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* CallBack: From Season 1, there's mention about Huey's belief that Jesus was black, Ronald Reagan was the devil, and the government is lying about 9/11. Huey's complex plan (also using an "Operation" moniker) also falls through because he is left without a ride, much like "[[Recap/TheBoondocksS1E15ThePassionOfReverendRuckus Operation: Black Steel]]".

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* CallBack: From Season 1, there's mention about Huey's belief that Jesus UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} was black, Ronald Reagan UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan was the devil, and the government is lying about 9/11. Huey's complex plan (also using an "Operation" moniker) also falls through because he is left without a ride, much like "[[Recap/TheBoondocksS1E15ThePassionOfReverendRuckus Operation: Black Steel]]".
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* FantasticallyIndifferent: Huey finds the news of ''the first black president of the United States''' to not be a big deal, responding to a simple "Eh". Too bad the people around him took the response a little too personally.

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* FantasticallyIndifferent: Huey finds the news of ''the first black president of the United States''' States'' to not be a big deal, responding to with a simple "Eh". Too bad the people around him took the response a little too ''too'' personally.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: When Huey expressed his indifference on Obama being president, everybody around him start to insult and criticize him to the point he gets ostracized.

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* DisproportionateRetribution: When Huey expressed his indifference on Obama being president, everybody around him turned out to be bigots as they start to insult and criticize him for it to the point he gets ostracized.



* VillainousBreakdown: Uncle Ruckus bawls in tears on the night of Obama's victory.

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* VillainousBreakdown: Uncle Ruckus bawls in tears on the night of Obama's victory.victory and cries out "Why, Lord?".
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* {{Cuckold}}: Multiple jokes are made at Tom's expense surrounding the idea that Sarah is sexually attracted to Obama. Herzog even claims that Obama just resembles a richer, more famous, more attractive version of him, and notes that she ditched Tom at home to go to the inauguration alone.
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redundancy, sorry


* CallBack: From Season 1, there's mention about Huey's belief that Jesus was black, Ronald Reagan was the devil, and the government is lying about 9/11. Huey's complex plan (also using an "Operation" moniker) also falls through because his ride falls through, much like "[[Recap/TheBoondocksS1E15ThePassionOfReverendRuckus Operation: Black Steel]]".

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* CallBack: From Season 1, there's mention about Huey's belief that Jesus was black, Ronald Reagan was the devil, and the government is lying about 9/11. Huey's complex plan (also using an "Operation" moniker) also falls through because his ride falls through, he is left without a ride, much like "[[Recap/TheBoondocksS1E15ThePassionOfReverendRuckus Operation: Black Steel]]".

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A German documentary filmmaker follows the Freeman family and other Woodcrest residents from the election to the inauguration of America's first black president, as flashbacks resembles the coverage of the documentary, including their expressions and personal reactions: Huey is indifferent; Robert and Riley are supportive of Obama; Tom worries about Sarah's sexual reaction to Obama; Thugnificent joins the celebrity bandwagon after realizing he was oblivious to the political campaign; and Uncle Ruckus contributes his critical racist antics.

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A German documentary filmmaker (Creator/WernerHerzog) follows the Freeman family and other Woodcrest residents from the election to the inauguration of America's first black president, as flashbacks resembles the coverage of the documentary, including their expressions and personal reactions: Huey is indifferent; Robert and Riley are supportive of Obama; Tom worries about Sarah's sexual reaction to Obama; Thugnificent joins the celebrity bandwagon after realizing he was oblivious to the political campaign; and Uncle Ruckus contributes his critical racist antics.



* CallBack: From Season 1, there's mention about Huey's belief that Jesus was black, Ronald Reagan was the devil, and the government is lying about 9/11.

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* ButNowIMustGo: "Operation: Exodus", which is Huey's plan to flee the United States as he feels he doesn't belong anymore. He plans to flee with Ruckus, but only because he's obviously too young to leave himself.
* CallBack: From Season 1, there's mention about Huey's belief that Jesus was black, Ronald Reagan was the devil, and the government is lying about 9/11. Huey's complex plan (also using an "Operation" moniker) also falls through because his ride falls through, much like "[[Recap/TheBoondocksS1E15ThePassionOfReverendRuckus Operation: Black Steel]]".
* {{Cuckold}}: Multiple jokes are made at Tom's expense surrounding the idea that Sarah is sexually attracted to Obama. Herzog even claims that Obama just resembles a richer, more famous, more attractive version of him, and notes that she ditched Tom at home to go to the inauguration alone.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment:
--->'''Werner Herzog:''' So then, now that it looks like Obama is going to win, as a black African-American negro, are you merely excited, or are you ''extremely'' excited that everything is going to change forever?


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* EnemyMine: Ruckus ''[[OOCIsSeriousBusiness defends]]'' Huey when an angry mob swarms the latter over his opinion on Obama. They agree to leave the country together since Huey has the money and Ruckus has the ride, then going their separate ways.
* EntitledBastard: Robert is so persistent in his quest to meet Obama, using his "Civil Rights heroism" as a crutch, that he disowns Huey and throws him to the wolves in order to keep his reputation.


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* IHaveNoSon: Robert disowns Huey after the public shuns the latter for his apathy towards Obama's imminent win. [[DirtyCoward This is mostly to cover his own ass so he can still gain VIP access to the inauguration]].
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Feeling like he has no place in America anymore, Huey decides to flee the country.. with ''Ruckus''. Earlier, Ruckus defended Huey against an angry mob because he similarly isn't excited for Obama's inauguration. This however is more of an EnemyMine scenario where they leave with each other out of opportunity (Huey has gas money and Ruckus can drive) rather than some type of respect.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Robert thinks that [[BeenThereShapedHistory his presence in multiple major Civil Rights era victories]] entitles him to meet Obama as another victory for African-American culture. Naturally, things don't exactly go as planned, but notably, Obama ''did'' personally invite him to the inauguration.
* StatusQuoIsGod: "Operation: Exodus" is compromised because the Secret Service finds Ruckus' bricks he planned to hurl at Obama and arrest him, [[RunningGag leaving Huey without a ride]].


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* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Huey and Ruckus, naturally, when they try fleeing America together. Ruckus wants to go to a European country like Norway or Ireland, but Huey wants to try Africa, specifically the Ivory Coast.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: When Huey expressed his indifference on Obama being president, everybody around him start to insult and criticize him to the point he gets ostracized.
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-->'''Huey''': It means "Eh".

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-->'''Huey''': It Just means "Eh".
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-->'''Citizen''': "Eh"? What's "Eh" supposed to mean?!

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-->'''Citizen''': "Eh"? What's "Eh" supposed to mean?!mean?
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* FantasticallyIndifferent: Huey finds the news of ''the first black president of the United States''' to not be a big deal, responding to a simple "Eh". Too bad the people around him took the response a little too personally.
-->'''Citizen''': "Eh"? What's "Eh" supposed to mean?!
-->'''Huey''': It means "Eh".


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* WesternTerrorists: Huey is labeled as a "Domestic Terrorist".

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* VillainousBreakdown: Uncle Ruckus bawls in tears on the night of Obama's victory.

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* VillainousBreakdown: Uncle Ruckus bawls in tears on the night of Obama's victory.victory.
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* TakeThat: To the Obama hype of late 2008 to early 2009. This pokes fun at Democrats (both white and black) who only cared about Obama because he was black and republicans who saw Obama as an evil man.

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* TakeThat: To the Obama hype of late 2008 to early 2009. This pokes fun at Democrats (both white and black) who only cared about voted for Obama because he was black for all the wrong reasons and republicans Republicans who saw Obama as an evil man.
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* TakeThat: To the Obama hype of late 2008 to early 2009.

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* TakeThat: To the Obama hype of late 2008 to early 2009. This pokes fun at Democrats (both white and black) who only cared about Obama because he was black and republicans who saw Obama as an evil man.

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* FramingDevice: This episode is told in a {{Mockumentary}} style as a German filmmaker films Woodcrest rea'sctions to the 2008 election.

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* FramingDevice: This episode is told in a {{Mockumentary}} style as a German filmmaker films Woodcrest rea'sctions reactions to the 2008 election.election.
* TakeThat: To the Obama hype of late 2008 to early 2009.
* VillainousBreakdown: Uncle Ruckus bawls in tears on the night of Obama's victory.
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A German documentary filmmaker follows the Freeman family and other Woodcrest residents from the election to the inauguration of America's first black president, as flashbacks resembles the coverage of the documentary, including their expressions and personal reactions: Huey is indifferent; Robert and Riley are supportive of Obama; Tom worries about Sarah's sexual reaction to Obama; Thugnificent joins the celebrity bandwagon after realizing he was oblivious to the political campaign; and Uncle Ruckus contributes his critical racist antics.

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* CallBack: From Season 1, there's mention about Huey's belief that Jesus was black, Ronald Reagan was the devil, and the government is lying about 9/11.
* FramingDevice: This episode is told in a {{Mockumentary}} style as a German filmmaker films Woodcrest rea'sctions to the 2008 election.

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