legs" while Timmy is "Roller". This action prompts the Bloods to retaliate by trying to kill Timmy and Jimmy in a drive-by shooting on their house. To resolve this conflict Jimmy rents a gymnasium and invites both gangs to an all night lock-in until they solve their differences. Both gangs realize they have many things in common. Beginning a friendship they play basketball and sing songs together having a general good time.

Appearance
The Crips wear blues handkerchiefs and have many tattoos.

Trivia

 * Jimmy's last name is Swanson during this episode.
 * The Crips are a real street gang with members all around the world numbering in the tens of thousands.