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* [[The Ace]]: Drew is a very odd example in that he is Chris' younger brother but still [[The Ace]]. He's a ladies man, learns martial arts by just watching TV, and otherwise all-around cool guy, something Chris just can't compete with.
* [[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."
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* [[Beautiful All Along]]: Chris initially didn't want to go out with Kelly in "Everbody Hates Big Bird" because she was tall, gangly, and nerdy-looking, but did it anyway so he wouldn't hurt her feelings. Because of the aforementioned attributes, everyone called her Big Bird. At the end, she got a total makeover. Needless to say, Chris felt like an idiot.
* [[Big Man on 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". 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!
Rochelle is seen grabbing her purse and an economy size bottle of Tussin as she runs out the door.}}
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* [[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.
** And when he guest starred as Chris's guidance counselor.
* [[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.
** To the point where even when everything DOES end well, with him becoming class president, it took a ''dream'' to pull this trope off.
** 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.
** Another was the [[Christmas Episode]], where even though Chris is in the hospital, his family visits him and the episode closes as they're opening their presents.
*** Though Chris' Christmas present from Julius was getting the gifts out of layaway. And he has to pay him back.
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* [[Like a Broken Record]]: The very end of "Everybody Hates DJ'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.
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* [[Nostalgic Narrator]]
* [[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?
* [[Oh Crap]]: Chris in "Everybody Hates Bad Boys", after (inadvertently) yelling at his mother.
* [[Painting the Fourth Wall]]: Frequently, especially in "Everybody Hates Mother's Day" when Chris Rock and adult Tonya have an argument in the voiceover booth, while the camera pans between young Chris and Tonya respectively.
* [[Papa Wolf]]: Julius handled his business when Malvo threatened Chris in "Everybody Hates Chain Snatching".
* [[Pet the Dog]]: Well, cat, in Caruso's case.
* [[Police Are Useless]]: At least for blacks. Even in the first episode; one cop walks by while Caruso is beating the crap out of Chris, looks at them... and keeps on walking.
* [[Produce Pelting]]: In the episode "Everybody Hates Elections", Chris is running for class president and finds himself in a debate against his opponent (the biggest bully on campus). Chris is really liking how his opponent is winning over the crowd, so he starts emulating him. One line Chris likes is "_____ now, _____ tomorrow and _____ forever." Problem is, he fouls up and ends up saying "Detention now, detention tomorrow and detention forever." Cue about 200 pounds of mainly lettuce and tomatoes, with lots of other fruit and veggies mixed in, being tossed right at him.
* [[Put on a Bus to Hell]]: Keisha moves away... to Compton, California.
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* [[Snowball Lie]]: In "Everybody Hates Bed-Stuy", Chris takes Doc's story about his romantic adventures and turns it into a story about a serial killer loose in the neighborhood, in order to turn in a good story for the school newspaper. Unfortunately, that story got relayed to local news outlets, and Chris was finally forced to kill it {{spoiler|when a cop had a gun to Julius's head}}.
* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]: Caruso beating the crap out of Chris in the first episode with "Ebony and Ivory" in the background.
* [[Stepford Smiler]]: Rochelle, of all people, become this, when her father dies right at the dinner table from a heart attack.
* [[Tempting Fate]]: Usually before everyone's schemes (especially Chris's) go wrong.
* [[Timeshifted Actor]]: In a [[Follow the Leader|similar vein]] to ''[[The Wonder Years]]'', this show follows Chris Rock's childhood.
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