History WMG / OnlyFoolsAndHorses

* ''Series/{{Desmonds}}'' was set in Peckham, and the characters spoke of going to the [[MyLocal Nag's Head]] (a real-life pub in that part of South London) so it's likely that they'd know the Trotters, socially at least. Del's probably had a few business dealings with Lee over the years, while Cassandra and Michael could work for the same bank. Taking this a step further, Desmond wasn't really a terrible barber -- it just looked that way because he bought all of his equipment from Del and it turned out to be defective.

* ''Series/{{Desmonds}} was set in Peckham, and the characters spoke of going to the [[MyLocal Nag's Head]] (a real-life pub in that part of South London) so it's likely that they'd know the Trotters, socially at least. Del's probably had a few business dealings with Lee over the years, while Cassandra and Michael could work for the same bank. Taking this a step further, Desmond wasn't really a terrible barber -- it just looked that way because he bought all of his equipment from Del and it turned out to be defective.

* ''Series/{{Desmonds}} was set in Peckham, and the characters spoke of going to the [[MyLocal Nag's Head]].

During the events of "The Frog's Legacy" we are introduced to the humorous revelation the Freddie 'the Frog' Robdal's life ended in a spectacularly ridiculous way when he ''sat on his own detonator'' during a burglary, killing both himself and his accomplice Gerald 'Jelly' Kelly. This sat perfectly well until ''Rock and Chips'', when we saw just how cool and confident this seasoned criminal was - clearly not a man stupid enough to blow himself up. So maybe someone bumped him off?

[[WMG: Don Vincenzo 'Vinny the Chain' Occhetti from "Miami Twice" is Del's half brother.]]

Rodney's parentage was hinted at in the "The Frog's Legacy" and confirmed during "Sleepless in Peckham" - Reg Trotter was not his father; instead it was Freddie Robdal, a professional criminal. We know this man to be quite the raunchy type, so it stands to reason that Joan Trotter was not the only woman he romanced. As a result, this troper believes that Freddie had ''another'' son prior to his death - a near-spitting image of Rodney who became a small-time criminal in his own right, and whose mother named him ''David''. See where this is going?

If Grandad and Reg are anything to go by, hard work is not something that comes naturally to the Trotters. Del bucked the trend from an early age because he had no choice but to work hard - first in order to bring some money in because Reg was too lazy to do a decent day's work, and later because after Joan died and Reg left, Del was the family's sole breadwinner in addition to being responsible for bringing up Rodney and looking after Grandad. Damien, by contrast, is by the time of "Sleepless in Peckham" a spoilt brat with no apparent motivation to work hard and whose trading/wheeling-and-dealing abilities are likely to be over-estimated by his doting father who believes he can do no wrong.

Sometime after his dad leaves, he heads over to Sicily or meets a Sicilian tourist and impregnates her, only to walk out on her also.

During the events of "The Frog's Legacy" we are introduced to the humorous revelation the Freddie 'the Frog' Robdal's life ended in a spectacularly ridiculous when he ''sat on his own detonator'' during a burglary, killing both himself and his accomplice Gerald 'Jelly' Kelly. This sat perfectly well until ''Rock and Chips'', when we saw just how cool and confident this seasoned criminal was - clearly not a man stupid enough to blow himself up. So maybe someone bumped him off?

During the events of "The Frog's Legacy" we are introduced to the humorous revelation the Freddie 'the Frog' Robdal committed suicide in a spectacularly ridiculous way by sitting on his own detonator; killing both himself and his accomplice 'Jelly' Kelly. This sat perfectly well until ''Rock and Chips'', when we saw just how cool and confident this seasoned criminal was - clearly not a man stupid enough to blow himself up. So maybe someone bumped him off?

[[WMG: Freddie The Frog had a second son.]]
Rodney's parentage was hinted at in the "The Frog's Legacy" and confirmed during "Sleepless in Peckham" - Reg Trotter was not his father; instead it was Freddie Robdal, a professional criminal. We know this man to be quite the raunchy type, with dominant genetic features, so it stands to reason that Joan Trotter was not the only woman he romanced. As a result, this troper believes that Freddie had ''another'' son prior to his death - a near-spitting image of Rodney who became a small-time criminal in his own right, and whose mother named him ''David''. See where this is going?
* What could possibly cause Trigger, a man who otherwise manages to everyone else's name right, to get Rodney's continually '''''wrong''''' despite being corrected hundreds of times over the course of the series? It's simple. Somewhere else in London, Trigger regularly gets in contact with another buyer of his; Dave. Every time Trigger meets Dave, he refers to him as Rodney, only to be corrected. Trigger is not intelligent enough to realise that Dave and Rodney are [[IdenticalTwinMistake not the same person]], and who could blame him? They have the same father.

During the events of "The Frog's Legacy" we are introduced to the humorous revelation the Freddie 'the Frog' Robdal committed suicide in a spectacularly ridiculous way by sitting on his own detonator; killing both himself and his accomplice 'Jelly' Kelly. This sat perfectly well until ’’Rock and Chips’’ when we saw just how cool and confident this seasoned criminal was - clearly not a man stupid enough to blow himself up. So maybe someone bumped him off?
* Perhaps Freddie threatened to take his son (Rodney) or threatened the Trotter family in some way which led to Joan murdering him, or Reg finally grew a pair and got revenge for Freddie sleeping with his wife.

* If that theory were true, it would make Vinny even younger than Rodney, which he clearly isn't. Mind you, that's not to say that he couldn't have gotten a Sicilian pregnant before he met Joan, or cheated on her in the early days of their marriage.
** Vinny could be Albert's son, which would make him Del's first cousin once removed. The notion of Albert having been rather promiscuous during his time in the Navy is alluded to in "Strangers on the Shore" when a lot of the older men in the French town look a bit like him (and, according to the veteran who talks to Del, the British sailors hiding in the town were betrayed to the Germans by the French Resistance because Albert was sleeping with the local girls). His war medals include the Italy Star so he was there at some point during the war and could have got a Sicilian girl pregnant then. Maybe Del and Vinny both take after Albert's father (Del's great-grandfather) in terms of looks. It sounds far fetched, but this is WMG.

Hinted at in the aforementioned "The Frog's Legacy", and confirmed during "Sleepless in Peckham", it is revealed that Reg Trotter was not Rodney's father; instead it was Freddie Robdal, a professional criminal. We know this man to be quite the raunchy type, with dominant genetic features, so it stands to reason that Joan Trotter was not the only woman he had a one-night stand with. As a result, this troper believes that Freddie had a second son prior to his death - a near-spitting image of Rodney who became a small-time criminal in his own right, and whose mother named him ''Dave''. See where this is going?

During the events of "The Frog's Legacy" we are introduced to the humorous revelation the Freddie 'the Frog' Robdal committed suicide in a spectacularly ridiculous way by sitting on his own detonator; killing both himself and his accomplice 'Jelly' Kelly. This sat perfectly well until ‘’Rock and Chips’’ when we saw just how cool and confident this seasoned criminal was - clearly not a man stupid enough to blow himself up. So maybe someone bumped him off?

** Vinny could be Albert's son, which would make him Del's first cousin once removed. The notion of Albert having been rather promiscuous during his time in the Navy is alluded to in "Strangers on the Shore" when a lot of the older men in the French town look a bit like him (and, according to the veteran who talks to Del, the British sailors hiding in the town were betrayed to the Germans ‘’by the French Resistance’’ because Albert was sleeping with the local girls). His war medals include the Italy Star so he was there at some point during the war and could have got a Sicilian girl pregnant then. Maybe Del and Vinny both take after Albert's father (Del's great-grandfather) in terms of looks. It sounds far fetched, but this is WMG.

During the events of "The Frog's Legacy" we are introduced to the humorous revelation the Freddie 'the Frog' Robdal committed suicide in a spectacularly ridiculous way by sitting on his own detonator; killing both himself and his accomplice 'Jelly' Kelly. This sat perfectly well until "Rock and Chips" where we saw just how cool and confident this seasoned criminal was - clearly not a man stupid enough to blow himself up. So maybe someone bumped him off? Perhaps Freddie threatened to take his son (Rodney) or threatened the Trotter family in some way which led to Joan murdering him, or Reg finally grew a pair and got revenge for Freddie sleeping with his wife. Or maybe he was the victim of a criminal rival who'd somehow worked out what Freddie did with the gold from the bank heist and wanted to find it for himself?

** Vinny could be Albert's son, which would make him Del's first cousin once removed. The notion of Albert having been rather promiscuous during his time in the Navy is alluded to in "Strangers on the Shore" when a lot of the older men in the French town look a bit like him (and, according to the veteran who talks to Del, the British sailors hiding in the town were betrayed to the Germans by the French Resistance because Albert was sleeping with the local girls). His war medals include the Italy Star so he was there at some point during the war and could have got a Sicilian girl pregnant then. Maybe Del and Vinny both take after Albert's father (Del's great-grandfather) in terms of looks. It sounds far fetched, but this is WMG.

[[WMG: The "perfect" girl Trigger talks about in 'Strangers on the Shore' was a real girl]]
He knew and was perhaps romantically interested in. Look how oddly specific he is and and how she really isn't extremely attractive like most peoples "perfect" girls.

During the events of 'The Frog's Legacy' we are introduced to the humorous revelation the Freddie the Frog committed suicide in a spectacularly ridiculous way by sitting on his own detonator; killing both himself and his accomplice 'Jelly' Kelly. This sat perfectly well until Rock and Chips where we saw just how cool and confident this seasoned criminal was - clearly not a man stupid enough to blow himself up. So maybe someone bumped him off? Perhaps Freddie threatened to take his son (Rodney) or threatened the Trotter family in some way which led to Joan murdering him, or Reg finally grew a pair and got revenge for Freddie sleeping with his wife. Or maybe he was the victim of a criminal rival who'd somehow worked out what Freddie did with the gold from the bank heist and wanted to find it for himself.

[[WMG: Don Vincenzo 'Vinny the Chain' Occhetti from 'Miami Twice' was Del's half brother.]]

** Vinny could be Albert's son, which would make him Del's first cousin once removed. The notion of Albert being rather promiscuous during his time in the Navy is alluded to in 'Strangers on the Shore' when a lot of the older men in the French town look a bit like him. His war medals include the Italy Star so he was there at some point during the war and could have got a Sicilian girl pregnant then. Maybe Del and Vinny both take after Albert's father (Del's great-grandfather) in terms of looks. It sounds far fetched, but this is WMG.

Hinted at in the aforementioned ''A Frog's Legacy'', and confirmed during ''Sleepless in Peckham'', it is revealed that Reg Trotter was not Rodney's father; instead it was Freddie Robdal, a professional criminal. We know this man to be quite the raunchy type, with dominant genetic features, so it stands to reason that Joan Trotter was not the only woman he had a one-night stand with. As a result, this troper believes that Freddie had a second son prior to his death - a near-spitting image of Rodney who became a small-time criminal in his own right, and whose mother named him ''Dave''. See where this is going?

If Grandad and Reg are anything to go by, hard work is not something that comes naturally to the Trotters. Del bucked the trend from an early age because he had no choice but to work hard - first in order to bring some money in because Reg was too lazy to do a decent day's work, and later because after Joan died and Reg left, Del was the family's sole breadwinner in addition to being responsible for bringing up Rodney and looking after Grandad. Damien, by contrast, is by the time of 'Sleepless in Peckham' a spoilt brat with no apparent motivation to work hard and whose trading/wheeling-and-dealing abilities are likely to be over-estimated by his doting father who believes he can do no wrong.

[[WMG:Freddie The Frog Was Murdered]]
During the events of ''A Frogs Legacy'' we are introduced to the humorous revelation the Freddie the Frog committed suicide in a spectacularly ridiculous way by sitting on his own detonator; killing both himself and his accomplice Kelly the Jelly. This sat perfectly well until Rock and Chips where we saw just how cool, confident and seasoned professional criminal the man was - not a man stupid enough to blow himself up. Either Freddie threatens to take his son (Rodney) or threatens the Trotter family which leads to Joan murdering him OR Reg finally grows a pair and gets some payback for Freddie sleeping with his wife. Or maybe he was murdered by a criminal rival who had worked out what Freddie did with the gold from the bank heist and wanted it for himself.

[[WMG: Vinny the Chain was Del's half brother.]]

* If that theory were true, it would make Vinny even younger than Rodney, which he clearly isn't. Mind you, that's not to say that he couldn't have gotten a Sicilian pregnant ''before'' he met Joan, or cheated on her in the early days of their marriage.
** Vinny could be Albert's son, which would make him Del's first cousin once removed. The notion of Albert being rather promiscuous during his time in the Navy is alluded to in 'Strangers on the Shore' when a lot of the older men in the French town look a bit like him. His war medals include the Italy Star so he was there at some point during the war and could have got a Sicilian girl pregnant then. Maybe Del and Vinny both take after Albert's father (Del's great-grandfather) in terms of looks. It's far fetched but this is WMG.

If Grandad and Reg are anything to go by, hard work is not something that comes naturally to the Trotters. Del only worked hard from an early age because he had no choice but to work hard - first in order to bring some money in because Reg was too lazy to do a decent day's work, and later because after Joan died and Reg left, Del was the family's sole breadwinner in addition to being responsible for bringing up Rodney and looking after Grandad. Damien, by contrast, is by the time of 'Sleepless in Peckham' a spoilt brat with no apparent motivation to work hard and whose trading/wheeling-and-dealing abilities are likely to be over-estimated by his doting father who believes he can do no wrong.

[[WMG: Damien will never be as good a market trader as Del.]]

** He could be Albert's son, which would make him Del's first cousin once removed. Albert's war medals include the Italy Star so he was there at some point during the war and could have got a Sicilian girl pregnant then. Maybe Del and Vinny both take after Albert's father (Del's great-grandfather) in terms of looks, it's far fetched but this is WMG.

[[WMG: Damien will never be as good a marker trader as Del.]]
If Grandad and Reg are anything to go by, hard work is not something that comes naturally to the Trotters. Del only worked hard from an early age because he had no choice but to work hard - first in order to bring some money in because his father was bone-idle, and then because after Joan died and Reg left, he was the family's sole breadwinner in addition to being responsible for brining up Rodney and looking after Grandad. Damien, by contrast, is by the time of 'Sleepless in Peckham' a spoilt brat with no apparent motivation to work hard and whose wheeling-and-dealing abilities are likely to be over-estimated by his doting father who believes he can do no wrong.

** He could be Albert's son, which would make him Del's first cousin once removed. Albert's war medals include the Italy Star so he was there during the war and could have got a Sicilian girl pregnant then. Maybe Del and Vinny both take after Albert's father (Del's great-grandfather) in terms of looks, it's far fetched but this is WMG.

* What could possibly cause Trigger, a man who otherwise manages to everyone else's name right, to get Rodney's continually '''''wrong''''' despite being corrected hundreds of times over the course of the series? It's simple. Somewhere else in London, Trigger regularly gets in contact with another buyer of his; Dave. Every time Trigger meets Dave, he refers to him as Rodney, only to be corrected. Trigger is not intelligent enough to realise that Dave and Rodney are [[IdenticalTwinMistake not the same person]], and who could blame him? They have the same father.

During the events of ''A Frogs Legacy'' we are introduced to the humorous revelation the Freddie the Frog committed suicide in a spectacularly ridiculous way by sitting on his own detonator; killing both himself and his accomplice Kelly the Jelly. This sat perfectly well until Rock and Chips where we saw just how cool, confident and seasoned professional criminal the man was - not a man stupid enough to blow himself up. Either Freddie threatens to take his son (Rodney) or threatens the Trotter family which leads to Joan murdering him OR Reg finally grows a pair and gets some payback for Freddie sleeping with his wife.

** He could've been Albert's grandson. Maybe Del and Reggie take after Albert's own father, it's far fetched but this is WMG.

** He could've been Albert's grandson. Maybe Del and Reggie take after Albert's own father, it's far fetched but this is WMG.

* If that theory were true, it would make Vinny even younger than Rodney, which he clearly isn't. Mind you, that's not to say that he couldn't have gotten a Sicilian pregnant ''before'' he met Joan, or cheated on her in the early days of their marriage.

[[WMG: The "perfect" girl Trigger talks about in 'To Hull and Back' was a real girl]]

Sometime after his dad leaves, he heads over to Sicily or meets a Sicilian tourist and impregnates her, only to walk out on her also.

* [[RealLifeWritesThePlot Tragically]], we will never know.

During the events of ''A Frogs Legacy'' we are introduced to the humorous revelation the Freddie the Frog committed suicide in a spectacularly ridiculous way by sitting on his own detonator; killing both himself and his accomplice Kelly the Jelly. This sat perfectly well until Rock and Chips where we saw just how cool, confident and seasoned professional criminal the man was - not a man stupid enough to blow himself up. Either Freddie threatens to take his son (Rodney) or threatens the Trotter family which leads to Joan murdering him OR Reg finally grows a pair and gets some payback for Freddie sleeping with his wife.

During the events of ''A Frogs Legacy'' we are introduced to the humourous revelation the Freddie the Frog commited suicide in a spectacularly ridiculous way by sitting on his own detonator; killing both himself and his acomplice Kelly the Jelly. This sat perfectly well until Rock and Chips where we saw just how cool, confident and seasoned professional criminal the man was - not a man stupid enough to blow himself up. Either Freddie threatens to take his son (Rodney) or threatens the Trotter family which leads to Joan murdering him OR Reg finally grows a pair and gets some payback for Freddie sleeping with his wife.