Uncle Tomfoolery/Playing With
- Basic Trope: Goofy black character, almost Always Male.
- Played Straight: Jamal is a Cloudcuckoolander and a Large Ham at that.
- Exaggerated: Jamal is Chaotic Stupid.
- Justified: Jamal likes to be the center of attention.
- Jamal is a Bunny Ears Lawyer, The Dumbledore, or something along those lines.
- Inverted: Jamal is the Straight Man.
- Bob is the silly one, contrasted to his Black Best Friend Jamal, who is more serious and/or outwardly intelligent.
- Gender Inverted: Shaniqua is the silly one in the group.
- Subverted: Jamal knows when it's important to be serious and focused.
- Jamal is Obfuscating Stupidity, for one reason or another.
- Double Subverted: But he's better at being silly.
- Jamal is The Comically Serious.
- Deconstructed: As with all stereotypes, YMMV as to how true it actually is.
- Reconstructed: Jamal strikes a good balance between silly and serious, and reacts believably to situations and people.
- Parodied:
- Lampshaded:
- Averted: See "Inverted"
- Enforced: "We need a character that will be perceived as "cool" by our mainly-white target audience."
- Invoked:
- Defied:
- Discussed:
- Conversed:
- Played For Laughs: Almost always is.
- Played For Drama: Jamal has Hidden Depths, but no one is willing (or able) to look past his silliness and antics.