History Series / ADifferentWorld

* WeddingDeadline: In "Save the Best for Last," Dwayne interrupts the wedding just before Whitley says "I will" to Byron, only to say "I do" to Dwayne, marrying him instead.

** And before all of this, Dwayne and Whitley make out while he's dating Kinu which leads to Kinu breaking up with him. And not long after finally becoming a couple with Dwayne, Whitley entertains the thought of going back to Julian and likely would have acted on it had he not been engaged to another woman.

** And before all of this, Dwayne and Whitley make out while he's dating Kinu which leads to Kinu breaking up with him. And not long after finally becoming a couple with Dwayne, Whitley entertains the thought of going back to Julian.

* YourCheatingHeart: Dwayne, tired of Whitley's pre-engagement anxiety, goes out with another woman to ease the tension (nothing happens beyond dinner, though) and although he comes clean about it, Whitley calls off the engagement when he can't openly commit to her. Later, after Whitley starts dating Byron, she ends up spending a night with Dwayne.

* DeathGlare: Whitley gives these out like a college professor gives pop quizzes.

* TheProfessor: Dr. Barnabus Foster stands out among the faculty for his eloquence and vast literary knowledge. Being played by Creator/RoscoeLeeBrowne helps.

* SternTeacher: Col. Taylor (AKA. "Dr. War"). Dwayne (after he becomes an adjunct) and Dr. Foster also count.

** WhatCouldHaveBeen- Maggie, had she remained on the show, would have started dating a black boyfriend and according to some sources, it was planned to be Dwayne.

* {{Tsundere}}: Whitley to Dwayne (and she starts getting [[{{Yandere}} yanderish]] towards him in the latter seasons) and both her and Freddie to Ron--although with him, it's almost completely tsun-tsun.

* {{Tsundere}}: Whitley to Dwayne (and she starts getting [[{{Yandere}} yanderish]] in the latter seasons) and both her and Freddie to Ron--although with him, it's almost completely tsun-tsun.

* ObnoxiousInLaws: Angered by Whitley mistaking her for a maid, Dwayne's mother is relentlessly nasty to Whitley throughout their relationship, despite her repeated, sincere attempts at making amends for this. It gets cranked UpToEleven after Dwayne and Whitley marry, with her sending them a ''funeral wreath'' with a note that says, "Call me when you divorce her," then apparently holding firm to this, as Dwayne mentions that she hangs up on him every time he calls.

* SternTeacher: Col. Taylor (AKA. "Dr. War"). Dwayne (after he becomes an adjunct) and Professor Foster also count.

* SternTeacher: Col. Taylor (AKA. "Dr. War").

* {{Tsundere}}: Whitley to Dwayne (and she starts getting [[{{Yandere}} yanderish]] in the latter seasons) and both her and Freddie to Ron--although with Whitley, it's almost completely tsun-tsun.

** Look closely at the extras in the season 2-5 intro and you'll see one of them is Dorian (Bumper Robinson).

* AscendedExtra: Look closely at the extras in the season 2-5 intro and you'll see Dorian (Bumper Robinson).

* There's also the woman who outconned Ron out of car sale and got him fired and the used car salesman from the same episode; both get off Scotch free.
* The rednecks who harass Terell and Charmagne by chasing them off the road in their truck (offscreen) in one episode are apparently never punished for it.

** In an example even closer to the initial trope, Col. Taylor's daughter, Suzanne, disappears completely following her breakup with Dwayne and is never spoken of by Col. Taylor or Terrance for the remainder of the series.

* {{Tsundere}}: Whitley to Dwayne (and she starts getting [[{{Yandere}} yanderish]] in the latter seasons) and both her and Freddie to Ron.

* {{Tsundere}}: Whitley to Dwayne (and she starts getting ([[{{Yandere}} yanderish]] in the latter seasons) and Freddie to Ron.

* AffectionateNickname: "Chipmunk" and "Pookie" for Dwayne.

* DumpedAtTheAltar: Walter and Jaleesa mutually do this to each other when they decide they aren't ready for marriage. 2 seasons later, Whitley does this to Byron and marries Dwayne...all in the same ceremony.

** Briefly played with when Dwayne concedes that Byron is better suited to give Whitley the life she needs/wants; subverted when he [[AnguishedDeclarationOfLove makes his feelings known]] at Whitley and Byron's wedding and ultimately averted when she chooses to marry Dwayne instead, anyway.

** For Dwayne and Whitley, pretty much any episode between the time they marry and the time he finally lands a job at Kineshiwa due to them having to survive on Dwayne's paltry adjunct salary.

** Denise, due to her account being overdrawn, is unable to pay her dorm fees and rather than ask Cliff for more money, she takes on a work study job alongside Jaleesa in the pre-The Pit cafeteria. This is the first episode to showcase this trope.