Louis & Gene's Polite Fight - Fresh Off The Boat

[@eileenw7914]

The Chinese polite fight is like when someone gives you money and your parents tell you to give it back.

[@Neji1918]

True. My sister and I have gone through this many times with my grandparents. But we ended up giving in.

[@mxgirl918]

The first time I tried to take the tab I lost to my grandma because the waiter deferred to her as the "most senior". Then my mom said to me "your reflexes are slower than your 80 year old grandma".

[@ArthurYCLiu]

while you still keep your pocket wide open

[@tristantam]

For my high school graduation, my uncle gave me 500 dollars, but my mom took 400 and snuck it back to my aunt's purse :(

[@tanvikejriwal1]

Oh my God! I am Indian and that happens to me all the time.

[@omegagiga43]

This is actually not an exaggeration. Under certain circumstances, it CAN get this intense.

[@biggiecheeze2859]

Yeah my dad once sprinted after his friend before he can pay the bill for the lunch xD

[@Wangste002]

Although usually it's over paying the bill.

[@killersalmon4359]

I've seen people almost break out into multi-way wrestling fights fighting over who gets to pay the bill at a restaurant.

[@sowhotfisak]

I can confirm that. My mom wants to pay her friend for something and her friend wouldn't accept it. They were at each other's throats and it escalated for a good minute or two until they reached the door and that friend pushed my mom to the sofa and ran out of the house without taking any money in the end, leaving me gobsmacked. It's like watching WWE of two women.

[@sincerelysilvia]

lol ikr same thing happens in korea. especially when it comes to adults.

[@notmaia6292]

This is the first show that has ever represented Ken Jeong as sane LMAO.

[@colinpeddle]

The show did a good job of playing with the viewers minds on that, too. They teased us about who his wife would be, keeping us in suspense for a couple episodes. We kept waiting for the switcheroo, to find out he's married to a blow up doll, cat or something. Subtle, but good writing by the show.

[@fianle]

I mean, he wasn't always insane on Community. He was strange in the first season, but I'd say he was still sane. He only really became insane second season and later.

[@ohmykat1867]

ikr it feels weird

[@kardengl8182]

Two korean guys playing chinese brothers, lol

[@schrodingersmeowth2696]

@Lewis 970 or vis versa

[@Strwberrylove]

Oooh Watchasay I think there Korean in real life search it that way

[@alexanderchristopher6237]

KIM TAEHYUNG IS ANIME LOOKING KING PERIOD he meant the characters, since Taiwan is apparently where the characters from the show were supposed to come from prior to coming to the States. Tbf, Taiwanese are still Chinese. They just don’t like to be called that due to political reasons.

[@dananajj]

@Lewis 970 Completely not the same. Koreans were not Chinese.

[@alexanderchristopher6237]

Lewis 970 but a lot of British and Australians managed to convincingly play Americans in movies and tv shows. With that much Anglo-Saxon influence in the US, it’s not that hard to have someone from Britain to play an American. The problem with Asian-Americans is that not many of them are going into the arts. Most go to more practical careers like STEM, medicine, or finance. Most good Chinese actors came from China, Taiwan, or Hong Kong; all of which may have a hard time to sell a convincing Asian-American accent. Finding a good Asian-American actor, let alone a good Chinese-American, is hard. Then again, most people can’t differentiate between a Chinese, a Japanese, and a Korean anyway. I’ve been called either Japanese or Korean in the States even though I’m definitely Chinese!

[@JjM91084]

I bet every Taiwanese/Chinese-American watching this immediately thought about their parents fighting for the bill with their friends at the end of dinner during the last part of the clip

[@biggiecheeze2859]

Same but Vietnamese

[@jjj123g]

except taiwanese would never call themselves chinese that bit is always so awkward to watch

[@berkshireee]

What do you mean, James Tu? The guy this show is based on, Eddie Huang, considers himself Chinese and Taiwanese. A lot of overseas Taiwanese have no problem identifying with the Chinese diaspora..

[@franciskim8836]

koreans aren't as bad, but we are up there with the polite fight

[@vkninedragon6236]

I hate the polite fight. It always so exhausting. I prefer American style (50% 50%). We actually have to sneak out during dinner just to pay the bill first and feel guilty if you don't.

[@ishihayahajimagumpara9266]

The asian polite fight is who's gonna have the last food piece and the one who accepts is the rudest of them all.

[@aysunr.6045]

For us its the adults fighting about that so to avoid it, one of the adults just gives the last piece of food to a child

[@VeronicAM313]

Wait, I've been eating the last because I was taught that if people refuse after 3 times, you can take/eat it. I didn't know that it means I'm the rudest! Now I'm thinking about the past meals with my friends.

[@wed3k]

Id rather be rude than hungry

[@djnoodlez1098]

Or who's gonna pay

[@LearnCanWe]

yea politeness sometimes starts the fight in my family. Just this thanksgiving my uncle and my dad had a fight cause they were fighting who should cook the turkey since my aunt who usually makes it was busy. We were hosting so my uncle offered but my father said hostess should cook the main dish. We go to different houses every holiday before and my aunt always bring the turkey cause she makes it better. they fought and it became more about politeness. That its more polite to bring the turkey or its more polite for hostess to make it blah blah blah. Will in the end no one provided the turkey and they fought and had a fist fight. Everyone went home. And 3 days ago during Christmas they both brought a turkey to my aunts party - the one who usually makes the turkey. So we had 3 turkeys this Christmas. Everyone laughed about it but still my uncle and my dad are unable to laugh about it yet. They past at each other at the corner of the hallway and try not to look at each other and walk sideways. They even try to avoid when groups are formed to talk. Its funny.

[@VWGTHK]

That's exactly how my dad and my uncle are like..especially when paying the bill for a family dinner.

[@twneige9448]

I think that means your dad and your uncle's relationship is not really close. My family only does that to distant relatives or business friends.

[@VWGTHK]

No not at all. They don't have any beef between each other in regards to family etc. I think its just something they do for the fun of it (or clashing over who has the most kindness)

[@katherineong4426]

omg family dinner bills are so intense

[@Dawarlord34]

If either wont succumb to the other, why can't they just split the bill huh?

[@teemiaoxin]

The rule of thumb is to pay before your opponent realizes it. I.e. casually go to the toilet right before the meal is done, when in actuality, you went to pay for the bill.

[@holmiumh]

For anyone that's curious it happens a lot in restaurant when it comes time to pay, the most intense part is when you actually don't want to pay but you have to convince everyone you want to actually pay, pure art.

[@redheadjay8]

WHY IS THIS SO ACCURATE HAHAH just wait till you get to a restaurant and the bill comes... now thats intense

[@akui88]

i just sneak away and pretend to use the restroom and just go to the cashier and pay before anyone has a chance!

[@DiosanXaquerry]

@@akui88 Hahahaa!

[@TheBalkanWarrior]

No, No, No, No, No, No, No ... Haha !

[@rorrim4]

I am 25 years old and I still remember when I was little and we’d go out to family dinners, my uncles and my dad would fight over the bill and make such as a scene. It was in China and people around us understood it was a polite fight but it was still hella embarrassing. I cringe to this day.

[@linboh2664]

That’s the timing where my mother gets my older sister to secretly pay off the bills before anyone notices

[@miaschannelforcommenting]

when you and your cousin(s) are hid in the bathroom of the restaurant rental room b/c the fight for the bill outside got ridiculous

[@pdaniels6606]

Um where did you find this narration of my indian family at dinner last week

[@elijah-yv6sj]

@@pdaniels6606 LOOOL IM TEARING UP FROM THIS... WE NEED AN INDIAN OR MIDDLE EASTERN COMEDIC SHOW ALREADY !!

[@LearnCanWe]

That should be scripted here already. Highlights of my younger years. Especially when they are resorted to paying by cash and not card and they run around putting the money back in each others designated pockets. Ahm Hello!! they are exactly the same amount in each others pockets. Yea hilarious being Chinese walking around reaching for pockets. So glad I'm in my mid 20s and whenever we eat out with my older relatives or with me being the oldest of my cousins and siblings. My father and mother always say when the bill comes. "Yea. She will pay. She has more money and no husband." Its is a hurtful joke but at least they all agree in one thing. I will be a spinster!! lol.

[@ИмяФамилия-ф2д8ш]

@@LearnCanWe "she has more money and no hisband" sounds more like a flex. Like look at our daughter, she is hardworking and can proved for herself without relying on a husband!

[@rocklee9925]

Not just Chinese a lot of Asians have this

[@Ashogo]

Yes, I will vouch for this as a Japanese-American too.

[@apoorvavishnoi6979]

george takahashi True in India and I think rest of south Asia too.

[@rocklee9925]

we're the politest :)

[@NavytoSpacerocks]

nice shape u got there. so darn sexy

[@meh9731]

pakistanis too xD

[@lilyd870]

That is my parents and with my aunt's and uncles at the end of dim sum or some type of meal at a restaurant. There was this one fight where us kids were involved like one parent would put the money back in to the child's pocket of that one parent paying for it. It was intense.

[@bosempuchane5631]

But did you get to keep the money?

[@ИмяФамилия-ф2д8ш]

@@bosempuchane5631 obviously no

[@trcs3079]

It's all a facade for saving face. When it comes to paying the bill especially, no one wants to pay up but will fight due to "saving face"

[@freshtowels3917]

Lmao that's hilarious. Indians are the same way too.

[@flanaggenwaters]

Uh. Which Indians? Lol. My fam-bam all Indians ( and literally all except my immediate family live in India) and we don't do this (although relatives like to discretely sneak money to the kids before they leave after visiting).

[@deviliciouscherry]

SO True! this literally happens all the time not just with my family, but with all my friends and their families too!

[@unicornlovee5658]

Fresh Towels you had to bring indian in this too 😒

[@tesssailvi820]

Yep... but I give in early.. I mean why not?

[@ahilaabu-nayla8750]

I'm Arab and it's the same way here

[@perdition79]

The worst that ever happens to me is a Canadian Standoff, when both people at an open door insist the other goes through first.

[@YWu-ze1op]

This is like watching your parents fighting for paying the bill at the end of very dinner outing with extended family or friends

[@alljiang]

This does get pretty intense. My parents fought with my aunt's family on a bill in a restaurant and this ended up creating a feud where we didn't even talk for a few years.

[@noby_huangkonghsiong]

That is hella petty. Wonder why they couldn't just settle it by splitting it in half?

[@seanswift1072]

Something similar to this happens in Canada every time two people meet in a doorway

[@njtraces]

Go ahead No you go first No you Oh I insist you go first No U I SAID I INSIST YOU GO FIRST! But I'm the one holding the door!!!

[@josephly6738]

Nononono. Nonono.Nooononononnonono

[@レオ-m6i]

This is the perfect representation of polite fights, doing the Asian shuffle proud

[@sleepingkirby]

As a Taiwanese, I can tell you, this is *not* an exaggeration. One time, my father and my uncle took turns giving each other mild head locks to try and put money in the other's back pocket.

[@missmoanypants]

That is so funny

[@lexcyrose5376]

I'm Taiwanese and this is really what my parents and their friends do! hahaha

[@nikalu]

Coco TT I´m a panfish born chinese and my parents do this with their friends everytime lol 😂

[@hilltran9954]

It’s so funny how many Asians including (Arabs, islanders, (I’m sorry) etc) can relate to this. These comments are Hilarious 😂😂😂

[@mariashutter4587]

This show is utterly underrated. Probably from all the White people who miss the cultural comedy. Although the main character Eddie is very annoying because of the way he speaks.

[@Dezzyyx]

That's strange to me, as I understand most of the jokes and love the show (I'm white). I'm not especially well-educated in culture either. But I do agree it is underrated if you mean that not a lot of people watch it, although I didn't know that was the case. One of the funniest comedy and by far the best Sitcom, which I find usually is so predictable it's not even funny.

[@Trenacetate43]

I guess that depends on the person. I know a white family who has a more collectivistic value and does this occasionally. But very few.

[@kaos2317]

Eddie is just trying too hard to be American

[@XxEntaroAdunxX]

I don't think it's just white people lmao. I have friends that are not white and they don't get this kind of humor.

[@drao0907]

Maria Shutter well Eddie is based on Eddie Huang, a real-life person. He actually talks like that if you look for his interviews online.

[@davidliu4314]

Finally, Kim Jong Un and Mr Chang fought, my life is complete

[@joyzhang7825]

When I went to New York China Town for thanksgiving I went out to eat with my uncle aunt and cousin when when it was time to pay my uncle pay before the meal started so after when everyone was trying to pay for the meal it was already paid for

[@floraleia]

A classic polite fight move! Similar to how one sneaks off to "use the bathroom" partway through the meal to settle the bill in advance.

[@RSK9903]

@@floraleia I'm dead this is so true XD

[@norahlam1758]

Okay but is anyone gonna mention how Gene inhales when he hugs Louis because that’s what my Vietnamese grandma does that everytime we hug

[@Trades46]

Every. Time. At. A. Restaurant. Even as a native Chinese raised in North America, I still can't get over this "polite fighting".

[@subie1019]

I remember it happening to my dad and Uncle. You see 2 grown men racing to the counter to see who could pay for the meal first😂😂😂

[@Rebel-cd6gc]

I watched this show as a Mexican. This was one of the most hilarious things I have seen. There is nothing polite in a Mexican fight.

[@soulist8224]

The fact that polite fight is a real thing 😂

[@kaliw3079]

This show is so relatable 😂😂

[@anushah8437]

this is so accurate even in other asian countries xD

[@jonahahn5469]

1:29-1:57 This is my dad and my uncle fighting about the dinner check

[@maung2769]

Legends say that they’re still saying “ no no no no”

[@channelforwhat]

@1:53 , The look on the pilot's face walking by on his own , with his own luggage , at the asian polite fight where it looks like that one man is robbing the other in broad daylight -- with total indifference , acknowledging that it's not what asian people are actually doing - priceless !! Also, Chevy Lumina's have not been in production since 2001.

[@missmoanypants]

This show takes place in the 90s so the Lumina would still be in production.

[@thoichanu882]

At the last part the noooo,noooo part🤣🤣😂🤣🤣🤣

[@seongyeongkim7589]

It's so funny 😆🤣😂🤣!! Thanks Randall♡🥰

[@jchen8902]

I suddenly remembered my mom doing a passive-aggresive tug-of-war of the restaurant bill with her siblings.

[@phoebe1759]

Haha this is like how my friends and I act when we try to carry each other's backpacks and textbooks 😂

[@masaharumorimoto4761]

Love it, bring the family back to TV!!!!

[@officialwinniedai]

so trueeeee

[@soccerpro9324]

i just started watching this show like today and i love it this show is amazing...

[@user-ku1np8bs8n]

Colombians are like this too.. I thought of the "fighting" over the bill at the restaurant thing

[@DoomedDragonz]

"Nononnononononononononononononononononononononono...." I lost it there xD

[@wishzhang7680]

I m dying with tearsssssss

[@zhxcn44]

笑死了，哈

[@Zometh]

I politefight about everything and I'm really persistent so I win every time.

[@5000cz]

The worst polite fights are when it comes time to pay the dinner bill ;-;

[@ronong8213]

mr chow vs kim jong un LOL

[@bunnygirlmantra]

Ron Ong They're both Korean lol

[@steelrain52]

it's funny. two korean guys doing the chinese polite fight! haha love you both! ken and randall!

[@ickleronny]

The 'Nononononono....... ' is almost like a song already.

[@firstnamelastname5722]

Normal people: *doesn’t want to pay for something like a bill/ restaurant bill Polite fight: *wants to pay/do something for someone.

[@liloella503]

My family relatives get like this during big meal celebrations about sitting at the table. The OG's will constantly be telling the older OG to sit down and they never get to eating!

[@BlackLadyRockz]

Nononononononoooo! Theyre quite intense! Ken looked quite normal until I realized he was walking backwards while fighting Louis xD

[@babatunde8563]

The 2 comedians back at it again

[@gng3164]

My mom always has a polite fights with guests when it's time to wash the dishes.

[@xanimefankingdom659]

When a polite fight happens between my mum and my aunts.... I just stay out of it. As best I can

[@k.d6629]

So these days when somebody gives me money or anything.. I refuse it politely for like two times and then suddenly say thank you loudly and take it...😂 😂

[@lindabuonline]

This is a way of looking at this polite fight from outside and presenting it just for the visual effect. Actually this kind of polite fight is a way of showing mutual love and respect. It may look weird to people from outside, to those who don't understand it, but to people who are doing it, there are a lot of underlying brotherhood and team spirit, the meaning of which this video or this sitcom doesn't convey.

[@najifazaman4012]

this reminds me of when I and two other friends treated our Chinese teacher out for her birthday and we thought of how much we would have to pay but in the end, she paid the whole 150

[@redlizerad8268]

When ever my mom gets into a polite fight I’m just like “ I don’t know you please stay away from me”

[@najmedin136]

1:28 Arab aunts at a restaurant

[@gamersite99]

Two brothers acting like that....Yep! Pretty much accurately similar to reality🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@rebeccatang9383]

My mom always does this with money. Last time she won because she snuck it into her friend’s child’s back pocket as they were leaving our house.

[@viagahi4058]

"At least let me carry the wheel." 😂😂

[@hilltran9954]

A chinese polite fight is like fighting over the bill in a restaurant when you have dinner with family friends that came over from another state. My mom never saw that credit card coming 😂😂😂😂😂

[@924252chongsir]

The best crossover that could ever happen, Senor Chang and Asian Jim.

[@dave_dynasty]

This is my mom fighting with her friend, my uncles, or aunts over who pays the bill.

[@ZeVioloniste]

It's exactly like that road accidents, a really intense polite argument haha

[@masterofdevilsfruits8567]

*takes in sip of water * fat kid ' this is a chinese polite fight , and these things can get hella real' me : SPFFFFFF

[@ceikaiyiacheeksthedirector2920]

MasterOfDevilsFruits his name is eddie lol

[@andynguyen3430]

Try dealing with a Vietnamese polite fight

[@minedude2609]

Bruh

[@xynthar4432]

This is actually accurate and my family is Chinese. At restaurants we would get heated argument because everyone wanted to pay for the bill. Eventually my Tai Po just went up to the counter and just straight paid for it

[@nathanli3024]

Remember one time I'm having a meal with my Chinese friend and his entire extended family and their friends. It's like twenty people. We went to a really good restaurant. The bill came down to be like 1300$ and I just saw my friend's mom fight to pay the bill with like two other adults. It was funny.

[@lilsphinx2756]

Oh god even for Indians it get intense! Also when you go to someone’s house the parents will say to refuse food if they offer, but if someone comes over it’s and insult if they say no and they just keep putting food on the plate..... 😬

[@Shadow_Valk]

polite fight is everywhere when guests come to my house

[@LolixBelle]

Click on this because it just happen just now, but with red pockets, my older brother giving money to my 80yo uncle,all the “ai yah” and “nononono”🤣

[@myefarhana3226]

Im laughing my ass off because it is so damn true!

[@blu3j00Ls]

I love Ken Jeong!!

[@dubleCC]

1:30 and 1:49 No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no

[@francina8508]

It's our Asian thing!😁😉

[@0.30.2]

Rodriguez... Hmmm. That's not chinese missy.

[@xXSparklingLuvXx]

0.3 0.2 might be a filipina

[@alizalee5454]

omg. I cant. I relate so much I fucking love this show

[@duskairable]

Just like Dwight and nard dog in the office 😂

[@jadonlee821]

All I heard when they were talking was “oh no No no no no no”

[@evan.5967]

KEN JEONG MY LORD

[@tofucube7703]

Wow. I do this like almost everytime and I never noticed until I actually saw it

[@liamsmith502]

if gene is louis' brother and he said he was "dating your sister" as a joke then that would mean he was dating his sister *alabama intensifies*

[@sxu9322]

The Chinese polite fight is actually very real.. trust me. When I was in China I saw a very intense fight between two people trying to pay the bill. The waitress ended up getting yelled at by taking the other person's card.

[@rachelchen8488]

oh my gosh it gets worse than this! especially if we go out to restaurants with another family. when the check comes, either the two moms stand up and start yelling or the two dads do. it gets quite physical

[@numberqwebqnu1916]

1:00 Gene,u challenged her to a fight and that ain't gonna go well

[@clicknom9626]

Chinese polite fight. Just imagine...Canadians *gulp*👀

[@gimmarkmark7822]

It's so funny the polite fight ...common long time ago in Korea too..saw someone fought really.

[@tacofacts5219]

Ive seen polite fights and never knew they were fights to begin with.

[@codyvalentino53]

He will always be Chang (El Tigre) to me

[@coffeetea8577]

Oh my god the polite fight!! All Asiana know this! This is all our parents, aunts,uncles and cousins ever! 😂😂

[@GreenLight5444]

What a Chang of character for ken

[@BeeeHonest]

LOL I have to start watching this show!

[@wlleong5005]

Exhibit B: fighting and using the 'i need to go to the toilet' excuse to pay for the bill at a restaurant

[@gerhang3759]

Chinese polite fight....funny and priceless....we do that all the time

[@spaideman7850]

the polite fight isn't exaggeration, it happens all the time in the restaurants chinese customers polite fighting to foot the bill.