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[[CatchPhrase ''"Wuzup, Wuzup, WUZUUUP!!"'']]

'''''Martin''''' is a [[{{SitCom}} sitcom]] that aired on {{FOX}} during TheNineties, starring Martin Lawrence as [[TheDanza Martin Payne]], a Detroit disc jockey (later TV talk show host) and his various misadventures with his girlfriend (later wife) Gina (Tisha Campbell), homeboys Tommy (Thomas Mikal Ford) and Cole (Carl Anthony Payne II), and Gina's friend Pam (Tichina Arnold). For about four seasons or so, it was one of FOX's most popular shows.

And then it was discovered that Lawrence was abusing drugs. [[FromBadToWorse Even worse]], Campbell sued him for sexual harassment. At that point, she refused to be in the same room as him, even when filming. Needless to say, the writers had a difficult time writing around this (they basically had the couple interact by yelling from different rooms or talking on the phone with a split screen).

[[JumpedTheShark These events did not bode well for the series]]. In fact, they [[{{Cancellation}} spelled the end of the series in just one season]]. Still, reruns air on syndication all over the U.S., and the show is still popular even today among certain crowds. It should be noted that the series did conclude with Martin and Gina moving to Los Angeles.

Not, EVER to be confused with the cult vampire film, ''Film/{{Martin}}'', by George Romero.
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!This show provides examples of:
* ActingForTwo: Besides the title role, Martin Lawrence plays a ''ridiculous'' amount of recurring characters.
* ActorAllusion: In the first two seasons, Martin always kept a framed poster of ''DoTheRightThing'' in his living room. It was one of Lawrence's first film roles and played Cee. When Christopher "Kid" Reid of Kid n Play and ''HouseParty'' fame guest stared, Sheneneh begs him to kiss her "like the way he did with that light skinned girl in ''House Party''", referring to Campbell of course.
** It's a wonder that Kid [[CelebrityParadox didn't recognize his ''House Party'' love interest as Gina]].
** Marla Gibbs once guest starred as an inept new housekeeper. Her sassy attitude was similar to her character on ''TheJeffersons'', and when she first appeared at Martin and Gina's door, the couple said "You got the wrong apartment, you probably want 227" (another sitcom she starred in) and "You'll have to [[ThemeTuneCameo move on up]]" (or something along those lines).
* AerithAndBob: The main characters, and Sheneneh's brood. Which includes Keylolo, Bonquisha and Laquita.
* TheAlcoholic: Reccuring character Marian, who been in a least four episodes showing up at parties, club and even on Martin's talk show in the audience. However, she stated that she was on medication.
* TheAllegedCar: Cole's frequently mentioned AMC Pacer.
* AltarTheSpeed: At the end of the third season.
* AntiHero: Unlike a lot of sitcom protagonists, Martin is the furthest thing from mild-mannered.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Dragonfly Jones. Subverted ''hilariously'' in that he gets his ass handed to him most of the time.
* BerserkButton: In the episode "C.R.E.A.M.", Martin flies into a murderous rage whenever Cole mentions his idea of a soup restaurant where the soup is free, but the spoons are rented out, hence the name, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Rent-'Em-Spoons]]. [[MCHammer MC Hammer]] nearly suffers a similar attack at the end of the episode when he has the same idea and name.
* BetaCouple: Pam and Tommy. Martin doesn't approve.
* BigEater: Bruh Man.
* BreakTheHaughty: Very common plot since Martin is full of himself, but most noticeable during his long job search after losing his radio station gig.
* BurgerFool: Martin for a short while during his extensive job hunt.
* TheCastShowoff: Both Tisha Campbell and Tichina Arnold demonstrate their singing voices on a few episodes.
* CatchPhrase: Quite a few, most of them said by Martin.
* CelebrityParadox: As pointed out in the ActorAllusion section, Martin used to keep a framed poster of ''Do the Right Thing'' in his living room, yet no one seem to notice how he looks so much like Cee (one of the four teenagers Lawrence portrayed in that film).
** One episode had Christopher "Kid" Reid, Lawrence's co-star from the first two ''House Party'' movies, guest star and doesn't noticed how much Martin resembled his co-star/Bilal or how much Gina resembled his character's love interest Sydney (both played by Campbell).
** Another example is where Martin watches ''School Daze'' on TV and wants to see the scene where "the light-skinned girl lick that guy's head". The girl in question is played by Campbell.
** Probably the most complex example is where Martin receives a handheld TV and comments that he can now see "''Def Comedy Jam'' and the Martin show". What Martin show?
* CherubicChoir: When Pam meets the artist Michael Angelo the lighting changes, a dramatic wind blows even though it is indoors and one of these can be heard in the background.
* CleanPrettyChildbirth: An episode lampshaded this while LeaningOnTheFourthWall. A woman gave birth to what was obviously a baby doll that Martin caught in a catcher's mitt. When Coal asked about the umbilical cord, Martin said "TV babies don't have umbilical cords!".
* ClusterFBomb: Done hilariously with a few bleeps as Lawrence (who is no stranger to racy language) and has provided this in-character on two occasions (Martin taking it out on a listener [[BerserkButton who made fun of Gina]] and [[CrowningMomentOfFunny cursing out the new radio station owner]], [[spoiler:which led to him getting fired]]).
* {{Corpsing}}: Several times you can see the other actors attempting to keep straight faces when Lawrence gets into his more outrageous physical comedy, good examples being his Dragonfly Jones skits. Martin does it himself while interviewing another comedian.
* TheDanza: Martin himself.
** And don't forget Tommy, played by '''''Thomas''''' Mikal Ford.
* UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}}
* TheDitz: "Cole...you stupid." Bruh Man isn't too bright either. Shanice, Cole's girlfriend also counts. How stupid is she? Even ''Cole'' is dumbstruck by her stupidity in the series' finale when [[spoiler:she didn't get that Cole was trying to propose to her]].
* DropInCharacter: [[strike:Brother Man]] Bruh-Man frum tha Fifth Flo', who always entered Martin's apartment ''through the window''.
* FiveManBand:
** TheHero: Martin
** TheLancer: Gina
** TheChick: Cole
** TheBigGuy: Pam
** TheSmartGuy: Tommy
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Martin is choleric/sanguine, Gina is melancholic, Pam is choleric, Tommy is phlegmatic and Cole is sanguine.
* FriendToAllChildren: Martin has a soft spot for kids, as indicated by his catch-phrase "Martin luv da kids".
* TheHyena: Tommy
* IncomingHam: Martin
--> ''"Wuzup, Wuzup, WUZUUUP!!"''
* JerkAss: Sheneneh
** Martin as well.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: A whole episode is dedicated to this. It's Martin's birthday, and no one wants to show up to his party because he's... abrasive. Throughout, contrasting clips are shown of Martin's [[JerkAss meaner]] and [[JerkWithAHeartofGold kinder]] sides. [[spoiler: Turns out it was all a trick to get him to come to a surprise party.]]
* LargeHam: Much of the main cast could qualify, but especially Martin and Cole.
*** Don't forget all of the other characters Martin played.
* LawOfInverseFertility: Martin and Gina panic when she has a pregnancy scare, but just as they warm up to the idea of having kids, it turns out she wasn't pregnant after all, and they're deeply disappointed.
* LetsGetDangerous: Otis the Security Guard is out of shape and inept. When insulted, though...he gets deadly.
* MoreHypnotizableThanHeThinks: Pam by a children's dentist because she refused to let him fix her tooth.
** HypnoFool: She ends up taking all of Martin's {{character tic}}s because of this. The fact she could be hypnotized this way and Martin showed little issues with her behavior was a hint they really did not dislike each other ''that'' much.
* MyBelovedSmother: Mama Payne will ''kill'' to protect her son. And she doesn't approve of Gina at all, so [[CaptainObvious there's some conflict]].
* TheNineties
* NoIndoorVoice: Laquita and Keylolo
* NotSoAboveItAll: Gina
* ObliquelyObfuscatedOccupation: More than one episode was dedicated to trying to figure out what Tommy did for a living. Pam didn't even know even after she became his girlfriend.
* ObnoxiousInLaws: See MyBelovedSmother above. Gina's parents meanwhile are arrogant, but mostly harmless.
* PhraseCatcher: "Damn, Gina!"
** Sheneneh: "Oh my guuuuuuuhness!"
** Tommy: "You ain't got no ''job!''
** "You ''go'' booooyy!"
* PoorlyDisguisedPilot: That one [[ADayInTheLimelight Pam-centric]] episode seems to count, as it revolves around her taking on a A&R position and finding a singing talent played by Tyrese Gibson.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Because of the backstage tensions between Martin Lawrence and Tisha Campbell (the actress who played Gina), a lot of the later season episodes were written so that Martin and Gina don't appear in any scenes together.
* RomanceOnTheSet: Averted. Lawrence ''wanted'' this with his costar, but Campbell felt quite differently, leading to the tensions mentioned above.
** It has also been said that there was tension due to her new husband at the time, Duane Martin, being jealous of Lawrence and Campbell on the set and not liking him (he also wanted to be on the show but Lawrence said no). None of the other cast members supported her allegations though. It does seem like something was going on between them at some point though. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbxUKlyivyw&feature=related She is very close to him at 2:55 of that clip.]]
* RunningGag: Lots.
* SassyBlackWoman: Sheneneh. '''''Sheneneh'''''.
** And Pam.
* [[HeWhoMustNotBeSeen She Who Must Not Be Seen]]: Cole's girlfriend Big Shirley.
* ShoutOut: The ''Do the Right Thing'' poster in Martin's living room (see actor allusion above) as well as a reference to the film where Martin, who's been fired from his radio job by the new manager, throws a small trash can at the window just like how [[SpikeLee Mookie]] smash the window at the pizzeria, but with no effect. Martin says "It looked fly when Spike did it."
** Another occurs in the episode "Suspicious Minds" where Martin had himself and his friends dressed in black and sitting around a table to emulate a scene from ''NewJackCity'' to confront them on who took his expensive CD player. Martin even does the "SIT YO FIVE DOLLAR ASS DOWN OR I'LL MAKE CHANGE!" line.
* SinisterMinister: Reverend [[AlliterativeName Leon Lonnie Love]], played by David Alan Grier, is a comedic example.
* SitcomArchNemesis: Pam and Gina to Sheneneh, to a lesser extent Pam to Martin.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Martin uses his popularity as a radio personality to show other people up, and convinces himself that he has the number one show in the world to the point that he shouts his "WHAZZUP!!" catch phrase to expect people to recognize him. They don't.
* SplitPersonality: Pam temporarily develops one, and the two do not realize the other one's existence despite being brought to their attention.
* TheDreaded: Mad Dog No Good
* ThisIsReality: Sort of inverted and more like LeaningOnTheFourthWall on one episode where the guys help a woman in labor deliver a baby. Not only the baby shot out of the womb like if the woman was a pitching machine, but it has no umbilical cord as [[LampshadeHanging Tommy pointed out]].
--> '''Martin'': "Dammit, Tommy, We don't need umbilical cords! ([[MediumAwareness turning to the audience]])THIS IS TV!"
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Martin loves his mama's butter raisin biscuits.
* TheTroubleWithTickets: Combined with AFoolForAClient, in the episode "No Justice, No Peace."
* UpToEleven: Club Shiznit has Blacker Jack, which goes up to 22.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Martin and Pam, occasionally spills over to their partners.
* WomenAreWiser: Played straight with Gina and Martin. Inverted with Tommy and Pam.
* WhatExactlyIsHisJob: Nobody believes Tommy has a job. [[YouHaveToBelieveMe despite his numerous protests]].
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