History Recap / InsideNo9SpecialTheBonesOfStNicholas

--->'''Pierce:''' What's ''his'' OriginStory?

* OrangeBlueContrast: The color palette is split between warm orange and golden colors for the inside of the lid-up church and bluish colors for the dark and cold places like the belfry.

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On Christmas Eve, Dr Jasper Parkway arrives in a church for a night of what reverend Dick Wilson (Simon Callow) informs him is now termed "champing." However, the church has been double-booked by Pierce (Reece Shearsmith) and Posy (Shobna Gulati).

* AccidentalSuicide: Dr Parkway accidentally hangs himself in the belfry.

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[[caption-width-right:350:"And that's where I saw him... peeping out from behind the branches, a figure in a dark red cloak...]]

* GraveRobbing: Dr Parker is after the jawbone of St Nicholas.

* InsideJob: To Dick, Dr Parker claims, as a present from his late wife, to have been booked a night in the church. He then tells Pierce and Posy to have done so in commemoration of his late mother. Both seem to be cover stories; he's searching for the reputedly church-entombed jawbone of St Nicholas.

-->'''Pierce:''' What's ''his'' OriginStory?
-->'''Posy:''' It's not ''[[ComicBook/XMen X Men]]'', Pierce.
-->'''Dr Parkway:''' Actually, St Nick was an "[[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avenger]]", in his own way...

** On Dr Parker's introduction of St Nicholas...

-->'''Dr Parker:''' Actually, St Nick was an "[[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avenger]]", in his own way...

* FriendToAllChildren: To Pierce and Posy, Dr Parkway recalls St Nicholas, "patron saint and protector of children."

* AlliterativeFamily: Posy, Pearce and their stillborn baby-girl Paisley.

* CoordinatedClothes: Posy and Pearce both wear the same kind of clothing which adds to their quirkiness.
* CurseCutShort: Posy interrupts Pearce before he can finish "Grinch's cock".

** Pearce compares Dr Parkway's profession to ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' and ''Literature/TheDaVinciCode''.

'''Warning''': spoilers may be unmarked.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Reflected in a Christmas tree bauble, Dr Parkway sees a red-cloaked and hooded figure - whom, [[spoiler: to scare off Pierce and Posy, he later dresses up as]]. Just as Posy's [[spoiler: vision of her own weeping mother foretold Posy's miscarriage, the red-cloaked spectre is a glimpse of Dr Parkway's hoax]] - which is followed, in the belfry, by [[spoiler: his accidental self-hanging]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Reflected in a Christmas tree bauble, Dr Parkway sees a red-cloaked and hooded figure - whom, [[spoiler: to scare off Pierce and Posy, he later dresses up as]]. Just as Posy's [[spoiler: vision of her own weeping mother foretold Posy's miscarriage, the red-cloaked spectre is a glimpse of Dr Parkway's hoax]] - which is followed, in the belfry, by [[spoiler: his accidental self-hanging]].

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: In the early hours, when a red cloaked figure stalks through the darkened church, Pierce and Posy leg it.

* TragicStillbirth: Pierce and Posy are observing the eighteenth anniversary of a miscarriage.

* SelfFulfillingProphecy: Pierce and Posy are observing the eighteenth anniversary of their miscarriage - shortly before which, Posy unaccountably saw her weeping mother. On a later, congruent repeat of this encounter, Posy took the vision to have been a warning. In the belfry, searching for the legendary jawbone, Dr Parker realises [[spoiler: his dressing up as the ghost of St Nicholas to have been such a warning]].

* NeverSuicide: [[spoiler:Dr Parkway's death is accidental but would look like suicide to Dick.]]

* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:Dr Parkway is killed when he falls through the floor and accidentally hangs himself.]]

* InsideJob: To Dick, Dr Parker claims, as a present from his late wife, to have been booked a night in the church. He then tells Pierce and Posey to have done so in commemoration of his late mother. Both seem to be cover stories; he's searching for the reputedly church-entombed jawbone of St Nicholas.

* ScoobyDooHoax: To scare off Pierce and Posy, Dr Parker dresses up in a hooded red cloak, with a black stocking over his face.

On Christmas Eve, Dr Jasper Parkway, as a present from his recently deceased wife, arrives in a church for a night of what reverend Dick Wilson (Simon Callow) informs him is now termed "champing." However, the church has been double-booked by Pierce (Reece Shearsmith) and Posy (Shobna Gulati).

On Christmas Eve, Dr Jasper Parkway, as a present from his recently deceased wife, arrives in a church for a night of what reverend Dick Wilson (Simon Callow) informs him is now termed "champing." However, the church has been double-booked by couple Pierce (Reece Shearsmith) and Posy (Shobna Gulati).

On Christmas Eve, Dr Jasper Parkway, as a present from his recently deceased wife, arrives in a church for a night of what reverend Dick Wilson (Simon Callow) informs him is now termed "champing." However, the church has been double-booked by couple Pierce (Reece Shearsmith) and Posey (Shobna Gulati).

With wearing patience at Pierce and Posey's obtrusive merriment, Dr Parkway sets to work on his charcoal engravings. Over a bottle of Bristol Cream, Dick then tells the "champers" of the church's reputation to hold Saint Nicholas's jawbone - and of a Christmas Eve encounter with a red-cloaked figure with no jaw...

* FriendToAllChildren: To Pierce and Posey, Dr Parkway recalls St Nicholas, "patron saint and protector of children."
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Reflected in a Christmas tree bauble, Dr Parkway sees a red-cloaked and hooded figure - whom, [[spoiler: to scare off Pierce and Posey, he later dresses up as]]. Just as Posey's [[spoiler: vision of her own weeping mother foretold Posey's miscarriage, the red-cloaked spectre is a glimpse of Dr Parkway's hoax]] - which is followed, in the belfry, by [[spoiler: his accidental self-hanging]].
* GhostStory: Dick recounts his Christmas Eve encounter with a red-cloaked and hooded elderly man with a missing jaw.
* SadClown: Pierce, with his frequent irreverent witticisms, is observing the eighteenth anniversary of his and Posey's miscarriage.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: In the early hours, when a red cloaked figure stalks through the darkened church, Pierce and Posey leg it.
* SelfFulfillingProphecy: Pierce and Posey are observing the eighteenth anniversary of their miscarriage - shortly before which, Posey unaccountably saw her weeping mother. On a later, congruent repeat of this encounter, Posey took the vision to have been a warning. In the belfry, searching for the legendary jawbone, Dr Parker realises [[spoiler: his dressing up as the ghost of St Nicholas to have been such a warning]].
* ScoobyDooHoax: To scare off Pierce and Posey, Dr Parker dresses up in a hooded red cloak, with a black stocking over his face.
* SurroundedByIdiots: Dr Parkway, who's searching for the legendary jawbone of St Nicholas, cannot be bothered with Pierce and Posey's merriment.
* TragicStillbirth: Pierce and Posey are observing the eighteenth anniversary of their miscarriage.