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Melody (cousin) Jonah Takalua is a fictional character in the Australian mockumentary series Summer Heights High, and the titular character in the six-part Jonah from Tonga. He is portrayed in brownface by Chris Lilley, who also created the two shows. In 2007, referring to the character's appearances in Summer Heights High, Sydney Morning ...
Summer Heights High. Jonah from Tonga (Tongan: Siōnā pe Tonga) is an Australian television mockumentary sitcom miniseries that is written by and starring comedian Chris Lilley. The mockumentary series follows Jonah Takalua, a rebellious 14-year-old Australian boy of Tongan descent portrayed by Lilley. The character had been introduced in ...
Jun 28, 2020 · A documentary, a school boy and a cancellation: The real story behind Jonah from Tonga. Australia first met Jonah Takalua during Summer Heights High in 2007. The teenager verbally abused his teachers, bullied his classmates in the school playground, and disrespected every authority figure in his life. Most importantly, he was a fictional ...
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Summer Heights High: With Chris Lilley, Asolima Tauati, Iro Utaifeau, Zach Fa'atoe. The life of a public school epitomized by disobedient student Jonah Takalua, self-absorbed private school exchange student Ja'mie King, and megalomaniac drama teacher Mr. G.
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Jonah Takalua is a character portrayed by Chris Lilley in Summer Heights High and Jonah from Tonga. He is a Tongan boy who is a difficult student at which leaves him being either suspended or expelled for vandalism, assault and constant bullying of the Rangas (gingers) and lower year level students.
At Summer Heights, Jonah is involved in multiple misdemeanors including cussing, vandalism, bullying, back-chatting and making false claims against his father which forces him to live in Tonga.
After being send away to live with his uncle in Tonga, Jonah moves back to Australia to start year nine at Holy Cross where he is sent to Lazarus House commonly referred to as "Spaz House". Jonah's younger brother Moses is bullied by a Ranga and the school captains younger brother. This causes a feud between Jonah's Fresh Off Boat Tongan crew, Foba...
May 8, 2014 · Summer Heights High featured three characters played by Lilley: Ja’mie, Mr G, and disruptive 14-year-old Jonah Takalua, the motherless son of Tongan immigrants and, as his teachers and father ...
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May 22, 2014 · Racism—just a laughing matter in Jonah from Tonga. 22 May 2014. Award-winning comedian Chris Lilley is back with six-part “mockumentary”, Jonah From Tonga, following the life of Year 9 student Jonah Takalua, who constantly finds himself in run-ins with his teachers and parents. Jonah originated from his popular series, Summer Heights High ...
