History Series / TheFastShow

* Bestiality Is Depraved: Handsome lech, the 13th Duke of Wybourne is generally interested in young women but in one sketch he’s alone on a farm...

* BiTheWay: Ted. He is happily married to his wife, but seems to reciprocate Ralph’s feelings towards him.

** As is narrator Tommy Cockles of Denis Norden

* BerserkButton: Johnny Nice Painter is a perfectly harmless man painting watercolours (and apparently narrating what he's doing for a TV show), right up to the moment he happens to mention the colour black. Then he quickly [[MadArtist sinks into depressive darkness]] leading to insane ranting and smashing things.

* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: The entire premise of 'Cheezy Peaz' - "They're a combination of cheese and peas to form Cheezy Peaz!"

* ExtremeDoormat: Played with with Indecisive Dave. He tries to have opinions about the topic du jour whilst talking with his mates in the pub, but refuses to disagree with any of them for fear of offending. As a result he fails to come to a conclusion about anything and lives his life in a state or perpetual bewilderment

* FauxHorrific: During one of the Channel 9 weather news segments, the usual "Scorchio!" is instead replaced with the weather girl pointing out a single cloud on the weather map amongst the otherwise sunny weather: cue shocked reactions from everyone and panicing and screaming.

-->'''Carl''': Whoa, mate. You Can’t swear.

** Simon Day played a version of his 'Dave Angel, Eco-warrior' character (but without the costume) for a series of bookend idents for a power company sponsoring ITV Weather. Dave Angel and Billy Bleach both appeared on Day's 2011 radio sitcom ''The Simon Day Show''.

* The Unitelligible: Rowley Birkin Q.C.

* VomitIndiscretionShot: Part 2 of the Last Fast Show Ever special features four of the cast playing annoying young people in a Cheezy Peaz advert. At the end of the episode, we see them again, and it is obvious the Cheezy Peaz has done something to them, because one of them is crying, one keeps rushing out of the room to vomit, and another is doubled over puking in full view.

* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Parodied in a series of sketches about an unkempt man in an astronaut suit who would barge into an otherwise normal scene, bellow "Where ''am'' I?! What ''year'' is this?! Who's the ''President''?!" at the confused people he encounters, and then run out again screaming.

* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Parodied in a series of sketches about an unkempt man in an astronaut suit who would barge into an otherwise normal scene, bellow "What ''year'' is this?! Who's the ''President''?!" at the confused people he encounters, and then run out again screaming.

* AnnoyingLaugh: Arthur Atkinson has an incredibly annoying laugh.

* InspirationallyDisadvantaged: Used in a sketch parodying Film/ForrestGump. This sketch is trailer for a fictional film about 'a cute disabled man', called ''Cute Disabled Man''. It won an award for 'best portrayal of a disabled man by a fit and healthy young actor who wants to win an Oscar'.

** '''Monkfish:''' "You! Put your knickers on and make me a cup of tea!"

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* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: PlayedForLaughs with Chanel 9 TV. Scorchio!

--> Buono Estenté. Elácrimos y sputá é fálio ''ming'' di pucco-poco ''wikhjawikh'' pátandara ''Milio Pátagonia''.

* ButtMonkey: Chester Drawers is that to Arthur Atkinson in the ShowWithinTheShow.

* PositiveDiscrimination: Subverted with the Insecure Woman, and an incomprehensible JiveTurkey.

* TheParody: The films of Creator/GuyRitchie, such as ''Film/{{Snatch}}'' ("It's a Right Royal Cockney Barrel of Monkeys"), the musical ''Theatre/{{On The Town}}'' ("Shore Leave") and the classic movie ''Whiskey Galore'' ("Heroin Galore").

* AwfulBritishSexComedy: Accurately spoofed in "Confessions of a Door-To-Door Cucumber Salesman".

* TheParody: The films of Creator/GuyRitchie, such as ''Film/{{Snatch}}'' ("It's a Right Royal Cockney Barrel of Monkeys"), the musical ''{{On The Town}}'' ("Shore Leave") and the classic movie ''Whiskey Galore'' ("Heroin Galore").

* TheAce: Monkfish, who has been a tough, uncompromising detective, a tough, uncompromising doctor and a tough, uncompromising vet amongst other things. He even got an adaptation on Channel 9 called "MOOOOOOOOOOOONKFISSSSSCH!".

* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: PlayedForLaughs with Channel 9 TV. Scorchio!

* BananaRepublic: The country that produces Channel 9 (only identified as 'Repubblica') was eventually shown to be one complete with a dictator known only as El Presidenté.

* BiTheWay: Ted. He is happily married to his wife, but seems to reciprocate Ralph’s feelings towards him too.

* BunnyEarsLawyer: Rowley Birkin QC actually ''is'' a retired barrister. Given how Queen's Counsel members are elicted on merit, this suggests that, for all his eccentricities and drunkenness, he was an incredibly good one.

* CurseCutShort: The main joke in the sketches where Simon Day and Mark Williams play builders on a high-rise--all the sketches end on something like "And was he? Was he F--"

* EasternEuropeanAnimation: Spoofed by Chanel 9's strange and sadistic cartoon "Willy Ton Bastardo".

-->'''Rowley Birkin''': "mumble mumble....she passed away in my arms...mumble mumble....I'm afraid I was very, very drunk." very much a departure from his other sketches which all ended comedically.

-->'''Shane''': Well, shit, Carl, it was the weirdest thing—

--> '''Swiss Toni:''' Going to the brink of death and back, in a nine car pile-up on a dual carriageway, is very much like making love to a beautiful woman. First of all, brace yourself, hold on tight - particularly if it's a rear-ender. Pray you make contact with her twin airbags as soon as possible.

* ThatSyncingFeeling: When Arthur Atkinson appears in a 1950s film (which Tommy Cockles explains as a decade when films were interrupted by 'pointless song and dance numbers that added nothing to the story.'), Tommy Cockles explains that, as Arthur couldn't sing, he was made to mime to a popular singer at the time. Cue Arthur miming horrendously to a voice that sounds nothing like his own, and tap-dancing on the grass.

* BerserkButton: Johnny Nice Painter is a perfectly harmless man painting watercolours (and apparently narrating them for a tv show) right up to the moment he happens to mention the colour black. Then he quickly [[MadArtist sinks into depressive darkness]] leading to insane ranting and smashing things.

* CurseCutShort: The main joke in the sketches where Simon Day and Mark Williams play builders on a high-rise--all the sketches end on something like "And was he? Was he F-"
** Billy Bleach was talking about people he knew with parents of different nationalities and how that affected their personalities. He concluded with a man whose mother was French and whose father was French. "He's a c-"

* ICouldaBeenAContender: In a documentary about the show, Harry Enfield acted as [[AdamWesting an exaggerated, bitter version of himself]] complaining about how "I CREATED THEM!!" and now ''The Fast Show'' is more popular than his own show.

* JizzedInMyPants: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZkBbIGwOjw Sorry, I've just cum]]

* LeFilmArtistique: Subverted to humourous effect in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4EjX_bywCU this clip]].

** '''Chanel 9''': "Bono estente" ''('Hello', literally 'good existence')'', "[[UsefulNotes/UnitedNations Boutros-Boutros Ghali]]" ''(Goodbye'', among other things), "Ethethethetheth, ethethetheth", "Svinky Pinky", "Chris Waddle" and "Scorchio". The commercial breaks included "(insert function here) Gizmo" and "Action Pumpo".