Ronny Chieng: International Student is an Australian comedy series starring and written by Ronny Chieng. It is a fictionalized account of his time as a law student at the University of Melbourne. The series ran for seven episodes in 2017.
Tropes related to Ronny Chieng: International Student:
- Accidental Athlete: Ronny, Elvin, and Wei-Jun are recruited to play Australian Rules Football after Professor Dale notices that their skills at jianzinote could transfer over.
- The Alleged Computer: Asher's laptop.
- Chemical Messiah: Students abuse cold & flu tablets to study for exams.
- Clandestine Chemist: Inverted. Elvin uses chemistry to turn crystal meth into pseudoephedrine, the active ingredient in Cold & Flu Tablets.
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The Danza: Ronny Chieng plays Ronny Chieng. - Drinking Contest: The Boat Race in the pilot.
- Education Mama: Ronny's mom often checks up on him via FaceTime to make sure he is studying hard.
- Everyone Can See It: Ronny and Asher.
- First Day of School Episode: How To Survive Law School in Australia, the pilot episode.
- Frat Bro: Craig Cooper.
- I Can't Believe It's Not Heroin!: Craig starts to hallucinate that he is a superhero after spending all day drinking bubble tea.
- Insufferable Genius: Elvin.
- Love Confession: Averted. Right before Ronny is about to confess his feelings for Asher, she says she never wants their friendship to change.
- Mr. Fixit: Ronny tries to be this after accidentally getting a virus on Asher's computer. He fails.
- Occupiers Out of Our Country: Lampshaded. Elvin is wary of letting American student Craig Cooper into the International House out of fear that he will "colonize" it. Subverted by the fact that Craig himself is also an international student.
- Romantic Wingman: Craig and Wei-Jun coach Ronny once he decides to pursue Asher romantically.
- School Play: The Faculty Comedy Revue.
- Sitcom Arch-Nemesis: Ronny's rivalry with Daniel.
- Vomit Indiscretion Shot: Asher vomits all over the bar after drinking the Legionnaire, a very large tube of beer.
