History Recap / BirdsOfAFeatherS4E4WipeThatSmileOffYourTape

** Sharon puts on a posh voice in her dating video, and Tracey does the same to mock her.

* ChekhovsGun: A video of Dorien is included at the end of Sharon's dating tape. When Jimmy comes to pick up Sharon for a date, he mistakes Dorien for her thanks to the clip and takes her instead.

* ConcertEpisode: Sharon is taken to a Rolling Stones concert by Mike in the latter half of the episode. The only problem is he's only was utilizing ExactWords when he stated that he had a Backstage pass.

** Tracey and Darryl once saw ''Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}'' back in 1976 due to Darryl building a conservatory for one of the roadies, who was eventually arrested for growing cannabis in it.

** Garth gets tickets to see ''Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}'', while Sharon and Mike get backstage passes. Specific mentions to band members include Dorien mentioning Bill Wyman fancied her, Mike lying that he's friends with Music/KeithRichards and Sharon catching a sweaty towel from Music/MickJagger.

** Mike compares Dalentrace to [[Music/ElvisPresley Elvis']] house.
** Garth makes a play-on-words about the ''Milky Bar'' kid.
** Mike gives Garth tickets and claims that they are for ''Music/GunsNRoses''.

* SpeechImpediment: Jimmy has a terrible stutter.

** Sharon mentions she's sick of dating men who look like members of ''Music/ThePogues''.

** Mike makes a joke about [[Music/MichaelJackson Michael Jackson's]] old face going up for auction.
** Garth tells Mike the tickets he sold him were as genuine as [[Music/EltonJohn Elton John's]] hair.
** Garth is disgusted when Mike gives him tickets to an ''Amsterdam'' concert.

* VomitDiscretionShot: A man at ''Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}'' concert runs off-screen to vomit.

** Tracey and Darryl once saw ''Music/TheRollingStones'' back in 1976 due to Darryl building a conservatory for one of the roadies, who was eventually arrested for growing cannabis in it.

** Garth gets tickets to see ''Music/TheRollingStones'', while Sharon and Mike get backstage passes. Specific mentions to band members include Dorien mentioning Bill Wyman fancied her, Mike lying that he's friends with Music/KeithRichards and Sharon catching a sweaty towel from Music/MickJagger.

* VomitDiscretionShot: A man at ''Music/TheRollingStones'' concert runs off-screen to vomit.

* OneSteveLimit: This episode contains another mention of a Dave in the series after Sharon's ex-boyfriend Dave from "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS1E3Shift Shift]]", "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS1E4WomensTroubles Women's Troubles]]" and "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS3E3BabyComeBack Baby Come Back]]", a David from "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherCS2FallingInLoveAgain Falling in Love Again]]", an unseen character called Straight Dave from "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS3E9FavourOfTheMonth Favour of the Month]]".

* OneSteveLimit: This episode contains another mention of a Dave in the series after Sharon's ex-boyfriend Dave from "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS1E3Shift Shift]]", "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS1E4WomensTroubles Women's Troubles]]" and "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS3E3BabyComeBack Baby Come Back]]" and a unseen character called Straight Dave from "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS3E9FavourOfTheMonth Favour of the Month]]".

** Tracey briefly mentions UsefulNotes/McDonalds when she's mad at Sharon lying about her achievements.

** Mike mentions ''Sotheby's''.

* OneSteveLimit: This episode contains another mention of a Dave in the series after Sharon's ex-boyfriend Dave from "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS1E3Shift Shift]]", "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS1E4WomensTroubles Women's Troubles]]" and "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS3E3BabyComeBack Baby Come Back]]".

* ProductPlacement:
** Tracey asks Sharon if Mike'll take her to The Crown.
** Mike promises Sharon they'll be drinking ''Jack Daniels'' with ''Music/TheRollingStones''.
** The buffet at the concert has ''Pot Noodle''.
** Jimmy offers to take Sharon to La Toque.

-->-- '''Tracey Stubbs''' mocking '''Dorien Green''' for her over-active sex life.

-->'''Dorien''': I wonder what this button does? Ah! Red light's come on, what does that mean?
-->'''Tracey''': You're open for business?

** Tracey mentions [[Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs Hannibal Lector]] had a nice smile.

* HandsomeLech: Mike is one which disgusts Tracey, but turns on Sharon.

** Sharon once answered an ad from an Creator/ArnoldSchwartzenegger lookalike looking for a yuppie sex goddess, only for it to end up being Chris looking for a bit on the side.

* OneSteveLimit: This episode contains the second mention of a Dave in the series after Sharon's ex-boyfriend Dave from "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS1E3Shift Shift]]", "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS1E4WomensTroubles Women's Troubles]]" and "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS3E3BabyComeBack Baby Come Back]]".
* ProductPlacement: Tracey briefly mentions UsefulNotes/McDonalds when she's mad at Sharon lying about her achievements.

** Jimmy Bond is as the name suggests, named for Franchise/JamesBond.
* TakeOurWordForIt: Dorien wearing a pink catsuit on the television. All we see are the girl's reactions to it.
* TakeThat: Tracey briefly comments that Sharon's lies make the Sunday Sport look like ''Literature/TheBible''.

* FictionalDocument: Tracey is seen reading from the fictional newspaper ''The Chigwell Shopper'' at the start of the episode.

* NoodleIncident: Tracey and Darryl once saw ''Music/TheRollingStones'' back in 1976 due to Darryl building a conservatory for one of the roadies, who was eventually arrested for growing cannabis in it.

* TakeThat: Tracey briefly comments that Sharon's lies make the Sunday Sport look like Literature/TheBible.

* AlliterativeName: Sharon calls herself a '''S'''exy '''S'''corpio when she's being filmed.

* VerbalTic: Jimmy has a tendency to stammer on some of his words, leading the characters to think he was about to say something different from what he was about to say.

* ProductPlacement: Tracey briefly mentions [=McDonalds=] when she's mad at Sharon lying about her achievements.

* NoodleIncident: Tracey and Darryl once saw Music/TheRollingStones back in 1976 due to Darryl building a conservatory for one of the Roadies. He was eventually arrested for growing cannabis in it.

* FictionalDocument: Tracey is seen reading from the fictional newspaper "The Chigwell Shopper" at the start of the episode.

Sharon joins a video-dating agency, and Dorien shoots the tape - on which Sharon lies outrageously about her status, claiming that she runs a catering empire. She ends up getting tapes from two potential suitors: Mike, who's apparently quite 'big in the leisure industry', and Jimmy, a nervous flying instructor who's got a stammer.

* TheNameIsBondJamesBond: James introduces himself this way on his tape.

* PunBasedTitle: The title is a reference to the idiom "Wipe That Smile Off Your Face".
* RunningGag: The girls keep thinking that James is about to say something during his stammers which turns out to be different from what he actually intends to say.

** When Sharon reappears after sending off the tapes, she calls Sharon "[[Film/SexLiesAndVideotape Sex, Thighs, and Video Tape]]".
** James Bond is as the name suggests, named for Franchise/JamesBond.

* VerbalTic: James has a tendency to stammer on some of his words, leading the characters to think he was about to say something different from what he was about to say.

* EmbarassingSlide: As it turns out, the contents of the tape that was used by Sharon were not wiped beforehand, leading to the girls viewing Dorien wearing a pink catsuit.

* TheNamesIsBondJamesBond: James introduces himself this way on his tape.

* EmbarassingSlides: As it turns out, the contents of the tape that was used by Sharon were not wiped beforehand, leading to the girls viewing Dorien wearing a pink catsuit.

* TheNamesBondJamesBond: James introduces himself this way on his tape.