Line #43 Characters/EverybodyHatesChris


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4	!!Chris' Family
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6	[[folder:In General]]
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8	* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Despite all their trials and tribulations (especially towards Chris), they clearly love each other to pieces.
9	* BadassFamily: They're all proven to be capable of some awesome feats. Thanks to ForegoneConclusion, we all know [[EarnYourHappyEnding what happens to]] [[Creator/ChrisRock Chris]] [[IronWoobie despite all he goes through here]].
10	* DysfunctionalFamily: And ''how''.
11	* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling:
12	** Their parents expect Chris to be the Responsible to Drew and Tonya's Foolish. Indeed, as the oldest sibling, Chris is often the OnlySaneMan.
13	--->'''Tonya:''' Chris, get me some potato chips.
14	--->'''Drew:''' Chris, help me with my homework.
15	--->'''Tonya:''' Chris, find my doll.
16	--->'''Drew:''' Chris, go make me a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
17	--->'''Tonya:''' Chris, make me some Kool-Aid.
18	--->'''Drew:''' Chris, strap up my shoe.
19	--->'''Tonya:''' Chris, tie my shoe!
20	--->'''Drew:''' Chris, help! My head is stuck!
21	** Tonya is the Foolish compared to Drew and Chris. She is a little brat but almost always gets away with it, while both her brothers are more kind and reasonable.
22	* {{Jerkass}}: Mostly Rochelle and Tonya, but Chris, Drew, and Julius all have their cases of picking up the JerkassBall.
23	* OnlyOneName: Weirdly, much like ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'', they are never referred to by their surnames, though it's quite obvious it should be "Rock". The kids are always referred to by their first names even if their classmates are referred to by their full names and even more bizarrely, Julius and Rochelle are referred to as "Mr. Julius" and "Mrs. Rochelle".
24	* WorkingClassHero: As a black family in America, they struggle to make money and find success.
25	[[/folder]]
26
27	[[folder:Chris]]
28	[[quoteright:281:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chris_7.jpg]]
29	->'''Voiced by:''' [[Creator/ChrisRock Himself]] (adult)
30	->'''Played by:''' Creator/TylerJamesWilliams (teen)
31
32	The comedian Chris Rock is the main protagonist, appearing as a fictionalized version of himself. His adult self narrates the misadventures of his younger self, who is growing up in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn during the 1980s. Life isn't easy between living with a quirky family in the ghetto, attending a mostly white school, and having a great deal of bad luck.
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34	* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: He's bullied by both classmates and neighborhood thugs.
35	* AuthorAvatar: The series as a whole is a [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory semi-autobiographical, semi-fictionalized]] retelling of his adolescence.
36	* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Chris desperately wants a girlfriend and actually gets together with Tasha at one point, but [[ClingyJealousGirl she turns out to be extremely clingy and jealous]], making him very uncomfortable and [[StatusQuoIsGod causing them to break up]].
37	* BookDumb: Despite hanging out with the nerds at school, his grades are rather poor, [[spoiler:eventually failing 10th grade (this is due to him being late to class over 20 times, however) and dropping out of high school. Though he soon takes the GED, and eventually becomes a successful comedian.]]
38	* BullyMagnet: Chris is an easy target for bullies at school due to his race.
39	* ButtMonkey: His bad luck is taken to exaggerated levels. [[DiabolusExMachina VERY few episodes end on a positive note for him]].
40	* CelebrityResemblance: Parodied. Many non-black characters insist that he bears a striking resemblance to Music/LionelRichie. Suffice to say, he looks absolutely nothing like him.
41	* CharacterDevelopment: Chris is a bit of a "dork" at the beginning of the series and struggles socially, which in one episode he realizes is part of the cause of his bullying problems rather than just being the only black kid in school. By season four he is much more normal and a straight example of a LoserProtagonist.
42	* CharacterNarrator: An older Chris tells the story via voiceover.
43	* DeadpanSnarker: His adult self is constantly cracking wise as the narrator, usually [[SelfDeprecation to mock his kid self.]]
44	* FailureHero: The chances of him getting a happy ending are ''very'' rare.
45	* FirstPersonSmartass: Adult Chris is very snarky, often saying the opposite of what Teen Chris says, or making fun of [[SelfDeprecation himself]] and [[TakeThat others]].
46	* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: His parents expect him to be the Responsible to Drew and Tonya's Foolish (and he usually is) because he's the oldest and they are harder on him as a result.
47	* HatedByAll: Downplayed, despite the title of the show. While he's a [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer bullied and unpopular kid]], much of his CosmicPlaything is the result of [[BornUnlucky bad luck]] rather than being hated. It's obvious that [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther his family loves him deep down]].
48	* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Greg.
49	* HopelessSuitor: For the first few seasons, at least. He gets a bit better later on.
50	* LaserGuidedKarma: He does deserve ''some'' of the treatment he gets at the end of certain episodes. An example of this would be in "Everybody Hates Drew" where he intentionally broke Drew's hand through a karate move taught to him in self-defense class. By the end of the episode, after explaining the situation with Drew, the latter tries the same move on Chris and breaks his hand as well.
51	* LoserProtagonist: Whenever Chris tries to do anything meaningful, it always backfires on him by the end of the episode. This theme is played till the series end, [[spoiler:Where Chris doesn't finish high school, so he takes his GED test. Before the results of the test are announced, the show suddenly ends, taking a cue from ''Series/TheSopranos''.]][[note]]Though it's heavily implied via a camera close up of a '735' that he passed the GED with that exact score.[[/note]]
52	* NiceGuy: Chris is a nice, polite, friendly guy. [[JerkassBall Most of the time.]]
53	* OnlySaneMan: One of the few levelheaded people in his entire school and neighborhood.
54	* ThisLoserIsYou: The title should already give you a clue about how the show treats him.
55	* TokenMinority: Downplayed. He's the only black student in his school for the first season, but Hispanic and Asian students also attend Corleone. [[AvertedTrope Averted]] altogether in the final season when he attends Tattaglia, much to his surprise.
56	* TheUnfavorite: Downplayed. His parents love him but he is treated far worse than both his younger brother and sister throughout the whole series.
57	* VocalEvolution: By the third season, his voice finally dropped and came out sounding even deeper than Drew's.
58	* YankTheDogsChain: Even if something good happens to him at the end of an episode, he still ends up on the short end of the stick once again.
59	[[/folder]]
60
61	[[folder:Julius]]
62	[[quoteright:281:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/julius_4.jpg]]
63	->'''Played by:''' Creator/TerryCrews
64
65	Chris' father, and Rochelle's husband. He works as a newspaper delivery man and a security guard.
66	----
67	* BewareTheNiceOnes: Julius is the easygoing parent, but the kids are still afraid of getting on his bad side.
68	** [[spoiler: Only in two episodes did Julius give Chris a beating as punishment for his misdeeds. Once, when Chris blew Julius’ lottery money on an arcade game costing the family a fortune, and again when Chris gets in trouble for telling dirty jokes at school. On this occasion, however, Julius was going to spare Chris stating that there will be trouble “next time” it happens but Rochelle interjects with “as far as I’m concerned, this time is next time” resulting in Chris getting beat by both parents.]]
69	** In one episode, Chris has an ImagineSpot where he imagines Julius tossing him out a window for driving the car without permission.
70	* BigEater: The man loves food, especially if its deep-fried and smothered in gravy (a bit of PlayingAgainstType since his actor Terry Crews is a health nut). In fact, the one time he says he's not hungry, Chris thinks [[CueTheFlyingPigs Hell had to have frozen over.]]
71	* BoyfriendBlockingDad: To Tonya. He declares he will protect her from everything, and attempts to threaten her boyfriend who is around 9 or 10.
72	* CloserToEarth: Definitely the more reasonable parent to Chris...unless he gets really angry.
73	* HappilyMarried: To Rochelle.
74	* HenpeckedHusband: Apparently his wife is the one who's really in charge of the home.
75	* InformedAttribute: He apparently has a very poor diet (he loves meat and hates vegetables, for example) and gets the gout every now and then.. but he's played by ''Creator/TerryCrews''.
76	* KnightInSourArmor: He's pessimistic but keeps working hard for his family.
77	* MadLibsCatchphrase: "That's [insert amount of money here] worth of [insert object here]."
78	** "What if/did [insert historical/influential African-American male figure] quit?"
79	* {{Metaphorgotten}}: A RunningGag from him is his passionate speeches on historical figures that didn't make a poor decision despite the odds being against them in order to make a point. He always starts off strong with very important figures, usually from the UsefulNotes/CivilRightsMovement, but eventually trails off to entertainers and fictional characters.
80	* MoneyFetish: Subverted. While saving and making money is his primary obsession, it's to keep the bills paid, not for the love of wealth itself.
81	* MrViceGuy: His exaggerated cheapness aside, he's a decent guy and much more reasonable than his wife.
82	* NiceGuy: Julius is a fairly calm, likable guy for the most part, especially compared to his wife.
83	* OnlySaneMan: In the family, he's probably a close second to Chris.
84	* PapaWolf: He threatens to beat up Malvo for attempting to harm Chris.
85	* ParentalFavoritism: Towards Tonya.
86	* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Implied, he's not outright homophobic but it's suggested a few times that he doesn't want any of his kids to be gay. When Drew gets revenge on Tonya by scaring her in clown makeup, he tells him "If I ever catch you scaring your sister or wearing lipstick again, we're gonna' have a problem". When he discovers Drew's novelty pen of a naked woman, the narrator says Julius is secretly relieved that it's not a naked ''man'' pen. Considering Julius' concerns about money, the lipstick comment is likely because of how expensive they are to buy.
87	* RedOniBlueOni: The blue to Rochelle's red.
88	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Even when Chris screws up, Julius is far calmer when admonishing his son than Rochelle.
89	* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: The levelheaded, cautious, Savvy Guy to his loud, cheeky, energetic wife.
90	* TheScrooge: Justified, Julius works multiple jobs and tries to save as much money as he can by buying the cheapest products. He also reveals to Rochelle that he's still in credit card debt after using a credit card to buy her an engagement ring.
91	* {{Workaholic}}: Even when faced with severe health problems and given time off, he still goes behind Rochelle's back to find work.
92	[[/folder]]
93
94	[[folder:Rochelle]]
95	[[quoteright:220:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rochelle.jpg]]
96	->'''Played by:''' Creator/TichinaArnold
97
98	Chris' mother, and Julius' wife. She's a very strict, bossy, and overbearing housewife.
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100	* AbusiveParents: Rochelle is quick to anger when she finds out her children are up to no good, she deploys physical punishments to get them back in line and uses creative threats. When she finds Chris insulting a waiter to impress a girl, she kicks him so hard the shoe was stuck in his ass. Since the show is a comedy, it's hard to tell if Rochelle is actually serious when she punishes the children or if the narrator exaggerated it for comedy.
101	* AngerBornOfWorry: Rochelle is quick to anger around her family but she does care for them.
102	* AntiHero: She can be quite harsh at times, but on most occasions, she’ll come around by the end.
103	* BerserkButton: Drugs and gambling. If she catches her kids doing either, she'll likely fly off the rocker.
104	* CharacterCatchphrase: "I do not need this, my man has two jobs."
105	** "I ain't raisin' no babies." [[note]]She's afraid that one of her kids may become a teen parent.[[/note]]
106	* EducationMama: Rochelle towards her three kids, at least initially.
107	* EvilMatriarch: Played with. Although it’s played for dark comedy, she routinely intimidates her children and her husband with threats of extreme violence. When Rochelle does resort to physical punishment, she takes great pride in doing it. Although, to be fair, she honestly believes she is trying to discipline her son.
108	* GRatedDrug: When Julius forces her to cut back on her Turtles purchases, she goes through a harsh withdrawal, scrounging for any source of sugar she can find. She even drinks Aunt Jemima table syrup like one would alcohol.
109	* HairTriggerTemper: It's easy to make her angry.
110	* HappilyMarried: To Julius.
111	* HiddenDepths: She knows Spanish because she was raised around Puerto Ricans.
112	* ItsAllAboutMe: She quits all her jobs, using Julius' having two jobs as an excuse so she can be comfortable at home.
113	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She is loudmouthed, bossy, and strict, but loves her family and Chris believes her anger was the only to keep her children from doing anything stupid and illegal.
114	* MamaBear: When she finds out that the babysitter had been irresponsible, she takes off her wig and goes off-screen to beat some sense into her.
115	* OnlySaneWoman: In her calm moments, she does provide useful advice.
116	* RedOniBlueOni: The red to Julius' blue, Rochelle is more extroverted and quick-tempered compared to Julius.
117	* RunningGag: Constantly quitting her jobs for one reason or another, all while boasting about how [[CatchPhrase her man has two jobs.]]
118	* SassyBlackWoman: Her loud and outspoken attitude is her defining trait.
119	* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: The loud, cheeky, Energetic Girl to her levelheaded, cautious husband Julius.
120	* StepfordSmiler: Rochelle becomes this when her father dies right at the dinner table from a heart attack.
121	* SweetTooth: She loves chocolate Turtles dearly. When Julius forces her to cut back on them for budgetary reasons, she goes through symptoms of withdrawal, scrambling to find any source of candy or sugar, drinking syrup like it's alcohol ("Some people had wine, my mom had Aunt Jemima!"), stealing Drew and Tonya's candy, and during dinner time, she loads her Kool-Aid to the brim with sugar (even more cringe-inducing since Kool-Aid is packed and typically prepared with loads of sugar). The kicker?
122	-->''(after chugging the tall glass of Kool-Aid)'' "Needs more sugar!"
123	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: She has a passion for chocolate Turtles.
124	* TheUnfavourite: Her mother is quite critical of her and makes insults to her.
125	* WeWantOurJerkBack: When her father dies, Rochelle becomes very submissive and Chris becomes concerned for her. When Maxine insults her one too many times, Chris stands up for her and isn't told off by Julius or Rochelle for it. After losing her temper, Chris is relieved to have her back.
126	** When Rochelle finds out Chris had deliberately been acting like a jerk to impress a girl, she tells him that the girl isn't worth it if he can't be himself around her. This was also after Rochelle had kicked him so hard in the ass that she got her shoe stuck and Chris needed to be hospitalized.
127	** When Rochelle finds out that Tonya snuck a bra into the house because she had been getting insecure about her body and had been it secretly, she quickly calms down and takes a nurturing approach. This was also after she openly threatened to murder Julius in front of their children just because she thought he or a woman he met up with snuck that bra in.
128	[[/folder]]
129
130	[[folder:Drew]]
131	[[quoteright:220:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/drew_7.jpg]]
132	->'''Played by:''' Creator/TequanRichmond
133
134	Chris' younger brother, and the middle child of the family. Compared to Chris, he's a lot more popular around the neighborhood.
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136	* TheAce: Excels at basically everything, much to Chris's jealousy. [[DreadfulMusician When it comes to singing, however, Drew's voice sounds like nails on a chalkboard, to say the least.]]
137	* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: How he is seen by Chris. This is a plot point in "Everybody Hates Drew", where Chris finally admits to Drew that he's tired of Drew being better than him at everything. It's revealed that there's some MutualEnvy, as Drew is jealous that their parents always put Chris in charge when they leave the house, and also that Chris can go to school in Brooklyn Beach.
138	* BewareTheNiceOnes: In one episode, he was willing to forgive Chris for "accidentally" breaking his arm. But when Chris reveals that he did it on purpose, [[LaserGuidedKarma well]]...
139	* BigLittleBrother: Much to Chris' embarrassment, Drew is a few inches taller than him. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in the latter half of the series, where they are around the same height due to Chris' actor getting a growth spurt.
140	* BigManOnCampus: He may be in junior high school, but he's good at damn near everything he (and other people) does, can "get girls at 12 that [Chris] couldn't get until [he] was 30," and even had his class melt down in a frenzied panic when he was absent due to skipping school
141	* CharacterCatchphrase: "Wasn't me." [[note]]According to Chris, those were also his first words as an infant.[[/note]]
142	* ChickMagnet: Much more successful than Chris when it comes to romance, but doesn't always care for it.
143	* DreadfulMusician: In "Everybody Hates Superstition", it is revealed that Drew cannot sing at all. This is the one thing that Drew is ''not'' better than Chris at, but he doesn't know that. As a result of this, he resorts to lip-syncing while the song plays near the end of the episode.
144	* DumbassTeenageSon: Downplayed in the first few episodes. As he grows up, he becomes smarter and more levelheaded.
145	* IKnowMortalKombat: He doesn't need professional training to master a trade. He can literally just watch someone do it once and perfectly mimic it, as best exemplified through his karate skills.
146	* LovableJock: Very athletic and good at hockey and karate.
147	* MiddleChildSyndrome: Averted. He may be the middle child, but he's considered much more handsome and popular than Chris.
148	* NiceGuy: Generally very cool and easygoing.
149	* NotSoAboveItAll: Given that he's still a kid, Drew occasionally has moments where he can be quite stubborn and mischievous. A prime example of this is when he skips school in an effort to meet his hero, Wayne Gretzky.
150	* OccidentalOtaku: He displays great interest in and appreciation for Asian cultures, particularly martial arts.
151	* StageMagician: Aims to be one at one point.
152	* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: He's scared of spiders, thanks to ''Film/TheFly1958''.
153	[[/folder]]
154
155	[[folder:Tonya]]
156	[[quoteright:333:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tanya.jpg]]
157	->'''Played by:''' Creator/ImaniHakim
158
159	Chris' younger sister, and the youngest child of the family. She's a very bratty little girl.
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161	* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: In spades.
162	* BrattyHalfPint: Before becoming a BrattyTeenageDaughter in the later seasons.
163	* CharacterCatchphrase: "I'm telling!"
164	* DaddysGirl: She is Julius' favorite.
165	* ItsAllAboutMe: Very self-centered and manipulative.
166	* ItWillNeverCatchOn: She constantly insinuates that Music/MichaelJackson steals Billy Ocean's shtick.
167	* {{Jerkass}}: She's a brat who enjoys getting her brothers in trouble.
168	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther She shows this with Chris]] in the Season 1 episode "Everybody Hates the Laundromat".
169	* LaserGuidedKarma: If she ever takes her bratty behavior too far, she doesn't usually get away with it.
170	* LoonyFan: Of Billy Ocean. She spent a ridiculous amount of time trying to win tickets to one of his shows and ended up charging the family with a huge bill trying to buy a bunch of his records for [[ReadTheFinePrint what was advertised as]] "a penny".
171	* ManipulativeBitch: Often takes advantage of her parents to get what she wants. To get Drew in trouble, she yelled that he hit her when he didn't do a thing. It worked several times, [[LaserGuidedKarma until she tried it one too many times]].
172	* MouthyKid: A smart-mouthed little girl.
173	* SassyBlackGirl: Probably learned some of her mannerisms from her mom.
174	* SpoiledBrat: Especially spoiled by her father who tends to give her what she wants.
175	* ShipTease: With James. They actually end up dating at one point, but they presumably stop thanks to Julius' intervention. [[ShipSinking This ship seems to have sunk]] after James becomes a CrazyJealousGuy and scares off a boy who tried flirting with Tonya.
176	* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Despite claiming to be scared of absolutely nothing, she's afraid of clowns, [[LaserGuidedKarma which Drew uses to his advantage]]. She was also scared of werewolves in "Everybody Hates Eggs".
177	[[/folder]]
178
179	!!Corleone Junior High / Tattaglia High School
180
181	[[folder:Greg Wuliger]]
182	[[quoteright:281:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/greg_73.jpg]]
183	->'''Played by:''' Creator/VincentMartella
184
185	Greg is Chris' best friend at school. And probably one of the only real friends he has.
186	----
187	* ButtMonkey: Not as much as Chris, but Caruso still picks on him.
188	* CharacterCatchphrase: “Dude, you are so in there!”
189	* CowardlyLion: Despite the fact that Greg is indeed a [[LovableCoward "I'm running like a bitch" guy]], he had enough nerve to enter the bad part of Bed-Stuy for an untold reason and he manages to dissuade Chris from going along with being a lookout for the "cool kids", a group of delinquents who hang around the Arcade, because Chris would be named an accessory if the cops made the connection between Chris and the "cool kids". After Chris considered his options, he decided to forego being cool and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere they both make a run for it after the police show up.]]
190	* HeterosexualLifePartner: With Chris.
191	* HopelessSuitor: Even worse than Chris.
192	* LovableCoward:
193	-->'''Chris:''' There's "got your back" guys and "I'll be back" guys. Greg was a "I'm running like a bitch" guy.
194	* NiceGuy: Despite his weirdness, Greg is an easygoing guy.
195	* OnlyFriend: Chris's best and only friend.
196	* TokenWhite: In the main cast. Though he's no more dorky than Chris himself.
197	* YouAreGrounded: In the episode "Everybody Hates Greg", Art (Greg's father) grounded Greg for bring Chris at his home without his permission and he tooked his Creator/{{Atari}} for a week.
198	[[/folder]]
199
200	[[folder:Joey Caruso]]
201	[[quoteright:176:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/caruso.jpeg]]
202	->'''Played by:''' Creator/TravisTFlory
203
204	Caruso is the school bully, who frequently harasses Chris, Greg, and other kids.
205	----
206	* TheBully: He tends to call Chris names and beat him up every now and then.
207	* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In "Everybody Hates the Pilot", Caruso is played more as a BarbaricBully whose racism is even more evident by calling Chris the N-Word hard r. In episodes following that, though Caruso is still a racist, he doesn't ever use the Hard R (though he does come close with calling him "a silly Negro"), preferring to be more creative with his put downs towards Chris.
208	* EvenEvilHasStandards: He gives Chris a break after learning his grandpa died.
209	* EvilRedhead: A redheaded bully.
210	* FreudianExcuse: He apparently has a family that brought him up to be racist.
211	* FatBastard: He's a racist, unpleasant bully who's also overweight.
212	* HateSink: He has absolutely ''NO'' redeeming qualities, which is the sole purpose of his role in the show.
213	* HiddenDepths: After being hinted at throughout the series, he admits in the GrandFinale that the only reason he bullies Chris (and by extension) others is to cope with severe self-esteem issues.
214	* {{Jerkass}}: Big time. He not only acts obnoxious to Chris, but to the other kids in his school too.
215	* KarmaHoudini: Caruso rarely gets in trouble for picking on Chris.
216	* KarmaHoudiniWarranty:
217	** The closest he gets to comeuppance is being beaten up by a kid he bullied once, but he still gets back on top by the end of the episode.
218	** Chris tries to inflict karma on Caruso by framing him for a prank on the last day of the school year, which results in Caruso getting punished with a session of summer school. Unfortunately for Chris, [[CantGetAwayWithNuthin he too is forced to take summer school (with Caruso) because he failed his science class]].
219	** At the end of "Everybody Hates Sausages" Chris finally got his revenge on Caruso by having him and his cronies spend time in detention after the principal caught them pelting Chris with batteries.
220	* LastNameBasis: He is better known as Caruso.
221	* TheNicknamer: He always refers to Chris as a different black person, real or fictional.
222	* PetTheDog: When he learned that Chris' grandfather died recently, [[PetTheDog he didn't pick on Chris that day]] (though he did beat up a Chinese kid instead).
223	* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Towards Chris, constantly calling him black names.
224	[[/folder]]
225
226	[[folder:Ms. Vivian Morello]]
227	[[quoteright:271:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ms_morello.jpg]]
228	->'''Played by:''' Creator/JacquelineMazarella
229
230	Chris' teacher, and later the principal of the school. She's always saying something that offends Chris.
231	----
232	* CondescendingCompassion: Displays this to Chris as often as she can.
233	* FlatCharacter: Sort of. She never really displays any character other than her paradoxical 'racism towards black men' and 'attraction towards black men' traits.
234	* InnocentBigot: She keeps unwittingly making patronizing comments to Chris that sound racist.
235	* {{Irony}}: She always makes innocently racist comments towards Chris, but she also has an attraction for black men.
236	* {{Jerkass}}: She (unwittingly) acts very rude and condescending to Chris in almost all of her appearances.
237	* OutOfCharacterMoment: In "Everybody Hates the Gout", she doesn't show her usual aloofness or racist tendencies and comes across as a sharper, regular teacher who shows legitimate concern over Chris faking a report card. This is particularly jarring as in another episode she is willing to give Chris a passing grade even after he fails a test on purpose.
238	** In "Everybody Hates Dirty Jokes" when she reprimands Chris for disrupting her class by making the other students laugh at his dirty joke, she doesn't say anything racially insensitive. She instead issues Chris a detention for disruption. Though not anything out-of-the-ordinary for a teacher to do, it stands out for Miss Morello as she her normal response to Chris's bad behavior is to chalk it up to him acting on his "Black nature" and to be more lenient as a result.
239	* RaceFetish: She's disturbingly quick to [[WhereDaWhiteWomenAt throw herself at any handsome black men]].
240	* SatelliteCharacter: Her interactions are almost always with Chris; she rarely ever interacts with anyone else.
241	* TookALevelInJerkass: As the show progressed, her comments towards Chris got more and more mean-spirited.
242	[[/folder]]
243
244	[[folder:Lisa]]
245	->'''Played by:''' Creator/MonicaAnneParales
246
247	A fellow Corleone student. She is almost always antagonizing Chris.
248	----
249	* AcademicAlphaBitch: She's an exemplary student and is constantly trying to better Chris or otherwise boss him around.
250	* AsianAndNerdy: She takes her studies very seriously.
251	* InsufferableGenius: She's clearly very smart, but also unnecessarily rude and confrontational.
252	* IntrepidReporter: In "[[Recap/EverybodyHatesChrisS2E7EverybodyHatesPromises Everybody Hates Promises]]", where she's constantly trying to get Chris impeached so she can get a juicy scoop.
253	* {{Jerkass}}: Most of the time towards Chris, and even Greg by association.
254	[[/folder]]
255
256	!!Bedford–Stuyvesant Residents
257
258	[[folder:Keisha Ridenhour]]
259	->'''Played by:''' Creator/AreeDavis
260
261	Chris' neighbor of whom he has a crush on. She just sees him as a friend and prefers Drew, though.
262	----
263	* GirlNextDoor: She lives right next door to Chris and he has a huge crush on her.
264	* KickTheDog: Yelling at Chris at the Halloween party when he asks for a dance. To be fair, she did invite Drew, who gave Chris the invite so he could go trick-or-treating, [[JerkassBall but she didn't need to be so cruel]].
265	* LoveTriangle: Chris likes her, but she has eyes for Drew.
266	* PutOnABusToHell: She leaves Bed-Stuy in the Season 2 premiere. Where to? ''Compton''. We get a CutawayGag of [[BlackComedy her family's car getting shot up]].
267	[[/folder]]
268
269	[[folder:Tasha Clarkson]]
270	->'''Played by:''' Creator/PaigeHurd
271
272	A girl who moves next to Chris' family in Season 2.
273	----
274	* ClingyJealousGirl: Once they start officially dating, she becomes far too clingy and needy for even Chris [[StatusQuoIsGod and they break up]].
275	* LoveInterest: To Chris for a while.
276	* ShipTease: Consistently with Chris, in contrast to Keisha. They even kiss and temporarily get together.
277	* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Keisha, as another GirlNextDoor who Chris falls for.
278	[[/folder]]
279
280	[[folder:Cleavon "James" Barris]]
281	->'''Played by:''' Creator/BlakeHightower
282
283	A boy who lives in the neighborhood and goes to school with Tonya.
284	----
285	* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: In "[[Recap/EverybodyHatesChrisS3E8EverybodyHatesMinimumWage Everybody Hates Minimum Wage]]", he always gets hired at the last place Chris quits due to low pay/taxation and ends up being paid fairly.
286	* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Everyone refers to him as James. His real name is only revealed in Season 4.
287	* FreeRangeChildren: He at least has a mother at home, but she never makes an appearance while he's always hanging around with grown-ups and hoodlums.
288	* IHaveThisFriend: This seems to be a common tactic of his. When trick-or-treating, he tries to scam Julius out of more candy by claiming that the previous two visits were his "brother". Then, when in the Big Brother program with Chris, he refers to a "Cleavon" as if he were a different person, when Cleavon is actually his real name.
289	* ShipTease: With Tonya. They were an item at one point but Julius drove a wedge in that. That hasn't stopped the teasing until James becomes a CrazyJealousGuy and scares off another boy trying to impress Tonya.
290	[[/folder]]
291
292	[[folder:Risky]]
293	->'''Played by:''' Creator/MikeEstime
294
295	A black market dealer who sells stolen or illegal items.
296	----
297	* ADayInTheLimelight: Works Julius' paper route with him in "Everybody Hates Math", only to try and sell his stolen goods out of the back of the truck.
298	* LovableRogue: Sells stolen goods and is generally shady but also good natured and amicable.
299	* PhraseCatcher: "Damn Risky!"
300	[[/folder]]
301
302	[[folder:Doc Harris]]
303	->'''Played by:''' Creator/AntonioFargas
304
305	A convenience store owner whom Chris works for.
306	----
307	* CoolOldGuy: He's a jolly fellow who is one of the few people consistently nice to Chris. Notably, he came over to pay his respects when Chris' grandfather passes, installs a new game into his store to cheer him up, and makes some macaroni and cheese for Thanksgiving when Chris accidentally burns it.
308	* DirtyOldMan: His girlfriend in [[Recap/EverybodyHatesChrisS4E6EverybodyHatesDocs Everybody Hates Doc's]] is an extremely attractive woman at least a decade younger than him.
309	* IntergenerationalFriendship: He's one of the few consistently friendly people to Chris.
310	* LikeASonToMe: He has this dynamic with Chris.
311	[[/folder]]
312
313	[[folder:Jimmy "Monk" Harris]]
314	->'''Played by:''' Creator/ToddBridges
315
316	Doc's nephew and co-manager, who is also an ex-soldier.
317	----
318	* ActorAllusion: "[[Series/DiffrentStrokes Whatchu talkin' 'bout, Monk?]]"
319	* DisappearedDad: His father abandoned him when he asked Monk for some money for a bus ticket.
320	* HairTriggerTemper: A foolproof way to set him off is to remind him of his time in the army, [[ContrivedCoincidence which is extremely easy to do]].
321	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The name "Monk" is just a nickname, most likely his callsign from back in 'Nam.
322	* ShellShockedVeteran: He's rather paranoid due to his experiences in the UsefulNotes/VietnamWar.
323	* TheVietnamVet: He served in 'Nam, which left him extremely paranoid and distrustful of authority.
324	[[/folder]]
325
326	[[folder:Louise Clarkson]]
327	->'''Played by:''' Creator/WhoopiGoldberg
328
329	Chris's rude, uptight neighbor and grandmother of his crush Tasha.
330	----
331	* DeadpanSnarker: Has a very cutting tongue.
332	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Loves her granddaughter Tasha.
333	* HateSink: Rude, nosy, condescending, generally not a nice lady in the slightest.
334	* MamaBear: Is VERY protective of Tasha, especially where Chris is concerned.
335	[[/folder]]
336
337	[[folder:Jerome]]
338	->'''Played by:''' Creator/KevontayJackson
339
340	Another friend of Chris. He gives Chris advice in exchange for a dollar.
341	----
342	* CharacterCatchphrase: "Hey! Little dude from across the street! Let me hold a dollar."
343	* CoolBigBro: He has this dynamic with Chris after he warms up to him. For all of his hustling, he does genuinely care for Chris.
344	* DisappearedDad: Implied that he is a deadbeat dad. He once offered Chris some tips on how to save money in child support.
345	* EasilyForgiven: Chris befriends him rather quickly.
346	* FriendlyEnemy: Is an antagonist in his first episode, who is thwarted from stealing Chris' bike. The two later become friends. Technically still accurate as Chris considers Jerome pestering him for a dollar as robbery.
347	* {{Hustler}}: Almost every time Chris walks by, he requests a dollar from him.
348	* LovableRogue: Weasels a dollar out of Chris in almost all of his appearances but is also genuinely supportive and nice to him.
349	* TheNicknamer: He has a nickname for just about everybody, usually the local children he robs. Chris is "Little Dude From Across The Street".
350	[[/folder]]
351
352	[[folder:Mr. Omar]]
353	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mr_omar.png]]
354	->'''Played by:''' Creator/ErnestLeeThomas
355
356	A sleazy funeral director who lives in the same apartment building as the Rock family, renting out an adjacent suite as their tenant.
357	----
358	* AscendedExtra: He only appeared in a single scene in Season One before becoming the Rocks' tenant for the rest of the series.
359	* CharacterCatchphrase: "TRAGIC!"
360	* CharacterizationMarchesOn: He was bald in his first appearance, and he lacked most of the attributes that would define him in his later appearances.
361	* EveryoneHasStandards: In 'Everybody Hates Snow Day', he is asked by Julius to watch Drew and Tanya. While reluctant at first, he ends up having fun playing Monopoly with them and sticks to his promise even after his widow of the week angrily decides to leave.
362	* IntergenerationalFriendship: He actually is pretty friendly to Chris for all his sleaze. He also warms up to and plays board games with Drew and Tonya when babysitting them in "Everybody Hates Snow Day", which is surprising considering he initially wanted to neglect them for a widow he was planning to sleep with.
363	* LargeHam
364	* ManipulativeBastard: In 'Everybody Hates The English Teacher'. When Julius tries to raise his rent, Mr. Omar demands that the apartment be brought up to code. Everything is fixed up except for the breaker panel, which Mr. Omar pays for out of his own pocket...and deducts from his rent, meaning he'll be paying the Rocks the exact same amount as before.
365	* ReallyGetsAround: He meets a ''lot'' of [[ComfortingTheWidow widows]] in his job that he tends to make time for seducing and bringing to his apartment for sex.
366	[[/folder]]
367
368	[[folder:Malvo]]
369	->'''Played by:''' Creator/RickyHarris
370
371	A notorious criminal with whom Chris has a number of run-ins.
372	----
373	* BigBad: Of his first two appearances.
374	* BeingEvilSucks: Ultimately decides to change his criminal ways and pursue an education.
375	* BetaCouple: He and Peaches, Tasha's mother, become this to Rochelle and Julius.
376	* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Chris, [[BullyTurnedBuddy after he reforms]], though Rochelle and Julius are still wary of him.
377	* KnowWhenToFoldThem: He wisely decides to leave Chris alone when the much larger Julius threatens him with a baseball bat.
378	* WouldHurtAChild: He routinely intimidates Chris in their initial encounters with threats of violence.
379	[[/folder]]
380
381	[[folder:Edgar "Kill Moves" Devereaux]]
382	[[quoteright:155:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kill_moves.jpg]]
383	->'''Played by:''' Creator/JerisLeePoindexter
384
385	A local homeless man. Not very sane. His nickname comes from the fact that he knows all kinds of deadly martial arts.
386	----
387	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: As mentioned, he doesn't have a tight grasp on reality.
388	* CrazyHomelessPeople: Homeless and almost completely insane. He does sharpen up a bit when visiting his mother [[StatusQuoIsGod but goes right back to being a crazy old hobo once he's back in Bed-Stuy]].
389	* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: He's only referred to as his real name by his mother, naturally.
390	* HiddenDepths: Turns out he's a skilled pilot, and that was his occupation before the layoffs under President Reagan.
391	* RichesToRags: In a later episode, it turns out that he's actually from a wealthy family, it's just that he prefers to live as a hobo.
392	* SuddenNameChange: He was known as 'Mr. Jackson' in his first episode.
393	[[/folder]]

Context Characters / EverybodyHatesChris