History ComicStrip / TheBoondocks

--->'''Granddad:''' SoulPlane, Soul Pla-aa-aa-aa-''aaa''-ane!

* DeathGlare: Riley's first clue that Lamilton is crazy.

* BlahBlahBlah: Granddad's response to Huey's explanation of Christmas in the episode "A Huey Freeman Christmas". To the audience however, this is [[CrowningMomentOfFunny very much]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E6dJPWAY64 justified.]]

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv8ZyBgxWJQ Tom, after his team loses at the end of "Ballin'".]]
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gixs6bYC0Qo#t=01m17s Riley has a rather impressive one in "The Fundraiser".]]

* CollidingCriminalConspiracies: The end of "The Fundraiser".

** And ''way'' earlier, was a strip where Huey is declaring dramatically from a hill to his new neighborhood things like, "My knowledge of self shines boldly in the face of the beast!" A little old lady interrupts, calling him [[http://www.gocomics.com/boondocks/1999/04/24/ "just a big ole cutie pie".]]

** In "Pause", Winston Jerome's secretary is MsFanservice.

* {{Flanderization}}: While not fully given that much characterization when introduced, when Tom Dubois makes his debut in ''The Trial of R. Kelly'' he comes off as a regular, somewhat goody two-shoes of a lawyer, who was, among other things, left speechless in a debate with an eight year old. After that it just went downhill. He finally got some of his dignity back in "The Booty Warrior".

** Invoked by Mo, however, as he'd used his funeral as a means to give several final insults to Robert. Among them, he willed to Robert a jar of peanuts named "Deez Nuts!". Robert takes it in stride, and displays the jar in his room of memories and experiences.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: "I assure you, you'll be seeing [[StealthPun a lot more of me]]."
** In "The Story of Catcher Freeman" , during Grandpa's tale, their are several mentions of Col. Lynchwaters demise. Particularly how it happens in his story.

* GoldDigger: Cristal ([[InsistentTerminology like the champagne]]), who briefly dates Robert in the episode "Guess Ho's Coming To Dinner". To drive the point home, the start of the second half of the episode had KanyeWest's "Gold Digger" playing during a ShoppingMontage of Robert buying Cristal a lot of expensive gifts.

** Cindy delivers one to the chocolate industry goons in "The Fund-Raiser".
** Jack Flowers preferred method of "enhanced interrogation". Though be does show some remorse for his actions.

* HeroicSociopath: Ed Wuncler III and Gin Rummy. In-universe anyway.

-->'''Riley:''' (to Huey) Hey... what's "class"?
-->'''Huey:''' It means, "[[NWordPrivileges don't act like niggas]]".

** In "The Color Ruckus" Riley admits that Uncle Ruckus's story was sad, but said that he was not going to cry because it was "gay". Later in the episode, after Ruckus continues to tell the story, Riley is seen sobbing like a baby.

** In "The Story Of Gangstalicious" three gang members, one of whom had two guns, run out of bullets without hitting one slowly walking naked and blindfolded man.

** "A Pimp Named Slickback".
---> '''A Pimp Named Slickback:''' Like "Music/ATribeCalledQuest", you say the whole thing!
** And to a lesser extent "Cristal, like the champagne".

* InspirationNod: In "The Red Ball" the weapons the Chinese team attacks the Tibetan player with are the same as the ones the American team attacked Jin with in SamuraiChamploo's "Baseball Blues".

* IWasQuiteALooker: Robert.

** Gangstalicious' freestyle in "Thank You for Not Snitching" is this for MF DOOM's "Rap Snitch Knishes".
** And "Homies Over Hoes" sounds a lot like [=D4L=]'s "Laffy Taffy".

* MultitaskedConversation: This trope is nearly the entirety of Rummy's interactions with Ed III in "Thank You For Not Snitching", due to Ed III's affinity for his new Bluetooth earpiece.

--> '''Huey:''' That's like AcademyAward Winning sad.
* PantyShot: Winston Jerome's secretary has one from Grandad's POV as he's lying on the ground after being tackled by an obese female fan in "Pause".

* PerpetualFrowner: Huey almost never smiles. He puts on a small smile for about a second in one of the team shots cheering for Riley in the last game of "Ballin'". He also smirks for a second while holding a sword against Riley's cheek during "Let's Nab Oprah" and that is it. Lando tries to get him to smile. It doesn't happen.

* PlayingAgainstType: [[SpyKids Daryl Sabara]] as [[ImplacableMan Butch]].
* PoorCommunicationKills: In "It's Going Down".

* PrayerIsALastResort: Huey, at the climax of "The Passion of Reverend Ruckus".

** Ed Wuncler III and Gin Rummy. [[PlayingWithATrope Deliciously played with,]] since they're voiced by Charlie [[ChappellesShow "blackest nigga on the planet"]] Murphy and [[SamuelLJackson Samuel L]] [[PulpFiction "Bad Motherfucker"]] [[SamuelLJackson Jackson]] respectively
* PrisonRape: Tom Dubois's greatest fear. Not at all unjustified according to "A Date With the Booty Warrior".

* RagsToRiches: The fictional MTV documentary Rags to Bitches in "The Story of Thugnificent", which details his rise from poverty to stardom. The reverse happens in "Bitches to Rags".

** Ditto for "Date with the Booty Warrior", especially the opening with [[Series/{{Dateline}} Chris Hansen]].

** The entirety of "The Legend Of Jimmy Rebel".

* RogueAgent: Agent Flowers.
--> [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney Sorry Jack, turns out some people are above the law.]] [[KarmaHoudini The Wunclers will not pay for what they did today, you have my word.]] Good work everyone have a good weekend. And oh, [[TemptingFate no going rogue.]]
--> '''Jack:''' [[RogueAgent I'm going rogue.]]

** To {{Film/Friday}} in season 1:

* SureWhyNot: In the episode "Mr. Medicinal", Riley says "Imma go down there and show that fresh prince kid who the real karate kid is". Prior to this episode, many fans took notice of how Riley looked a lot like Jaden Smith, Will Smith's son.

** Riley on Gangstalicious's homosexuality.
** Ruckus' claims to have "re-vitiligo".

** The episode "Pause", a.k.a. the Winston Jerome episode, is a sucker punch to TylerPerry's plays and films.

---> '''Ruckus:''' No No keep talking, Keep talking dad, let it all out of your system, that's the proper eulogy this woman deserves. Oh she did this to you, and now your doing it to us And it's getting old, it's getting real old old man! So finish what you were saying, sit down [[PrecisionFStrike AND SHUT THE FUCK UP!]]

* TruthInTelevision: Horrifyingly enough, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-JjldxU-pA the Booty Warrior]].
** Let's not forget [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM9vlc_0nWo&feature=related Lamilton]]. Or pretty much the entire "S-Word" episode; there's a nice comparison [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLZA32oHbC4&feature=related here]].

* VillainEpisode: "The Uncle Ruckus Reality Show", "The Story of Jimmy Rebel" and [[StartOfDarkness "The Color Ruckus"]].

** Kickball.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auvmVVW_5gE A chocolate-selling fundraiser.]]

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->--'''Asheru, Opening Theme'''

''[[CallingYourAttacks Judo flip! Chop chop chop!]] Judo flip! Chop chop chop!''\\
'''Asheru, Opening Theme'''

** Thugnificent is obviously Ludacris, down to being from Georgia.

* GretskyHasTheBall: Riley dreams about being an NBA all star, but one of his stunts was slam dunking and breaking the backboard. Sure it looks cool, but breaking the backboard is a technical foul, so no coach is going to like a slam dunk that breaks the backboard.

** There is a difference between appearing on the same page reserved for the likes of Garfield and TheFamilyCircus and on the time slot alongside shows such as AquaTeenHungerForce and {{FLCL}}. Imagine the speech in the MLK episode, rife with [[ClusterFBomb Cluster]] [[NWordPrivileges N Bombs]] in a newspaper comic strip.

* MegaphoneHanging: In "The Red Ball" the weapons the Chinese team attacks the Tibetan player with are the same as the ones the American team attacked Jin with in "Baseball Blues".

** Rollo Goodlove, who is a stand-in for Al Sharpton.

** The Hateocracy: Colonel H. Stickmeaner, Lord Rufus Crabmiser, Lady Esmerelda Gripenasty and Mr. George Pistofferson

Spawned a successful animated version, which has caused [[BrokenBase no small amount of conflict]] due to greatly toning down topical political references, as well as some characterization changes. Note that a lot of the tropes on this page apply to one or the other (and the TV show seems to be better represented).

* BilingualBackfire: Huey. [[SeriousBusiness High-stakes kickball]]. ''"[[OhCrap I don't like being laughed at.]]"'' Then again, this troper speaks perfect Chinese, and couldn't understand a word that was said.

** The TV show is ''SouthPark'' meets ''AfroSamurai''.
*** Weirder when you realize that ''AfroSamurai'' is ''The Boondocks'' meets ''SamuraiChamploo''.

--->'''Granddad:''' Good food, Good Foo-oo-ood!

* ButtMonkey: Tom Dubois. He's black, his wife's white, and he desperately tries to distance himself from EthnicScrappy [[WhereDaWhiteWomenAt stereotypes]]. The rest of the cast members either don't like him or love to make fun of him. He's not a bad person, just a loser, or as much as a successful lawyer can be, anyway.

* [[SpellMyNameWithAThe Spell My Name with an "A"]]: ''A'' Pimp Named Slickback. Like "ATribeCalledQuest", you say the whole thing!

---> '''A Pimp Named Slickback:''' Like "ATribeCalledQuest", you say the whole thing!