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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: When Cleo offers King Jaffe a hors d'oeuvre, Queen Aeleon can be seen struggling to get out of the reclining armchair Cleo offered her.
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: When Cleo offers King Jaffe a hors d'oeuvre, Queen Aeleon Aoleon can be seen struggling to get out of the reclining armchair Cleo offered her.
* KingOfBeasts: Zamunda's flag features a gold lion and King Jaffe wears a lion stole, NemeanSkinning-style.
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* LargeHam(s): It would be easier to point out the non-hams. Samuel L. Jackson is probably the hammiest actor in this movie, even more so than Eddie Murphy.
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* LargeHam(s): It would be easier to point out the non-hams. Samuel L. Jackson is probably the hammiest actor in this movie, even more so than Eddie Murphy. And Jackson is only in one scene.
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: When Cleo offers King Jaffe a hors d'oeuvre, Queen Aeleon can be seen struggling to get out of the reclining armchair Cleo offered her.
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* RealMenHaveShortHair: Akeem already has short hair, but also sports a braid at the back of his head. It eventually crosses his mind that he could get rid of it. He eventually goes to the barbershop, where he only tells the barber to just make his hair look nice and neat; the barber cuts the braid off and asks for eight dollars for the job.
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* ExtremeDoormat: Akeem's arranged bride, who hops on one foot and barks like a dog when he tells her to. [[spoiler: In the sequel, set three decades later, she’s still hopping and barking because he never told her to stop.]] Akeem is deeply unimpressed and decides to seek out a wife with an actual brain instead.
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* ExtremeDoormat: Akeem's arranged bride, who hops on one foot and barks like a dog when he tells her to. [[spoiler: In the sequel, set three decades later, she’s still hopping and barking because he never told her to stop.]] Akeem is deeply unimpressed and decides to seek out a wife with an actual brain instead.
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* HiddenDepths: You can say anything you want about Cleo Mc'Dowell wanting his daughter's boyfriend to be rich rather than poor, but the film gives him the motivation of not wanting his daughters to struggle like him and his wife had to, also he tells an ''African King'' to the face that there's no amount of money money that will make it right to have insulted his daughter while having already rejected two million dollars.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Darryl Jenks - a snobbish, self-absorbed, if not slightly misogynistic SpoiledBrat who thinks money can buy anything.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Darryl Jenks - a snobbish, an arrogant, self-absorbed, if not slightly misogynistic SpoiledBrat who thinks money can buy anything.
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* ExtremeDoormat: Akeem's arranged bride, who hops on one foot and barks like a dog when he tells her to. [[spoiler: In the sequel, set three decades later, she’s still hopping and barking because he never told her to stop.]] Akeem is deeply unimpressed and decides to seek out a wife with an actual brain instead.
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In 2019, Eddie Murphy confirmed that a [[https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.upi.com/amp/Eddie-Murphy-confirms-Coming-to-America-sequel/6341547297162/ sequel]] is in the works (titled ''Film/Coming2America'') and is set to be ''Film/Coming2America''), which was released to Creator/AmazonPrime on March 5, 2021.
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-->'''Woman 4:''' Hey, baby, I'm almost single. My husband's on death row.
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-->'''Woman 4:''' Hey, Yeah, well y'know, baby, I'm almost single. My husband's on death row.
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* CovertPervert: When Akeem is railing against the oppressively confining rigidity of his life of wealth and privilege, he does have to concede that he is not entirely opposed to the "bathing". [[{{Fanservice}} It's hard to blame him too much, really.]]
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Or perhaps a certain ''lack'' of them, more accurately; when Akeem is railing against the oppressively confining rigidity of his life of wealth and privilege, he does have to concede that he is not entirely opposed to the "bathing". [[{{Fanservice}} It's hard to blame him too much, really.]]
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Or perhaps a certain ''lack'' of them, more accurately; when Akeem is railing against the oppressively confining rigidity of his life of wealth and privilege, he does have to concede that he is not entirely opposed to the "bathing". [[{{Fanservice}} It's hard to blame him too much, really.]]
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* ParentPreferredSuitor:
** Cleo [=McDowell=] is supportive of the idea of his daughter Lisa marrying her rich {{Jerkass}} boyfriend Darryl, mostly because he had to struggle to get to where he is, and doesn't want his daughter to do the same. As such, he is dismissive of Akeem (who claims to be a goat herder) for catching his daughter's eye, believing that he can't give her the life she deserves. [[spoiler:This [[OpinionFlipflop opinion changes]] when he learns that Akeem is a prince, with Cleo urging Lisa to make it work with him, and practically screaming in Darryl's face that Lisa doesn't want him.]]
** King Jaffe wants his son to marry Imani, the woman who has been [[ArrangedMarriage arranged]] to be his bride, and insults Lisa by claiming Akeem sees her as nothing but a fling. [[spoiler:His opinion also changes after his wife calls him out for his attitude, and points out that their son is in love.]]
** Cleo [=McDowell=] is supportive of the idea of his daughter Lisa marrying her rich {{Jerkass}} boyfriend Darryl, mostly because he had to struggle to get to where he is, and doesn't want his daughter to do the same. As such, he is dismissive of Akeem (who claims to be a goat herder) for catching his daughter's eye, believing that he can't give her the life she deserves. [[spoiler:This [[OpinionFlipflop opinion changes]] when he learns that Akeem is a prince, with Cleo urging Lisa to make it work with him, and practically screaming in Darryl's face that Lisa doesn't want him.]]
** King Jaffe wants his son to marry Imani, the woman who has been [[ArrangedMarriage arranged]] to be his bride, and insults Lisa by claiming Akeem sees her as nothing but a fling. [[spoiler:His opinion also changes after his wife calls him out for his attitude, and points out that their son is in love.]]
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* BlatantLies: The taxi cab driver who brings Akeem and Semmi from JFK Airport to Queens isn't fooled by Akeem's claim that they are ordinary African college students since the two of them are wearing expensive furs, jewelry, and have several crates of luggage.
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* StateVisit: King Jaffe Joffer comes to New York City to look for Akeem]]. True to this trope, King Jaffe is accompanied by much fanfare, and even travels around in a heavily guarded convoy complete with limousine.
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* ImportantHaircut: Parodied when Akeem asks for an "American haircut". It takes less than a second.
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* ImportantHaircut: Parodied when Akeem asks for an "American haircut". It The barber simply cuts off his ponytail and it takes less than a second.
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* SpoiledSweet: A very rare male example with Akeem, who as the Crown Prince of Zamunda is ''absurdly'' spoiled. Gorgeous topless women bathe him. He does not even have to wipe his own but after pooping. And yet somehow he's as nice as he could possibly be.
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* SpoiledSweet: A very rare male example with Akeem, who as the Crown Prince of Zamunda is ''absurdly'' spoiled. Gorgeous topless women bathe him. He does not even have to wipe his own but butt after pooping. And yet somehow he's as nice as he could possibly be.
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* CreditsGag:
** The end credits give thanks to the Zamundan Film Commission.
** Jim Abrahams of ''Film/{{Airplane}}'' fame apparently had a cameo that was cut, because he's credited as "Face on the Cutting Room Floor".
** The end credits give thanks to the Zamundan Film Commission.
** Jim Abrahams of ''Film/{{Airplane}}'' fame apparently had a cameo that was cut, because he's credited as "Face on the Cutting Room Floor".
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* MisplacedWildlife: A downplayed example is shown when Akeem seems to be wearing the hide of an ocelot - ocelots are native to South America. Granted, they could have purchased the hide of an ocelot anyway.
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* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: King Jaffe says that Lisa and Akeem can't possibly get married because it's against tradition, and "Who am I to change it?". His wife looks at him incredulously and says "I thought you were the king." Cue the HappyEnding.
* SecretlyWealthy: It doesn't get much more secretly wealthy than a crown prince going KingIncognito and working at a burger joint.
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* SpoiledSweet: A very rare male example with Akeem, who as the Crown Prince of Zamunda is ''absurdly'' spoiled. Gorgeous topless women bathe him. He does not even have to wipe his own but after pooping. And yet somehow he's as nice as he could possibly be.
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In 2019, Eddie Murphy confirmed that a [[https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.upi.com/amp/Eddie-Murphy-confirms-Coming-to-America-sequel/6341547297162/ sequel]] is in the works (titled ''Coming 2 America'') ''Film/Coming2America'') and is set to be released to Creator/AmazonPrime on March 5, 2021.
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* CostumePorn: The fashions of Zamunda are incredible.
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** "Mortimer, [[HesBack We're Back."]]
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** "Mortimer, [[HesBack We're Back."]]we're back]]."
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: What did King Jaffe do about the chosen bride who has just spent her ''entire life'' preparing to be a princess? For all we know, she [[OffscreenInertia could still be hopping on one foot while barking]]. Or, hopefully, just went back home - and maybe grew a personality.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: What did King Jaffe do about Imani Izzi, the chosen bride who has just spent her ''entire life'' preparing to be a princess? For all we know, she [[OffscreenInertia could still be hopping on one foot while barking]]. Or, hopefully, just went back home - and maybe grew a personality.
personality. Anyway, Vanessa Bell Calloway, actress who played Izzi in this film, will play it again in the sequel.
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Considered something of a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Film/TradingPlaces'', also directed by Creator/JohnLandis and starring Eddie Murphy. The story was conceived by Eddie Murphy and Art Buchwald (though Murphy was given sole credit for its conception in the credits, something that Buchwald wasn't too happy about). It enjoyed both domestic and worldwide success when it was released, even grabbing a couple of Academy Award nominations for costumes and makeup. The film is also notable for being the first in which Eddie Murphy plays more than one role, a trend that he would continue throughout the rest of his career.
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Considered something of a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Film/TradingPlaces'', also directed by Creator/JohnLandis John Landis and starring Eddie Murphy. The story was conceived by Eddie Murphy and Art Buchwald (though Murphy was given sole credit for its conception in the credits, something that Buchwald wasn't too happy about). It enjoyed both domestic and worldwide success when it was released, even grabbing a couple of Academy Award nominations for costumes and makeup. The film is also notable for being the first in which Eddie Murphy plays more than one role, a trend that he would continue throughout the rest of his career.
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* CoversAlwaysLie: While the poster (which was subsequently re-used for the VHS and DVD covers) might give the impression that the film's main setting is Manhattan, that part of New York City only appears briefly, late on in the plot, with the primary setting being Queen's.
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* SceneryPorn: Just look at the intro! They fly over the Paramount logo's mountain, and go over Zamunda to the palace.
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** Subverted at Akeem's ceremony where he meets his bride-to-be. When the bride's father first introduces his daughter, a large woman pushes her way through the audience, but it turns out she's only introducing the bride. Akeem is just as abhorred by the beautiful ExtremeDoormat who is supposed to be his bride. Played straight in the TerribleIntervieweesMontage, with a woman, [[CrosscastRole played by Arsenio Hall]], who "want[s] to tear [Akeem]" apart as well as Semmi, making him SpitTake.
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** Subverted at Akeem's ceremony where he meets his bride-to-be. When the bride's father first introduces his daughter, a large woman pushes her way through the audience, but it turns out she's also only introducing the bride. Akeem is just as abhorred by finds the beautiful ExtremeDoormat who is supposed to be his bride.bride just as abhorrent. Played straight in the TerribleIntervieweesMontage, with a woman, [[CrosscastRole played by Arsenio Hall]], who "want[s] to tear [Akeem]" apart as well as Semmi, making him SpitTake.
