History Series / TheItCrowd

--> '''Moss:''' "Oho! Memory ''is'' [[UsefulNotes/RandomAccessMemory RAM]]!"

*** Season 1.0 menus have animations of the cast in UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum graphics.

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A {{Britcom}} written by Creator/GrahamLinehan (of ''Series/FatherTed'' and ''Series/BlackBooks'' fame), set in the fictitious [[WorldOfHam Reynholm Industries]]: a prominent London-based corporation filled with "[[TheBeautifulElite a lot of sexy people]] [[OneHourWorkWeek not doing much work]] and [[EverybodyHasLotsofSex having affairs]]". Unfortunately for them, the "standard nerds" who make up the IT Department are not part of this glamorous world. Consigned to the squalid basement, they're looked down upon and disregarded by everyone else despite keeping the entire place running smoothly.

The main characters are Roy (Creator/ChrisODowd), a surly and slovenly comic-book fan who despises his own job and the stupidity of those around him; Moss (Creator/RichardAyoade), a naive and innocently-tactless savant with NoSocialSkills; and Jen (Creator/KatherineParkinson), a twitchy career-woman with absolutely no grasp of technology but a ''smidge'' more social proficiency than the two geeks.

A British SitCom written by Creator/GrahamLinehan (of ''Series/FatherTed'' and ''Series/BlackBooks'' fame), set in the fictitious [[WorldOfHam Reynholm Industries]]: a prominent London-based corporation filled with "[[TheBeautifulElite a lot of sexy people]] [[OneHourWorkWeek not doing much work]] and [[EverybodyHasLotsofSex having affairs]]". Unfortunately for them, the "standard nerds" who make up the IT Department are not part of this glamorous world. Consigned to the squalid basement, they're looked down upon and disregarded by everyone else despite keeping the entire place running smoothly.

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* StandardOfficeSetting: The protagonists work in a cluttered basement underneath one of the tallest and most stately skyscrapers in London. They are the only company department with such ugly environment (though Jen, the boss, decorates her office with girly stuff, and Roy and Moss fill their shared room with geeky decoration and collectables). The rest of the office takes this trope Up to 11, as it has to be one of the most glamorous workplace on television (open space bullpen setting, lots of light, lots of windows, green plants everywhere, expensive art in bosses' offices, fancy computers, extremely pretty young women who just seem to hang around, nice benefits for everyone etc.).

** In one of the episodes, Roy says that his trademark "''have you tried turning it off and on again''" "is like a bloody {{catchphrase}}".

* HaveYouTriedRebooting: A {{catchphrase}} for Roy and Moss.

** Roy taking his time to [[OverlyLongGag eat his doughnut and drink his coffee, licking his fingers one by one,]] before answering the phone with [[{{Catchphrase}} "Have you tried turning it off and on again?"]]

* TheBet: Roy, annoyed that "have you tried turning it off and on again" has become "[[LampshadeHanging like a bloody]] {{catchphrase}}" bets Jen £100 quid that he can go the rest of the day without saying it. And then walks straight into a situation involving a malfunctioning bomb-disposal robot.

* {{Catchphrase}}:
** For Roy: "Hello, IT, have you tried turning it off and on again?" - {{lampshaded}} in "Bad Boys", when he realises that he says it a lot and starts worrying that it might be a catchphrase.
** For Jen: ''"[[CheckPlease Taxi!]]"'' - usually heralding the end of the episode, or at least her subplot.
** Moss keeps asking for a White Russian, despite not knowing what it is.

* CheckPlease: Jen's "[[CatchPhrase Taxi!]]" serves almost the exact same ScrewThisImOuttaHere purpose.

* AnythingThatMoves: Douglas is extremely promiscuous, to the point that Roy thinks that a "secret meeting" that other workers have with him, involving bathrobes, must be an orgy. [[spoiler:It ended up being an exercise workout meet up]].

%%* ThreeAmigos

*** Figurines depicting Pogeybait from ''ComicBook/{{Eightball}}'', Jimmy Corrigan from ''ComicBook/AcmeNoveltyLibrary'', and Buddy Bradley from ''ComicBook/{{Hate}}''.

* PunBasedTitle: Combing the phrase "the it crowd", as in a group of cool people, and IT, professionals in information technology.