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* CrashCourseLanding: Frank is forced to make one after his instructor passes out mid-flight in "Learning to Fly".
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* SpecialEffectFailure / StylisticSuck: In-universe, Frank's performance in "Frank and Marvin", with his terrible ventriloquism act, bad jokes and his human "Vesuvius" effect which he sets off by accident.
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* WholesomeCrossdresser: In "Men as Women", Frank's shock at his doctor dressed in drag subsides when he realises that both the doctor and his colleague were only playing dames in a local Cindrella pantomime. Upon hearing the that one of the Ugly Sisters is ill, Frank even offers to fill in at the end of the episode.
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* WholesomeCrossdresser: In "Men as Women", Frank's shock at his doctor dressed in drag subsides when he realises that both the doctor and his colleague were only playing dames in a local Cindrella pantomime.Cinderella {{pantomime}}. Upon hearing the that one of the Ugly Sisters is ill, Frank even offers to fill in at the end of the episode.
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* DrivesLikeCrazy: In "Learning To Drive", where Frank takes his DrivingTest (for the tenth time) but ends up driving the car off a pier into the sea.
** Also, the famous motorbike sequence in "King of the Road".
** Also, the famous motorbike sequence in "King of the Road".
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The series sees the well-meaning but disaster-prone Frank Spencer get himself into sticky situation, often causing someone else to [[SanitySlippage break down]] or causing an [[WalkingDisasterArea unintentional path of destruction]]. Usually the episodes contain a character who is familiar with Spencer warning another character about working with him, but Frank proves to be more of a burden than initially feared.
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The series sees the well-meaning but disaster-prone Frank Spencer get himself into sticky situation, situations, often causing someone else to [[SanitySlippage break down]] or causing an [[WalkingDisasterArea unintentional path of destruction]]. Usually the episodes contain a character who is familiar with Spencer warning another character about working with him, but Frank proves to be more of a burden than initially feared.
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* MalAProper: "I was ejaculated from my home" being the most famous example.
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* MalAProper: {{Malaproper}}: "I was ejaculated from my home" being the most famous example.
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* MoralGuardians: Mary Whitehouse was an outspoken critic of "Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em", at one point calling Frank Spencer a "purveyor of pornography".. just because he alluded to some [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar downstairs trouble]] in one episode.
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* MoralGuardians: Mary Whitehouse was an outspoken critic of "Some ''Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em", 'Em'', at one point calling Frank Spencer a "purveyor of pornography"..pornography"... just because he alluded to some [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar downstairs trouble]] in one episode.
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* SpecialEffectFailure / StylisticSuck: Frank's performance in "Frank and Marvin", with his terrible ventriloquism act, bad jokes and his human "Vesuvius" effect which he sets off by accident.
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* VindicatedByReruns: By the very end of TheSeventies, the show's often {{slapstick}} humour and the appeal of Frank Spencer were starting to wear thin. However, when it was [[BetterOnDVD released on home video]] in TheNineties and reran on television stations shortly after, it experienced a {{Revival}} of sorts. The fact that Michael Crawford had since gone on to appear in Broadway musicals such as PhantomOfTheOpera and ''Barnum'' no doubt helped the cause.
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* VindicatedByReruns: By the very end of TheSeventies, the show's often {{slapstick}} humour and the appeal of Frank Spencer were starting to wear thin. However, when it was [[BetterOnDVD released on home video]] in TheNineties and reran on television stations shortly after, it experienced a {{Revival}} of sorts. The fact that Michael Crawford had since gone on to appear in Broadway musicals such as PhantomOfTheOpera ''ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' and ''Barnum'' no doubt helped the cause.
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* WholesomeCrossdresser: In "Men as Women", Frank's shock at his doctor dressed in drag subsides when he realises that both the doctor and his colleague were only playing dames in a local Cindrella pantomime. Upon hearing the that one of the Ugly Sisters is ill, Frank even offers to fill in at the end of the episode.
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* WholesomeCrossdresser: In "Men as Women", Frank's shock at his doctor dressed in drag subsides when he realises that both the doctor and his colleague were only playing dames in a local Cindrella pantomime. Upon hearing the that one of the Ugly Sisters is ill, Frank even offers to fill in at the end of the episode.
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The series sees the well-meaning but disaster-prone Frank Spencer get himself into StickySituations, sticky situation, often causing someone else to [[SanitySlippage break down]] or causing an [[WalkingDisasterArea unintentional path of destruction]]. Usually the episodes contain a character who is familiar with Spencer warning another character about working with him, but Frank proves to be more of a burden than initially feared.
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* StickySituation: Arguably the entire series, but most definitely "Wendy House", where Frank builds a Wendy House so large that he is unable to get it through the workshop door.
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''Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em'' is a British SitCom starring Michael Crawford as the hapless [[TheJinx disaster magnet]] Frank Spencer.
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''Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em''is (1973-1978) was a British SitCom starring Michael Crawford as the hapless [[TheJinx disaster magnet]] Frank Spencer.
Spencer. It was written by Raymond Allen, based on his own experiences as a single man. However, upon seeing the first draft for the script, Michael Crawford insisted that Frank have a wife. Michele Dotrice was then cast as the long-suffering Betty.
The series sees the well-meaning but disaster-prone Frank Spencer get himself into StickySituations, often causing someone else to [[SanitySlippage break down]] or causing an [[WalkingDisasterArea unintentional path of destruction]]. Usually the episodes contain a character who is familiar with Spencer warning another character about working with him, but Frank proves to be more of a burden than initially feared.
Episodes generally include stunt work performed by Crawford himself, often highly physical, that today would be unusual in an inexpensive half-hour SitCom. With such a denouement in mind, typical plot lines involve picnics on high cliffs, driving lessons by the sea, household repairs, or a wide variety of new jobs such as motorcycle courier or high-rise window cleaner.
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''Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em''
The series sees the well-meaning but disaster-prone Frank Spencer get himself into StickySituations, often causing someone else to [[SanitySlippage break down]] or causing an [[WalkingDisasterArea unintentional path of destruction]]. Usually the episodes contain a character who is familiar with Spencer warning another character about working with him, but Frank proves to be more of a burden than initially feared.
Episodes generally include stunt work performed by Crawford himself, often highly physical, that today would be unusual in an inexpensive half-hour SitCom. With such a denouement in mind, typical plot lines involve picnics on high cliffs, driving lessons by the sea, household repairs, or a wide variety of new jobs such as motorcycle courier or high-rise window cleaner.
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* SeriesContinuityError: The Season 3 episode "Men as Women" marks the first appearance of Dr Mender as the Spencers' GP. However, this marks a continuity error as Dr Mender claims to have been Frank's GP for years and to still have Frank's chimney brush up his chimney when this was in fact all happened to Dr Smedley.
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* SeriesContinuityError: The Season 3 episode "Men as Women" marks the first appearance of Dr Mender as the Spencers' GP. However, this marks a continuity error as Dr Mender claims to have been Frank's GP for years and to still have Frank's chimney brush up his chimney when this was in fact all happened to Dr Smedley.
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* VindicatedByReruns: By the very end of TheSeventies, the show's often {{slapstick}} and the appeal of Frank Spencer were starting to wear thin. However, when it was [[BetterOnDVD released on home video]] in TheNineties and reran on television stations shortly after, it experienced a {{Revival}} of sorts. The fact that Michael Crawford had since gone on to appear in Broadway musicals such as PhantomOfTheOpera and ''Barnum'' no doubt helped the cause.
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* VindicatedByReruns: By the very end of TheSeventies, the show's often {{slapstick}} humour and the appeal of Frank Spencer were starting to wear thin. However, when it was [[BetterOnDVD released on home video]] in TheNineties and reran on television stations shortly after, it experienced a {{Revival}} of sorts. The fact that Michael Crawford had since gone on to appear in Broadway musicals such as PhantomOfTheOpera and ''Barnum'' no doubt helped the cause.
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* VindicatedByReruns: By the very end of TheSeventies, the humour of the show and the appeal of Frank Spencer were starting to wear thin. However, when it was [[BetterOnDVD released on home video]] in TheNineties and reran on television stations shortly after, it experienced a {{Revival}} of sorts. The fact that Michael Crawford had since gone on to appear in Broadway musicals such as PhantomOfTheOpera and ''Barnum'' no doubt helped the cause.
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* VindicatedByReruns: By the very end of TheSeventies, the humour of the show show's often {{slapstick}} and the appeal of Frank Spencer were starting to wear thin. However, when it was [[BetterOnDVD released on home video]] in TheNineties and reran on television stations shortly after, it experienced a {{Revival}} of sorts. The fact that Michael Crawford had since gone on to appear in Broadway musicals such as PhantomOfTheOpera and ''Barnum'' no doubt helped the cause.
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* MoralGuardians: Mary Whitehouse was an outspoken critic of "Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em", at one point calling Frank Spencer a "purveyor of pornography".. just because he alluded to some [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar downstairs trouble]] in one episode.
** Frank also quietly assumes this role in "Men as Women" when he discovers Dr Mender, in full drag, in his house.
** Frank also quietly assumes this role in "Men as Women" when he discovers Dr Mender, in full drag, in his house.
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* Adorkable: Frank is this -- his optimism and unwillingness to cause any harm to others exemplify this trope.
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* Adorkable: {{Adorkable}}: Frank is this -- his optimism and unwillingness to cause any harm to others exemplify this trope.
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* BeamMeUpScotty: Despite popular opinion, Frank only uttered his popular CatchPhrase, "Ooh, Betty!" in one episode -- namely "The RAF Reunion".
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* BeamMeUpScotty: Despite popular opinion, Frank only uttered never said his popular CatchPhrase, "Ooh, Betty!" anywhere in one episode -- namely "The RAF Reunion".the show.
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* VindicatedByReruns: By the very end of TheSeventies, the humour of the show and the appeal of Frank Spencer were starting to wear thin. However, when it was [[BetterOnDVD released on home video]] in TheNineties and reran on television stations shortly after, it experienced a {{Revival}} of sorts. The fact that Michael Crawford had since gone on to appear in BroadwayMusicals such as PhantomOfTheOpera and {{Barnum}} no doubt helped the cause.
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* VindicatedByReruns: By the very end of TheSeventies, the humour of the show and the appeal of Frank Spencer were starting to wear thin. However, when it was [[BetterOnDVD released on home video]] in TheNineties and reran on television stations shortly after, it experienced a {{Revival}} of sorts. The fact that Michael Crawford had since gone on to appear in BroadwayMusicals Broadway musicals such as PhantomOfTheOpera and {{Barnum}} ''Barnum'' no doubt helped the cause.
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* Adorkable: Frank is this -- his optimism and unwillingness to cause any harm to others exemplify this trope.
* OhCrap: You can tell Frank knows he's in trouble when he places his index finger next to his mouth and gives a quavering "Ooh!"
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* WalkingDisasterArea: Frank Spencer, again.
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* VindicatedByReruns: By the very end of TheSeventies, the humour of the show and the appeal of Frank Spencer were starting to wear thin. However, when it was [[BetterOnDVD released on home video]] in TheNineties and reran on television stations shortly after, it experienced a {{Revival}} of sorts. The fact that Michael Crawford had since gone on to appear in BroadwayMusicals such as PhantomOfTheOpera and {{Barnum}} no doubt helped the cause.
* WalkingDisasterArea: Frank Spencer, again. Made even more apparent by the fact that Frank neither ''means'' any harm nor does he want to cause it.
* WalkingDisasterArea: Frank Spencer, again. Made even more apparent by the fact that Frank neither ''means'' any harm nor does he want to cause it.
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** Michael Crawford and the director of the episode initially rehearsed the scene with Crawford wearing [[GoofyPrintUnderwear Union Jack underwear]] [[EnforcedMethodActing to elicit the right reaction from the rest of the cast]] during filming.
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* WholesomeCrossdresser: Frank's shock at his doctor dressed in drag subsides when he realises that both the doctor and his colleague were only playing dames in a local Cindrella pantomime. Upon hearing the that one of the Ugly Sisters is ill, Frank even offers to fill in at the end of the episode.
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* WholesomeCrossdresser: In "Men as Women", Frank's shock at his doctor dressed in drag subsides when he realises that both the doctor and his colleague were only playing dames in a local Cindrella pantomime. Upon hearing the that one of the Ugly Sisters is ill, Frank even offers to fill in at the end of the episode.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse / {{Retcon}}: Season 3 seems to have erased all mention and memory of Dr Smedley.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse / {{Retcon}}: {{Retcon}} / ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Season 3 seems to have erased all mention and memory of Dr Smedley.
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* AccentUponTheWrongSyllable: Frank uses "Ha-RASS-ed" instead of the traditionally British "HA-rassed". The joke has somewhat weakened in recent years due to the growing usage of the American pronunciation.
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* AccentUponTheWrongSyllable: Frank uses "Ha-RASS-ed" instead of the traditionally British "HA-rassed". The effect of the joke has somewhat weakened in recent years due to the growing usage of the American pronunciation.
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* ChristmasEpisode: "Jessica's First Christmas", "Learning to Drive" and "Learning to Fly".
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* ChristmasEpisode: "Jessica's First Christmas", "Learning to Drive" and "Learning to Fly".Fly" -- although "Learning to Fly" has no Christmas theme and is deemed to be a Christmas special simply because it aired during the Christmas period.
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* WholeEpisodeFlashback: "The RAF Reunion", "The Psychiatrist", "The Employment Exchange".
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* WholeEpisodeFlashback: "The RAF Reunion", "The Psychiatrist", "The Employment Exchange".Exchange".
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Frank's shock at his doctor dressed in drag subsides when he realises that both the doctor and his colleague were only playing dames in a local Cindrella pantomime. Upon hearing the that one of the Ugly Sisters is ill, Frank even offers to fill in at the end of the episode.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Frank's shock at his doctor dressed in drag subsides when he realises that both the doctor and his colleague were only playing dames in a local Cindrella pantomime. Upon hearing the that one of the Ugly Sisters is ill, Frank even offers to fill in at the end of the episode.
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* {{Blooper}} / {{Corpsing}}: One noticeable example occurs in "Wendy House" where Richard Wilson plays an insurance assessor who calls on Frank and Betty. All three sit on a sofa to discuss the situation and Wilson slowly sinks down into it so that he barely manages to come up to Crawford's shoulders. Michele Dotrice cannot stifle her laughter and this, in turn, causes both Crawford and Wilson to corpse. After a few seconds all three manage to pick up the script again and the scene is retained in the finished episode.
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* NiceHat: Frank's signature beret.
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* CharacterDevelopment: Frank receives some in Season 3, becoming more self-assured and slowly growing into his role as a husband and father. [[VocalEvolution His voice even becomes a little deeper]].
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* CharacterDevelopment: Frank receives some in Season 3, becoming more self-assured and sophisticated as well as slowly growing into his role as a husband and father. [[VocalEvolution His voice even becomes a little deeper]].
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* MenCantKeepHouse: Invoked in "The Job Interview" and in the {{flashback}}s of "The Psychiatrist".
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* MenCantKeepHouse: Invoked [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in "The Job Interview" and in the {{flashback}}s of "The Psychiatrist".
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* WholeEpisodeFlashback: "The RAF Reunion", "The Psychiatrist".
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* WholeEpisodeFlashback: "The RAF Reunion", "The Psychiatrist".Psychiatrist", "The Employment Exchange".
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* TheCameo: ElisabethSladen appears as Judy the fruit shop owner at the beginning of "The Hospital Visit".
* CharacterDevelopment: Frank receives some in Season 3, becoming more self-assured and slowly growing into his role as a husband and father. [[VocalEvolution His voice even becomes a little deeper]].
* FatalMethodActing: Michael Crawford and stuntman Derek Ware made the newspapers when they were both nearly strangled during the window-cleaning segment of "The Employment Exchange". They were left 300 feet up the side of a London skyscraper after the cradle they were dangling from refused to budge. Surprisingly, the cameraman continued to film the entire ordeal.
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* MenCantKeepHouse: Invoked in "The Job Interview" and in the {{flashback}}s of "The RAF Reunion".
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* MenCantKeepHouse: Invoked in "The Job Interview" and in the {{flashback}}s of "The RAF Reunion".Psychiatrist".
* MoneyDearBoy: Michael Crawford expressed his fears at becoming typecast into Frank Spencer-like roles before being offered ten thousand pounds to star in Season 3.
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* TitleThemeTune / GeniusBonus: The theme tune is the show's title in MorseCode.Morse Code.
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* WholeEpisodeFlashback: "The RAF Reunion".Reunion", "The Psychiatrist".
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* BilingualBonus: The show's theme song is the show's title in Morse code.
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* MalAProper: "I was ejaculated from my home" being the most famous example.
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* AccentUponTheWrongSyllable: Frank uses "Ha-RASSed" instead of the traditionally British "HA-rassed". The joke has somewhat weakened in recent years due to the growing usage of the American pronunciation.
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* TheFoil: Betty is this to Frank's extreme bouts of clumsiness.
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* AccentUponTheWrongSyllable: Frank uses "Ha-RASSed" instead of the traditionally British "HA-rassed". The joke has somewhat weakened in recent years due to the growing usage of the American pronunciation.
* BeamMeUpScotty: Despite popular opinion, Frank only uttered his popular CatchPhrase, "Ooh, Betty!" in one episode -- namely "The RAF Reunion".
* BeamMeUpScotty: Despite popular opinion, Frank only uttered his popular CatchPhrase, "Ooh, Betty!" in one episode -- namely "The RAF Reunion".
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* TheJinx: Frank Spencer embodies this trope.
* TheJinx: Frank Spencer embodies this trope.
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* LiteralCliffhanger: This is the subject of the episode "Cliffhanger", where Frank accidentally reverses the company car of his latest job halfway over the ede of a cliff.
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* LiteralCliffhanger: This is the subject of the episode "Cliffhanger", where Frank accidentally reverses the company car of his latest job halfway over the ede edge of a cliff.cliff while on a picnic with Betty.
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* SpecialEffectFailure / StylisticSuck: Frank's performance in "Frank and Marvin", with his terrible ventriloquism act, his bad jokes and his human "Vesuvius" effect which he sets off by accident.
* SmartHouse:In "George's House".
* SmartHouse:In "George's House".
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* SpecialEffectFailure / StylisticSuck: Frank's performance in "Frank and Marvin", with his terrible ventriloquism act, his bad jokes and his human "Vesuvius" effect which he sets off by accident.
*SmartHouse:In SmartHouse: In "George's House".
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* WalkingDisasterAreaWalkingDisasterArea: Frank Spencer, again.
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* BritishBrevity: The entire series is composed of three seasons (season 1 had seven episodes, the other two had six) and three Christmas specials.
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* BritishBrevity: The entire series is composed of three seasons (season (Season 1 had seven episodes, the other two had six) and three Christmas specials.
* TheKlutz: Frank Spencer is this trope UpToEleven.
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* MenCantKeepHouse: Invoked in "The Job Interview" and "The RAF Reunion".
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* MenCantKeepHouse: Invoked in "The Job Interview" and in the {{flashback}}s of "The RAF Reunion".
* SpecialEffectFailure / StylisticSuck: Frank's performance in "Frank and Marvin", with his terrible ventriloquism act, his bad jokes and his human "Vesuvius" effect which he sets off by accident.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse / {{Retcon}}: Season 3 seems to have erased all mention and memory of Dr Smedley.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse / {{Retcon}}: Season 3 seems to have erased all mention and memory of Dr Smedley.Smedley.
* WholeEpisodeFlashback: "The RAF Reunion".
* WholeEpisodeFlashback: "The RAF Reunion".
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* PanickyExpectantFather: Just before Jessica is born.
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* LiteralCliffhanger: This is the subject of the episode "Cliffhanger", where Frank accidentally reverses the company car of his latest job halfway over the ede of a cliff.
* MenCantKeepHouse: Invoked in "The Job Interview" and "The RAF Reunion".
* {{Mooning}}: An unintentional example. At the very end of "Scottish Dancing", Frank's kilt suddenly falls down to reveal he is not wearing any underwear.
* PanickyExpectantFather:Just Frank is this just before Jessica is born.born.
* SeriesContinuityError: The Season 3 episode "Men as Women" marks the first appearance of Dr Mender as the Spencers' GP. However, this marks a continuity error as Dr Mender claims to have been Frank's GP for years and to still have Frank's chimney brush up his chimney when this was in fact all happened to Dr Smedley.
* MenCantKeepHouse: Invoked in "The Job Interview" and "The RAF Reunion".
* {{Mooning}}: An unintentional example. At the very end of "Scottish Dancing", Frank's kilt suddenly falls down to reveal he is not wearing any underwear.
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* SeriesContinuityError: The Season 3 episode "Men as Women" marks the first appearance of Dr Mender as the Spencers' GP. However, this marks a continuity error as Dr Mender claims to have been Frank's GP for years and to still have Frank's chimney brush up his chimney when this was in fact all happened to Dr Smedley.
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BilingualBonus: The show's theme song is the show's title in Morse code.
*DisasterDominoesBritishBrevity: The entire series is composed of three seasons (season 1 had seven episodes, the other two had six) and three Christmas specials.
* TheCastShowOff: Michael Crawford performed all his own stunts in the show, also demonstrating his singing chops in "Frank and Marvin".
* ChristmasEpisode: "Jessica's First Christmas", "Learning to Drive" and "Learning to Fly".
* DisasterDominoes: [[OnceAnEpisode Every. Single. Time]].
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* TheCastShowOff: Michael Crawford performed all his own stunts in the show, also demonstrating his singing chops in "Frank and Marvin".
* ChristmasEpisode: "Jessica's First Christmas", "Learning to Drive" and "Learning to Fly".
* DisasterDominoes: [[OnceAnEpisode Every. Single. Time]].
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''Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em'' is a British SitCom starring Michael Crawford as the hapless [[TheJinx disaster magnet]] Frank Spencer.
It was voted #22 in ''Series/BritainsBestSitcom''.
!!This series provides examples of:
* BilingualBonus
* DisasterDominoes
* TheJinx
* SmartHouse ("George's House")
* StickySituation ("Wendy House")
* VideoInsideFilmOutside
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It was voted #22 in ''Series/BritainsBestSitcom''.
!!This series provides examples of:
* BilingualBonus
* DisasterDominoes
* TheJinx
* SmartHouse ("George's House")
* StickySituation ("Wendy House")
* VideoInsideFilmOutside
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