History Recap / OnlyFoolsAndHorsesS6E02DangerUXD

* UnluckyEverydude: Denzil, who's stuck with a consignment of faulty dolls that he failed to deliver to the factory after choosing to take his wife out for dinner in their wedding anniversary. And then the factory burned down. If he takes them to a depot owned by the same company, they'll think he's unreliable because he didn't do the delivery when promised, and if he doesn't, they'll assume he's on the take. Del takes them off his hands, but this just adds to Denzil's woes as he then tries to warn Del once he learns his dangerous the dolls are, but he can't find him.

* NoodleIncident: The last time Del flogged a load of faulty dolls, they ''were'' children's dolls. Which were boss-eyed.

* EveryManHasHisPrice: on finding out that the dolls are actually sex dolls, Del decides to just get rid of them as he doesn't deal with that sort of thing. Until he finds out what they retail for, and his profit instinct kicks in.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Del. Some of the local yuppies have started hanging out in the Nag's Head in order to avoid him after he started frequenting the local wine bars. When he turns up in the pub, they're visibly put out.

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: The whole thing with the dolls could have been avoided if Del hadn't impulsively bought them from Denzil. Had he not done so, Denzil could've just contacted the police after seeing the news bulletin and explained that he hadn't been able to get to the factory in time. In fact, had he not been persuaded by Del to give the impression that his delivery business was larger than it actually is (it's just him and a van and his original plain was to just do local deliveries), Denzil probably wouldn't have been given that particular delivery job in the first place on account of the distance involved (High Wycombe being at least a couple of hours driving from Peckham).
* DeadpanSnarker: Rodney, as per usual in later episodes.

-->'''Rodney''': – Didn't that used to be Ron's Cash and Carry?
-->'''Del''': – Yeah, yeah, that's right, but he changed the name. That bloke's come on a bundle in the last few years. That man is at the front of new technological frontiers. He's got a Queen's Award for Industry plaque.

* StoryArc: Denzil has set up his own delivery company, Transworld Express (he wanted a name that sounded more local, to reflect the fact that it's just him and a Ford Transit); will be mentioned in several later episodes, notably "[[Recap/OnlyFoolsAndHorsesS7E09MotherNaturesSon Mother Nature's Son]]". Also, Clayton Cooper, the old man who the Trotters encounter when they're trying to get rid of the dolls, will reappear in an episode of the prequel, ''Series/RockAndChips'', in which he dates Reenie Turpin.

* EveryManHasHisPrice: on finding out that the dolls are actually sec dolls, Del decides to just get rid of them as he doesn't deal with that sort of thing. Until he finds out what they retail for, and his profit instinct kicks in.

* EveryManHasHisPrice: on finding out that the dolls are actually sec dolls, Del decides to just get rid of them as he doesn't deal with that sort of thing. Until he finds out what they retail for.

* EveryoneHasStandards: While usually happy to go along with Del's money-making schemes, Albert is clearly disgusted by the mere presence of sex dolls. Later, Trigger gives a funny look to Boycie and Mike when they burst out laughing at the thought of Del being in serious danger thanks to the very real prospect of the dolls exploding.

* UnluckyEverydude: Denzil, who's stuck with a consignment of faulty dolls that he failed to deliver to the factory after choosing to take his wife out for dinner in their wedding anniversary. And then the factory burned down. If he takes them back to a depot owned by the same company, they'll think he's unreliable because he didn't do the delivery, and if he doesn't, they'll assume he's on the take. Del takes them off his hands, but this just adds to Denzil's woes as he then tries to warn Del once he learns his dangerous the dolls are, but he can't find him.

* UnluckyEverydude: Denzil, who's stuck with a consignment of faulty dolls that he failed to deliver to the factory after choosing to take his wife out for dinner in their wedding anniversary. And then the factory burned down. If he takes them back to a depot owned by the same company, they'll either think he's unreliable or assume he's on the take. Del takes them off his hands, but this just adds to Denzil's woes as he then tries to warn Del once he learns his dangerous the dolls are, but he can't find him.

* StealingFromTheTill: Denzil worries that the company he did the delivery for will think he's doing this as he did not deliver the dolls to the factory; the fact that it burned down over the weekend means he can't just simply go there on Monday and explain that he couldn't make it before the place closed on Friday.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Denzil watches the TV news report about the dolls being filled with propane gas while waiting to collect a Chinese takeaway; although he's already paid for his meal, he runs out without collecting it in his haste to find Del and warn him. This really confuses the owner of the takeaway. We also get Clayton, the old man Del and Rodney encounter while they're waiting outside for Albert to get the van, who totally fails to notice that the ladies who are with the Trotters are in fact sex dolls dressed up in women's clothing.

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: The whole thing with the dolls could have been avoided if Del hadn't impulsively bought them from Denzil. Had he not done so, Denzil could've just contacted the police after seeing the news bulletin and explained that he hadn't bern able to get to the factory in time. In fact, had he not been persuaded by Del to give the impression that his delivery business was larger than it actually is (it's just him and a van and his original plain was to just do local deliveries), Denzil probably wouldn't have been given that particular delivery job in the first place on account of the distance involved (High Wycombe being at least a couple of hours driving from Peckham).

* BrickJoke: Mike gets complaints about his food after buying some of the tomatoes from Del. Towards the end of the episode, Rodney quickly leaves the posh restaurant he takes Cassandra to — he's actually running off to warn Del about the dolls, as he's only just found out his dangerous they are, but he claims that he's feeling sick. The head waiter notes that that's the third complaint they've had that night, and wonders where they got those tomatoes from.

* HonorThyParent: Throughout the series, Del refused to hear a bad word against his late mother. It's only in this episode, though, that it's revealed that he has never got rid of her old clothes, even though she's been dead for over twenty years.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Denzil watches the TV news report about the dolls being filled with propane gas while waiting to collect a Chinese takeaway; although he's already paid for his meal, he runs out without collecting it in his haste to find Del and warn him. This really confuses the owner of the takeaway.

* EveryoneHasStandards: Trigger gives a funny look to Boycie and Mike when they burst out laughing at the thought of Del being in serious danger thanks to the very real prospect of the dolls exploding.

** When Del and Rodney have dressed the dolls in their late mother's clothes and are waiting for Albert to get the van, Rodney makes a reference to [[Film/{{Psycho}} Norman Bates]].

* {{Yuppy}}: A group of these have started hanging out in the Nag's Head, apparently to avoid Del who's been trying to befriend them in the local wine bars. Mike responds by rebranding his beef stew as ''boeuf bourginon'' and doubling the price.