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* ParentalMarriageVeto: Carole's relationship with Ronald actually made it as far as the proposal stage, but Carole's mother forced her to return the ring, not wanting her to marry the son of a rag n' bone man.
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* ParentalMarriageVeto: Carole's relationship with Ronald actually made it as far as the proposal stage, but Carole's mother forced her to return the ring, not wanting her to marry the son of a rag n' bone man.
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* ParentalSavingsSplurge: Carole takes money from her son Ben's piggy bank to get food for Michael, which Brittas takes offense to as the cash was intended to be Ben's Christmas money.
* PiggyBank: Carole owns a pig-shaped object used to store Ben's Christmas money, which she takes some money from to pay Michael for food in the canteen.
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* ShoutOut: The name of the episode is a reference to the movie ''Film/ShallWeDance''
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* ShoutOut: The name of the episode is a reference to the movie ''Film/ShallWeDance''''Film/ShallWeDance''.
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* BlackComedyPetDeath: Helen accidentally runs over a guide dog, which is played for dark laughs.
* BrickJoke: Carole is able to get a man by putting an advertisement in the newspaper with basically all of her personal details. Laura warns against it, but Carole is not too bothered, as it was a man she once knew. Later on, we see Carole get contacted for a medical survey thanks to her giving out private information.
* BrickJoke: Carole is able to get a man by putting an advertisement in the newspaper with basically all of her personal details. Laura warns against it, but Carole is not too bothered, as it was a man she once knew. Later on, we see Carole get contacted for a medical survey thanks to her giving out private information.
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* BlackComedyPetDeath: Helen accidentally runs running over a guide dog, which dog is played for dark laughs.
-->'''Helen''': And when I finally get there, I discover the dog. I mean, what sort of a person ties their animal to the back of someone else's car?
-->'''Carole''': A dog?
-->'''Helen''': Why didn't it bark or something? That's the trouble with these guide dogs - they're too bloody well-trained.
-->'''Carole''': You've ran over a guide dog in the car park?
-->'''Helen''': Oh, don't worry, not here. St. Austell. I wondered what the bumping was. Anyway, Gordon can scrape it off.
* BrickJoke: Carole is able to get a man by putting an advertisement in the newspaper withbasically all of her personal details. Laura warns against it, but Carole is not too bothered, as it was a man she once knew. Later on, we see Carole get contacted for is later called up by a medical survey thanks to person who is rather interested in what she's wearing and what her giving out private information.breast size is.
-->'''Helen''': And when I finally get there, I discover the dog. I mean, what sort of a person ties their animal to the back of someone else's car?
-->'''Carole''': A dog?
-->'''Helen''': Why didn't it bark or something? That's the trouble with these guide dogs - they're too bloody well-trained.
-->'''Carole''': You've ran over a guide dog in the car park?
-->'''Helen''': Oh, don't worry, not here. St. Austell. I wondered what the bumping was. Anyway, Gordon can scrape it off.
* BrickJoke: Carole is able to get a man by putting an advertisement in the newspaper with
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* HappyFlashback: Used when Laura gives Brittas the pictures of him building the arbor, showing that he enjoyed Laura's company there.
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* HappyFlashback: Used A flashback is used when Laura gives Brittas the pictures of him building the arbor, showing that he enjoyed Laura's company there.there.
* HarassingPhoneCall: Carole is given a phone call after she releases her personal information through the newspaper. Whilst the unseen person on the other side claims that they're using Carole's answers for a medical survey, they seem remarkably interested in finding out Carole's breast size and are disappointed in the fact that she wears tights...
* HarassingPhoneCall: Carole is given a phone call after she releases her personal information through the newspaper. Whilst the unseen person on the other side claims that they're using Carole's answers for a medical survey, they seem remarkably interested in finding out Carole's breast size and are disappointed in the fact that she wears tights...
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* MessageInABottle: How Colin asked Pauline out; he wrote a message and put it into an empty milk bottle for him to collect.
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* MessageInABottle: How Colin asked asks Pauline out; he wrote out by writing a message and put putting it into an empty milk bottle for him the milkman to collect.
* ShippingTorpedo: Colin is the one person not interested in the idea of Brittas and Laura being a couple, arguing that he's too HappilyMarried to Helen to do such a thing and believing that it would go against his personal integrity.
* TooDesperateToBePicky: It's a sign of how poverty-stricken Michael is at the moment when he finds a half-eaten rusk left by Carole's infant daughter Emily to be a perfectly acceptable item to eat.
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* WhyWouldAnyoneTakeHimBack: InUniverse, Brittas asks this of Laura, asking why would she want Michael back considering his track record as a husband and her personal qualities. She simply responds that she loves him.
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* WhyWouldAnyoneTakeHimBack: InUniverse, WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Laura decides to get back together with Michael in spite of Michael's cheating ways. A confused Brittas asks this of Laura, asking why she would she want Michael back do that considering his track record as a husband and her personal qualities. She simply responds how poorly he treated her, to which she replies that despite everything, she loves does still love him.
-->'''Mr. Brittas''': You're taking him back?
-->'''Laura''': Yes.
-->'''Mr. Brittas''': But why? I mean, you're intelligent, quite attractive, fairly neatly turned out...
-->'''Laura''': Thank you.
-->'''Mr. Brittas''': You could have had anyone, anyone you wanted and you chose him. I don't understand it.
-->'''Laura''': It's because I love him. I know it would be much easier if I didn't, if I loved someone honest, hard-working, trustworthy. But I love Michael.
-->'''Mr. Brittas''': You're taking him back?
-->'''Laura''': Yes.
-->'''Mr. Brittas''': But why? I mean, you're intelligent, quite attractive, fairly neatly turned out...
-->'''Laura''': Thank you.
-->'''Mr. Brittas''': You could have had anyone, anyone you wanted and you chose him. I don't understand it.
-->'''Laura''': It's because I love him. I know it would be much easier if I didn't, if I loved someone honest, hard-working, trustworthy. But I love Michael.
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* NoodleIncident: Michael apparently tried to win back Laura after the events of "[[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS3E5SexLiesAndRedTape Sex, Lies and Red Tape]]", only for Laura to tell him that she never wanted to see him again whilst throwing stuff at him. It's even cited as the reason why Laura is seen with an "I Don't Trust Men" badge on her locker during the events of this series.
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* NoodleIncident: Michael apparently tried to win back Laura after the events of "[[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS3E5SexLiesAndRedTape Sex, Lies and Red Tape]]", only for Laura to tell him that she never wanted to see him again whilst throwing stuff at him. It's even cited as the reason why Laura is seen with an "I Don't Trust Men" badge on her locker during the events of this series.Series 4.
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* NoodleIncident: Michael apparently tried to win back Laura after the events of "[[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS3E5SexLiesAndRedTape Sex, Lies and Red Tape]]", only for Laura to tell him that she never wanted to see him again whilst throwing stuff at him. It's even cited as the reason why Laura is seen with an "I Don't Trust Men" badge on her locker during the events of this series.
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* AirVentPassageway: Ronald tries to escape from the Medical Room through it's ventilation system. It... doesn't work out for him.
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* AirVentPassageway: Ronald tries to escape from the Medical Room through it's its ventilation system. It... doesn't work out for him.
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* AndYourRewardIsEdible: If what Laura says is any indication, Brittas was building her an arbour in return for some omelettes.
* BittersweetEnding: Bordering on outright DownerEnding - The dance actually goes fairly well (although Brittas considers everyone's choices to be too eccentric) and Laura gets back together with Michael, but Brittas, who is implied to have been developing feelings for Laura, is clearly disappointed by Laura's decision and is seen drunkenly and sadly considering what could have been at the ball. Also, as typical for [[ButtMonkey Carole at this point]], her potential suitor gets left to an UncertainDoom in the vents and she is left thinking that he stood her up.
* BittersweetEnding: Bordering on outright DownerEnding - The dance actually goes fairly well (although Brittas considers everyone's choices to be too eccentric) and Laura gets back together with Michael, but Brittas, who is implied to have been developing feelings for Laura, is clearly disappointed by Laura's decision and is seen drunkenly and sadly considering what could have been at the ball. Also, as typical for [[ButtMonkey Carole at this point]], her potential suitor gets left to an UncertainDoom in the vents and she is left thinking that he stood her up.
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* AndYourRewardIsEdible: If what Laura says is any indication, Brittas was building her an arbour arbor in return for some omelettes.
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* BittersweetEnding: Bordering on outright DownerEnding -The the dance actually goes fairly well (although Brittas considers everyone's choices to be too eccentric) and Laura gets back together with Michael, but Brittas, who is implied to have been developing feelings for Laura, is clearly disappointed by Laura's decision and is seen drunkenly and sadly considering what could have been at the ball. Also, as typical for [[ButtMonkey Carole at this point]], her potential suitor gets left to an UncertainDoom in the vents and she is left thinking that he stood her up.
* BittersweetEnding: Bordering on outright DownerEnding -
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* BrickJoke: Carole is able to get a man by putting an advertisement in the newspaper with basically all of her personal details. Laura warns against it but Carole is not too bothered, as it was a man she once knew. Later on, we see Carole get contacted for a medical survey thanks to her giving out private information.
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* BrickJoke: Carole is able to get a man by putting an advertisement in the newspaper with basically all of her personal details. Laura warns against it it, but Carole is not too bothered, as it was a man she once knew. Later on, we see Carole get contacted for a medical survey thanks to her giving out private information.
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* ChaoticCarRide: Whilst the holiday was fine, Helen's car trip back home came complete with 2 children puking, a third trying to eat the puke, and a fourth screaming because she wouldn't play Magnetic ''TabletopGame/{{Scrabble}}'' with him. And that's not getting into her running over a guide dog by accident...
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* ChaoticCarRide: Whilst the holiday was fine, Helen's car trip back home came complete with 2 two children puking, a third trying to eat the puke, and a fourth screaming because she wouldn't play Magnetic ''TabletopGame/{{Scrabble}}'' with him. And that's not getting into her running over a guide dog by accident...
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* TakeOurWordForIt: We never see what exactly Michael says to Laura in the Manager's Office, only that it was enough to convince her, who had previously never wanted to see him again, to take him back.
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* TakeOurWordForIt: We never see what exactly Michael says to Laura in the Manager's Office, only that it was enough to convince her, who had previously never wanted to see him again, to take him back. The most we get is Laura telling Brittas that Michael promised her that he wouldn't cheat on her again.
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* GrayRainOfDepression: The rain ends up stopping for the happy couple Laura and Michael, and restarting for the more distraught Brittas, Carole, and Helen.
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* GrayRainOfDepression: The rain ends up stopping When the party finally ends, it is raining. It does stop, but only for the happy couple Laura and Michael, who have decided to reconcile and restarting for even get the opportunity to see a rainbow. By the time the more distraught significantly depressed Brittas, Carole, Helen, and Helen.Carole decide to leave, the rain has started up again.
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* UncertainDoom: Ronald is last seen still crashing through the vents. He never shows up again, so he may have died as a result.
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* UncertainDoom: Ronald is last seen still crashing trying to get through the vents. He vents when the episode ends. Despite his determination to see Carole, he never shows up appears again, so which suggests that he may have somehow died as a result.in the vents, but he's also never seen actually dying on-screen.
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* BittersweetEnding: The dance actually goes fairly well and Laura gets back together with Michael, but Brittas, who is implied to have been developing feelings for Laura, is clearly disappointed by Laura's decision. Also, as typical for [[ButtMonkey Carole at this point]], her potential suitor gets left to an UncertainDoom in the vents and she is left thinking that he stood her up.
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* BittersweetEnding: Bordering on outright DownerEnding - The dance actually goes fairly well (although Brittas considers everyone's choices to be too eccentric) and Laura gets back together with Michael, but Brittas, who is implied to have been developing feelings for Laura, is clearly disappointed by Laura's decision.decision and is seen drunkenly and sadly considering what could have been at the ball. Also, as typical for [[ButtMonkey Carole at this point]], her potential suitor gets left to an UncertainDoom in the vents and she is left thinking that he stood her up.
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* FlowersOfRomance: The staff hear about Brittas giving Laura flowers, so they think it’s a sign that he’s having an affair with her. In truth, they were actually flower seeds, which he gives to her for her garden.
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* ExtremeOmnivore: On top of the mention that all four of Helen's children were eating dead crab that they found at a beach, one of them was also trying to eat the puke which came about as a result of eating the dead crab.
* FlowersOfRomance: The staffhear hears about Brittas giving Laura flowers, so they think it’s a sign that he’s having an affair with her. In truth, they were actually flower seeds, which he gives to her for her garden.
* FlowersOfRomance: The staff
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* TakeOurWordForIt: We never see what exactly Michael says to Laura in the Manager's Office, only that it was enough to convince her to take him back.
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* TakeOurWordForIt: We never see what exactly Michael says to Laura in the Manager's Office, only that it was enough to convince her her, who had previously never wanted to see him again, to take him back.
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* FlowersOfRomance: The staff hear about Brittas giving Laura flowers, so they think it’s a sign that he’s having an affair with her. In truth, they were actually flower seeds, which he gives to her for her garden.
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* BittersweetEnding: The dance actually goes fairly well and Laura gets back together with Michael, but Brittas, who is implied to have been developing feelings for Laura, is clearly disappointed by Laura's decision. Also, as typical for [[ButtMonkey Carole at this point]], her potential suitor gets left to an UncertainDoom to the vents and she is left thinking that he stood her up.
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* BittersweetEnding: The dance actually goes fairly well and Laura gets back together with Michael, but Brittas, who is implied to have been developing feelings for Laura, is clearly disappointed by Laura's decision. Also, as typical for [[ButtMonkey Carole at this point]], her potential suitor gets left to an UncertainDoom to in the vents and she is left thinking that he stood her up.
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* BittersweetEnding: The dance actually goes fairly well and Laura gets back together with Michael, but Brittas, who is implied to have been developing feelings for Laura, is clearly disappointed by Laura's decision. Also, as typical for [[ButtMonkey Carole at this point]], her potential suitor gets left to an UncertainDoom to the vents and she is left thinking that he stood her up.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodSandwich: Michael hasn't quite finished eating the food prepared for him in the canteen when Colin shows up to take him to Brittas, but Colin is quite insistent that Brittas wants him that minute.
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* MistakenForCheating: Brittas has been spending time at Laura's house whilst his family is away, leading the staff members to believe that he's having an affair with her, not helped by Laura has previously shown to have romantic feelings towards him. In truth however, Brittas was only over to build an arbor and mitigate his loneliness, although the episode does hint that he was beginning to gain feelings for her.
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* MistakenForCheating: Brittas has been spending time at Laura's house whilst his family is away, leading the staff members to believe that he's having an affair with her, a belief not helped by the fact that Laura has previously been shown to have romantic feelings towards him. In truth however, Brittas was only over to build an arbor and mitigate his loneliness, although the episode does hint that he was is beginning to gain romantic feelings for her.
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* LastSecondPhotoFailure: Laura gives Brittas a PhotoMemento of the time he built an arbor for her. In the ensuing {{Flashback}}, we see Brittas setting up the camera and getting the photo taken with Laura, only to push into her as the photo is taken.
* LoveObstructingParents: It's revealed that Carole's mother cancelled her wedding to Ronald as she didn't like the fact that he was the son of a rag n' bone man.
* LoveObstructingParents: It's revealed that Carole's mother cancelled her wedding to Ronald as she didn't like the fact that he was the son of a rag n' bone man.
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* ItsQuietTooQuiet: After several minutes of leaving Laura alone with Michael, Brittas notices that it has gotten too quiet and barges into his Manager's Office to see if she's having a problem. Unfortunately for him, the silence is coming from the fact that the two have decided to reconcile.
* LastSecondPhotoFailure: Laura gives Brittas a PhotoMemento of the time he built an arbor for her. In the ensuing {{Flashback}}, we see Brittas setting up the camera and getting the photo taken with Laura, only topush decide to shove into her as at the photo is taken.
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* LoveObstructingParents: It's revealed that Carole's mothercancelled canceled her wedding to Ronald as she didn't like the fact that he was the son of a rag n' bone man.
* LastSecondPhotoFailure: Laura gives Brittas a PhotoMemento of the time he built an arbor for her. In the ensuing {{Flashback}}, we see Brittas setting up the camera and getting the photo taken with Laura, only to
* LoveObstructingParents: It's revealed that Carole's mother
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* AirVentPassageway: Ronald tries to escape from the Medical Room through it's ventilation system. It... doesn't work out for him.
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* {{Crossdresser}}: Pauline. It's hinted at that Colin doesn't actually know that he's one of these.
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* {{Crossdresser}}: Pauline. It's hinted at that Pauline, a blokish man who dresses as a woman, although Colin doesn't actually know that he's one is apparently unaware of these.this.
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* HairpinLock: Ronald manages to cut the suggestion box loose by using a hairpin from the notice board beside him.
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* HairpinLock: HairpinLockpick: Ronald manages to cut the suggestion box loose by using a hairpin from the notice board beside him.
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* ChaoticCarRide: Whilst the holiday was fine, Helen's car trip back home came complete with 2 children puking, a third trying to eat the puke, and a fourth screaming because she wouldn't play Magnetic ''TabletopGame/{{Scrabble}}'' with him. And that's not getting into her running over a guide dog by accident...
* CharacterShilling: Brittas spends the first few minutes taking his time to emphasize and praise Laura's skills and accomplishments, which leads the other staff to conclude that he's having an affair with her.
* CoveredInGunge: Helen, upon her return, is covered in her children's puke.
* CharacterShilling: Brittas spends the first few minutes taking his time to emphasize and praise Laura's skills and accomplishments, which leads the other staff to conclude that he's having an affair with her.
* CoveredInGunge: Helen, upon her return, is covered in her children's puke.
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* TheFoodPoisoningIncident: It's mentioned that the reason that all of Helen's children are puking is that they ate dead crab during their trip to Cornwall.
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* TheFoodPoisoningIncident: It's mentioned that the reason that all of Helen's children are puking is that they ate dead crab crabs during their trip to Cornwall.
* HairpinLock: Ronald manages to cut the suggestion box loose by using a hairpin from the notice board beside him.
* MistakenForCheating: Brittas has been spending time at Laura's house whilst his family is away, leading the staff members to believe that he's having an affair with her, not helped by Laura has previously shown to have romantic feelings towards him. In truth however, Brittas was only over to build an arbor and mitigate his loneliness, although the episode does hint that he was beginning to gain feelings for her.
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* OneShotCharacter: Pauline, Ronald, and Edward.
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* OneShotCharacter: Pauline, Ronald, Ronald Sudbury, and Edward.
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* IdleRich: It's revealed that Michael is completely reliant on his father's money for his wealth - when his father cuts his money off of him, he's left destitute as a result.
