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* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': The episode "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS07E11Lineage Lineage]]" can easily be read as a metaphor for colorism. B'Elanna, who has been insecure about her Klingon heritage her whole life, is distressed when she learns that her and Tom's daughter will inherit her features, particularly forehead ridges, as she had assumed that she would look human. With a few minor rewrites it would be a story about a biracial woman being upset that her 1/4 Black child has dark skin, particularly when B'Elanna considers genetically modifying her unborn baby to remove her Klingon DNA, which would not only remove her ridges but also change her hair from brunette to blonde, i.e. skin bleaching.

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* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': The episode "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS07E11Lineage "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS7E11Lineage Lineage]]" can easily be read as a metaphor for colorism. B'Elanna, who has been insecure about her Klingon heritage her whole life, is distressed when she learns that her and Tom's daughter will inherit her features, particularly forehead ridges, as she had assumed that she would look human. With a few minor rewrites it would be a story about a biracial woman being upset that her 1/4 Black child has dark skin, particularly when B'Elanna considers genetically modifying her unborn baby to remove her Klingon DNA, which would not only remove her ridges but also change her hair from brunette to blonde, i.e. skin bleaching.
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* ''Series/AlexRider'': When Tom finds out Alex has been recruited as a spy, he goes to the Friend estate to talk to him about it. The conversation sounds exactly like they're talking about an abusive relationship, complete with Tom asking about a recent injury and Alex insisting it was "just an accident!" Alex seems to notice the resemblance at this point, because he then admits it happened when he was kidnapped.

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* ''Series/AlexRider'': ''Series/AlexRider2020'': When Tom finds out Alex has been recruited as a spy, he goes to the Friend estate to talk to him about it. The conversation sounds exactly like they're talking about an abusive relationship, complete with Tom asking about a recent injury and Alex insisting it was "just an accident!" Alex seems to notice the resemblance at this point, because he then admits it happened when he was kidnapped.
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'''Teddy: It doesn't mean that he's a bad ''guy'', it jut means that he's a bad guy.

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'''Teddy: '''Teddy:''' It doesn't mean that he's a bad ''guy'', it jut means that he's a bad guy.
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-->'''Teddy: Dan performs a variety of henching services for supervillains on a for-hire basis.\\

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-->'''Teddy: -->'''Teddy:''' Dan performs a variety of henching services for supervillains on a for-hire basis.\\

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* ''Series/Powerless2017'': The episode aptly titled "Emily Dates a Henchman" contains a scene where the rest of the main cast gently breaks it to Emily that her new boyfriend is a henchman with the air of someone explaining to someone else that their new paramour is a prostitute.
-->'''Teddy: Dan performs a variety of henching services for supervillains on a for-hire basis.\\
'''Ron:''' Charm City is just crawling with henchmen; it's an easy way to make cash.\\
'''Teddy: It doesn't mean that he's a bad ''guy'', it jut means that he's a bad guy.
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** In "Motor Skills" Roz got a puppy and Martin offered to give her some of Eddies old toys, and it took about forty seconds before the whole thing disintegrates into an extended metaphor of a mother and a daughter disagreeing on how to raise the grand-child.

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** In "Motor Skills" Roz got a puppy and Martin offered to give her some of Eddies Eddie's old toys, and it took about forty seconds before the whole thing disintegrates into an extended metaphor of a mother and a daughter disagreeing on how to raise the grand-child.
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%% *** Drusilla broke up with Spike because she could sense what he'd done in order to save her. Spike and Buffy came much, much later and doesn't make sense if you believe the clunky attempted RetCon. It was made very clear that seasons were planned little more than one ahead, so there was no plan in S2/3 to have Spike as a love interest for Buffy in S5/6.
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* ''Series/ModernFamily'' has an episode where the parents go to an open house day at the school, where they unwittingly end up acting out high school cliches. [[ToxicFriendInfluence Jay convinces Phil to skip class and sneak into the teacher's lounge]], Claire realizes she is the only parent who hasn't studied up on her daughter's activities and assignments and scrambles to take notes (and peeks at her neighbor's), while Gloria develops a [[AlphaBitch rivalry with a popular blonde]] for a teacher's attention. Most of them end up getting sent to the principal's office by the end.
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** In one episode Phoebe and Ross start dating, respectively, Kyle and Whitney who are currently in the process of divorcing each other. Phoebe and Ross start arguing over who is repsonsible for said divorce as if ''they'' were the ones whose relationship has broken down. After Phoebe storms out of one argument in Central Perk, Ross turns to some random strangers at the next table and apologizes to them the way a parent would if their child had seen them arguing ("I'm sorry you had to see that.")
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** In Season Two, Regina's dark magic and her attempts to stop using it are a pretty blatant allegory for drug addiction and rehab. Weirdly they drop the allegory in later seasons, with Emma unlocking her own magical powers being portrayed as a good thing.
*** It comes back in a lighter way in Season 7, where Zelena discovers that her daughter Robin has been trying magic from Cora's old spellbook, which is treated more like recreational marijuana use. Lampshaded when Zelena confront Regina for being a [[CoolUncle "cool aunt"]] and giving Robin the book, to which Regina replies "we all experiment when we're young".
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** Season 5 shows a flashback to [[Mythology/ArthurianLegend King Arthur]] (England) invading and pillaging King Fergus from ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'s'' kingdom (Scotland).

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** Season 5 shows a flashback to [[Mythology/ArthurianLegend [[Myth/ArthurianLegend King Arthur]] (England) invading and pillaging King Fergus from ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'s'' kingdom (Scotland).
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** Season 5 shows a flashback to [[Mythology/ArthurianLegend King Arthur]] (England) invading and pillaging King Fergus from ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'s'' kingdom (Scotland).
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* ''Series/GenV'': Rufus using his powers to try raping Marie is pretty reminiscent of a date rape, with her blacking out and waking up confused with him exposing himself.
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** In "The Conversion," George decides to convert to the Latvian Orthodox Church (despite having no real interest in the faith) so that his girlfriend's parents won't force them apart. He has to hide this conversion from his AmbiguouslyJewish parents, and the scene of him reading religious texts in the bathroom and his parents being suspicious is played as though he is masturbating.
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Herman accidentally buys a stolen car and is jailed instead of the real thief. Think about it- an ethnic minority is profiled, wrongly imprisoned, and his family members who resemble him can't get justice, but the officer working in the building agrees to speed up the process once he sees Marilyn, the white-passing relative. The cops were so focused on the man who looked different that they almost let the true criminal get away with it. It's a very light depiction of a serious issue going on today with racial minorities in the West, particularly the USA.

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** Herman accidentally buys a stolen car and is jailed instead of the real thief. Think about it- an ethnic minority is profiled, wrongly imprisoned, and his family members who resemble him can't get justice, but the officer working in the building agrees to speed up the process once he sees Marilyn, the white-passing relative. The cops were so focused on the man who looked different that they almost let the true criminal get away with it. It's a very light depiction of a serious issue going on today with racial minorities in the West, particularly the USA.
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* ''Series/TheMunsters': A FunnyForeigner family with physical appearances, cooking, hobbies, and overall culture vastly differ from the American suburbs they've moved to and face prejudice as a result. Note that this show was also a response to the then-ongoing Civil Rights movement.
Herman accidentally buys a stolen car and is jailed instead of the real thief. Think about it- an ethnic minority is profiled, wrongly imprisoned, and his family members who resemble him can't get justice, but the officer working in the building agrees to speed up the process once he sees Marilyn, the white-passing relative. The cops were so focused on the man who looked different that they almost let the true criminal get away with it. It's a very light depiction of a serious issue going on today with racial minorities in the West, particularly the USA.

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