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* DarkAndTroubledPast: He's an orphan. His parents died in a fire, and he was there.
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-> Played by Shirley Rodriguez and Stefanée Martin
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-> Played by Shirley Shyrley Rodriguez and Stefanée Martin
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* ReasonableAurhorityFigure: When Shaolin asks for her blessing to pursue his music dreams, she gives him a hard time, but ultimately gives it.
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* ReasonableAurhorityFigure: ReasonableAuthorityFigure: When Shaolin asks for her blessing to pursue his music dreams, she gives him a hard time, but ultimately gives it.
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* ReasonableAurhorityFigure: When Shaolin asks for her blessing to pursue his music dreams, she gives him a hard time, but ultimately gives it.
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* BadBoss: He's unstable and violent.
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* FearlessFoll: He's not a great fighter, but he's absolutely fearless.
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* FearlessFoll: FearlessFool: He's not a great fighter, but he's absolutely fearless.
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* FearlessFoll: He's not a great fighter, but he's absolutely fearless.
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* AbusiveParents: Is very strict and controlling of Mylene, and is fully willing to beat her into compliance.
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* SmiteEvil: He's not afraid to smack Mylene in order to make her more dutiful.
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* SmiteEvil: He's not afraid to smack When he beats Mylene in order to make her more dutiful.
for sneaking out, drinking, and smoking, he does so under a cross with "deliver us from evil" written on it.
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* DenOfIniquity: Owns the club Les Inferno. In addition to being a popular (and thus profitable) nightclub in its own right, it's also the front for her drug-dealing business, where she hosts lavish parties.
* PaidHarem: The only member of her harem is Shaolin Fantastic. In addition to sex, she also makes him dance for her.
* PaidHarem: The only member of her harem is Shaolin Fantastic. In addition to sex, she also makes him dance for her.
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* FunctionalAddict: He goes wild on blow, but is still at least competent as his mother's lieutenant.
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* TheAddict: To cocaine, heroine, alcohol, and gambling.
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* TheAddict: AddledAddict[=/=]FunctionalAddict: To cocaine, heroine, alcohol, and gambling.gambling. He dresses all right, and can walk down the street, but his career has been dead for ages, and over the course of the series he spends thousands of dollars of other people's money on his habits.
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* TheirFirstTime: After he has a particularly bad night for him and a triumphant one for her, [[spoiler:Mylene and Zeke have sex on the roof]].
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* TheirFirstTime: After he has a particularly bad night for him and a triumphant one for her, [[spoiler:Mylene and Zeke have sex on the roof]].
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* TheAce: He might need practice, but he quickly becomes an amazing DJ, can leap over the roofs of New York, is a mythical tagger, a fantastic dancer, and holds his own with a sword cane
* FakeUltimateHero: Not entirely his fault. Dizzee D is convinced Shaolin is an almost mythical figure, incredibly dangerous, due to his skill and invisibility as a graffiti artist. In-person, he's far less dangerous (witness his fight with Zeke outside Les Inferno) and far more human. However, he ''is'' as fearless as his rep maintains (witness jumping from roof to roof).
* FakeUltimateHero: Not entirely his fault. Dizzee D is convinced Shaolin is an almost mythical figure, incredibly dangerous, due to his skill and invisibility as a graffiti artist. In-person, he's far less dangerous (witness his fight with Zeke outside Les Inferno) and far more human. However, he ''is'' as fearless as his rep maintains (witness jumping from roof to roof).
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* TheAce: He might need practice, but he quickly becomes an amazing DJ, DJ. He can leap over the roofs of New York, is a mythical tagger, a fantastic dancer, and holds his own with a sword cane
cane.
* FakeUltimateHero: Not entirely his fault. DizzeeD is convinced Shaolin is an almost mythical figure, incredibly dangerous, due to his skill and invisibility as a graffiti artist. In-person, he's far less dangerous (witness his fight with Zeke outside Les Inferno) and far more human. However, he ''is'' as fearless as his rep maintains (witness jumping from roof to roof).
* FakeUltimateHero: Not entirely his fault. Dizzee
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A member of Ezekiel's group of friends. He's Boo-Boo's older brother, and frequently the group's voice of reason.
* TheLoad: Played with. At first he stutters and stammers trying to rap his way through the lines Zeke wrote for him. But then Rumi suggests Shaolin give him a beat he can double-time to and he flies through it like a bullet train.
* TheLoad: Played with. At first he stutters and stammers trying to rap his way through the lines Zeke wrote for him. But then Rumi suggests Shaolin give him a beat he can double-time to and he flies through it like a bullet train.
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A member of Ezekiel's group of friends. He's Boo-Boo's older Boo-Boo and Dizzee's brother, and frequently the group's voice of reason.
* TheLoad: Played with. At first he stutters and stammers trying to rap his way through the lines Zeke wrote for him. But thenRumi Dizzee suggests Shaolin give him a beat he can double-time to and he flies through it like a bullet train.
* TheLoad: Played with. At first he stutters and stammers trying to rap his way through the lines Zeke wrote for him. But then
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* AmbiguouslyBi: His initial interactions with Thor are heavily laden with homoerotic subtext, and he acts like he's been stood up with Thor doesn't keep their rendez-vous. Then Thor invites him to a drag show and they kiss. After Rumi kisses a girl. And pops a pill (probably ludes, which make you high and horny).
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* AmbiguouslyBi: His initial interactions with Thor are heavily laden with homoerotic subtext, and he acts like he's been stood up with when Thor doesn't keep their rendez-vous.rendezvous. Then Thor invites him to a drag show and they kiss. After Rumi kisses a girl. And pops a pill (probably ludes, which make you high and horny).
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-->''About Mylene's song'' "This song is going to set so many people free. It speaks to planets and galaxies that already know what we're learning down here: freedom is everything, and that's why this song is so important."
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* SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll: A walking advertisement for how horrific that trope plays out in reality. He's a thief, an addict, and, practically a rapist. And a rape victim.
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* SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll: A walking advertisement for how horrific that trope plays out in reality. He's a thief, an addict, and, practically and a rapist. And a rape victim.
* SexualExtortion: Jackie becomes a victim of this when he [[spoiler:takes Mylene's record to Leslie Lesgold]]. Doubles as KarmicRape because he exploited her the same way years before. Interestingly, he is not hesitant to call it rape and it's not treated as funny or sexy in any way. It's shown as something violating and horrific.
* SexualExtortion: Jackie becomes a victim of this when he [[spoiler:takes Mylene's record to Leslie Lesgold]]. Doubles as KarmicRape because he exploited her the same way years before. Interestingly, he is not hesitant to call it rape and it's not treated as funny or sexy in any way. It's shown as something violating and horrific.
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* SpicyLatina: Regina is really open about her love of casual sex, and is ready to fight with any man who disrespects her. And she's always wearing tight, revealing clothing.
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* SpicyLatina: Regina is really open about her love of enjoying casual sex, and is ready to fight with any man who disrespects her. And she's always wearing tight, the tightest, most revealing clothing.
clothing in the group.
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* TheirFirstTime: After he has a particularly bad night for him and a triumphant one for her, Mylene and Zeke have sex on the roof.
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* TheirFirstTime: After he has a particularly bad night for him and a triumphant one for her, Mylene [[spoiler:Mylene and Zeke have sex on the roof.
roof]].
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* VirginInAWhiteDress: For her chance to impress Jackie, Francisco orders a custom-made, white dress for Mylene, which he specifically states should be modest, both because she's in a church and to play up her "good girl" persona. The end result doesn't turn out the way he envisioned...
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* VirginInAWhiteDress: For her chance to impress Jackie, Francisco orders a custom-made, custom-made white dress for Mylene, which he specifically states should be modest, both because she's in a church and modest to play up her "good girl" persona. The end result doesn't turn out the way he envisioned...
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* DoggedNiceGuy: Especially in the first episode, Zeke goes through several, increasingly elaborate attempts to convince Mylene to be his girlfriend.
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* VirginInAWhiteDress: For her chance to impress Jackie, Francisco orders a custom-made, white dress for Mylene, which he specifically states should be modest, both because she's in a church and to play up her "good girl" persona. The end result doesn't turn out the way he envisioned...
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* AManIsNotAVirgin: After he has a particularly bad night, Mylene and Zeke make love on the roof.
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* AManIsNotAVirgin: TheirFirstTime: After he has a particularly bad night, night for him and a triumphant one for her, Mylene and Zeke make love have sex on the roof.
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* InformedAttractiveness: Zeke, Jackie, Francisco, and to a lesser extent, Cadillac all talk at length about Mylene's looks. Zeke even points her out as "the beautiful one" to Shao.
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* MeaningfulName: "Papa Fuerte" means "Papa Strong", and he's a powerful figure in the Bronx. See also WMG for an additional possible meaning.
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* SpicyLatina: Regina is really open about her love of casual sex, and is ready to fight with any man who disrespects her. And she's always wearing tight, revealing clothing.
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The head of a charismatic church in an old opera house, he is highly religious and strict with regard to proper behavior, above all in his daughter.
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The head of a charismatic struggling church in an old opera house, he is highly religious and strict with regard to proper behavior, above all in his daughter.
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--> I go out. I have dates. But I go to bed alone. I always have. Since 1962.
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--> I go out. I have dates. But I go to bed alone. I always have. Since 1962.
1960.
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* AManIsNotAVirgin: After a particularly bad night, Mylene comforts Zeke on the roof.
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* AManIsNotAVirgin: After he has a particularly bad night, Mylene comforts and Zeke make love on the roof.
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* PreachersKid: The main source of drama in her life is her conflict with her father. She wants to sing, her wants her to be quiet and modest and not do anything that smacks of sin.
* RagsToRiches: Her prime motivation is to become a famous disco star so she can get the heck out of Brooklyn.
* RagsToRiches: Her prime motivation is to become a famous disco star so she can get the heck out of Brooklyn.
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* PreachersKid: The main source of drama in her life is her conflict with her father. She wants to sing, her he wants her to be quiet and modest and not do anything that smacks of sin.
* RagsToRiches: Her prime motivation is to become a famous disco star so she can get the heck out ofBrooklyn.
the Bronx.
* RagsToRiches: Her prime motivation is to become a famous disco star so she can get the heck out of
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* TheAce: He might need practice, but he quickly becomes an amazing DJ, can leap over the roofs of New York, is a mythical tagger, a fantastic dancer, and holds his own with a sword cane
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* OnlySaneMan: Usually the first to question what the group is doing, and usually right to question them.
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* EruditeStoner: Openly talks about using LSD and pot, among other things. Also one of the smartest people in his neighborhood, able to talk at length about art, culture, poetry, and philosophy.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: His initial interactions with Thor are heavily laden with homoerotic subtext, and he acts like he's been stood up with Thor doesn't keep their rendez-vous. Then Thor invites him to a drag show and they kiss. After Rumi kisses a girl.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: His initial interactions with Thor are heavily laden with homoerotic subtext, and he acts like he's been stood up with Thor doesn't keep their rendez-vous. Then Thor invites him to a drag show and they kiss. After Rumi kisses a girl.
girl. And pops a pill (probably ludes, which make you high and horny).
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* Skylan Brooks as Ra-Ra: a member of Ezekiel's group of friends. He's Boo-Boo's older brother, and frequently the group's voice of reason.
* Tremaine Brown Jr. as Boo-Boo: Ra-Ra's younger brother, he's hard to contain and very mechanically minded.
* Jaden Smith as Dizzee, AKA the street artist Rumi: the philosopher and aspiring tagger of the group, with his own hidden side.
* Tremaine Brown Jr. as Boo-Boo: Ra-Ra's younger brother, he's hard to contain and very mechanically minded.
* Jaden Smith as Dizzee, AKA the street artist Rumi: the philosopher and aspiring tagger of the group, with his own hidden side.
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-> Played by: Skylan
A member of Ezekiel's group of friends. He's Boo-Boo's older brother, and frequently the group's voice of
* TheLoad: Played with. At first he stutters and stammers trying to rap his way through the lines Zeke wrote for him. But then Rumi suggests Shaolin give him a beat he can double-time to and he flies through it like a bullet train.
!Boo-Boo
-> Played by: Tremaine Brown
Ra-Ra's younger brother, he's hard to contain and very mechanically
* Jaden Smith as Dizzee,
!Dizzee, AKA the street artist
-> Played by Jaden Smith
The philosopher and aspiring tagger of the group, with his own hidden
* AmbiguouslyBi: His initial interactions with Thor are heavily laden with homoerotic subtext, and he acts like he's been stood up with Thor doesn't keep their rendez-vous. Then Thor invites him to a drag show and they kiss. After Rumi kisses a girl.
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[[folder:The Cruz Family]]
* Herizen F. Guardiola as Mylene Cruz: the daughter of highly religious Puerto Rican parents and niece to an aspiring politician. She and Ezekiel clearly love one another, but she has ambitions to become a singer and can't let anything stop her from that. She also loves his talent and deplores his lack of ambition.
* Zabryna Guevara as Lydia Cruz: Mylene's mother, who does what she can to support her daughter's dream and her husband's church, in spite of a complex history with her husband's brother.
* Giancarlo Esposito as Pastor Ramón Cruz: The head of a charismatic church in an old opera house, he is highly religious and strict with regard to proper behavior, above all in his daughter.
* Jimmy Smits as Francisco "Papa Fuerte" Cruz: Mylene's uncle, he hates the condition of his city and what it drives his neighbors to do, and has dreams to rehabilitate it.
* Kevin Corrigan as Jackie Moreno: A drunken degenerate gambler hooked on pills and smack and coke, this erstwhile music producer is a complete fucking mess, and everyone around him is aware of it. However, he's Papa Fuerte's connection with the music industry, so he becomes Mylene's producer. Too bad he's such a schlub he is only a hindrance at every stage.
* Shirley Rodriguez as Regina and Stefanée Martin as Yolanda: Mylene's best friends, they're fiercely protective of her, though they lack her prodigious voice.
* Herizen F. Guardiola as Mylene Cruz: the daughter of highly religious Puerto Rican parents and niece to an aspiring politician. She and Ezekiel clearly love one another, but she has ambitions to become a singer and can't let anything stop her from that. She also loves his talent and deplores his lack of ambition.
* Zabryna Guevara as Lydia Cruz: Mylene's mother, who does what she can to support her daughter's dream and her husband's church, in spite of a complex history with her husband's brother.
* Giancarlo Esposito as Pastor Ramón Cruz: The head of a charismatic church in an old opera house, he is highly religious and strict with regard to proper behavior, above all in his daughter.
* Jimmy Smits as Francisco "Papa Fuerte" Cruz: Mylene's uncle, he hates the condition of his city and what it drives his neighbors to do, and has dreams to rehabilitate it.
* Kevin Corrigan as Jackie Moreno: A drunken degenerate gambler hooked on pills and smack and coke, this erstwhile music producer is a complete fucking mess, and everyone around him is aware of it. However, he's Papa Fuerte's connection with the music industry, so he becomes Mylene's producer. Too bad he's such a schlub he is only a hindrance at every stage.
* Shirley Rodriguez as Regina and Stefanée Martin as Yolanda: Mylene's best friends, they're fiercely protective of her, though they lack her prodigious voice.
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*Family and friends]]
!Mylene Cruz
-> Played by Herizen F.Guardiola as Mylene Cruz: the Guardiola
The daughter of highly religious Puerto Rican parents and niece to an aspiring politician. She and Ezekiel clearly love one another, but she has ambitions to become a singer and can't let anything stop her from that. She also loves his talent and deplores his lack ofambition.
ambition.
* PreachersKid: The main source of drama in her life is her conflict with her father. She wants to sing, her wants her to be quiet and modest and not do anything that smacks of sin.
* RagsToRiches: Her prime motivation is to become a famous disco star so she can get the heck out of Brooklyn.
!Lydia Cruz
-> Played by ZabrynaGuevara as Lydia Cruz: Guevara
Mylene's mother, who does what she can to support her daughter's dream and her husband's church, in spite of a complex history with her husband'sbrother.
brother.
*Giancarlo Esposito as DownToEarth: Where Pastor Cruz is a strict disciplinarian and incredibly devout, Lydia wants to keep the family together and the church functioning.
!Pastor RamónCruz: Cruz
-> Played by Giancarlo Esposito
The head of a charismatic church in an old opera house, he is highly religious and strict with regard to proper behavior, above all in hisdaughter.
daughter.
*Jimmy Smits as Francisco TheAtoner: He found god in prison and fathered children on several different women back in Puerto Rico.
* BrokenPedestal: For Mylene, when she learns that he's atoning.
* MoralGuardians: He is determined to keep his daughter on the straight and narrow path. Very narrow.
* SeriousBusiness: His approach to most things. The man doesn't seem to have middle gears.
* SiblingYinYang: With his brother, Francisco. Only it turns out that, once upon a time, they [[NotSoDifferent were more alike]].
* SmiteEvil: He's not afraid to smack Mylene in order to make her more dutiful.
!Francisco "Papa Fuerte"Cruz: Cruz
-> Played by Jimmy Smits
Mylene's uncle, he hates the condition of his city and what it drives his neighbors to do, and has dreams to rehabilitate it.
* CorruptPolitician: He's more of a gangster, though one who has at some point laundered his sins, and is now a mover and shaker in the political world, striving to fix the Bronx. He offers the votes of the Bronx in return for the mayor fixing the place.
* EvilParentsWantGoodKids: He's devoted to Mylene and wants the best for her, and has not only hidden his own sins, but his brother's.
* SiblingYinYang: He's the gangster and politician to his brother's preacher.
* SingleTargetSexuality: He has carried a torch for Lydia since some time in the early 60s.
--> I go out. I have dates. But I go to bed alone. I always have. Since 1962.
!Jackie Moreno
-> Played by KevinCorrigan as Jackie Moreno: Corrigan
A drunken degenerate gambler hooked on pills and smack and coke, this erstwhile music producer is a complete fucking mess, and everyone around him is aware of it. However, he's Papa Fuerte's connection with the music industry, so he becomes Mylene's producer. Too bad he's such a schlub he is only a hindrance at everystage.
stage.
* TheAddict: To cocaine, heroine, alcohol, and gambling.
* JadedWashout: He is incredibly cynical about the music industry. He should be. It made him what he is today. Also, it's as rotten as the rest of New York.
* SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll: A walking advertisement for how horrific that trope plays out in reality. He's a thief, an addict, and, practically a rapist. And a rape victim.
!Regina and Yolanda
-> Played by Shirley Rodriguezas Regina and Stefanée Martin as Yolanda: Martin
Mylene's best friends, they're fiercely protective of her, though they lack her prodigiousvoice.
voice.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Rarely seen separately.
*
!Mylene Cruz
-> Played by Herizen F.
The daughter of highly religious Puerto Rican parents and niece to an aspiring politician. She and Ezekiel clearly love one another, but she has ambitions to become a singer and can't let anything stop her from that. She also loves his talent and deplores his lack of
* PreachersKid: The main source of drama in her life is her conflict with her father. She wants to sing, her wants her to be quiet and modest and not do anything that smacks of sin.
* RagsToRiches: Her prime motivation is to become a famous disco star so she can get the heck out of Brooklyn.
!Lydia Cruz
-> Played by Zabryna
Mylene's mother, who does what she can to support her daughter's dream and her husband's church, in spite of a complex history with her husband's
*
!Pastor Ramón
-> Played by Giancarlo Esposito
The head of a charismatic church in an old opera house, he is highly religious and strict with regard to proper behavior, above all in his
*
* BrokenPedestal: For Mylene, when she learns that he's atoning.
* MoralGuardians: He is determined to keep his daughter on the straight and narrow path. Very narrow.
* SeriousBusiness: His approach to most things. The man doesn't seem to have middle gears.
* SiblingYinYang: With his brother, Francisco. Only it turns out that, once upon a time, they [[NotSoDifferent were more alike]].
* SmiteEvil: He's not afraid to smack Mylene in order to make her more dutiful.
!Francisco "Papa Fuerte"
-> Played by Jimmy Smits
Mylene's uncle, he hates the condition of his city and what it drives his neighbors to do, and has dreams to rehabilitate it.
* CorruptPolitician: He's more of a gangster, though one who has at some point laundered his sins, and is now a mover and shaker in the political world, striving to fix the Bronx. He offers the votes of the Bronx in return for the mayor fixing the place.
* EvilParentsWantGoodKids: He's devoted to Mylene and wants the best for her, and has not only hidden his own sins, but his brother's.
* SiblingYinYang: He's the gangster and politician to his brother's preacher.
* SingleTargetSexuality: He has carried a torch for Lydia since some time in the early 60s.
--> I go out. I have dates. But I go to bed alone. I always have. Since 1962.
!Jackie Moreno
-> Played by Kevin
A drunken degenerate gambler hooked on pills and smack and coke, this erstwhile music producer is a complete fucking mess, and everyone around him is aware of it. However, he's Papa Fuerte's connection with the music industry, so he becomes Mylene's producer. Too bad he's such a schlub he is only a hindrance at every
* TheAddict: To cocaine, heroine, alcohol, and gambling.
* JadedWashout: He is incredibly cynical about the music industry. He should be. It made him what he is today. Also, it's as rotten as the rest of New York.
* SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll: A walking advertisement for how horrific that trope plays out in reality. He's a thief, an addict, and, practically a rapist. And a rape victim.
!Regina and Yolanda
-> Played by Shirley Rodriguez
Mylene's best friends, they're fiercely protective of her, though they lack her prodigious
* ThoseTwoGuys: Rarely seen separately.
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* Lillias White as Fat Annie: Owner of Les Inferno, the hottest disco cub in Brooklyn, and an aspiring drug dealer.
* Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Cadillac: Fat Annie's son, very protective of his mother, and hooked on blow. Also loves to dance.
* Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Cadillac: Fat Annie's son, very protective of his mother, and hooked on blow. Also loves to dance.
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-> Played by Lillias
Owner of Les Inferno, the hottest disco cub in Brooklyn, and an aspiring drug
*
!Cadillac
-> Played by Yahya Abdul-Mateen
Fat Annie's son, very protective of his mother, and hooked on blow. Also loves to
* TheCasanova: He's quite the ladies man. Fairly successful, too. He's wealthy and attractive, addiction and violence aside.
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! The Get Down Brothers
* Justice Smith as Ezekiel: a [[BrilliantButLazy directionless but talented poet]] whose parents both died, separately, as a result of gun and drug violence rampant in the city.
** Rapper Nas provides the rapping voice of the future Ezekiel narrating his story to a massive audience.
* Shameik Moore as Shaolin Fantastic: a skilled tagger and dancer, and would-be record-spinner. He wants to apprentice to Grand Master Flash, who insisted that he find a wordsmith. This he found in Ezekiel.
* Justice Smith as Ezekiel: a [[BrilliantButLazy directionless but talented poet]] whose parents both died, separately, as a result of gun and drug violence rampant in the city.
** Rapper Nas provides the rapping voice of the future Ezekiel narrating his story to a massive audience.
* Shameik Moore as Shaolin Fantastic: a skilled tagger and dancer, and would-be record-spinner. He wants to apprentice to Grand Master Flash, who insisted that he find a wordsmith. This he found in Ezekiel.
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[[folder:The Get Down
*
!Ezekiel "Zeke" Figuero, AKA Books
-> Played by: Justice Smith as
A directionless but talented
** Rapper Nas provides
* BrilliantButLazy: Mylene refuses to date Zeke because he has no plan, no goals, in spite of his brilliance as a poet and writer.
* HipHop: A skilled practitioner of extemporaneous rhyme, Zeke is perfect for the
* AManIsNotAVirgin: After a particularly bad night, Mylene comforts Zeke on the
*
!Shaolin Fantastic
-> Played by: Shameik
A skilled tagger and dancer, and would-be record-spinner. He wants to apprentice to
* FakeUltimateHero: Not entirely his fault. Dizzee D is convinced Shaolin is an almost mythical figure, incredibly dangerous, due to his skill and invisibility as a graffiti artist. In-person, he's far less dangerous (witness his fight with Zeke outside Les Inferno) and far more human. However, he ''is'' as fearless as his rep maintains (witness jumping from roof to roof).
* TheNicknamer: He's the one who tagged Zeke with the name Books, due to his intelligence.
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* Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Cadillac: Fat Annie's son, very protective of his mother, and hooked on blow. Also loves to dance.
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* Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Cadillac: Fat Annie's son, very protective of his mother, and hooked on blow. Also loves to dance.dance.
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* Jaden Smith as Rumi: the philosopher and aspiring tagger of the group, with his own hidden side.
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* Jaden Smith as Dizzee, AKA the street artist Rumi: the philosopher and aspiring tagger of the group, with his own hidden side.
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* Kevin Corrigan as Jackie Moreno: A drunken degenerate gambler hooked on pills and smack and coke, this erstwhile music producer is a complete fucking mess, and everyone around him is aware of it. However, he's Papa Fuerte's connection with the music industry, so he becomes Mylene's producer. Too bad he's such a schlub he is only a hindrance at every stage.
* Shirley Rodriguez as Regina and Stefanée Martin as Yolanda: Mylene's best friends, they're fiercely protective of her, though they lack her prodigious voice.
* Shirley Rodriguez as Regina and Stefanée Martin as Yolanda: Mylene's best friends, they're fiercely protective of her, though they lack her prodigious voice.
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! The Get Down Gang
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! The Get Down GangBrothers
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** Rapper Nas provides the rapping voice of the future Ezekiel narrating his story to a massive audience.
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* Jimmy Smits as Francisco "Papa Fuerte" Cruz: Mylene's uncle, he hates the condition of his city and what it drives his neighbors to do, and has dreams to rehabilitate it.
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* Jimmy Smits as Francisco "Papa Fuerte" Cruz: Mylene's uncle, he hates the condition of his city and what it drives his neighbors to do, and has dreams to rehabilitate it.it.
!Fat Annie's Gang
* Lillias White as Fat Annie: Owner of Les Inferno, the hottest disco cub in Brooklyn, and an aspiring drug dealer.
* Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Cadillac: Fat Annie's son, very protective of his mother, and hooked on blow. Also loves to dance.
!Fat Annie's Gang
* Lillias White as Fat Annie: Owner of Les Inferno, the hottest disco cub in Brooklyn, and an aspiring drug dealer.
* Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Cadillac: Fat Annie's son, very protective of his mother, and hooked on blow. Also loves to dance.
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! The Fantastic Four Plus One
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! The Fantastic Four Plus OneGet Down Gang
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* Creator/JadenSmith as Rumi: the philosopher and aspiring tagger of the group.
!The Puerto Rican Contingent
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* Creator/JadenSmith Jaden Smith as Rumi: the philosopher and aspiring tagger of the group.
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!ThePuerto Rican ContingentCruz Family
!The
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* Creator/JimmySmits as Francisco "Papa Fuerte" Cruz: Mylene's uncle, he hates the condition of his city and what it drives his neighbors to do, and has dreams to rehabilitate it.
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* Creator/JimmySmits Zabryna Guevara as Lydia Cruz: Mylene's mother, who does what she can to support her daughter's dream and her husband's church, in spite of a complex history with her husband's brother.
* Giancarlo Esposito as Pastor Ramón Cruz: The head of a charismatic church in an old opera house, he is highly religious and strict with regard to proper behavior, above all in his daughter.
* Jimmy Smits as Francisco "Papa Fuerte" Cruz: Mylene's uncle, he hates the condition of his city and what it drives his neighbors to do, and has dreams to rehabilitate it.
* Giancarlo Esposito as Pastor Ramón Cruz: The head of a charismatic church in an old opera house, he is highly religious and strict with regard to proper behavior, above all in his daughter.
* Jimmy Smits as Francisco "Papa Fuerte" Cruz: Mylene's uncle, he hates the condition of his city and what it drives his neighbors to do, and has dreams to rehabilitate it.
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! The Fantastic Four Plus One
* Justice Smith as Ezekiel: a [[BrilliantButLazy directionless but talented poet]] whose parents both died, separately, as a result of gun and drug violence rampant in the city.
* Shameik Moore as Shaolin Fantastic: a skilled tagger and dancer, and would-be record-spinner. He wants to apprentice to Grand Master Flash, who insisted that he find a wordsmith. This he found in Ezekiel.
* Skylan Brooks as Ra-Ra: a member of Ezekiel's group of friends. He's Boo-Boo's older brother, and frequently the group's voice of reason.
* Tremaine Brown Jr. as Boo-Boo: Ra-Ra's younger brother, he's hard to contain and very mechanically minded.
* Creator/JadenSmith as Rumi: the philosopher and aspiring tagger of the group.
!The Puerto Rican Contingent
* Herizen F. Guardiola as Mylene Cruz: the daughter of highly religious Puerto Rican parents and niece to an aspiring politician. She and Ezekiel clearly love one another, but she has ambitions to become a singer and can't let anything stop her from that. She also loves his talent and deplores his lack of ambition.
* Creator/JimmySmits as Francisco "Papa Fuerte" Cruz: Mylene's uncle, he hates the condition of his city and what it drives his neighbors to do, and has dreams to rehabilitate it.
* Justice Smith as Ezekiel: a [[BrilliantButLazy directionless but talented poet]] whose parents both died, separately, as a result of gun and drug violence rampant in the city.
* Shameik Moore as Shaolin Fantastic: a skilled tagger and dancer, and would-be record-spinner. He wants to apprentice to Grand Master Flash, who insisted that he find a wordsmith. This he found in Ezekiel.
* Skylan Brooks as Ra-Ra: a member of Ezekiel's group of friends. He's Boo-Boo's older brother, and frequently the group's voice of reason.
* Tremaine Brown Jr. as Boo-Boo: Ra-Ra's younger brother, he's hard to contain and very mechanically minded.
* Creator/JadenSmith as Rumi: the philosopher and aspiring tagger of the group.
!The Puerto Rican Contingent
* Herizen F. Guardiola as Mylene Cruz: the daughter of highly religious Puerto Rican parents and niece to an aspiring politician. She and Ezekiel clearly love one another, but she has ambitions to become a singer and can't let anything stop her from that. She also loves his talent and deplores his lack of ambition.
* Creator/JimmySmits as Francisco "Papa Fuerte" Cruz: Mylene's uncle, he hates the condition of his city and what it drives his neighbors to do, and has dreams to rehabilitate it.
