History Series / MaxAndPaddysRoadToNowhere

* StuffedInTheFridge: A literal version is discussed in Episode Four. [[spoiler: Max and Paddy get stuck with the job of shovelling coal into a furnace while in prison, and Max says that there'll be two kitchen jobs available once Raymond The Bastard arranges for two inmates to get locked in the freezer.]] Paddy notes that they're likely to suffer the same fate when [[spoiler: their lies (pretending to be rich gangsters and promising Raymond 60% of their loot in exchange for an easy life) are uncovered.]]

''Max And Paddy's Road To Nowhere'' is Creator/Channel4 BritCom spun-off from the popular comedy ''Series/PhoenixNights'' that sees former Phoenix Club doormen Max (Creator/PeterKay) and Paddy (Paddy [=McGuinness=]) aimlessly travelling around Britain in a motorhome that they bought with the proceeds from faking an assassination and pocketing the cash during the final episodes of ''Phoenix Nights''.

** One can only guess what Paddy’s part in the porn film ''[[ParallelPornTitles Willy Wanker And The Chocolate Factory]]'' entailed that makes him ask Max to drive over speed bumps more carefully. The room full of male bodybuilders is certainly a clue though.

** Tina has an offscreen one in Episode Four that’s both intentional and accidental. [[spoiler: She tells the Police why Max and Paddy stole a school bus full of children (Max was trying to meet his long lost son), which gets them released from prison but (more immediately) gets them pulled out of the exercise yard just as Raymond The Bastard and cronies are approaching them with the intention of savagely beating and quite possibly killing them.]]
** A more straight example comes in the last episode. When [[spoiler: Max’s psychotic friend Billy is about to murder him, Paddy (who had just been shot in the buttocks and was presumed by both Max and Billy to be dead or severely injured) knocks him out with a traffic cone.]]
* BlandNameProduct: Paddy is frustrated that Max insists on buying cheap groceries like “Big Bob’s Beans” and water bottled in the mountains of Afghanistan.

* ChekhovsGunman: Max’s ex-girlfriend Tina appears in flashbacks in Episode Two before playing an important role in Episodes Three and Four. Billy also appears in said flashback before he returns as the main supporting character in Episode Six.

** [[spoiler: Paddy’s cellmate in Episode Four.]] He either thinks he actually is Music/CliffRichard or just has a disturbing love of him; looking like him, having a painting of him on the wall surrounded by candles, and singing Millennium Prayer to it all night.

* ContinuityNod: When Young Kenny appears in Episode Four, he still has the impossible to remove tiger facepaint that he got at Brian’s fun day in Series 2 of Series/PhoenixNights.

** Paddy tries to have one at the end of the first episode but the volume of the TV wakes up Max who is less than pleased. Elsewhere Paddy’s love of pornography is mentioned quite frequently.
** In a deleted scene from the first episode, Paddy walks in on Max having some..."private time" in the toilet with his (Paddy’s) copy of Razzle.

** Max and Paddy not paying the (admittedly extortionate) repair bill for their motorhome and instead [[spoiler: stealing it back (see MacGyvering), and taking all of the keys to cars the mechanics were working on and tossing them out of the motorhome one by one while driving off]] seems like this until the reveal that [[spoiler: the mechanics didn’t do any work on the motorhome yet still tried to charge them £500.]]
** A straighter example is the end of Episode Four. Brian has been [[spoiler: fronting a very public campaign to get Max and Paddy released from prison which destroys the persona of rich gangsters that they used to live an easy and safe life while inside. As soon as they’re released, they call in an anthrax threat at the Phoenix Club on the night of Jerry’s 60th birthday party.]] Although Brian’s actions were self-serving in that they helped to promote the Phoenix more than help Max and Paddy, there was no way he could have known that [[spoiler: he was putting them in danger.]]

** Max’s attempt to [[spoiler: gradually tunnel out of prison. He was tunnelling towards the next cell.]]

-->''''Don’t know where we’re going, got no way of knowing.

-->And we don’t take shit from anyone, the only thing we wanna do is have some fun.
-->We’re Max and Paddy. Paddy and Max.
-->And best of all, we don’t pay council tax.''''

* HeroicSacrifice: Tina is determined to keep the secret that [[spoiler: Max is Daniel's father]] because it will destroy her family, despite that it means [[spoiler: Max and Paddy being in prison because her going to the police and corroborating their story will reveal everything. Eventually, she goes to the Police and gets Max and Paddy released at the cost of keeping her secret, as well as finally letting Max meet Daniel after his release.]] Max in turn makes his own heroic sacrifice by [[spoiler: not telling Daniel that he is his father, and letting Tina’s family remain intact.]]
* HonestJohnsDealership: Gypsy Joe’s shop is in the back of a lorry and everything is stolen. Also Mick Bustin', but he's a car repair man, not a salesman.
* HoneyTrap: Tracey and Sharon, the girls that Max and Paddy take home in Episode One after going out dressed as sailors. [[spoiler: They’re better known as the Belgrano Sisters ( “on account of all the sailors that have gone down on them”]]) and their MO is to pick up sailors in nightclubs, [[SlippingAMickey drug them]], and rob them blind.]]

* {{Hypocrite}}: When Max reveals that their new TV has no speakers, Paddy angrily calls Gypsy Joe a “typical thieving gyppo” and is glad he’s eating the grapes they brought him for an injury they caused while heaving him off a bridge so they could escape with the TV he’d just helped them steal.

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: An example that is both romantic and non-romantic at the same time. [[spoiler: Max decides not to tell his long lost son Daniel that he is his real father; allowing Daniel, Tina, and Kevin (Tina’s husband and an old friend of Max who believes he is Daniel’s father) to remain a happy family.]]
* JailBake: [[spoiler: Averted. Brian brings Max and Paddy a cake while they are in prison and they immediately assume it’s this trope. He [[LampshadeHanging points out]] how stupid it is to expect this.]]
-->'''Max (Excited):''' [[spoiler: And what’s in this cake?]]\\
'''Brian:''' [[spoiler: Sponge and a bit of jam. ({{Beat}}) What do you want, son? It’s [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome real life]], not the frigging [[Film/TheShawshankRedemption Shawshank Redemption]].]]

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Max and Paddy. They’re generally decent guys but not above stealing and conning people if it will benefit them.

* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: Episode Three contains a montage of [[spoiler:Max following his long lost son to school and trying to deal with the news that he’s a father]] set to the Boyzone cover of "Father & Son". Then Paddy walks in, switches off the radio, and wearily asks “How many times are you going to play that song?”

* LuxuryPrisonSuite: [[spoiler: Max and Paddy get one complete with duvets, a box of Terry’s All Gold chocolates, and satellite TV after making out that they are rich gangsters and promising Raymond The Bastard 60% of their non-existent loot.]]

** Replace "crap" with "fuck" and you've got Mick Bustin’s exact reaction when he sees [[spoiler: that Max and Paddy have stolen the keys to all of his clients' cars.]]

* OohMeAccentsSlipping: When Max sings "That’s Why They Call It The Blues" in Episode Three, Peter Kay’s natural voice slips through more than usual.

* PaperThinDisguise: Max and Paddy’s paramedic disguises during the TV theft in Episode One. Amazingly, no one calls them on it.

* ThePigpen: Paddy considers Max to be this. Max’s counter that he “has a good stand-up wash in the sink once a week” [[NotHelpingYourCase doesn't exactly help his case]].

** A variant of this happens at the end of the same episode after Max and Paddy finally get some speakers for their TV and Paddy puts on his [[ParallelPornTitles “Charlie’s Anals”]] DVD. Though Paddy [[ADateWithRosiePalms doesn’t get very far]] before the volume wakes Max up.

* SeinfeldianConversation: Max and Paddy have these fairly regularly. Especially when they’re on the road.

* StuffedInTheFridge: A literal version is discussed in Episode Four. [[spoiler: Max and Paddy get stuck with the job of shovelling coal into a furnace while in prison, and Max says that there’ll be two kitchen jobs available once Raymond The Bastard arranges for two inmates to get locked in the freezer.]] Paddy notes that they’re likely to suffer the same fate when [[spoiler: their lies (pretending to be rich gangsters and promising Raymond 60% of their loot in exchange for an easy life) are uncovered.]]

* VocalEvolution: Max’s voice is different than in Phoenix Nights because continuing it would have risked long-term damage to Peter Kay’s voice.

'''Brian:''' [[spoiler: Sponge and a bit of jam. ({{Beat}}) What do you want, son? It’s [[RealityEnsues real life]], not the frigging [[Film/TheShawshankRedemption Shawshank Redemption]].]]

* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler:Paddy survives Billy the Butcher shooting him in the backside, but he's still bleeding profusely afterwards]].

* DoItYourselfTheme: The theme song was written by Toni Baker and Peter Kay, and borrowed heavily from the theme to ''Series/BJAndTheBear''.

* ThirdPersonPerson: Paddy is this fairly frequently. As is RaymondTheBastard.

* YouCanKeepYourHatOn: Non-sexy variant, when the Phoenix Club staff (the male half, anyway) is forced to strip nude and get sprayed with disinfectant, Young Kenny is still wearing his hat.

* ActorAllusion: Paddy's full name is revealed to be Patrick O'Shea. This joke is based around the rumour that Sunderland player John O'Shea is regularly teased by team-mates for his physical resemblance to Patrick [=McGuinness=].

* AssShove: When Paddy was a child he used to frequently shove ''Franchise/StarWars'' action figures up his arse and once had to be taken to hospital after sticking an Obi-Wan Kenobi figure up there.

* {{Catchphrase}}: A few. Max has "How dare you" (delivered in a haughty tone) and "You only get a bucket and a half" (relating to the amount of semen a man can produce), and Paddy has "Paddy has needs" (relating to his sex drive).

* ChekhovsGunman / EarlyBirdCameo: Max’s ex-girlfriend Tina appears in flashbacks in Episode Two before playing an important role in Episodes Three and Four. Billy is also appears in said flashback before he returns as the main supporting character in Episode Six.
* CloudCuckoolander: [[spoiler: Paddy’s cellmate in Episode Four.]] He either thinks he actually is Music/CliffRichard or just has a disturbing love of him; looking like him, having a painting of him on the wall surrounded by candles, and singing Millennium Prayer to it all night.

* [[spoiler: ConvenientlyCellmates: Averted in the case of Max and Paddy, along with some LampshadeHanging from a guard. They still end up in cells next door to each other though.]]
* ADateWithRosiePalms: Paddy tries to have one at the end of the first episode but the volume of the TV wakes up Max who is less than pleased. Elsewhere Paddy’s love of pornography is mentioned quite frequently.

--->'''Max:''' Man has needs.
--->'''Paddy:''' Man has lock on door.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Max and Paddy not paying the (admittedly extortionate) repair bill for their motorhome and instead [[spoiler: stealing it back (see MacGyvering), and taking all of the keys to cars the mechanics were working on and tossing them out of the motorhome one by one while driving off]] seems like this until the reveal that [[spoiler: the mechanics didn’t do any work on the motorhome yet still tried to charge them £500.]]

* EpicFail: Max’s attempt to [[spoiler: gradually tunnel out of prison. He was tunnelling towards the next cell.]]

* [[spoiler: JailBake: Averted. Brian brings Max and Paddy a cake while they are in prison and they immediately assume it’s this trope. He [[LampshadeHanging points out]] how stupid it is to expect this.]]
-->'''Max (Excited):''' [[spoiler: And what’s in this cake?]]
-->'''Brian:''' [[spoiler: Sponge and a bit of jam. ({{Beat}}) What do you want, son? It’s [[RealityEnsues real life]], not the frigging [[Film/TheShawshankRedemption Shawshank Redemption]].]]

* ItsAllAboutMe: Both Max and Paddy are prone to this.

* [[spoiler: LukeIAmYourFather: Averted. Max decides not to tell his son that he is his real father, allowing the family to get on with their lives without him interfering.]]
* [[spoiler: LuxuryPrisonSuite: Max and Paddy get one complete with duvets, a box of Terry’s All Gold chocolates, and satellite TV after making out that they are rich gangsters and promising Raymond The Bastard 60% of their non-existent loot.]]

* MistakenForGay: A running gag in the first episode is an African family camped near the motorhome catching Max and Paddy in seemingly compromising positions. The first few while Paddy is teaching Max to dance and pick up women; and the last when they hear an angry rant from Max after Paddy accidentally wakes up him while having ADateWithRosiePalms.

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Raymond the Bastard, obviously.

* NoisySexNextDoor: In the first episode, Max and Paddy pull two girls at a nightclub and bring them back to the motorhome. Paddy is steaming drunk and has very loud sex in his bedroom while Max tries to have a drink and a chat with the other girl in the living room.
** A variant of this happens at the end of the same episode after Max and Paddy finally get some speakers for their TV and Paddy puts on his [[ParallelPornTitles “Charlie’s Anals”]] DVD. Though Paddy [[ADateWithRosiePalms doesn’t get very far]] before the volume wakes Max up.

* OhCrap: Replace "crap" with "fuck" and you've got Mick Bustin’s exact reaction when he sees [[spoiler: that Max and Paddy have stolen the keys to all of his clients' cars.]]

* [[spoiler: PrisonEpisode: Episode Four after being set up at the end of Episode Three.]]

* [[spoiler: PrisonsAreGymnasiums: Episode Four includes a scene set in the prison's exercise yard and at the start of the episode, Paddy's cellmate challenges him and Max to a game of tennis.]]

* ScaryBlackMan: Raymond The Bastard.
* SceneryCensor: At the end of Episode Four. See FanDisservice.

* SecondLove: The Wolfster for Tina.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Max and Paddy.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Paddy tries to have one at the end of the first episode but the volume of the TV wakes up Max who is less than pleased. Elsewhere Paddy’s love of pornography is mentioned quite frequently.
** In a deleted scene from the first episode, Paddy walks in on Max having some..."private time" in the toilet with his (Paddy’s) copy of Razzle.
--->'''Max:''' Man has needs.
--->'''Paddy:''' Man has lock on door.

* AcceptableTargets: In-universe, when Max and Paddy pull up to cut down a speed camera, passers-by salute and cheer them.

* ChekhovsGunman / EarlyBirdCameo: Max’s ex-girlfriend Tina appears in flashbacks in Episode Two before playing an important role in Episodes Three and Four.

''Max And Paddy's Road To Nowhere'' is Creator/Channel4 BritCom spun-off from the popular comedy ''Series/PhoenixNights'' that sees former Phoenix Club doormen Max (Creator/PeterKay) and Paddy (Paddy [=McGuinness=]) aimlessly travelling around Britain in a motorhome that they bought with the proceeds from faking an assassination and pocketing the cash during the final episodes of Phoenix Nights.

** In a deleted scene from the first episode, Paddy walks in on Max having some... ‘private time’ in the toilet with his (Paddy’s) copy of Razzle.

* AssShove: When Paddy was a child he used to frequently shove StarWars action figures up his arse and once had to be taken to hospital after sticking an Obi-Wan Kenobi figure up there.
** One can only guess what Paddy’s part in the porn film “[[ParallelPornTitles Willy Wanker And The Chocolate Factory]]” entailed that makes him ask Max to drive over speed bumps more carefully. The room full of male bodybuilders is certainly a clue though.
** Upon [[spoiler: being sent to prison for stealing a school bus full of children (see BigDamnHeroes)]], Max and Paddy face the unpleasant ordeal of a rectal examination [[spoiler: to ensure they’re not smuggling anything into the prison.]]

* BadassLongcoat: Billy the Butcher wears one of these. He also keeps a poster of ''Film/{{Blade}}'' in his bedroom, another BadassLongcoat wearer.
* BavarianFireDrill: Max and Paddy posing as paramedics as part of their ZanyScheme to steal a plasma TV. Their disguises are far from convincing, their acting is terrible, and their ‘stretcher’ is the stolen TV under a blanket. But by sheer confidence and the perceived urgency of the situation, they manage to pull it off.

* BigDamnHeroes: Tina has an offscreen one in Episode Four that’s both intentional and accidental. [[spoiler: She tells the Police why Max and Paddy stole a school bus full of children (Max was trying to meet his long lost son), which gets them released from prison but (more immediately) gets them pulled out of the exercise yard just as Raymond The Bastard and cronies are approaching them with the intention of savagely beating and quite possibly killing them.]]

* {{Catchphrase}}: A few. Max has “How dare you” (delivered in a haughty tone) and “You only get a bucket and a half” (relating to the amount of semen a man can produce), and Paddy has “Paddy has needs” (relating to his sex drive).
** Brian Potter squeezes a few indignant utterances of his signature phrase: “I don't know if you haven’t noticed but I’m disabled” into his short cameo in Episode Four.
** Despite being a one-shot character, Billy manages to get one by frequently adding the phrase “But not in a gay way” to anything that could be considered a DoubleEntendre.

* DepravedHomosexual: While Raymond The Bastard is more evil than depraved, his first scene features him in the shower being lathered up by two of his cronies and complementing Paddy’s genitals.

* EmbarrassingNickname: When he was a child, Paddy wore callipers and braces and was nicknamed “Spazzy Paddy”.

* HeroicSacrifice: Tina is determined to keep the secret that [[spoiler: Max is Daniel’s father]] because it will destroy her family, despite that it means [[spoiler: Max and Paddy being in prison because her going to the police and corroborating their story will reveal everything. Eventually, she goes to the Police and gets Max and Paddy released at the cost of keeping her secret, as well as finally letting Max meet Daniel after his release.]] Max in turn makes his own heroic sacrifice by [[spoiler: not telling Daniel that he is his father, and letting Tina’s family remain intact.]]

* OhCrap: Replace “crap” with “fuck” and you’ve got Mick Bustin’s exact reaction when he sees [[spoiler: that Max and Paddy have stolen the keys to all of his clients’ cars.]]

* OohMeAccentsSlipping: When Max sings “That’s Why They Call It The Blues” in Episode Three, Peter Kay’s natural voice slips through more than usual.

* ParallelPornTitles: Paddy owns a DVD of “[[Series/CharliesAngels Charlie’s Anals]]” and later appears in a film called “[[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory Willy Wanker And The Chocolate Factory]]”.
* ThePigpen: Paddy considers Max to be this. Max’s counter that he “has a good stand-up wash in the sink once a week” [[NotHelpingYourCase doesn’t exactly help his case]].

* PrecisionFStrike: Mick Bustin’s OhCrap moment.

* [[spoiler: PrisonsAreGymnasiums: Episode Four includes a scene set in the prison’s exercise yard and at the start of the episode, Paddy’s cellmate challenges him and Max to a game of tennis.]]

* ShapedLikeItself: Raymond The Bastard is, as you’d expect, a bastard.

* ShoutOut: The climax of Episode Two is a homage to ''Series/TheATeam'' complete with the theme tune playing in the background.

* TunnelKing: [[spoiler: Max’s attempts at this leave a lot to be desired. See EpicFail.]]

* YouCanKeepYourHatOn: Non-sexy variant, when the Phoenix Club staff(the male half, anyway) is forced to strip nude and get sprayed with disinfectant, Young Kenny is still wearing his hat.
* ZanyScheme: Max, Paddy, and Gypsy Joe’s plan to steal a plasma TV from a shopping centre. Max and Paddy pose as members of staff, and Joe pretends to faint so an ambulance will be called while Max and Paddy steal the TV from the stockroom. Max and Paddy then dress as paramedics and use the TV under a blanket as a stretcher to get all three out of the building. [[spoiler:They carry out a similar robbery at the end of the same episode, except this time the [[GoldDigger Belgrano Sisters]] are doing it for them]].

* PsychopathicManchild: Apart from being murderously violent, Billy the Butcher spends time engaging in trivial debates with Paddy over correctly guessing the theme tunes to popular TV shows, where Paddy insists on going by ExactWords including the creators as well as the show titles.

* SchmuckBait: Raymond the Bastard telling Paddy to [[PrisonRape bend over and pick the soap up]]. Paddy doesn't oblige.

* ZanyScheme: Max, Paddy, and Gypsy Joe’s plan to steal a plasma TV from a shopping centre. Max and Paddy pose as members of staff, and Joe pretends to faint so an ambulance will be called while Max and Paddy steal the TV from the stockroom. Max and Paddy then dress as paramedics and use the TV under a blanket as a stretcher to get all three out of the building.

--->'''Max:''' Man has needs

* [[spoiler: ConvenientlyCellmates: Averted in the case of Max and Paddy along with some LampshadeHanging from a guard. They still end up in cells next door to each other though.]]

* MistakenForGay: A running gag in the first episode is a family camped near the motorhome catching Max and Paddy in seemingly compromising positions. The first few while Paddy is teaching Max to dance and pick up women; and the last when they hear an angry rant from Max after Paddy accidentally wakes up him while having ADateWithRosiePalms.

* DepravedHomosexual: While Raymond The Bastard is more evil than depraved; his first scene features him in the shower being lathered up by two of his cronies and complementing Paddy’s genitals.
* DisabledSnarker: A woman with a HookHand flips Paddy off when he tries his CasanovaWannabe shtick on her. ''With her hook.'''

* MessyPig: Played with by the pig Max and Paddy end up buying from a mad farmer. It doesn't leave a mess all over their motorhome, but it farts. [[GassHole A lot.]] Doesn't take long before they try selling it.

* NonIndicativeName: The Patelster, a friend of Max's friend the Wolfster. You'd think by his name he'd be Indian, right? He's not. He's a bog-standard white man.

* TheRealSpoofbusters: Parodied with Mick Bostin', a Brummie car repairman with a Ghostbusters-themed garage shop, played by Noddie Holder of Music/Slade.

* TheYardies: Raymond the Bastard is black, a convicted criminal, and speaks with a Jamaican accent, so it's safe to say he qualifies as a Yardie.

* BadassLongcoat: Billy the Butcher wears one of these. He also keeps a poster of ''Film/Blade'' in his bedroom, another BadassLongcoat wearer.

* GassHole: The pig that Max and Paddy buy from a farmer impulsively ends up filling their motorhome with the stench of its farts. Max actually has to wear goggles to defend his eyes.

Max And Paddy's Road To Nowhere is Creator/Channel4 BritCom spun-off from the popular comedy Series/PhoenixNights that sees former Phoenix Club doormen Max (Creator/PeterKay) and Paddy (Paddy [=McGuinness=]) aimlessly travelling around Britain in a motorhome that they bought with the proceeds from faking an assassination and pocketing the cash during the final episodes of Phoenix Nights.

* Gasshole: The pig that Max and Paddy buy from a farmer impulsively ends up filling their motorhome with the stench of its farts. Max actually has to wear goggles to defend his eyes.

* HonestJohnsDealership: Gypsy Joe’s shop is in the back of a lorry and everything is stolen.

* StraightGay: Raymond The Bastard

* RoguishRomani: Gypsy Joe, played by Series/MrsBrownsBoys actor Brendan O'Caroll. Supports the lads in stealing a widescreen TV from a supermarket centre.

Max And Paddy's Road To Nowhere is Creator/Channel4 BritCom spun-off from the popular comedy Series/PhoenixNights that sees former Phoenix Club doormen Max (Creator/PeterKay) and Paddy (Paddy[=McGuinness=]) aimlessly travelling around Britain in a motorhome that they bought with the proceeds from faking an assassination and pocketing the cash during the final episodes of Phoenix Nights.

Max And Paddy's Road To Nowhere is Creator/Channel4 BritCom spun-off from the popular comedy Series/PhoenixNights that sees former Phoenix Club doormen Max (Creator/PeterKay) and Paddy (Patrick [=McGuinness=]) aimlessly travelling around Britain in a motorhome that they bought with the proceeds from faking an assassination and pocketing the cash during the final episodes of Phoenix Nights.

* NonIndicativeName: The Patelster. You'd think by his name he'd be Indian, right? He's not. He's a bog-standard white man.

* RoguishRomani: Gypsy Joe, played by Series/MrsBrownsBoys actor Brendan O'Caroll.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In the last episode of Series/PhoenixNights, Max and Paddy take off in the motorhome because the woman who paid to carry out the murder they faked has discovered the truth and will be sending people after them

* ButNotTooGay: Max’s old friend colleague Billy has an odd fixation with him but follows up anything that could be considered a DoubleEntendre with “But not in a gay way”.

* PrisonRape: Mentioned a number of times by Paddy [[spoiler: when he and Max are in prison.]]

* ShoutOut: The climax of Episode Two is a homage to TheATeam complete with the theme tune playing in the background.

* TheCameo: The cast of PhoenixNights briefly reprise their roles in Episodes Two and Four.

* ContinuityNod: When Young Kenny appears in Episode Four, he still has the impossible to remove tiger facepaint that he got at Brian’s fun day in Series 2 of PhoenixNights.

* FanDisservice: At the end of Episode Four, we see the male cast of PhoenixNights (apart from Brian) naked when [[spoiler: Max and Paddy call in an anthrax threat and they are forced to strip naked and get hosed down with some kind of chemical suppressant.]]. Thankfully when they turn around, the credits are used as a SceneryCensor.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In the last episode of PhoenixNights, Max and Paddy take off in the motorhome because the woman who paid to carry out the murder they faked has discovered the truth and will be sending people after them

Max And Paddy's Road To Nowhere is Creator/Channel4 BritCom spun-off from the popular comedy Series/PhoenixNights that sees former Phoenix Club doormen Max (Creator/PeterKay) and Paddy (Patrick [=McGuinness=]) aimlessly travelling around Britain in a motorhome that they bought with the proceeds from faking an assassination and pocketing the cash during the final episodes of PhoenixNights.

Max And Paddy's Road To Nowhere is Channel4 BritCom spun-off from the popular comedy Series/PhoenixNights that sees former Phoenix Club doormen Max (Creator/PeterKay) and Paddy (Patrick [=McGuinness=]) aimlessly travelling around Britain in a motorhome that they bought with the proceeds from faking an assassination and pocketing the cash during the final episodes of PhoenixNights.

* CloudCuckoolander: [[spoiler: Paddy’s cellmate in Episode Four.]] He either thinks he actually is CliffRichard or just has a disturbing love of him; looking like him, having a painting of him on the wall surrounded by candles, and singing Millennium Prayer to it all night.

* ZanyScheme: Max, Paddy, and Gypsy Joe’s plan to steal a plasma TV from a shopping centre. Max and Paddy pose as members of staff, and Joe pretends to faint so an ambulance will be called while Max and Paddy steal the TV from the stockroom. Max and Paddy then dress as paramedics and use the TV under a blanket as a stretcher to get all three out of the building.

* ActingForTwo: Peter Kay plays Max, Brian Potter, and Bolton musician Marc Park.

* AwesomeMusic: Max’s rendition of [[EltonJohn “I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues”]] in Episode Three and the Tony Christie cover of the theme tune that rounds off the series.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[{{Slade}} Noddy Holder]] guest stars as dodgy mechanic Mick Bustin in Episode Two.
** [[TheLeagueOfGentlemen Reece]] [[{{Psychoville}} Shearsmith]] appears in Episode Three as one of Max’s old schoolmates.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Dwarf actress [[{{Psychoville}} Lisa]] [[{{Eastenders}} Hammond]] appears in three episodes as Max’s ex-girlfriend Tina.
** Dealer of stolen goods Gypsy Joe is played by Brendan O’Carroll years before MrsBrownsBoys took off in England.

* TalkingToHimself: Episode Four features a scene where Max and Paddy both have a conversation with Brian Potter. Max and Brian are both played by Peter Kay.
* TechnologyMarchesOn: Part of the first episode is centred round stealing a widescreen television. Ten years on and they’re less of a valuable commodity.

Max And Paddy's Road To Nowhere is Channel4 BritCom spun-off from the popular comedy PhoenixNights that sees former Phoenix Club doormen Max (PeterKay) and Paddy (Patrick McGuinness) aimlessly travelling around Britain in a motorhome that they bought with the proceeds from faking an assassination and pocketing the cash during the final episodes of PhoenixNights.