History Series / RogerAndTheRottentrolls

* UltimateEvil: The Barguest; all you see are the glow of its eyes.

* {{Myth/Merlin}}: He was the one who brought The Rottentrolls to Troller's Ghyll from Scandinavia ([[MST3KMantra he was trying to make a ski resort for]] Myth/KingArthur) and named them (he actually called them "rotten trolls" but they were too dumb to realise it).

* TooDumbToLive: Yockenthwaite. Hell, pretty much everyone in Troller's Ghyll qualifies, but he dials it UpToEleven, so that even [[EveryoneHasStandards the other Rottentrolls think he's a berk]].

* CloserToEarth: Pretty much all the female characters are shown to be at least a little bit brighter than the boys, with Penyghent pretty much being the [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Rottentroll]]. Not used too badly, what with Roger and Aysgarth balancing things out as a pretty down-to-earth kid and a wise old Rottentroll respectively... until season 3, which introduced [[RememberTheNewGuy Kate, Roger's sister]] who pretty much ended up being a CanonSue from day one, with her and Penyghent being [[TheThreeFacesOfEve The First Two Faces Of Eve]] pretty much every episode.

* DisneyDeath: Parodied hilariously in [[GrandFinale ''Yockenthwaite the Amazing Puppet'']]. Yockenthwaite falls off a cliff, after [[BigBad Francois Truffelle]] kicks him in frustration. A funeral is held, where the Narrator laments that Yockenthwaite was the heart and soul of Troller's Ghyll while everybody cries. Cue Yockenthwaite sitting up and asking if he can stop pretending. Cue the mourners fainting.

* DisneyDeath: Parodied hilariously in [[GrandFinale ''Yockenthwaite the Amazing Puppet'']]. Yockenthwaite falls off a cliff, after [[BigBad Fancois Truffelle]] kicks him in frustration. A funeral is held, where the Narrator laments that Yockenthwaite was the heart and soul of Troller's Ghyll while everybody cries. Cue Yockenthwaite sitting up and asking if he can stop pretending. Cue the mourners fainting.

* DisneyDeath: Parodied hilariously in ''Yockenthwaite the Amazing Puppet''. Yockenthwaite falls off a cliff, after [[BigBad Fancois Truffelle]] kicks him in frustration. A funeral is held, where the Narrator laments that Yockenthwaite was the heart and soul of Troller's Ghyll while everybody cries. Cue Yockenthwaite sitting up and asking if he can stop pretending. Cue the mourners fainting.

* GreenAesop: First Season, Episode 2: If you litter in the woods when you're out camping, then [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped you're a stupid, thoughtless berk]].

* SpinOff: It got two; ''Combat Sheep'' which was pretty much a [[ADayInTheLimelight one-off special about Commander Harris]] and ''Ripley & Scruff'', a SoAverageItsOkay preschool show which happened to star some of the Rottentrolls who showed up in Season 4.

* ScarecrowSolution: In Season 1, Episode 2, ''"The Rubbish Monster"'': The Rottentrolls need to scare away some {{Jerk Ass}}es who're camping (and littering) in their valley, so Yockenthwaite says he'll make a pretend [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barguest#Film_and_TV Barguest]] to scare them away. Sure enough, the two get scared away by two big red eyes and scary noises. Yockenthwaite is proclaimed the hero of the day[[spoiler: ... except that when Roger goes to congratulate him, it turns out Yockenthwaite ''didn't'' make the pretend Barguest because... well... [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption it]]'s [[IdiotBall Yockenthwaite]]. But ''[[RealAfterAll something]]'' scared the campers away, and it's [[OhCrap a full moon tonight]] so... Roger and Yockenthwaite agree to [[SecretKeeper let everyone think Yockenthwaite didn't screw up as usual]], so he [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments ends up as the guest of honour at the celebratory feast]]. ]]

* ScarecrowSolution: In Season 1, Episode 2, ''"The Rubbish Monster"'': The Rottentrolls need to scare away some {{Jerk Ass}}es who're camping (and littering) in their valley, so Yockenthwaite says he'll make a pretend [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barguest#Film_and_TV Barguest]] to scare them away. Sure enough, the two get scared away by two big red eyes and scary noises. Yockenthwaite is proclaimed the hero of the day[[spoiler: ... except that when Roger goes to congratulate him, it turns out Yockenthwaite ''didn't'' make the pretend Barguest because... well... [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption it]]'s [[IdiotBall Yockenthwaite]]. But ''[[RealAfterAll something]]'' scared the campers away, and it's [[OhCrap a full moon tonight]] so... Roger and Yockenthwaite agree to [[SecretKeeper let everyone think Yockenthwaite didn't screw up as usual]], so he [[HeartwarmingMoment ends up as the guest of honour at the celebratory feast]]. ]]

* OfficerAndAGentleman: Commander Harris. [[RuleOfFunny He's a ram]] and is the local leader of the SAS - no, not the [[BritsWithBattleships Special Air Services]], the [[FunWithAcronyms Silently Armed Sheep]].

* CoolOldGuy: Aysgarth, who, in one episode, managed to create an indoor garden for the other Rottentrolls to relax in when it rained.

* Cloudcuckoolander: Sigsworthy Crags, the maddest of the Rottentrolls, has been referred to as "a complete blithering idiot" by [[GrumpyOldMan Aysgarth]], "well weird" by [[TotallyRadical the Nab Twins]] and "nuts" by [[TooDumbToLive Yockenthwaite]].

The series followed the adventures of Roger Beckett (aged 10½... sorry, 10¾) in Troller's Ghyll, "where the rocks are all slightly mad"; after crashing his bike in the valley, it is soon discovered that he is TheChosenOne and he was crowned King of the Rottentrolls. Cue four seasons of a pretty damn funny mix of live-action and puppetry. It won a BAFTA.

* TheDreaded: The Barguest. Also Blacksyke, "the scariest of the RottenTrolls".

* {{Merlin}}: He was the one who brought The Rottentrolls to Troller's Ghyll from Scandinavia ([[MST3KMantra he was trying to make a ski resort for]] KingArthur) and named them (he actually called them "rotten trolls" but they were too dumb to realise it).

* TheDreaded: The Barguest.

Utterly, strak-raving mad...]]

* BlatantLies: The Rottentroll National Anthem, which ''must'' be heard to be believed.

* AppropriatedAppellation: Played for laughs; the Rottentrolls take their name from an incident in which their ancestors ruined ne of Merlin's spells, causing Merlin to declare angrily, "Oh, those rotten trolls have messed it all up!"

The series followed the adventures of Roger Beckett (aged [[strike:about 10½]] 10¾) in Troller's Ghyll, "where the rocks are all slightly mad"; after crashing his bike in the valley, it is soon discovered that he is TheChosenOne and he was crowned King of the Rottentrolls. Cue four seasons of a pretty damn funny mix of live-action and puppetry. It won a BAFTA.

* HeyItsThatVoice: DocMartin is the {{Narrator}}; he is, of course, a prime example of a LemonyNarrator (with a good dollop of DeadpanSnarker thrown in, natch).
** He's also an InteractiveNarrator, to a hilarious degree. In one episode, [[NoFourthWall he got hit with a spell that changed his voice]] and [[CrowningMomentOfFunny spent the whole of the closing credits trying (and failing) to persuade a friend not to come over to his place]] [[LockedOutOfTheLoop to find out what's going on]].