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Topic subjectWhy isn’t Carlton the Prince of Bel Air?
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13305640, Why isn’t Carlton the Prince of Bel Air?
Posted by MEAT, Wed Jan-09-19 01:38 PM

1. you can’t just become a prince, the title is about your father
2. Uhhhh see the last part of 1.
3. He ain’t of bel air he’s of West Philly

13305644, He wasn’t fresh enough.
Posted by legsdiamond, Wed Jan-09-19 01:42 PM
13305647, I always took it that he was the Prince of Bel Air
Posted by calij81, Wed Jan-09-19 01:48 PM
And Will was simply the “Fresh Prince” of Bel Air.

You can have multiple princes. Aren’t William and Harry both considered princes.
13305652, Title only goes to bloodline. He could be adopted heir, but not prince
Posted by MEAT, Wed Jan-09-19 01:56 PM
13305653, Uncle Phil said he always treated Will as a son
Posted by legsdiamond, Wed Jan-09-19 01:57 PM
in the finale

13305657, Treated —-> adopted heir. Actual ——> title transfers
Posted by MEAT, Wed Jan-09-19 02:03 PM
13305670, It was in spray paint bruh. Ain’t no papers with Black families.
Posted by legsdiamond, Wed Jan-09-19 02:13 PM
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c4/Fresh_Prince_Bel_Aire_logo.svg/250px-Fresh_Prince_Bel_Aire_logo.svg.png
13305675, Yeah, in west philly. Nary a bombed wall in site in bel air
Posted by MEAT, Wed Jan-09-19 02:15 PM
Not a one.
13305656, In the theme song, Will says he became the prince of a town called Bel Air
Posted by Marauder21, Wed Jan-09-19 02:02 PM
Implying that there's only one prince and he has the title.
13305662, He was the self appointed “fresh prince”
Posted by calij81, Wed Jan-09-19 02:07 PM
So he was trying t to usurp the throne from its rightful prince, Carlton.
13305679, The original ending was going to be
Posted by Marauder21, Wed Jan-09-19 02:20 PM
Will beheading Carlton (Jazz was supposed to build a guillotine, but he thought Will said "creatine" and just got a bunch of protein supplements, so Will did it himself) and exiling Nicky to Compton. Then Geoffrey officially crowns Will Fresh Prince of Bel Air, except during the whole ceremony, Will is just staring at Uncle Phil like "you're next."

Test audiences thought it was too dark, so they switched it to him turning out the lights in an empty house.
13305683, lmao
Posted by BrooklynWHAT, Wed Jan-09-19 02:25 PM
13305702, lol
Posted by mista k5, Wed Jan-09-19 03:15 PM
13305660, And where does Baby Nicky fall into this?
Posted by Marauder21, Wed Jan-09-19 02:05 PM
As the natural born son of Uncle Phil, he should be ahead of Will in the line of succession.
13305669, Basically.
Posted by MEAT, Wed Jan-09-19 02:12 PM
13305663, Who ever said Uncle Phil was the Kaing??? He just lived there...
Posted by FLUIDJ, Wed Jan-09-19 02:08 PM
On some Killmonger Wakanda shit....

"Get ready....for your blessing....."
13305673, You see that house, wife, and daughters?
Posted by MEAT, Wed Jan-09-19 02:14 PM
Hell he even managed to get divorced and remarried and play it off like it was the same woman by just changing her name.
And with Henry like girth
Kingly
13305681, ^^^Well played sir.
Posted by Buddy_Gilapagos, Wed Jan-09-19 02:24 PM

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13305704, haha
Posted by mista k5, Wed Jan-09-19 03:16 PM
13305713, lol
Posted by flipnile, Wed Jan-09-19 03:46 PM
13305674, Phil was the Judge AND Jury
Posted by legsdiamond, Wed Jan-09-19 02:14 PM
13305685, He was more like Boromirs family in LotR and just a steward of Bel Air
Posted by calij81, Wed Jan-09-19 02:29 PM
Until Will, the rightful and true heir of Bel Air could destroy the ring in West Philly and take his place as ruler.
13305689, I hope they answer this in the prequel series
Posted by Marauder21, Wed Jan-09-19 02:33 PM
Where we see how the crown of Bel Air was established after The Long Night.
13305682, And why was the whole theme song about the cab?
Posted by mrhood75, Wed Jan-09-19 02:25 PM
Shout out to the homie Buckshot and this class & archived PTP thread:

http://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=23&topic_id=52892&mesg_id=52892&listing_type=search

Hilarious how serious some people were taking it and how angry some got.
13305705, whoa RJCC has sure calmed down now
Posted by mista k5, Wed Jan-09-19 03:24 PM
13305706, i really like how he is arguing with a writer
Posted by RobOne4, Wed Jan-09-19 03:28 PM
he wasnt a writer then. But now he is. HAHAHA fucking angry rjcc was great.
13305710, bruh, He was trolling his ass
Posted by JiggysMyDayJob, Wed Jan-09-19 03:40 PM
and RJCC was letting out all kinds of furious anger.
13306378, that's angry to you?
Posted by Rjcc, Sat Jan-12-19 09:47 AM

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13305711, Was?
Posted by Numba_33, Wed Jan-09-19 03:41 PM
As in past tense?
13305714, He would light people up over nothing back then
Posted by Marauder21, Wed Jan-09-19 03:49 PM
He's definitely calmed down a lot since then. But I guess we all have.
13305768, that shit always cracked me up
Posted by RobOne4, Thu Jan-10-19 01:43 AM
because as long as you werent a complete moron he was cool as fuck. Ive never had an issue with him. Other than having to carry his ass in COD.
13306372, GET ON THE MOTHERFUCKING STICKS
Posted by Rjcc, Sat Jan-12-19 08:52 AM

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at
13305779, he has?
Posted by ThaTruth, Thu Jan-10-19 09:34 AM
13305728, i never knew there was a whole other verse to that song
Posted by GriftyMcgrift, Wed Jan-09-19 04:44 PM
until one day i randomly listened to it on spotify
13305730, because Uncle Phil isn't from Bel-Air
Posted by bentagain, Wed Jan-09-19 04:52 PM
Carlton is the prince of Yamacraw, NC

https://freshprince.fandom.com/wiki/Philip_Banks

Will was a year older than Carlton = Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
13305734, Where’d he pass the bar.
Posted by MEAT, Wed Jan-09-19 05:04 PM
13305732, Side note Carlton’s hair cut game was nicer than Will’s
Posted by 81 DUN, Wed Jan-09-19 05:00 PM
13305757, he basically Stannis Bruh-ratheon
Posted by navajo joe, Wed Jan-09-19 09:42 PM
13306025, Because he's not Fresh, and that's not the title of the show.
Posted by Cold Truth, Thu Jan-10-19 06:09 PM
13306037, Because he was the *Fresh* (meaning "new") Prince...
Posted by flipnile, Thu Jan-10-19 07:08 PM
According to this, Nephew can only be Prince when the King's Brother is the father of the Nephew. When it's the King's Sister, they get nothing.

https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110507193150AASEyQK

Will was just so much fresher than Carlton that he had him replaced as Prince. Carlton used to be the prince, then he fell out of favor. All he had to do is take care of the "Aunt Viv" problem for Uncle Phil. You can see the foreshadowing in this "happy" family photo:
https://s3.r29static.com//bin/entry/aa2/720x864,85/1768850/image.jpg

Shit got handled:
https://static.tvgcdn.net/feed/1/311/thumbs/11645311_1300x1733.jpg

The show ended before we got to see the epic battle for the throne (and inheritance) after Uncle Phil passed (RIP, brother).

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/CapitalOptimisticHake-size_restricted.gif
13306163, Because Mark Harmon is
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13318945, What would happen if Will Smith made The Fresh Prince today? Bel-Air, a story of a kid from Philly whose life got turned upside-down... in 2019.
Posted by j0510, Mon Mar-11-19 06:46 PM
What would happen if Will Smith made The Fresh Prince today? Bel-Air, a story of a kid from Philly whose life got turned upside-down... in 2019.

A fan made film.

Bel-Air (2019) | Official Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAfJpyBgcgA
13318948, I both support this and have zero interest in seeing it.
Posted by MEAT, Mon Mar-11-19 07:18 PM
13319232, Glad this was posted here
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