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** Susie was a late addition to the original cast who quickly was utilized as a counter/foil to Angelica and to play a good 'big sister' role for the younger babies. It could be argued that since the intent was to add a an older character that the babies could look up to anyways she would have had the same positive traits no matter what race she was given. She may very well be an example of an intentionally good character who just happened to also be black for diversity sake.
** It's worth noting that this is somewhat in contrast to Suzie's debut role in "Meet The Carmichaels", where she is introduced as [[Bratty Half-Pint|fickle crybaby]]. [[What the Hell, Hero?|"Tricycle Thief"]] also greatly subverts her [[Canon Sue]] role.
** It's also worth noting that ''[[All Grown Up!]]'' subverts this even more by giving Susie realistic flaws. In the first episode she is easily conned by a woman into giving her $1000 thinking it's for a record deal, in another she completely buckles under pressure when she has to juggle an audition and a spot on her language team, she's shown to resent how the others look on her as perfect as well as sometimes acting rudely towards Angelica.
** In the first movie, the black female rookie park ranger is much more competent than the experienced white male park ranger.
* ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'' has a five man band, the only one with an actual hint of common sense is Numbuh 5, who is female and black. However, Numbuh 3 averts as the resident [[Cloudcuckoolander]], giving her the least common sense of the five. Granted, given the series, having the most common sense doesn't tell you that much.
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