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* After recalling how Patsy was injured after getting tangled in Bettina and Max's home decorations, consisting of bars suspended by wires, Saffron delivers an insult.
-->'''Patsy''': I should've sued. I was cut to ribbons, I was scarred for life.\\
'''Saffy''': Extraordinary how it managed to hit you in exactly the same place behind each ear.
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* Patsy eagerly following Saffy's attractive friend Danny upstairs as he leaves.
* Later on, it's implied that Patsy successfully seduced him.
-->'''Eddie''': I'll ask Patsy, shall I? (dials phone) Oh, Danny, is Patsy there? Okay. Pats. Darling.
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*Saffron delivering a HurricaneOfPuns as insults to Patsy when she considers enlarging her lips with collagen.
-->'''Patsy:''' Darling, darling, do you think it's time for a bit of- you know- bit of collagen?\\
'''Saffy:''' It'd take more than collagen to fill your face.\\
'''Patsy:''' Just a little plumping...\\
'''Saffy:''' How many whales will have to die to fill those crevices?\\
'''Eddie:''' Oh shoosh, sweetheart.\\
'''Patsy:''' Just a little filling!\\
'''Saffy:''' Call out the whaling fleet, they might not be able to cope with the demand.\\
'''Eddie:''' Shoosh, sweetheart, just a little... filler!\\
'''Saffy:''' Mountaineers have died falling into shallower ravines than your wrinkles!
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* Bubble being completely oblivious as to who or what Minnie Driver is.
-->'''Bubble''': Is it a dwarf?
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* Eddie and Patsy's defence in court regarding the crimes they did that day, including driving while drunk and shoplifting.
-->'''Patsy''': My name is Patsy Stone and I'm an alcoholic. And what she did was an act of humanitarian mercy.\\
'''Judge''': That is hardly a reason for stealing a crate of champagne.
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* In a flashback to Edina's birth, Mother is showing no signs of pain whatsoever from the childbirth and looks as though she's patiently having her toenails painted.
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* Eddie's dream in the hospital while under anesthetic, featuring Patsy and family being played by different actors as idealized versions of them.
** Patsy played by Mandy Rice-Davies telling Eddie she looks beautiful.
** Saffy played by Helena Bonham-Carter, wearing a Lacroix at last and tells Eddie she won't go to university and instead bum around Europe experimenting on drugs as she always wanted.
** Justin played by Richard E. Grant telling Eddie he was never gay, and just used that as an excuse as he would never find another woman that could replace her.
** The Nurse played by Suzi Quatro playing a song for her.
** Gran played by Germaine Greer.
** Also Lady Penelope from Thunderbirds is present.
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* Eddie and Patsy stuck on the airport baggage carousel.
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* During the party, Yoko Ono appears via video link, only she's standing much too close to the camera.
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* Patsy cosmetically enlarging her lips a little too much.
-->'''Minnie Driver''': First rule, mouth should be smaller than face.
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* Bubble reacting to the news that Elton John will be attending their party by randomly bursting out a chant from the Lion King. Eddie and Patsy glare at her in shock.

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-->'''Nurse:''' (holding nozzle like a gun) Any last words?

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-->'''Nurse:''' (holding -->'''Nurse''' ''(holding nozzle like a gun) gun)'': Any last words?words?
* Patsy being rude to customers at the upper class store Jeremy's.
-->'''Patsy''' (to a customer that just set off an alarm): You can't come in, you're too fat. Get out.
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* The snarky nurse from season 2 returning in season 5 to give Eddie a spray tan.
-->'''Nurse:''' (holding nozzle like a gun) Any last words?
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* Patsy's reaction when she enrages Saffy enough for her to slap her has to be [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9NNSZAeZP8 seen]] to be believed.
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* Eddie and Patsy arriving at a funeral, drunk out of their minds, and both of them fall into open graves.
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* When Edie and company are frantically running around Saffy's university campus looking for her room before she starts playing the raunchy sex tape accidentally switched with her presentation, there's this exchange between their acquaintances.
-->'''David:''' What are we looking for?\\
'''Christopher:''' Oh I don't know, we're just caught up in the drama! Run!
* Gran repeatedly mistaking drag queen David for Patsy.
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* Saffron's play "Self Raising Flower" in season 4. Highlights include the actress playing Edina being unsure whether it was a tragedy or comedy before settling on comedy, Patsy being played by a man, and Edina and Patsy in the audience thoroughly enjoying it. Also Bubble's facial expressions.
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* In the next moment they take a look at the contents of the magazine.
-->'''Edina''': Oh my god, look at that, look at that, wait, don't look at that...\\
'''Saffron''': It's disgusting, that is ''so'' degrading to women!\\
'''Patsy''': What do you mean? ''She's'' got the whip.
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'''Edina:''' '''''[[BigYes YES!!!]]'''''

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'''Edina:''' '''''[[BigYes YES!!!]]'''''YES!!!]]'''''
* In the episode White Box, the scene of the now clinically insane minimalist interior designer Bettina and her ex-husband Max renovating the kitchen.
-->'''Bettina''' (pointing to last remaining table): I want that out!\\
'''Max:''' We can't get it out!\\
'''Bettina:''' Why?!\\
'''Max:''' Because you've taken out the stairs!\\
(Edina enters the scene falling into the empty stairway)
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* Eddie and Saffron finally raid the unseen Serge's locked bedroom to find something, and accidentally come across Serge's hidden PornStash. When they start leafing through the stack of Playboys...

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* Eddie and Saffron finally raid the unseen Serge's locked bedroom to find something, and accidentally come across Serge's hidden PornStash. When they start leafing through the stack of Playboys...Pornographic magazines called Razzle...
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'''Edina:''' She’s dead!\\

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'''Edina:''' She’s dead!\\''She’s dead!''\\
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-->'''Patsy:''' Great news!\\

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-->'''Patsy:''' Great Edie, great news!\\
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'''Edina:''' '''''[[BigYes YES!!!]]''''' She’s blind!

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'''Edina:''' '''''[[BigYes YES!!!]]''''' She’s blind!YES!!!]]'''''
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'''Edina:''' '''''[[BigYes YES!!!]''''' She’s blind!

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'''Edina:''' '''''[[BigYes YES!!!]''''' YES!!!]]''''' She’s blind!
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'''Patsy:''' No... she’s ''blind''.

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'''Patsy:''' No... she’s ''blind''.\\
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-->'''Saffron''': Oh for GOD'S SAKE that roach isn't properly rolled tight!

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-->'''Saffron''': Oh for GOD'S SAKE that roach isn't properly rolled tight!tight!
* In the episode “Fat”, this DarkHumor exchange regarding Penny, an old acquaintance who used to mock Edina for her weight.
-->'''Patsy:''' Great news!\\
'''Edina:''' (''gasps'') She’s fat.\\
'''Patsy:''' No, no, no. Better than that!\\
'''Edina:''' She’s dead!\\
'''Patsy:''' No... she’s ''blind''.
'''Edina:''' '''''[[BigYes YES!!!]''''' She’s blind!

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* Saffron, finding out [[spoiler:Patsy was in the kitchen when it caught on fire.]] "She inhaled our kitchen!"

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* Saffron, finding out [[spoiler:Patsy Patsy was in the kitchen when it caught on fire.]] fire. "She inhaled our kitchen!"
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* Edina's outrageously childish tantrum when told she can't come to Saffron's college open day.
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-->'''Saffron''': Oh for GOD'S SAKE that joint isn't properly rolled tight!

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-->'''Saffron''': Oh for GOD'S SAKE that joint roach isn't properly rolled tight!
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* Saffron, finding out [[spoiler:Patsy was in the kitchen when it caught on fire.]] "She inhaled our kitchen!"
* Eddie and Saffron finally raid the unseen Serge's locked bedroom to find something, and accidentally come across Serge's hidden PornStash. When they start leafing through the stack of Playboys...
-->'''Patsy''': What year?\\
'''Saffron''': 1972.\\
'''Patsy''' (more urgently): WHAT MONTH?!
* When Saffron finally flees to the safety of the university dorms, she's horrified by the rank amateurs at partying she's surrounded herself with.
-->'''Saffron''': Oh for GOD'S SAKE that joint isn't properly rolled tight!

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