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* JerkassHasAPoint: The security guard at the door is rude and disrespectful towards Malcolm and his friends for their style of dress, but he is right that they cannot get in the club since they're under 21.

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* LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub: The operation is disguised as a support group for at-risk youths. In reality...
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* SatelliteFamilyMember: Malcolm’s mom take cares of her son by herself and works as a bus driver, but otherwise has little focus in the movie compared to Malcolm’s friends.
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''Dope'' is a 2015 comedy-drama from writer/director Rick Famuyiwa and producer Forest Whitaker. It stars Creator/ShameikMoore, Creator/TonyRevolori, Creator/KierseyClemons, Creator/ZoeKravitz, Blake Anderson, and Music/ASAPRocky. Pharrell Williams also produced and contributed to the soundtrack with four new songs that he wrote.

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''Dope'' is a 2015 comedy-drama from writer/director Rick Famuyiwa and producer Forest Whitaker.Creator/ForestWhitaker. It stars Creator/ShameikMoore, Creator/TonyRevolori, Creator/KierseyClemons, Creator/ZoeKravitz, Blake Anderson, and Music/ASAPRocky. Pharrell Williams also produced and contributed to the soundtrack with four new songs that he wrote.
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Malcolm does this at night on his phone.
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* CastingGag: De'aundre Bonds reprises his role as Stacey from ''[[Film/TheWood The Wood]]'', another film Rick Famuyiwa directed.
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* MsFanservice: Lily, who is introduced half-naked in her bathrobe before slipping it off. She teases Malcolm later by swimming nude in the pool and then goes topless offering him sex, after which Lily stays that way for some long time.

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* MsFanservice: Lily, who is introduced half-naked in her bathrobe before slipping it off. She teases Malcolm later by swimming nude in the pool and then goes topless offering him sex, after which Lily stays that way for some long time.

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* FanDisservice: Lily spends all of her screentime in nothing but a thong while trying to seduce Malcolm. Due to her being high on molly, however, she ends up puking on his face and then later ''urinating in public.''



%%* ImportantHaircut: [[spoiler:At the end of the movie, Malcolm shaves off his fade.]]

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%%* * ImportantHaircut: [[spoiler:At the end of the movie, Malcolm shaves off his fade.hi-top fade down to a normal fade, symbolizing his growth as a person, especially as he's learned to stand up for himself.]]



* NWordPrivileges: Will comments that it doesn't seem fair that the main three can call him the word but he can't use it. Diggy slaps him every time he uses it until the trio relent, saying he's allowed.

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* NWordPrivileges: Will comments that it doesn't seem fair that the main three can call him the word word, including the AmbiguouslyBrown Jib, but he can't use it. Diggy slaps him every time he uses it until the trio relent, saying he's allowed.
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* MsFanservice: Lily, who is introduced half-naked in her bathrobe before slipping it off. She teases him later by swimming nude in the pool and then goes topless offering him sex, after which Lily stays that way for some long time.

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* MsFanservice: Lily, who is introduced half-naked in her bathrobe before slipping it off. She teases him Malcolm later by swimming nude in the pool and then goes topless offering him sex, after which Lily stays that way for some long time.
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* CureYourGays: Diggy's family tries to cure her lesbianism through prayer every Sunday at their church. As the narrator relates this we see her in the middle of a prayer circle the only time she's wearing feminine clothing looking bored then checking out an attractive woman nearby. She jokes that maybe it worked due to being turned on by seeing Music/JustinBieber.

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* CureYourGays: Diggy's family tries to cure her lesbianism through prayer every Sunday at their church. As the narrator relates this we see her in the middle of a prayer circle the (the only time she's wearing feminine clothing clothing) looking bored then checking out an attractive woman nearby. She jokes that maybe it worked due to being turned on by seeing Music/JustinBieber.
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* OneOfTheBoys: Diggy is best friends with Jib and Malcolm, two boys whom she always hangs out with. We never see her being with other girls.

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* OneOfTheBoys: Diggy is best friends with Jib and Malcolm, two boys whom she always hangs out with. We never see her being with other girls. She's a ButchLesbian who acts [[TheLadette very much like them]].
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* OneOfTheBoys: Diggy is best friends with Jib and Malcolm, her male best friends whom she always hangs out with. We never see her being with other girls.

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* OneOfTheBoys: Diggy is best friends with Jib and Malcolm, her male best friends two boys whom she always hangs out with. We never see her being with other girls.
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* DrivesLikeCrazy: Lily, while high on molly, drives all over the place including over curbs, as Malcolm tries to rein her in.

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* DrivesLikeCrazy: DrunkDriver: Lily, while high on molly, drives all over the place place, including over curbs, as Malcolm tries to rein her in.
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* DisappearedDad: Malcolm has been raised by his single mother since his father left in his childhood having gone home to Nigeria.

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* DisappearedDad: Malcolm has been raised by his single mother since his father left in his childhood childhood, having gone home to Nigeria.
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* BlackAndNerdy: The main three (Jib is 14% African).

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* %%* BlackAndNerdy: The main three (Jib is 14% African).
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* ButchLesbian: Diggy is a lesbian and dresses in a masculine fashion.

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* ButchLesbian: Diggy is a lesbian and dresses in a very masculine fashion.fashion, to the point of her being [[LadyLooksLikeADude mistaken for a boy often]].

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