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* IllGirl: Carolyn and [[spoiler: she later dies of cancer]]
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* OutnumberedSibling: Troy is the only girl.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Clinton angrily says "I'd rather have a father than a mother any day." [[TearJerker Sadly, he finally got his wish...]]
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Clinton angrily says "I'd rather have a father than a mother any day." [[TearJerker Sadly, he finally got his wish...]]Later on...
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Clinton angrily says "I'd rather have a father than a mother any day." [[TearJerker Sadly, he finally got his wish...]]
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* HappilyAdopted: Subverted, as Viola doesn't much care for her adoptive mother, Song
* HarsherInHindsight: InUniverse example: "Man I'd rather have a father than a mother any day!"
** Also doubling as BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor.
* HarsherInHindsight: InUniverse example: "Man I'd rather have a father than a mother any day!"
** Also doubling as BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor.
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* HappilyAdopted: Subverted, as Viola doesn't much care for her adoptive mother, Song
* HarsherInHindsight: InUniverse example: "Man I'd rather have a father than a mother any day!"
** Also doubling as BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor.Song.
* HarsherInHindsight: InUniverse example: "Man I'd rather have a father than a mother any day!"
** Also doubling as BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor.
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* GenderBlenderName: The only girl in the Carmichael family is named Troy.
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* GenderBlenderName: The only girl in the Carmichael family is named Troy. This has even earned her the nickname "Troy the Boy" by many of the boys, which is the definition of this very trope.
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: A bizarre dance number between a Mexican storekeeper and a drag queen ([[spoiler:RuPaul]]), witnessed by a completely baffled Troy.
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: In-Universe. A bizarre dance number between a Mexican storekeeper and a drag queen ([[spoiler:Rupaul]]), witnessed by a completely baffled Troy.
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: In-Universe. A bizarre dance number between a Mexican storekeeper and a drag queen ([[spoiler:Rupaul]]), ([[spoiler:RuPaul]]), witnessed by a completely baffled Troy.
* TheCameo: [[spoiler: RuPaul]] as the convenience store drag queen.
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** Peanut and Nate both are bullies who make life difficult for Troy.
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** Peanut and Nate Greg both are bullies who make life difficult for Troy.
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* OutnumberedSibling: Troy is the only girl child
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* OutnumberedSibling: Troy is the only girl childgirl.
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* PerpetualPoverty: The family is down, but not out. But barely not out. Carolyn is a teacher who is overworked and underpaid, and Woody is a classical pianist and composer who doesn't want to compromise his artistry and play more marketable music. This causes a lot of friction between the couple.
* PetTheDog: After being a total creep for most of the movie, Clinton holds his sister's hand to comfort her at [[spoiler: their mother's funeral]].
* PetTheDog: After being a total creep for most of the movie, Clinton holds his sister's hand to comfort her at [[spoiler: their mother's funeral]].
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* PerpetualPoverty: The family is often down, but not out. But barely not out. Carolyn is a school teacher who is overworked and underpaid, and Woody is a classical pianist and composer who doesn't want to compromise his artistry and play more marketable music. This causes a lot of friction between the couple.
* PetTheDog: After being a totalcreep dick for most of the movie, Clinton holds his sister's hand to comfort her at [[spoiler: their mother's funeral]].
* PetTheDog: After being a total
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* ShellShockedVeteran: Vic and he's prone to violent outburst along with being afraid the dark..
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* ShellShockedVeteran: Vic and he's prone to violent outburst along with being afraid the dark..dark.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Troy's friend Minnie isn't seen at the end and neither is Tommy La-La
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Troy's best friend Minnie isn't seen at the end and neither is Tommy La-Laagain after a brief appearance in Troy’s visualization of Carolyn’s letter.
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: A bizarre dance number between a Mexican storekeeper and a drag queen ([[spoiler:Rupaul]]), witnessed by a completely baffled Troy.
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: In-Universe. A bizarre dance number between a Mexican storekeeper and a drag queen ([[spoiler:Rupaul]]), witnessed by a completely baffled Troy.
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''Crooklyn'' is a 1994 film by Creator/SpikeLee, which takes place during 1973 in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. The primary characters are nine-year-old Troy (Zelda Harris) and her family. Over the film's course, Troy learns life lessons through her four rowdy brothers, mother, and father, along with many others.
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''Crooklyn'' is a 1994 film by Creator/SpikeLee, which takes place during 1973 in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. The primary characters are nine-year-old Troy (Zelda Harris) (Creator/ZeldaHarris) and her family. Over the film's course, Troy learns life lessons through her four rowdy brothers, mother, and father, along with many others.
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: A bizarre dance number between a Mexican storekeeper and a drag queen ([[spoiler:Rupaul]]), witnessed by a completely baffled Troy.
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''Crooklyn'' is 1994 film by Creator/SpikeLee, which takes place during 1973 in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. The primary characters are nine-year-old Troy (Zelda Harris) and her family. Over the film's course, Troy learns life lessons through her four rowdy brothers, mother, and father, along with many others.
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''Crooklyn'' is a 1994 film by Creator/SpikeLee, which takes place during 1973 in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. The primary characters are nine-year-old Troy (Zelda Harris) and her family. Over the film's course, Troy learns life lessons through her four rowdy brothers, mother, and father, along with many others.
''Crooklyn'' is a 1994 film by Creator/SpikeLee, which takes place during 1973 in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. The primary characters are nine-year-old Troy (Zelda Harris) and her family. Over the film's course, Troy learns life lessons through her four rowdy brothers, mother, and father, along with many others.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Troy's friend Minnie isn't seen at the end and neither is Tommy La-La
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Troy's friend Minnie isn't seen at the end and neither is Tommy La-LaLa-La
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* PaintingTheMedium: Scenes taking place down south are vertically stretched like widescreen through a standard lens, which is supposed to make the setting feel as weird and alien to the audience as it does to Troy.
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* DreadfulMusician: Tommy La-La. Also Tony Eyes.
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* DreadfulMusician: Apparently, Tommy La-La. La-La, according to the Carmichaels, but he teeters more on HollywoodToneDeaf. Also Tony Eyes.Eyes but his case is a bit more obvious .
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* GratuitousSpanish: Briefly, with Minnie and the bodega owner.
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* GratuitousSpanish: Briefly, with Minnie and the bodega owner. We don't know what they said but we do know it was an argument
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** Clinton is not only selfish, he picks on his siblings quite a lot.
*** Wendell can have his moments too and he's the little brother.
*** Wendell can have his moments too and he's the little brother.
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** Clinton is not only selfish, he picks on his siblings quite a lot.
***lot. Wendell can have his moments too and he's the little brother.
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* KilledOffScreen: We don't see [[spoiler: Carolyin's]] death, just the aftermath.
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* KilledOffScreen: We don't see [[spoiler: Carolyin's]] Carolyn's]] death, just the aftermath.
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* ACupAngst: Troy has a mild case of this.
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* ACupAngst: Troy has a mild case of this. This is emphasized a bit more when Song gifts a training bra before commenting, "Oh, you're not going need that for a long time."
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* TheBully: Peanut
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* TheBully: PeanutPeanut is the main bully and she does pick on Troy, even stealing groceries from the latter.
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* IllGirl: Carolyn and [[spoiler: she later dies]]
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* IllGirl: Carolyn and [[spoiler: she later dies]]dies of cancer]]
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* JerkAss: There's plenty.
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* JerkAss: {{Jerkass}}: There's plenty.
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* ShellShockedVeteran: Vic.
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* ShellShockedVeteran: Vic.Vic and he's prone to violent outburst along with being afraid the dark..
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* ThoseTwoGuys: Snuffy and Right Hand.
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* ThoseTwoGuys: Snuffy and Right Hand.Hand, who are not seen separately.
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* GenderBlenderName: The only girl in the Carmichael family is named Troy.
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** Also doubling as BeCarefulForWhatYouWishFor.
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** Also doubling as BeCarefulForWhatYouWishFor.BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor.
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*CrazyCatLady: A gender-flipped and downplayed example, with Tony Eyes, as he has more than a couple of dogs living with him in a rather small apartment. However, unlike most examples, he's very unpleasant.
*HappilyAdopted: Subverted, as Viola doesn't much care for her adoptive mother, Song
**Also doubling as BeCarefulForWhatYouWishFor.
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*** Wendell can have his moments too.
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*** Wendell can have his moments too.too and he's the little brother.
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*SlapSlapKiss: Woody and Carolyn's relationship could be summed up as this, as most of what we see them do is argue, though they do have loving moments (i.e, Woody and Carolyn going on a date)
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*ThoseTwoGuys: Snuffy and Right Hand.
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* GratuitousSpanish: Briefly, with Minnie and the bodega owner
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* GratuitousSpanish: Briefly, with Minnie and the bodega ownerowner.
* HarsherInHindsight: InUniverse example: "Man I'd rather have a father than a mother any day!"
* HarsherInHindsight: InUniverse example: "Man I'd rather have a father than a mother any day!"
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* IronicName: Peanut is noted to be a big girl and she is
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* IronicName: Peanut is noted to be a big girl and she isis.
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*BilingualBonus: "Puta" is Spanish for "Whore"
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* EpistolaryStory: Some parts of the story are narrated by Carolyn's letters
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*AwfulTruth: Troy finding out her mother is sick with cancer and she asks, "Why didn't anyone tell me?"
*EpistolaryStory: Some parts of the story are narrated by Carolyn's letters
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** Snuffy and Right Hand Man terrorize the neighborhood when they aren't high.
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** Snuffy and Right Hand Man terrorize the neighborhood when they aren't high.high (or, at times, when they are).
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*KilledOffScreen: We don't see [[spoiler: Carolyin's]] death, just the aftermath.
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*PromotedToParent: Troy, after [[spoiler: Carolyn's death]], elevates herself up to maternal figure, especially due to being the only girl child.
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''Crooklyn'' is 1994 film by SpikeLee, which takes place during 1973 in Bedford-Stuyvesant. The primary characters are Troy and her family. Over the film's course, Troy learns life lessons through her four rowdy brothers, mother, and father, along with many others.
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''Crooklyn'' is 1994 film by SpikeLee, Creator/SpikeLee, which takes place during 1973 in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. The primary characters are nine-year-old Troy (Zelda Harris) and her family. Over the film's course, Troy learns life lessons through her four rowdy brothers, mother, and father, along with many others.
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* PerpetualPoverty: The family is down, but not out. But barely not out. Carolyn is a teacher who is overworked and underpaid, and Woody is a classical pianist and composer who doesn't want to compromise his artistry and play more marketable music. This causes a lot of friction between the couple.
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* DreadfulMusician: Tommy La-La
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* CrankyNeighbor: Tony Eyes isn't just cranky, he's annoying and a pretty lousy neighbor overall.
* DreadfulMusician: TommyLa-LaLa-La. Also Tony Eyes.
* DreadfulMusician: Tommy
* JerkAss: There's plenty.
** Clinton is not only selfish, he picks on his siblings quite a lot.
*** Wendell can have his moments too.
** Tony Eyes is a bitter, unpleasant jerk.
** Snuffy and Right Hand Man terrorize the neighborhood when they aren't high.
** Peanut and Nate both are bullies who make life difficult for Troy.
** Clinton is not only selfish, he picks on his siblings quite a lot.
*** Wendell can have his moments too.
** Tony Eyes is a bitter, unpleasant jerk.
** Snuffy and Right Hand Man terrorize the neighborhood when they aren't high.
** Peanut and Nate both are bullies who make life difficult for Troy.
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* TalkToTheFist: Vic wallops Tony Eyes when the later won't stop screaming in his face... when all Vic was trying to do was get everyone to calm down.
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* TalkToTheFist: Vic wallops Tony Eyes when the later Tony won't stop screaming in his face... when all Vic was trying to do was get everyone to calm down.
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* TalkToTheFist: Vic wallops Tony Eyes when the later won't stop screaming in his face... when all Vic was trying to do was get everyone to calm down.
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* FishEyeLens: The whole episode at Aunt Song's is filmed in this manner, to capture the surreal feeling Troy haves about this upscale suburb living.
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* ShellShockedVeteran: Vic.
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* PetTheDog: After being a total creep for most of the movie, Clinton holds his sister's hand to comfort her at [[spoiler: their mother's funeral]].
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* TheBullly: TheBully: Peanut
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''Crooklyn'' is 1994 film by SpikeLee, which takes place during 1973 in Bedford-Stuyvesant. The primary characters are Troy and her family. Over the film's course, Troy learns life lessons through her four rowdy brothers, mother, and father, along with many others.
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*ACupAngst: Troy has a mild case of this.
*TheBullly: Peanut
*DreadfulMusician: Tommy La-La
*GratuitousSpanish: Briefly, with Minnie and the bodega owner
*IllGirl: Carolyn and [[spoiler: she later dies]]
*IronicName: Peanut is noted to be a big girl and she is
*MrMuffikins: Aunt Song's dog Queenie
*OutnumberedSibling: Troy is the only girl child
*TheSeventies: Takes place mostly in the summer of 1973.
*TheStoner: Snuffy and Right Hand, who are often seen huffing glue.
*TomboyishName: Troy's. Somewhat fitting as she is a tomboy.
*WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Troy's friend Minnie isn't seen at the end and neither is Tommy La-La
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!Tropes for ''Crooklyn'':
*ACupAngst: Troy has a mild case of this.
*TheBullly: Peanut
*DreadfulMusician: Tommy La-La
*GratuitousSpanish: Briefly, with Minnie and the bodega owner
*IllGirl: Carolyn and [[spoiler: she later dies]]
*IronicName: Peanut is noted to be a big girl and she is
*MrMuffikins: Aunt Song's dog Queenie
*OutnumberedSibling: Troy is the only girl child
*TheSeventies: Takes place mostly in the summer of 1973.
*TheStoner: Snuffy and Right Hand, who are often seen huffing glue.
*TomboyishName: Troy's. Somewhat fitting as she is a tomboy.
*WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Troy's friend Minnie isn't seen at the end and neither is Tommy La-La
