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* NoodleIncident: Gavin finds several items from the lockers which are said to have come from "the Saga outing", but he doesn't elaborate further on what exactly this outing entailed.
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* PlayboyParody: Gavin comes across a dirty magazine named ''Plaything'', which is clearly meant to be based on ''Playboy''. HilarityEnsues when the magazine turns out to contain a naughty photo of Helen Brittas, which she tries to hide from her husband.
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* PlayboyParody: Gavin comes across a dirty magazine named ''Plaything'', which is clearly meant to be based on ''Playboy''. HilarityEnsues Hilarity ensues when the magazine turns out to contain a naughty photo of Helen Brittas, which she tries to hide from her husband.
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* NotSoAboveItAll: Brittas may not believe that lies are good in any capacity, but when Stephanie reveals how much of an inspiration he is to both Colin and her, even he caves in and keeps the lie going.
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* NotSoAboveItAll: NotSoAboveItAll:
** Laura may be the OnlySaneWoman of the cast, but even she struggles to suppress her laughter at the sheer absurdity of Colin's plot to impress his daughter.
** Brittas may not believe that lies are good in any capacity, but when Stephanie reveals how much of an inspiration he is to both Colin and her, even he caves in and keeps the lie going.
** Laura may be the OnlySaneWoman of the cast, but even she struggles to suppress her laughter at the sheer absurdity of Colin's plot to impress his daughter.
** Brittas may not believe that lies are good in any capacity, but when Stephanie reveals how much of an inspiration he is to both Colin and her, even he caves in and keeps the lie going.
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* SimilarItemConfusion: At the start of the episode, Carole is clearly unsure of whether the breakfast she has put down for Ben is actually it or the identical-looking cat food she had laid out for Biggles.
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* RoadApples: Carole manages to brush over cat poop whilst trying to pass off a cat litter box as a sandpit. Naturally, she claims that it's actually a toffee which had fallen in.
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* BlatantLies: Carole's attempts to hide from Brittas that she has a cat, which involves trying to pass off cat food as Ben's breakfast... whilst clearly being disgusted by eating it, and trying to pass what is clearly a litter tray as the children's sandbox.
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* ContinuityNod: One of the pictures that Colin has put up in Brittas' office is of him [[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS1E2OpeningDay shaking the Duchess of Kent's hand]].
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* ContinuityNod: One of the pictures that Colin has put up in Brittas' office is of him [[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS1E2OpeningDay shaking the Duchess of Kent's hand]]. Laura is genuinely shocked upon seeing it - fitting, as she was trying to revive her friend Michael at the time.
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* TheAce: Colin presents himself as this in his letters to Stephanie. Apparently, he's found time to train the British Ice Figure Skating Champions, invent the inflatable running shoe, present a regular spot on Breakfast [=TV=] called ''Ask Colin'' and write a series of historical thrillers under the pseudonym "Ennis Peters". The staff take the lie further, with Julie claiming that he's given her mother money to have a cataract operation and Linda claiming that he pays to allow a bunch of orphans to swim at the centre.
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* OfficeRomance: Stephanie came about as a result of a brief affair between Colin and one of his work colleagues at Sunderland.
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-->'''Colin''': I just wanted her to be proud of me. I wanted her to think that her dad had done something with his life.
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Duh-duh-Duuuuuh!!
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* OffscreenCrash: When Brittas reveals to Colin that he's still in the building and is now aware of the staff's scheming, Colin can be heard crashing from his chair offscreen.
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* OffscreenCrash: When Brittas reveals to Colin that he's still in the building and is now aware of the staff's scheming, Colin can be heard crashing from his chair offscreen.off-screen.
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* FaintInShock: Colin's reaction when he finds out that Brittas now knows that Colin is impersonating him.
* FelonyMisdemeanor: Apparently, Brittas considers the theft of paperclips from work to be just as bad as fiddling with your taxes.
* FelonyMisdemeanor: Apparently, Brittas considers the theft of paperclips from work to be just as bad as fiddling with your taxes.
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* OffscreenCrash: When Brittas reveals to Colin that he's still in the building and is now aware of the staff's scheming, Colin can be heard crashing from his chair offscreen.
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* SlipperySlopeFallacy: Part of the reason why Brittas hates lying so much. To him, what starts off as seemingly harmless lies such as lying to the police that you were speeding turns into major ones like fiddling with your taxes or [[FelonyMisdemeanor taking paperclips from work]].
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* WellDoneDadGuy: Colin's motivation for pretending to be a Leisure Centre Manager - he simply wanted his daughter to be proud of him for something that he had achieved.
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-->-- '''Julie Porter''' asking '''Laura Lancing''' how Colin wants to be treated while he pretends to be the manager.
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-->'''Julie''': I suppose he wants us to treat him the same way we would Mr. Brittas.
-->'''Laura''': Or completely different in your case, Julie, yes.
-->'''Laura''': Or completely different in your case, Julie, yes.
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* DogFoodDiet: In order to maintain the lie that she doesn't have a pet cat, Carole willingly eats cat food. Her expression afterwards suggests that she really didn't enjoy it.
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* EatingPetFood: In order to maintain the lie that she doesn't have a pet cat, Carole willingly eats cat food. Her expression afterwards suggests that she really didn't enjoy it.
