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* AllJewsAreCheapskates: Martin eats out of the bin, spoons unused ketchup back into the bottle and saves back copies of ''New Scientist'' on the grounds that they'll be worth something someday as "collectibles". Averted with the rest of the family, though, who have their faults, but are not notably mean with money.

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* AllJewsAreCheapskates: Martin Zigzagged with Martin. He eats out of the bin, spoons unused ketchup back into the bottle and saves back copies of ''New Scientist'' on the grounds that they'll be worth something someday as "collectibles"."collectibles". On the other hand, he's prone to lavish spending when it comes to his obsessions, bribing all and sundry to keep his dead fox, blowing money on a run-down caravan, and spending £300 on a crane to get a plastic bag out of a tree. Averted with the rest of the family, though, who have their faults, but are not notably mean with money.
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* AbusiveParents: Downplayed with Martin, who verbally abuses Adam and Jonny quite a lot. Played very straight with Horrible Grandma, Martin's mother, to the point that she is HatedByAll.

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* AbusiveParents: Downplayed with Martin, who verbally abuses Adam and Jonny quite a lot.lot, though the boys give as good as they get. Played very straight with Horrible Grandma, Martin's mother, to the point that she is HatedByAll.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Jim towards Jackie, at least in the first few seasons.
** Mr Morris towards Nelly. So much so that [[HatedByAll the entire family hates him]], and she ends up faking a heart attack to get out of marrying him.
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** In "The Other Jackie" one is built around both Jackie's having names for their private parts; Nip Nips and Fu Fu respectively.

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** In "The Other Jackie" one is built around both Jackie's having names the Goodman parents' chosen term for their private parts; Nip Nips and Fu Fu respectively.sex: nippy nippy.
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The programme ran for six series [[BritishBrevity of six episodes each.]][[labelnote:*]]except series 2, which has a "Christmas" special that aired around the eponymous holiday.[[/labelnote]] The series can be streamed on Creator/Netflix in most regions, and can also be streamed for free on [=All4=] (UK only).

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The programme ran for six series [[BritishBrevity of six episodes each.]][[labelnote:*]]except series 2, which has a "Christmas" special that aired around the eponymous holiday.[[/labelnote]] The series can be streamed on Creator/Netflix Creator/{{Netflix}} in most regions, and can also be streamed for free on [=All4=] [[Creator/Channel4 All4]] (UK only).



** In "Congratulations", when asked by Jackie what he knows about his new wife, Jonny struggles to come up with an answer and says [[LineOfSightAlias "she likes apples".]] Near the end of the episode, Jonny asks Lisa:

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** In "Congratulations", when asked by Jackie what he knows about his new wife, Jonny struggles to come up with an answer and says [[LineOfSightAlias "she likes apples".]] apples"]]. Near the end of the episode, Jonny Jonny, out of mild curiosity, asks Lisa:



** In “The Other Jackie” one is built around both Jackies having names for their private parts; Nip Nips and Fu Fu respectively.

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** In “The "The Other Jackie” Jackie" one is built around both Jackies Jackie's having names for their private parts; Nip Nips and Fu Fu respectively.



** In "The Au Pair", Gibby off-handedly metions she likes wolves to Jim, who recoils with some confusion and fear. The thing that makes Jim deathly afraid of Gibby is her wolf shirt, in which Jim runs out of the house petrified.

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** In "The Au Pair", Gibby off-handedly metions mentions she likes wolves to Jim, who recoils with some confusion and fear. The thing that makes Jim deathly afraid of Gibby is her wolf shirt, in which Jim runs out of the house petrified.



* {{Catchphrase}}: Jackie affectionately calls Adam "bobble", while any girlfriends Adam and Jonny may (or may not) have will be called "females" by Martin. Horrible Grandma seems to like calling people "prostitutes". As for the others:

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* {{Catchphrase}}: CharacterCatchphrase: Jackie affectionately calls Adam "bobble", while any girlfriends Adam and Jonny may (or may not) have will be called "females" by Martin. Horrible Grandma seems to like calling people "prostitutes". As for the others:



* {{Expy}}: Two examples with characters played by the same actors. Jim is precisely the same twitchy, asocial pervert that Mark Heap played in ''Series/GreenWing'', Dr Alan Statham, though minus the ego that came with being a consulting radiologist, and the excuse that he may have some AmbiguousDisorder. Adam meanwhile is Will from ''Series/TheInbetweeners'' five years later.

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* {{Expy}}: Two examples with characters played by the same actors. Jim is precisely the same twitchy, asocial pervert that Mark Heap played in ''Series/GreenWing'', Dr Alan Statham, though minus the ego that came with being a consulting radiologist, and the excuse that he may have some AmbiguousDisorder.sort of disorder. Adam meanwhile is Will from ''Series/TheInbetweeners'' five years later.
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The programme ran for six series [[BritishBrevity of six episodes each.]][[labelnote:*]]except series 2, which has a "Christmas" special that aired around the eponymous holiday.[[/labelnote]]

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The programme ran for six series [[BritishBrevity of six episodes each.]][[labelnote:*]]except series 2, which has a "Christmas" special that aired around the eponymous holiday.[[/labelnote]]
[[/labelnote]] The series can be streamed on Creator/Netflix in most regions, and can also be streamed for free on [=All4=] (UK only).



* SeriesFauxnale: Series 6's final episode; "The Females", was written to act as one, just in case the show never got renewed by ''Creator/Channel4'' (as of writing, it hasn't). The writer and producer; Robert Popper, went on record that [[https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/11528569/friday-night-dinner-season-7-another-series/ the show might be back,]] but the surprise death of Paul Ritter in April of 2021 probably means it's finished for good.

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* SeriesFauxnale: Series 6's final episode; "The Females", was written to act as one, just in case the show never got renewed by ''Creator/Channel4'' (as of writing, it hasn't).''Creator/Channel4''. The writer and producer; Robert Popper, went on record that [[https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/11528569/friday-night-dinner-season-7-another-series/ the show might be come back,]] but the surprise death of Paul Ritter in April of 2021 probably means it's finished for good.
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** ''The Beginning'': Jonny and Adam always arrive at the house (usually at the same time), Martin almost always has his shirt off (often because he's "boiling") and greets the two with "Hello Bambino's". They open the door and Jackie is frequently mid-way though cooking dinner or yelling at someone, Jonny putting squirty cream from the can (and getting told off). The main conflict is explained here (house being redone, Martin getting a new caravan, a piano tuner comes to visit)
** ''The Middle'': Adam and Jonny pull a prank on each other (salt in their water, attempts to hurt one another, messing with each other' phones), the conflict and theme of the episode starts top play out, and Jim always knocks on the door at an inopportune time for increasingly odd reasons and gets into a SeinfeldianConversation. Jim laves, often perplexing everyone else.
** ''The End'': The episode will always end when the night falls apart due to either a ChekhovsGun finally being fired, or the main conflict presenting itself in a magnificent way.

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** ''The Beginning'': '''The Beginning''': Jonny and Adam always arrive at the house (usually at the same time), Martin almost always has his shirt off (often (usually because he's "boiling") and greets the two with "Hello Bambino's". They open the door and Jackie is frequently mid-way though cooking dinner or yelling at someone, and Jonny putting puts squirty cream from the can in his mouth (and getting gets told off). The main conflict is then explained here (house being redone, Martin getting a new caravan, a piano tuner comes is coming to visit)
visit).
** ''The Middle'': '''The Middle''': Adam and Jonny pull a prank on each other (salt in their water, attempts to hurt one another, messing with each other' phones), the conflict and theme of the episode starts top start to play out, and Jim always knocks on the door at an inopportune time for increasingly odd reasons and gets into a SeinfeldianConversation. Jim laves, then leaves, often perplexing everyone else.
** ''The End'': '''The End''': The episode will always end when the night falls apart due to either a ChekhovsGun finally being fired, or the main conflict presenting itself reaches it's climax in a magnificent way.

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* OnceAnEpisode: Any given episode structure is pretty much the same, with very few exceptions. Jonny and Adam always arrive at the house, Martin almost always his shirt off (often because he's “boiling”), Jackie is cooking dinner or yelling at someone, Adam and Jonny pull a prank on each other (salt in their water, attempts to hurt one another), Jim always knocks on their door at an inopportune time for increasingly odd reasons, and the episode will always end when the night falls apart in a magnificent way.



** In "The Caravan", Jonny and Adam are both dating separate girls called Lucy. (Adam and Jonny are not particularly pleased about this coincidence.) When they come to dinner in the SeriesFinale, Jim comes to believe they are two halves of the same person.

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** In "The Caravan", Jonny and Adam are both dating separate girls called Lucy. (Adam and Jonny are not particularly pleased about with this coincidence.) coincidence). When they come to dinner in the SeriesFinale, Jim comes to believe they are two halves of the same person.



* StrictlyFormula: Any given episode structure usually has the same story beats and [[RunningGag running gags]]:
** ''The Beginning'': Jonny and Adam always arrive at the house (usually at the same time), Martin almost always has his shirt off (often because he's "boiling") and greets the two with "Hello Bambino's". They open the door and Jackie is frequently mid-way though cooking dinner or yelling at someone, Jonny putting squirty cream from the can (and getting told off). The main conflict is explained here (house being redone, Martin getting a new caravan, a piano tuner comes to visit)
** ''The Middle'': Adam and Jonny pull a prank on each other (salt in their water, attempts to hurt one another, messing with each other' phones), the conflict and theme of the episode starts top play out, and Jim always knocks on the door at an inopportune time for increasingly odd reasons and gets into a SeinfeldianConversation. Jim laves, often perplexing everyone else.
** ''The End'': The episode will always end when the night falls apart due to either a ChekhovsGun finally being fired, or the main conflict presenting itself in a magnificent way.



* SleepingWithTheBoss: Jonny.

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* SleepingWithTheBoss: Jonny.Jonny in "The Yoghurts", and much of the episode is trying to get the courage to break up with her, primarily because they're quite a bit older.
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* EmbarrassingNickname: Adam is always referred to as "Pusface" by Jonny, which is revealed in "The Violin" to have been coined because of Adam's acne during his teenage years.

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* EmbarrassingNickname: Adam is always referred to as "Pusface" by Jonny, which is revealed in "The Violin" to have been coined because of Adam's acne spots during his teenage years.
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* EmbarrassingNickname: Adam is always referred to as "Pusface" by Jonny, which is revealed in "The Violin" to have been coined because of Adam's acne during his teenage years.
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* EmbarassingTattoo: In "The Anniversary", Jonny gets a horrible tattoo (of a skull with red hair saying "viva celer adolescens morere" (translated to "live fast and die young")) after he lost his job to a staff restructure.

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* EmbarassingTattoo: EmbarrassingTattoo: In "The Anniversary", Jonny gets a horrible tattoo (of a skull with red hair saying "viva celer adolescens morere" (translated to "live fast and die young")) after he lost his job to a staff restructure.
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* EmbarassingTattoo: In "The Anniversary", Jonny gets a horrible tattoo (of a skull with red hair saying "viva celer adolescens morere" (translated to "live fast and die young")) after he lost his job to a staff restructure.
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* ExtravertedNerd: Jim acts like this, to the point of going on a date with a similarly socially awkward woman.
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** In "The New Car", Adam buys something for Adam, and Martin tells him to hide it. The audience only sees a nondescript package that's wrapped in a plastic bag, and are lead to believe it's something illegal. A few moments later, it's revealed that Martin is on a low-calorie diet, and the package in question is ''cheese'' (with Jonny bringing cakes later). Martin's behaviour mirrors [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything exactly that of a drug addict.]] This is lampshaded by Jonny a minute later.

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** In "The New Car", Adam buys something for Adam, Martin, and Martin tells him to hide it. The audience only sees a nondescript package that's wrapped in a plastic bag, and are lead to believe it's something illegal. A few moments later, it's revealed that Martin is on a low-calorie diet, and the package in question is ''cheese'' (with Jonny bringing cakes later). Martin's behaviour mirrors [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything exactly that of a drug addict.]] This is lampshaded by Jonny a minute later.

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* HelicopterParents: These two can rarely resist poking their noses into their adult sons’ affairs.



* MeddlingParents: These two can rarely resist poking their noses into their adult sons’ affairs.
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* MadAtADream: In "The Loft", Jackie recently developed a hateful grudge (Val joins in) towards Martin because of an unknown reason, which she won't even tell the boys, but Martin says that it's personal, or sexual. [[spoiler: It later turns out that Jackie was angry at Martin because he had a dream about being in a milk bath with [[UsefulNotes/DianaPrincessOfWales Lady Di]]]].

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* MadAtADream: In "The Loft", Jackie recently developed a hateful very nasty grudge (Val joins in) towards Martin because of an unknown reason, which she won't even tell the boys, but Martin says that it's personal, or sexual. [[spoiler: It later turns out that Jackie was angry at Martin because he had a dream about being in a milk bath with [[UsefulNotes/DianaPrincessOfWales Lady Di]]]].
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* MadAtADream: In "The Loft", Jackie recently developed a hateful grudge (Val joins in) towards Martin because of an unknown reason, which she won't even tell the boys, but Martin says that it's personal, or sexual. [[spoiler: It later turns out that Jackie was angry at Martin because he had a dream about being in a milk bath with [[UsefulNotes/DianaPrincessOfWales Lady Di]]]].
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* PerfectlyCromulentWord: "Schmoigel", apparently.

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* PerfectlyCromulentWord: "Schmoigel", apparently."Schmoigel," allegedly a traditional Jewish birthday present comprising a basket of various green-coloured fruits. It's clear that Johnny has come up with the word on the spot to sound as Yiddish as possible.
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** Jackie and Martin call sex "nippy-nippy". (Possibly to [[ParentalSexualitySquick avoid grossing out their sons]], but it's so obvious what they're talking about that it doesn't work at all).
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** In "The Other Jackie", [[IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow "nippy nippy"]] gets mentioned, and is used by the boys as a name for Wilson as proof it isn't Jim's in front of "other Jackie".

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** In "The Other Jackie", [[IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow [[SexualEuphemism "nippy nippy"]] gets mentioned, and is used by the boys as a name for Wilson as proof it isn't Jim's in front of "other Jackie".

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[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with]] ''Series/GrandmasHouse'', [[DuelingShows a similar show that aired around the same time, also part of the]] [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative "dysfunctional Jewish family meets for a meal" genre of TV.]]

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[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with]] ''Series/GrandmasHouse'', [[DuelingShows a similar show that aired around the same time, also part of the]] [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative "dysfunctional Jewish family meets for a meal" genre of TV.]]
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The writers would then move on to make another comedy, ''Series/IHateYou''.
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* GilliganCut: In "The Tin of Meat", Martin eventually eats his 20 year old "lucky meat", and this comes up:
-->'''Martin:''' Actually, it's very nice. It's delicious.\\
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* EmbarassingRingtone: In "The New Car", Jonny changes Adam's ringtone to a clip of him singing "My balls never dropped" on repeat.

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* EmbarassingRingtone: EmbarrassingRingtone: In "The New Car", Jonny changes Adam's ringtone to a clip of him singing "My balls never dropped" on repeat.
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** Mr. Morris:
-->''"Bloody punk rockers!"''

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