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** Bob’s mother had him after a one-night stand and [[DisappearedDad lost contact with his father]] and didn't know what the father's ethnicity was.
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** Bob’s Bob's mother had him after a one-night stand and [[DisappearedDad lost contact with his father]] and didn't know what the father's ethnicity was.
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** Nobody has [[StateTheSimpleSolution asked Bob]].
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** Nobody has [[StateTheSimpleSolution [[StatingTheSimpleSolution asked Bob]].
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** Bob’s mother had him after a one-night stand and [[DisappaearedDad lost contact with his father]] and didn't know what the father's ethnicity was.
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** Bob’s mother had him after a one-night stand and [[DisappaearedDad [[DisappearedDad lost contact with his father]] and didn't know what the father's ethnicity was.
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** Bob’s mother had him after a one-night stand and lost contact with his father. She doesn’t know what ethnicity he was.
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** Bob’s mother had him after a one-night stand and [[DisappaearedDad lost contact with his father. She doesn’t know father]] and didn't know what the father's ethnicity he was.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character has brown skin, and the viewers do not know his ethnicity.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character has brown skin, and but their ethnicity is undeterminable by the viewers do not know his ethnicity.audience, nor is it mentioned in-universe.
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* '''Played For Drama''': Bob is born in segregation era America, where he's been targeted for his tanned appearance. To make matters worse, the minorities are uncomfortable with him for not sharing the same resemblances.
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* '''Played For Drama''': Drama''':
** Bob is born in segregation era America, where he's been targeted for his tanned appearance. To make matters worse, the minorities are uncomfortable with him for not sharing the same resemblances.
** Bob is mixed-race and while his friends don't really care, a {{Prequel}} shows that Bob's dad was disowned by his family for [[MalignedMixedMarriage dating someone of a different color]].
** Bob is born in segregation era America, where he's been targeted for his tanned appearance. To make matters worse, the minorities are uncomfortable with him for not sharing the same resemblances.
** Bob is mixed-race and while his friends don't really care, a {{Prequel}} shows that Bob's dad was disowned by his family for [[MalignedMixedMarriage dating someone of a different color]].
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** Bob’s mother had him after a one-night stand and lost contact with his father. She doesn’t know what ethnicity he was.
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** Bob is a white-passing Japanese biracial man. Everyone is surprised to hear he has a Japanese father, whom they thought is his neighbor.
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** Nobody has [[StateTheSimpleSolution asked Bob]].
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** Bob is a HeroicAlbino with facial features that are ambiguous enough to keep his ethnicity ambiguous.
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** Bob is a HeroicAlbino an albino with facial features that are ambiguous enough to keep his ethnicity ambiguous.
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** Bob has very light tan skin and a combination of facial features that make it uncertain whether he's North African, Hispanic, a tan Caucasian, some form of Asian, or multiracial.
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** Bob has very light tan pale skin and a combination of facial features that make it uncertain whether he's North African, Hispanic, a tan Caucasian, some form of Asian, or multiracial.
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* '''Implied''': A single culprit is subject to CompositeSketchFailure that appears to be many ethnicities. They could just be bad at remembering him or he could be ambiguous.
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* '''Implied''': A single culprit is subject to CompositeSketchFailure FacialCompositeFailure that appears to be many ethnicities. They could just be bad at remembering him or he could be ambiguous.
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** Bob is a HeroicAlbino with facial features that are ambiguous enough to keep his ethnicity ambiguous.
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* '''Implied''': A single culprit is subject to CompositeSketchFailure that appears to be many ethnicities. They could just be bad at remembering him or he could be ambiguous.
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* '''Inverted''': Bob is acknowledged as being from an ethnically diverse place (like Latin America), but since [[TheUnseen no one ever saw him in person]], his skin color is the subject of speculation.
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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
** Bob is acknowledged as being from an ethnically diverse place (like Latin America), but since [[TheUnseen no one ever saw him in person]], his skin color is the subject ofspeculation.speculation.
** Bob has very light tan skin and a combination of facial features that make it uncertain whether he's North African, Hispanic, a tan Caucasian, some form of Asian, or multiracial.
** Bob is acknowledged as being from an ethnically diverse place (like Latin America), but since [[TheUnseen no one ever saw him in person]], his skin color is the subject of
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* '''Played For Laughs''': Trying to find Bob's ethnicity becomes a RunningGag, and to add some HypocriticalHumor to the mix, Bob wonders what ethnicity Alice is.
* '''Played For Drama''': Bob is born in segregation era America, where he's been targeted for his tanned appearance. To make matters worse, the minorities are uncomfortable with him for not sharing the same resemblances.
* '''Played For Drama''': Bob is born in segregation era America, where he's been targeted for his tanned appearance. To make matters worse, the minorities are uncomfortable with him for not sharing the same resemblances.
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* '''Discussed''': "[[YouKnowImBlackRight You know I'm Black, right?" "Actually no."
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* '''Discussed''': "[[YouKnowImBlackRight You know I'm Black, right?" "Actually right?]]" "Actually, no."
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* '''Justified''': InTheFutureHumansWillBeOneRace.
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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
** InTheFutureHumansWillBeOneRace.
** InTheFutureHumansWillBeOneRace.
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** Bob was an orphan born to unknown parents. Even he doesn't know for sure.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Bob is brown skinned and of unclear ethnicity then it is revealed he has Filipino parents. However he is adopted. He reunites with his birth mother who is a tanned Caucasian - however she was just the invitro carrier. The trail goes cold from there. At least until they get involved with genetic analysis....
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* '''Discussed''': ???"[[YouKnowImBlackRight You know I'm Black, right?" "Actually no."
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* '''Reconstructed''': These strangers made a fool of themselves by associating Bob with the wrong race. They learn the hard way not to be racist.
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* '''Exploited''': Bob uses his ambiguous appearance in order to infiltrate in an ethnic enclave composed of people of a specific brown-skinned race.
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* '''Exploited''': Bob uses his ambiguous appearance in order to infiltrate in an ethnic enclave composed of people of a specific brown-skinned race.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character has brown skin, and the viewers do not know his ethnicity.
* '''Straight''': Bob is brown-skinned, and his ethnic background is not disclosed.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob has traits that could define him as a mixture of black, white, Native American, East Asian, South Asian, Southeast Asian, Central Asian, Middle Eastern, Antarctican and any other race.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob is dark-skinned, and considered "black", but his appearance may suggest that there are other ethnicities in his racial background.
* '''Justified''': InTheFutureHumansWillBeOneRace.
* '''Inverted''': Bob is acknowledged as being from an ethnically diverse place (like Latin America), but since [[TheUnseen no one ever saw him in person]], his skin color is the subject of speculation.
* '''Subverted''': The characters speculate about Bob's race for a long time, until someone finally asks him and he reveals it.
* '''Double Subverted''': ..but the second time he is asked, he gives a [[MultipleChoicePast completely different answer]].
* '''Parodied''': Bob is the subject of a GameShow where contestants try to guess his race.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Bob's race is disclosed.
* '''Enforced''': A sketch comedy show hires brown actors because they can play celebrities of various ethnicities.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Out of curiosity, do you guys know what Bob's ethnicity is?"
* '''Invoked''': Bob thinks his ethnic background should not change the way people treat him, so he never discloses it to anyone.
* '''Exploited''': Bob uses his ambiguous appearance in order to infiltrate in an ethnic enclave composed of people of a specific brown-skinned race.
* '''Defied''': "Hi, my name is Bob, and before you start making speculations about my race, I'd like to clarify that I'm 1/4 black, 1/4 white and 1/2 Native American."
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': The characters talk about an actor that has already [[PlaysGreatEthnics played characters of various races]].
* '''Deconstructed''': All of his life, Bob has been assumed by strangers as being of various races. When he corrects them, their reply is always "Whatever". These situations made him understand what it's like to experience racism against multiple ethnicities.
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* '''Straight''': Bob is brown-skinned, and his ethnic background is not disclosed.
* '''Exaggerated''': Bob has traits that could define him as a mixture of black, white, Native American, East Asian, South Asian, Southeast Asian, Central Asian, Middle Eastern, Antarctican and any other race.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob is dark-skinned, and considered "black", but his appearance may suggest that there are other ethnicities in his racial background.
* '''Justified''': InTheFutureHumansWillBeOneRace.
* '''Inverted''': Bob is acknowledged as being from an ethnically diverse place (like Latin America), but since [[TheUnseen no one ever saw him in person]], his skin color is the subject of speculation.
* '''Subverted''': The characters speculate about Bob's race for a long time, until someone finally asks him and he reveals it.
* '''Double Subverted''': ..but the second time he is asked, he gives a [[MultipleChoicePast completely different answer]].
* '''Parodied''': Bob is the subject of a GameShow where contestants try to guess his race.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Bob's race is disclosed.
* '''Enforced''': A sketch comedy show hires brown actors because they can play celebrities of various ethnicities.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Out of curiosity, do you guys know what Bob's ethnicity is?"
* '''Invoked''': Bob thinks his ethnic background should not change the way people treat him, so he never discloses it to anyone.
* '''Exploited''': Bob uses his ambiguous appearance in order to infiltrate in an ethnic enclave composed of people of a specific brown-skinned race.
* '''Defied''': "Hi, my name is Bob, and before you start making speculations about my race, I'd like to clarify that I'm 1/4 black, 1/4 white and 1/2 Native American."
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': The characters talk about an actor that has already [[PlaysGreatEthnics played characters of various races]].
* '''Deconstructed''': All of his life, Bob has been assumed by strangers as being of various races. When he corrects them, their reply is always "Whatever". These situations made him understand what it's like to experience racism against multiple ethnicities.
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