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* AdultFear:
** At one point HRS nearly takes the boys away because Emery goes to school with a messed-up face and the school suspects (correctly) that the Huangs practice child abuse.
** In one of his PetTheDog moments, Louis begs Eddie to stop doing ecstasy and coke because he doesn't want to experience his eldest child dying of an overdose, the way another parent did.
** At one point HRS nearly takes the boys away because Emery goes to school with a messed-up face and the school suspects (correctly) that the Huangs practice child abuse.
** In one of his PetTheDog moments, Louis begs Eddie to stop doing ecstasy and coke because he doesn't want to experience his eldest child dying of an overdose, the way another parent did.
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* PetTheDog: In one of his rarer moments, Louis begs Eddie to stop doing ecstasy and coke because he doesn't want to experience his eldest child dying of an overdose, the way another parent did.
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* SupremeChef: Jessica is one, and over time Eddie becomes one while trying out different cuisines.
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* SupremeChef: Jessica is one, and over time Eddie becomes one while trying out different cuisines.cuisines.
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''Fresh Off the Boat'' is the memoir by chef Eddie Huang that inspired the sitcom [[LiveActionTV/FreshOffTheBoat of the same name]]. Eddie talks about growing up in Orlando, Florida, trying out the gangster life and balancing assimilation with his Taiwanese roots.
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''Fresh Off the Boat'' is the memoir by chef Eddie Huang that inspired the sitcom [[LiveActionTV/FreshOffTheBoat [[Series/FreshOffTheBoat of the same name]]. Eddie talks about growing up in Orlando, Florida, trying out the gangster life and balancing assimilation with his Taiwanese roots.
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* SocialServicesDoesNotExist: Subverted hard; when Emery goes to school with a messed up face, the teachers call HRS and Eddie has to lie to keep his mother out of trouble. For the rest of the school year Emery has to let the school nurse examine his body for bruises.
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* SocialServicesDoesNotExist: Subverted hard; Subverted; when Emery goes to school with a messed up face, the teachers call HRS and Eddie has to lie to keep his mother out of trouble. For the rest of the school year Emery has to let the school nurse examine his body for bruises.
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''Fresh Off the Boat'' is the memoir by chef Eddie Huang that inspired the sitcom [[LiveActionTV/FreshOffTheBoat of the same name]]. Eddie talks about growing up in Orlando, Florida, trying out the gangster life and balancing assimilation with his Taiwanese roots.
!! Tropes for this book include:
* AbusiveParents: Louis Huang keeps a collection of whips, including "the alligator" and Jessica uses a metal hairbrush when she thinks her children need it. Eddie lampshades this.
* AdultFear:
** At one point HRS nearly takes the boys away because Emery goes to school with a messed-up face and the school suspects (correctly) that the Huangs practice child abuse.
** In one of his PetTheDog moments, Louis begs Eddie to stop doing ecstasy and coke because he doesn't want to experience his eldest child dying of an overdose, the way another parent did.
* AsianAndNerdy: Averted; Eddie does well in school, only getting bad grades when fights and football distract him, but his main problem comes from assaulting others. It's lampshaded how he can't be a thug and a college student at the same time.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Eddie and Emery look out for each other, and for their family.
* BrilliantButLazy: Averted; Eddie is a hard worker at school and in his dad's restaurants. Noted when he checks himself out of a hospital to write a paper on ''Literature/HuckleberryFinn'' and has to hand in another copy because the paper is coated with blood.
* TheDeterminator: Eddie on the football team, so much that the coach sees him as a motivator for the other players.
* DoWrongRight: The ''modus operandi'' for the Huangs. Get into a fight? Don't get caught. Sell porno at school? Make sure you turn a profit. Using drugs? Stay away from coke and ecstasy, Xanax is fine.
* FirstNameUltimatum: "Xiao Wang!"
* IvyLeagueForEveryone: Subverted; Eddie applies to Georgetown but gets accepted at University of Pittsburgh. He later transfers to Rollins to stay closer to home in Orlando.
* MamaBear: Only Jessica Huang can threaten her children. She will argue on Eddie's behalf if a situation is unfair and encourage him to fight his own battles.
* SirSwearsALot: Eddie Huang, in the prose and dialogue.
* SocialServicesDoesNotExist: Subverted hard; when Emery goes to school with a messed up face, the teachers call HRS and Eddie has to lie to keep his mother out of trouble. For the rest of the school year Emery has to let the school nurse examine his body for bruises.
* SupremeChef: Jessica is one, and over time Eddie becomes one while trying out different cuisines.
!! Tropes for this book include:
* AbusiveParents: Louis Huang keeps a collection of whips, including "the alligator" and Jessica uses a metal hairbrush when she thinks her children need it. Eddie lampshades this.
* AdultFear:
** At one point HRS nearly takes the boys away because Emery goes to school with a messed-up face and the school suspects (correctly) that the Huangs practice child abuse.
** In one of his PetTheDog moments, Louis begs Eddie to stop doing ecstasy and coke because he doesn't want to experience his eldest child dying of an overdose, the way another parent did.
* AsianAndNerdy: Averted; Eddie does well in school, only getting bad grades when fights and football distract him, but his main problem comes from assaulting others. It's lampshaded how he can't be a thug and a college student at the same time.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Eddie and Emery look out for each other, and for their family.
* BrilliantButLazy: Averted; Eddie is a hard worker at school and in his dad's restaurants. Noted when he checks himself out of a hospital to write a paper on ''Literature/HuckleberryFinn'' and has to hand in another copy because the paper is coated with blood.
* TheDeterminator: Eddie on the football team, so much that the coach sees him as a motivator for the other players.
* DoWrongRight: The ''modus operandi'' for the Huangs. Get into a fight? Don't get caught. Sell porno at school? Make sure you turn a profit. Using drugs? Stay away from coke and ecstasy, Xanax is fine.
* FirstNameUltimatum: "Xiao Wang!"
* IvyLeagueForEveryone: Subverted; Eddie applies to Georgetown but gets accepted at University of Pittsburgh. He later transfers to Rollins to stay closer to home in Orlando.
* MamaBear: Only Jessica Huang can threaten her children. She will argue on Eddie's behalf if a situation is unfair and encourage him to fight his own battles.
* SirSwearsALot: Eddie Huang, in the prose and dialogue.
* SocialServicesDoesNotExist: Subverted hard; when Emery goes to school with a messed up face, the teachers call HRS and Eddie has to lie to keep his mother out of trouble. For the rest of the school year Emery has to let the school nurse examine his body for bruises.
* SupremeChef: Jessica is one, and over time Eddie becomes one while trying out different cuisines.
