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* CoolOldGuy: Elora's Uncle Brownie, a generally laid-back elderly man who smokes weed and teaches the Dogs how to fight (which is unexpectedly more about philosophy, but he still managed to knock out 20 guys in 10 seconds according to legend).
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* CoolOldGuy: Elora's Uncle Brownie, a generally laid-back elderly man who smokes weed and teaches the Dogs how to fight (which is unexpectedly more about philosophy, but he still managed to knock out 20 guys and a cop in 10 seconds according to legend).legend, except it turns out [[spoiler:it was actually ''30 people and 2 cops'']]).
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* UndignifiedDeath: William Knifeman died after his horse tripped on a gopher hole at the Battle of Little Big Horn and fell on him before he ever got to fight Custer and his men.
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* HorsingAround: William Knifeman refers to his horse as a "little shit" because it tripped in a gopher hole and fell on him during the Battle of Little Big Horn.
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* OminousOwl: Owls are considered a bad omen in many Native cultures, so the kids react this way to a fake owl in episode 3 and try to avoid looking at it. The fake owl's eyes are even censored by pixellation.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: When Uncle Brownie returns to the bar where he claims to have knocked out 20 people (it was actually 30), the bartender and the patrons are initially not happy to see him again.
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* CoolOldGuy: Elora's Uncle Brownie, a generally laid-back elderly man who smokes weed and teaches the Dogs how to fight (which is unexpectedly more about philosophy, but he still managed to knock out 20 guys in 10 seconds according to legend).
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* BloodyHilarious: The Rez Dogs and Uncle Brownie try to pull a dead deer out of a car trunk so they can butcher it. Unfortunately the deer's been rotting in there all day, and when they yank on its legs they pop right off and blast them in the face with blood.
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* LadySwearsalot: Almost every other word out of Willie Jack's mouth is an F-bomb. Elora only slightly less so.
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* BystanderSyndrome: A kid passing by on his bike witnesses Bear getting beat up by the NDN gang. Rather than help him or alert anyone else, the kid takes a bite of a candy bar and then rides off.
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* TokenWhite: White Steve is this for the NDN gang, being the only one with no Native ancestry.
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** Elora (TheLancer): Yhe one who makes most of the decisions, and most dead set on escaping the Reservation instead of protecting it.
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** Elora (TheLancer): Actually the one who makes most of the decisions, and most dead set on escaping the Reservation instead of protecting it.
** Willie Jack (TheChick): Not only not the only female, but a rather masculine one.
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** Elora (TheLancer): Actually the Yhe one who makes most of the decisions, and most dead set on escaping the Reservation instead of protecting it.
** Willie Jack (TheChick): Not onlynot ''not'' the only female, but a rather masculine one.
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* FiveManBand: The Rez Dogs are an almost complete subversion:
** Bear (TheLeader): Actually not much of one, the others mostly let him pretend he's in charge.
** Elora (TheLancer): Actually the one who makes most of the decisions, and most dead set on escaping the Reservation instead of protecting it.
** Willie Jack (TheChick): Not only not the only female, but a rather masculine one.
** Cheese (TheBigGuy): The most heavyset member of the gang, and also very sweet and soft-spoken.
** Daniel: Not enough is known about him yet, but he may have been TheSmartGuy.
** Bear (TheLeader): Actually not much of one, the others mostly let him pretend he's in charge.
** Elora (TheLancer): Actually the one who makes most of the decisions, and most dead set on escaping the Reservation instead of protecting it.
** Willie Jack (TheChick): Not only not the only female, but a rather masculine one.
** Cheese (TheBigGuy): The most heavyset member of the gang, and also very sweet and soft-spoken.
** Daniel: Not enough is known about him yet, but he may have been TheSmartGuy.
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* CrapsackWorld: The Reservation. The homes and streets are rundown, teens run amok committing petty crimes, the only cop is something of a moron, and the only clinic is staffed by apathetic jerks. The Dogs blame the rez for their friend Daniel's death.
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** When the Reservation Dogs get shot with paintballs, Bear's "death" is shown like Sgt. Elias's in ''Film/{{Platoon}}.
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* When the Reservation Dogs get shot with paintball, Bear's "death" is shown like Sgt. Elias's in ''Film/{{Platoon}}.
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* When the Reservation Dogs get shot with paintball, Bear throws his arms in the air like [[Film/Platoon Sergeant Elias]].
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* HonorBeforeReason: Bear gets surrounded by the NDN Mafia in the second episode. Rather than running, he tells them to BringIt. After the inevitable CurbstompBattle in their favor, William Knifeman points out it would have been smarter for Bear to flee.
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* FatBastard: White Steve is overweight and the most obnoxious member of the NDN Mafia (and the only one with no apparent Native ancestry).
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* AspectRatioSwitch: Bear's encounters with William Knifeman come with the intrusion of black bars to the left and right of the frame.
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* ConspiracyTheorist: Officer Big buys into JFK conspiracies and believes sugar was invented to kill Native Americans, among other things. Fittingly, he's pretty bad at solving the ''actual'' crimes happening around him.
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* HeelRealization: Bear has one in the first episode as the one-two punch of realizing he ruined someone's life and his first encounter with William Knifeman prompts him to consider that maybe his thieving ways make him the bad guy and that his community is worth protecting.
* HeelRealization: Bear has one in the first episode as the one-two punch of realizing he ruined someone's life and his first encounter with William Knifeman prompts him to consider that maybe his thieving ways make him the bad guy and that his community is worth protecting.
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* NobleSavage: Subverted to all hell. Every character is Native American, but almost none of them are portrayed as the NobleSavage. The only one who comes close is William Knifeman, who wears the traditional Native American garb and says he was at the Battle of Little Big Horn, but he's actually pretty pathetic, having died when his horse tripped on a gopher hole.
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* NobleSavage: Subverted to all hell. Every character is Native American, but almost none of them are portrayed as the NobleSavage. The only one who comes close is Parodied by William Knifeman, Bear's spirit guide, who wears the traditional Native American garb and says he was at the Battle of Little Big Horn, but he's actually pretty pathetic, having is quick to point out that he never saw battle and died when his horse tripped on a gopher hole.
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* SafetyGearIsCowardly: Elora thinks wearing a seatbelt during the Rez Dogs' truck heist is uncool. Bear points out that putting her head through the windshield wouldn't be cool either.
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** Elora Danan is named after a character from ''Film/Willow''. Pointing this out tends to prompt other characters to share behind-the-scenes trivia about the film with her totally unsolicited.
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* ShoutOut: The name of the show is a shout-out to ''Film/ReservoirDogs'' and, at the end of the first episode, the Rez Dogs have dressed in [[BadassInANiceSuit nice suits]] and do a slow walk just like the film.
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* AllForNothing: In the beginning of the first episode, the gang steals a truck filled with spicy chips and sells it to Kenny Boy (although they get to keep the chips). However, when Bear finds out that the truck driver lost his job because of the theft and his wife left him because he lost his job, he decides to return the money and give the truck back. After an argument with Elora, they finally decide to do it and go to Kenny Boy...who reveals that they already dismantled the entire truck except for the frame. Kenny Boy laughing tells them they can have the frame if they want.
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''Reservation Dogs'' is an American comedy series created and written by Creator/TaikaWaititi and Sterlin Harjo. It premiered on August 9, 2021, on Creator/{{FX}} [[Creator/FXNetworks FX on Hulu.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Willie Jack, Elora, Bear, and Cheese.]]
->''Being a warrior — it's not always easy. You and your thuggy-ass friends, what are you doing for your people?''
-->-- William Knifeman
''Reservation Dogs'' is an American comedy series created and written by Creator/Taika Waititi and Sterlin Harjo. It premiered on August 9, 2021, on FX on Hulu.
The series follows four Native American teenagers (nicknamed the Reservation Dogs or Rez Dogs) in rural Oklahoma: Bear Smallhill (D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai), Elora Danan Postoak (Creator/DeveryJacobs), Cheese (Lane Factor), and Willie Jack (Paulina Alexis). The four of them get into trouble as they commit crimes in order to get enough money to move to California, but when a rival gang moves into the area, Bear decides that he's had enough and they should fight to protect their land.
Other characters include Officer Big (Creator/ZahnMcClarnon), the police officer investigating the crimes that the Rez Dogs have been committing; Rita (Sarah Podemski), Bear's mother; Mose and Mekko (Lil Mike and Funny Bone), two local rappers who are friends with the gang; the local meth dealers Kenny Boy (Kirk Fox) and Ansel (Matty Cardarople) who pay the gang for the things they steal; and Bear's spirit guide William Knifeman (Daniel Goldtooth).
The show is notable for the sheer number of Native Americans working in front of and behind the cameras. Nearly every writer, director, and actor is Native American, while Taika Waititi is himself part indigenous Maori.
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!!Tropes in ''Reservation Dogs'':
* AllForNothing: In the beginning of the first episode, the gang steals a truck filled with spicy chips and sells it to Kenny Boy (although they get to keep the chips). However, when Bear finds out that the truck driver lost his job because of the theft and his wife left him because he lost his job, he decides to return the money and give the truck back. After an argument with Elora, they finally decide to do it and go to Kenny Boy...who reveals that they already dismantled the entire truck except for the frame. Kenny Boy laughing tells them they can have the frame if they want.
* BraidsBeadsAndBuckskins: This is what William Knifeman, Bear's spirit guide, wears. He points out that since it's pretty cold in the spirit world, his nipples are always hard.
* {{Delinquents}}: The Rez Dogs and their rivals, the Indian Gang.
* FiveFingerDiscount: One of the crimes the Rez Dogs were shown committing is stealing steaks from the local market. In the first episode, the proprietor of the market tells Cheese if he's going to steal something, just tell him because he can just write it off.
* GanglandDriveBy: The Rez Dogs are shot with paintball guns by their new rivals, the Indian Gang.
* MulticoloredHair: Elora has red stripes in her hair.
* NobleSavage: Subverted to all hell. Every character is Native American, but almost none of them are portrayed as the NobleSavage. The only one who comes close is William Knifeman, who wears the traditional Native American garb and says he was at the Battle of Little Big Horn, but he's actually pretty pathetic, having died when his horse tripped on a gopher hole.
* PoliceAreUseless: Officer Big is too busy watching a documentary about the JFK assassination on his phone to notice the theft of the chip truck. Later on, as he inspects some discarded catfish, he ends up locking himself out of his own police car.
* PosthumousCharacter: Daniel, who was a member of the group before he died a year ago. The first episode takes place on the anniversary of his death.
* TheRez: The gang live in the third variety. Elora points out that living in this place is what killed their friend Daniel a year ago.
* ShoutOut: The name of the show is a shout-out to ''Film/ReservoirDogs'' and, at the end of the first episode, the Rez Dogs have dressed in [[BadassInANiceSuit nice suits]] and do a slow walk just like the film.
* SpiritAdvisor: William Knifeman acts as Bear's spirit guide.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Willie Jack, Elora, Bear, and Cheese.]]
->''Being a warrior — it's not always easy. You and your thuggy-ass friends, what are you doing for your people?''
-->-- William Knifeman
''Reservation Dogs'' is an American comedy series created and written by Creator/Taika Waititi and Sterlin Harjo. It premiered on August 9, 2021, on FX on Hulu.
The series follows four Native American teenagers (nicknamed the Reservation Dogs or Rez Dogs) in rural Oklahoma: Bear Smallhill (D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai), Elora Danan Postoak (Creator/DeveryJacobs), Cheese (Lane Factor), and Willie Jack (Paulina Alexis). The four of them get into trouble as they commit crimes in order to get enough money to move to California, but when a rival gang moves into the area, Bear decides that he's had enough and they should fight to protect their land.
Other characters include Officer Big (Creator/ZahnMcClarnon), the police officer investigating the crimes that the Rez Dogs have been committing; Rita (Sarah Podemski), Bear's mother; Mose and Mekko (Lil Mike and Funny Bone), two local rappers who are friends with the gang; the local meth dealers Kenny Boy (Kirk Fox) and Ansel (Matty Cardarople) who pay the gang for the things they steal; and Bear's spirit guide William Knifeman (Daniel Goldtooth).
The show is notable for the sheer number of Native Americans working in front of and behind the cameras. Nearly every writer, director, and actor is Native American, while Taika Waititi is himself part indigenous Maori.
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!!Tropes in ''Reservation Dogs'':
* AllForNothing: In the beginning of the first episode, the gang steals a truck filled with spicy chips and sells it to Kenny Boy (although they get to keep the chips). However, when Bear finds out that the truck driver lost his job because of the theft and his wife left him because he lost his job, he decides to return the money and give the truck back. After an argument with Elora, they finally decide to do it and go to Kenny Boy...who reveals that they already dismantled the entire truck except for the frame. Kenny Boy laughing tells them they can have the frame if they want.
* BraidsBeadsAndBuckskins: This is what William Knifeman, Bear's spirit guide, wears. He points out that since it's pretty cold in the spirit world, his nipples are always hard.
* {{Delinquents}}: The Rez Dogs and their rivals, the Indian Gang.
* FiveFingerDiscount: One of the crimes the Rez Dogs were shown committing is stealing steaks from the local market. In the first episode, the proprietor of the market tells Cheese if he's going to steal something, just tell him because he can just write it off.
* GanglandDriveBy: The Rez Dogs are shot with paintball guns by their new rivals, the Indian Gang.
* MulticoloredHair: Elora has red stripes in her hair.
* NobleSavage: Subverted to all hell. Every character is Native American, but almost none of them are portrayed as the NobleSavage. The only one who comes close is William Knifeman, who wears the traditional Native American garb and says he was at the Battle of Little Big Horn, but he's actually pretty pathetic, having died when his horse tripped on a gopher hole.
* PoliceAreUseless: Officer Big is too busy watching a documentary about the JFK assassination on his phone to notice the theft of the chip truck. Later on, as he inspects some discarded catfish, he ends up locking himself out of his own police car.
* PosthumousCharacter: Daniel, who was a member of the group before he died a year ago. The first episode takes place on the anniversary of his death.
* TheRez: The gang live in the third variety. Elora points out that living in this place is what killed their friend Daniel a year ago.
* ShoutOut: The name of the show is a shout-out to ''Film/ReservoirDogs'' and, at the end of the first episode, the Rez Dogs have dressed in [[BadassInANiceSuit nice suits]] and do a slow walk just like the film.
* SpiritAdvisor: William Knifeman acts as Bear's spirit guide.
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