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3[[quoteright:333:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/homeboys_in_outer_space.jpg]]
4One of the first {{sitcom}}s Creator/{{UPN}} ever aired.
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6Two 23rd century black guys from the ghetto get into misadventures [[JustForFun/RecycledINSPACE in space]]. They travel in the "Space Hoopty", a [[UsedFuture cheap, flying low-rider]] controlled by a [[SassyBlackWoman Sassy Black]] [[SpaceshipGirl Computer]].
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8This SitCom, [[RuleOfFunny in the name of comedy]], [[ArtisticLicenseSpace ignored most of the known laws of astronomy]], including the rule that [[BatmanCanBreatheInSpace you can't breathe in a vacuum]].
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12!!Shows Examples Of
13%% * BatmanCanBreatheInSpace
14* TheCameo: [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries James Doohan]], as [[LawyerFriendlyCameo a Scottish guy]] that hung out in the bar and gave the protagonists advice.
15* InTheFutureHumansWillBeOneRace: One planet had natives all convert to a give skin color, causing dark-skinned visitors to be treated as a God. They later try using explosives as a [[BurnTheWitch god test]] (but to avoid ending the series, the two protagonists convince them that [[spoiler:"GROG" will make them love gods]].)
16* LadyLand: One of the planets Ty and Morris visited held men in low regard as second class citizens; another was an all-female society that lured men to their planet to sacrifice to a volcano.
17%% * LaughTrack (abused)
18* LouisCypher: The Devil appears in one episode under the name of "Mr. Tan". The heroes realize the truth when one of them says "say, Tan..."
19%% * PunnyName: To be "loquatious" is to be talkative.
20%% * SassyBlackWoman: Loquacia, the ship's computer.
21%% * UsedFuture

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