History Trivia / TheBoondocks

** A more subtle one to ''TheLorax'' is in Wuncler's name.

** The ColdOpening for the episode "The S-Word" is based on an actual news piece.

*** [[KeijiFujiwara Ed Wuncler III]] is [[MobileSuitGundam00 Ali al-Saachez]] and [[ShinChan Hiroshi Nohara]].

** ''{{Scrubs}}'' regular John C. [=McGinley=] iss The White Shadow.

** [[Series/Reno911 Cedric Yarbrough]] is Bushido Brown in the first season.
*** Michael Jai White a.k.a. Black Dynamite from the [[Film/BlackDynamite film]] and [[WesternAnimation/BlackDynamite animated series]] plays Bushido Brown in the third season.

** The episode where Jazmine runs a lemonade stand has numerous shout-outs and references to ''DoTheRightThing'', including constant references to the heat, police brutality, and a riot diverted from assaulting a human to destroying property (Huey gets permission first, though).

*** Michael Jai White a.k.a. BlackDynamite from Film and animated series plays Bushido Brown in the third season.

** KeithDavid is Bushido Brown.
*** Michael Jai White a.k.a. BlackDynamite from Film and animated series plays Bushido Brown in the third season

** One of the members of the Hateocracy wields [[MasterOfTheFlyingGuillotine the Flying Guillotine.]]

** Huey uses the [[FinalFantasyX Sphere Shot and Jecht Shot]] in the kickball episode.

*** [[[[ReikoKiuchi Huey]] is [[DigimonAdventure02 Daisuke Motomiya]].
*** [[[[KeikoNemoto Riley]] is [[{{Naruto}} Shizune]].

** ''{{Scrubs}}'' regular John C. [=McGinley=] plays The White Shadow.
** [=McGinley=]'s {{Scrubs}} co-star Donald Faison appears as The Freeman's ancestor, "Catcher" Tobias Lynchwater, as well as [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed someone who isn't Reginald Hudlin]].
** [[{{Firefly}} Zoe]] (GinaTorres) is Ebony Brown!
** Badass motherfucker SamuelLJackson plays Gin Rummy.
** Watch "A Date With the Booty Warrior" again. Listen to the voice of the man demonstrating the anti-rape technique. Sound familiar? It's JohnLandis!
** Beloved rapper Mos Def plays Gangstalicious.
** [[GoodTimes Jimmie Walker]] plays Mr. George Pissedofferson. He even wears the hat and says "dy-no-'''mite!'''".

** The biggest little pimp in the world, Kat Williams, plays A Pimp Named Slickback.
** SnoopDogg and BustaRhymes as Macktastic and Flonominal respectively.
** If you listen close enough you can hear Tom Kenny, a.k.a. SpongebobSquarepants. He's married to Jill Talley, who provides the voice of Sarah.
** Granddad is voiced by John Witherspoon, a.k.a. Pops from ''The Wayans Bros''. He's also Ice Cube's dad Willie in the ''Film/{{Friday}}'' movies, along with Regina King (Huey and Riley) who played his daughter Dana in the first one.
** The "Health Inspector". The first time he appeared, you expected him to go [[WhiteChicks "Easy white chocolate, I wouldn't want you to melt..."]]
** AdamWest as the voice of R. Kelly's lawyer.
** Did [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Zuko]] just join the Woodcrest kickball team?
** Ed Wuncler makes a bet with [[WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures Uncle]].
** And speaking of Ed Wuncler, Sr., he's voiced by and looks like EdwardAsner.
** [[WolverineAndTheXMen Magneto]]'s trying to kill [=LaMilton=].
** [[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy Cindy]] is... TaraStrong, aka ''[[TransformersAnimated Sari]]'', [[{{Rugrats}} Dill]], [[PowerpuffGirls Bubbles]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Ben10}} Ben]], [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans Raven]], [[FairlyOddParents Timmy]] and [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]]?!
** [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Fire Lord]] [[TheDCAU Joker]] is the Potdealer, whose specialty product is "[[MarkHamill Skywalker]]".
** [[{{Futurama}} Bender]] used to be the head of security on JerrySpringer before getting his own show.
** {{Spawn}} is Bushido Brown, not to mention [[spoiler: the cop that arrests the Hateocracy for Brown's murder. Trippy]].
** Uncle Ruckus is ''[[MalcolmInTheMiddle Abe Kenarban]]''?!
** [[{{Archer}} Aisha Tyler]] is Luna, the eponymous character of "Attack of the Killer Kung-Fu Wolf Bitch".

*** Huey [[ReikoKiuchi is]] [[DigimonAdventure02 Daisuke Motomiya]]
*** Riley [[KeikoNemoto is]] [[{{Naruto}} Shizune]]
*** Tom Dubois [[KunihikoYasui is]] [[KingOfFighters Iori Yagami]] and [[MartianSuccessorNadesico Haruki Kusakabe]]
*** Ed Wuncler III [[KeijiFujiwara is]] [[MobileSuitGundam00 Ali al-Saachez]] and [[ShinChan Hiroshi Nohara]]
*** Gangstalicious [[KazuyaNakai is]] [[SengokuBasara Date Masamune]] and [[OnePiece Roronoa Zoro.]] ''[[PlayingAgainstType Ouch.]]''

** Ruckus' demonstration with Huey's nunchaku is taken directly from (and might even be using the same sound effects from) [[BruceLee Bruce Lee's]] iconic performance with the weapon in ''EnterTheDragon''.

** The episode "Guess Hoes Coming to Dinner" has a ''very'' similar plot to a SamuraiChamploo episode. So of course Jin makes a cameo in the backround staring the hoe-in-questions ass covering his mouth and saying "daaaaammnnnnnn!"

** In "The Fried Chicken Flu", there is a scene that looks like a {{homage}} to the [[MadMax TheRoadWarrior]].

** In the TV series first season, Uncle Ruckus refers to [[{{Bloom County}} Berke Breathed]] as "... that genius that drew that strip with the talkin' penguin... Master Penguin Drawer", while listing great white artists.

** A more subtle one to ''The Lorax'' is in Wuncler's name.
** In the "Killer Kung-Fu Wolf Bitch" when Luna beats up Tom, an unseen announcer proclaims it a [[MortalKombat flawless victory.]] She also performs Kano's infamous heartrip fatality during a flashback.

** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9sABRosdNg My president is black and my Lambo's blue, nigga!]]"

** More disturbingly, the Booty Warrior is based on [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9WClv4U5B8&feature=related a real inmate]].

** The beginning of the fight between [[spoiler: a Stinkmeaner-possessed Tom]] and the Freemans closely resembles that of the climax of Spike vs. Vincent Volaju from ''CowboyBebop''.

** There are lots more to Creator/MontyPython than [[XMeetsY you]] [[BritishStuffiness might]] [[SaltAndPepper expect.]]

*** The cop caught in Gin and Ed III's crossfire at the mini-mart [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail isn't quite dead yet]]. In fact, he might pull through. Actually, I think he's going to be [[KilledMidSentence BLAMBLAMBLAM oh, dangit.]]

* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The episode "Smokin' With Cigarettes" is a parody of the Latarian Milton incident, in which a little boy robbed his grandma's car and shortly afterward, attacked her for not buying him chicken wings. In true RefugeInAudacity fashion, he is treated as the "ultimate evil" in a ShoutOut to Dr. Loomis' speech in ''Film/{{Halloween}}''.

** In "Smokin' With Cigarettes", an episode revolving around Riley and [[EnfanteTerrible his friend Lamilton]], a man named [[Film/{{Halloween}} Dr. Doomis]] shows up. Lamilton himself is based on [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcqOgnQyXp4 this kid.]]

** "Smokin' With Cigarettes" features an obvious one to ''Film/{{Halloween}}'' with the bald old man's speech about [[LawyerFriendlyCameo Lamiltion.]]

** [[{{Firefly}} Zoe]] is Ebony Brown!

** The scene with a possessed Tom swearing his ass off in court is very similar to LiarLiar.

** The shootout at the convenience store had a conversation that sounded almost exactly like the "Message for you, sir" scene from ''MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''. See ShoutOut for some more Python homages.

** There are lots more to [[MontyPythonsFlyingCircus Monty Python]] than [[XMeetsY you]] [[BritishStuffiness might]] [[SaltAndPepper expect.]]
*** The rioting prisoners getting bogged down in a committee meeting, a la the [[MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian People's Front of Judea]]. And while this one guy may not have the right to white bitches, he has the right to ''ask'' for white bitches.

*** The cop caught in Gin and Ed III's crossfire at the mini-mart [[MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail isn't quite dead yet]]. In fact, he might pull through. Actually, I think he's going to be [[KilledMidSentence BLAMBLAMBLAM oh, dangit.]]

** [[{Firefly} Zoe]] is Ebony Brown!

** [[GoodTimes Jimmie Walker]] playsMr george pissendorf. he eevne where at the hat and says dynomite.

** [[GoodTimes Jimmiewalker]] playsMr george pissendorf. he eevne where at the hat and says dynomite.

** [[GoodTimesJimmie walker]] playsMr george pissendorf. he eevne where at the hat and says dynomite.

** The whole episode served as a parody to movies like {{Scarface}}. Most of the music is a JimmyHartVersion of one song or another from that film.

** [[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy Cindy]] is... TaraStrong, aka ''[[TransformersAnimated Sari]]'', [[{{Rugrats}} Dill]], [[PowerpuffGirls Bubbles]], [[{{Ben10}} Ben]], [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans Raven]], [[FairlyOddParents Timmy]] and [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]]?!
** [[AvatarTheLastAirbender Fire Lord]] [[TheDCAU Joker]] is the Potdealer, whose specialty product is "[[MarkHamill Skywalker]]".

** [[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy Cindy]] is... TaraStrong, aka ''[[TransformersAnimated Sari]]'', [[{{Rugrats}} Dill]], [[PowerpuffGirls Bubbles]], [[{{Ben10}} Ben]], [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans Raven]], [[FairlyOddParents Timmy]] and [[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]]?!

* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The episode "Smokin' With Cigarettes" is a parody of the Latarian Milton incident, in which a little boy robbed his grandma's car. In true RefugeInAudacity fashion, he is treated as the "ultimate evil" in a ShoutOut to Dr. Loomis' speech in ''Film/{{Halloween}}''.

** In "Smokin' With Cigarettes", an episode revolving around Riley and [[EnfanteTerrible his friend Lamilton]], a man named [[{{Halloween}} Dr. Doomis]] shows up. Lamilton himself is based on [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcqOgnQyXp4 this kid.]]

* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The episode "Smokin' With Cigarettes" is a parody of the Latarian Milton incident, in which a little boy robbed his grandma's car. In true RefugeInAudacity fashion, he is treated as the "ultimate evil" in a ShoutOut to Dr. Loomis' speech in ''{{Halloween}}''.

** "Smokin' With Cigarettes" features an obvious one to {{Halloween}} with the bald old man's speech about [[LawyerFriendlyCameo Lamiltion.]]