History Series / FridayNightDinner

** In "The Cage", the "Womans Procedure" Jackie has had has Adam, Valorie and Jonny guess if it was a "Higher or Lower" job. Even Jim, of all people, says the phrase when he learns of it.

%% ** Martin is a FanDisservice variation on the trope.

* BaitAndSwitch: In "The New Car", Adam buys something for Adam, and Martin tells him to hide it. The audience only sees a non-descript 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.

* ReplacementGoldfish: After Wilson's death, Jim gets a new dog and gives her a 'totally new name:' Milson.
* RunningGag: Much of the show's humour comes from the quantity of running gags and {{Chekhovs Gun}}s the show has going on at any given time in a single episode, a fair few below showing up OnceAnEpisode, in increasingly humorous and roundabout ways:

** Either Adam or Jonny (usually the latter) putting salt into the other's glass of water.

** "Crimble crumble!" (Jim, Martin and Jonny's name for crumble).
** Jim can't tell Adam and Jonny apart.
** Jackie's mother insulting Jackie's hair.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Martin has a fondness for ketchup. Jonny eats whipped cream straight from the can.
* UnusualEuphemism: Jim calls Wilson's dog excrement "Dollops" in "Wilson".

* {{Angrish}}: Adam in "The Plastic Bag" refuses to say "I Love You" to Jackie, his mother (for context, Jackie is angry at Adam for not mentioning her mother in a local interview when he mentions other members of his family ''offhandedly''). The refusal to say "I love you" gives Jackie a reason to go full-blown JewishMother on her son - aided b y Auntie Val, on principle.

--> ''"Alright pusface!"'' when greeting Adam

--> ''"Alright pissface!"'' when greeting Jonny
--> ''(said sarcastically) "Brilliant."''

* ChristmasEpisode: In the aptly titled episode "Christmas", Adam [[LampshadeHanging points out]] to Jackie how strange it is that they, a Jewish family, have a Christmas dinner every year, which leads to a small argument between the two about why Jackie insists on it. When Martin and Jonny comes through the hallway with a christmas tree, Jackie protests that "it isn't right", which Adam chimes up and points out that her previous argument of "it's tradition" is an ImmediateSelfContradiction. A RunningGag in the episode also has "Horrible Grandma" pointing out the same thing.
* ClusterFBomb: Martin in "The Mouse" repeatedly says the word "bugger" and its variants a good 15 times in the course of about a minute as the builders they'd hired had "buggered up the house" in various ways. He does also use the less-nice literal definition of the word during the timeframe also.

* EpicFail: Martin is so bad at painting that his attempt to paint Jackie for her birthday present has everyone who's seen it hates it.

* FawltyTowersPlot: Every single episode is structured like one.

* LineOfSightAlias:
** This occurs in two scenes in the episode "The Fox".
*** The first is Jackie questioning why Martin is lending money to Jim, and Martin replies with "for mirrors", which she then [[LampshadedTrope lampshades.]]
*** Then later in the episode Martin question Val what "surprise" she is getting for Jackie, and Val says "Bicycle" and "this house" as to where she'd get such an item so late at night.

* OneSteveLimit: Played straight normally, but averted in two episodes.

** In "The Caravan", Jonny and Adam are both dating separate girls called Lucy. (Adam and Jonny are not particularly pleased about this coincidence.) Enforced by Jim when he gets a new dog to replace Wilson; Jim calls her Milson instead.

** Adam and Jonny try to sit on each other on one of the sofa's.

* TackyTuxedo: Jim wears one in "The Mouse" after being invited to dinner. Averted in "The Au Pair", where he wears a black tie ensemble.

** Martin is a FanDisservice variation on the trope.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Or wolves, in this case. Jim is terrified of them.

* YouKeepUsingThatWord:
** Martin has a tendency to replace certain words with their most basic equivalent; Girls are "Females", dating is "courting", and being born is "produced".
** Jim and his use of the phrase "Shalom", and he often uses it to thank the family.
** Gibby and her use of the word "facilities" to mean the downstairs bathroom.

* LoveAtFirstSight: Jim and Gibby. Jim is infatuated with Gibby, to the point of barging into the Goodmans' residence
just to see her, something he notably never did with Jackie. When Gibby [[ItMakesSenseInContext frisks Jims legs]], Jackie is horrified to learn that are in love.

* BestialityIsDepraved: Subtly hinted at with Jim. When Jackie gently points out that it's unlikely someone would have raped Wilson, since he's a dog, Jim simply shouts "yes, exactly" and goes very quiet. There's also the "little game" Jim was playing with Wilson.

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

* ContinuityNod: Jonny's awful skull tattoo can be seen when he is forced to take his shirt off in Series 4.

* DistinctionWithoutADifference: Jims new dog is Series 6 is called Milson, a one-letter difference from his previous dog Wilson. Jim claims they are two totally separate names because of the genders associated with both names.

* TackyTuxedo: Jim wears one in "The Mouse" after being invited to dinner.

** Jim and his use of the phrase "Shalom".

* {{Angrish}}: Adam in "The Plastic Bag" refuses to say "I Love You" to Jackie, his mother (for context, Jackie is angry at Adam for not mentioning her mother in a local interview when he mentions other members of his family ''offhandedly''). The refusal to say "I love you" gives Jackie a reason to go full-blown JewishMother on her son.

* {{Angrish}}: Adam in "The Plastic Bag" refuses to say "I Love You" to Jackie, his mother (for context, Jackie is angry at Adam for not mentioning her mother in a local interview when he mentions other members of his family ''offhandedly'').

* LiterallyLovingThyNeighbor: In Series one, Jim has a poorly disguised crush on Jackie, and turns up constantly at their door, always giving a weak excuse to see her. This aspect of his personality is toned down in later series', but said excuses get increasingly ''more'' bizarre as the show goes on.

* ThePreciousPreciousCar: Bitchface's Mercedes.

** "Crimble crumble!" (Jim, Martin and Jonny's name for crumble)

* In "The Plastic Bag" Jim, Martin and Val all get distracted by a Plastic Bag in a tree near their house, while Martin attempts to remove it. Jim postulates doing so, but doesn't.

** The eighty-four-year-old Mr Morris manages to top him by ''wrestling'' barechested.

* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Martin has a tendancy to replace certain words with their most basic equivalent; Girls are "Females", dating is "courting", and being born is "produced".

* HiddenDepths: Jim is quite a good singer, singing some Christmas carols in Series 2's "Christmas" episode. He's such a nice singer everyone in the room are in tears by the end of it (even "Horrible Grandma!").

* InSeriesNickname: Jonny and Adam call each other "Pissface" and "Pusface" respectively. Their dad's ex-girlfriend is known universally as "Bitchface", and Martin's Mother, Cynthia, is named "Horrible Grandma" by everyone. Adam, for reasons unknown, is affectionately called "Bobble" by Jackie.

* LiterallyLovingThyNeighbor: Jim has a poorly disguised crush on Jackie, and turns up constantly at their door, always giving a weak excuse to see her. Said excuses get increasingly bizarre as the show goes on.

* PricelessMingVase: As noted under ChekhovsArmoury, Any object that is established to be of significance to someone will likely be either damaged or destroyed by the end of the episode. See: the dress, the Mercedes, "Buggy", the apple crumble, the caravan...

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

* LineOfSightName:

* Angrish: Adam in "The Plastic Bag" refuses to say "I Love You" to Jackie, his mother (for context, Jackie is angry at Adam for not mentioning her mother in a local interview when he mentions other members of his family ''offhandedly'').

* AnimalsHateHim: Wilson seems to despise Jim, his owner, completely ignoring his commands and growling ominously whenever he touches him. Similarly, a cat Jim cat-sits in series 5 has him take the cat on a walk, while very visibly struggling to make it walk (a problem he also has with Wilson). Milson seems to be ignorant of Jims' commands as of writing.

** "Crimble crumble!" (Jim's name for crumble)

--> ''"It's boiling!"''

* RunningGag: Much of the show's humour comes from the quantity of running gags and [[ChekovsGun Chekovs Guns]] the show has going on at any given time in a single episode, a fair few below showing up OnceAnEpisode, in increasingly humorous and roundabout ways:

* InstantlyProvenWrong: In "Christmas" Jonny has a hangover, and when he claims he feels better to the family, he let's out a sickly noise, which Adam immediately quotes the trope in response.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Jim pretty much acts like this, while Martin sometimes comes off as this.

** This occurs in two scenes in the episode "The Fox", the first is Jackie questioning why Martin is lending money to Jim, and Martin replies with "for mirrors", which she then [[LampshadedTrope lampshades.]]

** Jonny gets asked by Adam and Jackie about a fact about his newly-wedded wife to prove he knows something about her. He looks briefly at the nearby fruit bowl and says that she likes apples. Becomes a BrickJoke later on, as when he asks about it out of curiosity, she says it makes her heave.
* JewishMother; Jackie.

* MoebiusNeighbourhood:
** Jim is the only recurring neighbor we meet in the show, OnceAnEpisode too. We also get to meet Ralf, a man who has an obsession with chicken in the Series 5 episode "The Surprise".

* NoOSHACompliance: Martins Caravan, as it's a fire hazard, as well as it not being stabilized properly.

* OneSteveLimit:
** Played straight normally, but averted in two episodes. In "The Other Jackie" there are two Jackies; Jim has a date with a Jackie, who, after a series of events, meets the ''other'' Jackie (Jonny and Adam's mum). Whereas in "The Caravan", Jonny and Adam are both dating two separate girls called Lucy (Adam and Jonny are not particularly pleased with this part). Enforced by Jim when he gets a new dog to replace Wilson; Jim calls her Milson instead.

* FanDisservice: Martin being shirtless, which is (unfortunately) most of the time. Justified in "The Anniversary", as Martin and Jackie were in the middle of romancing each other.

** Martin, in a way that’s rather flanderized in the later series' to make him more dumb.

* 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.

* RunningGag: Much of the show's humour comes from the amount of running gags and [[ChekovsGun Chekovs Guns]] the show has going on at any given time in a single episode, a fair few below showing up OnceAnEpisode, in increasingly humorous and roundabout ways:

* ThisIsGonnaSuck: In "The Caravan", Adam and Jonny agree to not tell their parents about having girlfriends at the same time. It takes Jackie drinking Gin (something she drinks when depressed) and being lonely at dinnertime for Jonny to reveal all.

* WalkingShirtlessScene: Martin is a FanDisservice variation on the trope.

* WalkieTalkieGagOver: In "The Caravan" Martin has Jackie use a Walkie Talkie to talk to each other, much to Jackie's very clearly annoyance. Jackie, in response, deliberately messes up the speaking code, by not adding "Over" to the end of the sentence, which Martin gets annoyed by and becomes a RunningGag for the episode. Later on in the episode Jim has some chicken in the Caravan and uses the Walkie Talkie with the correct sign-off code, which angers Martin for the exact opposite reason (Jim keeps calling him for trivial reasons while maintaining the long code of use, that eventually get's on his nerves).

* YourCheatingHeart: Parodied in "The Loft". Throughout the whole episode, Jackie seems to be holding a grudge against Martin, and Val lends her moral support. The dialogue throughout the episode gives off the implication that Martin had an affair with someone else. [[spoiler:It turns out that all that happened was that Martin had a dream that he was in a milk bath with Diana, Princess of Wales.]]

Friday Night Dinner (2011-) is a Creator/Channel4 comedy television series. Once a week, the Goodman family meet up for a Sabbath meal on the Friday night. The family consists of [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents snappy mother Jackie]], half-deaf hoarding [[CloudCuckooLander father Martin]], and twenty-something sons [[SiblingRivalry Adam and Jonny.]] HilarityEnsues as the whole night is filled with the brothers' constant war of attrition, Martin's Oddball nature freaking everyone out, Jackie's constant barking to get everything (and everyone) ready to eat, as well as the regular intrusion of the [[StalkerWithACrush neighbour Jim]]. All this combined into surprisingly elaborate {{Fawlty Towers Plot}}s, which always collapses at the climax of the episode.

The series is still ongoing, having five series so far, [[BritishBrevity consisting of six episodes each.]][[labelnote:*]]except series 2, which has a seventh episode called "Christmas" that aired around the eponymous holiday.[[/labelnote]] A sixth season will air on Creator/Channel4 on 27th March[[labelnote:*]]Yes, it's on a Friday night[[/labelnote]] 2020.

* BritishBrevity: The show only has six episodes a series, which even by British sitcom standards is quite a low amount of episodes per series. The exception is series 2, which has its final episode be a ChristmasEpisode, aptly title "Christmas".

* BrickJoke: This happened in the episode "Congratulations". When told by Jackie what he knows about his new wife, Jonny struggles to come up with an answer and says [[LineOfSightName "she likes apples".]] Near the end of the episode, Jonny asks Lisa:
--> '''Jonny:''' By the way, do you like apples?
--> '''Lisa:''' Apples make me heave.
--> '''Jonny:''' Oh... cool.
** Happens in "The Other Jackie" where both Jackie's have names for their private parts; Nip nips and Fu Fu respectively.

* Fanservice: An In-universe example. Adam looks away from his mother in Lingerie in "The Anniversary".

* AnimalsHateHim: Wilson seems to despise Jim, his owner, completely ignoring his commands and growling ominously whenever he touches him. Similarly, a cat Jim cat-sits in series 5 has him take the cat on a walk, while very visibly struggling to make it walk (a problem he also has with Wilson).

* {{Catchphrase}}:

** Jim says ''"Hello, Jackie, you look nice..."'' or variations thereof OnceAnEpisode. He also has ''"Wilson! Remain..."''
** Jackie likes to call her sons 'bobble,' while any girlfriends they may (or may not) have will be called 'females' by Martin. Horrible Grandma seems to like calling people 'prostitutes.'
* CaptainObvious: Martin often says words like this.

* DoomedNewClothes: Jackie's friend's dress.
* Dissimilie: Being on a low-calorie diet is equivalent to Nazi Germany, according to Martin.

* FanDisservice: Martin being shirtless, which is, unfortunately, most of the time. Justified in "The Anniversary", as Martin and Jackie were in the middle of romance.

* HiddenDepths: Jim is quite a good singer, singing some christmas carols in the christmas episode.

** Jonny gets asked by Adam and Jackie about a fact about his newly-wedded wife to prove he knows something about her. He looks briefly at the nearby fruit bowl and says that she likes apples.

** Played straight normally, but averted in two episodes. In "The Other Jackie" there are two Jackies; Jim has a date with a Jackie, who, after a series of events, meets the ''other'' Jackie (Jonny and Adam's mum). Whereas in "The Caravan", Jonny and Adam are both dating two separate girls called Lucy (Adam and Jonny are not particularly pleased with this part). Enforced by Jim when he gets a new dog to replace Wilson. Jim calls her Millson instead.

* PricelessMingVase: Any object that is established to be of significance to someone will likely be damaged or destroyed by the end of the episode. See: the dress, the Mercedes, "Buggy", the apple crumble...

-> '''Jim:''' ''Friday Night Dinner with you! And...the others.''

* WalkieTalkieGagOver: In "The Caravan" Martin has Jackie use a Walkie Talkie to talk to each other, much to Jackie's very clearly annoyance. Jackie, in response, deliberately messes up the speaking code, by not adding "Over" to the end of the sentence, which Martin gets annoyed by and becomes a RunningGag for the episode. Later on in the episode Jim has some chicken in the Caravan and uses the Walkie Talkie with the correct sign-off code, which angers Martin for the exact opposite reasons (Jim keeps calling him for trivial reasons while maintaining the code pf use).

* Fanservice: An In-universe example. Adam looks away from her mother in Lingerie in "The Anniversary".

** Jackie's Grandma was at one point seen '''in a bikini'''.

* HateSink: Synthia is called "Horrible Grandma", and is loathed by everyone, insulting their looks, and she keeps pointing out flaws that don't exist, such as making tea "badly" because it was too hot. Even as early as Series 2's "Christmas" Jonny says he waits for her death, which Jackie also jokes about.

* InSeriesNickname: Jonny and Adam call each other "Pissface" and "Pusface" respectively. Their dad's ex-girlfriend is known universally as "Bitchface", and Martin's Mother, Synthia, is named "Horrible Grandma" by everyone. Adam, for reasons unknown, is affectionately called "Bobbles" by Jackie.

** Jackie's Grandma insulting Jackie's hair.

** In "The Other Jackie", [[IsThatWhatTheyAreCallingItNow "nip nips"]] gets mentioned, and is used by the boys as a name for Wilson as proof it isn't Jims in front of "other Jackie".

** Jim says ''"Hello, Jackie, you look nice..."'' or variations thereof OnceAnEpisode. He also has "Wilson! Remain..."

** Jim says ''"Hello, Jackie, you look nice..."'' or variations thereof OnceAnEpisode.

* LiterallyLovingThyNeighbor: Jim has a poorly disguised crush on Jackie, and turns up constantly at their door, always giving a weak excuse to see her. They get increasingly bizarre as the show goes on.

** Played straight normally, but averted in two episodes. In "The Other Jackie" there are two Jackies; Jim has a date with a Jackie, who, after a series of events, meets the ''other'' Jackie (Jonny and Adam's mum). Whereas in "The Caravan", Jonny and Adam are both dating two separate girls called Lucy (Adam and Jonny are not particularly pleased with this part).

* RunningGag: Some of the humor of the show comes from the amount of running gags the show has at any given time, a fair few below showing up OnceAnEpisode, in increasingly humorous and roundabout ways:

* OneSteveLimit: Averted, as there are two Jackies; Jim has a date with a Jackie, who, after a series of events, meets the ''other'' Jackie (Jonny and Adam's mum).

* PerfectlyCromulentWord: "Schmoigel".

** Val looking and dressing exactly like Jackie, but neither never notice this, but it's constantly lampshaded by everyone else.

** In "The Other Jackie", [[IsThatWhatTheyAreCallingItNow "nip nips"]] get's mentioned, and is used by the boys as a name for Wilson as proof it isn't Jims in front of "other Jackie".