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* ISeeDeadPeople: A tangent in the episode involves Gary relaying an anecdote of them visiting a spiritualist service while slightly drunk, and how he admits that they'll be impressed at their cold reading, if nothing else, but gets deeply underwhelmed at the results.

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* ISeeDeadPeople: A tangent in the episode involves Gary relaying an anecdote of them visiting a spiritualist service while slightly drunk, and how he admits that they'll he'd be impressed at their the spiritualist's cold reading, if nothing else, but gets deeply underwhelmed at the results.results.
-->'''Gary:''' It was... shit! I can't put it any different, it was shit!
-->'''Matt:''' I was expecting any other word there.
-->'''Gary:''' I walked in, I thought, "OK, I'm... you know, there's lots of older ladies in there." And I thought, well, as the new bloke in the room, if he wants to show off, he's gonna pick on me. Because he could... specif- you know I'd had a few. I thought, I was open to anything, if he could pick something out that he doesn't know, I'll be genuinely impressed, if nothing else, at his skill in cold reading. He just stood there, and this is a mill town in the north of England, right, and goes, "Now, I'm getting the vision of someone... who worked... in a factory. Maybe on some kind of cloth... machine?"
-->''[Chris starts chuckling]''
--> '''Gary:''' "They were called... Edith." And at one point, someone would go, "Oh, yeah! Yeah, that's my sister's friend, when I was younger." That far away, a link! "Now, he's saying something about money." I mean, ''I'' could do this shit! "Is there a problem with..." There was one where he said something like, "Is there a problem with a child?" And she's kinda like, "No!" "Erm, oh the readings are very fuzzy from the other side. Is there a problem with children or young people at all?" "No." "It's for the future!"
-->''[Gary and Matt burst out laughing]''
-->'''Tom:''' Oh, yes! And that's how you do it!
-->'''Gary:''' At that point, I gave an audible ''HA!'' from the back. It was ''terrible. I'' could do it. Stand in front of a room, say some old people's names, and if you get it wrong, just go, "Oh, it'll make sense one day," and carry on.
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* FileMixup: Tom netioning that Camille was both an astronomer and Sci-Fi writer. Gary then proposes this setup:

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* FileMixup: Tom netioning mentioning that Camille was both an astronomer and Sci-Fi writer. Gary then proposes this setup:
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The crew discuss Backpackers Xpress while also insulting backpackers.

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The crew discuss Backpackers Xpress the eccentricity of Camille Flammarion, while also insulting backpackers.
Matt goes all northern.



* TheManBehindTheMan: PlayedForLaughs: Matt is how the world gets sorted, and Matt briefly mimes asking NASA to put narrowboats on Mars.

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* TheManBehindTheMan: PlayedForLaughs: Matt is apparently how all the world gets sorted, and Matt briefly mimes asking NASA to put narrowboats on Mars.
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The crew discuss Backpackers Xpress while also insulting backpackers.

Article of Conversation: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camille_Flammarion Camille Flammarion]]

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* FileMixup: Tom netioning that Camille was both an astronomer and Sci-Fi writer. Gary then proposes this setup:
-->'''Gary:''' ''"I have a manuscript here of my important scientific work! And my one here about men with bumfaces from Venus! But they both went to the same printer on the same day in the same envelope!"''
* ISeeDeadPeople: A tangent in the episode involves Gary relaying an anecdote of them visiting a spiritualist service while slightly drunk, and how he admits that they'll be impressed at their cold reading, if nothing else, but gets deeply underwhelmed at the results.
* TheManBehindTheMan: PlayedForLaughs: Matt is how the world gets sorted, and Matt briefly mimes asking NASA to put narrowboats on Mars.
* RunningGag: France being the subject of their teasing, again:
-->'''Gary:''' ''"The wheel spins, and it lands on France"''
-->'''Chris:''' ''"Again. The wheel is 50% France!"''
* ShoutOut: To both Charles Darwin and Creator/RudyardKipling.
* ToiletHumor: Matt suggests the movement Flammarion was a part of was a bowel movement, something Tom is annoyed about so much he asks Christ to "save us" from the jokes.
* VerbalBackspace: Tom when mentioning the canals on Mars:
-->'''Tom:''' ''"There are two possible explanations for the canals-"''
-->'''Gary:''' ''"One; they're canals..."''
-->'''Tom:''' ''"There are three... but one that was definitely wrong!"''
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