Uncle Tomfoolery/Playing With


 * Basic Trope: Goofy black character, almost Always Male.
 * Played Straight: Jamal is a Cloudcuckoolander and a Large Ham at that.
 * Exaggerated: Jamal is Chaotic Stupid.
 * Justified: Jamal likes to be the center of attention.
 * Jamal is a Bunny Ears Lawyer, The Dumbledore, or something along those lines.
 * Inverted: Jamal is the Straight Man.
 * Bob is the silly one, contrasted to his Black Best Friend Jamal, who is more serious and/or outwardly intelligent.
 * Gender Inverted: Shaniqua is the silly one in the group.
 * Subverted: Jamal knows when it's important to be serious and focused.
 * Jamal is Obfuscating Stupidity, for one reason or another.
 * Double Subverted: But he's better at being silly.
 * Jamal is The Comically Serious.
 * Deconstructed: As with all stereotypes, YMMV as to how true it actually is.
 * Reconstructed: Jamal strikes a good balance between silly and serious, and reacts believably to situations and people.
 * Parodied:
 * Lampshaded:
 * Averted: See "Inverted"
 * No black characters in this work
 * Enforced: "We need a character that will be perceived as "cool" by our mainly-white target audience."
 * Invoked:
 * Defied:
 * Discussed:
 * Conversed:
 * Played For Laughs: Almost always is.
 * Played For Drama: Jamal has Hidden Depths, but no one is willing (or able) to look past his silliness and antics.