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{{quote|''I am the stone that the builder refused''
''I am the visual, the inspiration, that made Lady sing the blues''
''I'm the spark that makes your idea bright''
''The same spark that lights the dark so that you can know your left from your right''
''I am the ballot in your box, the bullet in the gun''
''The inner glow that lets you know to call your brother 'son' ''
''The story that's just begun''
''The promise of what's to come''
''And I'ma remain a soldier till the war is won''
''[[Calling Your Attacks|Judo flip! Chop chop chop!]] Judo flip! Chop chop chop!''
|'''Asheru''', Opening Theme}}
Aaron McGruder's newspaper strip, involving two African-American brothers (the politically minded Huey and wanna-be street thug Riley Freeman), who move from inner-city [[The Windy City|Chicago]] to live in the fictional [[Suburbia|suburb]] of Woodcrest, with their cranky grandfather, Robert.
The comic strip largely began as a "[[Fish Out of Water]]" theme, dealing with Huey and Riley adjusting to life in the predominantly white town of Woodcrest. Huey serves as the main character of the series, with Riley as his comedic [[Foil]]. The two characters serve as political opposites for each other: Huey Freeman is intelligent, radically political, and has a rather cynical view on life. This eventually drives him to write his own newsletter where he vents his frustrations towards the black community with help from his best (and far more moderate) friend Caesar. Riley, on the other hand, is a wannabe thug and prolific schemer. What he lacks in social consciousness, he is more than willing to make up for in threats of violence. Their caretaker is Robert "Granddad" Freeman; a hardline disciplinarian who is quick to use his belt to keep his grandchildren in line. Though the cliche of the old, out of touch grandparent, various strips show "Granddad" as being a somewhat lecherous old man who hides his own wild side for the purposes of providing his grandchildren a strong parental figure.
Other characters introduced in the comic strip include Tom Dubois, a successful, politically mainstream black lawyer who works for the district attorney's office, who serves as a foil for the cynical Huey. Much of the humor of the strip comes from the idealist Tom interacting with the cynical Huey, who views Tom as a sell-out due to his rather passive nature. Huey also has an adversarial relationship with Tom's biracial daughter Jazmine, whose overwhelming naivete makes her believe everything she is told by adults.
The comic strip was widely unknown until after the events of the September 11th, 2001 terror attacks when the strip gained national attention for writer [http://www.gocomics.com/boondocks/2001/10/04/ Aaron McGruder's decision to have the series directly address the political aftermath of the attacks as far as bringing attention to the claims that ties that existed between the Taliban, Osama bin Laden and the Republican Party, of which members of the Reagan administration (later part of the Bush Administration) had helped fund and train Taliban and bin Laden in the 1980s to fight the then-invading Soviet Union.] The strip itself also took a very critical stance against George W. Bush and his handling of the aftermath of September
For those of you who missed the comic (which ran nationally from 1999 to 2006) you can find it [http://www.gocomics.com/boondocks/1999/04/19/ here.]
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Not to be confused with ''[[The Boondock Saints]]''.
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* [[Abusive Parents]]: Uncle Ruckus' father and grandmother. While they may be the more obvious cases of abuse shown, since it was physical, an argument can be made that his mother was just as abusive but only mentally - concocting a story that he was adopted, denying him his cultural heritage, and making up a disease.
** Grandad Freeman falls into that gray area between "corporal punishment" and "abuse", though his ham-handed approach to it leans towards the latter but also falls under [[Hilariously Abusive Childhood]]. Nevertheless, cringe-worthy to some parts of the audience, especially abuse survivors.
* [[Actor Allusion]]:
** Throughout the series, there are direct and indirect references to the movie ''[[Friday (film)|Friday]]'', which starred John Witherspoon, the voice of Robert "Granddad" Freeman.
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** In "A Date with the Health Inspector", Rummy (voiced by Samuel L. Jackson) demands to know if [[Pulp Fiction|they speak English in a mysterious country known simply as]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO4ahh8Uafo "What."] On the way to the real Xbox killer's apartment, Ed and Rummy stop to get a "tasty beverage." One gets the impression that Rummy is a big ''[[Pulp Fiction]]'' fan.
** [[Mark Hamill]] plays a dealer who sells Granddad something called "[[Star Wars|Skywalker]]."
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* [[Aesop Amnesia]]: At the end of "The Fund-Raiser" Riley is offered an opportunity back into the candy business and recalls all the crap he went through near the end of the episode. He then smiles deviously and the credits roll.
** Lampshaded (or perhaps exaggerated) by Granddad at the end of the third season:
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* [[Ascended Meme]]: In "Mr. Medicinal", Riley states that he's going to challange Jaden Smith to a fight if he moves to LA. This is a reference to many popular pictures comparing Riley to the new Karate Kid.
* [[Affably Evil]]: Ed Wuncler
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** [[Ann Coulter]] is portrayed as being [[Mean Character, Nice Actor|quite nice off camera.]]
* [[After the End]]: "The Fried Chicken Flu." It appears that most of the world is dead, society is breaking down and the Freeman house may be the last safe place, all thanks to a mysterious virus caused by fried chicken. {{spoiler|It turns out that the media blew things out of proportion. No one's actually dead and the "flu" is just salmonella. It's also shown that Ruckus and his group are the only ones dressed in that [[Mad Max]] gear, which Thugnificent points out}}.
* [[A Hell of a Time]]: At least this was the case for Stinkmeaner, who declared that he was having the time of his life there and used the opportunity to [[Training
* [[All Just a Dream]]:
** "Return of the King." The episode is a "what if?" in which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot, but instead of dying, he fell into a coma and woke up decades later in 2000.
** The [[Cold Open]] of "Stinkmeaner 3: The Hateocracy," which pays homage to ''[[28 Weeks Later|Twenty Eight Weeks Later]]''.
* [[All Part of the Show]]: Gangstalicious gets shot on-stage, with the audience thinking his cries for help are lyrics to his song. The song? "I Got Shot." No one thought to call an ambulance until 45 minutes later.
* [[Alternative Foreign Theme Song]]: The Japanese version of the show has a different [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKOtq1g3Fuw opening theme].
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* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]:
** When Uncle Ruckus came to the Freeman household to exorcise Tom, who is possessed by the spirit of Stinkmeaner, he used the following tools: a whip, a noose, a night stick, a branding iron and [[Cool and Unusual Punishment|a job application]]. According to the self-hating Ruckus, these are the things that the black man fears the most.
** "She called me obsessed... disturbed... icky." Said by the obsessed counselor in "Smokin' with Cigarettes"
* [[Art Evolution]]: Much like ''[[The Venture Bros]]'', season 3 improves the animation overall.
** The comics art style became progressively better and cleaner.
* [[As Himself]]: [[Wu-Tang Clan|Ghostface Killah]]. [[Casting Gag|As an actual ghost]].
** Other guest stars include [[Werner Herzog]] and [[Bill Maher]].
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* [[As You Know]]: Grandad even says "Look, nobody needs to be reminded of that tragic day you gave that girl a permanent severe limp" ''right before'' telling the story.
* [[Audience Surrogate]]: Ebony Brown, who deconstructs Uncle Ruckus's appeal, [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall|leans on the fourth wall]], and expresses a desire to be a part of the main characters' wacky adventures. The fact that she's mind-bogglingly attractive and [[Purity Sue|practically a saint]] suggests that McGruder is either playing around by making an in-universe [[Mary Sue]] fanfic in his own show, or he really, really appreciates his audience.
** She also might be McGruder's reply to black feminists who criticized him for not having a black woman as a regular on the show. He's basically saying this is the only character black women would be happy with, but there's no way she's going to be in the cast.
* [[Author Appeal]]: McGruder is [[One of Us]] and a self-proclaimed nerd, especially when it comes to [[Star Wars]]. As a result, but the comic and (to a somewhat lesser extent) the show are chock full of Star Wars references, and Huey himself is a fan.
** He also enjoys anime, and (in the show) it shows to say the least.
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** If there's one thing McGruder hates almost as much as Bush, it's... [[Black Entertainment Television]], which he blames for dumbing down African American culture and against whom he maintains a vendetta to this day. In the strip and the show, he's never - ''ever'' - missed an opportunity to deliver a seething [[Take That]] to BET.
** Points out the [[Broken Aesop]] of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqAC9eZk6bA Soul Food].
* [[Avenging the Villain]]: Subverted with the Hateocracy, {{spoiler|as they're [[Blood Knight
* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: Your watch may be too bling if...you can't read the time in direct sunlight.
* [[Backhanded Apology]]: Riley to Mrs. Dubois.
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* [[Badass Family]]: The Freemans
** [[Badass Adorable]] / [[Badass Bookworm]]: Huey looks like a typical ten year old with an afro that may shock you with his intellect and his demeanor being [[Wise Beyond Their Years]] and all, but make no mistake. He will try to fuck you up fifty ways to Sunday if you try getting in his way, harming him or the ones he cares about, or, even worse, [[Berserk Button|laughing at him.]] And he'll likely succeed, as he is knows kung fu at an expert level.
** [[Badass Grandpa]]: Robert "(Mo') Bitches" Freeman. He's turned belt whipping to an art form.
** Riley, though less effective than Huey, is a stubborn street brawler who can back up his smacktalk on occasion. And [[Word of God]] says that he is [[Made of Iron]], even more so than his technique-oriented brother.
** Thelma Freeman shows that this trope has been passed down the family for generations.
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** Laugh at Huey. Please.
** You can't have Tom's wife ''or'' his booty.
** Try not to throw any chairs when a large amount of black people are present.
*** The "Nigga Moment" phenomenon as a whole occurs when two or more black people get into an altercation because one party regards a petty slight as a [[Berserk Button]]. The two individuals involved don't even need to be actual niggas<ref>Defined by Huey (and here I paraphrase) as black people who behave in a manner that reinforces negative stereotypes. If Riley thinks it's cool, it's probably nigga behavior.</ref> for a Nigga Moment to occur; two otherwise intelligent black people can start a Nigga Moment simply because one of them won't let the issue go.
** Don't try to shorten A Pimp Named Slickback's name when you address him.
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* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: Thugnificent & his crew rescuing the Freemans in "The Fried Chicken Flu"
* [[Big Eater]]: Cristal (like the champagne), who packs it away at the Red Lobster and then asks for more food when she gets back to the Freeman house.
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* [[Biting the Hand Humor]]: "You better not be watching any of that [[Adult Swim]]!"
** Also lots and ''lots'' of jokes lampooning the newspaper editing and censorship process - there are countless series of gags in the strip where the papers "remove" Boondocks from syndication in favor of something ridiculously propagandist, [[Tastes Like Diabetes]] or [[Moral Guardians|overly "child-friendly,"]] or just downright strange. So much so that one of these gags is accompanied by an editorial [[Lampshade Hanging|"we mean it this time."]]
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: "Bitches to Rags" leaves Thugnificent bankrupt and forced to sell his home. However, he sort of manages to make a comeback as a UPS delivery man, realizing the "rapper lifestyle" wasn't going to last forever and that he had to move on.
* [[Black Comedy Rape]]:
** This show managed to take a horrible crime and make fear of said crime hilarious in "Date with the Health Inspector".
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* [[Bland-Name Product]]: The store where Lamilton beats up his grandma is called [http://walmart.com Walli-Mart]
* [[Blatant Lies]]: Riley is fond of this trope.
* [[Blunt Yes]]:
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'''Stinkmeaner:''' [[
* [[Book Ends]]: The series ends right where it begins, {{spoiler|in Ed Wuncler's front garden.}}
** A 4th season has been announced so...not so much.
* [[Boomerang Bigot]]: Uncle Ruckus, who'd join the Klan if he wasn't black. The irony is that he has the darkest skin out of all the cast. He claims it's "re-vitiligo", the opposite of Michael Jackson.
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* [[Break the Cutie]]: Good God, Jazmine. [[Up to Eleven|As if she was designed for this trope...]]
* [[Brick Joke]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|"Remember this equation. You'll need it later, nigga!"]]
** ''Pause'' had a scene where Riley explains to Granddad about saying "No homo" after saying something that could be taken into gay subtext. Cut to a few episodes later with ''A date with The Booty Warrior.''
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[*[[Beat]]*]
'''Sarah:''' [[That Came Out Wrong|Pause.]] }}
* [[Broke Episode]]: "Bitches to Rags." A rare permanent example for poor <s>Thugnificent</s> Otis Jenkins.
* [[Broken Aesop]]: The comic once had the moral that video games don't make one more violent... the ''show'', however, states that BET makes you a retard. McGruder clearly has a distaste for what BET considers "black" entertainment.
** It's easy to argue there's a difference between video games and BET. You can actually learn things from video games.
* [[But Not Too Black]]: Tom describes himself as more of a caramel shade.
** Huey points out that the typical virtuous, love interest in a Winston Jermone movie will always be lighter then the ungrateful, Jesus-hating husband.
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* [[Calling the Old Man Out]]: Uncle Ruckus did this to his "adopted" father during his grandmother's funeral. {{spoiler|Just before his father threw out his back trying to hit him, falling into an open grave and breaking his neck which kills him}}.
* [[Carnival of Killers]]: Gin Rummy tells the tale of Bushido Brown fending off a group of these hired by the beef industry to take out [[Oprah Winfrey]], including pastiches of [[Walker, Texas Ranger]] and Billy Jack.
* [[Casanova Wannabe]]: Granddad wants young and highly attractive women, and thinks he is a player.
** Of course he does manage to frequently catch himself some hot babes. The only problem is they are always ''completely insane''.
* [[Cassandra Truth]]: Played depressingly straight with Huey in the cartoon, as far as everyone hitting him, cursing him out, or fiendishly mocking him whenever he speaks the truth about the world around him. This is also lampshaded in the first episode, "The Garden Party," when Huey realises ''why'' nobody is taking his speech seriously.
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** In the "The Fundraiser", Riley actually recognizes that everything Huey says comes true. However, he just decides not to listen, because he <s> doesn't like spoilers</s> thinks things go wrong ''because'' Huey talks about them.
*** However, Riley makes an exception when Huey gives him a ''[[Oh Crap|bulletproof vest]]'', and makes the smart move of constantly wearing it. {{spoiler|It ends up saving his life.}}
** In "The Fried Chicken Flu" this becomes a major plot point, since Huey has been preparing for the end. Hell, his survival plan is even titled, "I Told You So." They have enough food, supplies, and backup power for 4 people. Unfortunately, no one but Jazmine read Huey's plan, and because Riley and Granddad refused to listen to him for their own selfish ends, nine people occupy the house, the power goes out, and food becomes scarce.
** In the series finale, Granddad lampshades this at the very end.
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* [[Casting Gag]]: Snoop Dogg as Macktastic, Busta Rhymes as Flonominal
* [[Catapult Nightmare]]: [[Prison Rape|"Ya soap dropped, nigga."]]
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** Granddad: "Boy, where's my belt?!"
*** Not really a phrase, but Grandad has that little tune he things constantly with the words being just about anything on his mind at the time.
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'''Granddad:''' New shoes, New shoo-oo-oo-oo-''ooo''-oes!
'''Granddad:''' Soul Plane, Soul Pla-aa-aa-aa-''aaa''-ane! }}
** Riley: "Nigga, you gay!" (cartoon only)
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** It happens in general in the show compared to the comic - the show is more social commentary than political, and thus focuses on the ways people can be ignorant. As a result, the characters are changed to reflect that, with Huey being the [[Only Sane Man]] who exists to balance out the foolishness of the world around him.
*** Grandad, who is in the comic a wise but weary man who just wants to enjoy his golden years, becomes self-centered, greedy, and obsessed with appearances.
*** Riley is more of an exaggeration of himself - he is even more "thug-life" than he was in the comic, but in addition becomes a [[
*** Huey himself becomes less extreme, less aggressively opinionated and more wiser - basically, his [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]] [[Badass Activist]] traits are traded for amplifying his [[Only Sane Man]] traits.
**** This, in turn, leads him to not quite need a foil to mellow him out and point out when he's being hypocritical, which resulted in Michael Caesar not needing to make an appearance.
*** Nearly every character from the comic gets some kind of alteration: Tom's foppish traits become the entire basis for his character, as well as his marriage problems. Jazmine's problems with racial identity are downplayed in favor of her extreme naivete. But nobody gets this greater than Cindy McPhearson, who is a ''completely'' different character: a racially ignorant ditz in the comic, an even crazier version of Riley in the show.
* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]:
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv8ZyBgxWJQ Tom, after his team loses at the end of "Ballin'"]
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gixs6bYC0Qo#t=01m17s Riley has a rather impressive one in "The Fundraiser"]
** The whole show is a giant [[Cluster F-Bomb|Cluster N Bomb]].
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* [[Comedic Sociopathy]]:
** Ruckus and how he treats other black people.
** Mr. Wuncler in how he uses illegal immigrant and/or child labor is also often played for laughs.
* [[Comic Book Fantasy Casting]]: Played with. The Hateocracy consists of Lord Rufus Crabmiser, Lady Esmerelda Gripenasty and Mister George Pistofferson. Their designs are based on [[Sanford and Son|Redd Foxx]], [[Sanford and Son|Lawanda Page]] and [[Good Times|Jimmy Walker]], respectively.
* [[Composite Character]]: [[Inverted Trope|Inverted]] in {{spoiler|Granddad and Ruckus's versions of the story of Catcher Freeman.}}
* [[Cool and Unusual Punishment]]: In the comic strip, when Robert punishes Riley by forcing him to see [[Halle Berry]]'s ''[[Catwoman (film)|Catwoman]]'' movie, Riley doesn't take it well and tries to [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?|have Robert arrested on child abuse charges]].
* [[
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'''Huey:''' Stop that. }}▼
* [[Common Nonsense Jury]]:
** R. Kelly's lawyer convinced the crowd and his fans that the trial was all about racism.
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** In "Shinin'", Thugnificent makes it clear that if this rap thing doesn't work out, he and the rest of the Lethal Interjection crew will turn to crime - with Flonominal specifically mentioning crack dealing. The exception is Leonard, who thinks he'd be fine working at Wendy's. In "Bitches to Rags," the jig is up and Thugnificent is being supported by Leonard, who really did get a job at Wendy's, until Thugnificent decides to just sell crack.
* [[Crazy Prepared]]
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''Huey comes back with the shotgun.''
'''Huey:''' Granddad, what's going on?
'''Granddad''': Lamilton Taeshawn escaped. Go grab my pistol with the silver bullets.
'''Huey:''' He's not a werewolf, Granddad.
''Later ...''
'''Granddad''': Huey, grab the wooden stake. And my holy water! }}
* [[Creepy Child]]: Lamilton
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** Completely intentional in the case of the brothers, and often played for laughs in the comics. There is a whole Sunday strip where Riley practices intimidating "thug shot" expressions, but fails because he is adorable.
** And ''way'' earlier, was a strip where Huey is declaring dramatically from a hill to his new neighborhood things like, "My knowledge of self shines boldly in the face of the beast!" A little old lady interrupts, calling him [http://www.gocomics.com/boondocks/1999/04/24/ "just a big ole cutie pie."]
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'''Huey:''' I bet you would... Maybe have me sitting around your house being docile like a bad '80s sitcom, ''huh''? Do I look like ''Gary Coleman'' or ''Emmanuel Lewis'' to you? Am I supposed to use cute little slang and be your little black stuffed doll? Well, this is ''one'' black man who will not be demasculinized. I'm nobody's ''pet Negro''. Is that understood?
'''Little Old Lady:''' What was that, sweetie? My hearing isn't what it used to be.
'''Huey:''' Oh, ''never mind''... }}
** In the episode "The Lovely Ebony Brown", one of Grandad's past girlfriends tried to kidnap Riley because she thought he was adorable.
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]:
** Huey.
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'''Huey:''' (Without so much as changing the expression on his face) I don't want to be part of kickball history. }}
** A Pimp Named Slickback concerning Tom's [[Wouldn't Hit a Girl]] attitude.
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::: And later, as one of his bitches beats on Tom.
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* [[Death Glare]]: Riley's first clue that Lamilton is crazy
* [[Demoted to Extra]]:
** Huey in the cartoon, <s> so that we can get more of Granddad's wacky adventures in dating and Riley's thuggery!</s> because Huey was basically the tool McGruder used to comment on current events. Current events are much more suited to daily strips because... [[Captain Obvious|they're]] ''[[Captain Obvious|daily]]''. If he tried to use current events in an episode that takes months to make, it wouldn't be current anymore.
** Neither Jazmine nor Gin Rummy had any lines for the first half of the third season.
** Inverted in the comic strip - following 9/11, this happened to everybody except Huey and Ceasar.
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'''Huey:''' By the way, did you hear that "Meth And Red" got canc-
'''Jazmine:''' '''AARRRGH!!''' }}
* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: "They call me the fundraiser 'cuz that's what I do: I raise funds."
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* [[Deus Ex Machina]]: In the last episode of the first season we have the {{spoiler|lightning}}, what solved the two hopeless plots at once.
** In the end of "The Fund-Raiser", {{spoiler|some random mafia guys come out of nowhere and shoot the candy cartel boss trying to take over Riley's business. And then the FBI show up and gun them down as well}}.
* [[Dirty Old Man]]: Granddad chases after beautiful young women all time time.
* [[Dissimile]]: This gem.
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* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: Many episodes are this.
** "A Date With the Health Inspector" is essentially covering the ambiguous reasons and justifications of the Invasion of Iraq. It even has Gin Rummy(Donald Rumsfield parody) restate the infamous "known unknowns" speech.
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** In Huey's play "The Adventures of Black Jesus", while we don't know anything about the plot, samurai were apparently involved as they are present at rehearsal, and one takes a bow at the end of opening night.
* [[Everything Is Racist]]: Huey ties everything to [[The Man|"the white supremacist power structure"]], including high-fructose corn syrup. Toned down slightly in the cartoon. ''Slightly''.
* [[Executive Meddling]]: Two episodes of Season 2 were not allowed to air in the States due to the fact that they were massive [[Take That
* [[Expy]]: Bushido Brown is based on [[wikipedia:Jim Kelly
* [[Evolving Credits]]: The opening changes both in its general presentation, and the clips it uses. The song remains the same, but it's remixed each time.
* [[Fan Service]]:
** In "Pause," Winston Jerome's secretary is [[Ms. Fanservice]].
** And then there's Winston's parade of [[Walking Shirtless Scene
* [[Fate Worse Than Death]]: Jail, apparently.
* [[Flanderization]]: While not fully given that much characterization when introduced, when Tom Dubois makes his debut in ''The Trial of R. Kelly'' he comes off as a regular, somewhat goody two-shoes of a lawyer, who was, among other things, left speechless in a debate with an eight year old. After that it just went downhill. He finally got some of his dignity back in "The Booty Warrior."
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** Huey and Jazmine, Huey being cynically [[Wise Beyond His Years]] and Jazmine being an innocent child to the point of being naive.
** Grandpa to Ruckus, as old-fashioned men with very different beliefs as to what old-fashioned wisdom and right is, a major reason why they are often played off each other as "friends," and the very point of one episode's subplot.
* [[For the Evulz]]: Stinkmeaner and the Hateocracy ''lived'' this trope, according to his flashbacks. They were [[Jerkass
** This is also [[Creepy Child|Lamilton]] [[Enfante Terrible|Taeshawn's]] excuse for his sociopath-behavior, stating that "It's fun to do bad things."
* [[The Fun in Funeral]]: Subverted in ''Wingmen'', as Huey finds himself a pariah amongst his old friends, and Robert can't get past his grudges with his dead friend Mo.
** Invoked by Mo, however, as he'd used his funeral as a means to give several final insults to Robert. Among them, he willed to Robert a jar of peanuts named "Deez Nuts!" Robert takes it in stride, and displays the jar in his room of memories and experiences.
* [[Follow the Leader]]: Inverted. McGruder has stated that what drove him to take the book into a hardline left political direction was a conversation he had with [[Doonesbury|Garry Trudeau]] over the issue of the September 11th Terrorist Attacks. Trudeau told McGruder that he was going to wait until around December before he would begin incorporating the terrorist attacks and the political fallout the attacks would have upon America. This led to McGruder deciding to immediately incorporate 9-11 and the political fall-out into the comic strip, since no one else was doing this.
* [[Foreshadowing]]:
** "I assure you, you'll be seeing [[Stealth Pun|a lot more of me]]."
** In "The Story of Catcher Freeman" , during Grandpa's tale, their are several mentions of Col. Lynchwater's demise. Particularly how it happens in his story.
* [[Freudian Excuse]] : Uncle Ruckus, he was raised for seven years by an abusive father and a Mother that loved white people more than her own race.Then he was kicked out onto the street beleving it to be because of a condition that his mother made up.
** And even his dad had an Excuse with a Mother that obviously hated him and at his job he was constantly discriminated against by the white people he worked for.
* [[Full-Name Basis]]: Bushido Brown
* [[Gag Penis]]: The "Health Inspector." On the DVD, it's even WORSE.
* [[Gay Moment]]
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* [[Genre Savvy]]: A prime example is when Huey knows how Riley's fundraiser scheme will end. Riley has an idea, but tells Huey not to tell him, believing that not knowing will allow him to defy fate. Riley even accuses Huey of spoiling.
* [[Girl Scouts Are Evil]]: When you have Cindy McPhearson working for them, it's no surprise they defend their territory like drug runners.
* [[Go Mad
* [[Gold Digger]]: Cristal ([[Insistent Terminology|like the champagne]]), who briefly dates Robert in the episode "Guess Ho's Coming To Dinner." To drive the point home, the start of the second half of the episode had [[Kanye West]]'s "Gold Digger" playing during a [[Shopping Montage]] of Robert buying Cristal a lot of expensive gifts.
* [[Gonk]]: Uncle Ruckus. Especially in the comic.
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** And Gin Rummy is [[Samuel L. Jackson|Jules]]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE5H9HC0e74&feature=related But white, for some reason.]
* [[Hilariously Abusive Childhood]]: Good God, ''Uncle Ruckus''. Granted it's sad in-series, but this gem says it all:
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* [[Hot Mom]]: Sarah Dubois.
* [[Humans Are Morons]]
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: This exchange.
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'''Riley:''' (to Huey) Hey... what's "class?"
'''Huey:''' It means, "[[N-Word Privileges|don't act like niggas]]."
'''Granddad:''' S-s-s-see? That's what I'm talkin' about right there! We don't use the "n-word" in this house!
'''Huey:''' Granddad, you said the word "nigga" 46 times yesterday. I counted!
'''Granddad:''' Nigga, hush! }}
** And this:
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'''Granddad:''' Boy, watch your mouth! Tom, shut the fuck up! }}
** In "The Color Ruckus" Riley admits that Uncle Ruckus's story was sad, but said that he was not going to cry because it was "gay." Later in the episode, after Ruckus continues to tell the story, Riley is seen sobbing like a baby.
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* [[Insistent Terminology]]:
** "A Pimp Named Slickback"
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** "Cristal. Like the champagne."
** Grand''master'' Bushido Brown
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* [[Insufferable Genius]]: Huey, particularly moreso in the comic as time went on.
* [[Interactive Narrator]]: Stinkmeaner, [[Rule of Funny|from the dead]], steals Huey's narration on the Hateocracy's backstory.
* [[Intergenerational Friendship]]:
** Riley and his "niggas," Ed Wuncler III and Gin Rummy
** Riley and the members of the Lethal Interjection crew
* [[Ironic Name]]: Thugnificent's hometown of Terra Belle
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* [[Ironic Echo Cut]]: Riley: "And that's when it hit me. The best idea I've ever had in my entire life."
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* [[Its Pronounced Tropay]]: Subverted - when Robert Freeman gets pulled over, he assumes the cop's name is pronounced "Do-shay." It's really pronounced "Douche." Freeman thinks it's hilarious. Did we mention he's completely high at the time?
* [[I Was Quite a Looker]]: Robert
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* [[Karma Houdini]]:
** Ed Wuncler has so many connections <s> in the government</s> '''everywhere''', he may just be the best example of this trope.
** Uncle Ruckus' mother in "The Color Ruckus", who was responsible in her son's [[Boomerang Bigot|white supremacy]]. After {{spoiler|her husband dies}}, she hooks up with [[
* [[Karmic Death]]: {{spoiler|Uncle Ruckus's father}} in "The Color Ruckus".
* [[Kavorka Man]]: While Grandad was a cute, geeky guy in his younger days, as an old man he seems to have no problem getting ridiculously attractive and younger women. Subverted since most of them turn out to be crazy or with ulterior motives.
* [[Kick the Dog]]: While technically what LaMilton did was ''shoot'' the dog, this is the trope that describes the intended effect.
* [[Kill Him Already]]: The therapist's logic in dealing with Lamilton.
* [[Kung Fu-Proof Mook]]: Winston Jerome's "glistenin'" stripper bodyguards.
* [[Lazy Artist]]: Compare and contrast these [http://www.gocomics.com/boondocks/2005/10/09 two] [http://www.gocomics.com/boondocks/2005/12/25/ strips].
* [[Leitmotif]]: You'll hear a very ugly tuba (Jabba The Hutt's theme from ''[[Star Wars]]'') play every time Uncle Ruckus makes an appearance in an episode.
* [[Like a Badass Out of Hell]]: Stinkmeaner, who [[Satan]] himself called "the baddest motherfucker Hell had ever seen".
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'''Stinkmeaner:''' BITCH-ASS NYUKKA! }}
* [[Meaningful Name]]:
** The Wunclers. As in, the Once-ler, the expansionist bigwig antagonist of Dr. Seuss' ''[[The Lorax]]''.
** Also, Uncle Ruckus. A reference to Uncle Tom, Amos Rucker, (a slave to purportedly wanted to stay a slave after the Civil War.) and [[Song of the South|Uncle Remus]]
** Tom Dubois. Uncle Tom (again) and W.E.B. Dubois, founder of NAACP.
* [[Medium Awareness]]: The eponymous character in "Lovely Ebony Brown" spent the entire episode [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall]], and got Granddad into it as well.
** This from "Let's Nab Oprah":
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* [[Mighty Glacier]]: This appears to be Butch Magnus's fighting style. He only has to land a few blows to bring Riley down during his fight with him.
* [[Milkman Conspiracy]]: Huey Freeman believes that every white man is in on the conspiracy, and that you can't bribe them with cheese.
* [[Missing Episode]]: Many of the strips from the original comic were never collected into books.
* [[Mockumentary]]:
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* [[Nietzsche Wannabe]]: Rufus Crabmiser of the Hateocracy gives a speech to Granddad to this effect.
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]:
** Ed Wuncler and his grandson are parodies of Prescott Bush and his grandson [[George W. Bush]].
** Wuncler III's best friend Gin "Rummy" is a parody of Donald Rumsfeld.
** BET director Weggie Rudlin, who is an extremely unflattering parody of BET director [[Reginald Hudlin]]... who happens to have an executive producer credit on the show itself. It was an artifact of Hudlin's involvement with the series while it was being developed for [[
** Rollo Goodlove, who is a parody of [[Al Sharpton]].
** Thugnificent is obviously [[Ludacris]], with elements of [[Ice T]] down to being from Georgia.
** Sgt. Gutter is [[Soulja Boy]].
*** "Thugnificent vs. Sgt. Gutter" parodies the "rivalry" between Soulja Boy and older musicians, like Ice-T, who think that Soulja Boy's appearance on the music scene is not a step in the right direction.
** [[Bill O Reilly|Two]] [[Rush Limbaugh|guesses]] as to who Dick O'Rushballs is a parody of.
** Winston Jerome is [[Tyler Perry]] with elements of David Koresh and Jim Jones.
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* [[No Social Skills]]: Luna. She really had no idea how to deal with people, ''at all''.
* [[No Such Thing as HR]]: To build on the [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]], there was logically nothing stopping Flo from contesting his termination due to the extremely flimsy guilty by association pretense.
▲* [[Not Allowed to Grow Up]]: All the kids. Even if you don't count the comics, Huey's been ten since the Bush administration.
▲{{quote| '''Caesar:''' Another Presidential Election...<br />
▲'''Huey:''' Yep.<br />
▲'''Caesar:''' Can you believe it's been four years since the last one?<br />
▲'''Huey:''' Yeah...<br />
▲'''Caesar:''' [[Lampshade Hanging|Funny, seems like we haven't aged a day...]]<br />
▲'''Huey:''' Stop that. }}
* [[N-Word Privileges]]: And uses them liberally, Nigga!
** [[Lampshaded]] during Uncle Ruckus' "Don't Trust Them New Niggas Over There" song. After he finishes singing his horribly racist song for a bunch of rich white guests, one girl comments that she thinks its okay for "them" to use the N word and then audience applauds politely.
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** LA-MIL-TON! TAE-SHAWWWWWWN!!
* [[Once Killed a Man with A Noodle Implement]]: The episode "Granddad's Fight":
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* [[One of Us]]: Aaron McGruder is a self-proclaimed "nerd" whose interests include ''[[Star Wars]]'', [[Anime]], video games, and [[Monty Python]].
* [[Only Sane Man]]:
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* [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]: Subverted. Uncle Ruckus' actual name really is "Uncle Ruckus".
* [[Oscar Bait]]: Ruckus' origin story as hilariously lampshaded by Huey.
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* [[Panty Shot]]: Winston Jerome's secretary has one from Grandad's POV as he's lying on the ground after being tackled by an obese female fan in "Pause."
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Huey and Riley's parents died. Robert used their inheritance to move to a nicer neighborhood.
* [[Perpetual Frowner]]: Huey almost never smiles. He puts on a small smile for about a second in one of the team shots cheering for Riley in the last game of "Ballin'." He also smirks for a second while holding a sword against Riley's cheek during "Let's Nab Oprah" and that is it. Lando tries to get him to smile. It doesn't happen.
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* [[Pet the Dog]]: Uncle Ruckus restores Jazmine's belief in Christmas and Santa Claus after Riley destroys it.
* [[Piss-Take Rap]]: Granddad's [http://youtu.be/Bd2PpofnglU?t=1m38s rebuttal] to "Eff Granddad". Has to be seen to be believed.
* [[Playing Against Type]]: [[Spy Kids|Daryl Sabara]] as [[Implacable Man|Butch]]
* [[Poor Communication Kills]]: In "It's Going Down."
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'''Dan the Security Man''': [[Cassandra Truth|Eat my ass!]] *Gets kicked in the nuts about twenty times* }}
* [[Pragmatic Adaptation]]: McGruder defends the cartoon by stating that delay times in making the show makes it impossible for the show to be topical as far as current events and cutting edge political satire.
* [[Prayer Is a Last Resort]]: Huey, at the climax of "The Passion of Reverend Ruckus"
* [[Precision F-Strike]]:
** '''MARTIN LUTHER KING JR''', of all people.
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** All the time in the comic. Whereas in the show the characters curse all the time, in the newspaper comic they can't get away with that too often, so McGruder saved particularly strong words for particularly good punchlines, to great effect.
* [[Pretty Fly for a White Guy]]:
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** The pilot of the show on the DVD shows Granddad's wang wailing away freely during a tai-bo exercise workout. Right out the gate.
* [[Riches to Rags]]: "Bitches to Rags" is all about Thugnificent going through this.
* [[Rule of Cool]]: The kickball episode and its [[Charles Atlas Superpower]].
** In one episode, Robert actually ''floats'' from smoking weed!
* [[Running Gag]]: '''IT'S REVOLUTION TIME!!!''' in the strip.
** There's also Huey's intermittent attempts to get out of mowing the lawn, Huey being generally horrible at video games, Grandad being out of touch with today's society (or computers), Caesar's intentionally terrible jokes (and Huey's appropriate response), Riley's yearly rages against Santa Claus, etc.
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** During season one, every one of Huey's schemes would have gone perfectly if he only had a ride. Though this joke stopped in the rest of the series when Huey stopped being the one going on zany schemes.
* [[Rogue Agent]]: Agent Flowers
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'''Jack:''' [[Rogue Agent|I'm going rogue.]] }}
* [[Sand in My Eyes]]: In "The Color Ruckus" Riley cries after hearing Uncle Ruckus's story. He claimed that he had allergies.
* [[Satellite Character]]: Flonominal, Macktastic, and Leonard are only seen as Thugnificent's crew.
* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]: Ed the Third and Gin Rummy. Rummy claims he's a criminal mastermind while he obviously isn't. This is also [[Lampshaded]].
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** Um hello, '''Ed Wuncler Sr.''' When you can get the president to call off your arrest, you know you're loaded.
* [[Serious Business]]:
** The episode "The Red Ball" has Ed Wuncler bet the entire town on a game of kickball. He hires mercs from Blackwater<ref>a [[Real Life]] mercenary corporation who used to protect private contractors in Afghanistan and Iraq, but got into huge trouble by killing over a dozen civilians in retaliation for a previous incident</ref> and illegally immigrated a junior squad from the Dominican Republic. When the latter got taken from him "because he got his civil liberties violated", he considers taking child soldiers from Sierra Leone. The other team includes a Chinese prodigy that was trained since birth ''just to play kickball''.
** And before any of this even began, Wuncler earlier had Huey set up to not only injure a little girl, but then made him believe she had a permanent severe limp, just so he would quit the game and let Wuncler win again.
** Also, school chocolate fundraising. ''Damn.''
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* [[Shell-Shocked Veteran]]: Riley's art tutor is reputed to be a Gulf War vet who had a nervous breakdown.
* [[Ship Tease]]: Small moments between Huey and Jazmine in in "Block Is Hot," "The Wingman," "The Passion of Uncle Ruckus," "The Date With The Health Inspector" and "Fried Chicken Flu." Hell, in "The Hateocracy," Granddad dreams of Jazmine instinctively hugging Huey in distress.
* [[Shoot Him! He Has a Wallet!]]: Played for laughs when Uncle Ruckus is shot repeatedly and beaten by police for holding an orange safety-wallet. The city offers him 14 million dollars in compensation but he refuses to accept it, and instead accepts full blame, simply demanding to be hired as a police officer so that he can do the same thing to other black men.
* [[Shout-Out]]: Too many
** [[Xzibit]] and ''[[Pimp My Ride]]'' in season 2
** To ''[[Friday (film)|Friday]]'' in season 1:
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''(Robert leers at him)''
'''Riley:''' [[Curse Cut Short|Nevermind.]] }}
** The episode "Shinin'" contains references to, of all things, ''[[Monty Python's Life of Brian]]''.
* [[Shrouded in Myth]]: Catcher Freeman. There are several different stories of his life, and in Robert's story, field slaves claim "He's 14 feet tall, got trapezist muscles... And he can fly. Underwater." Of course Huey googles the truth in the end. But, as per the usual "ignorance is bliss" motif, Robert and Ruckus don't want to believe it.
* [[Sitcom Arch Nemesis]]: Ruckus. Depending on the episode, it's either played straight or subverted.
* [[Sorry, Ociffer...]]: In "Mr. Medicinal", Grandad is high on marijuana when he is pulled over by an officer, Officer Douche.
* [[So What Do We Do Now?|So What Do I Do Now?]]: Huey's reaction to Obama's election in the 3rd season premier has shades of this. It's unclear if he's just ambivalent about Obama or if he simply feels useless now. His juxtaposition with Ruckus suggests the latter.
* [[Special Guest]]:
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** Flonominal and the rest of the Lethal Interjection crew teach Riley that, contrary to what he thought, the entire point of being in a crew is so you ''never'' have to handle your own problems like a man.
** Nearly everything A Pimp Named Slickback says is a ridiculously sexist [[Spoof Aesop]].
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** "The Hateocracy" also ends with one (two depending on how you look at it).
* [[Standard Evil Organization Squad]]: The Hateocracy
* [[Status Quo Is God]]: Often played straight, but sometimes defied.
* [[Stealth Parody]]: While obviously a satire of modern black culture, the TV series also takes pride in mocking things that makes America in general look stupid, such as the overreaction of the bird flu virus and the Obama hype.
* [[Stone Wall]]: Riley, considering how many beatings he takes from Huey, Granddad, and other people.
* [[Story Arc]]: A couple of subtle ones.
** One revolving around Granddad and Stinkmeaner.
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** The episode "Pause," a.k.a. the Winston Jerome episode, is a sucker punch to [[Tyler Perry]]'s plays and films.
** In the comic strip there was a [[Take That]] againt Vivica Fox and her fans that was extended to the point of being a type of [[Running Gag]].
*** And there's plenty more in the comic strip. One whole storyline revolves around Huey trying to have Michael Bolton murdered. At least one hitman implied that he'd ''love'' to do it, if only Huey could pay him enough to cover the expenses (he couldn't). And don't get Huey started on Jar Jar Binks.
** To [[Barack Obama]]'s speech patterns, throughout season 3.
*** The Season 3 premier was [[Take That]] at the "Obama Hype Machine" going into the election, and especially at [[Black Eyed Peas|will.i.am]].
* [[The Talk]]: Defied by Robert.
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'''Uncle Ruckus:''' So you're gonna talk to 'im?
'''Robert:''' OH, NO, MM-MM, MM-MM. MM-MM! }}
* [[Teach Him Anger]]: A Pimp Named Slickback tried to do so to Tom once. He partly succeeded, though not in the way he intended. Tom got what he wanted out of it, at any rate.
* [[Tempting Fate]]: Uncle Ruckus: "Now, let us pray. Lord, I have spent my whole life hatin' you for makin' me black, and now I see I must hate myself, and all those like me, and cause them misery just like your servant Ronald Reagan did. And if ANY of my words don't come directly from the Almighty God himself, then may I be struck by lightning right this very instant. [[Bolt of Divine Retribution|Halle-]]"
* [[That Came Out Wrong]]: The best illustration is this dialogue from Season 3's "Pause":
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'''Riley:''' Pause.
'''Granddad:''' Pause? Pause what?
'''Riley:''' You said somethin' gay, so you gotta say "no homo," or else you's a homo.
'''Granddad:''' What did I say gay?
'''Riley:''' You said you was gonna give this dude everything you got, no homo.
'''Granddad:''' That's not gay! I said I was gonna give the man everything I got!
'''Riley:''' Pause, Granddad! If it sound gay it's gay, and you gotta say "no homo!" How I know you not a homo, Granddad, if you don't say "no homo?"
'''Granddad:''' I'm not saying "no homo!"
'''Riley:''' Ok, you wanna be a homo...
'''Granddad:''' Stop calling your granddaddy a homo!
'''Riley:''' Then say "no homo!"
'''Granddad:''' I don't wanna say "no homo!" I'ma homo your ass if you don't stop saying "pause!"
'''Riley:''' Pause. }}
* [[The Thing That Would Not Leave]]: "Invasion of the Katrinians"
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** Ruckuss' dad gives a scathing one to him.
** Ruckus returns the favor later in the episode.
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** Martin Luther King gives the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5FR1LGsT7E mother of all "the reason you sucks" speeches] to the black peoples who disgusted him with their ways of life.
* [[This Is Sparta]]:
** FUCK! YOUR! COURT! NIGGA! '''FUCK!''' '''YOUR!''' '''COUUUUURRRRTTT!!!''' Also a [[Shout-Out]] to the infamous [[Chappelle's Show|Rick James sketch]].
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* [[Title Drop]]: Caesar on [http://www.gocomics.com/boondocks/2001/12/11/ December 11, 2001.] In a Christmas Carol, to boot.
* [[Tonight Someone Dies]]: What '''COMPLETE DISASTER''' seems to imply.
* [[Took a Level
* [[Training
* [[Troubling Unchildlike Behaviour]]: Lamilton Taeshawn is a eight year old sociopath who wants nothing more then to really hurt somebody.
* [[Truth in Television]]:
** Horrifyingly enough, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-JjldxU-pA the Booty Warrior].
** Let's not forget [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM9vlc_0nWo&feature=related Lamilton].
** Or pretty much the entire "S-Word" episode; [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLZA32oHbC4&feature=related there's a nice comparison].
* [[True Companions]]: Lethal Interjection crew
* [[Troperrific]]: It's safe to say this series is awesome.
* [[Villain Episode]]: "The Uncle Ruckus Reality Show", "The Story of Jimmy Rebel" and [[Start of Darkness|"The Color Ruckus"]]
* [[The Villain Must Be Punished]]: In an early arc Riley gets an idea to spray-paint the cutesy street names with those from rappers. The adults are annoyed by this; in addition to the vandalism, it's messing up their ability to navigate around the neighborhood. In a rare moment of insight, Riley decides to lie low as the cops investigate, because he knows they'll go hard on a black kid. Then Cindy decides to ask him to rename her street, even offering that she'll do it if he lends her the art supplies. Riley realizes she can be a perfect patsy, and dials in an anonymous tip after giving her the supplies. He gets away with it because while Cindy names him as an accomplice, she's holding the proof: the spray bottles. Cindy is grounded by her parents but faces no criminal charges.
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Granddad and Uncle Ruckus are type 2.
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: Catcher Freeman probably didn't know that his owner Master Colonel was his real father, but their relationship echoes the more typical version of this trope. When Master Colonel calls Catcher "son", his eyes light up noticeably.
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* [[Wise Beyond Their Years]]:
** Huey and Caeser.
** Dewey ''[[
* [[The Worf Effect]]: Huey is supposed to be a master of kung fu, but he never won a kung fu fight, not counting [[Martial Arts and Crafts|Martial Arts Kickball]]. The only people he seems to be able to beat are his younger brother Riley and those few [[Mook]] guards in "... Or Die Tryin'". Justified, as the only people who have beaten him are much older masters of kung fu, who take him seriously.
** Huey is never really shown to be a "master" so much as "well-trained for a kid", and as this trope would imply, not at the top of his game.
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* [[Worthy Opponent]]:
** Mr. Long-dou and Ed Wuncler, Sr.
** It's also Ming's motivation for wanting Huey in the tournament, although her fake sob-story might say otherwise.
* [[Wouldn't Hit a Girl]]: Tom. When A Pimp Named Slickback is trying to "help" him with his marriage problems, he says Tom needs to, among other things, learn how to hit Sarah. Tom says he could never hit a woman. When the woman role-playing as Sarah starts beating him up, Tom refuses to strike her even in self-defense.
* [[Wrestler in All of Us]]:
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*** Weirder when you realize that ''[[Afro Samurai]]'' is ''The Boondocks'' meets ''[[Samurai Champloo]]''.
* [[Yandere]]:
** Luna - she tries to kill Granddad because she thinks he's cheating on her, locks up Huey and Riley so they can't help him and kidnaps Tom when he comes to help the family.
** Arguably, Lamilton is a platonic male example for Riley, kidnapping and trying to kill him when he doesn't want to help him "do bad things" anymore.
* [[Yellow Peril]]: The Chinese team in "The Red Ball" are a pack of cheating, lying, manipulative brutes.
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