History Awesome / FreshOffTheBoat

* RunningGag: Every time Jessica is determined to pass her realtor's license exam, she ends up eating ice cream cake in a solitary position.
** Adding up to when people ask her to see her realtor's license, her first excuse is "Let me grab it from my car" and drives away.

* Eddie for once puts his effort into academics (for the sake of getting chickenpox from his brothers). Because of his newly acquired knowledge about chickenpox, his science project is inspired by his two brothers as chickenpox symptoms.
* Somewhat of a NegatedMomentOfAwesome as the episode's ending revealed that Eddie only got a C+ because the winner of the Science Fair taught a bird how to use a calculator.

[[AC:Meta]]
* This is the first attempt in ''20 years'' to make a primetime network show that focuses on a primarily Asian cast. The awkward title (considered a derogatory term) and the dark source material didn't encourage enthusiasm and the first season had some well-publicized growing pains. But the show proved to be a solid performer, earned itself a second season (and an extremely quick full second season pickup), and encouraged Creator/{{ABC}} to start development on ''Series/DrKen'', a ''second'' show that features a primarily Asian cast.

** Eddie's parents threatens to sue the entire school for letting a bully call their son a racist slur.

* Eddie's mother tracks down two of the aforementioned dine-and-dashers with her car and beans the third one with an onion. Not only did she stopped them, she also made the trio apologized for their actions to Louis.
** This exchange summarizes it perfectly:

** Somewhat of a NegatedMomentOfAwesome as the episode's ending revealed that Eddie only got a C+ because the winner of the Science Fair taught a bird how to use a calculator.

* Eddie's mother [[spoiler: tracks down two of the aforementioned dine-and-dashers with her car and beans the third one with an onion. Not only did she stopped them, she also made the trio apologized for their actions to Louis.]]

* Eddie's mother [[spoiler: tracks down two of the aforementioned dine-and-dashers with her car and beans one with an onion. Not only did she stopped them, she also made the trio apologized for their actions to Louis.]]

* Jessica and Louis systematically go through layer after layer of management at Shaquille O'Neal Motors, getting better deals along the way, until finally reaching the final manager/boss: Shaq himself. Then Jessica finagles one last deal out of the bossman and intimidates a man two feet taller than her through the grip of her handshake.

--> '''Adult Eddie''': ''(narrating)'' An asian kid bonding with a black kid over jewish white rappers. America is crazy.

* Eddie stands up to himself after being called a "chink" in the cafeteria. Instead of getting suspended from school, Eddie managed to gain some respect from his classmates.
** Eddie's parents threatens to sue the entire school for letting a bully call their son with a racist slur.

* Eddie goes off on one of his classmates for making fun of China (after having complained about getting assigned China for the culture fair thanks to his mother). He ends up getting an F on the assignment (he was assigned Jamaica). Jessica puts his grade on the refrigerator and tells him she is proud of him.

* Somewhat of a NegatedMomentOfAwesome as the episode ending reveals that Eddie only got a C+ because the winner of the Science Fair taught a bird how to use a calculator.

* Somewhat of a NegatedMomentOfAwesome as the episode ending reveals that Eddie only got a C+ because the winner of the Science Fair taught a bird how to use a calculator.

* Somewhat of a MissedMomentOfAwesome as the episode ending reveals that Eddie only got a C+ because the winner of the Science Fair taught a bird how to use a calculator.

* Eddie for once puts his effort into academics (for the sake of getting chickenpox from his brothers). Because of his newly acquired knowledge about chickenpox, his science project is having his two brothers as live specimen of chickenpox symptoms.

** Adding up to when people ask her to see her realtor's license, her first excuse is "Let me grab it from my car" and drives away.

--> '''Adult Eddie'''': ''(narrating)'' An asian kid bonding with a black kid over jewish white rappers. America is crazy.

--> '''Adult Eddie narrating''': An asian kid bonding with a black kid over jewish white rappers. America is crazy.

--> Adult Eddie narrating: An asian kid bonding with a black kid over jewish white rappers. America is crazy.

* Wyatt the new cowboy host shows off his lasso skills that impresses the customers. It's to the point where Louis felt that the restaurant is running too "perfect" ever since hiring Wyatt.

* After the three teenagers do a dine-and-dash much to Louis's dismay, his employees voluntarily cover the unpaid bill.
* Why Eddie's mother [[spoiler: rams two of the aforementioned dine-and-dashers with her car and beans one with an onion before putting the fear of angry Asian women into them. Not because they stole from her family but because she wants to protect her husband's innocent trust and faith in human beings.]]
* Eddie's invites his next-door neighbor (whose father walked out) to join him, his father, and brothers in a game of pick up basketball. Making it even more heartwarming is the fact that Eddie was previously envious of how his neighbor got to play while he was stuck at home doing extra homework.

** Eddie's parents threatens to sue the entire school for letting a bully call their son with a racist slur.

* In the Pilot episode, Eddie stands up to himself after being called a "chink" in the cafeteria. Instead of getting suspended from school, Eddie managed to gain some respect from his classmates.