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* CouldntFindATissue: Brittas tells Laura that Helen does so poorly in restaurants that he once saw her blow her nose on a bread roll.
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* DoubleTake: Brittas has a delayed reaction to seeing Colin going PantsFree, briefly turning back towards the window before whirling back in realization and shock.
* EnemyEatsYourLunch: Downplayed, as Brittas is more of an oblivious PointyHairedBoss, but he casually and thoughtlessly takes a cup of hot beverage that Gavin was making for himself under the belief that it was actually for him.
* EnemyEatsYourLunch: Downplayed, as Brittas is more of an oblivious PointyHairedBoss, but he casually and thoughtlessly takes a cup of hot beverage that Gavin was making for himself under the belief that it was actually for him.
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* DinerBrawl: Helen tells Laura that Brittas' trips to restaurants usually end with him being covered in food, not because he is a messy eater per se, but because he keeps getting into fights with the waiters. We see the beginning of one of these fights at the end of the episode, when Brittas, having freshly snapped out of his hypnosis, discovers just exactly how much his dinner had cost.
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* HypnoFool: The episode opens on the outcome of a stage hypnotist who had been there that night, leading to the staff exhibiting strange behavior for 24 hours (Patrick gets a PottyEmergency when he hears a bell, Colin says “I love you” when someone mentions "need", etc). Later, Brittas sends in the hypnotist to try to cure Helen’s stress-related paralysis. It winds up hypnotizing him instead into a better person (temporarily).
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* HypnoFool: The episode opens on the outcome of a stage hypnotist who had been there that night, leading to the staff exhibiting strange behavior for 24 hours (Patrick gets a PottyEmergency when he hears a bell, Colin says “I love you” when someone mentions "need", etc). Later, Brittas sends in the hypnotist to try to cure Helen’s stress-related paralysis. It winds up temporarily hypnotizing him instead into a better person (temporarily).person.
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* UnseenNoMore: After being TheGhost since her birth two series ago, Emily finally makes a very brief physical appearance, being seen put into a drawer by Carole on-screen.
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* ArtificalLicenseBiology: Lockjaw is caused by a bacterial infection, not stress as implied by the episode.
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* ArtificalLicenseBiology: ArtisticLicenseBiology: Lockjaw is caused by a bacterial infection, not stress as implied by the episode.
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* ArtificalLicenseBiology: Lockjaw is caused by a bacterial infection, not stress as implied by the episode.
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* GoingToBeOneOfThoseDays: Said line for line by Helen upon noticing Colin with his pants down and saying "I love you".
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* ToyBasedCharacterisation: Brittas deciding to join in with setting up a toy train track is used to show how he's gotten much less uptight and much more playful whilst hypnotized.
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* ToyBasedCharacterisation: ToyBasedCharacterization: Brittas deciding to join in with setting up a toy train track is used to show how he's gotten much less uptight and much more playful whilst hypnotized.
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* ToyBasedCharacterisation: Brittas deciding to join in with setting up a toy train track is used to show how he's gotten much less uptight and much more playful whilst hypnotized.
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* ShoutOut: An brief instrumental remix of the NurseryRhyme "The Runaway Train" plays during the scene where Brittas is playing with Ben and his friend.
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* BerateAndSwitch: When Brittas becomes hypnotized, he comes down to find Ben and his friend playing with a train set. He seems to be annoyed by this and asks Carole to get out the necessary rulebooks. Then, he instead uses them to complement the train tracks and begins playing with Ben and his friend, showing that his HeelFaceBrainwashing was successful.
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* BerateAndSwitch: When Brittas becomes hypnotized, he comes down to find Ben and his friend playing with a train set. He seems to be annoyed by this and asks Carole to get out the necessary rulebooks. Then, he instead uses them to complement the train tracks and begins playing with Ben and his friend, showing that his HeelFaceBrainwashing was successful.
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: After an entire plot focused on Brittas' attempts to sort out a partner for dinner, either through getting Helen relaxed or passing Laura off as his wife, he realizes under hypnosis that he could have simply just not taken anyone. Laura still comes with him however as she wants to have the experience of a date with a kinder Brittas for once.
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* FlowersForAlgernonSyndrome: Under his hypnotism, Brittas becomes a genuinely nice person, and he and Laura have a lovely dinner together. However, for ethical reasons, the hypnotism was only ever intended to last until 12 midnight, and he's back to being a git by the end of the episode.
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* BerateAndSwitch: When Brittas becomes hypnotized, he comes down to find Ben and his friend playing with a train set. He seems to be annoyed by this and asks Carole to get out the necessary rulebooks. Then, he instead uses them to complement the train tracks and begins playing with Ben and his friend, showing that his HeelFaceBrainwashing was successful.
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* {{Manchild}}: Part of Brittas' HeelFaceBrainwashing is that he becomes more playful and child-like, assisting in constructing a set toy train tracks for Ben and his friend.
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* {{Manchild}}: Part of Brittas' HeelFaceBrainwashing is that he becomes more playful and child-like, childlike, assisting in constructing a set of toy train tracks for Ben and his friend.
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* PottyEmergency: Patrick is hypnotised into needing to use the toilet every time he hears a bell. It's noted that this made taking the bus a bit difficult for him.
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* PottyEmergency: Patrick is hypnotised hypnotized into needing to use the toilet every time he hears a bell. It's noted that this made taking the bus a bit difficult for him.
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* OffscreenCrash: Our first indication that Brittas has been affected by the hypnotism is when we hear the chair he was sitting on crash to the ground off-screen.
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* BungledHypnotism: Mr. Silverman tries to hypnotize Helen to get her relaxed for the dinner. Helen isn't affected but Brittas is.
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* BittersweetEnding: Brittas manages to get the role he wanted all episode and the staff are cured of their hypnotism, but his HeelFaceBrainwashing eventually wears off and he goes back to being a git, much to the disappointment of Laura.
* BungledHypnotism: Mr. Silverman tries to hypnotize Helen to get her relaxed for the dinner. Helen isn'taffected affected, but Brittas is.
* BungledHypnotism: Mr. Silverman tries to hypnotize Helen to get her relaxed for the dinner. Helen isn't
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* BitsOfMeKeepPassingOut: Helen starts the episode suffering from lockjaw, which spreads through her body to the point that she can barely move. She's cured of it by the end... until Carole reminds her that she has to be teaching the menstrual cycle to boys from the Comprehensive.
* FirstNameBasis: Brittas asks Laura to call him by his first name of Gordon so that their pretense of being wife and husband would look more convincing.
* HereWeGoAgain: After an episode spent trying to cure Helen's lockjaw, being released from the stress of an impending dinner manages to do the trick. Then, Carole tells Helen about how she's needed at a talk about the menstrual cycle for boys the next day, which leads to Helen being last seen with the lockjaw coming back.
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* InformedFlaw: According to Brittas, Helen gets confused and disoriented in restaurants (once blowing her nose on a bread roll).
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* InformedFlaw: According to Brittas, Helen gets confused and disoriented in restaurants (once blowing her nose on a bread roll). This is not a trait that she has ever shown before or since.
* InnocentInnuendo: At one point, Brittas asks Tim and Gavin about giving a massage. Although he means giving Helen a massage to ease her lockjaw, Tim's reaction shows that he thinks that Brittas means it as in a sexual manner.
* KindHeartedCatLover: It's revealed that Colin owns cats when he mentions how his latest injury was caused by him dropping gastric medicine meant for one of them down behind the cooker.
* InnocentInnuendo: At one point, Brittas asks Tim and Gavin about giving a massage. Although he means giving Helen a massage to ease her lockjaw, Tim's reaction shows that he thinks that Brittas means it as in a sexual manner.
* KindHeartedCatLover: It's revealed that Colin owns cats when he mentions how his latest injury was caused by him dropping gastric medicine meant for one of them down behind the cooker.
* PantsFree: Part of Colin's hypnotism and what gets him temporarily fired in the first place is him removing his trousers, although it isn't made clear what triggers this part of the hypnotism.
* UltimateJobSecurity: Colin is briefly fired when he removes his trousers in front of Brittas, but is reinstated once Brittas learns that his actions were under hypnotism.
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* TheUnreveal: Where Gavin and Tim went instead of the hypnotist show is not made clear, since he performs a LastSecondWordSwap in response to Brittas. Considering their relationship and the fact that Brittas had previously shown some disregard for the idea of Tim being a homosexual, the heavy implication is that it was a gay night.
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** What exactly triggers Colin to go PantsFree? Carole is about to tell Tim and Gavin, but she's interrupted by Brittas showing up before she can say.
** Where Gavin and Tim went instead of the hypnotist show is not made clear, since he performs a LastSecondWordSwap in response to Brittas. Considering their relationship and the fact that Brittas had previously shown some disregard for the idea of Tim being a homosexual, the heavy implication is that it was a gay night.
** What exactly triggers Colin to go PantsFree? Carole is about to tell Tim and Gavin, but she's interrupted by Brittas showing up before she can say.
** Where Gavin and Tim went instead of the hypnotist show is not made clear, since he performs a LastSecondWordSwap in response to Brittas. Considering their relationship and the fact that Brittas had previously shown some disregard for the idea of Tim being a homosexual, the heavy implication is that it was a gay night.
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* FictionalDocument: ''Leisure Review'', a monthly journal containing the advert for the job that Brittas is gunning for in this episode.
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* HeelFaceBrainwashing: Although Brittas is not necessarily an ''evil'' person, Laura is able to convince Silverman into temporarily hypnotizing Brittas into someone who is less of a git and more of a genuinely friendly person.
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* HeelFaceBrainwashing: Although Brittas is not necessarily an ''evil'' person, Laura is able to convince Silverman into to temporarily hypnotizing hypnotize Brittas into someone who is less of a git and more of a genuinely friendly person.
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* WhenTheClockStrikesTwelve: Brittas' hypnotism happens to wear off at twelve o'clock.
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* WhenTheClockStrikesTwelve: Brittas' hypnotism happens to wear off at twelve o'clock.
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Product placement has to be the company paying to have the product featured in the show
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* ProductPlacement: Brittas and Laura have their dinner at the Old Cottage Restaurant.
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-->-- '''Gordon Brittas''' trying to get his wife Helen to go under hypnosis.
