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3	''The Steve Harvey Show'' is a sitcom starring Creator/SteveHarvey and Creator/CedricTheEntertainer that aired on Creator/TheWB for six seasons from the late 1990's to the early 2000's. Reruns can be seen daily on the music channel BET Her (formerly called Centric), Saturdays on Creator/{{TBS}}, & as of October 1, 2018, Get TV.
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5	Steve Harvey plays Steve Hightower, a former funk singer who becomes a high school music teacher and finds out that the principal of the school is [[SheIsAllGrownUp the girl he used to torment in high school due to her weight]]. HilarityEnsues.
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7	Not to be confused with Harvey's self-titled TV talk show, which premiered in 2012, or his radio series ''The Steve Harvey Morning Show''.
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9	The show's cast included:
10	* '''Steve Harvey''' as the main character ''Steven "Steve" Hightower'';
11	* '''Cedric the Entertainer''' as ''Cedric Jackie Robinson'', (Steve's best friend and the school's football coach);
12	* '''Creator/MerlinSantana''' and '''William Lee Scott''' as ''Romeo Santana'' and ''Stanley "Bullethead" Kuznocki'', (two best friends who look up to Steve as their personal mentor and who look up to Cedric, Lovita, and Principal Regina, as almost like honorary parental figures);
13	* '''Creator/WendyRaquelRobinson''' as ''Principal Regina Grier'', (who eventually becomes Steve's love interest throughout the show);
14	* '''Terri J. Vaughn''' as ''Lovita Alizé Jenkins-Robinson'' (Cedric's love interest and eventual wife on the show);
15	* '''Lori Beth Denberg''' as quirky, awkward student ''Lydia Liza Guttman'' (Romeo and Bullethead's best friend and sometimes acts like she has a crush on Romeo);
16	* '''Creator/KelMitchell''' as ''Vincent'';
17	* '''Creator/KenanThompson''' as ''Junior'';
18	** (as former troublemaking students who became good friends of Steve and Cedric and with Romeo and Bullethead)
19	* '''Tracy Vilar''' as ''Sophia Ortiz'' (1996-1997)
20	** ([[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome Only played in one season of the show]] as one of Romeo, Bullethead, and Lydia's best friends and briefly as a love interest.)
21	* '''Netfa Perry''' as ''Sara'' (1996–1997)
22	** ([[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome Only played in one season of the show]] as one of Romeo, Bullethead, and Lydia's best friends and briefly as a love interest.)
23	* '''Ariyan A. Johnson''' as Aisha (1997–1998)
24	** ([[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome Only played in one season of the show]] as one of Romeo, Bullethead, and Lydia's best friends.)
25	* '''The Lady of Rage (Robin Yvette)''' as ''Coretta "The Ox" Cox'' (a [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak somewhat girly tomboy]] and [[DefrostingIceQueen former female bully]] who develops a huge crush on Romeo and Bullethead throughout the show)
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27	!!Tropes:
28	%%* AccidentalMisnaming: Lydia to Coretta
29	* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Lydia most often becomes full of pride whenever she gets in with the cool crowd, but Romeo and Bullethead have also had their brushes with it.
30	** Cedric had this when he was named Teacher of the Year in one episode.
31	* AgeInappropriateDress:
32	** Regina (who is in her mid to late 30's) is accused of not being in touch with the students. Her solution? Dressing like them. She resorts to wearing shirts that show her belly button and wearing her hair in Girlish Pigtails with loud, colorful accessories. She goes back to normal when Cedric reminds her of how embarrassing her parents were when they tried to act and dress young when she was a teenager.
33	** This is played with when it comes to Lovita. She dresses inappropriately for her job but not necessarily her age as she is portrayed as younger and more hip than Steve, Cedric, and Regina. No one really calls her out on it, except Steve (when he wants to make fun of her) and Regina (when Lovita takes it too far).
34	* AllegedCar Ced's Hyundai. It has multiple bumper stickers on it to hold the body up and cover up its many dents, it frequently breaks down because Cedric tries to listen to the radio while he drives, and once it would not start simply because Cedric rolled the windows down. When he and Lovita are expecting their baby, she implores him to sell it but in the end, he keeps it and Lovita buys a used minivan.
35	* AltarTheSpeed: Subverted when Romeo and his GirlOfTheWeek decide to go to Missouri to elope. ButtMonkey Lydia spills the beans to Steve and Regina. They arrive just in time to stop the couple from getting married. Of course, the girl is never seen or mentioned again.
36	* BabiesEverAfter: Cedric & Lovita spend the whole final season dealing with Lovita's pregnancy. It's assumed they had the baby shortly after the series ended.
37	* BachelorAuction: In "Going, Going, Gone", Regina hosts a "Win A Date with a Handsome Bachelor" event for her sorority. Steve initially isn't bid on at all but at the last minute a very attractive young woman bids $2000 for him. Ced (who really didn't want to participate at first) is involved in a bidding war between his girlfriend Lovita and another woman. Later in the episode, it is revealed that the young woman who bid on Steve was actually bidding on behalf of her boss, an older woman who is using Steve to make her husband jealous because he's been ignoring her. In Ced's case, the other woman beats out Lovita. Ced is excited to go out with her but Lovita demands that she goes on the date too.
38	* BackToSchool: Regina, Steve & Cedric have to take a computer class, taught by Lovita.
39	* BeautyContest: "Little Stevie Blunder" has Bullethead entering the Miss Booker T. Pageant so he can win a computer.
40	* BetaCouple: Cedric and Lovita become an OfficialCouple to offset [[WillTheyOrWontThey the relationship between Steve and Regina.]]
41	* BigManOnCampus: Romeo is established as the main driving force for the student body's actions, shown in an early episode where nobody wants to join the school band because Romeo thought it was corny.
42	* BlackBossLady: Regina is the principal at the school that everyone else works at or attends. Lovita even calls her "boss lady".
43	* BookDumb: Romeo. Although he's been in high school for nearly seven years, he actually does well on his SAT's and by the series end, he gains admittance into a four-year university course.
44	* BrickJoke: In the beginning of "Here Comes the Judge", Steve has a car towed from the school's parking lot, which turned out to belong to Series/JudgeMathis, who was a guest speaker in Steve's class. At the end of the episode, after Steve gets sued for (supposedly) breaking a pager, Mathis reveals that he was having Steve's car towed away.
45	* BrokenAesop: Due to TheUnfairSex aspect usually seen on the show "Driving Me Crazy" tells us that it's perfectly okay for a woman to accept ludicrously expensive gifts from a man unless it is something physical, then he is just trying to control you.
46	%%* TheBroCode: Sarah breaks it when she's caught kissing Romeo, her best friend Sophia's ex.
47	%%* ButtMonkey: Lydia, Lydia, Lydia
48	* CatchPhrase:
49	** Cedric: You can't [do x] all willy-nilly!;
50	** Steve: I'm so very, very [x];
51	** Regina: Whoo!;
52	** Lovita: HEEYYYY!;
53	** Romeo: ... and whatnot;
54	** Lydia: I gotta go!
55	* CelebrityLie: Played With. Steve meets Michael Jordan (who doesn't appear in the episode) after a fender-bender and convinces him to speak at the school's entrepreneur day event. Regina does not believe Steve at first but a call to the school from the insurance company convinces her and she is thrilled. Later, Michael Jordan cancels his appearance, leaving Steve to tell Regina the bad news. He couldn't bring himself to disappoint her so he hires an MJ look-alike to come to the school. HilarityEnsues when the agency sends ''Music/MichaelJackson'' instead.
56	** Sara did this a lot during the first season. She constantly lied to her classmates that she knew certain celebrities like George Clooney, Will Smith, and Wesley Snipes. This usually prompted everyone to tell her to shut up.
57	* CelebrityStar: The show had guest appearances by Snoop Dogg, Puff Daddy, Lil Bow Wow and Teddy Riley, among others.
58	%%* ChewToy: Cedric's friend Byron
59	* ChristmasEpisode: "Shut Up and Kiss Me" (where Steve tries to beat Regina's new date at a Christmas light contest) and "Reindeer Games" (where Regina takes over Steve's plans for a Christmas party.)
60	* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Sarah and Sophia disappear after Season 1, Aisha after Season 2, and Coretta after Season 4.
61	%%* ClassReunion: Steve and Regina
62	%%* ClassTrip: Steve and the kids meet [[Series/TheJerrySpringerShow Jerry Springer]] at the airport!
63	* ClipShow: "After the Fall". It was supposed to be a [[WhereAreTheyNow documentary]] about Steve, but everyone talked about themselves instead.
64	* CourtroomEpisode: Two of them.
65	** "And Injustice For All", where Lovita sues Steve after a TV he sold her breaks down. The judge turns out to be a woman Steve dated while he was in the Hi-Tops.
66	** "Here Comes The Judge". Steve confiscates a pager from the students and it ends up broken. In retaliation, Romeo, Bullethead and Ldia sue Steve for the damages, and they go before Series/JudgeMathis. [[spoiler:It turns out Regina broke the pager by putting a lasagna on it, and Mathis rules in favor of the kids.]]
67	* CrackOhMyBack: This happens to Cedric when Regina decides to give him a back rub before a dance competition.
68	--> '''Cedric''': Ow, my back! My whole left side!
69	* CreditCardPlot: Cedric goes on a spending spree after receiving a platinum card in "Brush With Greatness".
70	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
71	** In the first season, nearly every episode started with Steve giving a monologue to the audience, and ended with HilariousOuttakes playing over the credits. The second season onward replaced these with regular {{Cold Open}}s and {{Credits Montage}}s.
72	** There's also the presence of Sophia and Sara (both of whom [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome disappeared after the first season]] and the lack of Lovita and Lydia (who were introduced in the second and third seasons, respectively.)
73	* EatingLunchAlone: Lydia would frequently eat lunch in the girls' restroom because no one would talk to her. When Regina finds out, she gives Lydia a job as her "student assisstant."
74	* EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether: Steve has known Regina since childhood and was roommates with Cedric in College. Averted with Lovita, who didn't know any of them before she started working at the school.
75	%%* {{Expy}}: In many ways Lydia Liza Guttman comes across as a live action version of [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Lisa Simpson]]
76	* FakeBand: The Hi-Tops.
77	* FallenOnHardTimesJob: Steve, a former R&B singer, now has to work as a music teacher.
78	* {{Flanderization}}: Romeo and Bullethead started the show as two BookDumb guys who occasionally got into trouble. However, as the series progressed, they became more and more stupid and got into more and more trouble in and out of school. They both still showed occasional flashes of intelligence, but it would be quickly snuffed out by jokes about Bullethead's family living in a trailer park and Romeo ripping off his shirt to the delight of the females in the audience. The show did provide a glimmer of hope at the end of the series when they finally graduated and prepared to go to college, but then [[MrFanservice Romeo took off his gown to show off his chest to his classmates one last time.]]
79	* AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted: In "I Believe I Can Lie", Cedric and Lovita end up getting $8,000 due to a bank error, and go on a spending spree. Eventually, Lovita starts feeling guilty about the money, and Cedric goes back to the bank to correct the error.
80	* ForgottenBirthday: On Steve's 40th birthday, Cedric, Lovita and Regina throw him a birthday party, but Cedric toasts Lovita and his unborn child and Regina's boyfriend takes the opportunity to propose to her.
81	* FormerlyFat: Regina. Her weight made her a constant target of Steve when they were in high school.
82	* GetRichQuickScheme: A RunningGag with Cedric, and then with Lovita once they are engaged.
83	* TheGhost: The show makes many references to characters' family members that are never seen: Regina (has a brother who married a white woman and moved to Arizona), Steve (has a sister who is a dentist and whose dental school tuition was paid by Steve writing jingles, also has a brother who married a white woman), Ced (mother), Lovita (many, many family members named for products, but brother Duracell is most talked about along with her mother).
84	* GraduateFromTheStory: Romeo, Bullethead & Lydia graduate at the end of the series.
85	* HalloweenEpisode: "When The Funk Hits the Rib Tips", which is about Steve auditioning for a club against the other former members of the Hi-Tops.
86	* HappilyEverAfter: As of the series finale, [[spoiler:Steve and Regina move to California to continue their relationship, Cedric and Lovita win the lotter just as they have their child, and Romeo, Bullethead and Lydia are accepted into college.]]
87	%%* HighSchool
88	%%* HighSchoolDance: several during the series.
89	%%* HotTeacher: or in Regina's case, Hot Principal.
90	* HomemadeSweaterFromHell: To celebrate their one-month anniversary, Regina gives one of these to Steve.
91	* InWithTheInCrowd: Steve and Cedric join the exclusive Onyx Club.
92	* IneptAptitudeTest: Romeo is told that he did quite well on the SAT's and he starts to act and dress like a genius, frustrating the overachieving Lydia and alienating Bullethead in the process. Steve and Regina realize that it's all a mixup and Romeo (who is actually quite smart but doesn't really try) goes back to being his regular, dumb self.
93	* JustOneExtraTicket: In "Big Daddy's Baby Girl", Bullethead gets two tickets to a Chicago Bulls game, and Sophia, Sara and Romeo start treating him more nicely in hopes of going to the game. Bullethead ends up taking Steve because he didn't give him any special treatment.
94	* KidAnova: Romeo constantly charms other girls into dating him.
95	* LampshadeHanging: By the finale, even Romeo, Lydia and Bullethead have taken to pointing out that they've seen Steve & Regina go through the motions of a WillTheyOrWontThey for 6 years.
96	* LastMinuteHookUp: Averted; [[spoiler:Steve & Regina finally get together at the end of the penultimate season]].
97	* LoveTriangle: The relationship between Steve and Regina turn into this when Regina's ex-boyfriend Warrington Steele gets involved.
98	* ManChild: Actually a woman, but Regina Grier, despite being a principal has never gotten over her time in highschool and will often act like an immature SpoiledBrat. One episode had her literally devolve into this.
99	* MeaningfulName: Romeo. All the ladies love him.
100	* MistakenForSpecialGuest: Cedric and Lovita are mistaken for African royalty during the VacationEpisode.
101	* MonochromeCasting: Bullethead and Lydia are the only white characters in the main cast; everyone else is black.
102	* MoralMyopia: Lydia Liza Guttman is a [[ItsAllAboutMe narcissistic jerkass]] with a huge case of ChronicBackstabbingDisorder. Yet the ''moment'' anyone gets tired of her antics or try to get back at her, she always questions why everyone is so mean to her. A great example is in the final season, where she spent the entire episode belittling Romeo and Bullethead on the fact that they were going to community college. When they retaliated with a prank, the first words out of her mouth were "I thought we were friends!"
103	* NiceJewishBoy: Recurring character Arthur Rabinowitz is almost always referred to by Steve as "That little polite Jewish boy who helps me with my taxes."
104	* NotSoAboveItAll: An intentional running gag with Regina. She ''thinks'' [[CloserToEarth she's the more reserved, wiser and more sensible authority of the school.]] But when not in charge (and even when in charge, sometimes) she's just as immature as Steve if not moreso. A common version is to have her start off a lecture, which turns into gloating, which turns into childish victory dances.
105	* ObfuscatingStupidity: In "Do Not Duplicate", Lydia downplays her intelligence to make her new boyfriend feel less like an idiot around her.
106	* OnlyKnownByHisNickname: Stanley Kuznocki is always referred to as Bullethead, [[FirstNameBasis although Cedric and Regina always used his first name]].
107	* OutWithABang: Regina's ex-husband is implied to have died while they were making out on their honeymoon.
108	* OverlyLongName: Romeo Miguel Jesus Pele Santana. His mother, father, and 2 sisters also have these.
109	%%* PanickyExpectantFather: Cedric becomes one in the final season, during Lovita's pregnancy.
110	* PhraseCatcher: In the first season, a piece of dialogue frequently accompanied Bullethead being introduced, and someone's reaction to his name.
111	--> "Because I've[=/=]he's got a bullet in my[=/=]his head."
112	* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Terri J. Vaughn's pregnancy was written into the final season.
113	* RunningGag: Many, including one during which one character tells another character "If it wasn't for me (or [character x]), you'd be [insert embarrassing job]). For example, Lovita tells Steve "My Ceddy got you this job. If it wasn't for him, you'd be opening doors at the Marriott." Regina also tells Lovita to "Check [her] attitude, unless [she wants] to go back to being the popcorn girl at K-Mart."
114	%%* SeparatedByTheWall: Cedric and Lovita
115	* SitComic: Steve Harvey was a comedian. This is a sitcom starring him.
116	* SheIsAllGrownUp: Regina has lost all the weight she had in high school.
117	* SleekHighRiseApartment: Steve lives in one that overlooks Chicago.
118	%%* SpicyLatina: Sophia
119	%%* SternTeacher: Steve
120	* TeenPregnancy: One of Cedric's students apparently already has two kids, and does not seem too upset over it.
121	* TokenWhite: Bullethead and Lydia are the only recurring white characters.
122	* TwoLinesNoWaiting: Most episodes have this as the main plot structure. Steve was always in the A-plot.
123	* TwoTeacherSchool: Steve (the art/music/drama teacher) and Cedric (health/gym teacher) are apparently the only main teachers in the school. Other teachers do exist, but they only show up when the plot calls for them.
124	* UncannyFamilyResemblance: Cedric (in drag) plays his Grandma Pudding.
125	* UnsportsmanlikeGloating: Regina is prone to this and always says, [[CatchPhrase "BAM! In your FACE!"]] whenever she wins something, no matter how big or small, and especially if it's against Steve.
126	* VacationEpisode: In "The Honeymooners", the gang heads to Universal Studios in Orlando, FL.
127	* WackyMarriageProposal: Ced's proposal to Lovita. First he gets a radio DJ to pop the question during Lovita's favorite radio program but she changes the station and wins tickets to a concert instead; Ced then pops the question on a JumboTron at a Bulls game but Lovita misses it entirely because she is in the bathroom and the screen is shown earlier than Ced would have liked. When Ced does manage to drag Lovita out of the bathroom, the proposal is gone and in its place is an ad for rhinoplasty, infuriating Lovita. Finally, he prepares a romantic dinner for Lovita and puts the ring in a piece of pie. Lovita refuses to eat the pie, saying she's full. Ced keeps asking her to have a bite of the pie. Lovita starts to eat it but then puts the pie down. Steve, having witnessed the whole exchange, gets mad and takes the ring out of the pie and shows it to Lovita explaining that Ced had been trying to propose to her all week. She then says yes.
128	* WildTeenParty: Cedric and Lovita throw one, but Romeo gets in trouble for it.
129	** Another episode has Romeo tricking Lydia into throwing one, but Coretta crashes it and everyone flees.
130	* WillTheyOrWontThey: Steve & Regina spend much of the series deciding whether or not they should start dating. [[spoiler:They ultimately do get together]].
131	* YouTasteDelicious: Regina arranged for Steve to get a PieInTheFace as a prank but changed her mind before she could call it off so she ran on stage and took the pie herself. Steve then ate some of the cream off her face and said, "Key Lime. My favorite."

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