History Series / MeetTheBrowns

The show initially revolved around Mr. Brown running a senior citizen's home in Atlanta, Georgia, with his daughter Cora, in honor of his deceased father's legacy. However, as the show progressed, the show then became revolved around Mr. Brown and Cora allowing his nephew and her cousin, Dr. William "Will" Brown (Lamman Rucker), his wife, Sasha (Denise Boutte), and their adoptive children, Brianna (Brianne Gould in Season 1, Logan Browning in Seasons 2-5) and Joaquin (Gunnar Washington), to live in the house with them, and the crazy and humorous antics they endeavor on together with various friends and neighbors. Some of these other friends and neighbors that often join on their crazy and humorous antics include Derek (Robert Ri'chard), Ret. Marines Colonel Cleophus Jackson (Tony Vaughn) whom they just refer to as "Colonel" or "The Colonel", Edna (Juanita Jennings), Daisy La'Rue(Katherine "K" Callan) Jésus (Antonio Jaramillo), Reneé (Terri J. Vaughn), and London Sheraton (Creator/ArielleVandenberg).

The show initially revolved around Mr. Brown running a senior citizen's home in Atlanta, Georgia, with his daughter Cora, in honor of his deceased father's legacy. However, as the show progressed, the show then became revolved around Mr. Brown and Cora allowing his nephew and her cousin, Dr. William "Will" Brown (Lamman Rucker), his wife, Sasha (Denise Boutte), and their adoptive children, Brianna (Brianne Gould in Season 1, Logan Browning in Seasons 2-5) and Joaquin (Gunnar Washington), to live in the house with them, and the crazy and humorous antics they endeavor on together with various friends and neighbors. Some of these other friends and neighbors such as Derek (Robert Ri'chard), Ret. Marines Colonel Cleophus Jackson (Tony Vaughn) whom they just refer to as "Colonel" or "The Colonel", Edna (Juanita Jennings), Daisy La'Rue(Katherine "K" Callan) Jésus (Antonio Jaramillo), Reneé (Terri J. Vaughn), and London Sheraton (Creator/ArielleVandenberg).

The show initially revolved around Mr. Brown running a senior citizen's home in Atlanta, Georgia, with his daughter Cora, in honor of his deceased father's legacy. However, as the show progressed, the show then became revolved around Mr. Brown and Cora allowing his nephew and her cousin, Dr. William "Will" Brown (Lamman Rucker), his wife, Sasha (Denise Boutte), and their adoptive children, Brianna (Brianne Gould in Season 1, Logan Browning in Seasons 2-5) and Joaquin (Gunnar Washington), to live in the house with them, and the crazy and humorous antics they endeavor on together with various friends and neighbors, such as Derek (Robert Ri'chard), Ret. Marines Colonel Cleophus Jackson (Tony Vaughn) whom they just refer to as "Colonel" or "The Colonel", Edna (Juanita Jennings), Daisy La'Rue(Katherine "K" Callan) Jésus (Antonio Jaramillo), Reneé (Terri J. Vaughn), and London Sheraton (Creator/ArielleVandenberg).

The show initially revolved around Mr. Brown running a senior citizen's home in Decatur, Georgia, with his daughter Cora, in honor of his deceased father's legacy. However, as the show progressed, the show then became revolved around Mr. Brown and Cora allowing his nephew and her cousin, Dr. William "Will" Brown (Lamman Rucker), his wife, Sasha (Denise Boutte), and their adoptive children, Brianna (Brianne Gould in Season 1, Logan Browning in Seasons 2-5) and Joaquin (Gunnar Washington), to live in the house with them, and the crazy and humorous antics they endeavor on together with various friends and neighbors, such as Derek (Robert Ri'chard), Ret. Marines Colonel Cleophus Jackson (Tony Vaughn) whom they just refer to as "Colonel" or "The Colonel", Edna (Juanita Jennings), Daisy La'Rue(Katherine "K" Callan) Jésus (Antonio Jaramillo), Reneé (Terri J. Vaughn), and London Sheraton (Creator/ArielleVandenberg).

* Main/ClothingReflectsPersonality: Mr. Brown often wears vividly bright colored outfits, that are usually just exotic and brightly colored 1970's looking jumpsuits, but he wears them on purpose, despite their flamboyance and tackiness, because they represent his strange and unconventional personality; can be compared to CustomUniform and DistinctiveAppearances.

* ActingForTwo: Denise Boutte plays as both Sasha and her identical cousin in the episode "Meet the Country Cousin."

* AmbiguouslyChristian : Although most of the characters of the show are either professing or strongly devout Baptist Christians, a few of the characters, such as Brianna, Joaquin (although this is understandable for them because they are young adolescents and may not have strongly developed views either for or against religion themselves apart from following Christianity along with the rest of the family),Renee, Jésus, Daisy, London, and various others seem to be or are implied to be Christians, but they do not express strongly religious views. Some of them are even seen going to church, but is only because they go with their family out of obligation, and sometimes it is just for special events like funerals or weddings.

---> '''''(After the house lights have gone out and the power is off)'''''
--->'''''Cora & Mr. Brown both dramatically shriek in fear'''''
---> '''Mr. Brown:''' (''apologetically and dramatically'') Cora, I'm sorry, I forgot to pay the light bill.
--->'''Cora:''' (''angrily'') Oh, Mr. Brown! What in the world!? How could you!?!
--->'''''(Mr. Brown then takes a flashlight that was sitting next to them on the coffee table in front of the couch that he had been playing with earlier, and shines the flashlight in his face from his chin and then shines it at Cora.)'''''
---> '''''(Cora then takes another flashlight that was also sitting on the coffee table and shines it on her own face from her chin.)'''''
---> '''Mr. Brown:''' (''playfully'') Hey Cora, we look like we on those cartoons on TV where when the people be in the dark and you can only see their eyes on the Black screen.
---> '''Cora:''' (''angrily'') That's not funny Mr. Brown!
--->'''''(Brianna and Joaquin then dramatically and suddenly appear behind the couch also shining flashlights on their faces as well, to scare Mr. Brown and Cora.)'''''
--->'''Brianna & Joaquin together:''' BOO! '''''(Brianna and Joaquin then both laugh)'''''
--->'''''(Mr. Brown & Cora flinch violently and shriek in fear from being startled; Mr. Brown jumps so hard that he drops his flashlight.)'''''
---> '''Cora:''' (''laughing'') Okay now that was a little bit funny!
--->'''''(Cora, Joaquin, and Brianna then share one last laugh as the episode ends.)'''''

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* TheOtherDarrin : Brianna's character is initially played by actress Brianne Gould, but Brianne Gould was pulled from the show for undisclosed reasons at the end of Season 1. Logan Browning was then brought in to play Brianna from Season 2 onward.

The show initially revolved around Mr. Brown running a senior citizen's home in Decatur, Georgia, with his daughter Cora, in honor of his deceased father's legacy. However, as the show progressed, the show then became revolved around Mr. Brown and Cora allowing his nephew and her cousin, Dr. William "Will" Brown (Lamman Rucker), his wife, Sasha (Denise Boutte), and their adoptive children, Brianna (Brianne Gould in Season 1, Logan Browning in Seasons 2-5) and Joaquin (Gunnar Washington), live in the house with them, and the crazy and humorous antics they endeavor on together with various friends and neighbors, such as Derek (Robert Ri'chard), Ret. Marines Colonel Cleophus Jackson (Tony Vaughn) whom they just refer to as "Colonel" or "The Colonel", Edna (Juanita Jennings), Daisy La'Rue(Katherine "K" Callan) Jésus (Antonio Jaramillo), Reneé (Terri J. Vaughn), and London Sheraton (Creator/ArielleVandenberg).

* {{Slapstick}} : Happens in a lot of episodes with Mr. Brown, Cora, Will, Sasha, Brianna London Sheraton, Joaquin, and sometimes Edna and The Colonel.
* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Sasha, Brianna and London Sheraton are often targets of the [[AmusingInjuries slapstick violence and injuries]] on the show.

[[caption-width-right:350:'''Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns'''—''"The craziest family ever created by Tyler Perry."''—Part of the slogan on the Seasons 1-5 Bundle DVD/Blu-Ray Pack on Amazon]]

'''''Tyler Perry's Meet the Brown's''''' is an American sitcom that was created by Creator/TylerPerry as a separate but in-universe spinoff to Series/HouseOfPayne , starring David and Tamela Mann as "Mr. Brown" and "Cora Simmons" respectively. The sitcom is based off of Tyler Perry's two previous works, '''Meet the Browns''', the 2008 film, and '''Meet the Browns,''' the 2004 stage play. The show initially revolved around Mr. Brown running a senior citizen's home in Decatur, Georgia, with his daughter Cora, in honor of his deceased father's legacy. However, as the show progressed, the show then became revolved around Mr. Brown and Cora allowing his nephew and her cousin, Dr. William "Will" Brown (Lamman Rucker), his wife, Sasha (Denise Boutte), and their adoptive children, Brianna (Brianne Gould in Season 1, Logan Browning in Seasons 2-5) and Joaquin (Gunnar Washington), live in the house with them, and the crazy and humorous antics they endeavor on together with various friends and neighbors, such as Derek (Robert Ri'chard), Ret. Marines Colonel Cleophus Jackson (Tony Vaughn) whom they just refer to as "Colonel" or "The Colonel", Edna (Juanita Jennings), Daisy La'Rue(Katherine "K" Callan) Jésus (Antonio Jaramillo), Reneé (Terri J. Vaughn), and London Sheraton (Creator/ArielleVandenberg). The show premiered in January of 2009 and finished its run in November of 2011 on TBS after five seasons. The show was second only to House of Payne in the largest number of episodes of an African American sitcom on TBS (although not the largest of any African-American sitcom at large), and was one of the the longest running African American sitcoms on TBS. The show is also currently syndicated through the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), the Black Entertainment Television (BET) Network, and Amazon Prime Video's BET+ Subscription service.

* PlayingGertrude: Mr. Brown's character is supposed to be an elderly man at least above the age of 65 or 70. The actor who plays as Mr. Brown in the series, David Mann, is over 30 years younger than his character role in real life. And Tamela Mann who plays as his daughter Cora in the series is the same age as David Mann in real life.

* {{Corpsing}}/ContagiousLaughter: In the episode "Meet the H.B.I.C.", when the Brown family accidentally thinks there is a fire in the house, they scramble around panicking and [[TheDitz London tries to do stop, drop, and roll (even though she's not actually on fire).]] They find out that it was never actually a fire but just Cora's pound cake burning in the oven. A little while later after everything has calmed down, London is ''still'' rolling across the floor, doing stop-drop-and-roll. [[ContagiousLaughter Sasha then laughs at London first (and laughs the hardest), then Cora laughs, and then Mr. Brown starts laughing and giggling at London as well]] until finally Mr. Brown opens up the French style backyard door in the kitchen, and tells London to keep rolling across the floor and roll outside to the backyard. Denise Boutte is laughing so hard that she can't even get back into character [[EverybodyLaughsEnding and the rest of the characters (David and Tamela Mann) laugh with her until the episode ends.]]

* AdultFear : "Meet the Couch Potato", when Will is being investigated by his hospital's certification board for allowing one of his patients to die under his care because of personal feelings against him, he fears that they will question Sasha as a witness, and she is afraid of how he will react depending on how she responds to the interrogation. [[spoiler: She eventually ends up telling the truth of everything she heard him say during the operation while the said patient was in the emergency room in the ICU, which leads to his suspension. He is eventually reinstated.]]
*** "Meet the Wills", when Sasha is diagnosed with a tumor on her breasts, she and the family have fears about whether or not she should seek traditional cancer treatment. [[spoiler: She later finds out the tumor was benign.]]
*** "Meet the Lessons", Will and Sasha are worried that Brianna may be sexually active when they find birth control pills in Brianna's room.
*** "Meet the Thief", the characters become understandably concerned and afraid when a recent rash of burglaries take place throughout their neighborhood. [[spoiler: It is revealed later on in the episode that it was actually Brianna's best friend, Jamal, who was committing the burglaries, non-violently of course, because him and his mother had lost their home and were temporarily forced to live in their family car.]]
*** "Meet the Class", Cora has fears and doubts about becoming a substitute teacher. However, she eventually becomes a full-fledged teacher at one of the local high schools in Season 2.

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* AbusiveParents: Joaquin and Brianna's biological mother, Tanya, played by Tasha Smith; [[ExportedCharacter whose character is loosely based off of other similar characters played by the same actress in previous works by Tyler Perry]].

* ExportedCharacter : Tanya, Joaquin and Brianna's biological mother, who is obviously and deliberately based on Tasha Smith's older characters from previous works by Tyler Perry. This is lampshaded a few times throughout the series with [[ActorAllusion actor allusions to her actress Tasha Smith]].

'''''Tyler Perry's Meet the Brown's''''' is an American sitcom that was created by Creator/TylerPerry as a separate but in-universe spinoff to Series/HouseOfPayne , starring David and Tamela Mann as "Mr. Brown" and "Cora Simmons" respectively. The sitcom is based off of Tyler Perry's two previous works, '''Meet the Browns''', the 2008 film, and '''Meet the Browns,''' the 2004 stage play. The show initially revolved around Mr. Brown running a senior citizen's home in Decatur, Georgia, with his daughter Cora, in honor of his deceased father's legacy. However, as the show progressed, the show then became revolved around Mr. Brown and Cora allowing his nephew and her cousin, Dr. William "Will" Brown (Lamman Rucker), his wife, Sasha (Denise Boutte), and their adoptive children, Brianna (Brianne Gould in Season 1, Logan Browning in Seasons 2-5) and Joaquin (Gunnar Washington), live in the house with them, and the crazy and humorous antics they endeavor on together with various friends and neighbors, such as Derek (Robert Ri'chard), Ret. Marines Colonel Cleophus Jackson (Tony Vaughn) whom they just refer to as "Colonel" or "The Colonel", Edna (Juanita Jennings), Daisy La'Rue(Katherine "K" Callan) Jésus (Antonio Jaramillo), Reneé (Terri J. Vaughn), and London Sheraton (Creator/ArielleVandenberg). The show premiered in January of 2009 and finished its run in November of 2011 on TBS after five seasons. The show was second only to House of Payne in the largest number of episodes of an African American sitcom on TBS (although not the largest of any African-American sitcom at large), and was one of the the longest running African American sitcoms on TBS. The show is also currently syndicated through the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), and the Black Entertainment Television (BET) Network.

* InterruptedIntimacy: in the episdoe, "Meet the Entrepeneur," Joaquin interrupts Will and Sasha when they are trying to get into a raunchy and freaky mood together, because he has a stomach-ache. Sasha responds like a nurturing, doting mom, but Will gets comically annoyed.

* InterruptedIntimacy: Joaquin interrupts Will and Sasha when they are trying to get into a raunchy and freaky mood together, because he has a stomach-ache. Sasha responds like a nurturing, doting mom, but Will gets comically annoyed.

* BreakingTheFourthWall: Occurs in several episodes along with some [[AsideComment "theatrical asides"]] as well.

* {{Blackmail}} and BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord: Played for Laughs. Happens in a plethora of episodes but most notably with Derek and Brianna "Meet the Fake ID."

** In another episode, Mr. Brown has an elderly lady named Mother Lane join his choir he wanted to enter into his regional church gospel choir competition. While they're rehearsing, Mother Lane sits in a nearby chair as Mr. Brown directs the choir, and she slumps her head down and dies, unbeknownst to the rest of the characters. However, the actress playing as her can be seen trying not to laugh at the other characters' reactions while she's pretending to be dead.

* TheDoorSlammedYou: In one episode, Mr. Brown keeps going back and forth between the kitchen and outside into the backyard while the family is enjoying a lunch together. Brianna gets up and goes to the refrigerator next to the French doors leading to the backyard; cue Mr. Brown swinging the doors wide open (and unknowingly slamming Brianna against the side of the refrigerator) to ask Cora and Will a stupid question, and when he closes the door again, Brianna stands against the side of the refrigerator and comically falls to the floor unconscious.

* PrecociousCrush: In the episode "Meet the Cougars" Brianna's friend Pablo has a crush on both Brianna and Sasha, Brianna's adoptive mother. Also a younger man named Bryce (presumed to be in his 20's or 30's) [[MayDecemberRomance has a crush on Edna and treats her as a cougar because of the age difference.]]

* AbsenteeActor: This occurs quite commonly in the series, most notably with The Colonel and Edna, sometimes Brianna and Joaquin, and with Renee, Cora, and Will sometimes.