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* [[Actor Allusion]]: "You don't get it, Will. Parents just don't understand". (cue [[Aside Glance]])
* [[Actor Allusion]]: "You don't get it, Will. Parents just don't understand." (cue [[Aside Glance]])
** "Oh, please, like they're gonna take [[Self-Deprecation|someone who's never acted before]] and give him his own TV show!" (another [[Aside Glance]])
** "Oh, please, like they're gonna take [[Self-Deprecation|someone who's never acted before]] and give him his own TV show!" (another [[Aside Glance]])
** "Vivian, you are so naive. You'd believe that boy if he told you he was a rap star whose latest album just went platinum!" (cue [[Aside Glance]] from Janet Hubert Whitten rather than Will)
** "Vivian, you are so naive. You'd believe that boy if he told you he was a rap star whose latest album just went platinum!" (cue [[Aside Glance]] from Janet Hubert Whitten rather than Will)
** In response to a character's truthful claim, Will sarcastically snaps, "Yeah, and I just won a Grammy".
** In response to a character's truthful claim, Will sarcastically snaps, "Yeah, and I just won a Grammy."
** Carlton to Will and Jazz: "I can understand why you're jealous. After all, you two have no musical talent whatsoever!" (cue Will and Jazz looking at Carlton like he's crazy).
** Carlton to Will and Jazz: "I can understand why you're jealous. After all, you two have no musical talent whatsoever!" (cue Will and Jazz looking at Carlton like he's crazy).
** In the pilot, Hilary and Carlton's establishing moment is a fight in which they argue over the correct pronunciation of "Porsche". Alfonso Ribiero was in ''Silver Spoons'', wherein his character's father and Ricky Schroeder's character's father had a very similar argument.
** In the pilot, Hilary and Carlton's establishing moment is a fight in which they argue over the correct pronunciation of "Porsche". Alfonso Ribiero was in ''Silver Spoons'', wherein his character's father and Ricky Schroeder's character's father had a very similar argument.
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*** This was further corroborated by James Avery in a June 2013 edition of ''OMG! Insider'', in which he remarks that he constantly had to remind Hubert-Whitten that the show was ''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'', not "''Philip and Vivian of Bel-Air''".
*** This was further corroborated by James Avery in a June 2013 edition of ''OMG! Insider'', in which he remarks that he constantly had to remind Hubert-Whitten that the show was ''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'', not "''Philip and Vivian of Bel-Air''".
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: James Avery's voice will be instantly recognizable to children of the 80s as [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987|the Shredder]].
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: James Avery's voice will be instantly recognizable to children of the 80s as [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987|the Shredder]].
* [[I Am Not Spock]]: Averted: Will Smith chose to call his character "Will Smith" because he knew he would be referred to as his character's name for the rest of his life.
* [[I Am Not Spock]]: Averted: Will Smith chose to call his character "Will Smith" because he knew he would be referred to as his character's name for the rest of his life. According to interviews, he was acting on the advice of Alfonso Ribeiro who hasn't quite escaped this. "When we go out together, people are like: 'Will, Will! Carlton!'"
* [[The Other Darrin]]: Janet Hubert-Whitten was replaced by Daphne Maxwell Reid in 1993.
* [[The Other Darrin]]: Janet Hubert-Whitten was replaced by Daphne Maxwell Reid in 1993.
** Lampshaded in one episode, where Jazz comments that there's been something different about Vivian ever since she gave birth to Nicky and Will then breaks the fourth wall to stare at the audience.
** Lampshaded in one episode, where Jazz comments that there's been something different about Vivian ever since she gave birth to Nicky and Will then breaks the fourth wall to stare at the audience.