A Different World: Tropes

Signature tropes

The ones that say the most about A Different World. Pick one to read it.

• Broke Episodein 143 titlesHappens enough times in the series to be a recurring theme.Read →
• Conveyor Belt VideoRare · in 1 titlesIn the second Title Sequence, the camera trucks right, showing the main characters reading non-descript blue books.Read →
• Not-So-Forgotten Birthdayin 65 titlesThey run this plot with Whitley three times (technically.) The first season, she's surprised with a cake by the main cast.Read →
• "Rashomon"-StyleRare · in 46 titlesAn episode in which Ron and Dwayne get into a brawl with three white students from a rival college is depicted as it really happened (both sets of students saying and doing things to provoke each oth…Read →
• Later-Installment Weirdnessin 376 titlesThe sixth and final season put the heavy focus on incoming students at Hillman, (including one recurring character from the recently ended Cosby Show) after the main characters graduated, and Dwayne…Read →
• Cerebus Syndromein 791 titlesFor a comedy spin-off of The Cosby Show, this one took on its share of unpleasant real-life issues, such as date rape, racial tensions, the AIDS epidemic, being sent off to war, sexual harassment, an…Read →