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** In ''Baby Cobra'', she calls out the double standard for comedians who have children: female comics disappear, male comics get to go up on stage and crack jokes about fatherhood a week later. Wong defies this double standard by appearing visibly pregnant in ''both'' of her Netflix specials.

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** In ''Baby Cobra'', she calls out the double standard for comedians who have children: female comics disappear, male comics get to go up on stage and crack jokes about fatherhood a week later. Wong defies this double standard by appearing visibly pregnant in ''both'' ''two'' of her Netflix specials.
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* EliteSchoolMeansEliteBrain: Subverted in the special ''Baby Cobra''. She makes a big deal about her husband being a Harvard alum, because she assumed he'd use the skills he learned there to be rich and successful and she can take it easy. Later, it turns out her husband was $70,000 in student debt, which she paid off with her TV money. She later admits that she's much wealthier than he is.
-->So, as it turns out, [[GoldDigger he's the one who trapped me]]. How did he do it? How did he bamboozle me?
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* IvyLeagueForEveryone: PlayedForLaughs. In her specials, she makes a big deal about her husband being a Harvard alum, because she assumed he'd be rich and successful and she can take it easy. Later, it turns out her husband was $70,000 in student debt, which she paid off with her TV money. She later admits that she's much wealthier than he is.
-->So, as it turns out, [[GoldDigger he’s the one who trapped me]]. How did he do it? How did he bamboozle me?
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* CelebrityCrush: In ''Don Wong'' she claims that her type is men who look like Creator/KeanuReeves, a description her husband fills.

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* CelebrityCrush: In ''Don Wong'' she claims that her type is men who look like Creator/KeanuReeves, a description her husband fills.fits.

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->''"To be a TrophyWife, you have to be a trophy. I am more of a commemorative plaque."''
-->-- "Hard Knock Wife"



Common themes in her comedy include sex jokes and ToiletHumor, discussions of double standards surrounding Asians, women, and Asian women, and her family life (usually anecdotes about her Vietnamese mother, her husband, and their children).



* AdoredByTheNetwork: By Creator/{{Netflix}}, in addition to her two comedy specials, she has appeared in a couple of Netflix originals, including the heavily-promoted ''Always Be My Maybe''.

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* AdoredByTheNetwork: By Creator/{{Netflix}}, in addition to her two three comedy specials, she has appeared in a couple of Netflix originals, including the heavily-promoted ''Always Be My Maybe''.


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* MeaningfulReleaseDate: ''Don Wong'', a special comprised almost entirely of how she resents being a monogamous wife and mother [[spoiler:before segueing into relatively sweeter jokes about how much she loves her husband by the end]], was released on Valentine's Day.

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* CelebrityCrush: In ''Don Wong'' she claims that her type is men who look like Creator/KeanuReeves, a description her husband fills.



* ADegreeInUseless: She considers her BA in Ethnic Studies, a degree where "you study how to blame everything on white people", a degree that wasn't expected to make money.

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* ADegreeInUseless: She In one of her sets she considers her BA in Ethnic Studies, a degree where "you study how to blame everything on white people", a degree that wasn't expected to make money.



* RomanceOnTheSet: Joked about in ''Don Wong'', when her friends would ask her if she would hook up with any of her co-stars on ''Film/AlwaysBeMyMaybe''. As the story goes, she almost hooked up with...the food coordinator.



* ToiletHumor: One comedic bit in ''Baby Cobra'' is about pooping and the pains of doing it in an office versus doing it at home.

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* ToiletHumor: ToiletHumor:
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One comedic bit in ''Baby Cobra'' is about pooping and the pains of doing it in an office versus doing it at home.home.
** An extended joke in ''Don Wong'' is that her colon got so backed up she had to have a colonoscopy.

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* DoubleStandard: In ''Baby Cobra'', she calls out the double standard for comedians who have children: female comics disappear, male comics get to go up on stage and crack jokes about fatherhood a week later. Wong defies this double standard by appearing visibly pregnant in ''both'' of her Netflix specials.

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* DoubleStandard: DoubleStandard:
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In ''Baby Cobra'', she calls out the double standard for comedians who have children: female comics disappear, male comics get to go up on stage and crack jokes about fatherhood a week later. Wong defies this double standard by appearing visibly pregnant in ''both'' of her Netflix specials.specials.
** A running theme of ''Don Wong'' is that women cheating on their husbands is way more taboo than the reverse, so much that there's no real male equivalent to TheMistress in English.
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* ''Series/AmericanHousewife'' (2016-present): Doris

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* ''Series/AmericanHousewife'' (2016-present): (2016-2021): Doris
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Wong has also written for ''Series/FreshOffTheBoat''. She has two stand-up specials on Creator/{{Netflix}}: ''Baby Cobra'' and ''Hard Knock Wife'', and has appeared AsHerself on ''Series/BillNyeSavesTheWorld'' and ''Series/UglyDelicious''.

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Wong has also written for ''Series/FreshOffTheBoat''. She has two three stand-up specials on Creator/{{Netflix}}: ''Baby Cobra'' and Cobra'', ''Hard Knock Wife'', and ''Don Wong'', and has appeared AsHerself on ''Series/BillNyeSavesTheWorld'' and ''Series/UglyDelicious''.

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!!!Live-Action Roles



* ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBirdsMovie'' (2016): Betty Bird (voice)



* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoNinjagoMovie'' (2017): General Olivia (voice)
* ''WesternAnimation/RalphBreaksTheInternet'' (2018): Felony (voice)
* ''WesternAnimation/TucaAndBertie'' (2019): Bertie (voice)



* ''WesternAnimation/BigMouth'' (2019): Ali (voice)



* ''WesternAnimation/{{Onward}}'' (2020): Gore (voice)
* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieCandaceAgainstTheUniverse'' (2020); Super Super Big Doctor (voice)

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!!!Voice Acting Roles
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBirdsMovie'' (2016): Betty Bird
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoNinjagoMovie'' (2017): General Olivia
* ''WesternAnimation/RalphBreaksTheInternet'' (2018): Felony
* ''WesternAnimation/TucaAndBertie'' (2019): Bertie
* ''WesternAnimation/BigMouth'' (2019): Ali
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Onward}}'' (2020): Gore (voice)
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* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieCandaceAgainstTheUniverse'' (2020); Super Super Big Doctor (voice)
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* IvyLeagueForEveryone: PlayedForLaughs. She makes a big deal about her husband being a Harvard alum, because she assumed he'd be rich and successful and she can take it easy. Later, it turns out her husband was $70,000 in student debt, which she paid off with her TV money. She later admits that she's much wealthier than he is.

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* IvyLeagueForEveryone: PlayedForLaughs. She In her specials, she makes a big deal about her husband being a Harvard alum, because she assumed he'd be rich and successful and she can take it easy. Later, it turns out her husband was $70,000 in student debt, which she paid off with her TV money. She later admits that she's much wealthier than he is.
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* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieCandaceAgainstTheUniverse'' (2020); Super Super Big Doctor (voice)
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* IvyLeagueForEveryone: PlayedForLaughs. She makes a big deal about her husband being a Harvard alum, because she assumes he'll be rich and successful and she can take it easy. Later, it turns out her husband was $70,000 in student debt, which she paid off with her TV money. She later admits that she's much wealthier than he is.

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* IvyLeagueForEveryone: PlayedForLaughs. She makes a big deal about her husband being a Harvard alum, because she assumes he'll assumed he'd be rich and successful and she can take it easy. Later, it turns out her husband was $70,000 in student debt, which she paid off with her TV money. She later admits that she's much wealthier than he is.



* TrophyWife: Backfired on her. In her first special, She believed that she could be a stay at home mom while her husband, an Ivy League graduate would be easy street for her. Come Hard Knock Wife, she learns that not only does she get tired of being a mom who never rests at all, but her husband was in such colossal debt (which she paid off) that he's ultimately the one who believes he can knock off on his job while she carries the weight.

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* TrophyWife: Backfired on her. In her first special, She believed that she could be a stay at home mom while her husband, an Ivy League graduate with a famous dad, would be easy street for her. Come Hard ''Hard Knock Wife, Wife'', she learns that not only does she get tired of being a mom who never rests at all, but her husband was in such colossal debt (which she paid off) that he's ultimately the one who believes he can knock off on his job while she carries the weight.
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* ToiletHumor: One comedic bit in ''Baby Cobra'' is about pooping and the pains of doing it in an office versus doing it at home.

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* ToiletHumor: One comedic bit in ''Baby Cobra'' is about pooping and the pains of doing it in an office versus doing it at home.home.
* TrophyWife: Backfired on her. In her first special, She believed that she could be a stay at home mom while her husband, an Ivy League graduate would be easy street for her. Come Hard Knock Wife, she learns that not only does she get tired of being a mom who never rests at all, but her husband was in such colossal debt (which she paid off) that he's ultimately the one who believes he can knock off on his job while she carries the weight.

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* CelebrityVoiceActor: Mentions phoning it in while voicing a random Pixar character as one of the easy ways she dreamed of making cash as a famous person.
* ADegreeInUseless: She considers her BA in Ethnic Studies, a degree where "you study how to blame everything on white people", a degree that wasn't expected to make money.



* IvyLeagueForEveryone: PlayedForLaughs. She makes a big deal about her husband being a Harvard alum, because she assumes he'll be rich and successful and she can take it easy. Later, it turns out her husband was $70,000 in student debt, which she paid off with her TV money.

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* IvyLeagueForEveryone: PlayedForLaughs. She makes a big deal about her husband being a Harvard alum, because she assumes he'll be rich and successful and she can take it easy. Later, it turns out her husband was $70,000 in student debt, which she paid off with her TV money. She later admits that she's much wealthier than he is.


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* MarryTheNanny: Defies this in one of her jokes -- she hired an elderly lady to nanny for her and her husband, because a hiring a "25-year-old pretty young thing" is a surefire way to destroy your marriage.
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* IvyLeagueForEveryone: PlayedForLaughs. She makes a big deal about her husband being a Harvard alum, because she assumes he'll be rich and successful and she can take it easy. Later, she admits that it turns out her husband was $70,000 in student debt, which she paid off with her TV money.

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* IvyLeagueForEveryone: PlayedForLaughs. She makes a big deal about her husband being a Harvard alum, because she assumes he'll be rich and successful and she can take it easy. Later, she admits that it turns out her husband was $70,000 in student debt, which she paid off with her TV money.
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* IvyLeagueForEveryone: PlayedForLaughs. She makes a big deal about her husband being a Harvard alum, because she assumes he'll be rich and successful and she can take it easy. Later, she admits that it turns out her husband was $70,000 in student debt, which she paid off with her TV money.
-->So, as it turns out, [[GoldDigger he’s the one who trapped me]]. How did he do it? How did he bamboozle me?
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* IResembleThatRemark: In ''Hard Knock Wife'', she calls out people who assume she'd be bad at parking because she's an {{Asian|Drivers}} [[WomenDrivers woman]], however...
-->Those people who gather outside Asian women's cars when we're parking are so helpful and so racist at the same time. I'm always like 'thank you, thank you'... but 'fuck you'! For assuming correctly about me! I could not have done this without you!
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Alexandra "Ali" Wong (born 1982) is an American comedian, writer, and actress of Chinese and Vietnamese descent. She started out appearing in high-profile comedy shows before becoming a regular on Creator/ChelseaHandler's ''Series/AreYouThereChelsea''. She has had both minor and major roles in film and television since, including ''Series/BlackBox'', ''Series/AmericanHousewife'', and ''WesternAnimation/TucaAndBertie''. In 2019 she wrote and starred in ''Film/AlwaysBeMyMaybe'' alongside her friend and colleague Creator/RandallPark.

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Alexandra "Ali" Wong (born 1982) April 19, 1982 in San Francisco, California) is an American comedian, writer, and actress of Chinese and Vietnamese descent. She started out appearing in high-profile comedy shows before becoming a regular on Creator/ChelseaHandler's ''Series/AreYouThereChelsea''. She has had both minor and major roles in film and television since, including ''Series/BlackBox'', ''Series/AmericanHousewife'', and ''WesternAnimation/TucaAndBertie''. In 2019 she wrote and starred in ''Film/AlwaysBeMyMaybe'' alongside her friend and colleague Creator/RandallPark.
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* FakeNationality: Her character in ''American Housewife'' is Korean-American though she is not, but this might be an in-joke/reference to her friend Randall Park (who ''is'' Korean-American) playing Chinese on ''Fresh Off the Boat''.
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* AggressiveSubmissive: Discusses this in ''Baby Cobra'', where she says it's the most successful and in-control women who are submissive in bed.



* StereotypeFlip: One of her raunchier jokes is about her relationship with a man who has [[spoiler:[[TeenyWeenie a micropenis]]]]. She drops the bomb when she reveals (to the audible shock of the audience) that [[spoiler:[[BlackIsBiggerInBed he was a black guy]]]]. She compares it to seeing a homeless Asian person.

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* StereotypeFlip: One of her raunchier jokes is about her relationship with a man who has [[spoiler:[[TeenyWeenie a micropenis]]]]. She drops the bomb when she reveals (to the audible shock of the audience) that [[spoiler:[[BlackIsBiggerInBed he was a black guy]]]]. She compares it to seeing a homeless Asian person.person.
* ToiletHumor: One comedic bit in ''Baby Cobra'' is about pooping and the pains of doing it in an office versus doing it at home.
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* FakeNationality: Her character in ''American Housewife'' is Korean-American though she is not, but this might be an in-joke/reference to her friend Randall Park (who ''is'' Korean-American) playing Chinese on ''Fresh Off the Boat''.
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* StereotypeFlip: One of her raunchier jokes is about her relationship with a man who has [[spoiler:[[TeenyWeenie a micropenis]]]]. She drops the bomb when she reveals (to the audible shock of the audience) that [[spoiler:[[BlackIsBiggerInBed he was a black guy]]]].

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* StereotypeFlip: One of her raunchier jokes is about her relationship with a man who has [[spoiler:[[TeenyWeenie a micropenis]]]]. She drops the bomb when she reveals (to the audible shock of the audience) that [[spoiler:[[BlackIsBiggerInBed he was a black guy]]]]. She compares it to seeing a homeless Asian person.
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* ImpossiblyTackyEyewear: She is known for her comically large eyeglasses, which she wears in her private life as well as in many of her onscreen roles.

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* ImpossiblyTackyEyewear: She is known for her comically large eyeglasses, which she wears in her private life as well as in many of her onscreen roles.roles.
* StereotypeFlip: One of her raunchier jokes is about her relationship with a man who has [[spoiler:[[TeenyWeenie a micropenis]]]]. She drops the bomb when she reveals (to the audible shock of the audience) that [[spoiler:[[BlackIsBiggerInBed he was a black guy]]]].
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* ''Film/AlwaysBeMyMaybe'' (2019): Sasha Tran

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* ''Film/AlwaysBeMyMaybe'' (2019): Sasha Tran (also co-writer)
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* ImpossiblyTackyGlasses: She is known for her comically large eyeglasses, which she wears in her private life as well as in many of her onscreen roles.

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* ImpossiblyTackyGlasses: ImpossiblyTackyEyewear: She is known for her comically large eyeglasses, which she wears in her private life as well as in many of her onscreen roles.
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* DoubleStandard: In ''Baby Cobra'', she calls out the double standard for comedians who have children: female comics disappear, male comics get to go up on stage and crack jokes about fatherhood a week later. Wong defies this double standard by appearing visibly pregnant in ''both'' of her Netflix specials.

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* DoubleStandard: In ''Baby Cobra'', she calls out the double standard for comedians who have children: female comics disappear, male comics get to go up on stage and crack jokes about fatherhood a week later. Wong defies this double standard by appearing visibly pregnant in ''both'' of her Netflix specials.specials.
* ImpossiblyTackyGlasses: She is known for her comically large eyeglasses, which she wears in her private life as well as in many of her onscreen roles.
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* AdoredByTheNetwork: By Creator/{{Netflix}}, in addition to her two comedy specials, she has appeared in a couple of Netflix originals.
* DoubleStandard: In ''Baby Cobra'', she calls out the double standard for comedians who have children: female comics disappear, male comics get to go up on stage and crack jokes about fatherhood a week later.

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* AdoredByTheNetwork: By Creator/{{Netflix}}, in addition to her two comedy specials, she has appeared in a couple of Netflix originals.
originals, including the heavily-promoted ''Always Be My Maybe''.
* DoubleStandard: In ''Baby Cobra'', she calls out the double standard for comedians who have children: female comics disappear, male comics get to go up on stage and crack jokes about fatherhood a week later. Wong defies this double standard by appearing visibly pregnant in ''both'' of her Netflix specials.
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Alexandra "Ali" Wong (born 1982) is an American comedian, writer, and actress of Chinese and Vietnamese descent. She started out appearing in high-profile comedy shows before becoming a regular on Creator/ChelseaHandler's ''Series/AreYouThereChelsea''. She has had both minor and major roles in film and television since, including ''Series/BlackBox'', ''Series/AmericanHousewife'', and ''WesternAnimation/TucaAndBertie''. In 2019 she wrote and starred in ''Film/AlwaysBeMyMaybe'' alongside her friend and colleague Creator/RandallPark.

Wong has also written for ''Series/FreshOffTheBoat''. She has two stand-up specials on Creator/{{Netflix}}: ''Baby Cobra'' and ''Hard Knock Wife'', and has appeared AsHerself on ''Series/BillNyeSavesTheWorld'' and ''Series/UglyDelicious''.

!!Filmography (as actress):
* ''Series/AreYouThereChelsea'' (2012): Olivia
* ''Series/BlackBox'' (2014): Lina Lark
* ''Series/InsideAmySchumer'' (2014-2015): Various
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBirdsMovie'' (2016): Betty Bird (voice)
* ''Series/AmericanHousewife'' (2016-present): Doris
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoNinjagoMovie'' (2017): General Olivia (voice)
* ''WesternAnimation/RalphBreaksTheInternet'' (2018): Felony (voice)
* ''WesternAnimation/TucaAndBertie'' (2019): Bertie (voice)
* ''Film/AlwaysBeMyMaybe'' (2019): Sasha Tran
* ''WesternAnimation/BigMouth'' (2019): Ali (voice)
* ''Film/{{Birds Of Prey|2020}}'' (2020): Ellen Yee
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Onward}}'' (2020): Gore (voice)

!!Tropes in her works:
* AdoredByTheNetwork: By Creator/{{Netflix}}, in addition to her two comedy specials, she has appeared in a couple of Netflix originals.
* DoubleStandard: In ''Baby Cobra'', she calls out the double standard for comedians who have children: female comics disappear, male comics get to go up on stage and crack jokes about fatherhood a week later.

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