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* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: In her attempts to keep Ben happy in his drawer, Carole ends up '''almost cooking him to death''' with a lit bulb.
* IDidntTellYouBecauseYoudBeUnhappy: Brittas admits that the reason he didn't tell Helen that the centre was due a visit from the inspector was because he didn't want her to worry about the prospect of him losing his job, going bankrupt and losing their home.
* IDidntTellYouBecauseYoudBeUnhappy: Brittas admits that the reason he didn't tell Helen that the centre was due a visit from the inspector was because he didn't want her to worry about the prospect of him losing his job, going bankrupt and losing their home.
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* DramaticIrony: Brittas, although he believes that he's about to lose his job, is comforted at least by the fact that he has a loving family and wife to come back home to. He's unaware that said wife is planning to leave him.
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* DramaticIrony: Brittas, although he believes Whilst he's aware that he's about probably going to lose his job, Brittas is comforted at least by the fact that he has a loving family and wife to come back home to. He's unaware that said wife is planning to leave him.
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* TakeCareOfTheKids: A non-fatal variant thankfully, but when Brittas fears that he'll lose his job, he suggests Laura as a possible replacement, seeing as the other staff have experience with her, and tells her to look after them for him.
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* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: A rare example of this trope occurring to an animal occurs when Titan the eagle eats from some alcohol-covered corn and ends up plummeting to its death from drunkenness.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: So was the goat successful in getting the dog to come down? We'll never know.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: WhatHappenedToTheMouse:
** So was the goat successful in getting the dog to come down? We'll never know.
** Helen's letter is last seen unopened when Laura hands it to Brittas. Did he ever open it and realise that Helen had been intending to leave him? Again, we'll never know.
** So was the goat successful in getting the dog to come down? We'll never know.
** Helen's letter is last seen unopened when Laura hands it to Brittas. Did he ever open it and realise that Helen had been intending to leave him? Again, we'll never know.
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* BerateAndSwitch: Mr. Kitson initially starts out seemingly critiquing Brittas for his way of managing the centre… until he talks about how Brittas managed to finish the questionnaire given out to every leisure centre manager, at which point, it becomes an appraisal of Brittas’ skills.
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* MirrorCharacter: Southern Areas Inspector Brian Kitson is this to Gordon Brittas. They both have had experience running a leisure centre, both have a dream, believe that attendance figures are not important in the long run and are more interested in tidy noticeboards and clean centres. This actually saves Brittas from getting fired as any other inspector would likely have closed the place down.
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* MirrorCharacter: Southern Areas Inspector Brian Kitson is this to Gordon Brittas. They both have had experience running a leisure centre, both have a dream, believe that attendance figures are not important in the long run and are more interested in tidy noticeboards and clean centres. This actually saves Brittas from getting fired as any other inspector would likely have closed the place down. It is also a similarity that hasn’t gone unnoticed by Laura, who comments as such to Julie.
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* SoundOnlyDeath: The audience doesn't actually see Titan the Eagle die, only hear it make contact with the ground in a very heavy-sounding noise.
* SummonBiggerFish: Brittas' plan to get rid of the pigeon - first, he tries to get an eagle to attack the pigeon. When that fails, he tries to get a cat on it. When the cat proves to be successful at eating the pigeon but refuses to leave, the solution is to get a dog to chase it down. Then the dog gets stuck up there, whereupon Kitson suggests getting a goat up there to chase it down, although it's unclear if it worked in the end.
* SummonBiggerFish: Brittas' plan to get rid of the pigeon - first, he tries to get an eagle to attack the pigeon. When that fails, he tries to get a cat on it. When the cat proves to be successful at eating the pigeon but refuses to leave, the solution is to get a dog to chase it down. Then the dog gets stuck up there, whereupon Kitson suggests getting a goat up there to chase it down, although it's unclear if it worked in the end.
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* GoneHorriblyRight: When Colin noticed that there were blue bottles around his locker, he introduced a pigeon to eat them up. It worked - the pigeon ate them right up - but it led to the pigeon simply deciding to move into the gymnasium to eat more insects.
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* HappyBirthdayToYou: Brittas sings a little bit of the song as he's giving Helen his gift, although Helen interrupts him before he can sing the rest.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: At the start of the episode, both Brittas and Kitson have similar views on the Leisure Centre in Bedford - apparently, Kitson was quite vicious towards it, whilst Brittas describes it as having a "reputation". It's an early hint that they're closer in views and personalities than one might assume.
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* UnwantedGiftPlot: Brittas gets Helen a moped for her birthday, which she hates so much that she tries to leave him.
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-->-- '''Colin Weatherby''' telling '''Gordon Brittas''' about the dog he brought in to catch a cat.
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-->'''Colin''': I'm sorry Mr. Brittas, but you're gonna have t'come!
-->'''Mr. Brittas''': What is it Colin?
-->'''Colin''': It's the dog.
-->'''Mr. Brittas''': Dog?
-->'''Colin''': I borrowed this dog to try and frighten the cat down from the ledge, but... I didn't know it had vertigo. It won't come down.
-->'''Mr. Brittas''': What are you talking about Colin?
-->'''Colin''': And it's terrified, it's... well it's done it all down the wall and everywhere Mr. Brittas!
-->'''Mr. Brittas''': What is it Colin?
-->'''Colin''': It's the dog.
-->'''Mr. Brittas''': Dog?
-->'''Colin''': I borrowed this dog to try and frighten the cat down from the ledge, but... I didn't know it had vertigo. It won't come down.
-->'''Mr. Brittas''': What are you talking about Colin?
-->'''Colin''': And it's terrified, it's... well it's done it all down the wall and everywhere Mr. Brittas!
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