The Wayans Bros.: Difference between revisions

[[File:The_Waynes_Bros_8515.jpg|frame|Marlon and Shawn]]

 

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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.

 

 

* [[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.

* [[Actor Allusion]]: In one episode Marlon sees Shawn spinning records and says [[In Living Color|"Give it up for SW1!"]]

** There was one episode where the brothers asked their uncle, played by Antonio Fargas, what ever happened to those [[I'm Gonna Git You Sucka|platform shoes with the goldfish inside of them]].

* [[Age-Inappropriate Dress]]: the episode "Hip-Hop Pops" where Pops starts dressing and acting like someone in his 20's.

* [[Amusing Injuries]]: Some of the cold openings in the first season had Marlon electrocuted from fixing a toaster, burning alive from trying to cook french fries and having his [[Your Head Asplode|head explode]] from blowing up the hundtreth balloon for a party. Usually Shawn reacts nonchalantly about these situations.

* [[Annoying Younger Sibling]]: Marlon

* [[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.

* [[BBW]]: Dee

* [[Big Applesauce]]

* [[The Ghost]]: Shawn and Marlon's mother is mentioned, but never seen. This also applies to Dee's mother.

* [[Handsome Lech]]: Shawn. Although he has a healthy flow of women, it's revealed in one episode that he has a fear of commitment.

 

* [[It's a Wonderful Plot]]: Marlon has one after gambling away the money for Pops' birthday present.

* [[Keep Circulating the Tapes]]: Season 1 is available on DVD. No plans to release Seasons 2-5. However, it's shown several times a day on [[MTV 2]] and on Centric.

* [[No Ending]]: The show never got a proper series finale, something Shawn Wayans' character lampshades in the first ''[[Scary Movie]]''.

* [[The Rashomon]]: The episode "Fire!" {{spoiler|No one is telling the truth.}}

* [[Running Gag]]: Pop's taking off his belt whenever the boys got out of line or twitching his eyes whenever he's lying.

** Marlon being unable to pay his half of the rent.

* [[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''.

* [[Take That]]: Several celebrity jabs made by the brothers.

* [[Token White]]: White Mike

* [[Uncle Tomfoolery]]: Marlon sort of displays this in character on his show.

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