Sven Hunkstrom was a character who appeared in the Season 5 MWC episode "The Unnatural". The part of Sven is played by Dan Blom.
Description[]
Sven appears to a man in his 20s with long blonde hair and an athletic physique. He is shown wearing a tank top and shorts. Later he wears a New Market Mallers jersey without sleeves. He is only able to just grunt instead of speak.
About Sven on the softball team[]
In "The Unnatural" episode in Season 5, when Al's poor play in a game causes the team to lose, the Mallers' manager, restaurant owner Roy, informs the Bundys that just happen to have a replacement for Al, a muscle bound giant named Sven, who tells an obviously smitten Peg that he "bats 380, has a cannon for an arm and runs like children from your husband!".
The team decides to take a vote, with the majority (including Peg) voting Al out, leaving Bud and Kelly as the only ones who still support Al, claiming that they love him, plus Bud points out that he would kick the living crap out of them if they denied him the right to play. But the teams reminds them that need a unanimous vote, including theirs, to make it happen.
Just then, Al comes down to greet them and sees Peg clinging to Sven. The team then informs him Sven is going to be his replacement because Al stinks at softball. Seeing that he needs keep his place on the team, Al reminds the team of the times that he saved them from losing, but they still think he stinks. He then takes his kids aside and sings them a song to remind them why they should keep him.
Unfortunately, Al's plan backfired and he is forced to sit on the bench as Sven took over. Sven's place in the game eventually comes to an end after an overenthusiastic Marcy accidently punches him out just before he was about to bat. Seeing that their top player is now out, Roy is forced to put Al back in, but only after Al makes his family sing for him.
As Al comes up to bat, he stands over Sven's body and deliberately knocks the dust off of his shoes atop of Sven, before rolling his motionless body off the plate. Sven's body was still in the same spot after Al eventually hits a homerun and secures the team's championship victory.
Trivia[]
- Sven is somewhat similar to Jim Jupiter, another imposing physical specimen who does not survive his encounter with the Bundys intact. However, his last name, blonde hair and red head wear bear greater resemblance to wrestling legend Hulk Hogan. Like Jim Jupiter, Hogan, who at times wore red bananas instead of red hats, was also known for being a physical specimen, and was also a notorious in-ring adversary of the Bundy family's namesake King Kong Bundy. However, unlike Sven, Hogan also donned a mustache, though Superstar Billy Graham, the wrestler who served as the inspiration for Hogan's physical appearance, was clean shaven during the peak of his career in 1970s. At the time, red hats were more commonly worn by fellow Fox character Bart Simpson.