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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The launch party Edmund and Nora start for their app Scrubbr, which targets rich young people, is hastily thought out, poorly executed, expensive, and is later made a laughingstock, is evocative of 2017's Fyre Festival, which became notorious in 2019 following two documentaries about the event.
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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The launch party Edmund and Nora start for their app Scrubbr, Scrubr, which targets rich young people, is hastily thought out, poorly executed, expensive, and is later made a laughingstock, is evocative of 2017's Fyre Festival, which became notorious in 2019 following two documentaries about the event.
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* UpperClassTwit: Nora's grandmother, the daughter of a rich family, portrays her past self as one in 'Grandma & Chill'. As a rich girl, she had little to do other than look out the window and sigh after Garbage Boy, and was relatively unconcerned with political matters.
* WackyStartupWorkplace: The supposed marketing guru Edmund hopes to advertise Scrubr has a very club-like office. However, Nora immediately pegs him as irresponsible and untrustworthy, which he turns out to be.
* WackyStartupWorkplace: The supposed marketing guru Edmund hopes to advertise Scrubr has a very club-like office. However, Nora immediately pegs him as irresponsible and untrustworthy, which he turns out to be.
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* ActorIsTheTitleCharacter: A show starring Awkwafina as a woman named Nora titled ''Awkwafina is Nora from Queens''.
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* BittersweetEnding: Season 1 ends with Nora getting fired from her high paying job at the Chinese tech company that bought her cousin's App and deported from China after taking the fall for her assistant Grace when the police accused her for possessing drugs left by the other foreign expats. Despite that, Nora is happy to learn that Grace finally got promoted by the company after years of trying.
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* BittersweetEnding: Season 1 ends with Nora getting fired from her high paying job at the Chinese tech company that bought her cousin's App app and deported from China after taking the fall for her assistant Grace when the police accused her for possessing drugs left by the other foreign expats. Despite that, Nora is happy to learn that Grace finally got promoted by the company after years of trying.trying, and resolves to finally move out in a more thought-out manner.
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* CoolAunt: Played with. Nora's aunt Sandra is a fun-loving, free-spirited hippie, but obviously portrayed as irresponsible, flighty, and neglectful towards her son.
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-->'''Nora:''' Grandma, you were hot? And five foot ten?\\
'''Grandma:''' Yes, and I'm still hot.
'''Grandma:''' Yes, and I'm still hot.
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* MiniatureSeniorCitizens: A live-action version. Grandma is a good bit shorter than her son and granddaughter, but then we learn she was a tall, lithe young woman (played by a TimeshiftedActor).
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* TimeshiftedActor: Creator/JamieChung plays the young version of Grandma in 'Grandma & Chill'.
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* HospitalHottie: Young Grandma's new love interest in America was a doctor at the hospital she worked at. He is only ever called "Doc Hottie" and is played with fanservicey aplomb by Creator/HarryShumJr.
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* HospitalHottie: Parodied. Young Grandma's new love interest in America was a doctor at the hospital she worked at. He is only ever called "Doc Hottie" and is played with fanservicey aplomb by Creator/HarryShumJr.
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* TheRichHaveWhiteStuff: Edmund moves to a swanky apartment, which fittingly has white walls, floors, and furniture.
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* MultigenerationalHousehold: Nora lives with her father and grandfather.
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* ThisLoserIsYou: Nora (the protagonist) is an unemployed woman in her late '20s. She lives with her father and grandfather and has few prospects.
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* MultigenerationalHousehold: Nora lives with her father and grandfather.
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* ThisLoserIsYou: Nora (the protagonist) is an unemployed woman in her late '20s. She lives with her father and grandfather and has few prospects.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Underneath the substance abuse and vulgar speak, Nora is this in spades.
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* BittersweetEnding: Season 1 ends with Nora getting fired from her high paying job at the Chinese tech company that bought her cousin's App and deported from China after taking the fall for her assistant Grace when the police accused her for possessing drugs left by the other foreign expats. Despite that, Nora is happy to learn that Grace finally got promoted by the company after years of trying.
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* DirtyCommunists: Grandma reveals she was once the daughter of a rich family in China during the 1960s, but was forced to flee to America when Communist hardliners started to target her family during UsefulNotes/CulturalRevolution.
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* DirtyCommunists: Grandma reveals she was once the daughter of a rich family in China during the 1960s, but was forced to flee to America when Communist hardliners started to target her family during the UsefulNotes/CulturalRevolution.
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* DirtyCommunists: Grandma reveals she was once the daughter of a rich family in China during the 1960s, but was forced to flee to America when Communist hardliners started to target her family during UsefulNotes/CulturalRevolution.
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* BilingualBackfire: While working with a Chinese tech company in China, Nora gets insulted by two local workers who call her a lazy American in Mandarin only for Nora to point out she understands them. What makes it hilarious is they're all Chinese and makes the viewers wonder why would they insult her when she obviously knows the language.
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* BiTheWay: Nora mentions being bisexual in college.
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* ExperimentedInCollege: Nora mentions being bisexual in college.
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* OldDarkHouse: Nora's boss at the real estate agency has sworn not to retire until she can sell the Chinese Death Trap, a decaying, abandoned gangster hideout rumored to have ghosts. [[spoiler:When Nora helps sell it off, she gets paid double her salary before the agency closes down.]]
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* SickEpisode: The FramingDevice for 'Grandma & Chill' shows Nora recuperating in bed, with Grandma keeping her company.
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** "Savage Valley" takes on the appearance of an '80s video game when Nora hallucinates monsters to fight in the "[[OldDarkHouse Chinese Death Trap]]".
** "Grandma and Chill" becomes a shadow puppet show when Young Grandma's friend Shu Shu explains how she fled China for America. Before Young Grandma tells Shu Shu of her tribulations, the viewer can actually see Shu Shu put the puppets away.
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** "Savage Valley" 'Savage Valley' takes on the appearance of an '80s video game when Nora hallucinates monsters to fight in the "[[OldDarkHouse Chinese Death Trap]]".
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Nora, oh so much. The second episode had her planning to masturbate for seven to twelve hours before being swept up in Grandma's adventure to Atlantic City. [[spoiler:At the end, she's on the bus pleasuring herself to Dirty Dancing 2: Havana Nights.]]
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Nora, oh so much. The second episode had her planning to masturbate for seven to twelve hours before being swept up in Grandma's adventure to Atlantic City. [[spoiler:At the end, she's on the bus pleasuring herself to Dirty ''Dirty Dancing 2: Havana Nights.Nights''.]]
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* MidSeasonTwist: Halfway through the first season, in the episode "Not Today", Nora learns that Edmund has moved to New York.
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* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: Nora learns in "Paperwork" that since her bank account remained inactive for two years, the bank has declared her dead until she can deliver updated proof of identity.
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* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: Nora learns in "Paperwork" 'Paperwork' that since her bank account remained inactive for two years, the bank has declared her dead until she can deliver updated proof of identity.
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** 'Grandma & Chill' replaces the intro with one befitting a K-Drama.
** 'China' replaces all of the New York landmarks in the intro and transitions with Chinese landmarks.
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* YouDidntAsk: "Paperwork" resolves with [[spoiler:Grandma pulling Nora's Social Security Card out of a shoebox, but only after boasting that if Nora weren't too stubborn to ask for help, Grandma would've gladly helped clear things up with the bank right away.]]
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* YouDidntAsk: "Paperwork" 'Paperwork' resolves with [[spoiler:Grandma pulling Nora's Social Security Card out of a shoebox, but only after boasting that if Nora weren't too stubborn to ask for help, Grandma would've gladly helped clear things up with the bank right away.]]
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** "Savage Valley" takes on the appearance of an '80s video game when Nora hallucinates monsters to fight in the "Chinese Death Trap".
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** "Savage Valley" takes on the appearance of an '80s video game when Nora hallucinates monsters to fight in the "Chinese "[[OldDarkHouse Chinese Death Trap".Trap]]".
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** "Savage Valley" takes on the appearance of an '80s video game when Nora hallucinates monsters to fight in the "Chinese Death Trap".
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* CoolOldLady: Nora's grandmother is the foundation of the family and one of the funniest character in the show.
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* CoolOldLady: Nora's grandmother is the foundation of the family and one of the funniest character characters in the show.show.
* DarkReprise: When Nora sets off to bail her booted car out of "car jail", she happily strolls to the accompaniment of a "Power Remix" of Music/ColbieCaillat's "Bubbly". After car jail demands she pay the bail in cash rather than a check, she glumly trudges to the bank, to the accompaniment of her InsufferableGenius cousin, Edmund, singing a solemn-sounding cover of "Bubbly" for his music class.
* DarkReprise: When Nora sets off to bail her booted car out of "car jail", she happily strolls to the accompaniment of a "Power Remix" of Music/ColbieCaillat's "Bubbly". After car jail demands she pay the bail in cash rather than a check, she glumly trudges to the bank, to the accompaniment of her InsufferableGenius cousin, Edmund, singing a solemn-sounding cover of "Bubbly" for his music class.
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* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: Nora learns in "Paperwork" that since her bank account remained inactive for two years, the bank has declared her dead until she can deliver updated proof of identity.
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* CoolOldLady: Nora's grandmother is the foundation of the family and the funniest character in the show according to most fans.
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* ChastityCouple: Parodied in 'Grandma & Chill'. Because Nora's grandmother is telling the story of how she got with Nora's grandfather as a KoreanDrama (where romantic leads rarely do much more than hug and kiss), she and Nora's grandfather only ever kiss without tongue and only hold hands when they spend a night together (although Grandma's description of their hand-holding is innuendo-laden).
* CoolOldLady: Nora's grandmother is the foundation of the family and one of the funniest character in theshow according to most fans.show.
* CoolOldLady: Nora's grandmother is the foundation of the family and one of the funniest character in the
* HospitalHottie: Young Grandma's new love interest in America was a doctor at the hospital she worked at. He is only ever called "Doc Hottie" and is played with fanservicey aplomb by Creator/HarryShumJr.
* ManChild: The entire premise of the show is that Nora is a female version. Nora, despite being 27, still lives with her father and grandma, keeps a messy room, stays up all night playing video games, reflects on winning a ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' game as if it's a life-defining accomplishment, and is overall quite adolescent in nature.
* SpecialEffectFailure: InUniverse. In 'Grandma & Chill' Nora complains that the flashback special effects (where characters move jerkily in front of old photographs) are terrible.
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* [[ManChild Woman Child]]: The entire premise of the show. Nora, despite being 27, still lives with her father and grandma, keeps a messy room, stays up all night playing video games, reflects on winning a Magic: The Gathering game as if it's a life-defining accomplishment, and is overall quite adolescent in nature.
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* [[ManChild Woman Child]]: The entire premise of the show. Nora, despite being 27, still lives UptownGirl: Nora's grandparents. Her grandmother was a rich girl who fell in love with their garbage boy, to the disapproval of her father and grandma, keeps a messy room, stays up parents.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: In the flashbacks to Nora's grandmother's youth in China, her grandfather for some reason did allnight playing video games, reflects on winning a Magic: The Gathering game as if it's a life-defining accomplishment, and is overall quite adolescent in nature.his garbage collection shirtless, allowing for heavy FemaleGaze.
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* IWasQuiteALooker: Creator/JamieChung plays Young Grandma in flashbacks and photos, leaving Nora initially skeptical that she looked so "hot" as a teen. [[Creator/SimuLiu The actor]] playing the younger version of Grandpa, [[spoiler:Garbage Boy]], also looks very handsome.
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* IWasQuiteALooker: Flashbacks and photos from TheSixties depict Nora's grandparents as a StatuesqueStunner and MrFanservice[[note]]respectively portrayed by Creator/JamieChung plays Young Grandma in flashbacks and photos, leaving Creator/SimuLiu[[/note]]. Nora initially skeptical can't believe that she they looked so "hot" as a teen. [[Creator/SimuLiu The actor]] playing the younger version of Grandpa, [[spoiler:Garbage Boy]], also looks very handsome.until Grandma shows her their wedding picture.
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Awkwafina plays Nora Lin, a fictionalized version of herself living with her grandma (Lori Tan Chinn) and father (Creator/BDWong) in Queens, NY, and struggling to be an adult.
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Awkwafina plays Nora Lin, a fictionalized version of herself living with her grandma (Lori Tan Chinn) (Creator/LoriTanChinn) and father (Creator/BDWong) in Queens, NY, and struggling to be an adult.
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* MidSeasonTwist: Halfway through the first season, in the episode "Not Today", Nora learns that Edmund has moved to New York.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Underneath the substance abuse and vulgar speak, Nora is this in spades.
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* InsufferableGenius: Nora's cousin Edmund, a Silicon Valley whiz kid. Every word that comes out of his mouth is delivered in such a patronizing, haughty tone.
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* OnlySaneMan: Downplayed with Nora's father Wally; he appears to be the sole voice of reason compared to his more eccentric family, but he has quirks of his own that become more apparent.
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* ToiletHumour: One episode revolves almost entirely around a song that samples Nora's queefs.
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* TakeThat: Nora's grandmother hates Marie Kondo.
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* TakeThat: Nora's grandmother hates Marie Kondo.Kondo.
* [[ManChild Woman Child]]: The entire premise of the show. Nora, despite being 27, still lives with her father and grandma, keeps a messy room, stays up all night playing video games, reflects on winning a Magic: The Gathering game as if it's a life-defining accomplishment, and is overall quite adolescent in nature.
* [[ManChild Woman Child]]: The entire premise of the show. Nora, despite being 27, still lives with her father and grandma, keeps a messy room, stays up all night playing video games, reflects on winning a Magic: The Gathering game as if it's a life-defining accomplishment, and is overall quite adolescent in nature.
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* KoreanDrama: 'Grandma & Chill' is presented as an episode of a K-Drama.
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* StylisticSuck: In 'Grandma & Chill' the story of how Grandma met Nora's grandfather is told in the style of a low-budget K-Drama. At one point characters are running in front of an obvious green screen.
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* ScrewPolitenessImASenior: Nora's grandmother is often crass and not afraid to speak her mind.
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* BiTheWay: Nora mentions being bisexual in college.
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* AccidentalPervert: Wally accidentally includes his dick in an Instagram photo.
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[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/awkwafina_is_nora_from_queens172971.jpg]]''Awkwafina is Nora from Queens'' is a television series on Creator/ComedyCentral starring Creator/{{Awkwafina}}.
Awkwafina plays Nora Lin, a fictionalized version of herself living with her family in Queens, NY and struggling to be an adult.
!!This series contains examples of:
* AuthorAvatar: Nora Lin is loosely based off Awkwafina (born Nora Lum) growing up.
* CoolOldLady: Nora's grandmother is the foundation of the family and the funniest character in the show according to most fans.
* {{God}}: Appears to Nora in a dream... and is voiced by Creator/LaverneCox.
* TakeThat: Nora's grandmother hates Marie Kondo.
Awkwafina plays Nora Lin, a fictionalized version of herself living with her family in Queens, NY and struggling to be an adult.
!!This series contains examples of:
* AuthorAvatar: Nora Lin is loosely based off Awkwafina (born Nora Lum) growing up.
* CoolOldLady: Nora's grandmother is the foundation of the family and the funniest character in the show according to most fans.
* {{God}}: Appears to Nora in a dream... and is voiced by Creator/LaverneCox.
* TakeThat: Nora's grandmother hates Marie Kondo.
