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* BitchInSheepsClothing: The Perfects! Oh boy, the Perfects!

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%% * BitchInSheepsClothing: The Perfects! Oh boy, the Perfects!



* NiceGuy: Eric is probably the nicest character in the series, which makes his suffering a lot worse than it has to be.

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* NiceGuy: NiceGuy:
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Eric is probably the nicest character in the series, which makes his suffering a lot worse than it has to be.



* SheCleansUpNicely: Maria, on the one occasion she makes an effort.
* ShipTease: In "Au Pair", it's hinted Eric and the newly rehabilitated Maria may become an item (despite their age gap) ... shortly before the episode ends.

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%% * SheCleansUpNicely: Maria, on the one occasion she makes an effort.
* ShipTease: ShipTease:
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In "Au Pair", it's hinted Eric and the newly rehabilitated Maria may become an item (despite their age gap) ... shortly before the episode ends.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Just about every character in the show, except for Eric, his kids, and Mrs. Wilson, is a thoroughly unlikable, unsympathetic asshole who you would want nothing to do with.
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Maria can be nice but, mostly, she's a jerk who cares mostly about her booze. When she's rehabilitated in ''Au Pair'', she becomes nicer.

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* {{Jerkass}}: Just about [[WorldOfJerkass every character in the show, show]], except for Eric, his kids, and Mrs. Wilson, is a thoroughly unlikable, unsympathetic asshole who you would want nothing to do with.
** * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Maria can be nice but, mostly, she's a jerk who cares mostly about her booze. When she's rehabilitated in ''Au Pair'', she becomes nicer.
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* TheDitz: Brian. Besides being held back in school for three years, in much of scenes, he's bordering TooDumbToLive, as he's often nomming on something he's not supposed to.

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* TheDitz: Brian. Besides being held back in school for three years, in much of his scenes, he's bordering on TooDumbToLive, as he's often nomming on something he's not supposed to.

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** Mrs. Wilson, though nowhere near as bad as Eric, can never get her envelope in the post box, which always ends up down the sewer.

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** Mrs. Wilson, though nowhere near as bad as Eric, can never get her envelope in the post box, which always ends up down the sewer. And even when she does manage to get it in there, it never manages to stay in.



** Eric: MARIA!!!, GET A MOVE ON!, ALISON! WILL YOU SHUT UP?
** Maria: Oh, go, please!
** Mrs. Wilson: Morning\Afternoon\Evening, Mr. Eric. Just\Still off to the post. Sometimes it's Nearly there! (especially at night) In you go, you little monkey!
** Liz: THIS IS EXACTLY WHY WE SPLIT UP, ERIC!!!
** Alison: I'm busy!
** Mr. Perfect: I will AWAY!!!
** Mrs. Perfect: Ah, Eric!, Hello, Eric. How art thou?
** P.P. bribing Mr. Perfect's job: Catch you later, hero!
** Doc: Eric, relaaaaaaaaaaaaax.

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** Eric: MARIA!!!, "MARIA!!!, GET A MOVE ON!, ALISON! ON!", "ALISON! WILL YOU SHUT UP?
UP?"
** Maria: Oh, "Oh, go, please!
please!"
** Mrs. Wilson: Morning\Afternoon\Evening, "Morning\Afternoon\Evening, Mr. Eric. Just\Still off to the post. post". Sometimes it's Nearly there! "Nearly there!" (especially at night) In "In you go, you little monkey!
monkey!"
** Liz: THIS "THIS IS EXACTLY WHY WE SPLIT UP, ERIC!!!
ERIC!!!"
** Alison: I'm busy!
"I'm busy!", "So I said/He said/She said"
** Mr. Perfect: I "I will AWAY!!!
AWAY!!!"
** Mrs. Perfect: Ah, Eric!, Hello, "Ah, Eric!", "Hello, Eric. How art thou?
thou?" (in a patronizing manner)
** P.P. bribing Mr. Perfect's job: Catch "Catch you later, hero!
hero!"
** Doc: Eric, "Eric, relaaaaaaaaaaaaax."



** Liz is known to be out there with her New Age mindset. Who else tries to make a fanbase for hedgehogs? And there's her husband Caleb.



* ExtremeOmnivore: Brian will eat almost everything from [=VHSes=] to people's hair. Apparently, he has a pica.

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* ExtremeOmnivore: Brian will eat almost everything from [=VHSes=] to people's hair.hair to [[TooDumbToLive fire blankets]]. Apparently, he has a pica.



* {{Jerkass}}: Every single character in the show, except for Eric and his kids, is a thoroughly unlikable, unsympathetic asshole who you would want nothing to do with.

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* {{Jerkass}}: Every single Just about every character in the show, except for Eric and Eric, his kids, and Mrs. Wilson, is a thoroughly unlikable, unsympathetic asshole who you would want nothing to do with.



* MotorMouth: Allison, when she's on the phone. It can just about be made out what she is saying after "So I said".



** Mrs. Wilson is second to Eric in terms of a decent character in the series.

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** Mrs. Wilson is second to Eric in terms of Eric, as she seems to be a decent character in the series.kind old lady who doesn't show hostility to him at all, always greeting him before taking her time to post a letter.



* NotQuiteDead: In "Pony", Eric comes home to see that Brian's hair is alight after he eats a chemistry set, but later in the episode, he's alive and well, because you don't have to kill anyone off forever in fiction!

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* NotQuiteDead: In "Pony", Eric comes home to see that Brian's hair is alight after he eats a chemistry set, but later in the episode, he's alive and well, because you don't have to kill anyone off forever in fiction!well.



** Mrs. Wilson's green letter dropping into the sewer.

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** Mrs. Wilson's green letter dropping into the sewer. Many of them are seen floating down the sewage water in "Tidy".



* ShipTease: In "Au Pair", it's hinted Eric and the newly rehabilitated Maria may become an item ... shortly before the episode ends.

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* ShipTease: In "Au Pair", it's hinted Eric and the newly rehabilitated Maria may become an item ...item (despite their age gap) ... shortly before the episode ends.



* YankTheDogsChain: An incredibly dark example to boot.
** Really, any time things seem to be going well for Eric, you can expect it not to last long.

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* YankTheDogsChain: An incredibly dark example to boot.
** Really, any time things seem to be going well
boot. Whenever something does go Eric's way, it only lasts at least a minute before someone or something ruins it for Eric, you can expect it not to last long.him. And then comes the vein.

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* AmbiguousEnding: In the episode, "Au Pair", does this. Instead of Eric's temple choking him as usual, he and Maria find themselves cornered by one of the failed applicants for the Maria's job, ''driving a tank''. The episode ends with them all screaming. Turns out they live in the [[https://youtu.be/lhvFHVzxzcs: next episode]].

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* AmbiguousEnding: In the episode, "Au Pair", does this. Instead of Eric's temple choking him as usual, he and Maria find themselves cornered by one of the failed applicants for the Maria's job, ''driving a tank''. The episode ends with them all screaming. Turns out they live in the [[https://youtu.be/lhvFHVzxzcs: next episode]].



** Mrs. Wilson, though nowhere near as bad as Eric, can never get her envelope in the post box, which always ends up down the sewer.



** Mrs. Wilson is second to Eric in terms of a decent character in the series.



** The old lady's green letter dropping into the sewer.

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** The old lady's Mrs. Wilson's green letter dropping into the sewer.
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** "Au Pair" ends with Maria finally getting her act together, only for her and the rest of the family to be possibly killed by one of the failed auditionees for her job. Turns they didn't die since they all alive in the [[https://youtu.be/lhvFHVzxzcs: next episode]]. Although this is a prime example of AmbiguousEnding.

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** "Au Pair" ends with Maria finally getting her act together, only for her and the rest of the family to be possibly killed by one of the failed auditionees for her job. Turns they didn't die since they all alive in the [[https://youtu.be/lhvFHVzxzcs: next episode]]. Although this is a prime example of AmbiguousEnding.AmbiguousEnding and OutOfOrder ("Au Pair" was the last episode produced, but it aired before "Drool").
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* NiceGuy: Eric is probably the nicest character in the series, which makes his suffering a lot worse than it has to be.
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* AmbiguousEnding: In the episode, "Au Pair", does this. Instead of Eric's temple choking him as usual, he and Maria find themselves cornered by one of the failed applicants for the Maria's job, ''driving a tank''. The episode ends with them all screaming. Turns they live in the [[https://youtu.be/lhvFHVzxzcs: next episode]]

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* AmbiguousEnding: In the episode, "Au Pair", does this. Instead of Eric's temple choking him as usual, he and Maria find themselves cornered by one of the failed applicants for the Maria's job, ''driving a tank''. The episode ends with them all screaming. Turns out they live in the [[https://youtu.be/lhvFHVzxzcs: next episode]] episode]].
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Think modern life is stressful? Well, just be thankful that you're not Eric Feeble, the perpetually struggling, forty-something and unfortunate star of this short-lived British black comedy animated series, and arguably one of the darkest shows ever made in this category. The series lasted for 13 episodes over two seasons, both broadcast on [[Creator/TheBBC BBC Two]] in 1998 and 2000, respectively;[[note]]The first season was briefly broadcast (albeit partially redubbed and edited) in August 1998 on Creator/{{NBC}} in the United States.[[/note]] the first season (but ''not'' the second) was co-produced by Creator/KlaskyCsupo.

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Think modern life is stressful? Well, just be thankful that you're not Eric Feeble, the perpetually struggling, forty-something and unfortunate star of this short-lived British black comedy BlackComedy animated series, and arguably one of the darkest shows ever made in this category. The series lasted for 13 episodes over two seasons, both broadcast on [[Creator/TheBBC BBC Two]] in 1998 and 2000, respectively;[[note]]The first season was briefly broadcast (albeit partially redubbed and edited) in August 1998 on Creator/{{NBC}} in the United States.[[/note]] the first season (but ''not'' the second) was co-produced by Creator/KlaskyCsupo.

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