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* NightmareFuel: The scene where Norbit gets home from his date with Kate and a ''very'' angry Rasputia is sitting on a couch in the dark, waiting for him. Meanwhile, Norbit is nervously calling for her, and both he and the audience knows that ThisIsGonnaSuck, big time.


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** To be fair, if Norbit had been straightforward warning Kate, Rasputia probably would've killed them both. Remember, she was eavesdropping on them.
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* WhatAnIdiot: Really, Norbit? Okay, you were protecting Kate from Rasputia's wrath. I get that part. You couldn't say, "You need to get out of here before Rasputia kills you!" No, you had to go with, "I don't care about the orphanage or you, and Rasputia's the only woman I'll ever need!"

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* WhatAnIdiot: Really, Norbit? Okay, you were protecting Kate from Rasputia's wrath. I We get that part. You But you couldn't say, "You need to get out of here before Rasputia kills you!" No, Instead, you had to go with, "I don't care about the orphanage or you, and Rasputia's the only woman I'll ever need!"
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** Eddie Griffin & Katt Williams play ex-pimps who now run a rib shack.
** Rasputia's oldest brother is played by Terry Crews (yes, as in the Old Spice double sun power guy).



** Well, she locked him in the basement to split them apart. Any other reaction probably would have pissed her off.
** Rasputia was standing right there listening to everything they said. If he'd told Kate the truth, she probably ''would'' have killed her right then and there.
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Norbit. He's unceremoniously dropped off at an orphanage by his birth parents as a baby, he's forced to date and marry Rasputia and become a part of her criminal family, and is basically treated like a slave from then on. His happy ending was ENTIRELY earned.
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** See AbuseIsOkayWhenItIsFemaleOnMale on the main page.
** Eddie Murphy's portrayal of Mr. Wong, who is nothing but a living breathing Asian stereotype, in {{Yellowface}}.
** The portrayal of Rasputia the overweight dark skinned black woman who is looked down on and mocked for her weight and unattractiveness while light skinned pencil thin has serious BeautyEqualsGoodness and ugly equals bad and makes you a figure of ridicule implication (which is particularly relevant when obesity is a common problem in the US and among African American women). The Rasputia character has also been criticized for perpetuating the myths of black matriarchy (the idea that black womens domineering nature emasculates men and is the cause of the breakdown of many families)
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: After literally being thrown out of the house by Rasputia, Norbit imagines Lloyd the dog (voiced by his brother, [[ChappellesShow Charlie]]) talking to him, telling him to "kill the bitch!"

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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: After literally being thrown out of the house by Rasputia, Norbit imagines Lloyd the dog (voiced by his brother, [[ChappellesShow [[Series/ChappellesShow Charlie]]) talking to him, telling him to "kill the bitch!"
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** The portrayal of Rasputia the overweight dark skinned black woman who is looked down on and mocked for her weight and unattractiveness while light skinned pencil thin has serious BeautyEqualsGoodness and ugly equals bad and makes you a figure of ridicule implication (which is particularly relevant when obesity is a common problem in the US and among African American women). The Rasputia character has also been criticized for perpetuating the myths of black matriarchy (the idea that black womens domineering nature emasculates men and is the cause of the breakdown of many families)
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Rasputia cannot be a Complete Monster since most of the abuse she inflicts on Norbit is Played For Laughs....take a look at this before suggesting complete monsters http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=6vic3f9h1cy5qivsenw8llok&page=1


* CompleteMonster: Rasputia.
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** Eddie Murphy's portrayal of Mr. Wong, who is nothing but a living breathing Asian stereotype, in {{Yellowface}}.
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Rasputia & her brothers would have qualified as complete monsters if their abuse WASN\'T played for laughs like it was.


* CompleteMonster: Rasputia and her brothers.
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* MoneyDearBoy: Eddie Murphy has never really been shy about mentioning his motives for doing the movie. When one reporter mentioned that had he could have won an Oscar for ''Dreamgirls'' had this not been released during voting time, he reportedly said an Oscar would be nice, but it couldn't pay the bills.

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* UnfortunateImplications: See AbuseIsOkayWhenItIsFemaleOnMale
** And that's only ''the beginning''!

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* MoneyDearBoy: Eddie Murphy has never really been shy about mentioning his motives for doing the movie. When one reporter mentioned that had he could have won an Oscar for ''Dreamgirls'' had this not been released during voting time, he reportedly said an Oscar would be nice, but it couldn't pay the bills.
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** Rasputia was standing right there listening to everything they said. If he'd told Kate the truth, she probably ''would'' have killed her right then and there.

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** Rasputia's oldest brother is played by Terry Crews (yes, as in the Old Spice double sun power guy).
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** Although, it can be SoBadItsGood if you look at it in the right light.
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** Well, she locked him in the basement to split them apart. Any other reaction probably would have pissed her off.

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