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* PartingWordsRegret: The last time Troy and Cory see each other, they get in a big fight culminating in Cory being kicked out of the house. Raynell later mentions to Cory that Troy always talked to her about him, implying that near the end of his life, Troy had some form of regret that he didn't have a better relationship with his son.
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* PracticallyDifferentGenerations: All three of Troy's children. Lyons is in his 30's(later 40's), Cory is 17/18 years old(later 24/25) and Raynell is 7 by the end of the play/film.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Troy is projecting his own failures in baseball on Corey, but he has a point that his son should be more concerned with his education and with learning a trade that pinning all his dreams on football.
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* MyWayOrTheHighway: During the "I don't have to like you" scene, Cory answers a question with "Yeah", to which Troy reacts: "Nigga, as long as you in my house, you put a [[HonorThyParent 'Sir']] on the end of it when you talk to me!"
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* MyWayOrTheHighway: During the "I don't have to like you" scene, Cory answers a his father's question "Don't you eat every day?" with "Yeah", to which Troy reacts: "Nigga, as long as you live in my house, you put a [[HonorThyParent 'Sir']] on the end of it when you talk to me!"
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** Troy to some extent. Why, Death is a wrestler and they wrestled to [[JustForPun death]] for three days.
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** Troy to some extent. Why, Death is a wrestler and they wrestled to [[JustForPun death]] death for three days.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Cory assumes his father is scared of his son being better at sports than he is. Troy's dickish move is preventing his son from ever playing sports in the leagues because he doesn't want his son to have to deal with the stigma of racism like he did.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Cory assumes his father is scared of his son being better at sports than he is. Troy's dickish move is preventing his son from ever playing sports in the leagues because he doesn't want his son to to have to deal with the stigma of racism like he did.did. At least that's how he justifies it.
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** In the end, when Cory initially refuses to attend Troy's funeral, Rose applies this standard to Troy. She argues that while he did a lot of bad things, he still provided for his family, which to her is "more good than bad".
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** Gabriel. [[NamesTheSame The guy thinks he's the similarly named archangel.]] If YOU had part of your head blown off by a bomb in World War II, you'd be a little loopy too.
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** Gabriel. [[NamesTheSame The guy thinks he's the similarly named archangel.]] archangel. If YOU had part of your head blown off by a bomb in World War II, you'd be a little loopy too.
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* MyWayOrTheHighway: During the "I don't have to like you" scene, Cory answers a question with "Yeah", to which Troy reacts: "Nigga, as long as you in my house, you put a 'Sir' on the end of it when you talk to me!"
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* MyWayOrTheHighway: During the "I don't have to like you" scene, Cory answers a question with "Yeah", to which Troy reacts: "Nigga, as long as you in my house, you put a 'Sir' [[HonorThyParent 'Sir']] on the end of it when you talk to me!"
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* MyWayOrTheHighway: During the "I don't have to like you" scene, Cory answers a question with "Yeah", to which Troy reacts: "Nigga, as long as you in my house, you put a sir on the end of it when you talk to me!"
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* MyWayOrTheHighway: During the "I don't have to like you" scene, Cory answers a question with "Yeah", to which Troy reacts: "Nigga, as long as you in my house, you put a sir 'Sir' on the end of it when you talk to me!"
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* MyWayOrTheHighway: During the "I don't have to like you" scene, Cory answers a question with "Yeah", to which Troy reacts: "Nigga, as long as you in my house, you put a sir on the end of it when you talk to me!"
