History Series / W817

* ExtravertedNerd: Carlo is this, as he's a hardcore nerd, who's utterly unaware of how nerdy he is. In addition, he's also a CasanovaWannabe.

* StealthInsult: When Tom makes an appearance in "De laatste dag", a sophisticated Flemish [=TV=]-show, Birgit tells him to act like an asshole to shock the audience (as he would otherwise be overclassed by Herman Brusselmans). His "act" doesn't go over well with the interviewer, however, who makes several of these in the process.

* TheGadfly: When Tom secures an interview in a sophisticated talkshow, Birgit advises him (last minute) to be this to upstage Herman Brusselmans. This works out as well as you'd expect it would, As all of Tom's provoking merely leads to several disses from the inetrviewer and Herman Brusselmans.

** When Tom gets an interview with "De laatste dag", he ends up getting dissed by Herman Brusselmans. Tom, obviously, doesn't leave it at that and starts a brawl with Brusselmans in the studio, destroying the set in the process.

* FashionDesigner: Zoë and Jasmijn try their hand at this in one episode. The result turns out as you would expect.
--> '''Zoë''': Frickin' clothes!
--> '''Jasmijn''': What's wrong?
--> '''Zoë''': My grandma liked them!

* OverprotectiveDad: When Tom has dinner with Ellen's parents, he's afraid her father will be this, becuase he's part of the military police. It eventually turns out that Ellen's father isn't as strict as he looks.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Carlo makea a stealthy reference to this trope, when he and Tom have a conversation about Akke being in a relationship.
--> '''Carlo''': What does Akke have that I don't, for him to get a girlfriend that easily?
--> '''Tom''': Akke is charming in his own odd way, I guess...
--> '''Carlo''': But that applies to me as well!
--> '''Tom''': No, you primarily act on your basic caveman instincts...
--> '''Carlo''': That's because women don't want to act on them for me!

* JoinTheArmyTheySaid: Birgit decides to join the army one episode after seeing an ad for it (the ad is even played back during the episode). She quickly figures out, however, tat the only thing she likes about the army is the uniform.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first season of the show had a lot different from the subsequent seasons. First, there is the fact that the first season episodes were 30 minutes long while later episodes only ran for about 15 minutes. The tone of the first season is also a lot raunchier (which includes the prevalent use of foul language in the dialogue, something that was later toned down or {{Bowdlerise|bowdlerised}}), and in some way more grounded and realistic, as the prevalence of more absurd and wacky humour and sequences tended to increase in the later seasons.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The show was a lot raunchier throughout the first season, which was only broadcasted once [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids due to the foul language used in it.]] Later seasons cleaned up (or bowdlerized) the dialogue, making the show more child-friendly.

* BuxomIsBetter: This is the main reason why Birgit wants to get a breast enlargement, as she feels like she wouldn't be able to compete (on the job market) with her current size.

* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Tom's (first) novel turns out to have this, as it's recieved positively by nearly any critic that discusses it (which were a lot).
--> '''Birgit''': I can't believe it... two dozen reviews and not a single negative one among them.
--> '''Akke''': I've got some negative criticism in computer weekly: "The slew of technical errors is a (minor) letdown in an otherwise amazing (and ballsy) novel".
--> '''Carlo''': How is that negative?!
--> '''Akke''': Well, the technical error part was...

* BuccaneerBroadcaster: Zoë runs one of these stations for a friend of hers in season five. She quickly regrets doing so, after she finds out that the station is illegal (and after Birgit discovers the station and organizes a hostile take-over). They eventuall barely manage to smuggle the station out of the house, after the police starts looking for it.

* CaffeineBulletTime: Happens to Akke when he drinks too much Cola. He becomes the real-life version of "the roadrunner", including a "meep meep" every time he enters or leaves.

* {{Omniglot}}: Birgit apparently, who can even speak [[UpToEleven informatics]].

* ProneToTears: Johan, a short-term employee of [=AKA=] was this, as he would cry about nearly anything. When he later becomes a test case for Zoë's research, this trait is pulled UpToEleven.

** While the show occasionally portrays relationships as this, the honeymoon weeks in the relation between Jasmijn's father and her French teacher took this UpToEleven, as to (humorously) torment Jasmijn even further with this.

* RantInducingSlight: Happens to Steve in one episode, where he becomes enraged when he has to clean up after Tom and Zoë for the umpteenth time. He later on uses it to make Tom and Zoë do the dishes for him.
--> '''Zoë''': What has gotten into Steve?
--> '''Tom''' ''[frightened]'': I dunno, just do the dishes!

* Hikikomori: Akke has become this in the movie, as he's now living as a shut-in in Carlo's mansion and only communicates with the outside world through [=VR=].

* BFG: Carlo wields one, when he and Akke are (scientifically) testing a first person shooter. It's used to provide contrast between him and Akke, who was wearing a tiny (but precise) gun.

* Conlang: While Akke and Carlo don't invent an entire new language, they do invent a new letter in one of the season three episodes. The letter resembles a circle with a dot in it and sounds like "You"

* Fainting: Tom does this, when Birgit and Jasmijn wax his chest hair. He did ask for it, though, as he stated that waxing didn't hurt that much and Birgit was a pussy for screaming in pain like she did.

* Gayngst: While Steve is quite comfortable being gay, even he gets this when he gets a crush on a woman, as he's uncertain if he's still gay or not. He gets over it rather quickly though

* Homage: The scene where Carlo is called in to help turn the gang into a real band (for Jasmijn's gig) is a clear homage to the scene in ''Film/PulpFiction'', where Jules and Vincent call in Winston Wolfe to clean up their mess. The homage includes Carlo getting called up in a similar way to Winston Wolfe, Steve making a cup of his "delicious coffee" and Carlo making the same speech to Tom as Winston did to Vincent (including the "a please would be nice" part). It doesn't work out the same as in ''Pulp Fiction'', as the band ends up splitting up in the end.

* NightmareFetishist: Tom's short-term girlfriend, Vampirella, was this, much to Tom's dismay. Seeing as she was, in fact, [[ComicBook/Vampirella "the" Vampirella]], this wasn't so extraordinary for her.

* Omniglot: Birgit apparently, who can even speak [[UpToEleven informatics]].

* In one episode, Akke uses a hammer to fix Steve's "Miss bowling" arcade machine. It works quite well.
In another episode, Tom's laptop crashes and Carlo states that there's no fixing it (as the hard drive is bust). Tom then repeatedly bashes his head onto the keyboard (in frustration), only for the laptop to restart without any issues.

* Stripperiffic: When Zoë gets a job as a go-go dancer at a club in season three, her outfit consist of a mesh string and a bra, which leave little to the imagination. Steve's reaction to the outfit makes it even funnier, as he thought that it wasn't a suitable outfit for any occasion and even went as far as hiding in the cereal box, so that Zoë didn't have to wear it.

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--> '''Doctor''' ''[as he prepares the garden hose cam]'': Open wide...

* ImpossiblyTackyClothes: In the episode of Tom's stag party, Steve starts wearing a dry-fit T-shirt, which is considered extremely tacky by everyone but him (as it's extremely tight, sleaveless and made of a fish-netted material). The common response to the T-shirt ranges from fright (by Akke) to a laughing fit (by Jasmijn). What makes it this trope is that, while everyone in universe seemed to think the T-shirt was terrible, it wasn't as bothersome to the viewer

** In one of the season five episodes, Tom and Akke question carlo's singing capabilities. Carlo, in turn, states that he's an excellent singer, oonly to fall flat after four seconds of singing.

* {{Mondegreen}}: Steve mis-sings "When the rain begins to fall", as he and Zoë leave for a formal soirée.

* {{Mondegreen}}: In a minor case of GettingCrapPastTheRadar, Steve mis-sings "When the rain begins to fall", as he and Zoë leave for a formal soirée.

* '''Carlo Stadeus''': Akke's best friend and a bit of a CasanovaWannabe. He's the last member of the group to take his residence in the house (somewhere during season 2) and stands out because of two things: his quirky hijinks with Akke and his obsession with good-looking women (in particular, Birgit). He's as much of a computer nerd as Akke and the two spend most of their time together. While he tries to seduce Birgit at least once per episode, he never succeeds, until the second-to-last episode of the series. As the series progresses, it's revealed that Carlo has a troubled relationship with both his sister and his father, the latter of which (among other things) drove him to move in with Akke.

* BandGeek: When Birgit reveals she used to play the recorder as a child, Zoë sarcastically states "Cool, the recorder...", clearly thinking Birgit was this. She could be right, as Birgit took her sarcastic comment at face value.

* FanDisservice: When Birgit moves out of the student house, Carlo gives her a photo of himself in a speedo, which elicits this trope as a response from the gang.
--> '''Tom''': At least now we know why you're not allowed at the pool anymore...

* HistoryRepeats: This happens to Tom every time he gives his brother Axel money. Axel always ends up spending the money and asking for more, without delivering any results, leaving Tom penniless. Nevertheless, he always falls for Axel's scheme's and will gladly invest time and time again.
--> '''Birgit''': Tom, if you have one braincell left, don't hand Axel the money.
--> ''[Tom gladly hand Axel the money nevertheless]''
--> '''Birgit''': So, what's it like to live without a brain?

* {{Irony}}: In one episode, Tom is planning to participate in a hotdog eating contest, the proceedings of which go to food support in Africa. Steve even notes the Irony of it all.
--> '''Steve''': So your stuffing your face to end the hunger in Africa... Quite ironic, that one!

* LoverTugOfWar: Akke ends up in a non-romantic version of this, When two cons at a police station fight over his support in a fist fight. Akke ends up setting both of them straight.
--> '''Akke''' ''[to the two cons]'': No more fighting, you hear!

* YesNoAnswerInterpretation: When Zoë gets to run a pirate radio station, Birgit (somewhat incessantly) asks her if she can have a radio show as well. Zoë responds by throwing Birgit out of the studio, leading to this response from Birgit.
--> '''Birgit''': So that's a maybe?

* ComicalOverreacting: When Zoë gets a cold sore, she acts as if the world is ending (since she was using her looks to pass her exams). Steve and Carlo, who join in on the fun, make full use of this trope to mock her.
--> '''Zoë''': Oh shuck! A cold sore! I'm ruined...
--> '''Steve''': Oh no! What are you gonna do now!
--> '''Carlo''': It seems like there's only one solution...
--> '''Steve''': Plastic surgery!
--> '''Carlo''': No, suicide!

* DoppelgangerReplacementLoveInterest: Birgit ends up with one in the form of Tim, who's essentially a succesul version of Tom with a mustache. Tom even mentions the resemblance to Birgit, but she's (initially) too much in denial to see it. She eventually wisens up and dumps Tim for being a clone of Tom.

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: When Zoë tries to dump a girl she (inadvertently) spent the night with after she drank too much, Tom and Carlo covertly follow her (hiding behind a newspaper) to the bar where she's meeting up with her. At the bar, however, Carlo (almost immediately) gives himself away in the background, by trying to drink a coke through his newspaper, which results in him spilling it on the newspaper and his grey overcoat.

* YouDoNOTWantToKnow: During a humiliation dare challenge between Jasmijn and Oswald, some of the gang asked Jasmijn what she did with a series of noodle implements she borrowed earlier. Her response was that they very likely didn't want to know, as it was incredibly squicky. When they press her for the answer, she eventually tells them and the scene cuts to the gang staring at her in disgust as she ends her story.

* CantTakeCriticism: During the episode where the gang forms a band to help Jasmijn (who was dared into singing in public), the band eventually (temporarily) splits up because of this trope. It starts with Tom becoming disgruntled because he has to stand in the back (he was a backup singer, no less) and continues with Birgit, Zoë, Steve and Akke leaving because someone states that they're not that great at their chosen instrument (Birgit also leaves because she isn't allowed to play her recorder). They eventually all return for the concert later that night.

* Conlang: while Akke and Carlo don't invent an entire new language, they do invent a new letter in one of the season three episodes. The letter resembles a circle with a dot in it and sounds like "You"

* GoingCommando: All of the women in the cult Birgit joined in season four apparently did this, if Carlo is to be believed. Then again, all of them wore purple robes, so one couldn't confirm it visually.

* InstantlyProvenWrong: In one episode, Birgot is being sued for assault of a child (which she didn't do) and her lawyer, Prosper, wants to prove this by showing how peaceful the student house is. Unfortunately, he comes at exactly the wrong moment.

* TheUnintelligible: When Akke and Steve visit the dentist, they both get (localized) anesthetics, which turns their speech into (nearly) unintelligible gibberish. They subsequently try to recall the events at the dentist to Jasmijn, who can't make heads nor tales of it.
--> '''Steve''': 'ho den, I 'skt 'm of I 'ad 'ne 'avty, 'e s'd n'ho (So then I asked him if I had one cavity, he said no).
--> '''Steve''': 'ho I 'skt 'hu 'avtys, 'e s'd n'ho 'gen (So I asked "Two cavities?", he said no again!)
--> '''Akke''': 'hen I asked 'hree 'avtys, 'e s'd 'ingu 'nd I g't 'tay (Then I asked "Three cavities?", he said Bingo and I got a toy).
--> '''Jasmijn''': Great story, you guys, but I didn't understand a thing of it...