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* AbsurdlyElderlyFather: Linda is pleased to learn that she is expecting a baby, as she had been trying to become pregnant with her 65-year-old boyfriend Edward. However, [[{{Subverted}} it is eventually revealed that there was a sample mix-up and that she is not actually pregnant at all]].
-->'''Linda:''' Pregnant... gosh...\\
'''Mr. Brittas:''' I take it this comes as something of a surprise, Linda?\\
'''Linda:''' It does rather. We only decided to start trying last Friday. That's when Edward retired. \
'''Mr. Brittas:''' Edward the Headmaster?\\
'''Linda:''' That's right. Now he's 65, we thought what better time to start a family than when he's home to help look after them?
-->'''Linda:''' Pregnant... gosh...\\
'''Mr. Brittas:''' I take it this comes as something of a surprise, Linda?\\
'''Linda:''' It does rather. We only decided to start trying last Friday. That's when Edward retired. \
'''Mr. Brittas:''' Edward the Headmaster?\\
'''Linda:''' That's right. Now he's 65, we thought what better time to start a family than when he's home to help look after them?
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* PinnedToTheGround: Suzie reacts so poorly to her seeming pregnancy that Brittas ends up pinning her down using his hands on her back until her brother from the dog-handling unit can show up to take her away.
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* PinnedToTheGround: Suzie reacts so poorly to her seeming apparent pregnancy that Brittas ends up pinning her down using his hands on her back until her brother from the dog-handling unit can show up to take her away.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: For some reason, when Carole tells Julie how to maintain her desk and children, she neglects to mention Emily, leaving her whereabouts unknown. It's possible that Jack, the child that Ben is mentioned to be playing with, is intended to be Emily in a brief instance of SeriesContinuityError however.
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* PinnedToTheGround: Suzie reacts so poorly to her seeming pregnancy that Brittas ends up pinning her down using his hands on her back until her brother from the dog-handling unit can show up to take her away.
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* NoodleIncident: John Rawlinson was apparently rendered infertile following a school trip to Windscale (a nuclear reactor known for a disastrous fire in 1957).
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** Suzie's violent reaction to being told that she was seemingly pregnant is according to Laura not the first time she has gotten into a fight with Brittas, although no further elaboration is given.
** John Rawlinson was apparently rendered infertile following a school trip to Windscale (a nuclear reactor known for a disastrous fire in 1957).
** Suzie's violent reaction to being told that she was seemingly pregnant is according to Laura not the first time she has gotten into a fight with Brittas, although no further elaboration is given.
** John Rawlinson was apparently rendered infertile following a school trip to Windscale (a nuclear reactor known for a disastrous fire in 1957).
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* TheGhost: Carole tells Julie that Ben is playing with someone named Jack in his cupboard, but we never see Jack in the flesh.
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* CallBack: Brittas mentions being [[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS5E3BrusselsCalling away at Brussels during the time of the drug tests]]. Helen also fears that she may have become pregnant by John Rawlinson, who she had an affair with at the end of the same episode.
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** Brittas mentions being [[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS5E3BrusselsCalling away at Brussels during the time of the drug tests]]. Helen also fears that she may have become pregnant by John Rawlinson,who whom she had an affair with at the end of the same episode.episode.
** The [[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS5E2BlindDevotion toxic waste under Colin's house continues to cause havoc]], this time sending him and Carole into unconsciousness for several days.
** Brittas mentions being [[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS5E3BrusselsCalling away at Brussels during the time of the drug tests]]. Helen also fears that she may have become pregnant by John Rawlinson,
** The [[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS5E2BlindDevotion toxic waste under Colin's house continues to cause havoc]], this time sending him and Carole into unconsciousness for several days.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: If Julie hadn't dropped the drug test samples and decided to fill them with her own urine, Brittas would have never gotten to the conclusion that everyone was pregnant.
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* NotHerself: Julie is actually acting quite nice this episode, a far cry from her usual role as the SassySecretary. It gets to the point that she calls Brittas "Mr. Brittas", which is something which she usually doesn't do. It's because Alex, a man who she had a fling with, wants to see her again. This continues even when Alex seemingly rejects her, as she tries to actually do work before Laura resolves the issue.
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* NotHerself: Julie is actually acting quite nice this episode, a far cry from her usual role as the SassySecretary. It gets to the point that she calls Brittas "Mr. Brittas", which is something which that she usually doesn't do. It's because Alex, a man who she had a fling with, wants to see her again. This continues even when Alex seemingly rejects her, as she tries to actually do work before Laura resolves the issue.
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* TextileworkIsFeminine: Brittas uses the fact that Tim once made pelmets for the staff restroom as evidence that he is secretly a woman.
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* NotHerself: Julie is actually acting quite nice this episode, a far cry from her usual role as the SassySecretary. It's because Alex, a man who she had a fling with, wants to see her again. This continues even when Alex seemingly rejects her, as she refers to Brittas as "Mr. Brittas" (something she usually never says) and tries to actually do work.
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* NotHerself: Julie is actually acting quite nice this episode, a far cry from her usual role as the SassySecretary. It gets to the point that she calls Brittas "Mr. Brittas", which is something which she usually doesn't do. It's because Alex, a man who she had a fling with, wants to see her again. This continues even when Alex seemingly rejects her, as she refers to Brittas as "Mr. Brittas" (something she usually never says) and tries to actually do work.work before Laura resolves the issue.
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* PreppyName: Alex Cholmondeley-Hume, who seems to be a rather rich man who managed to become a Baronet as the name would suggest.
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* PreppyName: Alex Cholmondeley-Hume, who seems to be which as the name would suggest is a rather rich man who even managed to become a Baronet as the name would suggest.Baronet.
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* BaitAndSwitch: Brittas' interrogation with Tim is framed as if he had finally figured out that Tim was gay, using the fact that Tim is never seen with girlfriends, always hanging around with Gavin, and the fact that he made pelmets for the staff restroom as evidence of something which he was keeping a secret. His actual conclusion however is that Tim is secretly a woman.
* CultureClash: The fact that Julie is a Northerner and Alex is a Southerner causes some issues regarding their use of language, such as Julie thinking that "Whiz" was not meant to be a compliment, almost sinking their relationship before it gets started.
* ItsNotAboutTheRequest: Tim refuses to man the reception desk for Gavin, as he believes that Gavin only wants him to do it to help him look good for Brittas. In comparison, he's willing to do it for Laura when she asks, something which Gavin calls him out on.
* ThePollyanna: Colin's conservation with Carole reveals that he thinks of her as the sort of woman who puts on a smile even when life puts her down (and being that Carole is TheChewtoy, this occurs regularly).
-->'''Colin''': You have that capacity when bad things happen to you, and they do happen to you rather frequently, don't they?
-->'''Carole''': They do a bit.
-->'''Colin''': But you always bounce straight back, do you? Next morning, there you are with a cheerful smile and your "How can I help you?".
* PreppyName: Alex Cholmondeley-Hume, who seems to be a rather rich man who managed to become a Baronet as the name would suggest.
-->'''Colin''': You have that capacity when bad things happen to you, and they do happen to you rather frequently, don't they?
-->'''Carole''': They do a bit.
-->'''Colin''': But you always bounce straight back, do you? Next morning, there you are with a cheerful smile and your "How can I help you?".
* PreppyName: Alex Cholmondeley-Hume, who seems to be a rather rich man who managed to become a Baronet as the name would suggest.
* TheVoiceless: Even in his one scene on-screen, Alex never audibly utters a word, with the audience seeing him simply motioning to Julie asking if he was serious about their relationship.
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-->'''Julie''': Now, I would have asked Mr. Brittas for permission, but I don't like to interrupt him. Not when he's busy.
-->'''Laura''': Oh? What's wrong with her?
-->'''Helen''': What?
-->'''Laura''': Julie. She never called him Mr. Brittas before.
-->'''Laura''': Oh? What's wrong with her?
-->'''Helen''': What?
-->'''Laura''': Julie. She never called him Mr. Brittas before.
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* ApplianceDefenestration: Suzie is implied to have thrown ''something'' out of the window in Brittas' office, as the intercom is hanging out of a giant hole in it when Brittas asks Gavin to retrieve it for him.
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** Carole is surprised at the idea that she could be pregnant since she's pretty sure that she didn't have any sex recently (well, until she recalls a possible incident involving Colin).
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* ChickenpoxEpisode: Carole's daughter Jessica spends the episode getting over a recent bout of chickenpox. This becomes relevant to the episode when Carole takes up a baby monitor to Brittas' office office to try to calm her through her pain, which is left behind after she leaves and allows Gavin, Helen, and Laura to overhear Brittas trying to strip Tim of his clothing.
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* ChickenpoxEpisode: Carole's daughter Jessica spends the episode getting over a recent bout of chickenpox. This becomes relevant to the episode when Carole takes up a baby monitor to Brittas' office office to try to calm her through her pain, which is left behind after she leaves and allows Gavin, Helen, and Laura to overhear Brittas trying to strip Tim of his clothing.
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* ManBitesMan: Suzie eventually starts biting Brittas whilst he's holding her down.
-->'''Mr. Brittas''': Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah. We exchange ideas in this centre. We do not bite.
-->'''Mr. Brittas''': Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah. We exchange ideas in this centre. We do not bite.
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* AsleepForDays: Thanks to Colin's hallucinogens, both he and Carole are believed by the ambulance people to have been unconscious for three days.
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* AsleepForDays: Thanks to Colin's hallucinogens, both he hallucinogens apparently end up sending him and Carole are believed by the ambulance people to have been unconscious into unconsciousness for three days.
* ChickenpoxEpisode: Carole's daughter Jessica spends the episode getting over a recent bout of chickenpox. This becomes relevant to the episode when Carole takes up a baby monitor to Brittas' office office to try to calm her through her pain, which is left behind after she leaves and allows Gavin, Helen, and Laura to overhear Brittas trying to strip Tim of his clothing.
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* ContinuityNod: [[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS5E5TheBoss The drawer containing Emily is still not functioning right]], necessitating the expertise of Colin to fix it.
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* ContinuityNod: [[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS5E5TheBoss The drawer containing Emily is drawers behind reception are still not functioning right]], necessitating the expertise of Colin to fix it.
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* NotHerself: Julie is actually acting quite nice this episode, a far cry from her usual role as the SassySecretary. It's because a man which whom she had a sexual tryst with wants to see her.
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* NotHerself: Julie is actually acting quite nice this episode, a far cry from her usual role as the SassySecretary. It's because Alex, a man which whom who she had a sexual tryst with fling with, wants to see her.her again. This continues even when Alex seemingly rejects her, as she refers to Brittas as "Mr. Brittas" (something she usually never says) and tries to actually do work.
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* CommendedForPushback: When Brittas demands Tim to take off his clothes to prove that he was a woman, Gavin leaps to the defense of his boyfriend by punching his boss in the face. However, as it turns out, Brittas approved of that — apparently, he thought Gavin was "a bit girly", and to him, Gavin leaping to Tim's defense disproved this in his eyes. As such, he decides to officially make Gavin, who had been training for a career in Management at that point, his new Deputy Manager.
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* ShipTease: Colin and Carole are forced to marry by Brittas, since Carole is apparently pregnant thanks to Colin. When it turns out that there is a urine mix-up and that Carole isn't pregnant after all, both return to their normal roles. However, Carole is clearly disappointed that the marriage is off and the two get an AlmostKiss moment before Colin heads off.
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* ItRunsInTheFamily: Colin’s great-great-grandmother apparently had a similar luck with illnesses, being the last woman to die of the plague.
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* StatusQuoIsGod: Colin almost marries Carole, but cancels the proposal when it turns out that Carole wasn't pregnant at all.
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* UnexpectedPositive: How did Julie find out she was pregnant? A urine sample for a drug test.
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* ItRunsInTheFamily: Colin’s great-great-grandmother apparently had a similar luck with illnesses, being the last woman to die of the plague.
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** Carole is surprised at the idea that she could be pregnant, since she's pretty sure that she didn't have any sex recently.
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* ContinuityNod: [[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS5E5TheBoss The drawer containing Emily is still not functioning right]], necessitating the expertise of Colin to fix them.
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* ContinuityNod: [[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS5E5TheBoss The drawer containing Emily is still not functioning right]], necessitating the expertise of Colin to fix them.it.
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* MySecretPregnancy: Thanks to a mix-up in urine tests, Brittas ends up believing that every female member of staff. When Tim in particular comes up, Brittas accuses him of hiding his pregnancy to continue the pretense of him being a man when he was actually a woman, although it is later revealed that he was never pregnant at all and that Tim was a man all along.
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* MySecretPregnancy: Thanks to a mix-up in urine tests, Brittas ends up believing that every female member of staff.staff is pregnant. When Tim in particular comes up, Brittas accuses him of hiding his pregnancy to continue the pretense of him being a man when he was actually a woman, although it is later revealed that he was never pregnant at all and that Tim was a man all along.
