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* BigEater: Carole complains about how her twins never seem to stop feeding off her.
-->'''Carole''': I'm sorry, Mr. Brittas. It's just the twins. They never seem to stop feeding.
-->'''Mr. Brittas''': Alright Carole...
-->'''Carole''': And now, I've got these two cracked nipples and I can't do a thing about them.



* BrickJoke: Carole intially has issues giving Brittas the needed forms for the Privilege Club because her son Ben has had an accident with his Ribena. Later, she tells Brittas that yet another set of forms - this time, the forms relating to the kitchen - have been ruined by a runny tummy that her daughter Emily is having.



* GiveMeASign: Horatio tells Brittas that he would love it if he was given a sign on whether he should keep going forward with the Dream. In this case, the sign turns out to be the enthusiastic group playing "I Spy Brittas".
-->'''Horatio''': If only I had more faith, Gordon. If only... if only... he'd give me a sign or something.
-->'''Mr. Brittas''': A sign? You mean, like a comet whooshing across the sky or something? I'm afraid comets whooshing across the sky are in rather short supply these days, bruv.



-->'''Helen''': It's just that I'm under quite a lot of strain at the moment managing without the pills. The doctors told me to cut down a bit whilst I'm pregnant.
-->'''Laura''': Aw...
-->'''Helen''': God knows why. I would have thought a good supply of Valium in the bloodstream is just what a baby in our house needed.



* SpeakInUnison: Brittas asks Horatio to join in and speak with him when he is quoting on their aims towards achieving the Dream.



* TitledAfterTheSong: The episode title is a reference to the song "Two Little Boys".

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* TitledAfterTheSong: The episode title is a reference to the song "Two Little Boys".Boys", with the song both being placed as an instrumental and quoted during the episode.


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* WaxingLyrical: Brittas quotes from the song "Two Little Boys" when talking to Horatio.
-->'''Mr. Brittas''': All I'm saying is that times like this, you've got to remember. There's room on my horse for two.

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* BriefAccentImitation: Laura briefly adopts Brittas' accent when she's discussing the "I Spy Brittas" game with the rest of the staff (specifically the part involving getting Brittas to say "Don't worry, I'm dealing with it").


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* CopycatMockery: Laura briefly adopts Brittas' accent when she's discussing the "I Spy Brittas" game with the rest of the staff (specifically the part involving getting Brittas to say "Don't worry, I'm dealing with it").
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* HeroicBSOD: Horatio considers giving up his faith this episode after a series of unfortunate experiences as a priest.

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* HeroicBSOD: Horatio considers giving up his faith in this episode after a series of unfortunate experiences as a priest.



* ObnoxiousInLaws: Helen is greatly annoyed by her husband's brother staying at theirs for a while and is horrified when Horatio begins to have his doubts about his Dream as it means that he won't be leaving their household.

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* ObnoxiousInLaws: Helen is greatly annoyed by her husband's brother staying at theirs for a while and is horrified when Horatio begins to have his doubts about his Dream Dream, seeing as it means would mean that he won't wouldn't be leaving their household.



* SolarPoweredMagnifyingGlass: A variant. Brittas puts his brother's glasses on top of a sheet of paper near a box of fireworks. The sunlight is reflected through the glasses and ends up lighting the box of fireworks beside it.

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* SolarPoweredMagnifyingGlass: A variant. In a variant, Brittas puts his brother's glasses on top of a sheet of paper near a box of fireworks. The sunlight is reflected through the glasses and ends up lighting the box of fireworks beside it.



* WideEyedIdealist: The steps towards the Dream is revealed to be an example of the two Brittas brother's idealistic nature, with such points such as the setting up of a World Government, and the abolition of war.

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* WideEyedIdealist: The steps towards the Dream is are revealed to be an example of the two Brittas brother's brothers' idealistic nature, with such points such as the setting up of a World Government, and the abolition of war.
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* NoMedicationForMe: Helen has been forced to cut down on her anti-depressants in light of her pregnancy. She’s not pleased, especially since she’s been forced to deal with both Brittas and Horatio.


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* SiblingTeam: It’s revealed that twin brothers Brittas and Horatio have the same Dream, and that they decided when they were children to work together to achieve it - Horatio is focusing on the spiritual side, whilst Brittas is working on the physical side.
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* ObnoxiousInLaws: Helen is greatly annoyed by her husband's brother staying at theirs for a while and is horrified when Horatio begins to have his doubts about his Dream as it means that he won't be leaving their household.
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* UnseenNoMore: Horatio has been mentioned a couple of times since "[[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS2E5MumsAndDads Mums and Dads]]", but this is the first time he has actually appeared on-screen.
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-->'''Julie''': Well it definitely says "poo" on mine.

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-->'''Julie''': Well Well, it definitely says "poo" on mine.
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-->-- '''Gordon Brittas''' telling his brother Horatio about some of the leisure centre's past incidents.
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* SolarPoweredMagnifyingGlass: A variant. Brittas puts his brother's glasses on top of a sheet of paper near a box of fireworks. The sunlight is reflected through the glasses and ends up lighting the box of fireworks beside it.
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* OneDrinkWillKillTheBaby: A variant involving anti-depressants; Helen has been forced to cut down on her intake of anti-depressants whilst she's pregnant with her twins.

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* OneDrinkWillKillTheBaby: A variant involving anti-depressants; Helen has been forced to cut down on her intake of anti-depressants whilst she's pregnant with her twins.twins so that they're not negatively harmed by it.
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* AlliterativeName: Brittas mentions a company called "'''W'''hitbury '''W'''ielders" whilst trying to resolve the oil tank problem.

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* AlliterativeName: Brittas mentions a A company called "'''W'''hitbury '''W'''ielders" whilst trying comes to resolve fix the oil tank problem.problem with the leading tank.



* WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong: Brittas, trying to resolve the issue of oil being stored in the weights room, asks "What can happen in a couple of hours?". Cue Carole trying to take a fire-eater up there, Gavin and Tim trying to take a lit birthday cake up there as well, and Julie trying to store a box of fireworks in there too.

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* WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong: Brittas, trying to resolve the issue of oil being stored in the weights room, asks "What can happen in a couple of hours?". Cue Carole trying everyone deciding to take a fire-eater the opportunity to take stuff up there, there which would have a negative reaction with the oil, with Carole taking a fire-eater, Gavin and Tim trying to take a lit birthday cake up there as well, cake, and Julie trying to store a box of fireworks in there too.fireworks.
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* BriefAccentImitation: Laura briefly adopts Brittas' accent when she's discussing the "I Spy Brittas" game with the rest of the staff (specifically the part involving getting Brittas to say "Don't worry, I'm dealing with It").

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* BriefAccentImitation: Laura briefly adopts Brittas' accent when she's discussing the "I Spy Brittas" game with the rest of the staff (specifically the part involving getting Brittas to say "Don't worry, I'm dealing with It").it").
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* WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong: Brittas, trying to resolve the issue of oil being stored in the weights room, asks "What can happen in a couple of hours?" Cue Carole trying to take a fire-eater up there, Gavin and Tim trying to take a lit birthday cake up there as well, and Julie trying to store a box of fireworks in there too.

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* WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong: Brittas, trying to resolve the issue of oil being stored in the weights room, asks "What can happen in a couple of hours?" hours?". Cue Carole trying to take a fire-eater up there, Gavin and Tim trying to take a lit birthday cake up there as well, and Julie trying to store a box of fireworks in there too.

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* BigWhat: Laura lets out a big "What!" upon learning from Brittas that a lot of oil is being stored in the building.*

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* BigWhat: Laura lets out a big "What!" upon learning from Brittas that a lot of oil is being stored in the building.*



* DrinkingGame: Whilst not alcoholic, the "I Spy Brittas" game effectively functions as one of these, with participants getting points for getting Brittas to do one of his quirks.

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* DrinkingGame: Whilst not alcoholic, the "I Spy Brittas" game effectively functions as one of these, these otherwise, with participants getting points for getting Brittas to do one of his quirks.quirks.
* FatalFireworks: Brittas brings up a box of fireworks to his office, where one of them goes astray and collides with the oil being stored in the weights room. This leads to a fiery explosion and tons of injuries.

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