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-->'''Sharon''': Oh, Gregory! You've broken the bed! ({{Beat}}) Don't look so please wi' yaself. It's old, it didn' take much.
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-->'''Sharon''': Oh, Gregory! You've broken the bed! ({{Beat}}) Don't look so please pleased wi' yaself. It's old, it didn' take much.
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** Sharon's latest fling is called Gregory, and there was a OneShotCharacter Greg in "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherCS2FallingInLoveAgain Falling in Love Again]]".
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* StoryArc: This episode sets up Tracey and Sharon becoming cleaners for the rest of the series' original run.
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* CarpetOfVirility: In a GenderInverted version, Sharon claims to have a hairy chest, which is a sign that she's the man of the house (although when called out by Tracey, she claims that "it's only a few", making it a subversion as well.
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* CarpetOfVirility: In a GenderInverted version, Sharon claims to have a hairy chest, which is a sign that she's the man of the house (although when called out by Tracey, she claims that "it's only a few", making it a subversion as well.well).
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* CampGay: Gary, who helps Dorien pick out her dress for the party, claims other men are pigs and has several Creator/JudyGarland CDs.
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* CampGay: Gary, who helps Dorien pick out her dress for the party, claims other men are pigs and has several Creator/JudyGarland CDs.[=CDs=].
** Janice Hogger, a girl who didn't want Sharon at her birthday party back in the day.
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* OneSteveLimit: Gary shares his name with a OneShotCharacter in "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS1E6Substitute Subsititute]]", a OneShotCharacter in "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS2E4Muesli Museli]]" and two unseen affairs of Dorien in "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS4E9TimeAndTides Time and Tides]]".
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* OneSteveLimit: OneSteveLimit:
** Gary shares his name with a OneShotCharacter in "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS1E6Substitute Subsititute]]", a OneShotCharacter in "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS2E4Muesli Museli]]" and two unseen affairs of Dorien in "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS4E9TimeAndTides Time andTides]]". Tides]]".
** Sharon calls a girl called Janice Hogger, who shares her name with a OneShotCharacter in "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherCS3WellAlwaysHaveMajorca We'll Always Have Majorca]]".
** Gary shares his name with a OneShotCharacter in "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS1E6Substitute Subsititute]]", a OneShotCharacter in "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS2E4Muesli Museli]]" and two unseen affairs of Dorien in "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS4E9TimeAndTides Time and
** Sharon calls a girl called Janice Hogger, who shares her name with a OneShotCharacter in "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherCS3WellAlwaysHaveMajorca We'll Always Have Majorca]]".
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** Gary bets his Creator/JudyGarland CDs that Dorien will look amazing at her party.
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** Gary bets his Creator/JudyGarland CDs [=CDs=] that Dorien will look amazing at her party.
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** The dynamic between Sharon and Tracey becomes very similar to this once Sharon gets a job at the abattoir, with Sharon treating Tracey like dirt. Tracey theorizes that Sharon got this from the poor treatment that Chris gave her.
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** The dynamic between Sharon and Tracey becomes very similar to this once Sharon gets a job at the abattoir, with Sharon treating Tracey like dirt. Tracey theorizes that Sharon got this from the poor treatment that Chris gave her.
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* CampGay: Gary, who helps Dorien pick out her dress for the party and claims other men are pigs.
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* CampGay: Gary, who helps Dorien pick out her dress for the party and party, claims other men are pigs.pigs and has several Creator/JudyGarland CDs.
* GratuitousFrench: Dorien complains about Tracey and Sharon mucking up her flat's "raison d'être".
* HorribleHousing: Tracey remarks that if she left Sharon she'd have to live in a horrible, rat-infested B&B.
* HorribleHousing: Tracey remarks that if she left Sharon she'd have to live in a horrible, rat-infested B&B.
-->'''Sharon''': Maybe its part of this minimalist kick - she's cut down on 'er mates as well.
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* SexlessMarriage: Sharon remarks she and Tracey are more like a married couple than an actual married couple as they actually sleep together (Sharon had to sleep in Tracey's bed after she broke her own).
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* SexlessMarriage: SexlessMarriage:
** Sharon remarks she and Tracey are more like a married couple than an actual married couple as they actually sleep together (Sharon had to sleep in Tracey's bed after she broke herown).own).
** Dorien blames Marcus' parents for hers:
--->'''Dorien''': Marcus certainly took after his. I once asked his mother if she'd ever had an orgasm, she said exotic fruit gave her diarrhea.
* ShoutOut:
** Gary claims he could've never been like Gazza due to how his father raised him.
** Dorien thinks Gary is complimenting her when helping her find a dress:
--->'''Gary''': Creator/JenniferAniston-
--->'''Dorien''': D'you think so?
--->''''Gary''': ...would look great in that frock.
** Gary bets his Creator/JudyGarland CDs that Dorien will look amazing at her party.
** Sharon remarks she and Tracey are more like a married couple than an actual married couple as they actually sleep together (Sharon had to sleep in Tracey's bed after she broke her
** Dorien blames Marcus' parents for hers:
--->'''Dorien''': Marcus certainly took after his. I once asked his mother if she'd ever had an orgasm, she said exotic fruit gave her diarrhea.
* ShoutOut:
** Gary claims he could've never been like Gazza due to how his father raised him.
** Dorien thinks Gary is complimenting her when helping her find a dress:
--->'''Gary''': Creator/JenniferAniston-
--->'''Dorien''': D'you think so?
--->''''Gary''': ...would look great in that frock.
** Gary bets his Creator/JudyGarland CDs that Dorien will look amazing at her party.
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-->'''Sharon''': Oh, Gregory! You've broken the bed! ({{Beat}}) Don't look so please wi' yaself, it's old, it didn' take much.
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-->'''Sharon''': Oh, Gregory! You've broken the bed! ({{Beat}}) Don't look so please wi' yaself, it's yaself. It's old, it didn' take much.
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* CampGay: Gary, who helps Dorien pick out her dress for the party.
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* CampGay: Gary, who helps Dorien pick out her dress for the party.party and claims other men are pigs.
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-->'''Dorien''':
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->'''Garth''': Err, excuse me. Can I just remind that there is a pair of testicles cooking you two dinner?
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->'''Garth''': Err, excuse Ah, eh, e'cuse me. Can Ah, can I just remind point out that there is there's actually a pair of o' testicles cooking standin' 'ere cookin' you two dinner?
-->-- '''Garth Stubbs''' interrupting Tracey and Sharon's argument of who is the man of the house.
-->-- '''Garth Stubbs''' interrupting Tracey and Sharon's argument of who is the man of the house.
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* DestructoNookie: Sharon manages to destroy her bed after a passionate night of sex with Gregory.
-->'''Sharon''': Oh, Gregory! You've broken the bed! ({{Beat}}) Don't look so please wi' yaself, it's old, it didn' take much.
-->'''Sharon''': Oh, Gregory! You've broken the bed! ({{Beat}}) Don't look so please wi' yaself, it's old, it didn' take much.
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* DestructoNookie: Sharon manages to destroy CampGay: Gary, who helps Dorien pick out her bed after a passionate night of sex with Gregory.
-->'''Sharon''': Oh, Gregory! You've brokendress for the bed! ({{Beat}}) Don't look so please wi' yaself, it's old, it didn' take much.party.
-->'''Sharon''': Oh, Gregory! You've broken
* ContinuityNod: When Tracey tells Gary about Darryl and Chris' imprisonment she mentions it was for armed robbery, before correcting herself that that was [[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS1E1Nicked the first time]] and now they've been done for [[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS7E5Porridge embezzling and handling stolen money]].
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-->'''Tracey''':
-->'''Dorien''':
-->'''Dorien''':
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-->'''Dorien''': Well yeah, she could infect whole herds.
* DestructoNookie: Sharon manages to destroy her bed after a passionate night of sex with Gregory.
-->'''Sharon''': Oh, Gregory! You've broken the bed! ({{Beat}}) Don't look so please wi' yaself, it's old, it didn' take much.
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* ExiledToTheCouch: Tracey makes Sharon go to the couch after she spends way too long out with her new mates and forgets to call her.
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* ExiledToTheCouch: Tracey makes Sharon go to the couch sofa after she spends way too long out with her new mates and forgets to call her.
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* ImmediateSelfContradiction: Tracey declares herself a vegetarian, then gives up once Garth gives her some venison and ham.
-->'''Tracey''': Stuff it. Lentils could never taste that good.
-->'''Tracey''': Stuff it. Lentils could never taste that good.
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* ReallyGetsAround: Tracey calls Dorien out for this:
-->'''Dorien''':
-->'''Tracey''': Whereas you just sleep with 'em.
* RichBitch: Gary claims these are the only people he works for.
-->'''Dorien''':
-->'''Tracey''': Whereas you just sleep with 'em.
* RichBitch: Gary claims these are the only people he works for.
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* SeriesContinuityError:
** Sharon claims she is the one to get the spiders out of the bath, despite "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS5E8MindOverMatter Mind Over Matter]]" establishing that Sharon is terrified of spiders while Tracey loves them enough to adopt one as a pet.
** Tracey mentions Darryl and Chris' [[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS7E5Porridge second imprisonment was due to embezzlement and handling stolen money]]. While the embezzling was true, the money wasn't stolen, but actually CounterfeitCash.
* SexlessMarriage: Sharon remarks she and Tracey are more like a married couple than an actual married couple as they actually sleep together (Sharon had to sleep in Tracey's bed after she broke her own).
** Sharon claims she is the one to get the spiders out of the bath, despite "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS5E8MindOverMatter Mind Over Matter]]" establishing that Sharon is terrified of spiders while Tracey loves them enough to adopt one as a pet.
** Tracey mentions Darryl and Chris' [[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS7E5Porridge second imprisonment was due to embezzlement and handling stolen money]]. While the embezzling was true, the money wasn't stolen, but actually CounterfeitCash.
* SexlessMarriage: Sharon remarks she and Tracey are more like a married couple than an actual married couple as they actually sleep together (Sharon had to sleep in Tracey's bed after she broke her own).
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->'''Garth''': Err, excuse me. Can I just remind that there is a pair of testicles cooking you two dinner?
* Date First Aired: 05/01/1998
* Date First Aired: 05/01/1998
-->'''Sharon''': Oh, Gregory! You've broken the bed! ({{Beat}}) Don't look so please wi' yaself, it's old, it didn' take much.
* DeadpanSnarker: Dorien has one notable moment after she and Tracey learn about Sharon's job at the abattoir:
-->'''Tracey''':
-->'''Dorien''':
-->'''Tracey''':
-->'''Dorien''':
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** Mrs. Williams, Dorien's old cleaner who she is trying to replace.
-->'''Sharon''': Before Little Sharon's born-
-->'''Tracey''': You wish!
-->'''Tracey''': You wish!
* PosthumousCharacter: Mrs. Williams, Dorien's old cleaner who she is trying to replace.
* RightThroughTheWall: Sharon and Gregory's DestructoNookie wakes up Tracey.
* SarcasmBlind: When Dorien asks Garth for exotic food for her party, she doesn't realise he's being sarcastic and gets excited at the thoughts of eating endangered species.
-->'''Garth''': Well how far d'you want me to go? Diced giant ''panda'' on sticks?
-->'''Dorien''': Ooh, now you're talking.
-->'''Garth''': They're an endangered species.
-->'''Dorien''': Isn't it exhilarating? Can white rhino be frittered?
* RightThroughTheWall: Sharon and Gregory's DestructoNookie wakes up Tracey.
* SarcasmBlind: When Dorien asks Garth for exotic food for her party, she doesn't realise he's being sarcastic and gets excited at the thoughts of eating endangered species.
-->'''Garth''': Well how far d'you want me to go? Diced giant ''panda'' on sticks?
-->'''Dorien''': Ooh, now you're talking.
-->'''Garth''': They're an endangered species.
-->'''Dorien''': Isn't it exhilarating? Can white rhino be frittered?
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-->'''Tracey''': Go back to school? Yeah, you'd love that - bunking off and sticking new kids' heads down the toilet.
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-->'''Tracey''': Go back to school? Yeah, you'd love ''love'' that - bunking bunkin' off and sticking stickin' new kids' heads down the toilet.toilet.
* TakeThat: Dorien snaps that she won't be having trifle at her party because she's having it in Chigwell, not [[WesternAnimation/CamberwickGreen Trumpton]].
* TakeThat: Dorien snaps that she won't be having trifle at her party because she's having it in Chigwell, not [[WesternAnimation/CamberwickGreen Trumpton]].
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* AwfulMarriedLife: AwfulWeddedLife:
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* OneSteveLimit: Gary shares his name with an OneShotCharacter in "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS2E4Muesli Museli]]" and two unseen affairs of Dorien in "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS4E9TimeAndTides Time and Tides]]".
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* OneSteveLimit: Gary shares his name with an a OneShotCharacter in "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS1E6Substitute Subsititute]]", a OneShotCharacter in "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS2E4Muesli Museli]]" and two unseen affairs of Dorien in "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS4E9TimeAndTides Time and Tides]]".
* StatusQuoIsGod: Sharon begins working at an abattoir, but is unemployed again by the end of the episode.
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Tracey is not sleeping well - Sharon has broken the bed whilst in a relationship with a man named Gregory. Tracey is also worried about the money, seeing as their only income is from renting out Dalentrace. Sharon thus decides to get a job.
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Tracey is not sleeping doing well at the minute - Sharon has broken the bed whilst in a relationship with a man named Gregory. Tracey is also worried about the money, seeing as their only income is from renting out Dalentrace. Sharon thus decides to get a job.
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* Date First Aired: 05/01/1998
Tracey is not sleeping well - Sharon has broken the bed whilst in a relationship with a man named Gregory. Tracey is also worried about the money, seeing as their only income is from renting out Dalentrace. Sharon thus decides to get a job.
Meanwhile, Dorien is hosting a party to launch her debut as a newly single woman. However, Dorien needs a new cleaner and she suggests that Sharon take the job, although Sharon declines for now. After all, she's gotten a job in an abattoir. Soon, Sharon starts acting like the man of the house - namely watching sports and hanging out with the lads - and the relationship starts to resemble that of a dysfunctional husband-wife relationship. However, it all comes crashing down when Sharon is fired for stealing and is forced to take up Dorien's previous offer, with Tracey assisting. Dorien however is pleased with the results and suggests them keeping it up as a regular job, although it proves to be all for nothing as nobody comes to Dorien's party.
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!!Tropes in this episode:
* AffairHair: Tracey finds a hair on Sharon's shoulder and assumes that she's been seeing another woman behind her.
* ApologyGift: Sharon gives Tracey flowers when she's out too long with her new mates at the abattoir.
* AwfulMarriedLife:
** According to Gary, his father hated his mother and would spend his time hiding from them whilst playing show tunes.
** The dynamic between Sharon and Tracey becomes very similar to this once Sharon gets a job at the abattoir, with Sharon treating Tracey like dirt. Tracey theorizes that Sharon got this from the poor treatment that Chris gave her.
* BigEater: It's revealed that Tracey counts Sharon as being two mouths to feed.
* DestructoNookie: Sharon manages to destroy her bed after a passionate night of sex with Gregory.
* CarpetOfVirility: In a GenderInverted version, Sharon claims to have a hairy chest, which is a sign that she's the man of the house (although when called out by Tracey, she claims that "it's only a few", making it a subversion as well.
* DopeSlap: Tracey gives Sharon one after she heads out for night with her mates and forgets to call back.
* ExiledToTheCouch: Tracey makes Sharon go to the couch after she spends way too long out with her new mates and forgets to call her.
* TheGhost:
** Gregory, a man who Sharon has a night of bed-destroying sex with.
** Mrs. Williams, Dorien's old cleaner who she is trying to replace.
** Maureen, one of Sharon's new mates.
* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Tracey makes a comment on how Dorien only sees the kitchen as an alternative to the bedroom.
* NearAndDearBabyNaming: Sharon was apparently hoping that Tracey name the new child after her, although Tracey really doesn't want to.
* NewJobEpisode: Sharon gets a job working at an abattoir, although she is fired by the episode's end.
* OffscreenCrash: The actual act of Sharon destroying the bed occurs completely off-screen.
* OneOfTheBoys: Sharon starts to act more stereotypically male as the episode goes on, hanging out with the lads, watching football, and acting more like the husband in her and Tracey's relationship.
* OnePersonBirthdayParty: A variation - the only people who go to Dorien's new party are the sisters, much to the sadness of Dorien.
* OneShotCharacter: Gary.
* OneSteveLimit: Gary shares his name with an OneShotCharacter in "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS2E4Muesli Museli]]" and two unseen affairs of Dorien in "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS4E9TimeAndTides Time and Tides]]".
* SickeningSlaughterhouse: Sharon gets a job at an abattoir and is quickly disgusted by it. Within a day, she ends up covered in blood, with the studio audience groaning in disgust when she mentions the blood getting under her nails. Tracey herself takes this viewpoint as well, describing it as "gruesome".
* StealingFromTheTill: Sharon is fired from her new job for trying to steal the meat she was supposed to handle as part of it.
* {{Swirlie}}: Tracey snarks that if Sharon takes a college course, all she'll do is dunk kids' heads down the toilet.
-->'''Sharon''': Maybe I could do a college course?
-->'''Tracey''': Go back to school? Yeah, you'd love that - bunking off and sticking new kids' heads down the toilet.
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Tracey is not sleeping well - Sharon has broken the bed whilst in a relationship with a man named Gregory. Tracey is also worried about the money, seeing as their only income is from renting out Dalentrace. Sharon thus decides to get a job.
Meanwhile, Dorien is hosting a party to launch her debut as a newly single woman. However, Dorien needs a new cleaner and she suggests that Sharon take the job, although Sharon declines for now. After all, she's gotten a job in an abattoir. Soon, Sharon starts acting like the man of the house - namely watching sports and hanging out with the lads - and the relationship starts to resemble that of a dysfunctional husband-wife relationship. However, it all comes crashing down when Sharon is fired for stealing and is forced to take up Dorien's previous offer, with Tracey assisting. Dorien however is pleased with the results and suggests them keeping it up as a regular job, although it proves to be all for nothing as nobody comes to Dorien's party.
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!!Tropes in this episode:
* AffairHair: Tracey finds a hair on Sharon's shoulder and assumes that she's been seeing another woman behind her.
* ApologyGift: Sharon gives Tracey flowers when she's out too long with her new mates at the abattoir.
* AwfulMarriedLife:
** According to Gary, his father hated his mother and would spend his time hiding from them whilst playing show tunes.
** The dynamic between Sharon and Tracey becomes very similar to this once Sharon gets a job at the abattoir, with Sharon treating Tracey like dirt. Tracey theorizes that Sharon got this from the poor treatment that Chris gave her.
* BigEater: It's revealed that Tracey counts Sharon as being two mouths to feed.
* DestructoNookie: Sharon manages to destroy her bed after a passionate night of sex with Gregory.
* CarpetOfVirility: In a GenderInverted version, Sharon claims to have a hairy chest, which is a sign that she's the man of the house (although when called out by Tracey, she claims that "it's only a few", making it a subversion as well.
* DopeSlap: Tracey gives Sharon one after she heads out for night with her mates and forgets to call back.
* ExiledToTheCouch: Tracey makes Sharon go to the couch after she spends way too long out with her new mates and forgets to call her.
* TheGhost:
** Gregory, a man who Sharon has a night of bed-destroying sex with.
** Mrs. Williams, Dorien's old cleaner who she is trying to replace.
** Maureen, one of Sharon's new mates.
* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Tracey makes a comment on how Dorien only sees the kitchen as an alternative to the bedroom.
* NearAndDearBabyNaming: Sharon was apparently hoping that Tracey name the new child after her, although Tracey really doesn't want to.
* NewJobEpisode: Sharon gets a job working at an abattoir, although she is fired by the episode's end.
* OffscreenCrash: The actual act of Sharon destroying the bed occurs completely off-screen.
* OneOfTheBoys: Sharon starts to act more stereotypically male as the episode goes on, hanging out with the lads, watching football, and acting more like the husband in her and Tracey's relationship.
* OnePersonBirthdayParty: A variation - the only people who go to Dorien's new party are the sisters, much to the sadness of Dorien.
* OneShotCharacter: Gary.
* OneSteveLimit: Gary shares his name with an OneShotCharacter in "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS2E4Muesli Museli]]" and two unseen affairs of Dorien in "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS4E9TimeAndTides Time and Tides]]".
* SickeningSlaughterhouse: Sharon gets a job at an abattoir and is quickly disgusted by it. Within a day, she ends up covered in blood, with the studio audience groaning in disgust when she mentions the blood getting under her nails. Tracey herself takes this viewpoint as well, describing it as "gruesome".
* StealingFromTheTill: Sharon is fired from her new job for trying to steal the meat she was supposed to handle as part of it.
* {{Swirlie}}: Tracey snarks that if Sharon takes a college course, all she'll do is dunk kids' heads down the toilet.
-->'''Sharon''': Maybe I could do a college course?
-->'''Tracey''': Go back to school? Yeah, you'd love that - bunking off and sticking new kids' heads down the toilet.
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