History Series / TheParkers

%% * CatSmile: Nikki at times.

* TeensAreShort: Kim is significantly shorter than both her parents (Countess Vaughn is 4'11'', Monique is 5'9'', [[Creator/ThomasMikalFord Tommy Ford]] is 6'4''). Lampshaded by an EnfanteTerrible in one episode who, when told by Kim that her father was also tall, responded with MamasBabyPapasMaybe.
** One episode revealed that Kim was likely switched at birth. Her birth mother is closer to Kim's height.
** Stevie is also significantly shorter than her mother. This is Lampshaded when Nikki first meets her, who retorts, "You are no leprechaun, yourself."

* DarkerAndEdgier: The final episodes in the fourth season onto the final season opener seemed to be much more serious, especially the fourth season finale, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVT_o4y51JI&feature=related An Ivy League Of Her Own]], starting from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLkeDjHHKr4&feature=related Jury Duty]] when a gold-digger [[DeathBySex slept with her four ex-husbands until they died from heart attacks,]] stole their insurance money, had gotten away with it, and almost made the Professor her next victim in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL_fl5Wbugw&feature=related Til Death Do Us Apart - And Make It Soon]]. The episode, "She's Positive", in Season 5, has T finding the girl of his dreams, but then has second thoughts after finding out she's HIV-Positive.

* BrotherChuck: Nikki's friend Desiree from Season 1.
** Symone, the lost member of Freestyle Unity.

* CatSmile: Nikki at times.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Kim.
** Her behavior is actually PlayedForDrama, as Regis [[spoiler: used her as a guinea pig for this psychology thesis; individuals with low-[=IQ=]s' who are still able to function.]] Kim, understandably, flips her lid.

* BigBeautifulWoman: Nikki, Kim (when her weight flucuates up), and Andell are both rather large women and are portrayed as [[DudeMagnet Dude Magnets]], to a certain degree.
* BigEater: Nikki.

* BlackComedyRape: In "Hands Off, Grandma", Nikki's grandmother manages to corner Professor Oglevee alone in his apartment and at the very least sexually assalts him after she turns off the lights. Of course, this was PlayedForLaughs as this happens while Nikki pointed out the absurdity in thinking of her grandmother wanting to get with the professor.

* BrainyBrunette: Nikki. She's dark haired, has the big ideas, and graduated as Valedictorian with a Merit Scholarship and all.

* BrokenAesop: [[spoiler: Nikki, after so many years of putting herself out there only to get rejected coldly time and time again by the professor, finally moves on for good and gets over him, planning to marry a new man who treats her well, loves her and respects her. During the series finale wedding ceremony The Professor, after having a LoveEpiphany, goes to her and begs for her love. She rejects her fiancé so she can be with the professor. So, to review - obsess over someone until you have too much respect for yourself & finally move on and then the person of your obsession will come around?]]

* DarkerAndEdgier: The final episodes in the fourth season onto the final season opener seemed to be much more serious, especially the fourth season finale, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVT_o4y51JI&feature=related An Ivy League Of Her Own]], starting from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLkeDjHHKr4&feature=related Jury Duty]] when a gold-digger [[DeathBySex slept her with four ex-husbands until they died from heart attacks,]] stole their insurance money, gotten away with it, and almost made the Professor her next victim in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL_fl5Wbugw&feature=related Til Death Do Us Apart - And Make It Soon]]. The episode, "She's Positive", in Season 5, has T finding the girl of his dreams, but then has second thoughts after finding out she's HIV-Positive.
** The fifth season opener may be the darkest episode of the whole series. Not even Nikki's and Paris' girl fight didn't seem to be PlayedForLaughs, seeing that Paris did intend to take out Nikki along with the Professor.

* FauxYay: Nikki and Veronica, off all people, acted as a lesbian couple to avoid a lesbian hitting on them. It quickly turns into LesYay when said lesbian compliment Andell's complexion, who is actually flattered.
* FemmeFatale: Paris. Kinda doubles as a DarkActionGirl as she breaks a table in half during her girl fight with Nikki in Til Death Do Us Apart - And Make It Soon, causing Nikki to back down. See DarkerAndEdgier for more examples.

** Nikki grows more stalker-like in her advances towards Oglevee, to the point where he'd be gaslighted into going to couple's therapy with her and she keeps spare keys to his apartment. This was in contrast to the earlier episodes where Nikki was clearly thirsty for his affection but was aghast at the suggestion of taking photos of him asleep and sneaking into his apartment for Rush Week.
** Kim goes from a ditzy DeadpanSnarker to someone who is so idiotic that it's amazing she even graduated Kindergarten much less is attending junior college.

* FriendlyEnemies: Kim and Freddie.
* GameShowAppearance: Nikki and her family are on a game show called Family Secrets. [[spoiler: It's revealed that Nikki's mom and dad are actually her aunt and uncle and that her favorite aunt-a traveling jazz singer- is really her mother]].

* GenkiGirl: Kim.

* LastDisrespects: ''Dead Clown Walking'' where Nikki's beloved clown, Tebo, died and she holds a memorial service at her home. People are more interested in the food, Free Style Unity performs a song that CrossesTheLineTwice, Tebo's son reveals him to be an unfaithful husband and [[AbusiveParents bad dad]] who had a small pecker, his agent was more concerned about losing a commission, and his best friend reavealed Tebo to have betrayed him amongst other things.

* LonelyRichKid: Stevie, she talks of being neglected by her parents and even her grandparents.
* MagicalRealism: One HalloweenEpisode featured a Egyptian sorceress who tried to sacrifice the main cast to resurrect her dead lover, complete with mummy minions. A Valentines Day episode featured a Jamaican witch who gives Nikki a love potion that enchants most of the main cast. One ChristmasEpisode featured Santa Claus. Finally, the episode, "Saving Grace," features angels, that was not even a holiday special.

** Kim recieves some of this, even capturing male attention.

* TooDumbToLive: The Professor, as much as you would want to get away from Nikki, is it worth becoming the next victim of the woman you proposed to, who got away with killed her fourth-ex husbands and collect their insurance, and suddenly reappears when you're in the newspaper for your inheritance after she coldly turns you down?

----> '''Nikki''': Your honor, we have eleven guilty votes, and one '''dumbass''' not-guilty vote.

* [[WellDoneSonGuy Well Done Daughter Guy]]: Nikki's father hadn't forgave Nikki for getting pregnant with Kim out of high school for 20 years, which has been distressing his wife and Nikki.

* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: [[ShutUpHannibal "Oh, and by the way, your name ain't 'Tra-say' it's Tracey, girl."]] Mind you, this was a ShutUpHannibal moment from ''Kim''.

* ArtisticLicenseEducation: The show has a tendency to depict activities and services usually associated with state universities with Santa Monica College, which is a community college. For example, city colleges don't have fraternities and sororities.

* FiveManBand: In a way...
** TheHero: Nikki.
** TheLancer: Kim, Andell during Nikki's crazy schemes.
** TheSmartGuy: Stevie and/or Professor Oglevee.
** TheBigGuy: T.
** TheChick: Andell/Kim.

* BigBeautifulWoman: Nikki, Kim, and Andell are both rather large women and are portrayed as [[DudeMagnet Dude Magnets]], to a certain degree.

* TheBroCode: Andel breaks it when [[spoiler: she makes out with Mel, Nikki's ex-husband]] in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGYt4QcXYT0&feature=related Et Tu Andell?]] Stevie does the same to Kim after dating Hakeem.

* JerkAss: Gertie in general, but especially in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJHJs5lZntI&feature=related Practice What You Preach]], who kinda steps over the line for MoralEventHorizon for airing her old classmate Carla's laundry, [[HeelFaithTurn who just became a new minister]], about having a child out of wedlock with a married man and her attendance at Nikki's naughty-girl party, despite that [[{{Hypocrite}} Gertie herself was there]], all because [[DisproportionateRetribution Carla cheated off Gertie's exam]] and [[FreudianExcuse made her take the fall]].

** In the Western parody, "The Good, the Bad, and the Funny" Kim plays a schoolmarm who becomes a chorus girl starting with a wholesome song before doing a [[FamilyFriendlyStripper stip]] and sensuous dance that seems to echoa [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QuBTyyuQqg Annette Funicello's "Hang a Lantern in your Window" and "Mr. Piano Man, Please" numbers in "The Golden Horseshoe Revue"]].

* GayBarReveal: In the episode, "Since I Lost My Baby", Nikki teams up with Veronica to end Stanley's relationship with a woman named Angela. They (along with Andell) later discovered that Angela's ex, Chris turns out to actually be a woman when they find her at the club she works at, learning that Angela is a lesbian, and that they ended up at a gaybar. HilarityEnsues.

* KarmaHoudini: Nikki Parker. One would think that her constant harassment of Professor Oglevee and pretty much any female character in his general vicinity would land her a few nights in jail or at the very least see her either expelled from school or sued into oblivion, but Nikki very rarely faces any sort of comeuppance for her behavior. One Season 4 episode sees her deliberately harassing Professor Oglevee's date, Candy, completely unprovoked; she throws food into Candy's lap, and further humiliates the poor woman by snatching the wig right off of her head. And what happens after this incident of blatant assault? Absolutely nothing, Nikki comes home to a gentle moment with an adorable kid asking her if she caught uncle Stanley with "the floozy".

* KarmaHoudini: Nikki Parker. One would think that her constant harassment of Professor Oglevee and pretty much any female character in his general vicinity would land her a few nights in jail or at the very least see her sued into oblivion, but Nikki very rarely faces any sort of comeuppance for her behavior. One Season 4 episode sees her deliberately harassing Professor Oglevee's date, Candy, completely unprovoked; she throws food into Candy's lap, and further humiliates the poor woman by snatching the wig right off of her head. And what happens after this incident of blatant assault? Absolutely nothing, Nikki comes home to a gentle moment with an adorable kid asking her if she caught uncle Stanley with "the floozy".

* GayBarReveal: In the episode, "Since I Lost My Baby", Nikki teams up with Veronica to end Stanley's relationship with a woman named Angela. They (along with Andell) later discovered that Angela's ex-boyfriend Chris turns out to actually be a woman when they find her at the club Chris works at, learning that Angela is a lesbian, and that they ended up at a gaybar. HilarityEnsues.

* BrokenAesop: [[spoiler: Nikki, after so many years of putting herself out there only to get rejected coldly time and time again by the professor, finally moves on for good and gets over him, planning to marry a new man who treats her well and respects her. During the series finale wedding ceremony The Professor, after having a LoveEpiphany, goes to her and begs for her love, only to have her reject her husband to be so she can be with him. So, to review - obsess over someone until you have too much respect for yourself & finally move on and then the person of your obsession will come around?]]

* DarkerAndEdgier: The final episodes in the fourth season onto the final season opener seemed to be much more serious, especially the fourth season finale, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVT_o4y51JI&feature=related An Ivy League Of Her Own]], starting from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLkeDjHHKr4&feature=related Jury Duty]] when a gold-digger [[DeathBySex slept her with four ex-husbands until they died from heart attacks,]] stole their insurance money, gotten away with it, and almost made the Professor her next victim in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL_fl5Wbugw&feature=related Til Death Do Us Apart - And Make It Soon]]. The episode, "She's Positive", in Season 5, has T finding the girl of his dream, but then has second thoughts after finding out she's HIV-Positive.

* LastDisrespects: ''Dead Clown Walking'' where Nikki's beloved clown, Tebo, died and she holds a memorial service at her home. People are more interested in the food, Free Style Unity performs a song that CrossesTheLineTwice, Tebo's son reveals him to be [[YourCheatingHeart an unfaithful husband]] and [[AbusiveParents bad dad]] who had a small pecker, his agent was more concerned about losing a commission, and his best friend reavealed Tebo to have betrayed him amongst other things.

* TeensAreShort: Kim is significantly shorter than both her parents (Countess Vaughn is 4'11'', Monique is 5'9'', Tommy Ford is 6'4''). Lampshaded by an EnfanteTerrible in one episode who, when told by Kim that her father was also tall, responded with MamasBabyPapasMaybe.

* ArtisticLicenseEducation: The show has a tendency to depict activities and services usually associated with state universities with Santa Monica College, which is a public city school. For example, public schools don't have fraternities and sororities.

''The Parkers'' is a ComedySeries that aired on Creator/{{UPN}} from August 30, 1999, to May 10, 2004. A spin-off of ''Series/{{Moesha}}'', ''The Parkers'' featured the mother-daughter team of Nikki (played by Mo'Nique) and Kim Parker (played by Creator/CountessVaughn).

''The Parkers'' is a ComedySeries that aired on Creator/{{UPN}} from August 30, 1999, to May 10, 2004. A spin-off of ''Series/{{Moesha}}'', ''The Parkers'' featured the mother-daughter team of Nikki (played by Mo'Nique) and Kim Parker (played by Countess Vaughn).

''The Parkers'' is a ComedySeries that aired on Creator/{{UPN}} from August 30, 1999, to May 10, 2004. A spin-off of UPN's ''Series/{{Moesha}}'', ''The Parkers'' featured the mother-daughter team of Nikki (played by Mo'Nique) and Kim Parker (played by Countess Vaughn).

The series centered around a mother and daughter who both attend Santa Monica College. Nikki Parker was forced to give up her dreams of going to college when she discovered she was pregnant with daughter Kim. After Kim reaches adulthood, Nikki finally decides to go back to school. Kim is initially mortified with this decision, but eventually accepts the situation. Most episodes revolved around Nikki's [[StalkerWithACrush infatuation]] with Professor Stanley Oglevee or trying to break up any other potential romance he has.

Unlike Moesha, this was a straight up comedy sitcom then a Dramady. And even managed to reach it's end unlike it's parent series which ended on a {{Cliffhanger}}.

* BigBeautifulWoman: Nikki and Andell are both rather large women and are portrayed as [[DudeMagnet Dude Magnets]], to a certain degree.