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* TheBusCameBack: She returns in season 9 to ask Mark to move in with her.
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* TheBusCameBack: She returns in season 9 to ask Mark to move in with her.
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Mark's father.
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* TheAlcoholic: AlcoholicParent: Ian has started to self-medicate with alcohol.
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* {{Ladette}}: Can definitely be a bit "foward" at times (see: store cupboard scene). And in her first scene we see her reading Viz.
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* RomanticFalseLead: Ultimately chooses the [[spoiler:New York job.]]
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* RomanticFalseLead: Ultimately chooses the [[spoiler:New York job.]]{{Ladette}}: Can definitely be a bit "foward" at times (see: store cupboard scene). And in her first scene we see her reading Viz.
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* {{Ladette}}: Can definitely be a bit "foward" at times (see: store cupboard scene). And in her first scene we see her reading Viz.
* {{Ladette}}: Can definitely be a bit "foward" at times (see: store cupboard scene). And in her first scene we see her reading Viz.
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* OopNorth: Has an ambigiously Yorkshire sounding accent but not the stereotypical 'eeeee' instead of 'a' variety
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*{{Ladette}}: Can definitely be a bit "foward" at times (see: store cupboard scene). And in her first scene we see her reading Viz.RomanticFalseLead: Ultimately chooses the [[spoiler:New York job.]]
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* KickTheDog: He goes from a mere office bully to a full-fledged sadist when he gives Mark a nasty speech about how he doesn't see him as a threat to his relationship. 'You could have your cock in her. You still wouldn't have the balls to fuck.' Overlaps with JerkassHasAPoint considering that this sums up Mark's entire problem in two succinct if vulgar sentences.
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* KickTheDog: He goes from a mere office bully to a full-fledged sadist when he gives Mark a nasty speech about how he doesn't see him as a threat to his relationship. 'You "You could have your cock in her. You still wouldn't have the balls to fuck.' fuck". Overlaps with JerkassHasAPoint considering that this sums up Mark's entire problem in two succinct if vulgar sentences.
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* JerkJock: He fills this role in the show, with Mark being the hapless nerd he relentlessly picks on.
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* JerkJock: He fills this role in the show, with Mark being the hapless nerd he relentlessly picks on.
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* FreudianExcuse: He was bullied a lot in school after he had to switch from an expensive private school to a public one after his father's Aerospace shares became worthless and he grew up in a tense and unpleasant household where his parents blatantly favored his sister and rarely communicated. That's in addition to his dad being an unpleasant bully who intimidates Mark regularly. It's really no surprise Mark ended up the dysfunctional, neurotic mess he is.
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** Mark is also quite articulate when he wants to be, effortlessly debunking Ben's take on ''Literate/WutheringHeights'' in defense of Jeremy, and it's shown throughout that he does possess a certain charisma that makes him attractive to women, even if he inevitably ends up ruining it.
*LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlacesLookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Mark is constantly on the look out for "the one" and idolizes women he dates as such before being inevitably disappointed.
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* CloudCuckoolander: Hans tends to be on his own wave length much of the time, no doubt due to the massive amounts of drugs he's usually on.
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* SmallNameBigEgoSmallNameBigEgo: Much like Jeremy, he envisions himself as a musical genius. He does have other impressive skills, just not much related to music.
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* HateSink: He's a sullen, sexist bully who treats his family horribly and is just awful to be around in general. He's one of the few characters on the show to have absolutely no redeeming traits.
* Jerkass: Cruel to pretty mucheveryone.everyone, especially his family who understandably loathe him. He revels in his poor behaviour.
* Jerkass: Cruel to pretty much
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* TheHedonist: Jeremy seems to have few passions in life beyond having as much mindless sex and doing as many drugs as he can.
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* HiddenDepths: Despite being a terrible musician himself, Jez does have a near-encyclopedic knowledge of British pop and rock music which he gets to show off every now and again. He's also not quite as clueless about politics as he lets on, at one point namedropping Lech Wałęsa and making frequent references to Tony Blair.
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* HiddenDepths: Despite being a terrible musician himself, Jez does have a near-encyclopedic knowledge of British pop and rock music which he gets to show off every now and again. He's also not quite as clueless about politics as he lets on, at one point namedropping Lech Wałęsa and making frequent references to Tony Blair. He's also capable enough to recognize talent as seen when he and Hans are impressed by a track from Sophie's cousin, although Hans later fucks it up and leaves the poor boy traumatized.
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* NeverMyFault: He could market books and lectures on shifting blame and not taking responsibility for actions.
* PetTheDog: Fakes this a lot but does have some genuine moments of kindness.
* NeverMyFault: He could market books and lectures on shifting blame and not taking responsibility for actions.
* PetTheDog: Fakes this a lot but does have some genuine moments of kindness.
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MenCantKeepHouse: The flat turns into an absolute pig sty whenever Mark is away due to Jeremy's debauchery.
* NeverMyFault:He could market books and lectures on shifting Jeremy is always quick to blame and not taking responsibility for actions.
someone else or downplay the seriousness when he fucks up.
* PetTheDog: Fakes this a lot but does have some genuine moments ofkindness.kindness and it's shown regularly that he does genuinely cares about Mark as a friend.
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* PetTheDog: Fakes this a lot but does have some genuine moments of
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* SmallNameBigEgo: Thinks of himself as a musical genius and superstar in the making. He isn't, to out it simply.
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* SmallNameBigEgo: Thinks of himself as a musical genius and superstar in the making. He isn't, to out put it simply.
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* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Though he comes off a bit better than Jez does most of the time.
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* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: At his worst. Mark is paranoid, petty, indecisive, selfish, and cowardly. Though he comes off a bit better than Jez does most of the time.
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* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: More overtly amoral than Mark is. Jez has a tendency to be untrustworthy, abrasive, delusional, selfish, lazy and ignorant.
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Why hide his name? It's in his folder
* DrivenToSuicide: He was supposed to kill himself in the season 3 finale but this was cut for being too dark.
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* TheTeetotaler: [[spoiler:Johnson]] is a teetotal former alcoholic before he snaps at the end of series 7 during Big Suze's New Year's Eve party.
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* TheTeetotaler: [[spoiler:Johnson]] Johnson is a teetotal former alcoholic before he snaps at the end of series 7 during Big Suze's New Year's Eve party.
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* SalaryMan: Mark works in finance and his attempts to get through the glass ceiling of management rarely succeed due to the work and his own neurosis.
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* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: Whatever's happening at the New Year's Eve party is automatically made even more horrific, depraved and grotesque by the simple fact that even Super Hans is utterly shaken and wants nothing to do with it.
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* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: Whatever's happening at the New Year's Eve party is automatically made even infinitely more horrific, depraved and grotesque by the simple fact that even Super Hans is utterly shaken and wants nothing to do with it.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: "You should take a hard look at yourselves.", when participating in Mark's scheme to throw his new lodger out which culminates in Jez waterboarding the poor guy.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: EvenEvilHasStandards:
** "You should take a hard look at yourselves.", when participating in Mark's scheme to throw his new lodger out which culminates in Jez waterboarding the poor guy.
** Whatever's going on at the New Year's Eve party is too depraved and reprehensible even for him.
** "You should take a hard look at yourselves.", when participating in Mark's scheme to throw his new lodger out which culminates in Jez waterboarding the poor guy.
** Whatever's going on at the New Year's Eve party is too depraved and reprehensible even for him.
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* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: Whatever's happening at the New Year's Eve party is automatically made even more horrific, depraved and grotesque by the simple fact that even Super Hans is utterly shaken and wants nothing to do with it.
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* HeManWomanHater: He regularly treats women as objects. Somehow, Big Suze doesn't notice.
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* [[IllGirl Ill Boy]]: Hr has such a weak immune system [[spoiler: that the common flu literally kills him.]]
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* BerserkButton: He really doesn't like being laughed at or made the butt of a joke, getting pissed and retreating in a huff when Dobby turns his usual behavior back at him.
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* DirtyCoward: When Dobby mocks his tendency to spout cruel jokes at the expense of others, Jeff sheepishly calls her a "freak" before retreating.
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* DirtyCoward: When Dobby mocks his tendency to spout cruel jokes at the expense of others, Jeff sheepishly calls her a "freak" before retreating. He also only picks on Mark because he believes he can get away with it. Noticeably when Mark stands up to him at the end of season two, Jeff backs down.
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* InformedAttribute: She mentions being a smoker in her first scene but is never seen smoking.
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Meganekko is no longer a trope. It's a Fanspeak term. Moving wicks to Bespectacled Cutie when appropriate.
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* {{Meganekko}}: When she dons her specs.
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* CannotTalkToWomen: May as well be the poster boy for this trope. Every attempt he makes to be suave, charming or sometimes even just friendly is just so...... ''awkward''. Downplayed in that he's still a KarvokaMan despite all this.
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* CannotTalkToWomen: May as well be the poster boy for this trope. Every attempt he makes to be suave, charming or sometimes even just friendly is just so...... ''awkward''. Downplayed in that he's still a KarvokaMan KavorkaMan despite all this.
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: As she explains in her introductory scene, her real name is Debbie, but nobody else in the show ever calls her that.
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** He also mentions in Series 5 that he's banned from some countries in the EU. This is never discussed further or mentioned again.
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* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Elements of this. A quirky hipster who tries to open Mark up to new experiences.
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* ComedicSociopath: Oh so very much.
* DeadpanSnarker: At times.
* DeadpanSnarker: At times.
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* ComedicSociopath: Oh so very much.
much. Eating the dog of one of his love interests is just one of many examples.
* DeadpanSnarker:At times.Of the more crude variety, both in his head and in person.
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* GiftedlyBadGiftedlyBad: For all his knowledge of British pop and rock music, he isn't good at actually ''playing'' it.
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* FreudianExcuse: He's a living excuse for Mark's behavior. It's amazing Mark and Sara didn't turn out ''worse''.
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* FreudianExcuse: He's a living excuse for Mark's behavior. behaviour. It's amazing Mark and Sara didn't turn out ''worse''.''worse''.
* Jerkass: Cruel to pretty much everyone. He revels in his poor behaviour.
* Jerkass: Cruel to pretty much everyone. He revels in his poor behaviour.
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* TheUnfavourite: It's clear from his dad's poor presents and general attitude to Mark that he prefers Sara. But only slightly.
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* DeathGlare: When Mark throws up on his snake he has this to say: "[[TranquilFury You are paying for this to be dry cleaned]].".
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* CannotTalkToWomen: May as well be the poster boy for this trope. Every attempt he makes to be suave, charming or sometimes even just friendly is just so...... ''awkward''.
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* CannotTalkToWomen: May as well be the poster boy for this trope. Every attempt he makes to be suave, charming or sometimes even just friendly is just so...... ''awkward''. Downplayed in that he's still a KarvokaMan despite all this.
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* BadassMoustache: A smooth and confident character reflected by his moustache. In one episode Mark even tries to grow one to emulate him.
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* GenreSavvy: After a couple of seasons she knows how Mark's life works better than Mark does.
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* SeenItAll: After a couple of seasons she knows how Mark's life works better than Mark does.
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* KavorkaMan: Say what you will, despite his neurotic socially awkward personality, he's able to get with a surprising number of women. Deconstructed in that these are often unhealthy relationships and he's never truly happy in the end.
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* KavorkaMan: Say what you will, despite his neurotic socially awkward personality, he's able to get with a surprising number of women.women, such as a Valerie, Sophie, making out with Sally, Dobby, Cathy and April. Deconstructed in that these are often unhealthy relationships and he's never truly happy in the end.
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* LastNameBasis: His name is Alan, but he's almost always referred to as simply "Johnson".
