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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Paul is this to Martin in most episodes.
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** In the Series 3 episode "One Night Stand", a practical joke-loving co-worker of Martin's arranges for him to find a strange woman in his bedroom one morning on a business trip. Martin is horrified to discover his "indiscretion" and immediately confesses to Ann, who becomes cold toward him until Paul tricks the joker into admitting the truth in front of her.
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** In the Series 3 episode "One Night Stand", a practical joke-loving co-worker of Martin's arranges for him to find a strange woman in his bedroom one morning on a business trip. Martin is horrified to discover his "indiscretion" and immediately confesses to Ann. Ann, who becomes cold toward him Howard and Hilda send Martin to Coventry until Paul tricks the joker into admitting the truth in front of her.
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if they're divorced she's no longer estranged
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* BrilliantButLazy: Paul has shades of this; although he is able to succeed professionally with seemingly minimal effort, he tends to lose interest just as a venture is showing real signs of success, and begins searching for a new challenge. (In the Series 2 episode "A Married Man", Paul's estranged wife Sue explains to Ann that this trait is why she left Paul and ultimately divorced him.)
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* BrilliantButLazy: Paul has shades of this; although he is able to succeed professionally with seemingly minimal effort, he tends to lose interest just as a venture is showing real signs of success, and begins searching for a new challenge. (In the Series 2 episode "A Married Man", Paul's estranged wife ex-wife Sue explains to Ann that this trait is why she left Paul and ultimately divorced him.)
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* ABNegative: In the Series 1 episode "A Strange Woman", Paul is taken away in a police car in the middle of the night. He reveals the next day that he is a registered blood donor with a rare blood type, and had to be fetched to donate to an accident victim.
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* ABNegative: In the Series 1 episode "A Strange Woman", Paul is taken away in a police car in the middle of the night. He reveals the next day that he is a registered blood donor with a rare blood type, and had to be fetched to donate to an accident victim. This is ArtisticLicenceMedicine - people with rare blood groups are not called up to donate, as anybody in need of a blood transfusion can be given O negative blood, the world's second most common group.
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Names The Same is no longer a trope
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* NamesTheSame: Acknowledged in-universe in the first series; Howard Hughes shares his name with the [[Film/TheAviator eccentric tycoon]], and another Close resident, Tommy Cooper, shares his name with a popular stage magician and comedian. Paul finds the names much funnier than Martin finds them.
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Ambiguous Disorder is not a trope anymore, but a redirect to a YMMV entry.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Given Martin's ManChild attitude at times and his general way of life (a need for organization and generally being a ControlFreak, in addition to a [[NoSenseOFHumor lack of humor]]), it's quite possible he's neurodivergent but undiagnosed; since this was a 1980s sitcom, however, it's never brought up as a possibility.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Given Martin's ManChild attitude at times and his general way of life (a need for organization and generally being a ControlFreak, in addition to a [[NoSenseOFHumor lack of humor]]), it's quite possible he's neurodivergent but undiagnosed; since this was a 1980s sitcom, however, it's never brought up as a possibility.
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* MovingAwayEnding: The final episode (called "Moving On") focuses on Martin being promoted to his employer's branch in Oswestry and having to move. He is initially reluctant to leave but the revelation that his wife is pregnant is enough to convince him to leave, with the final scene of the series being them exchanging farewells with their neighbors.
