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* QueerCharacterQueerActor: Denise is openly lesbian, like her actress Lena Waithe.
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* ActorAllusion: The Season 2 finale has a lampshaded example: When Creator/RavenSymone, [[AsHimself as herself]], accuses Dev of [[spoiler:befriending a sexual harasser, with whom he co-hosts a travel program]], Dev tries to make a crack about her not really being able to see into the future. Neither Raven nor her viewers appreciate his ''Series/ThatsSoRaven'' reference, with Raven actually name-dropping the show as she declares such.
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* TheDanza: H. John Benjamin appears as "Benjamin."
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Harris Wittels' presence as one of the central members of the show's writing staff was cut short when he tragically died in February of 2015.
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** Harris Wittels' presence as one of the central members of the show's writing staff was cut short when he tragically died in February of2015.2015.
** Denise's character was initially conceived as a working woman who would've had a WillTheyOrWontThey dynamic with Dev. When Lena Waithe got recommended for the part, they decided to rewrite the character to be a better reflection of her.
** Harris Wittels' presence as one of the central members of the show's writing staff was cut short when he tragically died in February of
** Denise's character was initially conceived as a working woman who would've had a WillTheyOrWontThey dynamic with Dev. When Lena Waithe got recommended for the part, they decided to rewrite the character to be a better reflection of her.
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* AuthorAppeal: Aziz Ansari considers himself a Foodie in real life, so it should come as new surprise that many of the settings in the series involves Dev and his friends going to [[FoodPorn different locations across New York just to eat]].
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* WrittenByACastMember: Lena Waithe (Denise) co-wrote "Thanksgiving", the episode about Denise's discovery of her sexual identity and subsequent coming out to her family.
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* WrittenByACastMember: WrittenByCastMember: Lena Waithe (Denise) co-wrote "Thanksgiving", the episode about Denise's discovery of her sexual identity and subsequent coming out to her family.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Harris Wittels' presence as one of the central members of the show's writing staff was cut short when he tragically died in February of 2015.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Harris Wittels' presence as one of the central members of the show's writing staff was cut short when he tragically died in February of 2015.2015.
* WrittenByACastMember: Lena Waithe (Denise) co-wrote "Thanksgiving", the episode about Denise's discovery of her sexual identity and subsequent coming out to her family.
* WrittenByACastMember: Lena Waithe (Denise) co-wrote "Thanksgiving", the episode about Denise's discovery of her sexual identity and subsequent coming out to her family.
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* ActorInspiredElement: The writers originally intended Denise as a potential love interest for Dev, until Lena Waithe earned the part, and the writers decided Denise's sexuality should match hers.
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* RealLifeRelative: Dev's parents are played by Shoukath and Fatima Ansari, Aziz's parents. It's very heartwarming; Shoukath in particular took months of acting classes so he could do a good job.
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* RealLifeRelative: Dev's parents are played by Shoukath and Fatima Ansari, Aziz's parents. It's very heartwarming; Shoukath in particular took months of acting classes so he could do a good job. Dev's cousin in "Religion" was played by Aziz's real life cousin (and butt of many jokes in his early stand-up specials), Harris.
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* ActorAllusion: The Season 2 finale has a lampshaded example: When Creator/RavenSymone, [[AsHimself as herself]], accuses Dev of [[spoiler:befriending a sexual harasser, with whom he co-hosts a travel program]], Dev tries to make a crack about her not really being able to see into the future. Neither Raven nor her viewers appreciate his ''Series/ThatsSoRaven'' reference, with Raven actually name-dropping the show in her comeback.
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* ActorAllusion: The Season 2 finale has a lampshaded example: When Creator/RavenSymone, [[AsHimself as herself]], accuses Dev of [[spoiler:befriending a sexual harasser, with whom he co-hosts a travel program]], Dev tries to make a crack about her not really being able to see into the future. Neither Raven nor her viewers appreciate his ''Series/ThatsSoRaven'' reference, with Raven actually name-dropping the show in her comeback.as she declares such.
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* ActorAllusion: The Season 2 finale has a lampshaded example: When Creator/RavenSymone, [[AsHimself as herself]], accuses Dev of [[spoiler:befriending a sexual harasser, with whom he co-hosts a travel program]], Dev tries to make a crack about her not really being able to see into the future. Neither Raven nor her viewers appreciate his ''Series/ThatsSoRaven'' reference, with Raven actually name-dropping the show in her comeback.
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* ActorSharedBackground: Aziz Ansari shares a lot of background traits with Dev, to the point where it's almost easier to list the things that are different: Dev is from New York, whereas Aziz is from South Carolina, Dev started out acting while Aziz started out in stand-up and sketch comedy, and Aziz has obviously had a much more successful career.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: This applies to at least one of the flashbacks from "Parents": According to Brian's actor, Alan Yang, his father's mother really did cook his pet chicken for dinner.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: This applies to at least one of the flashbacks from "Parents": According to Brian's actor, writer Alan Yang, his father's mother grandmother really did cook his Yang's father's pet chicken for dinner.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: This applies to at least one of the flashbacks from "Parents": According to Brian's actor, Alan Yang, his father's mother really did cook his pet chicken for dinner.
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* RealLifeRelative: Dev's parents are played by Shoukath and Fatima Ansari, Aziz's parents. It's very heartwarming; Shoukath in particular took months of acting classes so he could do a good job.
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* RealLifeRelative: Dev's parents are played by Shoukath and Fatima Ansari, Aziz's parents. It's very heartwarming; Shoukath in particular took months of acting classes so he could do a good job.job.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Harris Wittels' presence as one of the central members of the show's writing staff was cut short when he tragically died in February of 2015.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Harris Wittels' presence as one of the central members of the show's writing staff was cut short when he tragically died in February of 2015.
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* PlayingAgainstType: This is a more dramatic role than Aziz Ansari typically plays.
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* DirectedByCastMember: Aziz Ansari (Dev) and [[Creator/TimAndEric Eric Wareheim]] (Arnold) both direct various episodes.
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