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[[Sit ComSitcom]] 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.
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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 Onon a Bus|Lisa]] called him out at the end.
* [[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]].
** In one episode Marlon says, "I haven't see Dee this angry since they cancelled [[Amen (TV)|Amen]]!" the actress who played Dee starred on the show.
* [[Age-Inappropriate Dress]]: the episode "Hip-Hop Pops" where Pops starts dressing and acting like someone in his 20's.
{{quote| '''Shawn (to Pops)''': You look like the Grinch That Stole Hip-Hop! }}
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* [[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.
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]] / [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: John Witterspoon (Pops) is probably recognizable now as the voice of Robert Freeman on ''[[The Boondocks]]''. This also isn't the first time he and Anna Maria Horsford (Dee) worked together; they were Mr and Mrs. Jones in the ''[[Friday (Filmfilm)|Friday]]'' films.
 
* [[In Withwith the In Crowd]]: Shawn
* [[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.
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* [[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.}}
* [[Real Song Theme Tune]]: For the first two seasons, the show used [[A Tribe Called Quest (Music)|A Tribe Called Quest]] "Electric Relaxation" as the opening theme tune.
* [[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.
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