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* AllForNothing: Despite Sturdy Harris's managed to get the Freedom Riders to reach the city; however, they got arrested and Sturdy Harris wasn't remembered for his heroics. This event was mostly forgotten until the documentary is told. Sturdy Harris was remember as insane martyr complex that forced Robert in this protest and refused to let Robert leave. He almost got everyone killed and went against the caused, probably being naive and deluded that Harris may have no idea what he's doing. Also Uncle Ruckus secretly panted a bomb on the bus to kill everyone; however, the bomb didn't go off at all.
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* AllForNothing: Despite Sturdy Harris's managed managing to get the Freedom Riders to reach the city; however, they got get arrested and Sturdy Harris ultimately wasn't remembered for his heroics. This event was mostly forgotten until the documentary is told. Sturdy Harris was remember as insane martyr complex that forced Robert in this protest and refused to let Robert leave. He almost got everyone killed and went against the caused, probably being naive and deluded that Harris may have no idea what he's doing. Also Uncle Ruckus secretly panted planted a bomb on the bus to kill everyone; however, the bomb didn't go off at all.
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** Sturdy Harris tries to spread his cause; however, he hold Robert Freeman against his well when Robert tried to leave. He refused to let him go. This act goes against the caused. Sturdy wanted to be remembered as a hero and help the Civil Rights; however, due to his methods and revealing that Sturdy had no idea what he was doing, he was remembered as insane and a moron.
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** Sturdy Harris tries to spread his cause; the cause of civil rights; however, he hold Robert Freeman against his well will when Robert tried to leave. He refused to let him go. This leave, an act goes against directly contrary to the caused.movement's activism. Sturdy wanted to be remembered as a hero and help the Civil Rights; however, due to his methods and revealing that Sturdy had no idea what he was doing, he was remembered as insane and a moron.
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* SuicidalPacifism: The episode takes this stance: Sturdy accomplishes nothing but getting Robert and his followers nearly killed by a racist mob and the even more racist Bull Connor. Sturdy was remembered for being a suicial suicidal insane man instead of being remember as a hero.
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** Sturdy Harris tries to spread his cause; however, he hold Robert Freeman against his well when Robert tried to leave. He refused to let him go. This act goes against the caused. Sturdy wanted to be remembered as a hero and help the Civil Rights; however, due to his methods and revealing that Sturdy had no idea what he was doing, he was remembered as insane and a moron.
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* SuicidalPacifism: The episode takes this stance: Sturdy accomplishes nothing but getting Robert and his followers nearly killed by a racist mob and the even more racist Bull Connor. Sturdy was remembered for being a suicial insane man instead of being remeber remember as a hero.
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* Shoutout: Ruckus plants a bomb on a bus that will explode if it goes over 15 miles an hour, a parody of the plot of Speed. However, the bomb didn't work.
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* Shoutout: ShoutOut: Ruckus plants a bomb on a bus that will explode if it goes over 15 miles an hour, a parody of the plot of Speed. However, the bomb didn't work.
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* Shoutout: Ruckus plants a bomb on a bus that will explode if it goes over 15 miles an hour, a parody of the plot of Speed. However, the bomb didn't work.
* SuicidalPacifism: The episode takes this stance: Sturdy accomplishes nothing but getting Robert and his followers nearly killed by a racist mob and the even more racist Bull Connor. Sturdy was remembered for being a suicial insane man instead of being remeber as a hero.
* SuicidalPacifism: The episode takes this stance: Sturdy accomplishes nothing but getting Robert and his followers nearly killed by a racist mob and the even more racist Bull Connor. Sturdy was remembered for being a suicial insane man instead of being remeber as a hero.
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* AllForNothing: Despite Sturdy Harris's managed to get the Freedom Riders to reach the city; however, they got arrested and Sturdy Harris wasn't remembered for his heroics. This event was mostly forgotten until the documentary is told. Sturdy Harris was remember as insane martyr complex that forced Robert in this protest and refused to let Robert leave. He almost got everyone killed and went against the caused, probably being naive and deluded that Harris may have no idea what he's doing. Also Uncle Ruckus secretly panted a bomb on the bus to kill everyone; however, the bomb didn't go off at all.
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* AllForNothing: Despite Sturdy Harris's managed to get the Freedom Riders to reach the city; however, they got arrested and Sturdy Harris wasn't remembered for his heroics. This event was mostly forgotten until the documentary is told. Sturdy Harris was remember as insane martyr complex that forced Robert in this protest and refused to let Robert leave. He almost got everyone killed and went against the caused, probably being naive and deluded that Harris may have no idea what he's doing.
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* DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff / WhipItGood: The running gag of Grandad's proficiency with his belt being a full-blown martial art is taken up to eleven, showing his younger self pulling off Jackie Chan-inspired stunts with it.
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* DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff / WhipItGood: DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff: The running gag of Grandad's proficiency with his belt being a full-blown martial art is taken up to eleven, showing his younger self pulling off Jackie Chan-inspired stunts with it.
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* DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff / WhipItGood: The running gag of Grandad's proficiency with his belt being a full-blown martial art is taken UpToEleven, up to eleven, showing his younger self pulling off Jackie Chan-inspired stunts with it.
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* {{Irony}}: Grandad's involvement with the freedom riders is the only confirmed involvement Robert has with the Civil Rights movement. Even by his own admission it was completely involuntary.
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* {{Irony}}: Grandad's Grandad will constantly claim to be a civil rights icon that was involved in many different events. His involvement with the freedom riders is the only confirmed involvement Robert has with the Civil Rights movement. Even movement, but rather than try and brag, even by his own admission it was completely involuntary.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: RealLife Freedom Rider Diane Nash is featured in the episode as a potential love interest for Robert. Though the documentary interviews make it clear that nothing actually came of it. Julian Bond also appears in the interviews.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: HardTruthAesop: Pacifism isn't a wise thing to do when your enemy isn't at all concerned with your safety.
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** RealLife Freedom Rider Diane Nash is featured in the episode as a potential love interest for Robert. Though the documentary interviews make it clear that nothing actually came of it. Julian Bond also appears in theinterviews.interviews.
** Bull Connor, Birmingham's Commissioner of Public Safety and brutal enforcer of segregation, appears to stop the Freedom Riders from reaching the city.
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** Bull Connor, Birmingham's Commissioner of Public Safety and brutal enforcer of segregation, appears to stop the Freedom Riders from reaching the city.
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"Freedom Ride Or Die" is the 5th episode of the 4th season of ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'', and the 50th episode overall. It originally aired on May 19, 2014.
A documentary recounts Robert Freeman's less-than-willing participation in the Freedom Rides after a mix-up at the bus station. Robert's attempts to flee the scene are frustrated by the protest's monstrously strong leader, the Reverend Sturdy Harris.
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A documentary recounts Robert Freeman's less-than-willing participation in the Freedom Rides after a mix-up at the bus station. Robert's attempts to flee the scene are frustrated by the protest's monstrously strong leader, the Reverend Sturdy Harris.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The episode is a send up of overly-rosy portrayals of the Civil Rights Movement, but ultimately swings too far in the other direction, portraying the Freedom Rides as an aimless suicide mission led by a religious fanatic with a martyr complex. This, of course, is intentional, as the entire episode runs on RuleOfFunny.
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* DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff / WhipItGood: The running gag of Grandad's proficiency with his belt being a full-blown martial art is taken UpToEleven, showing his younger self pulling off Jackie Chan-inspired stunts with it.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: RealLife Freedom Rider Diane Nash is featured in the episode as a potential love interest for Robert. Though the documentary interviews make it clear that nothing actually came of it. Julian Bond also appears in the interviews.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: RealLife Freedom Rider Diane Nash is featured in the episode as a potential love interest for Robert. Though the documentary interviews make it clear that nothing actually came of it. Julian Bond also appears in the interviews.
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* MadeOfIron: Sturdy Harris is so...well...[[MeaningfulName sturdy]] that the mobs attacking him only harm themselves. Harris himself seems to be completely oblivious to the fact that none of the other Freedom Riders are similarly gifted, and much more susceptible to being beaten to death.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Sturdy Harris is almost certainly a parody of John Lewis, who lead the Freedom Rides in RealLife. Of note are Lewis being a theology student at Fisk University at the time, and his pushing to continue the Rides after they were called off due to the intensity of the violence the protesters were facing.
* ObstructionistPacifist: Harris' idea of teaching Robert the principles of nonviolent resistance is holding him in place while racist mobs beat his ass. He also refuses to let Robert leave the protest, despite involuntary participation being entirely against the spirit of their activism.
* ObstructionistPacifist: Harris' idea of teaching Robert the principles of nonviolent resistance is holding him in place while racist mobs beat his ass. He also refuses to let Robert leave the protest, despite involuntary participation being entirely against the spirit of their activism.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Bull Connor, the racist white rioters who attacks the Freedom Riders, and Uncle Ruckus.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Bull Connor, the racist white rioters who attacks the Freedom Riders, and Uncle Ruckus. The bus station attendant is an [[ExaggeratedTrope highly exaggerated]] example, calling Robert every racial slur in the book in quick succession when the former complains about the condition of the Colored bathroom.
* {{Retcon}}: It was previously established that Robert ''did'' participate in the Civil Rights Movement, his role simply being extremely minor and requiring no real sacrifice or danger on his part. This episode instead shows that his only act in the Movement was a completely accidental and involuntary stint with the Freedom Riders, that he wasn't even opposed to segregation in the first place, and he sustained ''brutal'' beatings against his will.
* {{Retcon}}: It was previously established that Robert ''did'' participate in the Civil Rights Movement, his role simply being extremely minor and requiring no real sacrifice or danger on his part. This episode instead shows that his only act in the Movement was a completely accidental and involuntary stint with the Freedom Riders, that he wasn't even opposed to segregation in the first place, and he sustained ''brutal'' beatings against his will.
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* DeconstructiveParody: This episode strips away the romanticized image of civil rights activism, showing how ''terrifying'' it is to face a mob without weapons or the ability to fight back. Robert himself hates being part of (read:forced into) a movement that has no real strategy, finding it easier to just leave the South.
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* DeconstructiveParody: This episode strips away the romanticized image of civil rights activism, showing how ''terrifying'' it is to face a mob without weapons or the ability to fight back. Robert himself hates being part of (read:forced into) a movement that has no real strategy, finding it easier to just leave the South. He straight-up accuses Harris of [[DeathSeeker having a martyr complex]] than actually caring about actually wanting to advance civil rights.
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* DeconstructiveParody: This episode strips away the romanticized image of civil rights activism, showing how ''terrifying'' it is to face a mob without weapons or the ability to fight back. Robert himself hates being part of (read:forced into) a movement that has no real strategy, finding it easier to just leave the South.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Bull Connor, the racist white rioters who attacks the Freedom Riders, and Uncle Ruckus.Ruckus.
* SuicidalPacifism: The episode takes this stance: Sturdy accomplishes nothing but getting Robert and his followers nearly killed by a racist mob and the even more racist Bull Connor.
* SuicidalPacifism: The episode takes this stance: Sturdy accomplishes nothing but getting Robert and his followers nearly killed by a racist mob and the even more racist Bull Connor.
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* {{Irony}}: Grandad's involvement with the freedom riders is the only confirmed involvement Robert has with the Civil Rights movement. Even by his own admission it was completely involuntary.
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* MartialPacifist: Sturdy Harris is a weird example : because doing nothing only leads to people hurting themselves when trying to hurt ''him'', he uses a specialized kind of martial art aimed at taking people down ''very'' gently.
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* CurbStompBattle: Robert unleashes an one-man army on the racist attackers, with both his fists and signature belt.
* OnlySaneMan: Robert is the only person on the bus who has any logical common sense when it comes to the Freedom Rider’s ridiculous death-seeking plans of allowing the rioters to attack them no matter what. He is also the only one to fight back during the attack.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Bull Connor, the racist white rioters who attacks the Freedom Riders, and Uncle Ruckus
* OnlySaneMan: Robert is the only person on the bus who has any logical common sense when it comes to the Freedom Rider’s ridiculous death-seeking plans of allowing the rioters to attack them no matter what. He is also the only one to fight back during the attack.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Bull Connor, the racist white rioters who attacks the Freedom Riders, and Uncle Ruckus
