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* DiplomaticImpunity: Defied. Lia's late husband Peter Maivia was the legitimately elected head of state of Western Samoa, hence the "High Chief" part of his ring name. This doesn't prevent [=ICE=] from deporting her at one point when her visa expires.
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* DiplomaticImpunity: Defied. Lia's late husband Peter Maivia was the legitimately elected head of state of Western Samoa, hence the "High Chief" "[[{{RealitySubtext}} High Chief]]" part of his ring name. This doesn't prevent [=ICE=] from deporting her at one point when her visa expires.
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* MeanCharacterNiceActor: {{Invoked}} Dewey and his parents go to his grandmother's apartment, which is filled with heels ([[{{MyFriendsOfZoidberg}} and]] Wrestling/RandySavage) who cheerfully welcome the Johnsons and sit down over a friendly game of cards.
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* MeanCharacterNiceActor: {{Invoked}} {{Invoked}}. Dewey and his parents go to his grandmother's apartment, which is filled with heels ([[{{MyFriendsOfZoidberg}} ([[{{MyFriendsAndZoidberg}} and]] Wrestling/RandySavage) who cheerfully welcome the Johnsons and sit down over a friendly game of cards.
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* SeriousBusiness: After Johnson orders a cheesesteak ''without'' the bread, the people of Philly are up in arms and he has to hastily offer an apology.
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* SeriousBusiness: After Johnson innocently orders a cheesesteak ''without'' the bread, the people of Philly are up in arms and he has to hastily offer an apology.
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* DiplomaticImpunity: Defied. Lia's late husband Peter Maivia was the legitimately elected head of state of Western Samoa, hence the "High Chief" part of his ring name. This doesn't prevent [=ICE=] from deporting her at one point when her visa expires.
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* MeanCharacterNiceActor: [[invoked]] Dewey and his parents go to his grandmother's apartment, which is filled with heels who cheerfully welcome the Johnsons and sit down over a friendly game of cards.
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* MeanCharacterNiceActor: [[invoked]] {{Invoked}} Dewey and his parents go to his grandmother's apartment, which is filled with heels ([[{{MyFriendsOfZoidberg}} and]] Wrestling/RandySavage) who cheerfully welcome the Johnsons and sit down over a friendly game of cards.
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''Young Rock'' is an autobiographical SitCom on Creator/{{NBC}} starring Wrestling/DwayneJohnson.
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* SeriousBusiness: After Johnson orders a cheesesteak ''without'' the bread, the people of Philly are up in arms and he has to hastily offer an apology.
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* CanadaEh: After Dewey gets drafted into the [[UsefulNotes/CanadianFootballLeague CFL]], he's seen trudging through a blizzard with zero visibility to be greeted by a local who punctuates his questions with "eh?".
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** The real Ata Johnson appears at the end of one episode as Randall brings her into the interview.
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** The real Ata Johnson appears at the end of one episode as Randall brings her into the interview.[[note]]Rocky sadly couldn't do the same, as he passed away shortly before production started.[[/note]]
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* WrongGenreSavvy: ZigZagged. Hopkins is introduced as a campus security volunteer who thinks he's in a hard-boiled cop drama. Then, it turns out he's very much aware how pointless his job is and shows Dewey that they can spend their shift watching movies and eating junk food.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: ZigZagged.Subverted. Hopkins is introduced as a campus security volunteer who thinks he's in a hard-boiled cop drama. Then, it turns out he's very much aware how pointless his job is and shows Dewey that they can spend their shift watching movies and eating junk food.
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* MundaneMadeAwesome: After Johnson blows off a day of checking if the college phones are working with his supervisor Hopkins, it turns out the next day is actually a rare inspection, forcing them to race around campus and check all the phones before the inspector gets to them. Since their day off was spent watching '80s action movies, the whole scene is treated like one, soundtrack and all.
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** The real Ata Johnson appears at the end of one episode as Randall brings her into the interview.
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* BigEater: Ata mentions that adolescent Dewey eats huge amounts of food, which is part of the reason why she buys more affordable supermarket brands.
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* BrandX: Because money is tight, the Johnsons buy generic supermarket brands, to teenaged Dewey's displeasure.
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** "My Day with Andre" depicts Dewey's grandmother plotting gathering her wrestlers together to plot out a battle royale, dictating the order in which each wrestler will be eliminated and what moves will be used. [[spoiler:She pulls a screw job on Rocky at the last minute after mistakenly believing that he was planning to defect to a rival promotion.]]
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* BorrowedCatchphrase: Ata is shown to inspire her son's "It doesn't matter" catchphrase with her furious confrontation over his disrespect to her.
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* HugeSchoolgirl: By the time he's in high school, Dewey is so large that the school bus driver won't let him on thinking he's a creep and his principal speaks to him as if he were [[Series/TwentyOneJumpStreet an undercover cop]].
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* DangerTakesABackSeat: After buying an used car, Dwayne drives off with it before realizing there was a homeless man still sleeping in the back. Fortunately, he's friendly.
* HugeSchoolgirl: GenderFlipped. By the time he's in high school, Dewey is so large that the school bus driver won't let him on thinking he's a creep and his principal speaks to him as if he were [[Series/TwentyOneJumpStreet an undercover cop]].
* HugeSchoolgirl: GenderFlipped. By the time he's in high school, Dewey is so large that the school bus driver won't let him on thinking he's a creep and his principal speaks to him as if he were [[Series/TwentyOneJumpStreet an undercover cop]].
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* Wrestling/SamoanDynasty: Depicts several members of the Anoa'i wrestling family. This includes Wrestling/DwayneJohnson, his mother Ata Johnson, his father Rocky Johnson, his grandmother and wife to the High Chief Lia Maivia, and Afa and Sika the WildSamoans.
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* Wrestling/SamoanDynasty: Depicts several members of the Anoa'i wrestling family. This includes Wrestling/DwayneJohnson, his mother Ata Johnson, his father Rocky Johnson, his grandmother and wife to the High Chief Lia Maivia, and Afa and Sika the WildSamoans.Wild Samoans.
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* CarrerEndingInjury: Johnson was on his way to a promising football career before a devastating shoulder injury during practice, never actually getting to play a game.
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* Wrestling/WildSamoan: Depicts the actual TropeNamers, Afa and Sika, but is overall a deconstruction of the stereotype. All of the Samoans in the story are well-spoken and only use the gimmicks in the ring. Dwayne Johnson himself has always been a subversion of the trope.
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* Wrestling/WildSamoan: WildSamoan: Depicts the actual TropeNamers, Afa and Sika, but is overall a deconstruction of the stereotype. All of the Samoans in the story are well-spoken and only use the gimmicks in the ring. Dwayne Johnson himself has always been a subversion of the trope.
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* SamoanDynasty: Wrestling/SamoanDynasty: Depicts several members of the Anoa'i wrestling family. This includes Wrestling/DwayneJohnson, his mother Ata Johnson, his father Rocky Johnson, his grandmother and wife to the High Chief Lia Maivia, and Afa and Sika the Wrestling/WildSamoans.
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* WildSamoan: Wrestling/WildSamoan: Depicts the actual TropeNamers, Afa and Sika, but is overall a deconstruction of the stereotype. All of the Samoans in the story are well-spoken and only use the gimmicks in the ring. Dwayne Johnson himself has always been a subversion of the trope.
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* SamoanDynasty: Depicts several members of the Anoa'i wrestling family. This includes Wrestling/DwayneJohnson, his mother Ata Johnson, his father Rocky Johnson, his grandmother and wife to the High Chief Lia Maivia, and Afa and Sika the Wrestling/WildSamoans.
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* HugeSchoolgirl: By the time he's in high school, Dewey is so large that the school bus driver won't let him on thinking he's a creep and his principal speaks to him as if he were [[Series/TwentyOneJumpStreet an undercover cop]].
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* StickyFingers: Johnson confesses on camera (and to the horror of his campaign manager) that he used to steal clothes in high school as he and his parents couldn't pay for brand products.
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* MeanCharacterNiceActor: [[invoked]] Dewey and his parents go to his grandmother's apartment, which is filled with heels who cheerfully welcome the Johnsons and sit down over a friendly game of cards.
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* MamasBoy: After a heart-to-heart [[ItMakesSenseInContext homeless guy living in the backseat of the car he just bought]], Johnson decides he'd rather be a good son and take care of his mother than try and impress girls.
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* MamasBoy: After a heart-to-heart with the [[ItMakesSenseInContext homeless guy living in the backseat of the car he just bought]], Johnson decides he'd rather be a good son and take care of his mother than try and impress girls.
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* MockMillionaire: Wrestling/RockyJohnson drives a nice car to maintain his public image, but he's struggling to make ends meet and lives with his family in a small motel room.
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''Young Rock'' is an autobiographical SitCom on Creatpr/{{NBC}} starring Wrestling/DwayneJohnson.
The show follows four distinct period of Johnson's life:
* As a child growing up in a wrestling family and seeing the passion people have for the sport.
* As a teenager trying to fit in and be cool in high school despite everyone thinking he's a narc because he stands over six feet tall and has a full mustache despite only being 15.
* As a young man going off to college and trying to establish an independent identity.
* As a global superstar who's running for president.
!This series provides examples of:
* AffectionateNickname: Growing up, Johnson was known as "Dewey" by his loved ones.
* AsHimself:
** Dwayne Johnson stars as himself and provides the framing narration for the series.
** Creator/RandallPark appears as a future version of himself who moved on from acting to host a talk show.
* {{Kayfabe}}: Dewey's parents discuss needing to avoid being seen with certain wrestlers in public despite being good friends because of the need to maintain kayfabe for the audience.
* MamasBoy: After a heart-to-heart [[ItMakesSenseInContext homeless guy living in the backseat of the car he just bought]], Johnson decides he'd rather be a good son and take care of his mother than try and impress girls.
* OldDog: Dewey's grandmother owns an old, tumor-ridden dog that horrifies everyone but her.
-->'''Lia Maivia:''' It's a belly tumor! But don't worry, it's benign!
* ProWrestlingIsReal: After young Dewey blurts out that he thinks wrestling is fake Wrestling/AndreTheGiant plucks the young boy up to demonstrate that what he and other wrestlers do is very real.
* StunnedSilence: Dewey stuns an entire room into silence when he says that wrestling is fake. His father can only apologize for the child's indiscretion.
* TimeShiftedActor: Four different actors play Johnson at different points in his life.
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''Young Rock'' is an autobiographical SitCom on Creatpr/{{NBC}} starring Wrestling/DwayneJohnson.
The show follows four distinct period of Johnson's life:
* As a child growing up in a wrestling family and seeing the passion people have for the sport.
* As a teenager trying to fit in and be cool in high school despite everyone thinking he's a narc because he stands over six feet tall and has a full mustache despite only being 15.
* As a young man going off to college and trying to establish an independent identity.
* As a global superstar who's running for president.
!This series provides examples of:
* AffectionateNickname: Growing up, Johnson was known as "Dewey" by his loved ones.
* AsHimself:
** Dwayne Johnson stars as himself and provides the framing narration for the series.
** Creator/RandallPark appears as a future version of himself who moved on from acting to host a talk show.
* {{Kayfabe}}: Dewey's parents discuss needing to avoid being seen with certain wrestlers in public despite being good friends because of the need to maintain kayfabe for the audience.
* MamasBoy: After a heart-to-heart [[ItMakesSenseInContext homeless guy living in the backseat of the car he just bought]], Johnson decides he'd rather be a good son and take care of his mother than try and impress girls.
* OldDog: Dewey's grandmother owns an old, tumor-ridden dog that horrifies everyone but her.
-->'''Lia Maivia:''' It's a belly tumor! But don't worry, it's benign!
* ProWrestlingIsReal: After young Dewey blurts out that he thinks wrestling is fake Wrestling/AndreTheGiant plucks the young boy up to demonstrate that what he and other wrestlers do is very real.
* StunnedSilence: Dewey stuns an entire room into silence when he says that wrestling is fake. His father can only apologize for the child's indiscretion.
* TimeShiftedActor: Four different actors play Johnson at different points in his life.
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