History Recap / TheBoondocksS4E7Freedomland

** In the climax, Ed II gets fed up with Huey's disobedience and tries to punish him by [[AnAxeToGrind cutting off his foot with an axe]]. Fortunately, Huey just gives a hard kick into Wuncler's face.

* SinsOfTheFathers: The child slaves of Freedomland are being punished by Ed II for not what they did, but what their parents did: owing money and falling into usury traps by Ed.

* MisplacedRetribution: The child slaves of Freedomland are being punished by Ed II for not what they did, but what their parents did: owing money and falling into usury traps by Ed.

* YouAreNumberSix: Complaining that "Huey" and "Riley" are aggressive names, Uncle Ruckus renames them Nigga 1 and Nigga 2 respectively.

* SkewedPriorities: Riley caring more about how much his feet hurt, than the mere fact he's just been enslaved and stripped of all human rights.

* ConspiracyTheorist: Huey claims that the government attempts to placate people like sheep through emotionally comforting television and super cheap, tasty (if not addictive) junk food.

* BigBad: While Uncle Ruckus may seem to be this, Ed Wuncler II fits this trope for the episode better. Rather, Uncle Ruckus is just his [[TheDragon second-in-command]].

* FastFoodNation: A pizza chain tried to sell Robert 2 cheesy-crust pizzas for only $2, but Huey shoos away the pizza delivery man.

* BarefootCaptives: Huey, Riley, Robert, and Tom are not allowed to wear shoes as slaves of Freedomland.

-->'''Ed Wuncler II''': (''to Huey'') I'm progressive enough to force all races to re-enact your painful history if they owe me money. Even Jews! Isn't it wonderful?

-->'''Ed Wuncler II''': (''to Huey'') I'm progressive enough to force all races to re-enact your painful history if they owe me money.

** Freedomland outright exploits child labor and encourages its attendees to kick their own children stuffed in potato sacks down a hill, squirt water guns at children chained inside boxes, and force children to tap dance. Matter of fact, Freedomland might have just as much or even more child slaves than adult ones.

* EqualOpportunityEvil: Ed Wuncler II is a greedy asshole, but he's not racist. His Freedomland slaves include black people, white people, and other ethnicities.

'''Freedomland''' is the 7th episode of the 4th season of ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks''.

Continuing from where "Good Times" left off, the Freemans are forced to become literal slaves to Ed Wuncler II's theme park Freedomland as though they were brought fresh from Africa.

!!Tropes
* BarefootCaptives: Huey, Riley, Robert and Tom are not allowed to wear shoes as slaves of Freedomland.

* GiveMeLibertyOrGiveMeDeath: Huey forces all the slaves (even the ones too scared to rebel) to retaliate against Ruckus and Wuncler II to get their freedom back.

* IronicNickname: Freedomland, the theme park itself. Also the Freemans becoming forced into slavery as well as Uncle Ruckus naming his white horse "Nigger" just for having wide nostrils.
* KarmaHoudini: Even though Ed Wuncler II gets beaten the crap out of him, Uncle Ruckus is left without a scratch and perfectly fine as the episode ends.
* MadeASlave: Huey, Riley and Robert because of Robert falling behind a mortgage. Tom because he signed up thinking he'd only have to be pretend and act like a slave instead of actually being one.
* NeverMyFault: Tom claims it's the Freemans' fault that he's become enslaved. Actually, Tom's the idiot who signed himself up for Freedomland saying that he's a history buff.

* [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Screw This, I'm Outta Here!]]: The Freemans and Tom attempt to do this from the theme park by simply walking out the exit. The police blockade makes that a no-option.
** After Tom makes a speech saying "I won't be free until we're all free!", Ruckus comes in telling Tom he's free to go because Sarah just paid his freedom handing over his certificate of freedom. Tom grabs it and runs away.
* SkewedPriorities: Riley caring more about how much his feet hurt than the mere fact he's just been enslaved and stripped of all human rights.
* SlaveLiberation: The slaves liberate themselves by revolting against Wuncler II in the climax.
* WorkOffTheDebt: The Freemans, along with every other slave in Freedomland, are required to be slaves there in order to waive their debt to greedy loan shark Ed Wuncler II.
* WouldHurtAChild: Freedomland outright exploits child labor and encourages its attendees to kick their own children stuffed in potato sacks down a hill, squirt water guns at children chained inside boxes, and force children to tap dance. Matter of fact, Freedomland might have just as much or even more child slaves than adult ones.
* [[YouAreNumberSix You Are Number 6]]: Complaining that "Huey" and "Riley" are aggressive names, Uncle Ruckus renames them Nigga 1 and Nigga 2 respectively.

* IronicNickname: Freedomland, the theme park itself. Also the Freemans becoming forced into slavery as while Uncle Ruckus names his white horse "Nigger".

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: The Freemans and Tom attempt to do this from the theme park by simply walking out the exit. The police blockade makes that a no-option.

* YouAreNumberSix: Complaining that "Huey" and "Riley" are aggressive names, Uncle Ruckus renames them Nigga 1 and Nigga 2 respectively.

* ConspiracyTheorist: Huey claims that the government attempts to placate people like sheep through television and super cheap junk food.

* IronicNickname: Freedomland, the theme park itself. And also the Freemans becoming forced into slavery. Uncle Ruckus also names his white horse "Nigger".

* WouldHurtAChild: Freedomland outright exploits child labor and encourages its attendees to kick their own children stuffed in potato sacks down a hill, squirt water guns at children chained inside boxes, and force children to tap dance.

* BigBad: While Uncle Ruckus may seem to be this, Ed Wuncler II fits this trope for the episode better.

* WouldHurtAChild: Freedomland outright exploits child labor and encourages its attendees to kick their own children stuffed in potato sacks down a hill, squirt water guns at children chained inside boxes, and force children to tap dance.