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* At one point Riley calls Cristal a "fake-ass Music/MariahCarey" in reference to her lighter complexion, Ebonic voice, and use of the word "nigga".
** Ironically, Huey once called Jazmine this in reference to her mixed race in the comic strip.


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* The DreamIntro may be a reference to Film/LikeMike.
** Funnily enough, Riley's cornrow hairstyle makes him resemble (Lil')Bow Wow.
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* MLKJ appears on an {{Creator/MTV}} awards show, Bill Maher's ''Politically Incorrect'' (where he makes controversial comments about 9/11, mirroring a similar incident by Maher himself), and later a Creator/FoxNewsChannel talk show where the host berates him for an apparent lack of patriotism.

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* MLKJ appears on an {{Creator/MTV}} awards show, Bill Maher's ''Politically Incorrect'' (where he makes controversial comments about 9/11, mirroring a similar incident by Maher himself), and later a Creator/FoxNewsChannel Fox News Channel talk show where the host berates him for an apparent lack of patriotism.
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** Rudlin also proposes a ''ComicBook/BlackPanther'' cartoon ([[HilariousInHindsight which later became]] an [[WesternAnimation/BlackPanther actual show]]).

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** Rudlin also proposes a ''ComicBook/BlackPanther'' cartoon ([[HilariousInHindsight which later became]] an [[WesternAnimation/BlackPanther [[WesternAnimation/BlackPanther2010 actual show]]).
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* During MLKJ's rant against "niggas", he says that "[[{{Creator/BET}} Black Entertainment Television]] [[TakeThat is the worst thing I have ever seen]]!", "No {{Music/Usher}}, Music/MichaelJackson is ''not'' a genre of music!", and "Now let's talk about ''Film/SoulPlane''...".

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* During MLKJ's rant against "niggas", he says that "[[{{Creator/BET}} Black Entertainment Television]] is the [[TakeThat is the worst thing I have ever seen]]!", "No {{Music/Usher}}, Music/MichaelJackson is ''not'' a genre of music!", and "Now let's talk about ''Film/SoulPlane''...".



** Rudlin also proposes a ''ComicBook/BlackPanther'' cartoon ([[HilariousInHindsight which later became]] [[WesternAnimation/BlackPanther an actual show]]).

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** Rudlin also proposes a ''ComicBook/BlackPanther'' cartoon ([[HilariousInHindsight which later became]] an [[WesternAnimation/BlackPanther an actual show]]).



* One of Riley's classmates is cast in molten chocolate and mailed back to Riley. When he arrives, he looks like [[Franchise/StarWars Han Solo]] [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack frozen in carbonite]].
* Riley also visits a "''Scarface'' hotel suite", where he confronts the World's Ultimate Chocolate boss [[EvilBrit Alistair]] [[LondonGangster Ripley]].

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* One of Riley's classmates is cast in molten chocolate and mailed back to Riley. When he arrives, he looks like [[Franchise/StarWars Han Solo]] frozen [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack frozen in carbonite]].
* Riley also visits a "''Scarface'' hotel suite", where he confronts the World's Ultimate Chocolate boss [[EvilBrit Alistair]] [[LondonGangster Alistair Ripley]].



* A TV news anchorwoman describes [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Ed Wuncler I]] as a "[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Mr. Burns]] [[{{Expy}} knock-off]]".

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* A TV news anchorwoman describes [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Ed Wuncler I]] as a "[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Mr. Burns]] [[{{Expy}} knock-off]]".knock-off".
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** While Riley rants at Ripley, he yells "Fuck Creator/GuyRitchie," "Fuck [[UsefulNotes/HMTheQueen the Queen]]," and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9sABRosdNg My president is black, and my Lambo's blue]]!"

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** While Riley rants at Ripley, he yells "Fuck Creator/GuyRitchie," "Fuck [[UsefulNotes/HMTheQueen [[UsefulNotes/ElizabethII the Queen]]," and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9sABRosdNg My president is black, and my Lambo's blue]]!"
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* Shabazz K. Milton Berle seems to be based on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumia_Abu-Jamal Mumia Abu-Jamal]]. Mumia was a [[AngryBlackMan Black Panther]] who was convicted and imprisoned for the murder of a white cop, although he and his supporters claim that he's actually an innocent man. Shabazz seems to be based on the belief that Mumia was wrongly convicted of the crime.

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* Shabazz K. Milton Berle seems to be based on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumia_Abu-Jamal Mumia Abu-Jamal]]. Mumia was a [[AngryBlackMan Black Panther]] Panther who was convicted and imprisoned for the murder of a white cop, although he and his supporters claim that he's actually an innocent man. Shabazz seems to be based on the belief that Mumia was wrongly convicted of the crime.
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* In Jazmine's dream sequence, the praise break involves people doing acrobatic flips in the aisles, which is a reference to the similar scene from Film/BluesBrothers.

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* In Jazmine's dream sequence, the praise break involves people doing acrobatic flips in the aisles, which is a reference to the similar scene from Film/BluesBrothers.
''Film/TheBluesBrothers''.
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* A direct allusion to ''Franchise/StarWars'', not only in [[Film/AttackOfTheClones the title]], but also a dream scene in which Granddad imagines that he's [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack a Jedi being trained by Yoda]] to fight a [[DarthVaderClone Darth Stinkmeaner]].

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* A direct allusion to ''Franchise/StarWars'', not only in [[Film/AttackOfTheClones the title]], but also a dream scene in which Granddad imagines that he's [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack a Jedi being trained by Yoda]] to fight a [[DarthVaderClone Darth Stinkmeaner]].Stinkmeaner.
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* In Jazmine's dream sequence, the praise break involves people doing acrobatic flips in the aisles, which is a reference to the similar scene from [[Film/BluesBrothers]].

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* In Jazmine's dream sequence, the praise break involves people doing acrobatic flips in the aisles, which is a reference to the similar scene from [[Film/BluesBrothers]].
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* In Jazmine's dream sequence, the praise break involves people doing acrobatic flips in the aisles, which is a reference to the similar scene from [[Film/BluesBrothers]].
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* Ed and Rummy spend the episode trying to kidnap Creator/OprahWinfrey , but by mistake they grab Creator/MayaAngelou, and later Creator/BillCosby.

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* Ed and Rummy spend the episode trying to kidnap Creator/OprahWinfrey , Creator/OprahWinfrey, but by mistake they grab Creator/MayaAngelou, and later Creator/BillCosby.

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