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* BigEater: The man loves food, especially if its deep-fried and smothered in gravy (a bit of PlayingAgainstType since his actor Terry Crews is a health nut). In fact, the one time he says he's not hungry, Chris thinks [[CueTheFlyingPigs Hell had to have frozen over.]]
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* EasilyForgiven: Chris befriends him rather quickly, after the
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* EasilyForgiven: Chris befriends him rather quickly, after thequickly.
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* FriendlyEnemy: Is an antagonist in his first episode, who is thwarted from stealing Chris' bike. The two later become friends. Technically still accurate as Chris still sees Jerome "holding his dollar" as robbing him.
* {{Hustler}}: Almost every time Chris walks by, he shakes him down for some money, usually a dollar.
* LovableRogue: Robs Chris of a dollar in almost all of his appearances but is also genuinely nice to him for the most part.
* {{Hustler}}: Almost every time Chris walks by, he shakes him down for some money, usually a dollar.
* LovableRogue: Robs Chris of a dollar in almost all of his appearances but is also genuinely nice to him for the most part.
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* EasilyForgiven: Chris befriends him rather quickly, after the
* FriendlyEnemy: Is an antagonist in his first episode, who is thwarted from stealing Chris' bike. The two later become friends. Technically still accurate as Chrisstill sees considers Jerome "holding his dollar" pestering him for a dollar as robbing robbery.
* {{Hustler}}: Almost every time Chris walks by, he requests a dollar from him.
* {{Hustler}}: Almost every time Chris walks by, he shakes him down for some money, usually a dollar.
* LovableRogue: Robs Chris of Weasels a dollar out of Chris in almost all of his appearances but is also genuinely supportive and nice to him for the most part.him.
* FriendlyEnemy: Is an antagonist in his first episode, who is thwarted from stealing Chris' bike. The two later become friends. Technically still accurate as Chris
* {{Hustler}}: Almost every time Chris walks by, he requests a dollar from him.
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Character catchphrases now have their own trope. Also changed Juilus’s catchphrase to Mad-libs Catchphrase because it fitted that trope way more, also added his other mad libs catchphrase, being (what if [historical African-American figure] quit?
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* CatchPhrase: "That's [insert amount of money here] worth of [insert object here]."
* MadLibsCatchphrase: "That's [insert amount of money here] worth of [insert object here]."
** "What if/did [insert historical/influential African-American male figure] quit?"
** "What if/did [insert historical/influential African-American male figure] quit?"
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** "I do not need this, my man has two jobs."
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**CharacterCatchphrase: "I do not need this, my man has two jobs."
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* CatchPhrase: "Wasn't me." [[note]]According to Chris, those were also his first words as an infant.[[/note]]
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* CatchPhrase: CharacterCatchphrase: "Wasn't me." [[note]]According to Chris, those were also his first words as an infant.[[/note]]
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* CatchPhrase: "I'm telling!"
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* CatchPhrase: CharacterCatchphrase: "I'm telling!"
* CharacterCatchphrase: "Dude, you are so in there!"
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* CatchPhrase: "Little dude from across the street! Let me hold a dollar."
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* CatchPhrase: "Little CharacterCatchphrase: "Hey! Little dude from across the street! Let me hold a dollar."
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* CatchPhrase: "TRAGIC!"
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* CatchPhrase: CharacterCatchphrase: "TRAGIC!"
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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In "Everybody Hates the Pilot", Caruso is played more as a BarbaricBully whose racism is even more evident by calling Chris the N-Word hard r. In episodes following that, though Caruso is still a racist, he doesn't ever use the Hard R (though he does come close with calling him "a silly Negro"), preferring to be more creative with his put downs towards Chris.
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* KnowWhenToFoldThem: He wisely decides to leave Chris alone when the much larger Julius threatens him with a baseball bat.
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* OnlySaneWoman: In her calm moments, she does provide useful advice.
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* WomenAreWiser: In her calm moments, she does provide useful advice.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: If she ever takes her bratty behavior too far, she doesn't usually get away with it.
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** In "Everybody Hates Dirty Jokes" when she reprimands Chris for disrupting her class by making the other students laugh at his dirty joke, she doesn't say anything racially insensitive. She instead issues Chris a detention for disruption. Though not anything out-of-the-ordinary for a teacher to do, it stands out for Miss Morello as she her normal response to Chris's bad behavior is to chalk it up to him acting on his "Black nature" and be more lenient as a result.
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** In "Everybody Hates Dirty Jokes" when she reprimands Chris for disrupting her class by making the other students laugh at his dirty joke, she doesn't say anything racially insensitive. She instead issues Chris a detention for disruption. Though not anything out-of-the-ordinary for a teacher to do, it stands out for Miss Morello as she her normal response to Chris's bad behavior is to chalk it up to him acting on his "Black nature" and to be more lenient as a result.
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** In "Everybody Hates Dirty Jokes" when she reprimands Chris for disrupting her class by making the other students laugh at his dirty joke, she doesn't say anything racially insensitive. She instead issues Chris a detention for disruption. Though not anything out-of-the-ordinary for a teacher, it stands out for Miss Morello as she her normal response to Chris's bad behavior is to chalk it up to him being Black and as a result is usually more lenient.
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** In "Everybody Hates Dirty Jokes" when she reprimands Chris for disrupting her class by making the other students laugh at his dirty joke, she doesn't say anything racially insensitive. She instead issues Chris a detention for disruption. Though not anything out-of-the-ordinary for a teacher, teacher to do, it stands out for Miss Morello as she her normal response to Chris's bad behavior is to chalk it up to him being Black acting on his "Black nature" and be more lenient as a result is usually more lenient.result.
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** In "Everybody Hates Dirty Jokes" when she reprimands Chris for disrupting her class by making the other students laugh at his dirty joke, she doesn't say anything racially insensitive. She instead issues Chris a detention for disruption. Though not anything out-of-the-ordinary for a teacher, it stands out for Miss Morello as she her normal response to Chris's bad behavior is to chalk it up to him being Black and as a result is usually more lenient.
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Cool Loser TRS cleanup
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* CharacterDevelopment: Chris is a bit of a "dork" at the beginning of the series and struggles socially, which in one episode he realizes is part of the cause of his bullying problems rather than just being the only black kid in school. By season four he is much more normal and a straight example of a CoolLoser protagonist.
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* CharacterDevelopment: Chris is a bit of a "dork" at the beginning of the series and struggles socially, which in one episode he realizes is part of the cause of his bullying problems rather than just being the only black kid in school. By season four he is much more normal and a straight example of a CoolLoser protagonist.LoserProtagonist.
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* CoolLoser: In later seasons. He's not nearly as dorky as he was before, but is still pretty much loathed or ignored by everybody.
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* AngerBornOfWorry: Rochelle is quick to anger around her children but she does care for them.
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* AngerBornOfWorry: Rochelle is quick to anger around her children family but she does care for them.
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* EvilMatriarch: Played with. Although it’s played for dark comedy, she routinely intimidates her children and her husband with threats of extreme violence. When Rochelle does resort to physical punishment, she takes great pride in doing it. Although to be fair, she honestly believes she is trying to discipline her son.
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* EvilMatriarch: Played with. Although it’s played for dark comedy, she routinely intimidates her children and her husband with threats of extreme violence. When Rochelle does resort to physical punishment, she takes great pride in doing it. Although Although, to be fair, she honestly believes she is trying to discipline her son.
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** When Rochelle finds out Chris had deliberately been acting like a jerk to impress a girl, she tells him that the girl isn't worth it if he can't be himself around her. This was also after Rochelle had kicked him so hard in the ass that she got her shoe stuck and Chris needed to be hospitalised.
** When Rochelle finds out that Tonya had been getting insecure about her body and had been secretly wearing a bra, she quickly calms down and takes a nurturing approach.
** When Rochelle finds out that Tonya had been getting insecure about her body and had been secretly wearing a bra, she quickly calms down and takes a nurturing approach.
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** When Rochelle finds out Chris had deliberately been acting like a jerk to impress a girl, she tells him that the girl isn't worth it if he can't be himself around her. This was also after Rochelle had kicked him so hard in the ass that she got her shoe stuck and Chris needed to be hospitalised.
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** When Rochelle finds out that Tonya snuck a bra into the house because she had been getting insecure about her body and had beensecretly wearing a bra, it secretly, she quickly calms down and takes a nurturing approach.approach. This was also after she openly threatened to murder Julius in front of their children just because she thought he or a woman he met up with snuck that bra in.
** When Rochelle finds out that Tonya snuck a bra into the house because she had been getting insecure about her body and had been
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[[folder:Jerome]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/KevontayJackson
Another friend of Chris. He gives Chris advice in exchange for a dollar.
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Another friend of Chris. He gives Chris advice in exchange for a dollar.
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Another friend
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* DeadpanSnarker: Has a very cutting tongue.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Loves her granddaughter Tasha.
* HateSink: Rude, nosy, condescending, generally not a nice lady in the slightest.
* MamaBear: Is VERY protective of Tasha, especially where Chris is concerned.
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[[folder:Jerome]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/KevontayJackson
Another friend of Chris. He gives Chris advice in exchange for a dollar.
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Loves her granddaughter Tasha.
* HateSink: Rude, nosy, condescending, generally not a nice lady in the slightest.
* MamaBear: Is VERY protective of Tasha, especially where Chris is concerned.
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[[folder:Jerome]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/KevontayJackson
Another friend of Chris. He gives Chris advice in exchange for a dollar.
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* CelebrityResemblance: Parodied. Many non-black characters insist that he bears a striking resemblance to Music/LionelRichie. Suffice to say, he looks absolutely nothing like him.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Chris desperately wants a girlfriend and actually gets together with Tasha at one point, but [[ClingyJealousGirl she turns out to be extremely clingy and jealous]], making him very uncomfortable and [[StatusQuoIsGod causing them to break up]].
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Everyone refers to him as James. His real name is only revealed in Season 4.
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A local homeless man. Not very sane.
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A local homeless man. Not very sane. His nickname comes from the fact that he knows all kinds of deadly martial arts.
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* CrazyHomelessPeopleCrazyHomelessPeople: Homeless and almost completely insane. He does sharpen up a bit when visiting his mother [[StatusQuoIsGod but goes right back to being a crazy old hobo once he's back in Bed-Stuy]].
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: He's only referred to as his real name by his mother, naturally.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: He's only referred to as his real name by his mother, naturally.
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* GRatedDrug: When Julius forces her to cut back on her Turtles purchases, she goes through a harsh withdrawal, scrounging for any source of sugar she can find. She even drinks Aunt Jemima table syrup like one would alcohol.
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* SweetTooth: She loves chocolate Turtles dearly. When Julius forces her to cut back on them for budgetary reasons, she goes through symptoms of withdrawal, scrambling to find any source of candy or sugar, drinking syrup like it's alcohol ("Some people had wine, my mom had Aunt Jemima!"), stealing Drew and Tonya's candy, and during dinner time, she loads her Kool-Aid to the brim with sugar (even more cringe-inducing since Kool-Aid is packed and typically prepared with loads of sugar). The kicker?
-->''(after chugging the tall glass of Kool-Aid)'' "Needs more sugar!"
-->''(after chugging the tall glass of Kool-Aid)'' "Needs more sugar!"
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* YouAreGrounded: In the episode "Everybody Hates Greg", Art (Greg's father) grounded Greg for bring Chris at his home without his permission and he tooked his Creator/{{Atari}} for a week.
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* BoyfriendBlockingDad: To Tonya. He declares he will protect her from everything, and attempts to threaten her boyfriend who is around 9 or 10.
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* OverprotectiveDad: To Tonya. He declares he will protect her from everything and attempts to threaten her boyfriend who is around 9 or 10.
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* RaceFetish: She's disturbingly quick to throw herself at any handsome black men.
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* RaceFetish: She's disturbingly quick to [[WhereDaWhiteWomenAt throw herself at any handsome black men.men]].
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* CloserToEarth: Definitely the more reasonable parent to Chris...unless he gets really angry.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Even when Chris screws up, Julius is far calmer when admonishing his son than Rochelle.
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* KickTheDog: Yelling at Chris at the Halloween party when he asks for a dance. To be fair, she did invite Drew, who gave Chris the invite so he can go trick-or-treating, [[JerkassBall but she didn't need to be so cruel]].
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* KickTheDog: Yelling at Chris at the Halloween party when he asks for a dance. To be fair, she did invite Drew, who gave Chris the invite so he can could go trick-or-treating, [[JerkassBall but she didn't need to be so cruel]].
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->'''Played by:''' Vincent Martella
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