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** Desmond will often respond to praise and compliments with a smug "Me know."
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* CompositeCharacter: In Series 6, there was a pompous slut called Hyacinth Green, whose name and character traits are a hybrid of Hyacinth Bucket of ''Series:KeepingUpAppearances'' and Dorien Green of ''Series:BirdsOfAFeather''.

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* CompositeCharacter: In Series 6, there was a pompous slut called Hyacinth Green, whose name and character traits are a hybrid of Hyacinth Bucket of ''Series:KeepingUpAppearances'' ''Series/KeepingUpAppearances'' and Dorien Green of ''Series:BirdsOfAFeather''.''Series/BirdsOfAFeather''.
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* CompositeCharacter: In Series 6, there was a pompous slut called Hyacinth Green, whose name and character traits are a hybrid of Hyacinth Bucket of ''KeepingUpAppearances'' and Dorien Green of ''BirdsOfAFeather''.

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* CompositeCharacter: In Series 6, there was a pompous slut called Hyacinth Green, whose name and character traits are a hybrid of Hyacinth Bucket of ''KeepingUpAppearances'' ''Series:KeepingUpAppearances'' and Dorien Green of ''BirdsOfAFeather''.''Series:BirdsOfAFeather''.
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* CompositeCharacter: In Series 6, there was a pompous slut called Hyacinth Green, whose name and character traits are a hybrid of Hyacinth Bucket of ''KeepingUpAppearances'' and Dorien Green of ''BirdsOfAFeather''.
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* ValuesDissonance: Desmond's attitudes about what are men's and women's roles, as well as workplace hierarchy, can be incredibly old-fashioned. Even his friends Porkpie and Matthew sometimes call him out on it.
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* ValuesDissonance: Desmond's attitudes about what are men's and women's roles, as well as workplace hierarchy, can be incredibly old-fashioned. Even his friends Porkpie and Matthew sometimes call him out on it.

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* PersonWithTheClothing: Porkpie, so named because of his porkpie hat.


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* PersonWithTheClothing: Porkpie, so named because of his porkpie hat.
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* ReallyGetsAround: Michael and allegedly Lee. Also guest star Melissa, who dates three male characters at the same time.

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* ReallyGetsAround: Michael and allegedly Lee. Also guest star Melissa, who dates three male characters those two men and another one at the same time.
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* ReallyGetsAround: Michael and allegedly Lee.

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* ReallyGetsAround: Michael and allegedly Lee. Also guest star Melissa, who dates three male characters at the same time.



* WhereDaWhiteWomanAt: At least half of Michael's lovers, including his eventual wife Mandy, are White.

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* WhereDaWhiteWomanAt: WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: At least half of Michael's lovers, including his eventual wife Mandy, are White.
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* OutOfFocus: Gloria and Sean featured noticeably less often than before in the last three series.

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* TokenWhite: Tony, whose addition to the cast was due to executive meddling (At least, according to Website/TheOtherWiki). Also, Gloria's friend Louise.

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* TokenWhite: Tony, whose addition to the cast was due to executive meddling meddling. (At least, according to Website/TheOtherWiki). Also, Gloria's friend Louise.Louise.
* WhereDaWhiteWomanAt: At least half of Michael's lovers, including his eventual wife Mandy, are White.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Sean's friend Spider, when renouncing his own career in Slacker music, says "I don't wanna be Britain's answer to Shabba Ranks. I am not ugly".

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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Sean's friend Spider, when renouncing his own career in Slacker Slackness music, says "I don't wanna be Britain's answer to Shabba Ranks. I am not ugly".
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Sean's friend Spider, when renouncing his own career in Slacker music, says "I don't wanna be Britain's answer to Shabba Ranks. I am not ugly".
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* DoubleStandard: Matthew, who is himself married and with children back in the Gambia, gets angry when he learns his Nigerian girlfriend Shola is also married back in Lagos.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Porkpie, who has an history of infidelity, is nevertheless disgusted by Matthew and his support for polygamy.
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* ShoutOut: There are references to Series/TheCosbyShow, Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir and You've Been Framed.

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* ShoutOut: There are references to Series/TheCosbyShow, Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir ''Series/TheCosbyShow'', ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'' and You've ''You've Been Framed.''
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* RichLanguagePoorLanguage: Michael and to a lesser extent Matthew versus most other characters.
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** Joseph Marcell from the second of those programmes guest stars in one episode as a pompous African businessman.
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* ShoutOut: There are references to Series/TheCosbyShow, Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir and Series/You'veBeenFramed.

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* ShoutOut: There are references to Series/TheCosbyShow, Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir and Series/You'veBeenFramed.You've Been Framed.

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* ShoutOut: There are references to Series/TheCosbyShow, Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir and Series/You'veBeenFramed.



* ShoutOut: There are references to Series/TheCosbyShow, Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir and You'veBeenFramed.
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* ShoutOut: There are references to TheCosbyShow, TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir and YouveBeenFramed.

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* ShoutOut: There are references to TheCosbyShow, TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir Series/TheCosbyShow, Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir and YouveBeenFramed.You'veBeenFramed.
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* ShoutOut: There are references to TheCosbyShow, TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir and YouveBeenFramed.
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* ClarkKentOutfit: Sean, Michael and Lee are rather more muscular than their clothes usually suggest.


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* ReallyGetsAround: Michael and allegedly Lee.
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* TokenWhite: Tony, whose addition to the cast was due to executive meddling (At least, according to Wiki/TheOtherWiki). Also, Gloria's friend Louise.

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* TokenWhite: Tony, whose addition to the cast was due to executive meddling (At least, according to Wiki/TheOtherWiki).Website/TheOtherWiki). Also, Gloria's friend Louise.
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* ThePersonWithTheColthing: Porkpie, so named because of his porkpie hat.

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* ThePersonWithTheColthing: PersonWithTheClothing: Porkpie, so named because of his porkpie hat.

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