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** Dorien calls herself a cross between Claire Rayner and ''Dyno-Rod''.

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** Dorien calls herself a cross between Claire Rayner and ''Dyno-Rod''.Dyno-Rod.



** Dorien mentions the ''[=RSPCA=]''.

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** Dorien mentions the ''[=RSPCA=]''.[=RSPCA=].
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* ProductPlacement:
** Sharon mentions going to the Mencap shop.
** Sharon and Mark go to the Abbey Court Hotel together.
** Sharon mentions getting her blouse from the Mencap shop from the High Street.
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** Sharon mentions going to the Mencap shop.
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-->-- '''Sharon Theodopolopodous''' telling Mark about how she left her husband Chris in prison.
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-->'''Sharon''': Mmm, two weeks in Chigwell. Must be every teenager's dream.

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-->'''Sharon''': --->'''Sharon''': Mmm, two weeks in Chigwell. Must be every teenager's dream.



-->'''Dorien''': How? Where would I find someone the same shape?

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-->'''Dorien''': --->'''Dorien''': How? Where would I find someone the same shape?
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-->'''Sharon''': No we couldn't get him out, so we decided to do the next best thing. ({{Beat}}) Let him rot.

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-->'''Sharon''': ->'''Sharon''': No we couldn't get him out, so we decided to do the next best thing. ({{Beat}}) Let him rot.
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** Dorien mentions the ''[=RSPCA=]''.
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** Sharon and Mark crack jokes about Creator/BrigitteNielsen after her plastic surgery.

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** Sharon and Mark crack jokes about finding bits of Creator/BrigitteNielsen after her plastic surgery.

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-->'''Sharon''': No we couldn't get him out, so we decided to do the next best thing. ({{Beat}}) Let him rot.



* AccidentalMisnaming: Mark can't pronounce Theodopolopodous.
-->'''Mark''': But there was no miscarriage of justice? No "Free Christopher Theo-puh-lotta-potta-dopodous" effort?
* AmusingInjuries: Sharon falls off a horse.
* ApronMatron: Mark's domineering mother who embarrasses him in front of Sharon.



* ContinuityNod: Tracey mentions she hasn't seen Garth since "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS3E3BabyComeBack Baby Come Back]]".
* DeadpanSnarker:
** Sharon throughout the first scene.
-->'''Sharon''': Mmm, two weeks in Chigwell. Must be every teenager's dream.
** Dorien when Sharon asks her why she didn't get her horse riding clothes that fit.
-->'''Dorien''': How? Where would I find someone the same shape?
* FeudEpisode: Tracey and Sharon have a falling out because Sharon is keeping secrets from Tracey.
* {{Malaproper}}: Tracey mixes up bigot and baguette.



* OneShotCharacter: Mark and Sophie.



* ShoutOut: Sharon notes that she's hardly Series/ToTheManorBorn material.

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* ShoutOut: PullTheThread: Sharon notes lies that she's hardly Series/ToTheManorBorn material.
been out looking for work, so Tracey asks what jobs she's been looking for which makes Sharon instantly change the subject.
* ShoutOut:
** Sharon mentions Creator/JimmySavile.
** Sharon makes a remark comparing Tracey to ComicBook/{{Superman}}.
** Dorien calls herself a cross between Claire Rayner and ''Dyno-Rod''.
** Sharon remarks they'll have to do a reverse [[Film/MyFairLady Eliza Doolittle]] on Garth to stop him talking posh.
** Mark and his mother look forward to watching Creator/DavidAttenborough talk about penguins.
* StaircaseTumble: Sharon tells Tracey she's lucky she didn't throw her down the stairs.
* SlobsVsSnobs: Tracey worries that Garth's friends will pick on him for being common.
* TakeThat:
** Sharon and Mark crack jokes about Creator/BrigitteNielsen after her plastic surgery.
** Sharon thinks all prime ministers are maggots.
* YourDoorWasOpen: How Dorien makes her usual entrance, although she tries to justify it this time.
-->'''Dorien''': I did tap on the door but I couldn't compete, I've never had a particularly vulgar knock.

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* NoodleIncident:
** A brief mention is made of Chigwell going out of Quarantine.
** Sharon once fell off a donkey at Southend.

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* NoodleIncident:
** A brief mention is made of Chigwell going out of Quarantine.
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NoodleIncident: Sharon once fell off a donkey at Southend.



* OneWordTitle: The name of the episode is simply "Schooling".
* ProductPlacement: Sharon mentions getting her blouse from the ''Mencap'' shop from the High Street.

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* OneWordTitle: The name title of the episode is simply "Schooling".
* ProductPlacement: ProductPlacement:
** Sharon and Mark go to the Abbey Court Hotel together.
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Sharon mentions getting her blouse from the ''Mencap'' Mencap shop from the High Street.
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* Date First Aired: 09/11/1991

Sharon is warning Tracey that her son will become a "mummy's boy" if she ain't careful. On top of this, Sharon has also taken to dressing up and going out a lot, claiming that she is heading out for job interviews. In fact, she is having lunch with the upper-class Mark and they're now on their sixth date. However, her hopes of happiness are dashed when discovering Mark is actually an overgrown kid controlled by his mother.

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* AppealToFlattery: Garth complements Sharon's figure in a bid to get maggots for his fishing trip.
* MyBelovedSmother:
** Sharon warns Tracey that she is at risk of becoming this when Tracey gets annoyed at Garth for his social life.
** Mark's mother, who's fairly controlling of Mark and bosses him as if he were a child.
* NoodleIncident:
** A brief mention is made of Chigwell going out of Quarantine.
** Sharon once fell off a donkey at Southend.
* OhWaitThisIsMyGroceryList: Mark accidentally initially gives Sharon a brochure for Auntie Ruby's 5-Star Cattery instead of the intended romantic getaway (Abbey Court Hotel) that Mark wanted.
* OneWordTitle: The name of the episode is simply "Schooling".
* ProductPlacement: Sharon mentions getting her blouse from the ''Mencap'' shop from the High Street.
* ShoutOut: Sharon notes that she's hardly Series/ToTheManorBorn material.

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