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[[File:American-Born-Chinese_8861.jpg|frame|Welcome to America, Jin.]]
Written and drawn by Gene Luen Yang, ''[[American Born Chinese]]'' is a 2006 [[Graphic Novel]] dealing with the trials and tribulations of Asians attempting to integrate into American culture.
The story begins by following three characters:
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* [[Big Brother Mentor]]: Jin Wang is this to Wei Chen Sun.
* [[Calling Your Attacks]]: Spoofed when {{spoiler|Chin-Kee attacks Danny; his attacks are named after Chinese dishes.}}
* [[Coming of Age Story]]
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: {{spoiler|Chin-Kee knows kung-fu. Because he's Asian... and a monkey God.}}
* [[Deal with the Devil]]: Used metaphorically; Jin is told by an old herbalist that he can be anything he wants if he sells his soul...
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*** Several Anglo characters behave in this way toward the Asian-American protagonists. Besides fellow students, just check out the page picture.
* [[Journey to the West]]
* [[Meaningful Name]]: While we don’t see it in the story, the Chinese character that is most likely used for Jin’s name is this 仁, which means “humaneness or kindness”. The character, 仁, is drawn to represent a man connected heaven and earth. {{spoiler|Considering that Jin makes a connection with the monkey king and his son and the overall growth Jin has in the story this fits him really well.}}
** Danny {{spoiler|who is actually Jin, his name means “God is my judge”. Danny/Jin is taken down a several pegs by the monkey king who is the Emissary of [[God|Tze-Yo-Tzuh]] }}
** Wei-Chen Sun {{spoiler|is actually the son of the monkey king. What’s the monkey king’s name in Chinese? Sun Wukong.}}
* [[Me's a Crowd]]: The Monkey King learns the "Hair-Into-Clones" kung fu discipline.
* [[Laugh Track]]: Chin-Kee's appearances are accompanied by a [[Laugh Track]], done as [[Written Sound Effect|onomatopoeia]].
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** Also, y'know, the baby who pops up in one panel, oh, about 18 pages from the end.
* [[Nobody Poops]]: Averted; after flying across all of existence and passing the bounds of reality, the Monkey King relieves himself by urinating on one of the Five Golden Pillars {{spoiler|which turn out to be the fingers of Tze-Yo-Tzuh.}}
* [[Phenotype Stereotype]]: Danny is an All-American boy.
* [[Physical God]]: The Monkey King, Great Sage Equal of Heaven. [[God|Tze-Yo-Tzuh]] also puts in an appearance.
* [[Punny Name]]: "Chin-Kee" is a pun on the Chinese slur "chink."
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* [[Stop Being Stereotypical]]: Chin-Kee, who is a perpetual source of embarrassment for Danny, and has caused him to switch schools out of embarrassment several times before. {{spoiler|It is, of course, all an act to get Danny to accept his race.}}
* [[Supernatural Martial Arts]]: The Monkey King acquires numerous abilities through the mastery of various kung fu disciplines.
* [[Take That]]: Danny attends Oliphant High School, a [https://web.archive.org/web/20120328023547/http://archives.tcj.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=666&Itemid=48 reference to Pat Oliphant] for a [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d-f5Fyep9jI/SuvotLv5--I/AAAAAAAAAGs/kR1H09FCuys/s1600-h/pic-cartoon-oliphant.gif racist political cartoon] he drew in April 2001. See [[Foreign Queasine]], above.
* [[Toilet Humor]]
* [[Tomato Surprise]]: With some shades of [[Tomato in the Mirror]] {{spoiler|and [[Two Aliases, One Character]]}}.
* <s>Two</s> [[Two Lines, No Waiting|Three Lines No Waiting]]
* [[Unnamed Parent]]
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