History Recap / EverybodyHatesChrisS1E17EverybodyHatesFunerals

* AnAesop:
** Sometimes, it's not what you say, but how you say it. Chris snaps at his grandmother Maxine for treating Rochelle terribly, but raises his voice to do so. Maxine gets ''pissed'', but later in the episode, we learn that she actually respected him for standing up for his mother.
** Sometimes, even if you're right, you have to apologize. Chris was completely justified in calling out his grandmother and she knows this, but she's not going to let it go until he apologizes, as Julius explains.
** People grieve in different ways. Rochelle acts way nicer than usual and bottles up her grief, while Maxine is constantly lashing out at and judging Rochelle. Julius acknowledges that Maxine is wrong and Chris is right for pointing that out, but, tying into the above aesop, he still needs to be the bigger person and apologize, as this aggression is just a result of his grandmother's pain.
** Even if they are family, don't sit around to take their crap and bottle up your feelings. Rochelle herself eventually calls out her entire family over all their flaws heaping onto her.

* TookALevelInKindness: After her father passes, Rochelle acts extremely nice and cheery, which, needless to say, is the complete opposite of her usual demeanor.

* InsaneTrollLogic: Maxine eats all of Rochelle’s chocolate turtles, leaving her daughter pissed and snapping out of her StepfordSmiler. This kicker? Maxine didn’t even like the turtles, yet she cleaned off the whole box. Rochelle asks her why would she eat them if she didn’t like them, thus kickstarting her ReasonYouSuckSpeech.

** Even if they are family, don’t sit around to take their crap and keep her feelings to yourself. Rochelle herself eventually calls out her entire family over all their flaws heaping onto her.

* ExcessiveMourner: Aunt Charlotte, who is nicknamed Grievey, is the only relative who is only invited over for funerals, and spends the whole episode not talking but crying, especially over the phone. Rochelle calls her out on it, [[QuitYourWhining simply telling her to suck it up.]]

* PetTheDog: Several of Chris' friends and houseguests show up to pay their respects, in particular showing sympathy to Chris. Greg shows up to pay his respects, Doc informs him that he has a new video game at the store waiting for him, Jerome gives Chris all the money he robbed his late grandfather of and even Keisha pays her respects, despite still brushing off his romantic advances harshly.

* InformedWrongness: Chris calls out Maxine for her constant abuse of Rochelle, and gets scolded for raising his voice at her.

* DeadpanSnarker: Maxine's Known as only human that makes more scenes than Rochelle.

* ShesBack Rochelle Of course due to tons of criticism.

* He'sBack Rochelle Of course due to tons of criticism.

* She'sBack Rochelle Of course due to tons of criticism.

* PetTheDog: Several of Chris' friends and houseguests show up to pay their respects, in particular showing sympathy to Chris. Greg shows up to pay his respects, Doc informs him that he has a new video game at the store waiting for him, Jerome gives Chris all the money he robbed his late grandfather of, and even Keisha pays her respects, despite still brushing off his romantic advances harshly.

* {{Hypocrite}}: "Just because your grandfather died, doesn't mean you can go around hugging people." says Keisha as she goes to hug Drew.
** HypocriteHasAPoint: Chris was the one who initiated the hug with an unwilling Keisha instead of vice versa, while Keisha initiated it with Drew, who accepts. That makes her cold dismissal of Chris a bit more justified than her infamous rant at the Halloween party.

** Sometimes, it's not what you say, but how you say it. Chris snaps at his grandmother Maxine for treating Rochelle terribly, but raises his voice to do so. Maxine gets ''pissed'', but later in the episode, we learn that she actually respected what him standing up for his mother.