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* TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour: One of the toys that Ben, who is no older than 3 or 4 at this point, has is a bunny strapped to an imitation of an electric chair.

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* TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour: One of the toys that Ben, who is no older than 3 or 4 at this point, has is For some reason, Ben owns a toy bunny that is strapped to an into a imitation of an electric chair.chair. Keep in mind that he is at most 5 years old.
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* RevisedEnding: The episode intially ended with Brittas bickering with Saint Peter over the keys to ThePearlyGates, with the intention that this would be the final scene of the series. When it was picked up for another series, the ending was revised to Brittas being brought BackFromTheDead and knocking on the coffin at his own funeral.
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* TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour: One of the toys that Ben, who is no older than 3 or 4 at this point, has is a bunny strapped to an imitation of an electric chair.
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* RuleOfThree: The water tank falls through three floors, with only its third crash (the one onto reception) being the one to prove fatal.
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* OffscreenCrash: Whilst the water tank crashes through multiple floors, the only time we actually see an impact is the one onto the ground floor, which proves fatal to Brittas.

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** After Brittas' death, Colin is seen putting black draping on a picture of him which he had hung up. Colin had previously tried to put up said picture at the start of "[[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS5E7UXB UXB]]" before coming across the bomb.

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** After Brittas' death, Colin is seen putting black draping on a the picture of him which Brittas he had hung up. Colin had previously tried to put up said picture at the start of "[[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS5E7UXB UXB]]" before coming across the bomb.[[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS5E7UXB last episode]].



* DeadHatShot: After Brittas is crushed to death, all that is left visible is his tie. Colin tries to pull him out using the tie to (obviously) no avail.

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* DeadHatShot: After Brittas is crushed to death, all that is left visible is his tie. Colin tries to pull him out using It's Tim recognising the tie which makes the staff realise what had happened, although it doesn't stop Colin from attempting to (obviously) no avail.rescue Brittas by pulling the tie.



* HuddleShot: The staff all huddle over Brittas' grave when he starts knocking on the coffin and calling out hello.

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* HuddleShot: The final shot of the episode is the staff all huddle and several funeral-goers huddling over Brittas' grave when as they realise that he starts knocking on the coffin and calling out hello.has come back to life.



* MyCarHatesMe: The toy car that Carole gets stuck in conveniently freezes up right in the path of a falling water tank, only starting up again after Brittas has pushed it out of the way and is killed in the process.

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* MyCarHatesMe: The toy car that Carole gets stuck in conveniently freezes up right in the path of a falling water tank, only starting up again after Brittas has pushed it out of the way and is gotten killed in the process.


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* OhCrap: All of the staff upon realising that Brittas is dead, but special mention goes to Laura, who utters a soft "Oh no... oh no..." upon realising.

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* ContinuityNod: After Brittas' death, Colin is seen putting black draping on a picture of him which he had hung up. Colin had previously tried to put up said picture at the start of "[[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS5E7UXB UXB]]" before coming across the bomb.

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* ContinuityNod: After ContinuityNod:
** [[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS5E1TheOldOldStory A copy of "I Believe"]] can be seen on Brittas' desk.
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Brittas' death, Colin is seen putting black draping on a picture of him which he had hung up. Colin had previously tried to put up said picture at the start of "[[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS5E7UXB UXB]]" before coming across the bomb.

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* CallBack: The kiddie car that Carole gets stuck in is the same one gifted by Gerald in "[[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS5E5TheBoss The Boss]]".

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** Carole has managed to get the extension to the cupboard that she had been seeking back in "[[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS4E7TheChop The Chop]]".
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The kiddie car that Carole gets stuck in is the same one gifted by Gerald in "[[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS5E5TheBoss The Boss]]".
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* SeriesFaxunale: The earliest versions of this episode were actually written with the intention of it being the final episode, with Brittas remaining dead. However, upon learning that the BBC wanted to make more of the show, the episode was rewritten and Brittas was revived.

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* SeriesFaxunale: SeriesFauxnale: The earliest versions of this episode were actually written with the intention of it being the final episode, with Brittas remaining dead. However, upon learning that the BBC wanted to make more of the show, the episode was rewritten and Brittas was revived.
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* SeriesFaxunale: The earliest versions of this episode were actually written with the intention of it being the final episode, with Brittas remaining dead. However, upon learning that the BBC wanted to make more of the show, the episode was rewritten and Brittas was revived.
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* NoMedicationForMe: A brief gag during Laura's PrematureEulogy shows Helen deciding to throw away all her antidepressants in the bin, evidently figuring that with Brittas dead, she wouldn't need them anymore.
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* MyCarHatesMe: The toy car that Carole gets stuck in conveniently freezes up right in the path of a falling water tank, only starting up again after Brittas has pushed it out of the way and is killed in the process.

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* FourIsDeath: Although it's unclear whether it was the exact minute when Brittas is killed, Carole does note the time to be four minutes past twelve just before Brittas shows up and performs his HeroicSacrifice.

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* FourIsDeath: Although it's unclear whether it was the exact minute when Brittas is killed, Carole does note notes the time to be four minutes past twelve just before Brittas shows up and performs his HeroicSacrifice.



* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: What exactly Brittas does in Heaven which annoys everyone enough to kick him out is never shown on-screen - all that we really know is that he at one point annoyed St. Peter over ThePearlyGates and tried to get him and Michael into team-building activities.



* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: After some time in Heaven, St. Peter and the other denizens of Heaven become annoyed by Brittas' annoying personality during his time in Heaven and get orders from upstairs to return him back to earth for another couple of decades.

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* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: After some time in Heaven, St. Peter and the other denizens of Heaven become annoyed by Brittas' annoying obnoxious personality during his time in Heaven and get special orders from upstairs to return him back to earth for another couple of decades.
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** After a series-long arc of Brittas going to a job where he may not cause any harm, trouble comes when the Germans go back on an agreement, causing him to refuse to go. At the end of the episode, however, Helen returns with news that the Germans have conceded. She cheerfully says that it means that they can finally go... right in front of the water tank which has just snuffed the life out of Brittas.

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** After a series-long arc of Brittas going to a job where he may not is less likely to cause any harm, trouble comes when the Germans go back on an agreement, causing him to refuse to go. At Near the end of the episode, however, Helen returns with news that the Germans have conceded. She cheerfully says that it means that they can finally go... right in front of the water tank which has just snuffed the life out of Brittas.



* ItsAllMyFault: Poor Carole blames herself for causing Brittas' death, especially since he sacrificed his life saving her.

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* ItsAllMyFault: Poor Carole blames herself for causing Brittas' death, especially since he sacrificed his life saving to save her.

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* HopeSpot: To Gavin at least, Brittas deciding not to go after all, as he was that close to signing. Tim knew that this was going to happen, as he had a prophetic dream about it:
-->'''Tim''': I had this dream last night. You know, the one everyone gets about being in the water in the dark.
-->'''Gavin''': No...
-->'''Tim''': You know! You're up to your neck in water, an' you can't see anything. An' you feel trapped because there's no way out. An' then suddenly, it's like a lid lifts off the sky, an' there's light everywhere and you can smell pine trees an' you think "I'm gonna be saved, I'm gonna be saved!".
-->'''Gavin''': Yes?
-->'''Tim''': An' then you realize you're in the toilet. An' looking up, you see this great big hairy hand reaching for the flush...

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* HopeSpot: HopeSpot:
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To Gavin at least, Brittas deciding not to go after all, as he was that close to signing.signing and allowing Gavin the opportunity to become Manager. Tim knew that this was going to happen, as he had a prophetic dream about it:
-->'''Tim''': --->'''Tim''': I had this dream last night. You know, the one everyone gets about being in the water in the dark.
-->'''Gavin''': --->'''Gavin''': No...
-->'''Tim''': --->'''Tim''': You know! You're up to your neck in water, an' you can't see anything. An' you feel trapped because there's no way out. An' then suddenly, it's like a lid lifts off the sky, an' there's light everywhere and you can smell pine trees an' you think "I'm gonna be saved, I'm gonna be saved!".
-->'''Gavin''': --->'''Gavin''': Yes?
-->'''Tim''': --->'''Tim''': An' then you realize you're in the toilet. An' looking up, you see this great big hairy hand reaching for the flush...flush...
** After a series-long arc of Brittas going to a job where he may not cause any harm, trouble comes when the Germans go back on an agreement, causing him to refuse to go. At the end of the episode, however, Helen returns with news that the Germans have conceded. She cheerfully says that it means that they can finally go... right in front of the water tank which has just snuffed the life out of Brittas.
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* AcquiredErrorAtThePrinter: In the final iteration of this RunningGag, the teas maid engraving gets misprinted as "If you're feeling lonely and need cheering up, just pour the milk and '''pee''' [[note]] presumably meant to be tea there [[/note]] in your cup".

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* AcquiredErrorAtThePrinter: In the final iteration of this RunningGag, the teas maid teasmade engraving gets misprinted as "If you're feeling lonely and need cheering up, just pour the milk and '''pee''' [[note]] presumably meant to be tea there [[/note]] in your cup".




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* YourDaysAreNumbered: As Brittas is being sent back to Earth, he's told that he's due to live for another 50 years. It would have been 30 years, but St. Peter isn't quite ready to have him back in the afterlife so soon.
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* StockEpisodeTitles: "The Last Day" has been used in several other series such as ''Cottage to Let'', ''G.E. True'', ''Series/RedDwarf'', ''Slim John'' and ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats1985''.
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* AffectionateNickname: Brittas seems to have taken to calling St. Peter and the Archangel Michael "Pete" and "Mike" respectively by the time he's KickedOutOfHeaven.
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* CantKeepASecret: When Brittas tells Colin not to say a word about the possibility of the ceremony where he gets his new job not going forward, Colin cheerfully announces straight after how he can't wait to tell everyone and does so anyway. Not that it would have mattered anyway, since Julie overheard it.

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* CantKeepASecret: CannotKeepASecret: When Brittas tells Colin not to say a word about the possibility of the ceremony where he gets his new job not going forward, Colin cheerfully announces straight after how he can't wait to tell everyone and does so anyway. Not that it would have mattered anyway, since Julie overheard it.

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