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* KarmaHoudini: It seems like karma has finally caught up with him when he accepts responsibility for his actions (and Naomi's) and goes to prison. He breaks out two episodes later ForTheLulz, continues to evade the authorities, and the series closes on him, walking away scot free into the sun rising over a new day.

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* KarmaHoudini: It seems like karma has finally caught up with him when he accepts responsibility for his actions (and Naomi's) and goes to prison. He breaks out two episodes later ForTheLulz, continues to evade the authorities, and the authorities.
** It catches up with him mentally in
series closes 7. Though he's still physically free, he's a wanted fugitive, and his past seems to be taking its toll. Living life on him, walking away scot free into the sun rising over run has seriously damaged him emotionally. He's lost everyone he loves, is working for a new day.criminal, and is completely alone. Safe to say, the quiet, serious Cook of series 7 is a far cry from his jovial and brash beginnings in series 3.
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* BromanticFoil: With Freddie

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* CoolKidAndLoserFriendship: His relationship with Cook and Freddie comes across as this.



* {{Antihero}}: Initially appeared as a Type V, but was eventually revealed to be more of a Type I.

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* {{Antihero}}: Initially appeared as a Type V, SociopathicHero, but was eventually revealed to be more of a Type I.ClassicalAnti-Hero.



** JerkWithAHeartOfGold

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** JerkWithAHeartOfGoldJerkWithAHeartOfGold: His interactions with the girls hint to the fact that Cook can be very sweet guy
** JerkassWoobie

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* ScrewySquirrel: In Season 1. He honestly believes that his messing with others' lives makes them interesting and is mildly surprised that his victims don't share this opinion.



* {{Gayngst}}: Notably averted. Maxxie's open homosexuality isn't a problem for him, his family or friends. It's Anwar who has to get over the issue, not Maxxie.
* TheHeart: He's (with possible exception of Chris) the nicest, most caring and (with no exceptions) emotionally stable member of the group. It's especially evident in the second season when he [[spoiler:takes care of Tony]].



* PluckyGirl: The list of the actions she was willing to undertake to get to Maxxie includes: stalking, an elaborate plan of hijacking a school play with poisoning an innocent and getting a teacher fired by falsely accusing him of sexual abuse, more stalking and screwing Maxxie's best friend. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And some tire slashing]] in the supplementary materials. She's a very dark example, but you have to give it to her, the girl has determination.

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* PluckyGirl: The list of the actions she was willing to undertake to get to Maxxie includes: stalking, breaking into his house and ''spending the entire night under his bed'', an elaborate plan of hijacking a school play with poisoning an innocent and getting a teacher fired by falsely accusing him of sexual abuse, abuse on the way, more stalking and screwing Maxxie's best friend. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And some tire slashing]] in the supplementary materials. She's a very dark example, but you have to give it to her, the girl has determination.



* ButtMonkey: Especially Tony loves having jokes at his expense.




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* SirSwearsALot: His parenting life isn't too easy and he isn't taking it well.



* PapaWolf: Supportive of his son's open homosexuality and ready to give the local bullies a run.




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* MistakenForCheating: By Chris and Jal who probably remained convinced that she had given Tony a blow-job.
* ParentalSubstitute: To a degree to Tony when he was a kid and [[spoiler:after the accident]].

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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Creepy and completely ignores...

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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Creepy Creepy, slightly unhinged and completely ignores...



* KickTheSonOfABitch: Falsely claiming that her drama teacher molested her was obviously inexcusable, but the guy was kind of an arsehole, denied her the role not because of any principles but because he thought she was ugly and actually had molested a student (Michelle, who admittedly viewed it with annoyance rather than being traumatized).
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Everyone except her mother refers to her as "Sketch" and her actual first name comes up only once. Her last name is never mentioned.
* PluckyGirl: The list of the actions she was willing to undertake to get to Maxxie includes: stalking, an elaborate plan of hijacking a school play with poisoning an innocent and getting a teacher fired by falsely accusing him of sexual abuse, more stalking and screwing Maxxie's best friend. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And some tire slashing]] in the supplementary materials. She's a very dark example, but you have to give it to her, the girl has determination.



* VillainousCrossdresser: Downplayed. She's trying to make herself look "as close to a boy as you can get" for Maxxie but no-one would be fooled.



* BigSisterBully: In Season 3.
* CoolBigSis: After her CharacterDevelopment she becomes this to Emily and James.



* KnightTemplarParent: On a holy war with Emily's sexual orientation.




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* StepfordSmiler: Tries really hard to be this, especially regarding Emily's homosexuality. The facade breaks in Katie's fourth season's episode when [[spoiler:it's revealed that her husband's ruined the family financially]].



* BumblingDad

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* BumblingDadBumblingDad: He's nicer than his wife, but pathetically incompetent, to the point when he [[spoiler:financially ruins his family and breaks his kid's arm in one episode]].
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* * MoralityPet: Is one to Effy, to a certain extent.

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* * MoralityPet: Is one to Effy, to a certain extent.

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* MoralityPet: Is one to her brother Tony. Even his own girlfriend believes Effy is the only person he truly cares about.






* AloofDarkHairedGirl



* FallenPrincess

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* FallenPrincessFallenPrincess: Effy appears to have everything: she’s beautiful, is popular yet mysterious, and has a cool brother to boot. Doesn’t keep her away from love issues, suffering thanks to her screwed-up family or [[spoiler: her own mental issues]].



* TheRunaway: Runs away from home with Cook for a while. It seems to be a mix of The Attention Seeking Runaway and The Vagrant Runaway types.



* UnkemptBeauty

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* UnkemptBeauty
UnkemptBeauty: She still looks pretty after getting high in a forest and running away from home for days.



* AscendedExtra: Was a minor character in Series 2; now a part of the main cast.

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* AscendedExtra: Was a minor character in Series 2; now a is part of the main cast.cast in the Second Generation.


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* * MoralityPet: Is one to Effy, to a certain extent.
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* {{Inferiority Superiority Complex}} When his father threatens to melt his face off with a with a flare spouting "I'll do it, I don't give a f**k! (IE about you)", Cook simply replies "neither do I", illustrating that Cook in fact has an extremely low self worth in contrast to the grandiouse self worth he gives off to the world.

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* {{Inferiority Superiority Complex}} InferioritySuperiorityComplex: When his father threatens to melt his face off with a with a flare spouting "I'll do it, I don't give a f**k! (IE about you)", fuck!" [IE "about you"], Cook simply replies "neither do I", illustrating that Cook in fact has an extremely low self worth in contrast to the grandiouse grandiose self worth he gives off to the world.
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* {{Inferiority Superiority Complex}} When his father threatens to melt his face off with a with a flare spouting "I'll do it, I don't give a f**k! (IE about you)" Cook simply replies "neither do I" illustrating that Cook in fact has an extremely low self worth in contrast to the grandiouse self worth he gives off to the world

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* {{Inferiority Superiority Complex}} When his father threatens to melt his face off with a with a flare spouting "I'll do it, I don't give a f**k! (IE about you)" you)", Cook simply replies "neither do I" I", illustrating that Cook in fact has an extremely low self worth in contrast to the grandiouse self worth he gives off to the worldworld.
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* {{Inferiority Superiority Complex}} When his father threatens to melt his face off with a with a flare spouting "I'll do it, I don't give a f**k! (IE about you)" Cook simply replies "neither do I" illustrating that Cook in fact has an extremely low self worth in contrast to the grandiouse self worth he gives off to the world

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* ForgetsToEat: As part of her anorexia, Cassie refuses to eat.


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* WeightWoe: Cassie suffers from anorexia nervosa and starvs herself in order to get thin.
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* SelfHarm: Although never shown, it's mentioned in her season two episode.
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-->Played by: Douglas Hodge

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-->Played by: Douglas Hodge
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For a dead character to be considered Killed Off For Real it cannot be simply any death; it must be one that under normal circumstances for the setting and genre could have been reversed, undone or revealed to be some sort of trick. If it\'s a setting with All Deaths Final, this never comes into play — remember that permanent death is Like Reality Unless Noted. Consequently, most realistic or mundane works do not provide examples of this trope.


* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]



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* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]
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* TheWestCountry: Has a strong West Country accent and lives on a farm.

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* TheWestCountry: UsefulNotes/TheWestCountry: Has a strong West Country accent and lives on a farm.

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* KarmaHoudini: As far as is known about him.
** [[spoiler: KarmicDeath: Cook ''did'' kill him. He gets killed by his victim's best friend and also one of Effy's suitors. Justice sometime exists.]]

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* KarmaHoudini: As far as is known about him.
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* KarmicDeath: Cook ''did'' [[spoiler:Cook did kill him. He gets killed by his victim's best friend and also one of Effy's suitors. Justice sometime exists.]]
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* TheMessiah: Appears that way at times during Season 1, especially in her "Unseen Skins" episode. She definitely isn't one in Season 2, however.



* TheMessiah: He loves everyone and everything [[spoiler: as Jal lampshades in her speech at his funeral.]]
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Is based on DavidCameron, there's even a photo of him with David Cameron in one episode [[TakeThat which he vomits his sandwich onto.]]

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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Is based on DavidCameron, UsefulNotes/DavidCameron, there's even a photo of him with David Cameron in one episode [[TakeThat which he vomits his sandwich onto.]]
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* KarmaHoudini: It seems like karma has finally caught up with him when he accepts responsibility for his actions (and Naomi's) and goes to prison. He breaks out two episodes later ForTheLulz, continues to evade the authorities, and the series closes on him, walking away scot free into the sun rising over a new day.
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** [[spoiler: KarmicDeath: Cook ''did'' kill him. He gets killed by his victim's best firend and also one of Effy's suitors. Justice sometime exists.]]

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** [[spoiler: KarmicDeath: Cook ''did'' kill him. He gets killed by his victim's best firend friend and also one of Effy's suitors. Justice sometime exists.]]
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* [[spoiler: BatterUp]]: How he [[spoiler: kills Freddie]].
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* ButtMonkey: Oh so very much, just like in earlier seasons. Even during the otherwise dramatic event of exposing his wife's cheating, the poor guy makes an idiot of himself, [[MistakenForGay mistaking his coworker's love confession to Anthea as one directed to him]].

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* ButtMonkey: Oh so very much, just like in earlier seasons. Even during the otherwise dramatic event of exposing his wife's cheating, the poor guy makes an idiot of himself, [[MistakenForGay mistaking his coworker's love confession to Anthea as one directed to him]].



* MyGirlIsA Slut: Or 'My ''Daughter'' Is A Slut'. And it makes mommy so damn proud. [[spoiler:She isn't.]]

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* MyGirlIsA Slut: MyGirlIsASlut: Or 'My ''Daughter'' Is A Slut'. And it makes mommy so damn proud. [[spoiler:She isn't.]]

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* ButtMonkey: Oh so very much, just like in earlier seasons. Even during the otherwise dramatic event of exposing his wife's cheating, the poor guy makes an idiot of himself, [[MistakenForGay mistaking his coworker's love confession to Anthea as one directed to him]].



* {{Hypocrite}}: That heartwarming story about how she felt love for her unborn child and refused to give it up despite bad circumstances? Shelley doesn't seem to notice the parallel once [[spoiler:Mini gets pregnant and wants to keep the baby]].
* [[LikeFatherLikeSon Like Mother, Like Daughter]]:
** She seems to mistakenly think so about herself and Mini, at one point even stating, they're like mirror reflections of each others (her daughter in response [[BrutalHonesty harshly tells her not to flatter herself]]). In a cruel twist, they really ''do'' look like that in the final scene of Mini's Season Three episode when they [[spoiler:meet during a "walk of shame" after Mini sleeps with Nick]]. Shelley looks smug. Mini looks heartbroken.
** Played straight in Season Four when Mini [[spoiler:gets pregnant and refuses to give up her daughter despite the pressure, mirroring the story of Shelley's own unwanted pregnancy with Mini]].
* MyGirlIsA Slut: Or 'My ''Daughter'' Is A Slut'. And it makes mommy so damn proud. [[spoiler:She isn't.]]
* ParentsAsPeople: Extremely so. The good thing about her is that she sincerely loves Mini and tries to warn her about [[spoiler:her father being untrustworthy]]. But otherwise, she is a terrible role model, creates a really uncomfortable home environment for her adolescent daughter and feeds her FamilyUnfriendlyAesops about relationships (which contributes to Mini [[spoiler:being ashamed of being a virgin, feeling pressured to have sex with Nick, fearing he'd leave her if she doesn't, finally giving in and feeling horrible about it afterwards]]), and being a huge {{Hypocrite}}.




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* MouthyKid: She's rather opinionated about her older sister's behavior and doesn't hesitate to give the latter a piece of her mind.
* WhatTheHellHero: Gives a good one to Liv in the latter's episode in the third season.


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* JerkAss


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* DirtyCoward
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* HotMom



* HotMom



* HotMom: What she considers herself to be.
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* TheAggressiveDrugDealer


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* HiddenDepths: He shows a surprising amount of skill on the clarinet.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Chris Addison was Ollie in TheThickOfIt

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* HeyItsThatGuy: Chris Addison was Ollie in TheThickOfIt''Series/TheThickOfIt''
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* ClusterFBomb: Often speaks in these. He's [[TheThickOfIt Malcolm Tucker]], what do you expect?

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* ClusterFBomb: Often speaks in these. He's [[TheThickOfIt [[Series/TheThickOfIt Malcolm Tucker]], what do you expect?
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Strange Girl is a disambiguation now, so it\'s not a trope anymore.


* StrangeGirl
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* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Well, fairly light blonde.

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* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Well, fairly light blonde.

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