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* IDoNotDrinkWine: Varney mentions he doesn't drink alcohol. He also describes himself as a "flexitarian" because he only eats meat once a month.
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* IDoNotDrinkWine: Varney mentions he doesn't drink alcohol. He also describes himself as a "flexitarian" because he only eats meat once a month. Then on Night 3 he mentions that Dobson died a month ago.
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** Thompson used to patrol Hampstead Heath, the hunting ground of the newly risen Lucy in {{Literature/Dracula}}.
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* TheBadGuyWins: Varney drinks Thompson's blood and the episode ends with him [[BreakingTheFourthWall gloating to the audience]] about how he'll live forever.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Varney begins and ends the episode talking to the audience.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Varney begins and ends the episode talking to the audience.
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* KarmaHoudini: According to Thompson, the person who killed his last partner was never caught. It turns out to be Varney, who kills him at the end of the episode and gets away with it again.
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* NotWhatItLooksLike: Varney and Thompson use hand-warming sachets which they have to shake around to activate. Thompson comments that this would look [[ADateWithRosiePalms pretty strange]] to anyone watching them from outside the car.
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* NotWhatItLooksLike: Varney and Thompson use hand-warming sachets which they have to shake around to activate. Thompson comments that this would look [[ADateWithRosiePalms pretty strange]] strange to anyone watching them from outside the car.
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* TheHunterBecomesTheHunted: Thompson spends most of the episode hunting for the person who murdered his previous partner. And the ending inverts who is actually hunting who. Ironically, he was sitting next to him the whole time.
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* TheHunterBecomesTheHunted: Thompson spends most of the episode hunting for the person who murdered his previous partner. And the ending inverts who is actually hunting who.whom. Ironically, he was sitting next to him the whole time.
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* VampireEpisode: Yep, this is one. Although, as it's ''Inside No 9'', it doesn't involve any "regular" characters.
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* VampireTropes: A ton of them. (Not that you'll notice them until the end.)
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* BrickJoke: Varney constantly tells Thompson that he's concerned about his blood pressure while feeding him a variety of strange concoctions. He is...because he wants to drink it.
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* BrickJoke: Varney constantly tells Thompson that he's concerned about his blood pressure while feeding him a variety of strange concoctions. He is... because he wants to drink it.
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** Varney's attempts to feed nicer food to Thompson, which seems to be part of their bonding...until it turns out Varney always planned to feed on him.
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** Varney's attempts to feed nicer food to Thompson, which seems to be part of their bonding... until it turns out Varney always planned to feed on him.
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*** ...and [[NewMeat his new partner]] who [[OddCouple ruffles his feathers]] but [[BuddyCopShow ultimately earns his respect.]]
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*** ... and [[NewMeat his new partner]] who [[OddCouple ruffles his feathers]] but [[BuddyCopShow ultimately earns his respect.]]
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*** ...and his new partner who ruffles his feathers but ultimately earns his respect.
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*** ...and [[NewMeat his new partner partner]] who [[OddCouple ruffles his feathers feathers]] but [[BuddyCopShow ultimately earns his respect.]]
* FatteningTheVictim: ZigZagged. Initially Varney tries to ''improve'' Thompson's diet to lower his blood pressure. But on the last night he gets him a not-especially-healthy chai latte; either as a last meal, or as ''seasoning.''
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* IDoNotDrinkWine: Varney mentions he doesn't drink alcohol.
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* IDoNotDrinkWine: Varney mentions he doesn't drink alcohol. He also describes himself as a "flexitarian" because he only eats meat once a month.
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* RedHerring: The references to Thompson living above a butcher's shop, which led some to speculate that he was a cannibal or serial killer.
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* RedHerring: RedHerring:
** The references to Thompson living above a butcher's shop, which led some to speculate that he was a cannibal or serialkiller.killer.
** Varney asking rather abruptly whether Dobson was corrupt, making Thompson and the viewer suspect he's involved in an internal investigation. There's never a straightforward reason given for this, although he may have been looking for an angle to frame someone else for the murder he committed.
** The references to Thompson living above a butcher's shop, which led some to speculate that he was a cannibal or serial
** Varney asking rather abruptly whether Dobson was corrupt, making Thompson and the viewer suspect he's involved in an internal investigation. There's never a straightforward reason given for this, although he may have been looking for an angle to frame someone else for the murder he committed.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: Exploited by Varney. Thompson behaves like he's in a hard-bitten noir detective series, so he doesn't believe he's surrounded by vampires.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: WrongGenreSavvy:
** Exploited by Varney. Thompson behaves like he's in a hard-bitten noir detective series, so he doesn't believe he's surrounded byvampires.vampires.
** On a more meta level, it's invoked in Varney's narration, which discusses {{police procedural}} tropes and insists his story doesn't follow them. Well, it doesn't.
** Exploited by Varney. Thompson behaves like he's in a hard-bitten noir detective series, so he doesn't believe he's surrounded by
** On a more meta level, it's invoked in Varney's narration, which discusses {{police procedural}} tropes and insists his story doesn't follow them. Well, it doesn't.
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* RedHerring: The references to Thompson living above a butcher's shop, which led some to speculate that he was a cannibal or serial killer.
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* TheHunterBecomesTheHunted: Thompson spends most of the episode hunting for the person who murdered his previous partner. [[spoiler:And the ending inverts who is actually hunting who. Ironically, he was sitting next to him the whole time.]]
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* TheHunterBecomesTheHunted: Thompson spends most of the episode hunting for the person who murdered his previous partner. [[spoiler:And And the ending inverts who is actually hunting who. Ironically, he was sitting next to him the whole time.]]
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* TheHunterBecomesTheHunted: Thompson spends most of the episode hunting for the person who murdered his previous partner. And the ending inverts who is actually hunting who. Ironically, he was sitting next to him the whole time.
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* TheHunterBecomesTheHunted: Thompson spends most of the episode hunting for the person who murdered his previous partner. And [[spoiler:And the ending inverts who is actually hunting who. Ironically, he was sitting next to him the whole time.]]
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* MeaningfulName: Thompson's partner's name is Varney.
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* MeaningfulName: Thompson's partner's name is Varney.[[Literature/VarneyTheVampire Varney]].
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* TheHunterBecomesTheHunted: Thompson spends most of the episode hunting for the person who murdered his previous partner. And the ending inverts who is actually hunting who. Ironically, he was sitting next to him the whole time.
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* Meaningful Name: Thompson's partner's name is Varney.
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*** A more subtle one: They move with incredible speed (Varney takes down a perpetrator with a celerity that surprises Thompson.)
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* GenreMashup: Much of the runtime is dedicated to deceiving the viewer into thinking the episode is a straightforward police procedural (albeit within the [[BottleEpisode single location]] confines that define the show), complete with constant [[LampshadeHanging lampshading]] of various tropes associated with the genre. This is all a RedHerring to distract the viewer from the actual main genre conventions that are being fed to us: those of the ''vampire'' genre.
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* ShoutOut: Varney, as in ''Literature/VarneyTheVampire''.
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* ChekhovsGun: ''Many.'' The knife is ''not'' one, but the gun is that it's from the Victorian era and the vandalised grave, the fact that Varney avoids crossing the river even when it's the quickest route to the suspect, all count.
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* ChekhovsGun: ''Many.'' ''
** The knife is ''not'' one, but the gun is that it's from the Victorianera and the era.
** The vandalisedgrave, the grave.
** The fact that Varney avoids crossing the river even when it's the quickest route to thesuspect, all count.suspect.
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* DirtyCop: Thompson is painted to be one. He deceives his partner about the true nature of their stakeout and apparently stole a murder weapon from forensics. Ultimately, his motives turn out to be unselfish.
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* DirtyCop: DirtyCop:
** Thompson is painted to be one. He deceives his partner about the true nature of their stakeout and apparently stole a murder weapon from forensics. Ultimately, his motives turn out to beunselfish.unselfish.
** Thompson also suspects Varney of being one, citing the fact that nobody knows where he came from and he's asking a lot of questions about his partner's death. This is ultimately played with - Varney killed Thompson's partner, but it's never made clear if he fears getting caught, if he explicitly used his police powers to kill him, or if that's why he wants Thompson dead.
** Thompson is painted to be one. He deceives his partner about the true nature of their stakeout and apparently stole a murder weapon from forensics. Ultimately, his motives turn out to be
** Thompson also suspects Varney of being one, citing the fact that nobody knows where he came from and he's asking a lot of questions about his partner's death. This is ultimately played with - Varney killed Thompson's partner, but it's never made clear if he fears getting caught, if he explicitly used his police powers to kill him, or if that's why he wants Thompson dead.
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* TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf: That's the WhamShot that causes Thompson to realize Varney is actually a vampire, as he says - because he doesn't have a reflection in the car mirror.
* MissingReflection: See above, Varney is.
* MissingReflection: See above, Varney is.
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* TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf: MissingReflection: That's the WhamShot that causes Thompson to realize Varney is actually a vampire, as he says - because he doesn't have a reflection in the car mirror.
* MissingReflection: See above, Varney is.mirror.
* MissingReflection: See above, Varney is.
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* DangerTakesABackseat: Varney attacks Thompson from the backseat.
* DeadPartner: The story is set after such an incident with Thompson's previous partner. The opening scene deceivingly suggests this is gonna happen again to his new partner.
* DirtyCop: Thompson is painted to be one. He deceives his partner about the true nature of their stakeout and apparently stole a murder weapon from forensics. Ultimately, his motives turn out to be unselfish.
* DiscussedTrope: The two protagonists discuss the top five ...
** ... character tropes in police dramas:
*** The [[AutopsySnackTime quirky pathologist]].
*** The rookie cop who [[VomitingCop faints at his first autopsy]].
*** The [[DaChief grizzled boss who's really got a heart of gold]].
*** The [[IWorkAlone maverick loner]] who wants to solve OneLastJob before [[{{Retirony}} he retires]]...
*** ...and his new partner who ruffles his feathers but ultimately earns his respect.
** ... vampire tropes:
*** They [[WeakenedByTheLight sleep in the daytime]].
*** They CannotCrossRunningWater.
*** They MustBeInvited in.
*** They [[VampiresHateGarlic can't bear the smell of garlic]].
*** They [[MissingReflection cast no reflection]].
* DonutMessWithACop: The coffee variant. Thompson and Varney have to drink lots of it to stay awake during the night.
* DeadPartner: The story is set after such an incident with Thompson's previous partner. The opening scene deceivingly suggests this is gonna happen again to his new partner.
* DirtyCop: Thompson is painted to be one. He deceives his partner about the true nature of their stakeout and apparently stole a murder weapon from forensics. Ultimately, his motives turn out to be unselfish.
* DiscussedTrope: The two protagonists discuss the top five ...
** ... character tropes in police dramas:
*** The [[AutopsySnackTime quirky pathologist]].
*** The rookie cop who [[VomitingCop faints at his first autopsy]].
*** The [[DaChief grizzled boss who's really got a heart of gold]].
*** The [[IWorkAlone maverick loner]] who wants to solve OneLastJob before [[{{Retirony}} he retires]]...
*** ...and his new partner who ruffles his feathers but ultimately earns his respect.
** ... vampire tropes:
*** They [[WeakenedByTheLight sleep in the daytime]].
*** They CannotCrossRunningWater.
*** They MustBeInvited in.
*** They [[VampiresHateGarlic can't bear the smell of garlic]].
*** They [[MissingReflection cast no reflection]].
* DonutMessWithACop: The coffee variant. Thompson and Varney have to drink lots of it to stay awake during the night.
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* ExactWords: Varney gives many verbal clues as to who he really is, including "long in the tooth" and "dead to the world"
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* ExactWords: Varney gives many verbal clues as to who he really is, including "long in the tooth" and "dead to the world"world".
* FakeStatic: Thompson fakes connectivity problems when talking to MissionControl in order to buy them time to get to the actual stakeout location.
* ForegoneConclusion: Subverted. The HowWeGotHere opening heavily suggests that Thompson's [[DeadPartner new partner will be dead]] by the end of the episode. It goes differently.
* GrossUpCloseUp: The overlong close-up on Varney sucking blood from Thompson's neck.
* FakeStatic: Thompson fakes connectivity problems when talking to MissionControl in order to buy them time to get to the actual stakeout location.
* ForegoneConclusion: Subverted. The HowWeGotHere opening heavily suggests that Thompson's [[DeadPartner new partner will be dead]] by the end of the episode. It goes differently.
* GrossUpCloseUp: The overlong close-up on Varney sucking blood from Thompson's neck.
* OnscreenChapterTitles: The episode spans three nights of stakeouts, each of which is announced via on-screen text.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: Exploited by Varney. Thompson behaves like he's in a hard-bitten noir detective series, so he doesn't believe he's surrounded by vampires.
* VampireDetectiveSeries: Although only a single episode, and downplayed, because the vampirism doesn't seem to play directly into Varney's crime fighting except when it allows him to catch the killer that would otherwise have killed Thompson.
* VampireDetectiveSeries: Although only a single episode, and downplayed, because the vampirism doesn't seem to play directly into Varney's crime fighting except when it allows him to catch the killer that would otherwise have killed Thompson.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: Exploited by Varney. Thompson behaves like he's in a hard-bitten noir detective series, so he doesn't believe he's surrounded by vampires.
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* IDoNotDrinkWine: Varney mentions he doesn't drink alcohol.
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* PunBasedTitle: Once you know the twist.
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* NotWhatItLooksLike: Varney and Thompson use hand-warming sachets which they have to shake around to activate. Thompson comments that this would look [[ADateWithRosiePalms pretty strange]] to anyone watching them from outside the car.
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After the unsolved murder of his partner, [=PC=] Thompson (Steve Pemberton) is joined by a new officer, [=PSCO=] Varney (Reece Shearsmith) over the course of nine nights. In the police car, "Oscar Nine", tensions run high as both officers turn against each other.
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After the unsolved murder of his partner, [=PC=] Thompson (Steve Pemberton) is joined by a new officer, [=PSCO=] Varney (Reece Shearsmith) over the course of nine three nights. In the police car, "Oscar Nine", tensions run high as both officers turn against each other.
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* MinimalistCast: Varney and Thompson are the only characters onscreen until the closing minutes.
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* ExactWords: Varney gives many verbal clues as to who he really is, including "long in the tooth" and "dead to the world"
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* Really700YearsOld: Varney looks like a middle-aged man but implies he is centuries old.
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* ILoveYouVampireSon: Varney has taken the now-undead Dobson under his wing.
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* ChekhovsGag: Varney's over-the-top reactions to Thompson's tikka masala makes a lot of sense when it turns out that he's actually a vampire.
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** Varney's over-the-top reactions to Thompson's tikka masala makes a lot of sense when it turns out that he's actually avampire.vampire.
** Varney's attempts to feed nicer food to Thompson, which seems to be part of their bonding...until it turns out Varney always planned to feed on him.
** Varney's over-the-top reactions to Thompson's tikka masala makes a lot of sense when it turns out that he's actually a
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After the unsolved murder of his partner, [=PC=] Thompson (Steve Pemberton) is joined by a new officer, [=PSCO=] Varney (Reece Shearsmith) over the course of nine nights. In the police car, "Oscar Nine", tensions run high as both officers turn against each other.
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* BrickJoke: Varney constantly tells Thompson that he's concerned about his blood pressure while feeding him a variety of strange concoctions. He is...because he wants to drink it.
* CannotCrossRunningWater: Varney can't, which gets [[{{Foreshadowing}} foreshadowed]] on Night Two when he avoids the bridge despite it being the fastest way to catch the criminal and despite Thompson's protests.
* ChekhovsGag: Varney's over-the-top reactions to Thompson's tikka masala makes a lot of sense when it turns out that he's actually a vampire.
* ChekhovsGun: ''Many.'' The knife is ''not'' one, but the gun is that it's from the Victorian era and the vandalised grave, the fact that Varney avoids crossing the river even when it's the quickest route to the suspect, all count.
* TheEndingChangesEverything: ''Everything'', most notably the genre.
* HowWeGotHere: The opening shot of the episode is of Varney dead in the back of a police car. Or so it seems...
* TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf: That's the WhamShot that causes Thompson to realize Varney is actually a vampire, as he says - because he doesn't have a reflection in the car mirror.
* MissingReflection: See above, Varney is.
* MustBeInvited: Varney needs to be, which is why he concocts increasingly elaborate ways to avoid getting in the car by himself.
* VampireDetectiveSeries: Although only a single episode, and downplayed, because the vampirism doesn't seem to play directly into Varney's crime fighting except when it allows him to catch the killer that would otherwise have killed Thompson.
* VampireEpisode: Yep, this is one. Although, as it's ''Inside No 9'', it doesn't involve any "regular" characters.
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* BrickJoke: Varney constantly tells Thompson that he's concerned about his blood pressure while feeding him a variety of strange concoctions. He is...because he wants to drink it.
* CannotCrossRunningWater: Varney can't, which gets [[{{Foreshadowing}} foreshadowed]] on Night Two when he avoids the bridge despite it being the fastest way to catch the criminal and despite Thompson's protests.
* ChekhovsGag: Varney's over-the-top reactions to Thompson's tikka masala makes a lot of sense when it turns out that he's actually a vampire.
* ChekhovsGun: ''Many.'' The knife is ''not'' one, but the gun is that it's from the Victorian era and the vandalised grave, the fact that Varney avoids crossing the river even when it's the quickest route to the suspect, all count.
* TheEndingChangesEverything: ''Everything'', most notably the genre.
* HowWeGotHere: The opening shot of the episode is of Varney dead in the back of a police car. Or so it seems...
* TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf: That's the WhamShot that causes Thompson to realize Varney is actually a vampire, as he says - because he doesn't have a reflection in the car mirror.
* MissingReflection: See above, Varney is.
* MustBeInvited: Varney needs to be, which is why he concocts increasingly elaborate ways to avoid getting in the car by himself.
* VampireDetectiveSeries: Although only a single episode, and downplayed, because the vampirism doesn't seem to play directly into Varney's crime fighting except when it allows him to catch the killer that would otherwise have killed Thompson.
* VampireEpisode: Yep, this is one. Although, as it's ''Inside No 9'', it doesn't involve any "regular" characters.
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