History Recap / BottomGas

* RiddleForTheAges: When you realise that Mr. Rottweiler seems like a rather violent chap who has presumably had cause to be annoyed with Richie and Eddie in the past, you can't help but wonder how they were able to set up their siphon equipment in his kitchen the first place.

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: {{Lampshaded}}. When the duo's scheme results in them breaking into the next door neighbour's flat to turn the gas off and Richie ends up in bed with the man, Richie questions why they didn't just pay their gas bill.

* BigEater: Eddie gets distracted from the task of disconnecting the gas pipe by the food in Mr. Rottweiler's fridge. He ends up eating most of it, and looks noticeably heavier for the rest of the episode. Although curiosity, given Eddie's [[TheAlcoholic alcoholism]], he doesn't go for the beer.

* DistractedByTheSexy: Well, by the sex. Their way into Mr. Rottweiler's flat takes them past his bedroom window, so naturally they stop to watch him and his girlfriend doing it. Later on, Richie can 't resist taking a peek under the covers at Rottweiler's girlfriend, only to end up in bed with both of them.

* ASimplePlan: Richie and Eddie have been stealing from the neighbour's gas line; now they have to come up with a way to disconnect it without getting caught... the kitchen explodes into a fireball in the process.
-->'''Richie:''' What the bloody hell are you doing!?\\
'''Eddie:''' ...Just thought I'd burn it off.\\

* NoodleIncident: When you realise that Mr. Rottweiler seems like a rather violent chap who has presumably had cause to be annoyed with Richie and Eddie in the past, you can't help but wonder how they were able to set up their siphon equipment in his kitchen the first place.

* AmbiguousSituation: If Mr. Rottweiler was the neighbour who complained about having too large a gas bill, how come the gas man didn't go to see him first?
** He's just the guy who reads the meter. The higher-ups at the gas board may have just sent him to read everyone's meters so they'd have some up-to-date information on who's using how much gas in the building. If so, they probably just didn't tell him who made the initial complaint.

* {{Calvinball}}: Eddie's version is the card game 'One Card Slam' in which Eddie turns over a single card and demands twelve quid from Richie. Since Richie knows nothing about card games (to the extent of not spotting Eddie's ''five'' king poker hand) this works very well for Eddie.

** He's just the guy who reads the meter. The higher-ups at the gas board may have just sent him to read the meters so they'd have some up-to-date information on who's using how much gas in the building. If so, they probably just didn't tell him who made the initial complaint.

The gas episode. The two have been stealing gas from their neighbour, and a man from the gas board has called out to investigate. When he notices that the meter is running precisely zero, the two try to stop him from checking next door's. He eventually leaves and two attempt to break into next door, a task made more complicated by the fact that their neighbour, Mr. Rottweiler, is having a romantic evening with his girlfriend.

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: {{Lampshaded}}. When the duo's scheme results in them breaking into the next door neighbour's flat to turn the gas off and Richie ending up in bed with the man, Richie questions why they didn't just pay their gas bill.

They manage to get inside, and Eddie takes out the illegal gas pipeline they connected to next door's mains, which results in an explosion.

* CaptainOblivious: Both Mr. Rottweiler and his girlfriend sleep through Richie and Eddie breaking into their bedroom by smashing a hole in the wall with a sledgehammer. Rottweiler has also failed to notice the gas syphon in his kitchen, what with the gas board only sending someone round to investigate after someone (him, presumably) complained about the bill.

* CaptainOblivious: Both Mr. Rottweiler and his girlfriend sleep through Richie and Eddie breaking into their bedroom by smashing a hole in the wall with a sledgehammer.

* FiveAcesCheater: Eddie, whose poker hand consists of five kings. Fortunately for him, Richie (who has himself tried to cheat by hiding various cards hidden about his person) has no idea of the actual rules.

The gas episode. The two have been stealing gas from their neighbour, and a man from the gas board been called out to investigate. When he notices that the meter is running precisely zero, the two try to stop him from checking next door's. He eventually leaves and two attempt to break into next door, a task made more complicated by the fact that their neighbour, Mr. Rottweiler, is having a romantic evening with his girlfriend.

* AmusingInjuries: The duo hit the gas-man over the head repeatedly with a frying pan and punch him, then (when they think he is dead) proceed to punch him some more, inflate him with a bicycle pump ("How does he look?" "Fatter."), electrocute him with wires, stick a fork in his groin after deciding to try eating him, jump up and down on top of him to flatten him down underneath the carpet and are then about to toss him out of the window on top of a bus when he wakes up, alive and well.