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* "Papa's Got A Brand New Excuse" is [[TearJerker one of the saddest episode of the series]], but still has a few gems here and there, including Hilary unknowingly calling Lou out before recognizing who he was.

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* "Papa's Got A Brand New Excuse" is [[TearJerker one of the saddest episode episodes of the series]], but still has a few gems here and there, including Hilary unknowingly calling Lou out before recognizing who he was.
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** Will tries to convince comedian Maurice Perry, played by Creator/ChrisRock, to agree to appear on Hilary's show. The catch? Will has to take out Maurice's sister, Jasmine, who is ''[[ActingForTwo also played by]] Chris Rock.''

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** Will tries to convince comedian Maurice Perry, played by Creator/ChrisRock, to agree to appear on Hilary's show. The catch? Will has to take out spend time with Maurice's sister, Jasmine, who is ''[[ActingForTwo also played by]] Chris Rock.''
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'''Phil:''' It's a symbol, for '''''[[GetOut GET OUTTA]]''''' '''''[[SuddenlyShoutingMY HOUSE!!!]]'''''\\

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'''Phil:''' It's a symbol, for '''''[[GetOut GET OUTTA]]''''' '''''[[SuddenlyShoutingMY '''''[[SuddenlyShouting MY HOUSE!!!]]'''''\\
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--->'''Guy:''' ''[after Phil writes and "X" over the symbol Ashley's date handed to him and hands it back to him]'' What's this thing?\\
'''Phil:''' It's a symbol, for '''''[[SuddenlyShouting GET OUTTA MY HOUSE!!!]]'''''\\

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--->'''Guy:''' ''[after Phil writes and an "X" over the symbol Ashley's date handed to him and hands it back to him]'' What's this thing?\\
'''Phil:''' It's a symbol, for '''''[[SuddenlyShouting '''''[[GetOut GET OUTTA MY OUTTA]]''''' '''''[[SuddenlyShoutingMY HOUSE!!!]]'''''\\
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** Later, Uncle Phil is asked to give the eulogy at Judge Robertson's funeral, but [[ThrowingOutTheScript Vivian purposefully throws away his prepared remarks]]. Phil then admits that [[BrutalHonesty he can't say anything nice about Judge Robertson]], so he invites everyone there in attendance to speak if they want. [[KickTheSonOfABitch Turns out everyone there hated Judge Robertson and are there just to gloat]]. When Will gets up to admonish them...

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** Later, Uncle Phil is asked to give the eulogy at Judge Robertson's funeral, but [[ThrowingOutTheScript Vivian purposefully throws away his prepared remarks]]. Phil then admits that [[BrutalHonesty he can't say anything nice about Judge Robertson]], so he invites everyone there in attendance to speak if they want. [[KickTheSonOfABitch Turns out everyone there hated Judge Robertson and are there just to gloat]].gloat. When Will gets up to admonish them...



---> '''Vivian:''' You’re not going to hit him, are you? [[KickTheSonOfABitch 'Cause I don't wanna miss that.]]

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---> '''Vivian:''' You’re not going to hit him, are you? [[KickTheSonOfABitch 'Cause I don't wanna miss that.]]
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--->'''Guy:''' ''[after Phil writes and X over the symbol Ashley's date handed to him and hands it back to him]'' What's this thing?\\
'''Phil:''' It's a symbol, for '''[[SuddenlyShouting GET OUTTA MY HOUSE!!!]]'''\\
''[[[ScrewThisImOuttaHere The guy instantly runs right out, if pausing for a moment to see where’s the exit]]]''\\

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--->'''Guy:''' ''[after Phil writes and X “X” over the symbol Ashley's date handed to him and hands it back to him]'' What's this thing?\\
'''Phil:''' It's a symbol, for '''[[SuddenlyShouting '''''[[SuddenlyShouting GET OUTTA MY HOUSE!!!]]'''\\
HOUSE!!!]]'''''\\
''[[[ScrewThisImOuttaHere The guy instantly runs right out, if pausing for a moment to see where’s the exit]]]''\\exit.]]]''\\



** Will has to face his new girlfriend's BoyfriendBlockingDad (played by Creator/JohnWitherspoon), who decides to teach Will a lesson by taking him along for a ride... on his airplane. Then the plane's engine fails and both of them end up falling into a forest.

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** Will has to face his new girlfriend's BoyfriendBlockingDad (played by Creator/JohnWitherspoon), who decides to teach Will a lesson by taking him along for a ride... ride… on his airplane. Then the plane's engine fails and both of them end up falling into a forest.
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'''Phil:''' [[SuddenlyShouting GET OUT OF THE DAMN CAR!!]]

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'''Phil:''' [[SuddenlyShouting '''''[[SuddenlyShouting GET OUT OF THE DAMN CAR!!]]CAR!!!]]'''''



--->'''Will:''' Will's log... ''[picks up a huge tree branch]'' ...is about to connect with Carlton's head! ''[charges at him]''

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--->'''Will:''' Will's log... ''[picks log… ''(picks up a huge tree branch]'' ...is branch)'' …is about to connect with Carlton's head! ''[charges ''(charges at him]''him)''



'''Phil:''' It's a symbol, for '''[[SuddenlyShouting GET OUTTA MY HOUSE!!!!]]'''\\

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'''Phil:''' It's a symbol, for '''[[SuddenlyShouting GET OUTTA MY HOUSE!!!!]]'''\\HOUSE!!!]]'''\\
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* Father Knows Best: Will tries to help Hilary with the fact her show doesn't have good viewership from their target community, African American women, by telling her she needs to relate to them. Hilary's interpretation of this advice is bringing white women on the show dressed in clothes and jewelry imported from Africa and hair done by Creator/WhoopieGoldberg.

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* Father Knows Best: Will tries to help Hilary with the fact her show doesn't have good viewership from their target community, African American women, by telling her she needs to relate to them. Hilary's interpretation of this advice is bringing white women on the show dressed in clothes and jewelry imported from Africa and hair done by Creator/WhoopieGoldberg.Creator/WhoopiGoldberg.
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* Father Knows Best: Will tries to help Hilary with the fact her show doesn't have good viewership from their target community, African American women, by telling her she needs to relate to them. Hilary's interpretation of this advice is bringing white women on the show dressed in clothes and jewelry imported from Africa and hair done by Creator/WhoopieGoldberg.
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'''Geoffrey:''' ''[takes the urn]'' [[DeadpanSnarker I'll show him to the door, sir.]]

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'''Geoffrey:''' ''[takes the urn]'' [[DeadpanSnarker I'll show him to the door, sir.Miss Hilary.]]
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** When Will wakes up and heads to the kitchen, he soon realizes that the "dream" was anything but, he can't escape, and before Hilary admits to having a "date" with Trevor, he asks her, [[Music/NewEdition "Ronnie? Bobby? Ricky? Mike?"]]
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--->'''Phil:''' Oh my God! Please tell me your father's name is Carlton.\\
'''Will:''' ''[imitates a buzz noise and as he puts his arm around Carlton's shoulder]'' I'm sorry, but for those of you who are just tuning into ''Name That Father'', here's a hint: this little bundle of joy belongs to a young man who saw ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'' eight times.\\

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--->'''Phil:''' Oh my God! Please tell me your father's first name is Carlton.\\
'''Will:''' ''[imitates a buzz noise and as he puts his arm around Carlton's shoulder]'' I'm sorry, but noise]'' Sorry, wrong answer! Now for those of you who are just tuning into ''Name That Father'', here's a hint: this little bundle of joy belongs to a young man who saw who's seen ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'' eight times.\\times. ''[pats Carlton's shoulder]''\\



'''Phil:''' ''[approaching his son]'' Carlton, is this baby yours?\\

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'''Phil:''' ''[approaching ''[glances at his son]'' Carlton, is this baby yours?\\are you the father?\\



--->'''Will:''' Someone we know is a grandmother. No Ma, not you ma, stop cryin'. No, Ma, Carlton's the father. ''[{{Beat}}]'' Ma, stop laughin'.

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--->'''Will:''' Someone Somebody we know is a grandmother. No grandma. No, no! No, not you, ma! ''[stammers]'' Ma, not you ma, stop cryin', stop cryin'. No, Ma, Carlton's no, it's not me! It's Carlton, he's the father. ''[{{Beat}}]'' Ma, Wh- stop laughin'.laughin', Ma.
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''[[[ScrewThisImOuttaHere The guy instantly runs right out]]]''\\

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''[[[ScrewThisImOuttaHere The guy instantly runs right out]]]''\\out, if pausing for a moment to see where’s the exit]]]''\\
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** When Uncle Phil and Aunt Viv show up at the police station, Viv is ''more'' than ready to physically fight the cops to have her son and nephew released. When the cops keep stalling and telling them both to calm down, Viv takes off hear earrings and has to be held back by Phil.


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--->'''Uncle Phil''': Day damn one, Vivian, day damn one!

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--->'''Vivian:''' Did the baby wake you up?\\
'''Helen:''' ''Eleanor'' and ''Lou'' woke me up. I swear that man's part jackhammer.

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--->'''Vivian:''' Did the baby wake you up?\\
'''Helen:''' ''Eleanor'' and ''Lou'' woke me up.
--->'''Helen:''' I swear that man's part jackhammer.

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** The family's extra horny and HappilyMarried Great Aunt and Uncle who came for the reunion. Also at one point when everyone is outside at a cookout, whereas the Uncle walks in dressed normally, the Aunt arrives wearing her dress inside out. Made even better with her DefensiveWhat once they begin to stare at her.

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** The family's extra horny and HappilyMarried Great Aunt Eleanor and Uncle Lou who came for the reunion. Also at reunion.
--->'''Vivian:''' Did the baby wake you up?\\
'''Helen:''' ''Eleanor'' and ''Lou'' woke me up. I swear that man's part jackhammer.
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one point when everyone is outside at a cookout, whereas the Uncle Lou walks in dressed normally, normally ("I was in the Aunt bathroom! Get your minds out the gutter!"), Eleanor arrives wearing her dress inside out. Made even better with her DefensiveWhat once they begin to stare at her.she sees them staring.



--->'''Mrs. Smith:''' You want to go back to Philadelphia, don't you baby?\\

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--->'''Mrs. Smith:''' --->'''Vy:''' You want to go back to Philadelphia, don't you baby?\\
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--->'''Phil:''' I mean, who's having this baby, me or her?\\

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--->'''Phil:''' I mean, who's having this baby, me or her?\\You know, next time, ''I'm'' gonna get pregnant.\\
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** Preparing for the wedding, Hilary routinely dismisses the decor:
--->'''Hilary:''' Excuse me, pea-green chairs? ''(Scoffs)'' This isn't a ''[[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Ninja Turtles]]'' wedding!
** A little later on:
--->'''Hilary:''' No, no, no, no--\\
'''Deliveryman:''' Lady, don't you know any words other than "no"?\\
'''Geoffrey:''' ''[[KickTheDog NO.]]''
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** As Will and Uncle Phil are riding an elevator at the hospital where Vivian is going into labor, a businessman is chided by Phil for smoking in an elevator and he asks him to put out his cigarette. The man refuses... and '''''[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Phil rips the cigarette out of his mouth and stomps it out]]'''''.

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** As Will and Uncle Phil are riding an elevator at the hospital where Vivian is going into labor, a businessman is chided by Phil for smoking in an elevator and he asks him to put out his cigarette. The man refuses...refuses, and obnoxiously blows smoke right in Phil's face... and '''''[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Phil rips the cigarette out of his mouth and stomps it out]]'''''.
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** Will's dream where he gets manhandled and roughed up by several women for very minor offenses. It's so over-the-top and the hilarious StylsticSuck from the obvious ragdoll makes it funny even factoring in DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale

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** Will's dream where he gets manhandled and roughed up by several two women for very minor offenses. It's so over-the-top and the hilarious StylsticSuck StylisticSuck from the obvious ragdoll makes it funny even factoring in DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMaleDoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale.
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** Will's dream where he gets manhandled and roughed up by several women for very minor offenses. It's so over-the-top and the hilarious StylsticSuck from the obvious ragdoll makes it funny even factoring in DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale
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** In Will and Carlton's version, the pool party is a classy, innocent affair where everyone is in OldTimeyBathingSuit, dancing in a circle holding hands. As Phil enters, a [[BadVibrations glass of water shakes]] à la ''Film/JurassicPark'' and he ''rips the head off'' of Carlton's duckie inner tube. He also yells at the fully-clothed 15-year-old neighbor girl who "wandered over, crying", as Will says ("Hit the bricks, you little tramp! [[KickTheDog And tell your mother your father has a girlfriend!]]"). At one point, he also says this:

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** In Will and Carlton's version, the pool party is a classy, innocent affair where everyone is in OldTimeyBathingSuit, dancing in a circle holding hands. As Phil enters, is a [[EvilIsHammy hilariously over-the-top]] AbusiveParent who causes a [[BadVibrations glass of water shakes]] to shake]] à la ''Film/JurassicPark'' and he with his entrance, ''rips the head off'' of Carlton's duckie inner tube. He also tub, yells at the fully-clothed 15-year-old neighbor girl who "wandered over, crying", crying" as Will says ("Hit the bricks, you little tramp! [[KickTheDog And tell your mother your father has a girlfriend!]]"). At one point, he also says this:girlfriend!]]"), and ''literally snarls'' while screaming at Will.
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** Will has an ImagineSpot of himself still living with his mom as an old man. Also, according to the letter he receives from Carlton, he not only is married to Music/MariahCarey and they have a family, but he shot up to ''6'5"'' upon entering college.

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** Will has an ImagineSpot of himself still living with his mom as an old man. Also, according to the letter he receives from Carlton, he not only is married to Music/MariahCarey and they have has a family, family with her, but he also shot up to ''6'5"'' upon entering college.
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* All the times that Uncle Phil throws Jazz out of the house are guaranteed to bring some laughs. Highlights include the one time he threw Jazz inside the house when they were already outside (in the episode "Cased Up"), and the time when Jazz got his revenge by throwing '''Uncle Phil''' out of the house during Will's dream ("Hex and the Single Guy").

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* All the times that Uncle Phil throws Jazz out of the house are guaranteed to bring some laughs. Highlights include the one time he threw Jazz inside the house when they were already outside (in the episode "Cased Up"), and the time when Jazz got his revenge by throwing '''Uncle Phil''' out of the house during Will's dream ("Hex and the Single Guy"). See the compilation [[https://youtu.be/m991Xnu_bwc?si=DkRt1mR5TwgyhUMJ here]].
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-->'''Will:''' ''(as the Banks kids glare at him)''' Alright, look y'all, this is a classic case of divide and conquer. Look, Malcolm warned us about this.

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-->'''Will:''' ''(as the Banks kids glare at him)''' him)'' Alright, look y'all, this is a classic case of divide and conquer. Look, Malcolm warned us about this.

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