History Series / Pizza

* FiveManBand: Paulie, Sleek the Elite, Habib Halal Habib, David 'Davo' Dinkum, and Bobo.

* GrumpyBear: Most of the characters are like this, especially Rocky and Bobo.

A cult Australian comedy series created by Paul Fenech, ''Pizza'' is about the local Fat Pizza shop, staffed by a RagtagBunchOfMisfits like you've never seen. The gang, Pauly, Sleek (PutOnABus after TheMovie), Bobo, Habib and others, get into crazy antics involving drugs, police, bikers and even the supernatural. Set in [[{{UsefulNotes/Sydney}} Western Sydney]].

* SharetheMalePain: In the film when Pauly kicks Ronnie McDoggle "right in the McNuggets", Ronnie's entire clown-gang all double over at the exact same time.

* VerbalTic: The movie gives us Ronnie McDoggell, a parody of Ronald [=McDonald=]. He uses 'Mc' as a prefix in his speech. His opening line:

-->--'''Bobo Gigliotti'''
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!!This show provides examples of

* BurgerFool: The main cast work a tedious job for a terrible boss who pays AUS$3 an hour (The minimum wage is AUS$15) and often docks them too for things such a toliet paper. Yet they still get into some of the craziest adventures.

* BadAss: Most of the senior members of the crew can kick considerable amounts of ass, and its required with the dangers they face.

* VerbalTic: The movie gives us Ronnie McDoggell, a parody of Ronald McDonald. He uses 'Mc' as a prefix in his speech. His opening line:
--> "Oh, you malarka! Look what you did to my Mc-Car! You Mc-[[SoundEffectBleep beep-ed]] it!"

* HeyItsThatGuy: Australian former international cricketer Merv Hughes plays Ivan Milat in the movie.
** More recognisably, Creator/RebelWilson plays Toula, Habib's 'fat bushpig' wife.
** In Politically Incorrect Pizza & ANZAC Pizza we see Ross Higgins playing the roles of Old Disabled Man and Vietnam Vet respectively and he is best known for the role of Ted Bullpit from Series/KingswoodCountry.
** Kamahl, a Malaysian-born performer in Australia, played two separate bit-characters. Both times, he utters his immortal {{Catchphrase}}: "Why are people so unkind?"[[note]]While this television show uses it in a humorous manner, the origins of that phrase aren't quite so funny.[[/note]]

** More recognisably, [[PitchPerfect Rebel Wilson]] plays Toula, Habib's 'fat bushpig' wife.

While rather lowbrow and very, ''very'' Australian, which can cause a lot of values dissonance with international audiences, ''Pizza'' is a satire of lower-class/working-class Australians, and is definitely worth a look. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4VBI8Itklg Here is the first episode, and a good spot from there to find different episodes.]]

* VomitDiscretionShot: Disgusting subverted. When someone vomits, you get to see the act. TheMovie in particular showed Pauly vomiting ''onto'' the camera.

* VomitDiscretionShot: Disgusting subverted. When someone vomits, you get to see the act. TheMovie in particular showed Pauly vomited ''onto'' the camera.

* SirSwearsalot: About Everyone.

** The movie by the bucketloads: Ronnie [=McDoggell=] as Pizza's version of Ronald [=McDonald=] -- who is Greek; David Cockerfield as a perverted and [[TheVoiceless silent]] David Copperfield; Claudia (pronounced like Cloud-dia) [=MacPherson=] as a DumbBlonde Claudia [=McPherson=] who can't count higher than three; a version of Ivan Milat who is surrounded by idiots who can't realise he's a serial killer until they're dead; a Mahatma Gandhi who trash talks before participating in a ''boxing match'' and gets the tar beaten out of him to convert to his real life counterpart's philosophies; a version of [[Franchise/{{Rocky}} Rocky Balboa]] whose verbal behaviour is ''heavily'' exaggerated; and a version of KFC's Colonel Sanders who just falls over and is beaten up by Pauly.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: It can be a frequent occurrence throughout the series. The most notable one is delivered to Sleek and Habib in the movie by two ethnic groups and ''their own cousins''.

* Kamahl, a Malaysian-born performer in Australia, played two separate bit-characters. Both times, he utters his immortal {{Catchphrase}}: "Why are people so unkind?"[[note]]While this television show uses it in a humorous manner, the origins of that phrase aren't quite so funny.[[/note]]

* BitingTheHandHumor: The 'Pizza Live' episodes are fill of this. The Pizza crew (and the 'cousins') take over the studios and they occasionally drive their teeth into SBS. It is still PlayedForLaughs though. Les Murray makes an appearance -- as a hostage.

* BurgerFool: The main cast work a tedious job for a terrible boss who pays AUS$3 an hour (The minimum wage is AUS$15) and often docks them too for things such a toliet paper.. Yet they still get into some of the craziest adventures.

** Rocky: "Get the cousins!"
** Bobo: "Get to work!", "Shut up!", "Fat Pizza Pizza's, they're big and they're cheesy."

* ComedicSociopathy: Oh dear God in heaven; yes.

* FiveManBand: Paulie, Sleek the Elite, Habib Halal Habib, David 'Davo' Dunkum, and Bobo.

* GrumpyBear: Most of the characters are like this, even for Rocky and Bobo.

** In Politically Incorrect Pizza & ANZAC Pizza we see Ross Higgins playing the roles of Old Disabled Man and Vietnam Vet respectively and he is best known for the role of Ted Bullpit from Series/KingswoodCountry

* BadBoss: Bobo, to a near unbelivable (and criminal) degree.

Succeeded by {{Spiritual Successor}}s ''Series/SwiftAndShiftCouriers'' and ''{{Housos}}''.