Will Smith Turned Into Uncle Phil And Bloody Hell It's Fantastic

There's very few things that can trigger the true feeling of nostalgia better than an episode of the Fresh Prince of Bel Air.

A true stable of a lot of our younger years, the adventures of Will Smith as he moved to his aunt's and uncle's after getting into a fight in Philadelphia, was the best entertainment anyone could ask for.

Will's relationship with his cousin, Carlton, was very popular as their antics were hilarious. The understated, and underrated relationship of Will and Uncle Phil, however, was just as prolific, just in different ways.

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Phil, played by James Avery, who sadly passed away in 2013 from complications following open heart surgery, was hard on his nephew, but only because he had his best interests at heart.

Their strained yet close relationship culminated during the fourth season of the show, in the Papa's Got a Brand New Excuse episode.

In it we're introduced to Will's dad, Lou, who returns after 14 years to see his son. Uncle Phil remains cautious throughout Lou's time with Will, thinking that he will once again disappoint him. Will somewhat opposes his uncle, overcome by the emotion of having his dad back.

Towards the end of Papa's Got a Brand New Excuse, in a right fucking tear-jerker, Will learns that Lou is leaving again.

"How come he don't want me?"

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It was then apparent that Phil would remain the only father figure in Will's life.

In fact, he had so much of an influence on Will's young adulthood that the movie star is morphing into him in real life.

Recently the 48-year-old bungee jumped at Victoria Falls, something he's been meaning to do for 20 years or so, but it's a still image from his jump that caught people's eye.

At one point, when upside down, he looks the spitting image on Uncle Phil/James Avery.

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Uploaded to Reddit, with someone coming up with the caption of: "This is story all about how, my face looks fat from upside down, I'd like to take a minute just sit right there, I look like uncle Phil as I fly through the air," the image has gone viral.

It's so hard to sum up just how perfect this is. I mean, is that a rainbow in the picture, too? This is everything.

Obviously, you want to see the full video, so have a butcher's here...

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Just brilliant.

Mark McGowan

Mark is a journalist at LADbible, who joined in 2015 after a year as a freelance writer. In the past he blogged for independent football fan channel Redmen TV, after graduating from Staffordshire University with degrees in journalism and English literature. He has worked on campaigns such as UOKM8? and IIOC.