History Series / FilthyRichAndCatflap

* OnlySaneMan: Richie and Eddie, for exactly one moment in the final episode. Dingo Wucker's story pitches are so sleazy and unhinged that during their first meeting with him, he briefly shocks the two into gently rebuffing his absurd ideas when he asks for their input. [[spoiler:Richie and Eddie quickly come to their senses and follow up on their assignment: framing Midge Ure for sleeping with [[UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcherInFiction Margaret Thatcher]].]]

-->'''Jumbo Whiffy:''' ''[regarding his secretary]'' You've met Jill, I take it? I don't know what I'd do without her. Terrific pair of, uh... ''[gestures against his chest]'' ...'''eyes''', eh? ''[boisterous laugh]''

* CultureBlind: In Episode One, when Richie considers [[spoiler:assuming the identity of the milkman he just killed by accident]].

* DenOfIniquity: Filthy owns a chain of discount brothels, though he prefers to call them "leisure establishments."

** [[spoiler:The other guests are Midge Ure of Music/{{Ultravox}} in Episode Six, and a wonderful subversion of this trope by [[Music/{{Squeeze}} Jools Holland]] (of all people) in Episode Three, in a nearly-unrecognizable cameo as the pianist at an erotic cabaret.]]

-->'''''"[[CasanovaWannabe Please––call me Sexy.]]"'''''
--->''–Richie Rich''

** Among the contestants on ''Ooer Sounds a Bit Rude'' are parodies of several ''Series/AreYouBeingServed'' stars: a CampGay actor who talks like Creator/JohnInman but looks like Creator/TrevorBannister, and a purple-haired old woman who goes on about her "pussy," modeled after Creator/MollieSudgen.

* AnAxeToGrind: Eddie hits Richie in the balls with one to make him shut up. It gets stuck there.

* CarefulWithThatAxe: Subverted when Eddie hits Richie in the balls with one.

* PsychoForHire: Enormous Derek.

* [[spoiler:AccidentalMurder: At least four dead milkmen in the first episode. Five, if you include the one in the hospital.]]

* [[spoiler:DisposingOfABody: The [[AccidentalMurder dead milkmen]] in Episode One.]]

* [[spoiler:HappyEnding: Richie finally seizes fame by becoming the only TV presenter left standing, leading to his round-the-clock hosting of every show on every channel. His flagship programme on [[Creator/TheBBC BBC1]], ''Richtime'', opens with a saccharine musical number about how he's better than everyone else because he's "in showbiz." Eddie registers his disgust, and proceeds to destroy first the living room and then the set itself. Filthy takes off for Rio.]]

-->'''Eddie:''' Right. ''{{beat}}'' All coppers are bastards!

'''Richie:''' Uh-uh-uh––if that were our criteria for putting things in ''"the cub,"'' we would have put you in one ages ago, wouldn't we? ''{{beat}}'' Because you're so whiffy.\\

* SpecialGuest: A tradition carried over from ''Series/TheYoungOnes'', which featured a musical guest on every episode. Here, the trope is played with less consistency; only three episodes of ''Filthy Rich & Catflap'' feature musical guests, and only one of those guests (Music/TheNolanSisters in Episode Two) actually performs a song.
** The other guests are Midge Ure of Music/{{Ultravox}} in Episode Six, and a wonderful subversion of this trope by [[Music/{{Squeeze}} Jools Holland]] (of all people) in Episode Three, in a nearly-unrecognizable cameo as the pianist at a strip joint.

-->[[spoiler:'''Richie:''' Alright, Filthy! Hand over the cash, or you'll be pushing up daisies in a concrete overcoat dumped in the canal. With your pockets full of pebbles. Getting carried out of here in a box.\\

* MuggingTheMonster: [[spoiler:Richie grabs a pair of scissors and does this to Filthy in Episode Two in a fit of desperation, after getting himself into a blackmail scenario with the ''Nolan Sisters'' of all people. Unsympathetic to Richie's potential public humiliation, Filthy responds by calmly placing a phone call to a professional assassin, thereby setting up the plot for the rest of the episode.]]

* MuggingTheMonster: [[spoiler:Richie does this to Filthy in Episode Two in a fit of desperation, after getting himself into a blackmail scenario with the ''Nolan Sisters'', of all people. Unsympathetic to Richie's potential public humiliation, Filthy responds by calmly placing a phone call to a professional assassin, thereby setting up the plot for the rest of the episode.]]

* CultureBlind: In Episode One, when Richie considers [[assuming the identity of the milkman he just killed by accident]].

* CultureBlind: In Episode One, when Richie is faced with the prospect of living a double life as a milkman.

* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Subverted. As Filthy points out in Episode [[spoiler:Four]], Eddie rarely does a good job as Richie's minder, and often participates when Richie gets beaten up.

* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Filthy manages other entertainers besides Richie. Among his talent repertoire is Laurence Olivier, the one-armed turd impressionist.

-->'''Richie:''' I'm storing all this up, you know. ''All'' of it! And one day, Edward Catflap, out of the blue, completely by surprise, you're going to ''die!'' Everyone will think it's an accident––except me, and the [[HockeyMaskAndChainsaw strange, enigmatic figure with the chainsaw]].

* {{Fanboy}}: Richie is rather obsessed with real-life 1960s-era scouser comedian [[Creator/JimmyTarbuck Jimmy "Tarby" Tarbuck]]. [[spoiler:Despite his repeated insistence that Tarby is a close friend, nobody in-universe appears to take this seriously.]] Richie has a framed poster of Tarby hanging in his living room (starting with Episode Two), and babbles incessantly about him throughout the series.
* GagEcho: Lampshaded big time, complete with name-check, in [[spoiler:Episode Two]].