![]() Hated by All: Downplayed, despite the title of the show.Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: His parents expect him to be the Responsible to Drew and Tonya's Foolish (and he usually is) because he's the oldest and they are harder on him as a result.First-Person Smartass: Adult Chris is very snarky, often saying the opposite of what Teen Chris says, or making fun of himself and others.Failure Hero: The chances of him getting a happy ending are very rare.Deadpan Snarker: His adult self is constantly cracking wise as the narrator, usually to mock his kid self.He's not nearly as dorky as he was before, but is still pretty much loathed or ignored by everybody. ![]() Character Narrator: An older Chris tells the story via voiceover.By season four he is much more normal and a straight example of a Cool Loser protagonist. Character Development: Chris is a bit of a "dork" at the beginning of the series and struggles socially, which in one episode he realizes is part of the cause of his bullying problems rather than just being the only black kid in school.Suffice to say, he looks absolutely nothing like him. Many non-black characters insist that he bears a striking resemblance to Lionel Richie. VERY few episodes end on a positive note for him. Butt-Monkey: His bad luck is taken to exaggerated levels.Bully Magnet: Chris is an easy target for bullies at school due to his race.Though he soon takes the GED, and eventually becomes a successful comedian. Book Dumb: Despite hanging out with the nerds at school, his grades are rather poor, eventually failing 10th grade (this is due to him being late to class over 20 times, however) and dropping out of high school.Be Careful What You Wish For: Chris desperately wants a girlfriend and actually gets together with Tasha at one point, but she turns out to be extremely clingy and jealous, making him very uncomfortable and causing them to break up.Author Avatar: The series as a whole is a semi-autobiographical, semi-fictionalized retelling of his adolescence.All of the Other Reindeer: He's bullied by both classmates and neighborhood thugs.Life isn't easy between living with a quirky family in the ghetto, attending a mostly white school, and having a great deal of bad luck. His adult self narrates the misadventures of his younger self, who is growing up in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn during the 1980s. The comedian Chris Rock is the main protagonist, appearing as a fictionalized version of himself.
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