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1	* AudienceAlienatingEra: It's generally accepted that Murphy's films between 1989's ''Film/HarlemNights'' and ''Film/TheNuttyProfessor1996'' comprised this (though ''Film/Boomerang1992'' has been VindicatedByHistory). His films from the 2000s, with the exceptions of the first two ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'' movies and ''Theatre/{{Dreamgirls}}'', also qualify.
2	* AwardSnub: At the 79th Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor.
3	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
4	** His 80's foray into music, "Party All the Time", featuring Music/RickJames.
5	** "[[AssShove Boogie In Your Butt]]," which also doubles as a [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments funny moment]].
6	* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: Just watch ''Delirious''.
7	** Or ''Raw'', for that matter.
8	** His tenure on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'': a genuine breakout star who saved the show in its darkest hour - when it could have legitimately been cancelled due to the miscues after the original cast had departed - providing some of the most hilarious sketches of TheEighties.
9	** The episode Music/StevieWonder guest-hosted, and Eddie breaks out his Stevie impersonation... '''right in front of him'''.
10	** Most of his lines in ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'' and ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}''.
11	* {{Glurge}}: His hippy-soul album, ''Love's Alright'', is about as sappy as it gets. Hearing a foul-mouthed comedian singing about world peace and racial equality is near-impossible to take seriously.
12	* HilariousInHindsight: One of his signature bits from ''RAW'' was taking a giant swing at Creator/BillCosby's moral compass towards his lewd routines; of course, that moral compass seemed to be a façade when Cosby was hit with over 50 allegations of sexual assault in 2014-15.
13	** Doubly so when after Cosby was convicted of sexual assault in 2018, Cosby allegedly swore at the prosecutor. The irony was not lost on Website/{{Twitter}}. Murphy got in his own licks when he guest hosted ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' at the end of 2019 -- noting that he had ten kids and Cosby was in prison, he joked: "Who's America's Dad NOW?"
14	* MemeticMutation: The famous "house burger" bit from ''RAW'' spawned countless jokes in a "''Mommy, can we have [x]?''" -- "''No, we have [x] at home.''" format when discussing any kind of PoorMansSubstitute or ShoddyKnockoffProduct.
15	* ValuesDissonance: ''Delirious'' features a lot of jokes about "AIDS spreading homosexuals," this being [[ScienceMarchesOn when it was believed that the disease only affected LGBT people]], and is now considered both deeply unfunny and extremely offensive. During his CareerResurrection in 2019, Murphy talked frankly about how ignorant he and so many others were about the subject back then, and [[OldShame he’d never do jokes like that now]].

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