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* [[He Really Can Act (Sugar Wiki)|He Really Can Act]]: Will Smith, in "Papa's Got A Brand New Excuse".
* [[He Really Can Act (Sugar Wiki)|He Really Can Act]]: Will Smith, in "Papa's Got A Brand New Excuse".
* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: Jada Pinkett was once turned down for a part as one of Will's girlfriends. These days she goes by Jada Pinkett Smith, cause she, y'know, married Will.
* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: Jada Pinkett was once turned down for a part as one of Will's girlfriends. These days she goes by Jada Pinkett Smith, cause she, y'know, married Will.
** Ashley, backed by Will Smith, has a music career that consists of [[One Hit Wonder|a hit single then a fall into obscurity]]. This is more or less what happened with Tatyana Ali's own music career later.
** Ashley, backed by Will Smith, has a music career that consists of [[One-Hit Wonder|a hit single then a fall into obscurity]]. This is more or less what happened with Tatyana Ali's own music career later.
** In another episode, Will kept accusing Hilary of "going Hollywood" for being [[Queen Latifah]]'s assisstant. Let's repeat that; [[Independence Day|Will]] [[Men in Black (Film)|Smith]] [[Bad Boys|Accused]] [[Wild Wild West|Someone]] [[I Robot (Film)|Of]] [[Hitch|Going]] [[Hancock|Hollywood]].
** In another episode, Will kept accusing Hilary of "going Hollywood" for being [[Queen Latifah]]'s assisstant. Let's repeat that; [[Independence Day|Will]] [[Men in Black (Film)|Smith]] [[Bad Boys|Accused]] [[Wild Wild West|Someone]] [[I Robot (Film)|Of]] [[Hitch|Going]] [[Hancock|Hollywood]].
** Another episode had [[Queen Latifah]] ([[You Look Familiar|again]]) as a [[Girl of the Week]] who pretended to be a Wooly Mammoth. Enter [[Ice Age]].
** Another episode had [[Queen Latifah]] ([[You Look Familiar|again]]) as a [[Girl of the Week]] who pretended to be a Wooly Mammoth. Enter [[Ice Age]].
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* [[Tom Hanks Syndrome]]: Will Smith ran into a career block when trying to keep up the hip, street-savvy black guy he started portraying with this show. Ironically, no one remembered him as "The Fresh Prince" after ''[[Independence Day]]''; see the following entry.
* [[Tom Hanks Syndrome]]: Will Smith ran into a career block when trying to keep up the hip, street-savvy black guy he started portraying with this show. Ironically, no one remembered him as "The Fresh Prince" after ''[[Independence Day]]''; see the following entry.
* [[Weird Al Effect]]: Will Smith manages to do this ''to himself''; the name "Fresh Prince" originally served as his stage name as part of DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, but any and all uses of the term as a nickname for him evaporated after ''[[Independence Day]]'' and his transition as a solo rap artist in the mid-1990s. Nowadays "Fresh Prince" is universally shorthand for the series, to the point that younger viewers are unaware that it ever meant anything else.
* [[Weird Al Effect]]: Will Smith manages to do this ''to himself''; the name "Fresh Prince" originally served as his stage name as part of DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, but any and all uses of the term as a nickname for him evaporated after ''[[Independence Day]]'' and his transition as a solo rap artist in the mid-1990s. Nowadays "Fresh Prince" is universally shorthand for the series, to the point that younger viewers are unaware that it ever meant anything else.
** Likewise, the [[Theme Tune]] contains several visual [[Shout Out|shout outs]] to the music video "Parents Just Don't Understand", which much of the modern audience has never seen.
** Likewise, the [[Theme Tune]] contains several visual [[Shout-Out|shout outs]] to the music video "Parents Just Don't Understand", which much of the modern audience has never seen.


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