History Creator / ChrisRock

* BrokenPedestal: Will Smith became this to Chris after the former struck him on stage during [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward the 2022 Academy Awards]] for telling a joke about his wife Jada. To paraphrase Rock's own words, he used to be a major fan of Will Smith and eagerly followed his music and acting career since the days of ''[[Music/DJJazzyJeffAndTheFreshPrince Brand New Funk]]''. But now he watches 2022's ''Emancipation'', a historical action movie where Smith plays a runaway slave, just to see him get whipped.

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Spoken regarding O.J. Simpson's murder trial, where the situation of O.J.'s wife cheating on him with the waitress [[EveryoneHasStandards doesn't rise up to a level for Chris to condone murder]], but Chris understands the motivation behind O.J.'s actions.

** The title of ''Selective Outrage'' comes from a bit about Creator/WillSmith, and how Smith practiced MisplacedRetribution for what happened at [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward the 2022 Academy Awards ceremony]], where Will legitimately slapped Chris onstage. Chris noted that Will could have been ad at Creator/JadaPinkettSmith for cheating on him, but instead he chose to hit Chris because, according to Chris, Will knew he could beat Chris in a fight and not come out of it looking bad.

* {{Catchphrase}}: "Yeah, I ''said it''!"

** In ''Never Scared'', he talks about the birth of his eldest daughter Lola and how his #1 job in life is to "Keep. Her. Off. The. Pole." (under the stereotype that only women with daddy issues and screwed-up childhoods become strippers) Fast forward to ''Tambourine'' where he says Lola is 16 now and so far he's managed to keep her off the pole, to audience cheers.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: In his 2023 Creator/{{Netflix}} special ''Selective Outrage'', Chris used the last ten minutes of the show to roast both Creator/WillSmith and Creator/JadaPinkettSmith for what occurred in [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward the 2022 Academy Awards ceremony]] after Will legitimately slapped Chris onstage for telling a joke about Jada. Pointing out how out of all the people in the world who were actively harassing both Will and Jada over the latter's adultery scandal, Will chose to take his frustration out [[MisplacedRetribution on Chris]] -- someone ''who tried to give him moral support'' during the height of the controversy, and someone who also had ''no chance'' of beating the much-larger Will in a physical confrontation if he ''did'' choose to strike back. He also derided how [[DidntThinkThisThrough poorly thought-out]] their decision to go public with the details of the affair via the "Red Table Talk" was, arguing that it did far more harm to their reputations and marriage than good.

** He's also outlined the "Dr Dre rules," where white people are allowed to say the n-word as long as it's part of a rap song they're singing along to, since "it's just sad to see a white person try to do a niggaless rendition of a Dr. Dre song", and he knows that when they're no black people around, "they ''lean'' into that shit".

* BrickJoke: {{Exploited|Trope}}. In ''Tambourine'', he took up school bullying and joked that "Anyone who says words hurt has never been punched in the face". Four years later, he's presenting an award at the Oscars, where he actually got slapped in the face. Then the next year, he makes ''Selective Outrage'', and he makes the joke again, in a different context.

* RefugeInAudacity: Posited in ''Bring the Pain'' that we'd never see a white President with a black Vice President. Why? [[KlingonPromotion Because some black guy would just assassinate the President]]. "Shit, ''I'd'' do it!"
-->"What are you gonna do? [[XanatosGambit Send me to jail where a bunch of black prisoners are gonna treat me like a fucking hero for the rest of my life?]] And what about the death penalty? [[DeusExMachina Just get pardoned by the black President!]]"[[note]]This also becomes HilariousInHindsight following the election of UsefulNotes/JoeBiden and the first black Vice President, UsefulNotes/KamalaHarris.[[/note]]

* TitleDrop: The title of ''Tambourine'' came from his bit about how two people in a marriage aren't equals, comparing it to a band where someone ends up playing the tambourine.

* [[WhiteDudeBlackDude White Wife, Black Wife]]: Discussing UsefulNotes/BarackObama's first lady, Chris says that Obama cannot be president unless he has a white wife because a black wife would be too controlling.

* BrickJoke: {{Exploited|Trope}}. In ''Tambourine'', he took up school bullying and joked that "Anyone who says words hurt has never been punched in the face". A year later, he hosted the Oscars, where he actually got slapped in the face. Then another year later, he makes ''Selective Outrage'', and he makes the joke again, in a different context.

* ConspiracyTheorist: Joked in 2004 that Bush was trying to distract us from the war in Iraq by making news stories that the media would cover. He was the one who sent the girl to Kobe Bryant's hotel room, he killed [[MissingWhiteWomanSyndrome Laci Peterson]], he sent the little boy to Music/MichaelJackson's house, and he made Creator/ParisHilton's sex tape. Becomes HilariousInHindsight come Tambourine, when he realized that Bush's fuck-ups were so bad that we got UsefulNotes/BarackObama elected as president. "You know, maybe we're underestimating Dubya's contribution to African-American history month."

--->"The Space Shuttle exploded! That n***er must have done it!"

* RacistGrandma: He says that the most racist people are old black men, because they've lived through ''real'' racism. "Fuck that 'I can't get a cab' bullshit, old black men ''were'' the fucking cab! A white man would just hop on their back and say 'Fifth and Broadway!'"

* OverprotectiveDad: After his daughter was born, he realized that his one job in life is to "keep her off the pole."
-->'''Chris:''' There are no real grades for fathers, but if your daughter is a stripper, you fucked up!

* BrickJoke: {{Exploited|Trope}}. In ''Tambourine'', he took up school bullying and joked that "Anyone who says words hurt has never been punched in the face". A year later he hosted the Oscars, where he actually got slapped in the face. Then another year later, he makes ''Selective Outrage'', and he makes the joke again, in a different context.

* SadClown: Famously remarked, ‘[[https://books.google.co.il/books?id=kcycAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA59&lpg=PA59&dq=Comedy+is+the+blues+for+people+who+can%E2%80%99t+sing&source=bl&ots=xQ6UUnmSBf&sig=NyoCPP0mDuUxGBMu4Ezk9z6wOrQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=vumpVN_AG8iqU8SngegL&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Chris%20Rock&f=false Comedy is the Blues for people who can’t sing.]]’

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: In his 2023 Creator/{{Netflix}} special ''Selective Outrage'', Chris used the last ten minutes of the show to roast both Creator/WillSmith and Creator/JadaPinkettSmith for what occurred in [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward the 2022 Academy Awards ceremony]] after Will legitimately slapped Chris onstage for telling a joke about Jada. Pointing out how out of all the people in the world who were actively harassing both Will and Jada over the latter's adultery scandal, Will chose to take his frustration out [[MisplacedRetribution on Chris]] -- someone ''who tried to give him moral support'' during the height of the controversy, and someone who also had ''no chance'' of beating the much-larger Will in a physical confrontation if he ''did'' choose to strike back. He also derided how [[DidntThinkThisThrough poorly thought-out]] their decision to go public with the details of the affair via the "Red Table Talk" was, arguing that it did far more harm to both their reputations and their marriage than good.

Rock really broke into the mainstream with his second {{Creator/HBO}} stand-up special ''Bring the Pain'' in 1996, in particular with his controversial routine therein assessing the state of black America: "Black People vs. Niggas". This led to the successful late night comedy talk show ''Series/TheChrisRockShow'', which aired on HBO from 1997-2000. Several more acclaimed stand-up tours have followed, as have numerous film roles in both live-action and animation (''Franchise/{{Madagascar}}'', ''Film/OsmosisJones'', ''[[Series/FargoSeasonFour Fargo]]'') and [[Series/EverybodyHatesChris a sitcom based on his childhood]]. He also wrote the story for, executive produced, and starred in ''[[Film/Spiral2021 Spiral]]'', the ninth entry in the ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' series.

** Humorously, he himself is an example of this trope, now that he is currently in his 50s, and looks and sounds like he is much younger than that.

* PrisonRape: Invoked when talking about an {{Creator/HBO}} jail special.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: In his 2023 Netflix special ''Selective Outrage'', Chris dedicated the last ten minutes of his show to roast both Creator/WillSmith and Creator/JadaPinkettSmith for what occurred in [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward the 2022 Academy Awards ceremony]] after Will legitimately slapped Chris onstage for telling a joke about Jada. Pointing out how out of all the people in the world who were actively harassing both Will and Jada over the latter's adultery scandal, Will chose to take his frustration out [[MisplacedRetribution on Chris]] -- someone ''who tried to give him moral support'' during the height of the controversy, and someone who also had ''no chance'' of beating the much larger Will in a physical confrontation if he ''did'' choose to strike back. He also derided how [[DidntThinkThisThrough poorly thought-out]] their decision to go public with the details of the affair via the "Red Table Talk" was, arguing that it did far more harm to both their reputations and their marriage than good.