History Series / GirlsOnTop

* {{Blackmail}}: In "Staying Alive", Candice ends up with an incriminating video tape of Shelley and uses it against her to stay in the flat:

-->'''Shelley:''' And action: Pfft. "I'm Scarlett, I'm Scahlett, Ah'm Scahlett, Ah'm Scahlett, Ah'm ''Scahlett''! It's so nahce livin' in the Deep South in seventeen-oh-ten, an' Ah'm rich, rich, rich!".

-->'''Shelley:''' I just want to t'know, that I'll never get in your way, I'll never hang 'round your neck, an' like, when we go ''Rome'' or Paris, an' you're busy, just say to me "Can, here's the keys to the car, here's your gold ''American Express'' card, now go back to the hotel suite, an' stay there".

-->'''Candice:''' Hello Mand-
-->'''Amanda:''' ''Amanda''.

-->'''Jane''': '''F'''abulous '''F'''lash '''F'''lats '''f'''ulfilling '''f'''antasies '''f'''ast.

-->'''Amanda''': He's taken my keys, and my wallet... oh my God, and my cheesy Wotsits. I don't believe it.

-->'''Candice''': Well, I've got one of two choice, haven' I? Jen, shall I go an' give this to my boyfriend, the ''directah''? ''Or''... shall I keep it? Then I get to keep my room forever, like Shelley ''pwomised''.

-->'''Shelley''': And action: Pfft. "I'm Scarlett, I'm Scahlett, Ah'm Scahlett, Ah'm Scahlett, Ah'm ''Scahlett''! It's so nahce livin' in the Deep South in seventeen-oh-ten, an' Ah'm rich, rich, rich!".

-->'''Ian''': I mean, look around 'ere. Big tits, small tits, floppy tits. They haven't got what you have, you've got... ''enormous'' tits.

-->'''Amanda''': Now, eeny meeny miny moe, catch a ni-

--->'''Amanda''': You heard of ''Spare Cheeks'', Jennifer? It's a magazine for women, by women, to women... who just aren't gonna take it anymore.

-->'''Shelley''': I just want to t'know, that I'll never get in your way, I'll never hang 'round your neck, an' like, when we go ''Rome'' or Paris, an' you're busy, just say to me "Can, here's the keys to the car, here's your gold ''American Express'' card, now go back to the hotel suite, an' stay there".

-->'''Lady Carlton''': Your ''accoutrement'' have been removed, because your ''persona'' is ''non grata'' here anymore.

-->'''Candice''': Hello Mand-
-->'''Amanda''': ''Amanda''.
-->'''Candice''': Oh, Mand.

-->'''Amanda''': Oh my god, it's a todger!
-->'''Candice''': Well at least I would've 'ad something to stir it with!

-->'''Shelley''': Amanda, you make any trouble, me and my chequebook are packing. Comprondo?

--->'''Shelley''': I am recreating the role that ''made'' Creator/VivienLeigh!

-->'''Shelley''': I am ''perched'' on the threshold of stardom, and I'm not giving it up for any twisted, bitter ''extra'' who's gonna get in my way!

-->'''Amanda''': If I could just quote from ''Spare Cheeks'', Shelley, "Women - stand erect, lift up your breasts, and roar". End of quote.

-->'''Ian''': Candice, we're tryin'a work.
-->'''Candice''': Okay... QUIET ON THE SET!

-->'''Jennifer''': I've jus' come down to say that everything's perfectly normal... no one's making a film or anything upstairs.

-->'''Shelley''': Do you know how hard it is trying to break into show business? Creator/LanaTurner didn't make it until ''after'' she died!

-->'''Amanda''': Isn't it a shame they're always so stereotypically ''loud'', aren't they?
-->'''Shelley''': ''What''? What did you say?
-->'''Amanda''': I w-I was just commenting that you're American.

* RearrangeTheSong: The theme tune in Series 1 was done by the four leads (French, Saunders, Wax and Ullman). This was kept for the first episode of Series 2 ("Mr Fluffy Knows Too Much"), but from "Big Snogs" and onward the theme tune was done by Glenn Tilbrook of ''Music/{{Squeeze}}''.

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: The motto of Fabulous Flash Flats has lots of "f's" in it.

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Occurs after Amanda is robbed by Dimitri in "Four-Play".

* {{Blackmail}}: In "Staying Alive", Candice ends up with an incriminating video tape of Shelley and uses it against her to stay in the flat.

* BriefAccentImitation: Shelley tries a (horrible) Southern accent during her ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'' improv in "Staying Alive".

* BuxomBeautyStandard: How Ian the porn director from "Staying Alive" decides on who to cast in his films.

* CurseCutShort: Amanda stops herself from saying a racial slur when trying to solve an argument in "Staying Alive".

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: In "Four-Play", we first see Shelley push her way to the front of a line, while wearing an over the top fur coat and loudly blabbing about her flight from America, showing us she is a RichBitch and an UglyAmericanStereotype.
* EverybodyDiesEnding: In "Lower the Donkey", Lady Carlton accidentally lights a quantity of petrol which she had stored, thereby blowing everyone and everything to pieces in time for the end of the series. Oddly enough, ''Series/TheYoungOnes'', to which this show is often compared to, also had a similar ending which killed off the cast.

** ''Spare Cheeks'', the magazine that Amanda works for as an editor.

* GirlOnGirlIsHot: "Staying Alive" revolves around Candice accidentally getting Shelley a role in a porno. When Shelley finds out she starts strangling Candice on the couch, so Ian the director makes sure to get a good close up of the action.
* GoldDigger: Candice is constantly sleeping around to try and land a rich man.

* GratuitousFrench: Lady Carlton drops several French words when evicting Candice in "Four-Play".

** Ian the porn director from "Staying Alive", who Candice gets Shelley to work for by accident/
* HiddenDepths: The normally-dim Jennifer discovers a talent for stockbroking in "Who's Ya Uncle Shelley?".

* MaliciousMisnaming: Candice constantly gets Amanda's name wrong. While at first it seems she is just being a DumbBlonde, the real reason she does it is just to be a bitch.

* MotorMouth: Candice will chatter on about anything for hours, especially herself.
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Shelley thinks she's filming a remake of ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'' in "Staying Alive", but is actually filming a porno. When her co-star Hans takes off his robe, Shelley and Amanda are shocked speechless, while Candice drops a tray of coffee.

* OutOfFocus: Jennifer has less to do in Series 2 compared to Amanda and Shelley. Creator/JenniferSaunders claims in her autobiography ''Bonkers: My Life in Laughs'' that this was because she pregnant at the time and so didn't suggest as many lines for her character compared to Series 1 because she had her baby on her mind.

* RichBitch: Shelley is loud-mouthed and spoilt rotten thanks to her trust fund, although her money is the only reason the girls keep her around as she can pay the rent for them.

** Candice and Amanda briefly discuss ''Pickettywitch'' in "Four-Play", and go into detail about their song "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" and Polly Brown's health issue.

** After hearing Candice has brought a director home in "Staying Alive", Shelley remarks she'll go check out Roman Polanski.

** Shelley gets the girls to improvise a scene from ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'' in "Staying Alive" with her as Scarlett, Jennifer as Mammy, and Amanda as Creator/ClarkGable.

* SmallNameBigEgo: Shelley's thoughts of her acting skills are much better than they actually are.

* StrawFeminist: Amanda is all for women's rights and putting down men... when she's not throwing herself at them.

* SuddenlyShouting: Candice does so when trying to hook up with Ian while he tries to get his porn filmed in "Staying Alive".

* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: In "Staying Alive", Amanda sends Jennifer to distract Lady Carlton while filming goes on upstairs.

* UglyAmericanStereotype: Shelley is obnoxious and loud-mouthed, something Amanda quickly catches onto.

-->'''Amanda''': He's taken my keys, and my wallet... oh my God, and my cheesy ''Wotsits''. I don't believe it.

* MistakenIdentity: In "Four-Play", Amanda mistakes Candice's ex-boyfriend Dimitri for Mr. Tinker, the man who was planning on moving in with her. This leads to Dimitri stealing Amanda's car keys, wallet, and her cheesy ''Wotsits''.

* BuxomIsBetter: How Ian the porn director from "Staying Alive" decides on who to cast in his films.