History Series / DeadPixels

* ADateWithRosiePalms:
** At the end of "Raid Boss", Usman's marriage therapist, who has just helped him beat the titular boss, notices that pushing certain buttons makes his avatar look like he is playing with himself, which he finds hilarious. Russell also finds this very amusing when he first starts playing.
** One episode has Nicky watching "set in feudal Japan" amateur porn on a V.R. headset, making him unaware of the fact that Alison has accidentally walked in on him. When he realises, he hastily tears off the headset, allowing her to hear the soundtrack - which unfortunately features whinnying horses!

''Dead Pixels'' is a British sitcom airing on [[Creator/Channel4 E4]], created by Jon Brown and starring Alexa Davies, Will Merrick, Sargon Yelda, and Creator/CharlotteRitchie. It also airs in the US on Creator/TheCW.

Meg and Nicky are two flatmates in London who are hopelessly addicted to ''Kingdom Scrolls'', an MMORPG, as is Usman, their American guildmate. Meanwhile, their flatmate Alison has no involvement in the game, and keeps trying in vain to push them into making healthier choices.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: At the end of "Raid Boss", Usman's marriage therapist, who has just helped him beat the titular boss, notices that pushing certain buttons makes his avatar look like he is playing with himself, which he finds hilarious.

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* CrackIsCheaper: After ''Kingdom Scrolls'' adds loot crates to the game, Nicky immediately becomes addicted to them, burning through his cash so quickly that he ends of selling his avatar to Russell to fund his addiction.

* While Usman is talking about how his youngest daughter could start walking "any day now," she toddles merrily past in the background.
* When Usman is in the Seoul internet cafe talking about the "very heavy atmosphere" after one of the other gamers is taken away by ambulance, a player in the background gleefully shouts: "Yahooooo!"

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: While Usman is talking about how his youngest daughter could start walking "any day now," she toddles merrily past in the background.

** In series one, Russell works with Meg. In series two he doesn't, with no explanation.

* PaedoHunt: Russell's paramour Annette spends her free time stalking and humiliating pedophiles online.
* PlayingCyrano: In "Raid Boss", Alison reluctantly texts Greg on Meg's behalf in order to make Meg sound less socially inept. This ends up backfiring when Meg's in-person behavior and her own attempts to text Greg don't match the things Allison sent; Greg dumps Meg, complaining that she's giving him mixed messages.
* SeriesContinuityError: In series one, we hear Usman's wife refer to their younger daughter as Kaitlyn. In series two her name is Freya.

* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler:In "Flanks[=/=]Yams", Meg finally calls Usman out for neglecting his wife while ''she's in labor''.]]

Meg and Nicky are two flatmates in London who are hopelessly addicted to ''Kingdom Scrolls'', an MMORPG, as is Usman, their American guildmate. Meanwhile, their flatmate Allison has no involvement in the game, and keeps trying in vain to push them into making healthier choices.

* AlcoholInducedStupidity: In "Healthy Balance", Meg and Nicky are unable to log in to ''Kingdom Scrolls'' due to a software update, and become so desperate for a distraction that they agree to help Allison clean out the freezer, and then actually listen to her when she suggests that they develop a healthy balance between their gaming and their real lives. This leads to Nicky and Meg getting drunk, which in turn leads to them deciding to unplug the router and shove it into the freezer, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint while repeatedly chanting "Healthy balance!"]]

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Meg and Nicky occasionally talk about where they are in their "series arc," and threaten to leave Allison "alone in your own show."

* OnlySaneByComparison: While Allison isn't a video-game addict, she does sometimes demonstrate stupid behavior of her own. Her boyfriend Jay, for instance, happens to be married with kids, and while she insists that there's some sort of "mature" arrangement between her, her paramour, and his wife, it's implied that the arrangement is that she and the paramour are hiding their affair from his spouse. [[spoiler:In the second-season finale, Allison's relationship with Jay collapses and Nicky and Meg get her hooked on ''Kingdom Scrolls'' in order to cheer her up.]]
* OnlySaneMan: Allison has managed to avoid getting sucked into ''Kingdom Scrolls''. Consequently, she's the only member of the main cast who's actually managed to have a normal life.

* PlayingCyrano: In "Raid Boss", Allison reluctantly texts Greg on Meg's behalf in order to make Meg sound less socially inept. This ends up backfiring when Meg's in-person behavior and her own attempts to text Greg don't match the things Allison sent; Greg dumps Meg, complaining that she's giving him mixed messages.
* SeriesContinuityError: In series 1, we hear Usman's wife refer to their younger daughter as Kaitlyn. In series 2 her name is Freya.

* YouNeedToGetLaid: Allison keeps trying to convince Meg to put herself out there socially, as it's clear that Meg is sexually frustrated; Meg has referred to her sexual frustrations as a "genital Hiroshima".

* AwfulWeddedLife: Usman's gaming has put a strain on his marriage, to the point that his wife Zara forces him into marriage counseling.

* OnlySaneByComparison: While Allison isn't a video-game addict, she does sometimes demonstrate stupid behavior of her own. Her boyfriend, for instance, happens to be married, and while she insists that there's some sort of "mature" arrangement between her, her paramour, and his wife, it's implied that the arrangement is that she and the paramour are hiding their affair from his spouse.

** In series one, Nicky and Meg have apparently been playing ''Kingdom Scrolls'' for two years. In series two, Nicky says fourteen years.

** In series one, Nicky and Meg have apparently been playing ''Kingdom Scrolls'' for two years. In series two, Nicky say fourteen years.

* PlayingCyrano: In "Raid Boss", Allison reluctantly texts Greg on Meg's behalf in order to make Meg sound less socially inept.

''Dead Pixels'' is a British sitcom airing on [[Creator/Channel4 E4]], created by Jon Brown and starring Alexa Davies, Will Merrick, Sargon Yelda, and Charlotte Ritchie. It also airs in the US on Creator/TheCW.

''Dead Pixels'' is a British sitcom airing on E4, created by Jon Brown and starring Alexa Davies, Will Merrick, Sargon Yelda, and Charlotte Ritchie. It also airs in the US on Creator/TheCW.

''Dead Pixels'' is a British sitcom airing on E4, created by Jon Brown and starring Alexa Davies, Will Merrick, Sargon Yelda, and Charlotte Ritchie. It also airs in the US on the Creator/{{CW}}.