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** ''EastEnders'' also referenced the 'FIIIIIIGHT' catchphrase at one point.
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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: The Many Faces of Jimmy King's Face

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* SimpletonVoice: Harry does a distinctive 'breathy' one, speaking as though his nose is blocked, when imitating obviously stupid characters.

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* SimpletonVoice: Harry does a distinctive 'breathy' one, speaking as though his nose is blocked, when imitating obviously stupid characters. characters.
* SoundtrackDissonance: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g73BCf9NXEw Inappropriately Upbeat Music of the Week]]
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* CriticalAnnoyance: A common gag as he gets progressively more irritated with someone on a programme getting something consistently wrong in a series of clips before snapping. For example, in ''TheApprentice'' someone dressed up as a glove mascot for a company kept introducing himself as "Mr Glove" when it was supposed to be "Mr G. Love", and after correcting him several times with increasing annoyance, Harry [[BreakingTheFourthWall bursts into the original scene and starts beating him while yelling "IT'S NOT MR GLOVE, IT'S]] ''[[BreakingTheFourthWall MR G. LOVE!"]]''.

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* CriticalAnnoyance: A common gag as he gets progressively more irritated with someone on a programme getting something consistently wrong in a series of clips before snapping. For example, in ''TheApprentice'' ''Series/TheApprentice'' someone dressed up as a glove mascot for a company kept introducing himself as "Mr Glove" when it was supposed to be "Mr G. Love", and after correcting him several times with increasing annoyance, Harry [[BreakingTheFourthWall bursts into the original scene and starts beating him while yelling "IT'S NOT MR GLOVE, IT'S]] ''[[BreakingTheFourthWall ''[[BreakingTheReviewersWall MR G. LOVE!"]]''.



** He also sometimes does this himself with prop dummies (particularly one of [[TheApprentice Alan Sugar]]) but, as part of the joke, does it in a [[StylisticSuck deliberately bad]] "gottle of geer" fashion.

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** He also sometimes does this himself with prop dummies (particularly one of [[TheApprentice [[Series/TheApprentice Alan Sugar]]) but, as part of the joke, does it in a [[StylisticSuck deliberately bad]] "gottle of geer" fashion.
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* SimpletonVoice: Harry does a distinctive 'breathy' one, speaking as though his nose is blocked, when imitating obviously stupid characters.
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* CriticalAnnoyance: A common gag as he gets progressively more irritated with someone on a programme getting something consistently wrong in a series of clips before snapping. For example, in ''TheApprentice'' someone dressed up as a glove mascot for a company kept introducing himself as "Mr Glove" when it was supposed to be "Mr G. Love", and after correcting him several times with increasing annoyance, Harry [[BreakingTheFourthWall bursts into the original scene and starts beating him while yelling "IT'S NOT MR GLOVE, IT'S]] ''[[BreakingTheFourthWall MR G. LOVE!"]]''.
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* StylisticSuck: Often. The two most common examples are Harry doing ventriloquism (in a bad "gottle of geer" fashion) and him playing his bongos ("''[[RunningGag I love to play my bongos in the morrrrrr-ning!]]''" or another instrument, only for the dubbed sound to carry on ''after'' he's finished playing.
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** He also sometimes does this himself with prop dummies (particularly one of [[TheApprentice Alan Sugar]]) but, as part of the joke, does it in a [[StylisticSuck deliberately bad]] "gottle of geer" fashion.
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** Amanda Laaaaaaaaamb! Amanda Laaaaaaaaamb! Everybody loves Amanda Laaaaaaaaamb!
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The United Kingdom's answer to MysteryScienceTheater3000 and/or TheSoup. Comedian Harry Hill goes through television programmes that had been shown that week, often {{Soap Opera}}s or one-shot documentaries, and lampoons them - for weak acting, bad writing, or general [=WTF=]-factor. It's a highly AffectionateParody, though, with lots of silly facial expressions, cuddly Radio 4 innuendo and episode-long {{Running Gag}}s. OnceAnEpisode, two characters, concepts or something which Hill finds particularly notable would have a slapstick fight on stage.

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The United Kingdom's answer to MysteryScienceTheater3000 and/or TheSoup. The series run from 2001 to 2012. Comedian Harry Hill goes through television programmes that had been shown that week, often {{Soap Opera}}s or one-shot documentaries, and lampoons them - for weak acting, bad writing, or general [=WTF=]-factor. It's a highly AffectionateParody, though, with lots of silly facial expressions, cuddly Radio 4 innuendo and episode-long {{Running Gag}}s. OnceAnEpisode, two characters, concepts or something which Hill finds particularly notable would have a slapstick fight on stage.
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* GrandFinale: The show more or less wrapped up in the last three minutes when Cheryl Ferguson confronted Harry over the portrayal of her EastEnders character, Heather, on the show. Cue a cover of "Someone Like You" by Harry, Cheryl, Heather, Kitted Character, Wagbo and Amanda Lamb. It seems almost like any other ending, however, the credits played a [[SolemnEndingTheme solemn piano version]] [[TearJerker of the theme]] followed by a [[TheStinger stinger of "It's Over"]].

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* GrandFinale: The show more or less wrapped up in the last three minutes when Cheryl Ferguson confronted Harry over the portrayal of her EastEnders character, Heather, on the show. Cue a cover of "Someone Like You" by Harry, Cheryl, Heather, Kitted Character, Wagbo and Amanda Lamb. It seems almost like any other ending, however, the credits played a [[SolemnEndingTheme solemn piano version]] [[TearJerker of the theme]] followed by a [[TheStinger stinger of "It's Over"]].Over" using a clip of Phil Mitchell in a recent EastEnders episode]].

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* FaceHeelRevolvingDoor: [[spoiler: The Knitted Character turned on Harry for replacing him with [[ReplacementScrappy Mr Fuzzy]]. At the end of the series, he showed up to help Harry.]]

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* FaceHeelRevolvingDoor: [[spoiler: The Knitted Character turned on Harry for replacing him with [[ReplacementScrappy Mr Fuzzy]]. At the end of the series, he showed up to help Harry.]]


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* GrandFinale: The show more or less wrapped up in the last three minutes when Cheryl Ferguson confronted Harry over the portrayal of her EastEnders character, Heather, on the show. Cue a cover of "Someone Like You" by Harry, Cheryl, Heather, Kitted Character, Wagbo and Amanda Lamb. It seems almost like any other ending, however, the credits played a [[SolemnEndingTheme solemn piano version]] [[TearJerker of the theme]] followed by a [[TheStinger stinger of "It's Over"]].
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* ParrotExposition: The famous "cataracts" and "ear cataracts" sketches. It was about Val from ''{{Emmerdale}}'' finding out she has cataracts and all of the characters who are there at the reveal repeat the word "cataracts?" over and over again. Later she's accused by a man for getting upset over a misunderstanding and she asks if her ears have cataracts as well. Both times Harry asks "[ear] cataracts?" and telephones somebody which starts a chain of characters or presenters repeating the word(s).
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* DontTryThisAtHome: Never played straight. For example, in the 2012 series a washing machine falls off a scrapyard magnet and lands on his head, after which he says "Don't try this at home, kids!", does his AsideGlance and adds: "And the thought never occurred to you until I said it!"


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* HongKongDub: Whenever Harry's actions are supposed to be synched to taped sounds (such as when he plays a musical instrument) he will ''always'' get it wrong towards the end as a joke. He also usually doesn't bother not moving his lips when acting as a ventriloquist.
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* MutuallyFictional: An episode of ''LawAndOrderUK'' had a photofit picture of a suspect dubbed "Harry Hill" due to its resemblance to Harry--then the incident was used as the basis for a sketch on TV Burp...
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[[{{ItsTheOnlyWay}} ''There's only one way to find out]] - [[LetsYouAndHimFight FIIIGHT!]]''

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[[{{ItsTheOnlyWay}} ''There's ''[[{{ItsTheOnlyWay}} There's only one way to find out]] - [[LetsYouAndHimFight FIIIGHT!]]''
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* KilledOffForReal: The Knitted Character. [[IGotBetter They got a different one]].

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* KilledOffForReal: The Knitted Character. [[IGotBetter They got a different one]].one and his UnexplainedRecovery is lampshaded.
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* {{Ventriloquism}}: A common gag is for him to interpret the voiceover on nature programmes as being the ''animals'' speaking.
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* RealMenCook: Averted. A RunningGag is Harry being unimpressed or even offended by TV chefs' insistence on trying to evangelise cooking to the masses, and he often makes jokes based on him living entirely off microwaved ready meals.
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* InkSuitActor: Kind of... Harry's became the cover star of ''The Dandy'', beloved LongRunner in British comics. He even writes it!

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* InkSuitActor: Kind of... Harry's became the cover star of ''The Dandy'', ''ComicBook/TheDandy'', beloved LongRunner in British comics. He even writes it!
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*** Sometimes he quotes the programme's BlatantLies description and then for his AsideGlance just grins and shakes his head in SarcasmFailure.

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*** Sometimes he quotes the programme's BlatantLies description and then for his AsideGlance just grins and shakes his head in SarcasmFailure.one part SarcasmFailure, one part ThisIsGonnaSuck.
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* CurbStompBattle: The "fiiiiight" between God and the Devil.

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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The show took several years to settle its format. Initially for example the 'fights' could happen at any time and they showed one side winning, whereas in later series the 'fight' always happens at the end of part 1 and we don't see who wins due to the advert break.

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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The show took several years to settle its format. Initially for example For example, there was more emphasis on sketches, and the 'fights' could happen at any time and they showed one side winning, whereas in later series the 'fight' always happens at the end of part 1 and we don't see who wins due to the advert break.


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* MoodKiller: Harry will often do this to some {{narm}}, often by being CaptainObvious to a rhetorical question.

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* BitingTheHandHumour: generally at the expense of home channel {{ITV}}- although the first episode where the studio changed to be filmed at [[TheBBC Television Centre]] liberally sprinkled mockery of a BBC show with comments about the licence fee.

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** [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial I love Norwich.]]
** [[http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/promotions/pr3744bcc35ce7410024862c7ece4649/details.html Weekend First]] [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext is not available in advance to holders of advance tickets. Tickets can be upgraded on the train, subject to availability.]]
* BitingTheHandHumour: generally Generally at the expense of home channel {{ITV}}- although the first episode where the studio changed to be filmed at [[TheBBC Television Centre]] liberally sprinkled mockery of a BBC show with comments about the licence fee.
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* ItMakesSenseInContext: a lot of the funny comes from presenting such moments entirely ''out'' of context.
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* ThisTropeIsBleep: A wildlife presenter looking for king penguins was changed, with the addition of a few well-placed censor bleeps, into a wildlife presenter looking for "***king penguins!"
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* DontExplainTheJoke: He occasionally does this as part of a deliberately OverlyLongGag, such as when he explained that he had ''amusingly'' been mishearing "axolotl" as "thanks a lot".
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The show took several years to settle its format. Initially for example the 'fights' could happen at any time and they showed one side winning, whereas in later series the 'fight' always happens at the end of part 1 and we don't see who wins due to the advert break.
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* PrecisionFStrike: Dropped on the 2004 series when God strikes Jeremy Bowen for doubting Noah's Ark, saying "Don't fuck with me, Bowen!". This was when the show was still in the DarkerAndEdgier late-night slot, compared to the latter LighterAndSofter Saturday night prime-time slot it's probably better known to be shown at.
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* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: Usually when a BBC Three programme is featured.

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* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: Usually when a BBC Three programme is featured.featured, such as ''[[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00p1l1q Young Butcher of the Year]]''.

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* HoYay: {{Invoked}} between Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and a swimmer.



--> '''Hugh Fearly-Whittingstall''': There we have a Full English Breakfast Salad
--> '''Harry''': That is a crime against God!

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--> '''Hugh Fearly-Whittingstall''': Fearnley-Whittingstall''': There we have a Full English Breakfast Salad
Salad...
--> '''Harry''': That is a crime against God! God!
* [[WhatTheHellHero What The Hell, Harry?]]: Harry is quite adept at the ComedicSociopathy. His treatment of The Knitted Character has raised quite a few eyebrows.

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