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* Malcolm forming an analogy from a popular film franchise:
-->'''Malcolm:''' What's that film you love?
-->'''Ollie:''' What film?
-->'''Malcolm:''' The one about the hairdresser. The space hairdresser and the cowboy...the guy, he's got a tinfoil pal and a pedalbin...his father's a robot and he's fucking fucked his sister...Lego, they're all made of fucking lego.
-->'''Ollie:''' Star Wars?
-->'''Malcolm:''' That's the one!
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**Particularly as, in the scene where Olly finds Malcolm in the cafe, the magazine under Olly's arm has a picture of Batman and "The Dark Knight Rises" on the cover.
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* And in the first episode, Peter Mannion's press conference about App-Britain. CringeComedy at its finest.
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* The entirety of the '[[ItMakesSenseInContext Quiet Batpeople]]' debacle in the first episode of Series 4.

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* The entirety of the '[[ItMakesSenseInContext Quiet Batpeople]]' debacle in the first second episode of Series 4.
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* The entirety of the '[[ItMakesSenseInContext Quiet Batpeople]]' debacle in the first episode of Series 4.
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* Malcolm describing Adsm Boulton as a "male Sandi Toksvig with a glandular complaint".

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* Malcolm describing Adsm Adam Boulton as a "male Sandi Toksvig with a glandular complaint".
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* Malcolm describing Adsm Boulton as a "male Sandi Toksvig with a glandular complaint".
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** Even better, when one of his profane emails is given a lookover, his PA replies "Seems fine to me".

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Changed the layout a bit, I feel this is neater and having rise after the main ones makes more sense.


From ''Rise of the Nutters'':
* Ben Swain's ''Newsnight'' interview.
** "The cameramen are laughing."
* Jamie sitting next to Nicholson in the meeting and spending the next five minutes [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything fellating his pen]] for Malcolm's amusement.
* Pearson making Peter Mannion try on a suit and the horror that is Peter's un-tucked shirt.

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From ''Rise of the Nutters'':
* Ben Swain's ''Newsnight'' interview.
** "The cameramen are laughing."
* Jamie sitting next to Nicholson in the meeting and spending the next five minutes [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything fellating his pen]] for Malcolm's amusement.
* Pearson making Peter Mannion try on a suit and the horror that is Peter's un-tucked shirt.

[[WMG: From ''The Thick of It'' proper:
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[[WMG: From ''Rise of the Nutters'':]]
* Ben Swain's ''Newsnight'' interview.
** "The cameramen are laughing."
* Jamie sitting next to Nicholson in the meeting and spending the next five minutes [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything fellating his pen]] for Malcolm's amusement.
* Pearson making Peter Mannion try on a suit and the horror that is Peter's un-tucked shirt.

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From ''The Missing [=DoSAC=] Files'':
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* Any time we get to witness Malcolm's GirlyRun.




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* Any time we get to witness Malcolm's GirlyRun.






* Ollie's smear campaign against Peter Mannion, which is so piss-poor that Malcolm asks Mannion himself for some contributions. Responses include "Got pissed with Black Rod and took a slash on the Queen's tiara (not a euphenism)".

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* Ollie's smear campaign against Peter Mannion, which is so piss-poor that Malcolm asks Mannion himself for some contributions. Responses include "Got pissed with Black Rod and took a slash on the Queen's tiara (not a euphenism)".euphemism)".

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* Jamie sitting next to Nicholson in the meeting and spending the next five minutes [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything fellating his pen]] for Malcolm's amusement.




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* Nicola making a break for the Fourth Sector launch that Ben is bombing, and Malcolm [[GirlyRun girly-running]] after her screaming at the top of his lungs.
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*The food fight that ensues when Jamie discovers Julius has been leaking information.
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* Ollie's smear campaign against Peter Maniion, which is so piss-poor that Malcolm asks Mannion himself for some contributions. Responses include "Got pissed with Black Rod and took a slash on the Queen's tiara (not a euphenism".

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* Ollie's smear campaign against Peter Maniion, Mannion, which is so piss-poor that Malcolm asks Mannion himself for some contributions. Responses include "Got pissed with Black Rod and took a slash on the Queen's tiara (not a euphenism".euphenism)".
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* Ollie's smear campaign against Peter Maniion, which is so piss-poor that Malcolm asks Mannion himself for some contributions. Responses include "Got pissed with Black Rod and took a slash on the Queen's tiara (not a euphenism".
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* ([=S02E06=], the diary fiasco and Hugh lying to a Select Committee)
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-->'''Malcolm:''' Yeah, but ''they're on to you''!

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-->'''Malcolm:''' Yeah, but ''they're on to you''!
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-->'''Hugh:''' Well, I lied to the Select Committee. It's like lying to the House.
-->'''Malcolm:''' Yeah, I know, but if she doesn't know then it doesn't matter, Hugh.
-->'''Terri:''' Excuse me, but I really can't be fielding calls right now. I have got a lot of lines to learn. It's Claire Ballentine's office -- they want departmental diaries from the last twelve weeks.
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-->'''Malcolm:''' ''Hugh'', go and get Ollie and Glenn in here! This is really serious. You have ''lied'' to a Select Committee.
-->'''Hugh:''' I told you that!
-->'''Malcolm:''' But that's like lying to the House!
-->'''Hugh:''' That's what I said.
-->'''Malcolm:''' Yeah, but ''they're on to you''!
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** And the emails from Malcolm making fun of him for it.


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* Malcolm's (obviously) obscenity-laden responses to various emails that annoy him, and his PA's subsequent cleaned versions.
* The end of the book, with [[spoiler:Malcolm being blackmailed with the titular missing files by the mysterious 'Paul.' Within a few days 'Paul' has been found, set up, arrested, and later convicted for "gross indecency" mainly focusing on doing disgusting things with lost property.]] Don't fuck with Tuck...er.

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* Malcolm's response to being asked not to swear is hysterical: "I'm really sorry, you won't hear any more swearing from us, YOU MASSIVE GAY SHITE! Fuck off!"
* "You take the piss out of Al Jolson again and I will remove your iPod from its tiny nano-sheath and push it up your cock! Then I'll put some speakers up your arse and put it on shuffle with my fucking fist. And every time I hear something that I don't like, which will be every time that something comes on, I will skip to the next track by crushing your balls!"
* Three words: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99CZHHgAOy8 Catastrophic. Erectile. Dysfuntion.]]



* The picture from Jamie's "Summer of Shame"

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* The picture from Jamie's "Summer of Shame"Shame".



** "Tucker took in the pleading eyes of the PM. He scanned the room. He wasn't one for mucking about. Ever. His big brain made the decision in superfast time and before he knew it his lips were saying the words he knew they were going to say"

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** "Tucker took in the pleading eyes of the PM. He scanned the room. He wasn't one for mucking about. Ever. His big brain made the decision in superfast time and before he knew it his lips were saying the words he knew they were going to say"say."









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** "Tucker took in the pleading eyes of the PM. He scanned the room. He wasn't one for mucking about. Ever. His big brain made the decision in superfast time and before he knew it his lips were saying the words he knew they were going to say"
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* The photo spread featuring Malcolm shooting lasers from his eyes and his head 'shopped on the body of JamesBond and the "10 Facts About Malcolm Tucker" are both hilarious and practically MemeticBadass [[AscendedMeme ascended]].



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* The photo spread featuring Malcolm shooting lasers from his eyes and his head 'shopped on the body of JamesBond JamesBond, and the "10 Facts About Malcolm Tucker" Tucker", are both hilarious and practically MemeticBadass [[AscendedMeme ascended]].


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In the best traditions of farce and satire, ''TheThickOfIt'' relies on situations characterized by ever-aggregating absurdity, making it difficult to point to particular timecodes that turn the funny UpToEleven. But there are a few unforgettable moments:

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In the best traditions of farce and satire, ''TheThickOfIt'' relies on situations characterized by ever-aggregating absurdity, making it difficult to point to particular timecodes exact time codes that turn the funny UpToEleven. But there are a few unforgettable moments:
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* Malcolm soliciting a hack to write a self-insert thriller called ''Ticker Time''. [[StylisticSuck The sample the man sends him.]]

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* Malcolm soliciting a hack to write a self-insert [[HerCodeNameWasMarySue self-insert]] thriller called ''Ticker Time''. [[StylisticSuck The sample the man sends him.]]
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* The photo spread featuring Malcolm shooting lasers from his eyes and his head 'shopped on the body of JamesBond, and the "10 Facts about Malcolm Tucker" are both hilarious and practically MemeticBadass [[AscendedMeme ascended]].



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* The photo spread featuring Malcolm shooting lasers from his eyes and his head 'shopped on the body of JamesBond, JamesBond and the "10 Facts about About Malcolm Tucker" are both hilarious and practically MemeticBadass [[AscendedMeme ascended]].


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\n\n\n* The photo spread featuring Malcolm shooting lasers from his eyes and his head 'shopped on the body of JamesBond, and the "10 Facts about Malcolm Tucker" are both hilarious and practically MemeticBadass [[AscendedMeme ascended]].


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** And Malcolm's reply, scribbled on the manuscript while drunk: "We need to feel Mike's pain more. He should drill the druggie with regret. With a noble sadness for the greater good of the people. Remember, later on we're going to find out the drug head was working for the CIA and Mike has his Hour of Darkness."

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** And Malcolm's reply, scribbled on the manuscript while apparently drunk: "We need to feel Mike's pain more. He should drill the druggie with regret. With a noble sadness for the greater good of the people. Remember, later on we're going to find out the drug head was working for the CIA and Mike has his Hour of Darkness."

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\n\n\nFrom ''The Missing [=DoSAC=] Files'':

* The picture from Jamie's "Summer of Shame"
* Malcolm soliciting a hack to write a self-insert thriller called ''Ticker Time''. [[StylisticSuck The sample the man sends him.]]
** And Malcolm's reply, scribbled on the manuscript while drunk: "We need to feel Mike's pain more. He should drill the druggie with regret. With a noble sadness for the greater good of the people. Remember, later on we're going to find out the drug head was working for the CIA and Mike has his Hour of Darkness."
*** "This is all fine, up to a point. Not as good as what I said, but it'll do. But I reckon it needs something arty up top. Something about a cloud? Cloud's look like - butter? Or sheep? [='The clouds that morning looked like buttery sheep and Mike had a bone-on like a yew tree.'=]"
** And Malcolm's reply while ''sober'': "Robbie you're fired. I've read this all back sober and it's fucking pish. You never wrote as good as I talked. Goodbye, forever. M"




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\n\n\n\n\n* Malcolm's cake iced with "Happy Birthday C*nt", and the serious way he muses, "This could be from anyone."




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