Line #64 YMMV/TheBoondocks


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7	!!Other YMMV:
8	* AccidentalInnuendo: {{Lampshade\|Hanging}}d in the DVDCommentary: Music/RKelly's stretch limo which he arrives at court in appears to be colored a darkish yellow, which resembles the color of urine.
9	* AdaptationDisplacement: The original comic strip was displaced by the animated series. It doesn't help that the overall tone and subject matter are very different, with the comic strip being more mundane, while the show is more outlandish (at least later down the line).
10	* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation:
11	** Given that he has been raised by two consecutive generations of loathsome people, it is very possible to view Ed Wuncler III as a product of his upbringing, rather than just a dangerous loony, especially since he forms a genuine friendship with Riley.
12	** Ruckus' father is so hateful towards his son that it's at least plausible that he lied when he claimed [[spoiler: Revitiligo wasn't real, and that Ruckus wasn't adopted.]] This one seems unlikely at a glance, but would be far from the weirdest thing to happen on the show. It is worth nothing that his mother continued to hold to her story.
13	** Why does Robert regularly pursue relationships with women young enough to be his daughter? Is he a DirtyOldMan? Or is he afraid of outliving another spouse after being widowed once before?
14	* AluminumChristmasTrees:
15	** "Re-vitiligo" is a real condition- though its actual scientific name is "lentigo," and is more commonly known as liver spots.[[note]]Which, ironically, means that Uncle Ruckus isn't lying when he says he has it, since he has some liver spots on his head.[[/note]] It's typically caused by sun damage to the skin, and older people are more prone to having it.
16	** A hamburger with donuts instead of buns and full of bacon? Surely that was the show's invention! Nope, it's called [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_Burger The Luther Burger]], is very, very real, and may or may not have been actually invented by Luther Vandross.
17	** In ''The Red Ball'', Ed Wuncler tells the story of how kickball was a game invented in ancient China by monks, which his ancestor discovered on an expedition to the country. The modern game of kickball is an American invention, but the earliest known form of association football (soccer) was invented in ancient China. Its name? Cuju (蹴鞠), which literally means "kick ball".
18	* {{Anvilicious}}:
19	** Every single mention of {{Creator/BET}}, up to ''and'' including outright saying that they are evil.
20	** "Freedomland" makes no attempt to hide its “the rich are keeping the poor and middle class down" message.
21	** Huey calling out the CommonNonsenseJury in "The Trial of R. Kelly" is an extremely on-the-nose TheReasonYouSuckSpeech aimed towards people who let celebrities get a free pass from crimes solely because they're celebrities.
22	* SugarWiki/AwesomeArt: The TV series, with its {{animesque}} art and animation style, which [[AnimationBump improved]] [[ArtEvolution greatly]] with every season. For an adult animated comedy, a genre notorious for relying on [[StylisticSuck deliberately cheap or shitty animation]], it looks quite stunning.
23	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: It’s widely agreed upon that the soundtrack is great. Even the parody songs which are supposed to be more funny than anything else are pretty catchy, such as "Eff Granddad".
24	* BaseBreakingCharacter:
25	** Uncle Ruckus is either [[EnsembleDarkhorse the funniest character in the series]], or [[TheScrappy a one-note nuisance who has overstayed his welcome]]. "The Color Ruckus" partially [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap redeemed him]] in the eyes of those who thought he's one-note. However, [[TookALevelInJerkass his behavior]] in Season 4 reversed this.
26	** Colonel H. Stinkmeaner. Not everyone enjoyed him reappearing once every season; particularly the Season 4 episode "Stinkmeaner: Begun the Clone War Has", which is [[RecycledPremise basically a retread of "Granddad's Fight"]].
27	** Sarah [=DuBois=] gets some backlash due to her treatment of Tom; such as her [[TookALevelInJerkass domineering attitude]] in some episodes, and the questions of her fidelity (she never cheats on her husband, but does have a habit of flirting with other men).
28	* BetterOnDVD:
29	** The [=DVDs=] are uncut, don't have the offensive language bleeped out, and include the four episodes that have been banned from reruns ("The Hunger Strike", "The Uncle Ruckus Reality Show", "The Story of Jimmy Rebel", and "Pause"). Digital storefronts such as [=iTunes=] also used the uncensored DVD version as well.
30	** {{Averted\|Trope}} when the show used to be on Creator/{{Netflix}} (American feed; the Canadian version had the series uncut, uncensored, and with the missing episodes) and Creator/{{Hulu}}, as not only that was it the censored Adult Swim version (where the language is censored and the four banned episodes aren't on there), but also uses the incorrect aspect ratio that Adult Swim used for the first two seasons.
31	** Zigzagged with the Creator/HBOMax version. Most of the episodes are available and are uncensored. However, due to fears of complaints over racist content, "The Story of Jimmy Rebel" is not available.
32	* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: In "...Or Die Trying", it is revealed that Uncle Ruckus is some kind of martial arts master with nunchaku mastery and the ability to fight on Huey's level. Huey shrugs at the camera when Ruckus shows off. This was never hinted at before and never occurs again and is quickly forgotten. This becomes very noticeable when Ruckus is attacked by The Hateocracy but shows none of his prior fighting abilities.
33	* BrokenBase:
34	** Was the show a worthy adaptation of the comic strip or not? If it wasn't, was it because it went too far in its satire or did it play things too safe?
35	** The way multiple characters were written changed as the series went on, especially from Season 1 to Season 2. Fans were torn about liking the CharacterExaggeration or not.
36	** Reception is somewhat split over when and where the series was at its best/worst - mostly between those who think Season 2 both improved its stride and found its particular comedic style, and those who think that Season 2 lost some of its earliest energy, symbolism and characterization. There's also a minor debate over whether the emphasis on the various characters was handled well and caused them to be more distinctive and endearing, or whether it was handled poorly and caused them to become too exaggerated and [[{{Flanderization}} flanderized]].
37	** The base splintered over Season 4, partly because [=McGruder=] was not involved in its production in any way. Detractors say that the show's characters were too exaggerated and the sharp satire was starting to wane, while fans say that, while the season wasn't nearly as good, and Creator/AdultSwim's treatment of it is a classic case of ScrewedByTheNetwork, there were some enjoyable episodes.
38	%%* CrazyIsCool: There are several contenders: Bushido Brown, Ed Wuncler III and Gin Rummy, and Riley's (unnamed) art teacher from the first season all have qualities of this.
39	* CreatorWorship: [=McGruder=] seems to get quite a lot of this from fans, who praise him for all the witty comedy and satire in the show. The main complaint against [[SeasonalRot Season 4]] was that [[OnlyTheCreatorDoesItRight he wasn't involved in any of it]].
40	* CriticalDissonance: The series is acclaimed yet it has a 48% on Website/RottenTomatoes, mainly due to it combining Season 4.
41	* CrossesTheLineTwice: Half of the show’s humor comes from jokes that should not be funny being utterly hilarious thanks to how they are executed in the most over the top manner.
42	** Pretty much anything pertaining to Tom's fear of being raped in prison in "A Date with the Health Inspector", especially this exchange:
43	--->'''Tom:''' Whatever you do, don't tell my baby Jasmine. I don't want her to know her daddy was somebody's bitch.\
44	'''Huey:''' ''(to Jasmine)'' Um, your father wants you to know he's nobody's bitch.
45	** Uncle Ruckus does this every time he talks about black people due to him being an African American white supremacist.
46	** A Pimp Named Slickback does this every time he talks, ''period''. Here's just one example of many:
47	--->'''A Pimp Named Slickback:''' I mean, don't get me wrong, A Pimp Named Slickback will put a ''lot'' of things over a hoe. [[OnlyInItForTheMoney Money over a hoe]]? Always. Brand new gators over a hoe? Absolutely. [[SatiatingSandwich A turkey sandwich with just tomato]]? Guaranteed. But ''[[BrosBeforeHoes homies]]''? Oh, no. A Pimp Named Slickback don't do ''shit'' for the homies. Let me reiterate: [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Don't. Do.]] ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Shit]]'' for the homies. Unless that homie wanna walk that stroll and get that money, the homie ain't gettin' a goddamn thing. And the same goes for brothas, peeps, dudes, fellas, dunnies, comrades, whatever the fuck niggas is callin' each other nowadays. Sounds like some gay shit to me.
48	** The entirety of "The Story of Catcher Freeman":
49	---> '''Riley:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Aw man! This nigga swingin' through the trees like ''Tarzan'' or something!]]
50	** Luna's tragic background plunges straight through domestic abuse into the sort of absymal {{Woobie}} background one would expect:
51	---> [[http://youtu.be/0AxtxVFq1Vw "Bitch! This chicken is cold!!"]]
52	** The Booty Warrior's EstablishingCharacterMoment scene at the start of "Date with the Booty Warrior".
53	** This [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkxID5Ye-Sg song]] by Thugnificent.
54	** Shabazz's wrongful arrest and conviction for killing a police officer crosses from tragic to hilarious with the utterly absurd mountaing of exconerating evidence, including several eyewitnesses, murder weapon with clear fingerprints in chocolate stains, a spoken confession from the real killer, and a ''stenographer'' who happened to be present to write it down and had it signed by the killer.
55	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuD_0LFSnyY&feature=emb_title&ab_channel=MercuryMan Martin Luther King Jr.'s tirade]] towards the African American community in "Return of the King". It starts with him scolding them for their ignorance and lack of drive while using the n-word, which he acknowledges as the "ugliest word in the English language". Then he continues by taking pot shots at fixations of modern black pop culture like Usher and BET. At the end, he washes his hands of African Americans and declares he's moving to Canada.
56	** Most of what Ed Wuncler I does is horrible, but sometimes you just can't help but laugh. He once fired everyone working at a restaurant he owned except for the Mexican workers. When one of the employees remarks that she's half-Mexican, Wuncler further specifies not the ''illegal'' Mexicans, which is followed by said illegal Mexicans offscreen shouting "¡Olé!".
57	** In "The Story of Gangstalicious Part 2" when Riley is miserably working his way through his idea that [[InsaneTrollLogic having been a fan of the gay Gangstalicious makes him gay too]], Huey poker-facedly confirming that it does and causing Riley to break down in tears would normally be a nasty KickTheDog moment. But the way he solemnly deadpans "I know it's wrong, but I really want my own room"[[note]]Robert had said that if Riley turned out to be gay the two boys would have to get separate rooms[[/note]] before quietly getting up to leave while his brother weeps with unmitigated {{Gayngst}} behind him makes it hilarious.
58	* EnsembleDarkhorse:
59	** Michael Caesar, the deuteragonist from the comic strip. Sadly, he was omitted from the show because [=McGruder=] couldn't find the right voice actor for him.
60	** Colonel Stinkmeaner, for [[LaughablyEvil similar reasons]] as Ruckus, and being the source of quite a few [[MemeticMutation memes]] as well.
61	** [[WhiteGangBangers Ed III and Gin Rummy]], an iconic duo of [[StupidCrooks dumb criminals]] who have their own wacky misadventures together.
62	** Grandmaster Bushido Brown, "the greatest [[AfroAsskicker black karate man]] to ever live". His badass combat skills are highlighted by his fights with Huey Freeman, and later the Hateocracy.
63	** Cindy [=McPhearson=]. Even though she only appeared in the first few years of the comic strip, and only appears in ''four'' episodes of the show, she is a fan favorite.
64	** The show's portrayal of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1seThIG34R8 Ann Coulter]] from "The S-Word" as a [[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy ghetto]], shit-talking lady who [[StrawHypocrite acts conservative]] just to get money is pretty popular.
65	** Ming Long-dou from "The Red Ball". Even though she's only a one-shot antagonist, quite a lot of fans noticed her.
66	** Jack Flowers from "It's Goin' Down", due to being a [[{{Expy}} parody]] of [[Series/TwentyFour Jack Bauer]].
67	** Lamilton Taeshawn heavily counts because he loves [[ForTheEvulz doing bad things]].
68	** Rollo Goodlove, for always proving himself to be a delightful villain in his three appearances.
69	** Hiro Otomo, another comic-exclusive character. He is Huey’s Japanese-American friend who loves to DJ. Despite being only present in early prototype versions of the comics (which seem to have been lost with time) and in promotional art for the syndicated strip, he has gained quite a following amongst fans. You’d be amazed at how many people wanted him in the show.
70	* FanonDiscontinuity: Most fans like to pretend that [[SeasonalRot Season 4]] never existed and that the series ended with the Season 3 episode "It's Goin' Down". Practically crosses into AscendedFanon since "It's Goin' Down" was intended to be the series finale, and Adult Swim never airs season 4 during reruns.
71	* GrowingTheBeard: The series doesn't really come into its own until Season 2, at which point the art and animation quality receive a considerable boost and the idiosyncrasies of the characters and oddball supporting cast members come into the limelight.
72	* HarsherInHindsight:
73	** [[https://www.gocomics.com/boondocks/2001/01/09 One of the comic strips]] has Riley decide to upgrade his "realness" by renaming himself after UsefulNotes/OsamaBinLaden... 8 months before the UsefulNotes/NineElevenAttacks.
74	** One of the series' early episodes, "The Trial of R. Kelly", famously satirized a real-life legal scandal about [[Music/RKelly Robert Kelly]], who was charged (and acquitted) of having sexual relations with a teenage girl. In 2017, news of R. Kelly committing many more similar crimes went public. Although thankfully, [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty the courts were finally able to nail him on those charges]]; and as of 2022, he faces 30+ years in prison for all his sexual offenses.
75	** Back in 2006, the Season 1 episode "The Real" had Robert and the White Shadow wearing sunglasses, with both saying they were inspired by Creator/BillCosby, as "Cosbyness is next to godliness". Then in 2014, dozens of rape accusations against Cosby started to become publicized; and in 2018, he was convicted and sentenced to some prison time. Though unlike Music/RKelly it didn't stick, as [[OffOnATechnicality Cosby's conviction was overturned due to the prosecution not following proper court procedures]].
76	*** Also in the same episode, it's shown that the reason why Robert's wearing sunglasses in the first place, is to pretend that he's blind [[ItMakesSenseInContext as part of a scam against two reality TV shows]]. Not long after the rape accusations against Bill Cosby came forth, the man would soon reveal that he became blind from keratoconus.
77	** Latarian Milton (the real-life inspiration for Lamilton Taeshawn from "Smokin' with Cigarettes") never really grow out of his "[[{{Delinquent}} hood rat]]" behavior well into young adulthood, and was eventually imprisoned for carjacking.
78	** The plot of "Mr. Medicinal" is kicked off by Granddad suffering from various health problems, including a near-fatal stroke caused by his stressful life. In 2019, his voice actor Creator/JohnWitherspoon died of a heart attack at age 77, which also unfortunately happened well before he was able to reprise his role for ''The Boondocks'' reboot series ([[DevelopmentHell which has since been canceled for myriad reasons]]).
79	*** Furthermore in "Early Bird Special", Robert is asked during a job interview where he sees himself going in ten years. He simply replies "dead", which is exactly what John Witherspoon would be only five years after the episode aired.
80	* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct:
81	** Creator/AdamWest, best known for playing a [[AdamWesting complete caricature of his former self]], used his over-the-top campiness to great effect to create a [[LoveToHate hilariously loathsome]] character as Music/RKelly's [[AmoralAttorney lawyer]] in "The Trial of R. Kelly".
82	** People who only knew Creator/EdwardAsner for his more comedic roles will be surprised at how effectively he can play such a loathsome villain as Ed Wuncler I.
83	** Music/CeeLoGreen isn't even a professional actor, yet he still gives a great performance as charming villain Rollo Goodlove.
84	* HoYay:
85	** Ed Wuncler III and Gin Rummy, a pair of {{Ambiguously\|Gay}} HeterosexualLifePartners. This is lampshaded by Riley, who mockingly calls them "gay".
86	** The friendship between Uncle Ruckus and Jimmy Rebel is very humorously bromantic.
87	* InferredHolocaust: During the Season 3 finale, ''It's Goin' Down'', Ed Wuncler I states that the only person who would have died when he blew up his building would be the receptionist. This should go without saying, but you can't destroy a building without collateral damage. Yet, the episode glosses over the idea of people being hit by falling debris.
88	* JerkassWoobie:
89	** Huey may be [[TheStoic cold and aloof]] most of the time, but during the course of "Wingmen" and "The Passion of Reverend Ruckus", we actually get to [[NotSoStoic see him cry]]. He also counts in general considering the fact that his [[DisappearedDad parents are]] [[MissingMom likely dead]], his granddad constantly ignores him, his brother is constantly getting into trouble, and he is {{surrounded by idiots}}.
90	** Riley has his moments of this; especially in "Riley Wuz Here" (where he somehow harnesses his troublemaking skills to impress Granddad [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments and touch his heart]]), "Home Alone" (where Huey blames him for Robert leaving, puts him in an orange prison jumpsuit and imprisons him at gunpoint), and also in "Smokin' with Cigarettes" (where he gets tormented by a psychopathic bully who's trying to [[EveryoneHasStandards drag him down to a whole new level of wickedness]]).
91	** Robert has some woobie moments, especially in "Wingmen" and "Good Times". Although Robert is more often than not [[AdultsAreUseless a very poor role model for his grandsons]], he still cares about them deep down. Not to mention that given his old age, it's strongly implied that most of his friends and family are dead.
92	** Luna has suffered every type of [[DomesticAbuse physical and emotional abuse]], and just as she [[HeelFaceTurn makes amends]] for tormenting the Freemans, [[spoiler:her friend Nicole unintentionally convinces her to [[DrivenToSuicide blow herself up]] with the same grenade she threatened to use earlier on Tom and Robert.]]
93	** Uncle Ruckus in "The Uncle Ruckus Reality Show" and "The Color Ruckus". We learn that his [[BoomerangBigot hatred of fellow black people]] stems from [[AbusiveParents abuse by his father and grandmother]], along with brainwashing by his white-worshiping mother. Ruckus is so delusional that he thinks he's white, and the revelation that he's black makes him feel [[DespairEventHorizon severely depressed]].
94	** Even Uncle Ruckus' abusive and hateful father, Mister Ruckus, counts as a woobie; considering [[TroubledAbuser all the abuse he suffered]] from the hands of his own asshole mother and racist white men.
95	** [[AntiHero Jack Flowers]]. Every woman he ever loved, they were all brutally murdered by terrorists and criminals. As a secret agent who specializes in counter-terrorism, he has seen [[HeWhoFightsMonsters and done]] awful deeds that have also [[ShellShockedVeteran emotionally scarred him]].
96	* LoveToHate: Many of the antagonists [[HateSink are very loathsome]], [[LaughablyEvil yet also hilarious]]:
97	** Uncle Ruckus, despite being the darkest-skinned character on the show, is intensely anti-black and never passes up an opportunity to praise the white man or denigrate black people.
98	** Colonel Stinkmeaner. He's not so much anti-black as ''[[MisanthropeSupreme anti-everyone]]'', and uses his limited screen time to insult people and generally make everyone else's life miserable.
99	** A Pimp Named Slickback. He's a sexist, abusive, controlling pimp who [[KarmaHoudini never suffers any consequences for his actions]]. Yet he is adored by the show's fans for his [[LargeHam over-the-top, eccentric personality]].
100	** Ed Wuncler I for being a CorruptCorporateExecutive bar none. While he's never explicitly expressed any anti-black sentiments, he's incredibly greedy and not above manipulating anyone and everyone to get what he wants, and generally regards anyone who isn't as rich as he is (everyone, in other words) with disdain.
101	** Lamilton Taeshawn, all because he, in his own words, is a bad kid who loves doing bad things.
102	** R. Kelly's lawyer from "Trial of R. Kelly". He is an AmoralAttorney defending a very obviously guilty predator. But because it's Creator/AdamWest giving a ColdHam makes him very amusing and quite memorable.
103	** Wedgie Rudlin, for being a funny parody of former {{Creator/BET}} President Creator/ReginaldHudlin, and being quite polite to Ruckus.
104	* MagnificentBastard: "[[Recap/TheBoondocksS1E12RileyWuzHere Riley Wuz Here]]": The "[[NoNameGiven Art Teacher]]" is a former ShellShockedVeteran turned crook who moonlights as an educator. Upon overseeing Riley spray painting a house, he immediately takes a liking to him and takes him under his wing. Teaching Riley basic drawing before moving out a bigger canvas, he has Riley paint several beautiful murals on various homes. Proposing on the last night to paint someone who isn't in the picture anymore, he has Riley paint a mural of his deceased parents. When the police show up, the art teacher shoots their tires and takes off. Despite only appearing in one episode, the art teacher stood out as one of the most soft spoken antagonists and provided one of the most touching scenes in the show.
105	* MemeticBadass: If the viewers are to believed, nothing and no one can stop [[PrisonRape the Booty Warrior]] (except for Tom, and even then only because of a dropped soap).
106	* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: As with the comic strip, black audiences love this show, while MoralGuardians accuse it of taking too much liberty with its NWordPrivileges.
107	* MinorityShowGhetto: A notable [[OutOfTheGhetto aversion]], as the show proved to be quite a success with audiences, appealing beyond just the obvious black demographic.
108	* MisaimedFandom: ''The Boondocks'' as a whole can be considered this. A lot of people are [[PoesLaw unaware that the series is a satire]]. As such, it has come under fire for its sense of humor, and it has been accused of being racist against both black and white people. A large part of this problem is that the satirical elements are most likely to be lost on non-black viewers who are unfamiliar with black media tropes and thus more likely to take the depictions at face value. It doesn't help that while [=McGruder=] has a low opinion of a lot of African American media for indulging in UncleTomfoolery, ''The Boondocks'' itself frequently uses black stereotypes for jokes.
109	* {{Moe}}: Jazmine is just as guileless and adorable as a regular little girl, stark contrast to the cynical Huey.
110	* MoralEventHorizon:
111	** [[EnfanteTerrible Lamilton Taeshawn]] is not exactly a child you want to babysit, but he crosses the line when he outright threatens to shoot Riley [[DisproportionateRetribution simply because he doesn't want to hang out with him anymore]].
112	** Ed Wuncler I crosses it when he gets Ed III and Gin Rummy to set bombs in a populated building just to try and kill ''one'' man, for the sole purpose of profiting from his death, despite being rich enough to have connections to the President.
113	** Uncle Ruckus trying to reinstate slavery, and succeeding with the Freeman family in the episodes "Good Times" and "Freedomland".
114	** Ed Wuncler II crosses it in "Freedomland", when he [[WouldHurtAChild tries to chop Huey's foot off with an ax]], showing himself to be just as if not even more vile than Ed I.
115	* OneSceneWonder: Even bit characters in this series tend to be rather colorful, to say the least:
116	** Maybelline from "Wingmen", who only appears for about a minute but it ends up being one of the funniest minutes of the show.
117	** The Hustler Preacher, who's only appeared in "Return of the King" and "Riley Wuz Here".
118	* OnlyTheCreatorDoesItRight: Many fans don't like Season 4 because [=McGruder=] wasn't involved in its production.
119	* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Many Uncle Ruckus-centered episodes didn't do much to develop his character outside of "comic relief bigot". "The Color Ruckus" changed that.
120	* SeasonalRot: Most fans believe that Season 4 is the worst of the lot. Aside from [=McGruder=] not being involved, several voice actors had to be replaced, a lot of side characters were missing, and many felt that the new plots and humor had weakened greatly. Even Adult Swim agrees, as whenever reruns are shown, the fourth season is conspicuously absent, though Adult Swim did end up airing the season as part of a marathon in May 2020.
121	* {{Shipping}}: Many think that [[ToyShip Huey/Jazmine and Riley/Cindy]] would make great couples, even though canonically, there has never been any romance between the kids.
122	* SpiritualSuccessor:
123	** The comic strip to ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty''.
124	** The strip has also been compared to a black version of ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}''. Huey (and sometimes Caesar) even mutter [[CharacterCatchphrase "Good grief"]] occasionally, the first time being [[https://www.gocomics.com/boondocks/2001/06/08 in response to some of Riley's latest stupidity]].
125	* SuspiciouslySimilarSong:
126	** Gangstalicious' freestyle in "Thank You for Not Snitching" is this for MF DOOM's "Rap Snitch Knishes."
127	** "Homies Over Hoes" sounds a lot like [=D4L=]'s "Laffy Taffy."
128	** Uncle Ruckus' theme tune is sourced from Jabba's theme from ''Franchise/StarWars''.
129	** Sgt. Gutter's "Crank That Artichoke" is pretty clearly meant to be a take-off of "Crank That" by Music/SouljaBoy.
130	* TakeThatScrappy: When Ruckus' dad gives him a scathing speech about his origins, his personality, his entire being, many fans cheered. Ruckus later returns the favor to his dad in the climax.
131	* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: While both the comic strip and the show have always been critically acclaimed, there are numerous shifts that have caused division in the fanbase:
132	** Although the comic strip didn't become widely known until it started regularly doing political commentary, there are some fans who feel that the shift to politics was detrimental. These fans feel that originally, the comic strip's appeal was its large cast of characters and most of the humor was derived from their interactions. They say that when the comic strip changed, the cast was reduced to just Huey and Caesar, and a lot of it boiled down to just Huey watching the news.
133	** The differences between the comic strip and the show caused arguments due to the social commentary being more indirect and not as frequent, along with several changes to the personalities of the characters.
134	** Some fans hold Season 1 in higher regard due to the show becoming DenserAndWackier in subsequent seasons, the social commentary taking a backseat to more general plots, and Huey being DemotedToExtra and losing a lot of his passion in general.
135	** Some feel this way about Season 4 since [=McGruder=] wasn't involved.
136	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Cindy [=McPhearson=] in the cartoon. She played an antagonistic role towards Riley in the episode "Ballin," then came back in "The Fundraiser" where she teamed up with him to make money. She could have been a good partner-in-crime/support character for Riley, as well as a way to comment on [[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy white kids who become obsessed with stereotypical black culture.]] She fell [[OutOfFocus out of focus]] for the rest of season 3 and disappeared afterwards.
137	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot:
138	** This is more hypothetical, but it's quite likely that many fans have been left wondering why neither the comic strip nor the show have ever bothered to explain what happened to [[TheGhost Huey's and Riley's father, mother, and grandmother]]. This is especially odd considering that Uncle Ruckus, of all people, got an episode that explored his backstory and family.
139	** Season 4 in general doesn't feel like much of a conclusive final season for the series.
140	* TooCoolToLive: [[spoiler:Bushido Brown.]]
141	* ToughActToFollow: While Seasons 2 and 3 are still well-liked among fans, Season 1 is [[FirstInstallmentWins generally considered to be the most consistently good]]. Many even claim that it "spoiled" the later seasons by being ''too'' good.
142	* UnintentionalPeriodPiece:
143	** The comic strip was very topical, and most of the humor revolved around the political news and popular culture of the time; it stands out as a product of [[TheNineties the late 1990s]] and (especially) [[TurnOfTheMillennium the early-to-mid 2000s]], in the same way ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty''[='s=] humor made it a product of [[TheEighties the 1980s]].
144	*** On a less-topical note, the comic also dated itself by references to technology of the time. For example, the boys started out playing games on an original Platform/PlayStation before eventually upgrading to a Platform/PlayStation2, with occasional references to other consoles from the [[MediaNotes/TheSixthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames 6th Generation]].
145	** The music of Thugnificent and Gangstalicious is an element specific to the show that ties it to the period it was made, as the styles of rap that they parody (crunk for the former, snap for the latter, and more generally the "ringtone rap" era for both) were enormously popular in the middle of the decade, but were CondemnedByHistory by 2009. Thugnificent's career decline can be seen as a nod to crunk's demise, but overall, their presence dates itself.
146	* ViewerNameConfusion: Many viewers commonly misspell Jazmine's name as "Jasmine".
147	* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Though the TV show averts this, the comic strip is the biggest example in the medium of newspaper cartoons. Most newspaper comic strips in the U.S. are predominantly aimed at children and families. However, ''The Boondocks'' is not aimed at children in the slightest with many references to African American culture and American politics, especially those relating to race. Due to this, many newspaper syndication services refused to pick up the comic strip due to the subject material being deemed "too edgy" and inappropriate for children.
148	* TheWoobie:
149	** Tom frequently qualifies for this; whether it's [[ExtremeDoormat all the disrespect]] he receives from his friends, and even [[HenpeckedHusband from his wife]], or his paranoid phobia of PrisonRape, which he ''almost'' became a victim of. It's especially hard not to feel sad for him during the episode "Tom, Sarah and Usher". First, Sarah starts flirting with Usher, on their anniversary, and leaves the table to take pictures with him. When Tom confronts her about it afterward, she gets defensive and leaves the car to walk home. Then, he gets kicked out when trying to assert his dominance as the man of the house and moves in with the Freemans. Finally, when he tries to assert his dominance, he slaps Usher, which provokes the singer and his bodyguards into beating him to a pulp. And if that wasn't enough, while he's getting pummeled, his ''own daughter'' apologetically cries, not for him, but for ''Usher''.
150	** Jazmine sometimes took on this role in the comics, due to being insecure about her mixed ancestry, and also because of Huey's rudeness towards her. But especially in the episode "The Block Is Hot", where she falls prey to Ed I's ruthless scheming.
151	** Martin Luther King Jr. in "Return of the King". Even though his appearance was non-canon, it's still sad to see such an idealistic activist realize that his hopes and dreams ''really didn't'' turn out the way he wanted them to, [[GrumpyOldMan becoming very disillusioned in the end]].
152	** Thugnificent in "Bitches to Rags", due to the end of his music career coinciding with [[RichesToRags his debt and bankruptcy]]. He seems to adjust well enough to his new blue-collar job though.
153	** Thugnificent's friend Leonard, as the poor guy works non-stop at Wendy's to pay for Thugnificent's decaying mansion.
154	** Uncle Ruckus' brothers, Darryl and Darrell, who also suffered living under their [[AbusiveParents father and grandmother]], but yet [[IronWoobie they seem to be the most well-adjusted of their family]]. They also recognize [[TroubledAbuser the abuse their own father experienced]]; and while that doesn't really excuse his actions, they take comfort in the belief that this was [[ToughLove his twisted way of raising them for a harsh world]].
155	* {{Woolseyism}}: For obvious reasons, most of the humor was adapted in many foreign-dubbed versions:
156	** The Mexican Spanish dub has a weird approach on this: While they avoided the AnimationAgeGhetto by keeping the original expletives intact (and sometimes even adding [[SpiceUpTheSubtitles extra expletives]]), on the other hand and due to an unexpected limitation of the Spanish language, the slur ''Nigger'' is translated as ''negro'' (literally "black" as both "black color" or "Black people"). Normally the word ''Negro'' is not an insult by default in Mexico and many Spanish-speaking countries (though "negro" was once used in the US as an adjective for black people and it was FairForItsDay, but now it's not), and it's only an insult when you add an ''adjective'' on it. It's not the same saying in Spanish "Eres un negro" ([[CaptainObvious You're a Black guy]]) than saying "Eres un Maldito Negro" (You're a ''Damn'' Black guy) which is the ''closest'' thing to saying Nigger in Spanish. Sometimes it works well, sometimes it doesn't, especially when someone is using the slur as either an insult, or just to describe a black person in a peyorative way by [[NWordPrivileges another black person]].
157	** The Japanese dub, on the other hand, avoids this, [[UsefulNotes/{{Kotobagari}} out for necessity]], since many of the American slang and ethnic slurs used in the original English version [[GratuitousEnglish remains untranslated from English]], causing sometimes many characters to speak normally in Japanese and dropping N-Bombs ''in English''. Basically, the Japanese dub is the [[TooLongDidntDub inverted version of many Western fansubs and some dubs regarding keeping many of the original terminology untranslated]].
158	** The Hungarian dub adds extra profanities and exaggerated the speech mannerisms of certain characters. Uncle Ruckus speaks an improper rural folk dialect, though others randomly dip in and out of the same speech pattern too, especially in scenes where American urban slang proved untranslatable. The word "nigger" is near consistently used in the dub instead of "nigga", mainly because the latter would make no sense in this language -- the closest equivalent to "nigga" would be "feka" (slang for black), which ''is'' spoken at times, but only rarely. However, in scenes that specifically call out the difference between the two words, the dub uses "nigga". Other expressions were changed too. Stinkmeaner's "nyugga" was replaced with "nyugger", a common real life slang term for retired people (from the base word "nyugdíjas", meaning pensioner). The term "bitch dependency" was changed to "picsalódás", a {{portmanteau}} of "picsa" (cunt) and "csalódás" (disappointment).

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