History Series / TheParkers

The series finale aired on May 10, 2004 and drew in 3.6 million viewers. In the finale, [[spoiler:Professor Oglevee finally realizes his true feelings for Nikki just as she is about to marry another man and they get married in the same episode]].

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Nikki may or may not have some shades of this. However, her CrowningMomentOfAwesome in the episode, "Squatter's Right", kinda leans towards this.

** TookALevelInJerkAss: For a temporary moment in Squatter's Right, the Professor. However, it may or may not be justified. See both the DarkerAndEdgier entry and the CrowningMomentOfAwesome page above.

!!Tropes:

* {{It Is Pronounced Tro-PAY}}: [[ShutUpHannibal "Oh, and by the way, your name ain't 'Tra-say' it's Tracey, girl."]]
** Mind you, this was a ShutUpHannibal moment from ''Kim''.

* LonelyRichKid: Stevie.

->''"[[CatchPhrase Heeyyy!]]"''

* WitchWithACapitalB: "Evilene" was often used as a homage to TheWiz; though calling someone a witch got thrown around at times.

* MistakenForMurderer: Nikki thinks Prof. Oglevee's neighbor is a killer who is coming after her a la ''RearWindow''.

* ShoutOut: Kim daydreams that everyone is on an episode of {{Dallas}}.

''The Parkers'' is a ComedySeries that aired on UPN from August 30, 1999, to May 10, 2004. A spin-off of UPN's ''Series/{{Moesha}}'', The Parkers featured the mother-daughter team of Nikki (played by Mo'Nique) and Kim Parker (played by Countess Vaughn).

* TeacherStudentRomance: It's one-sided between Nikki and The Professor [[spoiler: until the finale]]. Also, though not a romance trope, [[spoiler: Regina slept with her college professor to save her GPA]], yet it was PlayedForLaughs, it does have some UnfortunateImplications.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The show is not available on DVD. However, reruns are shown daily on BET.

* MissingEpisode: Not Quite. "Fighting Kim," either through an innocent mistake or an elaborate hoax, is listed on many, ''many'' episode lists as the 23rd and final episode of the second season. This episode does not actually exist in any capacity, but due to its prominence on most episode guides, many people are lead to believe that this is an actual missing episode.
** The first episode of the third season picks up where the final episode of season 2 left off, making it impossible for another episode to have taken place between them.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: At the end of ''Moesha'', several [[CliffHanger Cliffhangers]] (Myles' kidnapping, the positive pregnancy test in the trash at Moesha's apartment, etc.) were originally to be resolved in the 3rd season of The Parkers, but the idea was scrapped, and it was decided to just have characters from Moesha visit The Parkers in several {{Crossover}} episodes.

Unlike Moesha, this was a straight up comedy sitcom then a Dramady.

* MagicalRealism: One HalloweenEpisode featured a Egyptian sorceress who tried to sacrifice the main cast to resurrect her dead lover, complete with mummy minions. A Valentines Day episode featured a Jamaican witch who gives Nikki a love potion that enchants most of the main cast. One ChristmasEpisode featured Santa Claus. Another episode, "Saving Grace," features angels, that was not even a holiday special.

* MagicalRealism: One HalloweenEpisode featured a Egyptian sorceress who tried to sacrifice the main cast to resurrect her dead lover, complete with mummy minions. A Valentines Day episode featured a Jamaican witch who gives Nikki a love potion that enchants most of the main cast. Another episode features angels, that was not even a holiday special.

''The Parkers'' is a ComedySeries that aired on UPN from August 30, 1999, to May 10, 2004. A spin-off of UPN's ''{{Moesha}}'', The Parkers featured the mother-daughter team of Nikki (played by Mo'Nique) and Kim Parker (played by Countess Vaughn).

** This is actually recycled from {{Moesha}} with Dorian's own [[spoiler: FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo]]

* {{Crossover}}: With the SpinOff ''Moesha''. Hakeem and Moesha come to Kim's birthday party in the HalloweenEpisode. Another episode has Nikki working for Hakeem's mom at Magic Johnson Theaters.

* DumbBlonde: Kim, after she got her hair dyed.

* MistakenF`orMurderer: Nikki thinks Prof. Oglevee's neighbor is a killer who is coming after her a la ''RearWindow''.