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* BellyButtonless: In the ItsAWonderfulPlot episode, Timothy ends up losing his belly button because "he was never born".
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* NoNavelNovelBirth: In the ItsAWonderfulPlot episode, Timothy ends up losing his belly button because "he was never born".
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* BellyButtonless: In the ItsAWonderfulPlot episode, Timothy ends up losing his belly button because "he was never born".
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* InSeriesNickname: Timothy usually refers to his sister Muriel as "Mu".
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* ImagineSpot: Timothy has one of these in "The Big Sleep" when he imagines what would happen if he died. Apparently, his friends and colleagues would forget about him almost immediately.
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* ImagineSpot: Timothy has one two of these in "The Big Sleep" when which both focus he imagines on what would happen if he died. Apparently, The first one has his friends and colleagues would forget about him almost immediately.immediately whilst the second has his parents mourning at his graveside, only for it to be revealed that he actually had a son and that he was actually quite important.
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* MistakenForDying: Timothy spends the episode "The Big Sleep" believing that he only has 24 hours to live. Turns out there was a mix-up and the Doctor actually only wanted to keep him in for 24 hours.
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* BirthdayEpisode: "It Never Rained In Those Days" focuses on the Lumsden family trying to give Phylis a birthday celebration, which naturally goes wrong.
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* ImagineSpot: Timothy has one of these in "The Big Sleep", when he imagines what would happen if he died. Apparently, his friends and colleagues would forget about him almost immediately.
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* ImagineSpot: Timothy has one of these in "The Big Sleep", Sleep" when he imagines what would happen if he died. Apparently, his friends and colleagues would forget about him almost immediately.
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* ImagineSpot: Timothy has one of these in "The Big Sleep", when he imagines what would happen if he died. Apparently, his friends and colleagues would forget about him almost immediately.
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* MacGuffin: The Golden Rabbit featured in "The Rabbit and the Pussycat", which Timothy spends the episode looking for (it commands a high price apparently).
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* ParentalMarriageVeto: It's explained that part of the reason that Muriel was able to free herself from her mother's grasp was because Phylis did not approve of her marriage to Kevin.
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* ParentalMarriageVeto: It's explained that part of the reason that Muriel was able to free herself from her mother's grasp was because that Phylis did not approve of her marriage to Kevin.Kevin.
* RejectedMarriageProposal: One episode had Timothy propose marriage to a bridesmaid named Elizabeth, only for her to turn him down. Apparently, this was because she thought he was a gold-digger.
* RejectedMarriageProposal: One episode had Timothy propose marriage to a bridesmaid named Elizabeth, only for her to turn him down. Apparently, this was because she thought he was a gold-digger.
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* WeddingEpisode: "Could Do Better" focuses on the wedding between Frank and Jenny, with Timothy, having been chosen to become the Best Man, trying to make it to the wedding in time. Timothy also falls in love with one of the Bridesmaid present at the wedding, Elizabeth, to the point of proposing to her (although she turns him down).
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* WeddingEpisode: "Could Do Better" focuses on the wedding between Frank and Jenny, with Timothy, having been chosen to become the Best Man, trying to make it to the wedding in time. Timothy also falls in love with one of the Bridesmaid bridesmaids present at the wedding, Elizabeth, to the point of proposing to her (although she turns him down).
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* WeddingEpisode: "Could Do Better" focuses on the wedding between Frank and Jenny, with Timothy, having been chosen to become the Best Man, trying to make it to the wedding in time.
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* WeddingEpisode: "Could Do Better" focuses on the wedding between Frank and Jenny, with Timothy, having been chosen to become the Best Man, trying to make it to the wedding in time.
time. Timothy also falls in love with one of the Bridesmaid present at the wedding, Elizabeth, to the point of proposing to her (although she turns him down).
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* WeddingEpisode: "Could Do Better" focuses on the wedding between Frank and Jenny, with Timothy, having been chosen to become the Best Man, trying to make it to the wedding in time.
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* DaydreamSurprise:: The episode "Curse of the Mummy" has a scene in the middle of the episode where Timothy falls down the stairs as he's trying to escape with Muriel. From there, the episode gets more bizarre, ending with a sequence where the train is pulling away with Muriel on it and without Timothy. It is only then that we find that everything since Timothy fell down the stairs had been AllJustADream.
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* DaydreamSurprise:: DaydreamSurprise: The episode "Curse of the Mummy" has a scene in the middle of the episode where Timothy falls down the stairs as he's trying to escape with Muriel. From there, the episode gets more bizarre, ending with a sequence where the train is pulling away with Muriel on it and without Timothy. It is only then that we find that everything since Timothy fell down the stairs had been AllJustADream.
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* ImpossiblePickleJar: One of the reasons that Timothy's mother prefers his cousin Brinsley is that he's capable of opening the pickled Walnut jar whilst Timothy wasn't able to. Timothy is eventually able to open the jar, although he does ask his cousin if he loosened the lid to help him (Brinsley denies this).
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* ShoutOut: Timothy's middle names are [[Literature/WinnieThePooh Christopher and Robin]].
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* DeliberatelyMonochrome: Timothy's dreams in "Perchance To Dream" where he dreams that his job interviewer is his headmaster) are in black and white.
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* DeliberatelyMonochrome: Timothy's dreams in "Perchance To Dream" where (where he dreams that his job interviewer is his headmaster) are in black and white.
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* DeliberatelyMonochrome: Timothy's dreams in "Perchance To Dream" where he dreams that his job interviewer is his headmaster) are in black and white.
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* AllJustADream: "Curse of the Mummy" reveals at the very end of the episode that everything, since Timothy fell down the stairs, has all been just a dream that he had been having whilst unconscious.
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* DaydreamSurprise:: The episode "Curse of the Mummy" has a scene in the middle of the episode where Timothy falls down the stairs as he's trying to escape with Muriel. From there, the episode gets more bizarre, ending with a sequence where the train is pulling away with Muriel on it and without Timothy. It is only then that we find that everything since Timothy fell down the stairs had been AllJustADream.
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* StaircaseTumble: Happens to Timothy in "Curse of the Mummy". The end of the episode reveals that this is the point that it becomes a DreamSequence.
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* ParentalMarriageVeto: It's explained that part of the reason that Muriel was able to free herself from her mother's grasp was because Phylis did not approve of her marriage to Kevin.
* TheUnfavourite: Phylis prefers Timothy over his sister Muriel, mainly because she was able to escape from her whilst Timothy wasn't.
* TheUnfavourite: Phylis prefers Timothy over his sister Muriel, mainly because she was able to escape from her whilst Timothy wasn't.
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* ExtremeDoormat: Timothy will obey his mother's orders, not matter how ridiculous they are. One example is him going to his father because he had water on the knee, even though he's had that for years.
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* MovieTheaterEpisode: "Does Your Mother Know You're Out" focuses on Timothy trying to win a bet that he can go see Film/GoneWithTheWind at the movie theater with Caroline. The first time, he's forced to join his parents, who end up causing a commotion and them being kicked out. The second time, his insistence on the movie causes Caroline to storm out on him. The final time, the seats are filled up before he and his friend are able to get tickets.
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* DiscreetDiningDisposal: One episode has Timothy try to dispose of his mother’s food by putting it in a wellington boot which was in the same room.
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* ChristmasEpisode: A 10 minute Christmas themed episode was included as part of ''The Funny Side of Christmas'', which aired in 1982.
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* AllJustADream: "Curse of the Mummy" reveals at the very end of the episode that everything since Timothy fell down the stairs has all been just a dream that he had been having whilst unconscious.
* BasementDweller: Timothy is an (initially) 41 year old who lives with his parents. In a version of this trope, he does want to move out, he is just too cowed by his mother to do so successfully.
* BasementDweller: Timothy is an (initially) 41 year old who lives with his parents. In a version of this trope, he does want to move out, he is just too cowed by his mother to do so successfully.
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* AllJustADream: "Curse of the Mummy" reveals at the very end of the episode that everything everything, since Timothy fell down the stairs stairs, has all been just a dream that he had been having whilst unconscious.
* BasementDweller: Timothy is an (initially)41 year old 41-year-old who lives with his parents. In a version of this trope, he does want to move out, he is just too cowed by his mother to do so successfully.
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* EmbarrassingAnimalSuit: Thanks to his mother deciding to wash all of his trousers at once, Timothy is forced to meet Annette in a cat costume from one of the plays which he participiated in.
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* EmbarrassingAnimalSuit: Thanks to his mother deciding to wash all of his trousers at once, Timothy is forced to meet Annette in a cat costume from one of the plays which he participiated participated in.
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* PantomimeAnimal: The second episode has Timothy become the backend of a pantomime horse with Zac as part of Cinderella, despite attempting to argue otherwise.
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* EmbarrassingAnimalSuit: Thanks to his mother deciding to wash all of his trousers at once, Timothy is forced to meet Annette in a cat costume from one of the plays which he participiated in.
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* BasementDweller: Timothy is an (initially) 41 year old who lives with his parents. In a version of this trope, he does want to move out, he is just too cowed by his mother to do so successfully.
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Came 77th in ''Series/BritainsBestSitcom''.
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* ItsAWonderfulPlot: One episode had this plot. Notably, the library was a less welcoming place without Timothy's influence, and his mother was a lonely old woman who kept talking to her lapdog, Timothy.
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''Sorry!'' was a Creator/{{BBC}} BritCom which initially ran from 1981 to 1982, and then from 1985 to 1988. It stars Creator/RonnieCorbett as Timothy Lumsden, an (initially) 41 year old man who lives at home with his domineering mother Phylis and henpecked father Sidney. Timothy longs to leave home and find love, but his mother is always against the idea, and will try to manipulate him to staying at home. Rounding out the cast is his sister Muriel, who successfully left home and married, and Kevin, who along with Muriel, try to convince Timothy to leave his mother.
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* AllJustADream: "Curse of the Mummy" reveals at the very end of the episode that everything since Timothy fell down the stairs has all been just a dream that he had been having whilst unconscious.
* {{Catchphrase}}: "Language, Timothy!", usually said by Sydney in response to something which has been misunderstood to be offensive.
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: No matter how hard Timothy tries, he will always be unsuccessful in escaping the clutches of his mother.
* MyBelovedSmother: Phylis refuses to accept that Timothy is forty-six and smothers Timothy hopelessly as if he were still a child, despite all his attempts to escape. (She gives Timothy's sister very short shrift, in comparison).
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!!Tropes in this sitcom:
* AllJustADream: "Curse of the Mummy" reveals at the very end of the episode that everything since Timothy fell down the stairs has all been just a dream that he had been having whilst unconscious.
* {{Catchphrase}}: "Language, Timothy!", usually said by Sydney in response to something which has been misunderstood to be offensive.
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: No matter how hard Timothy tries, he will always be unsuccessful in escaping the clutches of his mother.
* MyBelovedSmother: Phylis refuses to accept that Timothy is forty-six and smothers Timothy hopelessly as if he were still a child, despite all his attempts to escape. (She gives Timothy's sister very short shrift, in comparison).
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