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* BannedEpisode: the episode where the crew destroys a Perodua Kancil can never air in Malaysia ever again, ever.
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** It's probably because of this inversion that the show got temporarily banned in Malaysia. The crew had bad-mouthed a Perodua Kancil, a car from one of the two national car makers in the country. The national carmaker probably feared that this trope would affect sales of the car and complained to the satellite provider, which ultimately led to the removal of the entire BBC Entertainment channel from their lineup. Ironically, Perodua would retire the Kancil line anyway several years later.
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** It's probably because of this inversion that the show got temporarily into controversy and ultimately lead to the episode banned in Malaysia.Malaysia and BBC Entertainment becoming unavailable in the country for Several years. The crew had bad-mouthed a Perodua Kancil, a car from one of the two national car makers in the country. The national carmaker probably feared that this trope would affect sales of the car and complained to the satellite provider, which ultimately led to the removal of the entire BBC Entertainment channel from their lineup. Ironically, Perodua would retire the Kancil line anyway several years later.
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* BannedInChina: For their troubles of destroying a Malaysian car called the ''Perodua Kancil'', the local satellite Pay TV provider that was carrying BBC Entertainment at the time [[DisproportionateRetribution dropped the entire channel]], replacing it with ''ITV Granada''. While the provider outright denied that the episode had to do with the channel being dropped (they simply claimed that the channel has nothing new to offer, which angered fans of other shows on the channel, particularly [[Series/DoctorWho Whovians]]) Many Malaysians suspect a full-on governmental conspiracy to ban the show because the program had badmouthed a local car. Eventually the channel reappeared on a different provider three years later, but only after Top Gear had moved to the ''BBC Knowledge'' sister channel and Perodua had stopped producing Kancils anyway.
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* BannedInChina: Indirectly. For their troubles of destroying a Malaysian car called the ''Perodua Kancil'', the local satellite Pay TV provider that was carrying BBC Entertainment at the time [[DisproportionateRetribution dropped the entire channel]], replacing it with ''ITV Granada''. While the provider outright denied that the episode had to do with the channel being dropped (they simply claimed that the channel has nothing new to offer, which angered fans of other shows on the channel, particularly [[Series/DoctorWho Whovians]]) Many Malaysians suspect a full-on governmental conspiracy to ban the show because the program had badmouthed a local car. However that didn’t stop a local terrestrial station to pick up the show (although it was put on their FridayNightDeathSlot and the offending episode removed from their airing) and local versions of the Top Gear magazine continued to be printed (albeit now heavily censored). Eventually the channel reappeared on a different provider three years later, but only after Top Gear had moved to the ''BBC Knowledge'' sister channel and Perodua had stopped producing Kancils anyway.
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* BackedByThePentagon: Well, Ministry Of Defence. ''Top Gear'' frequently has appearances from members of the British Army, Royal Marines or Royal Air Force, taking part in all sorts of hijinks under the guise of car tests. This includes a tank/an attack helicopter/snipers from the Irish Guards hunting down Jeremy Clarkson as he drives a car or SUV, and more recently Clarkson reviewing the new Ford Fiesta in part by using it in a Royal Marine beach assault and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5rRY2ICT4k playing a motorised version of British Bulldog with various armoured vehicles and a Mitsubishi]], Richard Hammond racing a British Army parachutist or RAF pilot flying a Eurofighter Typhoon (Hammond's first shot at driving the Bugatti Veyron), and a BAE Sea Harrier doing a Power Lap. This trope continues in SpiritualSuccessor ''Series/TheGrandTour'', which continues ''Top Gear'''s tendency to feature plenty of military hardware.\\
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* BackedByThePentagon: Well, Ministry Of Defence. ''Top Gear'' frequently has appearances from members of the British Army, Royal Marines or Royal Air Force, taking part in all sorts of hijinks under the guise of car tests. This includes a tank/an attack helicopter/snipers from the Irish Guards hunting down Jeremy Clarkson as he drives a car or SUV, and more recently Clarkson reviewing the new Ford Fiesta in part by using it in a Royal Marine beach assault and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5rRY2ICT4k playing a motorised version of British Bulldog with various armoured vehicles and a Mitsubishi]], Richard Hammond racing a British Army parachutist or RAF pilot flying a Eurofighter Typhoon (Hammond's first shot at driving the Bugatti Veyron), and a BAE Sea Harrier doing a Power Lap. This trope continues in SpiritualSuccessor ''Series/TheGrandTour'', which continues ''Top Gear'''s tendency to feature plenty of military hardware.\\
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* BannedInChina: For their troubles of destroying a Malaysian car called the ''Perodua Kancil'', the local satellite Pay TV provider that was carrying BBC Entertainment at the time [[DisproportionateRetribution dropped the entire channel]], replacing it with ''ITV Granada''. While the provider outright denied that the episode had to do with the channel being dropped (they simply claimed that the channel has nothing new to offer, which angered fans of other shows on the channel, particularly [[Series/DoctorWho Whovians]]) Many Malaysians suspect a full-on governmental conspiracy to ban the show because the program had badmouthed a local car. Eventually the channel reappeared on a different provider three years later, but only after Top Gear had moved to the ''BBC Knowledge'' sister channel.
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* BannedInChina: For their troubles of destroying a Malaysian car called the ''Perodua Kancil'', the local satellite Pay TV provider that was carrying BBC Entertainment at the time [[DisproportionateRetribution dropped the entire channel]], replacing it with ''ITV Granada''. While the provider outright denied that the episode had to do with the channel being dropped (they simply claimed that the channel has nothing new to offer, which angered fans of other shows on the channel, particularly [[Series/DoctorWho Whovians]]) Many Malaysians suspect a full-on governmental conspiracy to ban the show because the program had badmouthed a local car. Eventually the channel reappeared on a different provider three years later, but only after Top Gear had moved to the ''BBC Knowledge'' sister channel.channel and Perodua had stopped producing Kancils anyway.
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** It's probably because of this inversion that the show got temporarily blo in Malaysia. The crew had bad-mouthed a Perodua Kancil, a car from one of the two national car makers in the country.
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** It's probably because of this inversion that the show got temporarily blo banned in Malaysia. The crew had bad-mouthed a Perodua Kancil, a car from one of the two national car makers in the country. The national carmaker probably feared that this trope would affect sales of the car and complained to the satellite provider, which ultimately led to the removal of the entire BBC Entertainment channel from their lineup. Ironically, Perodua would retire the Kancil line anyway several years later.
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* BannedInChina: For their troubles of destroying a Malaysian car called the ''Perodua Kancil'', the local satellite Pay TV provider that was carrying BBC Entertainment at the time [[DisproportionateRetribution dropped the entire channel]], replacing it with ''ITV Granada''. While the provider outright denied that the episode had to do with the channel being dropped (they simply claimed that the channel has nothing new to offer, which angered fans of other shows on the channel, particularly [[Series/DoctorWho Whovians]]) Many Malaysians suspect a full-on governmental conspiracy to ban the show because the program had badmouthed a local car. Eventually the channel reappeared on a different provider three years later, but only after Top Gear had moved to the ''BBC Knowledge'' sister channel.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: The "flappy-paddle" gearbox. When ''Top Gear'' was first relaunched, the presenters were all unimpressed by and dismissive of the idea. Then, as the tech improved, they started praising a few individual ones for being better than most. Nowadays they tend to describe them, more often than not, as an option worth considering.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: TechnologyMarchesOn:
** The "flappy-paddle" gearbox. When ''Top Gear'' was first relaunched, the presenters were all unimpressed by and dismissive of the idea. Then, as the tech improved, they started praising a few individual ones for being better than most. Nowadays they tend to describe them, more often than not, as an option worth considering.
** The "flappy-paddle" gearbox. When ''Top Gear'' was first relaunched, the presenters were all unimpressed by and dismissive of the idea. Then, as the tech improved, they started praising a few individual ones for being better than most. Nowadays they tend to describe them, more often than not, as an option worth considering.
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** Increased efficiency in public transport and cross-country transport can be seen during the races where Clarkson drives while Hammond and May take alternate means of transport. Earlier races had Clarkson winning handily while the two scarpered around, while the final few races were far closer, with Hammond and May even winning one and breaking Jeremy's streak.
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* ActorAllusion: All the presenters take jabs at each other based on their other TV work:
** Hammond got a lot of stick from Clarkson and May firstly for 'selling out to day-time television' with ''Richard Hammond's 5 O'Clock Show'', and secondly for presenting mindless programmes like ''Series/BlastLab'' and ''[[Series/{{Wipeout 2008}} Total Wipeout]]''. He plays up the amoral MoneyDearBoy image, for example putting adverts for those shows on his car instead of moralistic anti-drugs messages in the Bolivia special.
** May presenting ''James May's Toy Stories''.
--->'''Clarkson:''' We really need James May for this test, but he's busy. He's probably building a nuclear submarine out of Franchise/{{Lego}} or something.
** During the Romania trip:
---> '''Hammond''' : [''voiceover''] James was merrily tootling along, apparently under the illusion he was presenting [[Series/OzAndJames his wine programme]].\\
'''May''' : ...good place to stop for grapes, this. There's a person holding up a bag of grapes, and two more holding up similar bags, a fourth, a fifth, a sixth. [''pause''] I think we're well covered for grapes, then.
** Clarkson and May take the piss out of Hammond for hosting ''Planet Earth Live'' during their search for the source of the Nile.
-->'''Clarkson''': This is strangely familiar, you telling me about animals you've just seen that I haven't...
** Hammond got a lot of stick from Clarkson and May firstly for 'selling out to day-time television' with ''Richard Hammond's 5 O'Clock Show'', and secondly for presenting mindless programmes like ''Series/BlastLab'' and ''[[Series/{{Wipeout 2008}} Total Wipeout]]''. He plays up the amoral MoneyDearBoy image, for example putting adverts for those shows on his car instead of moralistic anti-drugs messages in the Bolivia special.
** May presenting ''James May's Toy Stories''.
--->'''Clarkson:''' We really need James May for this test, but he's busy. He's probably building a nuclear submarine out of Franchise/{{Lego}} or something.
** During the Romania trip:
---> '''Hammond''' : [''voiceover''] James was merrily tootling along, apparently under the illusion he was presenting [[Series/OzAndJames his wine programme]].\\
'''May''' : ...good place to stop for grapes, this. There's a person holding up a bag of grapes, and two more holding up similar bags, a fourth, a fifth, a sixth. [''pause''] I think we're well covered for grapes, then.
** Clarkson and May take the piss out of Hammond for hosting ''Planet Earth Live'' during their search for the source of the Nile.
-->'''Clarkson''': This is strangely familiar, you telling me about animals you've just seen that I haven't...
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** Old Top Gear is only available as a few VHS compilations.
** Series One is almost never repeated, and only released on DVD as a "Best Of" release that didn't include any of Jason Dawe's footage. The early series in general are rarely repeated due to the Main/EarlyInstallmentWeirdness of them.
** Series One is almost never repeated, and only released on DVD as a "Best Of" release that didn't include any of Jason Dawe's footage. The early series in general are rarely repeated due to the Main/EarlyInstallmentWeirdness of them.
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** Old Top Gear ''Gear'' is only available as a few VHS compilations.
** Series One is almost never repeated, and only released on DVD as a "Best Of" release that didn't include any of Jason Dawe's footage. The early series in general are rarely repeated due to theMain/EarlyInstallmentWeirdness EarlyInstallmentWeirdness of them.
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* ReCut: Many of the specials receive the extended Directors Cut treatment for their DVD release, even for a few challenges that weren't full-episode specials to begin with.
** Unfortunately, many of the DVD and VOD releases also use [[EditedForSyndication international versions]] that only last 50 minutes. On Dave, episodes are only 45 minutes long so adverts can be fitted into a one hour timeslot.
** Oddly, the first Great Adventures DVD set included an extended version of the Polar Challenge and a shortened version of the US Road Trip.
* RecycledSoundtrack: Being made by Creator/TheBBC (who can effectively add any music they want) this pops up a lot throughout the show; although that itself can be a pain because it doesn't extent to repeats on other channels or oversea markets.
** Series 8, Episode 8 uses the main theme from ''Film/VanHelsing'' during the Van Challenge segment.
** Series 10, Episode 9 uses the song "Peril" from ''VideoGame/{{Halo 2}}'' while James is testing the Jaguar S-Type.
** Series 21, episode 5 features the ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' song "An End Once and For All" when talking about the fall of custom built frames.
** They've also used David Arnold's score for ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'' and Woodkid's "Iron" that appeared in the advert for ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations''.
** Even the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' is not spared from this, to wit: The Albania Road Trip (Series 16 Episode 3) used certain tracks from ''Film/IronMan1'', while the West Coast Road Trip (Series 19 Episode 2) featured at least a couple of tracks from ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}''.
** Unfortunately, many of the DVD and VOD releases also use [[EditedForSyndication international versions]] that only last 50 minutes. On Dave, episodes are only 45 minutes long so adverts can be fitted into a one hour timeslot.
** Oddly, the first Great Adventures DVD set included an extended version of the Polar Challenge and a shortened version of the US Road Trip.
* RecycledSoundtrack: Being made by Creator/TheBBC (who can effectively add any music they want) this pops up a lot throughout the show; although that itself can be a pain because it doesn't extent to repeats on other channels or oversea markets.
** Series 8, Episode 8 uses the main theme from ''Film/VanHelsing'' during the Van Challenge segment.
** Series 10, Episode 9 uses the song "Peril" from ''VideoGame/{{Halo 2}}'' while James is testing the Jaguar S-Type.
** Series 21, episode 5 features the ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' song "An End Once and For All" when talking about the fall of custom built frames.
** They've also used David Arnold's score for ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'' and Woodkid's "Iron" that appeared in the advert for ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations''.
** Even the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' is not spared from this, to wit: The Albania Road Trip (Series 16 Episode 3) used certain tracks from ''Film/IronMan1'', while the West Coast Road Trip (Series 19 Episode 2) featured at least a couple of tracks from ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}''.
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* TakeThat: Clarkson and May have both alluded to their leaving the show:
** Clarkson, in an UK [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGEd6ZmwZ7Q Amazon]] Fire Stick ad:
-->--'''Clarkson:''' [on a Segway] ...back in the spring, as you probably remember, I suddenly became... unbusy."
** May, during the first episode of the second series of his show ''Cars Of The People'':
-->--'''May''': [concerning getting rid of the Morris Minor] "But actually, would we really notice? Would it in fact give us a chance to move on? It might be a little bit as if a very popular and well-liked television programme suddenly came to an end. Everybody would think it was a disaster. But after a while, they'd get over it."
** Clarkson, in an UK [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGEd6ZmwZ7Q Amazon]] Fire Stick ad:
-->--'''Clarkson:''' [on a Segway] ...back in the spring, as you probably remember, I suddenly became... unbusy."
** May, during the first episode of the second series of his show ''Cars Of The People'':
-->--'''May''': [concerning getting rid of the Morris Minor] "But actually, would we really notice? Would it in fact give us a chance to move on? It might be a little bit as if a very popular and well-liked television programme suddenly came to an end. Everybody would think it was a disaster. But after a while, they'd get over it."
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* WriterRevolt: After his "fracas" with a producer, Clarkson returned to work fully believing that everyone could simply forget about the incident and move on. The entire staff, however, apparently refused to let bygones be bygones and demanded that Clarkson report himself to the BBC for review.
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* WriterRevolt: After his "fracas" with a producer, Clarkson returned to work fully believing that everyone could simply forget about the incident and move on. The entire staff, however, apparently refused to let bygones be bygones and demanded that Clarkson report himself to the BBC for review.review.
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** Teslas. When they first came out, they actively downplayed anything their review model did well out of shear lack of faith in the technology. Nowadays, they all consider them fantastic cars and recommend the technology as worth watching and investing in. More noticeable on The Grand Tour, for obvious reasons.
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* DuelingShows: With ''Fifth Gear'', which is much less popular than ''Top Gear'' (and is based on the original, more straightforward-review format) but is often name-dropped because its presenters include several of Clarkson's old colleagues and rivals from the original ''Top Gear''. Disasters such as the Cool Wall burning down are often ascribed to Fifth Gear's nefarious schemes.
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* DuelingShows: With ''Fifth Gear'', which is much less popular than ''Top Gear'' (and is based on the original, more straightforward-review format) but is often name-dropped because its presenters include several of Clarkson's old colleagues and rivals from the original ''Top Gear''. Disasters such as the Cool Wall burning down are often ascribed to Fifth Gear's nefarious schemes. Then again, most of the jabs at ''Fifth Gear'' are (presumably) in good humor as the show's host Tiff Needell has continued to work with Jeremy and co. on occasion.
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** Even the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' is not spared from this, to wit: The Albania Road Trip (Series 16 Episode 3) used certain tracks from ''Film/IronMan'', while the West Coast Road Trip (Series 19 Episode 2) featured at least a couple of tracks from ''Film/TheAvengers''.
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** Even the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' is not spared from this, to wit: The Albania Road Trip (Series 16 Episode 3) used certain tracks from ''Film/IronMan'', ''Film/IronMan1'', while the West Coast Road Trip (Series 19 Episode 2) featured at least a couple of tracks from ''Film/TheAvengers''.''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}''.
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** Series 10: Episode 9 of Top Gear uses the song "Peril" from ''VideoGame/{{Halo 2}}'' while James is testing the Jaguar S-Type.
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** Series 10: 8, Episode 8 uses the main theme from ''Film/VanHelsing'' during the Van Challenge segment.
** Series 10, Episode 9of Top Gear uses the song "Peril" from ''VideoGame/{{Halo 2}}'' while James is testing the Jaguar S-Type.
** Series 10, Episode 9
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** One notable case is the Vauxhall Vectra (Opel in Europe). The Vectra was trashed roundly by Clarkson and Vauxhall/Opel actually blamed him for their poor sales. BTW, for American car fans, the Vectra's American mutation is the Saturn Aura. '''Clarkson (in a 90s article)''': "There are only three objective reasons for not buying any particular car. It is unreliable; it is hideously expensive; it is a Vauxhall Vectra."
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** One notable case is the Vauxhall Vectra (Opel in Europe). The Vectra was trashed roundly by Clarkson and Vauxhall/Opel actually blamed him for their poor sales. BTW, for American car fans, the Vectra's American mutation is the Saturn Aura.Aura (which was fairly well-received). '''Clarkson (in a 90s article)''': "There are only three objective reasons for not buying any particular car. It is unreliable; it is hideously expensive; it is a Vauxhall Vectra.""
*** Perhaps because of that, GM replaced the Vectra in 2011 with the Opel/Vauxhall Insignia (Americans, that's the current Buick Regal, since Saturn had been discontinued during GM's 2009 bankruptcy).
*** Perhaps because of that, GM replaced the Vectra in 2011 with the Opel/Vauxhall Insignia (Americans, that's the current Buick Regal, since Saturn had been discontinued during GM's 2009 bankruptcy).
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** Even the ''Film/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' is not spared from this, to wit: The Albania Road Trip (Series 16 Episode 3) used certain tracks from ''Film/IronMan'', while the West Coast Road Trip (Series 19 Episode 2) featured at least a couple of tracks from ''Film/TheAvengers''.
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** Even the ''Film/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' is not spared from this, to wit: The Albania Road Trip (Series 16 Episode 3) used certain tracks from ''Film/IronMan'', while the West Coast Road Trip (Series 19 Episode 2) featured at least a couple of tracks from ''Film/TheAvengers''.
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* OneOfUs: All three men are fans of one big named franchise or another, not to mention a whole lot of other shows, movies, and music, and frequently sprinkle their talks with references to ''StarTrek'', ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Film/JamesBond'', ''Literature/HarryPotter'', ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'', and ''Franchise/BattlestarGalactica'', among others. Clarkson in particular is a big ''Series/GameOfThrones'' fan, and Hammond reveals his addiction to ''Series/DowntonAbbey'' and turns into a giggly fan-boy when Hugh Bonneville visits the show in Series 21.
** A running-gag through much of the series is Clarkson's love of the band Music/{{Genesis}} much to Richard Hammond's distain. When guitarist Mike Rutherford comes to a barbeque to christen the new Reasonable Priced Car in Series 20, Hammond hides. Clarkson also gets under Hammond's skin when he blares "I Know What I Like" from ''Seconds Out'' over the PA of his car during the India Special.
** A running-gag through much of the series is Clarkson's love of the band Music/{{Genesis}} much to Richard Hammond's distain. When guitarist Mike Rutherford comes to a barbeque to christen the new Reasonable Priced Car in Series 20, Hammond hides. Clarkson also gets under Hammond's skin when he blares "I Know What I Like" from ''Seconds Out'' over the PA of his car during the India Special.
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* BackedByThePentagon: Well, Ministry Of Defence. ''Top Gear'' frequently has appearances from members of the British Army, Royal Marines or Royal Air Force, taking part in all sorts of hijinks under the guise of car tests. This includes a tank/an attack helicopter/snipers from the Irish Guards hunting down Jeremy Clarkson as he drives a car or SUV, and more recently Clarkson reviewing the new Ford Fiesta in part by using it in a Royal Marine beach assault and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5rRY2ICT4k playing a motorised version of British Bulldog with various armoured vehicles and a Mitsubishi]], Richard Hammond racing a British Army parachutist or RAF pilot flying a Eurofighter Typhoon (Hammond's first shot at driving the Bugatti Veyron), and a BAE Sea Harrier doing a Power Lap.\\
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* BackedByThePentagon: Well, Ministry Of Defence. ''Top Gear'' frequently has appearances from members of the British Army, Royal Marines or Royal Air Force, taking part in all sorts of hijinks under the guise of car tests. This includes a tank/an attack helicopter/snipers from the Irish Guards hunting down Jeremy Clarkson as he drives a car or SUV, and more recently Clarkson reviewing the new Ford Fiesta in part by using it in a Royal Marine beach assault and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5rRY2ICT4k playing a motorised version of British Bulldog with various armoured vehicles and a Mitsubishi]], Richard Hammond racing a British Army parachutist or RAF pilot flying a Eurofighter Typhoon (Hammond's first shot at driving the Bugatti Veyron), and a BAE Sea Harrier doing a Power Lap. This trope continues in SpiritualSuccessor ''Series/TheGrandTour'', which continues ''Top Gear'''s tendency to feature plenty of military hardware.\\
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** Dave and BBC America also occasionally makes additional edits, such as beeping out swears that weren't beeped in the original BBC version. The most {{egregious}} example being during the £25,000 classic car challenge, when James's "Cock!" upon seeing Jeremy's time in the slalom is bleeped.
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** Dave and BBC America also occasionally makes additional edits, such as beeping out swears that weren't beeped in the original BBC version. The most {{egregious}} JustForFun/{{egregious}} example being during the £25,000 classic car challenge, when James's "Cock!" upon seeing Jeremy's time in the slalom is bleeped.
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** NicoNicoDouga users tend to tag videos featuring [[{{Adorkable}} May]] with "J｀・ω・)".
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** NicoNicoDouga Website/NicoNicoDouga users tend to tag videos featuring [[{{Adorkable}} May]] with "J｀・ω・)".
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** Series 1-8 have never been released on DVD outside of "Best Of" releases. Series 10-20 and 23 are available in the UK, 10-22 in the USA and 9-22 are available in Germany. To make things worse, some of these releases use the 50 minute EditedForSyndication versions.
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** Series 1-8 have never been released on DVD outside of "Best Of" releases. Series 10-20 and 23 are available in the UK, 10-22 in the USA and 9-22 9-12 as well as 17-24 are available in Germany. To make things worse, some of these releases use the 50 minute EditedForSyndication versions.
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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: An inadvertent example. The late-2009 season was put up in its usual Sunday evening time slot, despite the fact that it would be competing against ''TheXFactor's'' results show and ''I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here''. Result? The season got utterly torn apart in the ratings, posting audience figures that would have been considered embarrassing for the ''original'' version of the show, and helped fuel reports that it was on the verge of being cancelled. As a result, the BBC have announced that there won't be any more seasons broadcast in the autumn, and that in future, there will be one season just after the turn of the year, and one in the summer. This was demonstrated further when series 19, which would have been aired in the summer, got pushed to winter 2013 due to conflicts with the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: An inadvertent example. The late-2009 season was put up in its usual Sunday evening time slot, despite the fact that it would be competing against ''TheXFactor's'' ''Series/TheXFactor's'' results show and ''I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here''. Result? The season got utterly torn apart in the ratings, posting audience figures that would have been considered embarrassing for the ''original'' version of the show, and helped fuel reports that it was on the verge of being cancelled. As a result, the BBC have announced that there won't be any more seasons broadcast in the autumn, and that in future, there will be one season just after the turn of the year, and one in the summer. This was demonstrated further when series 19, which would have been aired in the summer, got pushed to winter 2013 due to conflicts with the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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--->'''Clarkson:''' We really need James May for this test, but he's busy. He's probably building a nuclear submarine out of Toys/{{Lego}} or something.
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--->'''Clarkson:''' We really need James May for this test, but he's busy. He's probably building a nuclear submarine out of Toys/{{Lego}} Franchise/{{Lego}} or something.
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** Series One is almost never repeated, and only released on DVD as a "Best Of" release that didn't include any of Jason Dawe's footage. The early series in general are rarely repeated due to the EarlyInstallmentWierdness of them.
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** Series One is almost never repeated, and only released on DVD as a "Best Of" release that didn't include any of Jason Dawe's footage. The early series in general are rarely repeated due to the EarlyInstallmentWierdness Main/EarlyInstallmentWeirdness of them.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: While a lot of the material is readily available on home video, a large portion of it is plagued by this.
** Old Top Gear is only available as a few VHS compilations.
** Series One is almost never repeated, and only released on DVD as a "Best Of" release that didn't include any of Jason Dawe's footage. The early series in general are rarely repeated due to the EarlyInstallmentWierdness of them.
** Series 1-8 have never been released on DVD outside of "Best Of" releases. Series 10-20 and 23 are available in the UK, 10-22 in the USA and 9-22 are available in Germany. To make things worse, some of these releases use the 50 minute EditedForSyndication versions.
** The specials are all available in the UK (albeit with the first US Special missing 10 minutes), and many of them are extended cuts to boot. There are also several 'The Challenges' volumes and 'Best Of' releases with pieces from the unreleased series.
** Finally, everything from series six onward are available on VOD in the UK and USA.
** Old Top Gear is only available as a few VHS compilations.
** Series One is almost never repeated, and only released on DVD as a "Best Of" release that didn't include any of Jason Dawe's footage. The early series in general are rarely repeated due to the EarlyInstallmentWierdness of them.
** Series 1-8 have never been released on DVD outside of "Best Of" releases. Series 10-20 and 23 are available in the UK, 10-22 in the USA and 9-22 are available in Germany. To make things worse, some of these releases use the 50 minute EditedForSyndication versions.
** The specials are all available in the UK (albeit with the first US Special missing 10 minutes), and many of them are extended cuts to boot. There are also several 'The Challenges' volumes and 'Best Of' releases with pieces from the unreleased series.
** Finally, everything from series six onward are available on VOD in the UK and USA.
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* ReCut: Many of the specials receive the extended Directors Cut treatment for their DVD release, even for a few challenges that weren't full-episode specials to begin with.
** Unfortunately, many of the DVD and VOD releases also use [[EditedForSyndication international versions]] that only last 50 minutes. On Dave, episodes are only 45 minutes long so adverts can be fitted into a one hour timeslot.
** Oddly, the first Great Adventures DVD set included an extended version of the Polar Challenge and a shortened version of the US Road Trip.
** Unfortunately, many of the DVD and VOD releases also use [[EditedForSyndication international versions]] that only last 50 minutes. On Dave, episodes are only 45 minutes long so adverts can be fitted into a one hour timeslot.
** Oddly, the first Great Adventures DVD set included an extended version of the Polar Challenge and a shortened version of the US Road Trip.
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** A running-gag through much of the series is Clarkson's love of the band Genesis much to Richard Hammond's distain. When guitarist Mike Rutherford comes to a barbeque to christen the new Reasonable Priced Car in Series 20, Hammond hides. Clarkson also gets under Hammond's skin when he blares "I Know What I Like" from ''Seconds Out'' over the PA of his car during the India Special.
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** A running-gag through much of the series is Clarkson's love of the band Genesis Music/{{Genesis}} much to Richard Hammond's distain. When guitarist Mike Rutherford comes to a barbeque to christen the new Reasonable Priced Car in Series 20, Hammond hides. Clarkson also gets under Hammond's skin when he blares "I Know What I Like" from ''Seconds Out'' over the PA of his car during the India Special.
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** A running-gag through much of the series is Clarkson's love of the band Genesis much to Richard Hammond's distain. When guitarist Mike Rutherford comes to a barbeque to christen the new Reasonable Priced Car in Series 20, Hammond hides. Clarkson also gets under Hammond's skin when he blares "I Know What I Like" from '''Seconds Out''' over the PA of his car during the India Special.
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** A running-gag through much of the series is Clarkson's love of the band Genesis much to Richard Hammond's distain. When guitarist Mike Rutherford comes to a barbeque to christen the new Reasonable Priced Car in Series 20, Hammond hides. Clarkson also gets under Hammond's skin when he blares "I Know What I Like" from '''Seconds Out''' ''Seconds Out'' over the PA of his car during the India Special.
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* OneOfUs: All three men are fans of one big named franchise or another, not to mention a whole lot of other shows, movies, and music, and frequently sprinkle their talks with references to ''StarTrek'', ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Film/JamesBond'', ''Literature/HarryPotter'', ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'', and ''Franchise/BattlestarGalactica'', among others. Clarkson in particular is a big ''Series/GameOfThrones'' fan, and Hammond has mentioned being addicted to ''Series/DowntonAbbey''.
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* OneOfUs: All three men are fans of one big named franchise or another, not to mention a whole lot of other shows, movies, and music, and frequently sprinkle their talks with references to ''StarTrek'', ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Film/JamesBond'', ''Literature/HarryPotter'', ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'', and ''Franchise/BattlestarGalactica'', among others. Clarkson in particular is a big ''Series/GameOfThrones'' fan, and Hammond has mentioned being addicted reveals his addiction to ''Series/DowntonAbbey''.''Series/DowntonAbbey'' and turns into a giggly fan-boy when Hugh Bonneville visits the show in Series 21.
** A running-gag through much of the series is Clarkson's love of the band Genesis much to Richard Hammond's distain. When guitarist Mike Rutherford comes to a barbeque to christen the new Reasonable Priced Car in Series 20, Hammond hides. Clarkson also gets under Hammond's skin when he blares "I Know What I Like" from '''Seconds Out''' over the PA of his car during the India Special.
** A running-gag through much of the series is Clarkson's love of the band Genesis much to Richard Hammond's distain. When guitarist Mike Rutherford comes to a barbeque to christen the new Reasonable Priced Car in Series 20, Hammond hides. Clarkson also gets under Hammond's skin when he blares "I Know What I Like" from '''Seconds Out''' over the PA of his car during the India Special.
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* OneOfUs: All three men are fans of one big named franchise or another, not to mention a whole lot of other shows, movies, and music, and frequently sprinkle their talks with references to ''StarTrek'', ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Film/JamesBond'', ''Literature/HarryPotter'', ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'', and ''Franchise/BattlestarGalactica'', among others.
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* OneOfUs: All three men are fans of one big named franchise or another, not to mention a whole lot of other shows, movies, and music, and frequently sprinkle their talks with references to ''StarTrek'', ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Film/JamesBond'', ''Literature/HarryPotter'', ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'', and ''Franchise/BattlestarGalactica'', among others. Clarkson in particular is a big ''Series/GameOfThrones'' fan, and Hammond has mentioned being addicted to ''Series/DowntonAbbey''.
