Everybody Hates Chris: Difference between revisions

{{quote| ''1982. That was the year I turned 13. Before I was a comedian, I thought the coolest thing that would happen to me'' ''was being a teenager. I was gonna have women, money, stay out late... I thought it was gonna be the bomb!''}}

* [[Ambiguously Gay]] -: Angel, an androgynous boy in Chris' home economics class. His sexuality is never stated outright, but it seems to be implied in his first episode.

* [[Anyone Remember Pogs?]] -: Well, it ''is'' set in [[The Eighties]], so it's understandable that various fads, like [[Spin the Bottle]] and the Rubik's Cube, would make an appearance.

* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]] - :

{{quote| '''Police Officer:''' "Ma'am, your son killed the governor, kidnapped his daughter, robbed the President and ran a red light."<br />

'''Rochelle:''' Did he sell drugs? <br />

'''Police Officer:''' No ma'am.<br />

'''Rochelle (to Chris):''' Get in the house! }}

* [[Artistic License]] -: Although said to be based on Chris Rock's early life, there are major differences between the sitcom and what really happened.

* [[Ass Shove]] -: Chris inadvertently yells at his own mother, resulting in a ''very'' embarrassing... incident... [[Crowning Moment of Funny|with a shoe]].

* [[Big Man Onon Campus]] -: Drew. He may be in Junior High School, but he's good at damn near everything he (and other people) does, can "get girls at 12 that [Chris] couldn't get until [he] was 30,", and even had his class melt down in a frenzied panic when he was absent due to skipping school.

* [[Bland-Name Product]] -: Julius buys Gravy Ways, M&N's, and Butterthumbs as a way to save money on Halloween candy in the episode "Everybody Hates Halloween" episode. Rochelle objects and throws it out, prompting Julius to tell her that she's thrown away $2.78 worth of candy and wasted $23.98 on the name brand candy that she bought instead.

** The family also uses Tussin as a cure-all for every type of ailment.

{{quote| '''Tonya:''' Mom! Chris got hit by a bus! <br />

Rochelle is seen grabbing her purse and an economy size bottle of Tussin as she runs out the door. }}

** One episode also includes the epitome of the trope: Genericsgenerics that are so generic they are just black and white packaging with what's in it in block letters.

*** This is [[Truth in Television]]. In Australia at least, the 2 main generic products are Black & Gold, with [http://samuelgordonstewart.com/2006/04/black-gold-change-their-label-design gold packaging and black letters], and Home Brand, with [http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2010/05/whe-we-buy-supermarket-house-brands-and-why-we-dont/ white packaging, black lettering and a red logo].]

**** In the southern United States as well. AlwayAlways Save brand products are ALL in stark yellow packaging with the type of product in black lettering (from cigarettes to salt to even tampons). Best Choice is similar in black packaging with white lettering but at least has somewhat of a colorful logo.

{{quote| '''Chris:''' That's right, "Cookie!" Not "cookie'''s'''", ''Cookie.'''"}}

* [[Bluff the Impostor]]: Sort of in "Everybody Hates Basketball". Rochelle tells their new tenant (who she is afraid is a serial killer) that she heard he's from Chicago. When he says no, he's from Philly (and just says it's okay), she is suspicious because according to her, people from Philly can't shut up about it. {{spoiler|It turns out that he's wanted by the FBI.}}.

* [[Breathe Onon the Fan]]: Chris' father is so cheap that he even complains about how much electricity this stupid fan game uses.

* [[But Not Too Black]] -: Drew. His favorite things include hockey, magic, and ANYTHING having to do with Asian culture. Also the lightest skinned member of the family.

* [[Butt Monkey]] -: Chris obviously. Also Greg to some extent.

* [[Captain Ersatz]] - The episode "Everybody Hates Homecoming,", in which Chris hits it off with a girl named [[The Cosby Show|Jenise Huckstable.]] She even has a doctor and a lawyer as parents, a dance intro sequence upon entrance to her house, and a laughtracklaugh-track inside her living room. Clint Huckstable happens to like gaudy sweaters, sweet potato popsicles, and has a very distinctive voice, as well.

* [[Catch Phrase]] -: Jerome's "Little dude (from across the street)! Lemme hold a dollar!,", Julius's "That's $X (and Y cents) worth of ______,", and occasionally Rochelle's "I ain't raisin' no babies"," and "I don't need this! My man has TWO jobs!,", just to point out a few

* [[Completely Missing the Point]] -: The episode when Chris refuses to do the dishes when Rochelle. Like always, Chris's mom asks him to do it, but never makes Drew and Tonya do any chores, which he deems unfair and unreasonable. The entire episode, Chris and Rochelle are at odds with each other, with Julius trying to get both sides to meet in the middle (with Julius noting to Rochelle about how illogical her decision making can be, and that Chris has fair reason to be angry). In the end, Chris and Rochelle apologize, but Chris ''still'' winds up doing the dishes by episode's end while Drew and Tanya watch TV.

* [[Content Warnings]] -: Within the episode "Everybody Hates Fat Mike,", for when Rochelle curses out Julius.

* [[Cosmic Plaything]] -: Chris, it's the entire premise of the show.

* [[Crapsack World]] -: Pretty much how everything around Chris - and solely Chris - works.

* [[Crazy Homeless People]] -: Kill Moves.

* [[Daddy's Girl]] -: Tonya.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]] -: Chris Rock, as narrator.

* [[Department of Redundancy Department]] -: Julius: "You lost ten dollars?! [[Captain Obvious|That's $10 worth of dollars!]]"

* [[Diabolus Ex Machina]] -: It just cannot end well for Chris. Ever.

** The only episode that this troper can think of where things DO end well is the babysitting one. It ends with Chris deciding to rat out the horrible babysitter to his parents, and his mom preparing to beat her up.

** There's also the newNew yearYear's episode, Chris FINALLY gets a kiss from Tasha, that ended pretty well aside from Rochelle getting upset at him over messing up her good luck charm or something like that.

** Rock is narrating via flashback, and his perception of the events often takes artistic license. Just before that cutaway, we see another one with Julius as Batman from the [[Batman (Filmfilm)|1989 movie]].

* [[Don't Make Me Take My Belt Off]] -: Rochelle, who at one point manages to ''[[Literal Metaphor|literally]]'' put her shoe up Chris' ass.

* [[Downer Ending]] -: If the situation starts off fine, something goes wrong. If the situation is already bad enough, [[It Got Worse|Chris is subjected to more torment.]]

** Also, {{spoiler|the series finale has him dropping out of high school in the 10th grade, to keep true to Chris Rock's real life.}}. But considering how Chris' life turned out after that, it's not so much of a [[Downer Ending]].

* [[Drunk Withwith Power]] -: Chris, in "Everybody Hates Hall Monitors"."

* [[Egg Sitting]] -: In "Everybody Hates Eggs"," Chris had to do this. The episode went from [[Oh Crap]] to fine, but being ''Everybody Hates Chris...''

* [[The Eighties]]:

* [[Even Evil Has Standards]] -: Apparently, the one thing Risky won't sell is Playboy magazine, at least to kids. (Oror, at least to Chris.).

* [[Everybody Hates Mathematics]] -: The opening credits depict a textbook cover that reads "Everybody Hates Trigonometry.".

* [[Exact Words]] -: In "Everybody Hates Bomb Threats"," {{spoiler|Chris's teacher tells him he has to memorize a speech or else he'd fail the 10th grade. He never said anything about reciting it.}}.

* [[Freak-Out]] -: Chris, who had trouble memorizing a speech in "Everybody Hates Bomb Threats" and would fail 10th grade if he didn't. Temporary, and played for laughs.

* [[From the Mouths of Babes]]-: In "Everybody Hates the Babysitter", the babysitter is a teenage mother. Tonya tells the babysitter's mother "My mom told me she would kick me out if I had a baby 'cause she ain't raisin' no babies. Why didn't you kick her out?"

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]] -: Well it ''is'' a family show, despite being a Chris Rock show.

* [[Gilligan Cut]] -: Like in "Everybody Hates Thethe First Kiss"," when Greg suggests that Chris do "lip ups" to help him kiss better.

* [[Gossip Evolution]] -: In the first episode, Caruso beat the hell out of Chris, then he and his friends chased Chris down to beat him up some more, until he caught a bus. In "Everybody Hates Sausage,", somehow that story got turned into various, escalating ones, ranging from Chris knocking out Caruso's teeth to Chris beating up his family and taking his house.

** In the Season 2 episode '"Everybody Hates a Liar'", Chris helps remove a mouse from [[Girl Next Door|Tasha]]'s room, and after the task is completed, a grateful Tasha gives him a peck on the cheek while they are outside after the event. Jerome sees them, and when Chris denies attempts to dissuade anything more with a 'yeah, you know', word spreads through the neighborhood &and their school and ranges from him kissing her to being her boyfriend to the point where Chris, whom has since been confronted by Tasha's grandmother (who confronted Rochelle) &and his parents, had to declare to the whole neighborhood nothing actually happened. He even apologized to her grandmother personally, though it did little to convince her that he wasn't a hooligan, but at least Tasha finally forgave him.

* [[Heel Face Turn]] -: Malvo, in "Everybody Hates Ex-Cons.". {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Revolving Door|Until the very end of the episode. And then until he meets Peaches.]]}}.

* [[Hidden Depths]] -: Kill Moves. In the beginning, the audience knows him as a borderline-psychotic homeless man who knows deadly martial arts. {{spoiler|Later in the series, it's revealed that he was always savant-like, also has a talent for math, was an air traffic controller, and came from a wealthy family. However, when Reagan started downsizing and he lost his job, Kill Moves spiraled downward on a path of paranoia and schizophrenia and wandered the streets until [[The Flintstones|Gazoo]] [[Sanity Slippage|told him that he'd only find true happiness by living in a box.]]}}.

* [[Hustler]] -: Jerome, and Risky .

* [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]] -: Every episode title starts with "Everybody Hates.".

* [[It Will Never Catch On]] -: This is why Doc refused to invest in Sushi in "Everybody Hates Homecoming.".

** And in "Everybody Hates Graduation,", Julius declines to invest in the George Foreman Grill.

* [[Laugh Track]] -: Averted, except for a parody scene in "Everybody Hates Homecoming.".

*** And in "Everybody Hates the Ninth -Grade Dance"."

* [[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo]] -: "Slava Slav"?" Though [[Unfortunate Implications|not all that lawyer friendly]], though the character isn't based that much on Flava Flav. It was a parody of rappers in general.

* [[Lazy Bum]] -: ''My Uncle Michael was almost 40 and never had a job. He put the "um" in "bum."''

* [[Like a Broken Record]] -: The very end of "Everybody Hates DJsDJ's"."

* [[Literal Ass-Kicking]] -: Who knew that you could send your children through time and rewrite their DNA, with just the back of your hand?

** Or literally slap the black off your brother?

** Or, even closer to the trope name, literally put your shoe up your son's ass?

* [[Lovable Coward]] -: ''There are "got your back" guys, and "I'll be back" guys. Greg was a "I'm running like a bitch" guy.''.

* [[Mistaken for Racist]] -: Caruso, by everyone, until the series finale. It is revealed that he only acted racist because he was jealous of Chris' intelligence.

* [[Mr. Exposition]] -: The doctor who occasionally pops up on the show. However, he doesn't so much explain the plot as he does concepts related to the plot that the audience may not be familiar with, such as what the gout is or the causes of hypertension.

* [[Never Trust a Trailer]]: - prettyPretty much the entire last season (last two?) had promos with things that just never happened in the episodes.

* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: In "Everybody Hates Bomb Threats", it's revealed at the end that {{spoiler|Chris' fake bomb threat led the bomb squad to ignore ''another'' bomb threat... which resulted in '''a school being blown up'''.}}.

* [[The Nicknamer]] -: Jerome. All the neighborhood kids are some variation of "little dude" to him, Chris being "little dude from across the street."

* [[No Ending]] - : {{spoiler|The series finale. Just as Chris asks for his GED scores, the screen goes black.}}.

* [[No Name Given]] -: Chris's family's name is intentionally not given, although it could be Rock it is not wholly accurate in its interpretation of Chris Rock's childhood. Mr Omar even calls Chris's parents Mr. Julius and Ms. Rochelle [[Unnamed Parent|to avoid saying their surnames]].

** IMDb says it's Rock. Also, the episode '"Everybody Hates My Man'" kind of confirms it - just listen closely to the announcer at the football game {{spoiler|when Chris is laid out immediately as he enters the field.}}.

* [[Nothing but Hits]] -: The show thrives on this trope, [[Crowning Music of Awesome|especially its soundtrack,]] [[Tropes Are Not Bad|though it's none the worse for it.]]

** In one episode, though, Tonya listens to [[wikipedia:Billy Ocean|Billy Ocean]]. Who's heard of Billy Ocean?

* [[Two-Teacher School]]: - onlyOnly a handful of teachers are shown repeatedly, Ms. Morello being the most shown.

* [[The Worst Seat in Thethe House]] -: Julius winds up with these whenever he buys tickets from Risky.

* [[You Fail Logic Forever]] -: Pretty much all of Rochelle's justifications for anything.