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[[File:The_Waynes_Bros_8515.jpg|frame|Marlon and Shawn]]
{{quote|''We're brothers!
''We're happy and we're singing and we're colored!''
<nowiki>*</nowiki>[[Beat]]*
''Gimme a high-five!'' }}
[[Sitcom]] that ran on [[The WB]] from [[The Nineties|1995 to 1999]], staring real-life brothers Shawn and Marlon Wayans. The series' premise was pretty simple: The two brothers lived in a shared one-bedroom apartment in New York. Said apartment was above their father's restaurant, called simply "Pops", which the two would visit on occasion during the first season.
In the second season, Pops moved his restaurant to the Neidermeyer Building, where Shawn managed to acquire a newspaper stand and worked alongside Marlon. The rest of the series took place here. The newspaper stand came with a security guard (Lou in the second season, Dee for the remainder of the show) who became a close friend of theirs. The boys also moved into a brownstone which still had one bedroom.
''[[The Wayans Bros]]'' was generally a situation comedy with the brothers getting into silly hijinks and trying to figure a way out of them. If you were a fan of The WB back in 90s, no doubt you were watching this.
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* [[Acquired Situational Narcissism]]: Even though he always have been a bit arrogant, it happens to Marlon who, after becoming an stage actor and embarked on a successful tour with Keith Sweat, acts like a total dick until he screwed up and the play was cancelled.
** Shawn as well in the season one episode "I'm Too Sexy For My Brother", in which he steals Marlon's thunder and becomes a model. Of course Shawn then-girlfriend [[Put on a Bus|Lisa]] called him out at the end.
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* [[Bad Bad Acting]]: Shawn and Marlon do this when trying to lure a burglar back to their apartment to catch him.
** They also did it to sweet talk Pops to give his brother the loan.
{{quote|'''Pops''': I've seen [[Take That|better acting]] on [[Homeboys in Outer Space]].
* [[BBW]]: Dee
* [[Big Applesauce]]
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* [[Shout-Out]]: Done a few times, but the best example is in the episode "Unspoken Token" where Shawn dreams that he is on an episode of ''[[Good Times]]'', in which the brothers have referenced a few times before.
* [[Show Within a Show]]: In the later seasons, Marlon gets a job on the show ''Everybody Loves Everybody''.
* [[Sibling Team]]: Shawn and Marlon Wayans are this in the show and in real life.
* [[Take That]]: Several celebrity jabs made by the brothers.
{{quote|'''Shawn''' (talking about Marlon's passion for art): It's about as real as Michael Jackson's wedding. (Cue laughter and graons from the audiences.)
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