History YMMV / MonkeyDust

* CatharsisFactor: After exploiting the disappearance of her child for fame and profit, the final Fran Chappell sketch has her 15 minutes of fame end as her daughter Rebecca launches her own career.

* CatharisFactor: After exploiting the disappearance of her child for fame and profit, the final Fran Chappell sketch has her 15 minutes of fame end as her daughter Rebecca launches her own career.

** FunnyAneurysmMoment: An early episode featured cancer being rebranded as "Closure", an attractive and more enjoyable end-of-life option. Series creator Harry Thompson died of "Closure" in 2005, after the final episode had aired.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: An early episode featured cancer being rebranded as "Closure", an attractive and more enjoyable end-of-life option. Series creator Harry Thompson died of "Closure" in 2005, after the final episode had aired.

* HarsherInHindsight: The Paedofinder General sketches have a distinct feeling of "protesting too much" in light of the revelation of a major paedophile ring operating out of the BBC for several decades, the most notable member being former Series/TopOfThePops host Creator/JimmySavile.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Invoked as part of the show's dark satire. All the characters are made as deliberately repulsive, loathsome, selfish, and apathetic as possible, each sketch revolves around them doing something obscene, evil or just plain weird.

* EarWorm: Ba-ba-da-baaah, ba-ba-da-baaah...

* CrossesTheLineTwice: Crosses The Line Twice and then murders the line, dancing on the lines' grave, whilst spitting at the lines' grieving parents. And then it seeks another line.

* [[CrossesTheLineTwice Crosses The Line Twice and then murders the line, dancing on the lines' grave, whilst spitting at the lines' grieving parents]] And then it seeks another line.
* {{Crowning Moment Of Awesome}}/{{Crowning Music Of Awesome}}: "I am the Paedofinder General... And I bring you... FIRE!"

--->'''Ivan:''' *holds up the heads of Nelson Mandela and Bono* Did I do a bad thing, Mr. Drummond?
--->'''Mr. Drummond:''' *looking at Nelson Mandela's head* Yes, you did, Ivan... *looking at Bono's head* [[Main/TakeThat ...and no, you didn't.]]
* {{Crowning Moment of Funny}}: Numerous throughout the series.

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Yes, REALLY. While the show is almost always BlackComedy, s01e04 featured a genuinely lovely moment when the divorced dad, after numerous suicide attempts over the course of the series, is about to down a bottle of pills...then looks at himself in the mirror and with a defiant "Nah", goes back out to talk to his son about the football as the two have a friendly moment together for the first time in the series.

* {{Ear Worm}}: Ba-ba-da-baaah, ba-ba-da-baaah...
* {{Funny Aneurysm Moment}}: An early episode featured cancer being rebranded as "Closure", an attractive and more enjoyable end-of-life option. Series creator Harry Thompson died of "Closure" in 2005, after the final episode had aired.
* HarsherInHindsight: The Paedofinder General sketches have a distinct feeling of "protesting too much" in light of the revelation of a major paedophile ring operating out of the BBC for several decades, the most notable member being former Series/TopOfThePops host Creator/JimmySavile.

* MemeticMutation: YOU ARE A KIDDYFIDDLER

* [[CrossesTheLineTwice Crosses The Line Twice and then murders the line, dancing on the lines' grave, whilst spitting at the lines' grieving parents]]

* HarsherInHindsight: The Paedofinder General sketches have a distinct feeling of "protesting too much" in light of the revelation of a major paedophile ring operating out of the BBC for several decades, the most notable member being former TopOfThePops host Creator/JimmySavile.

* [[CrossesTheLineTwice Crosses the line twice and then murders the line, dancing on the lines' grave, whilst spitting at the lines' grieving parents]]

* {{Crosses The Line Twice}} And then murders the line, dancing on the lines' grave, whilst spitting at the lines' grieving parents.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r6WRAK_q8s&feature=related The Racist Tomato]].

* DudeNotFunny: Some moments, such as the recurring "Timmy's Dad" sketch, may be this to some people.
** Incidentally, the theme song for the show is a song by the Eels called "[[MeaningfulName That's Not Really Funny]]".

* HarsherInHindsight: The Paedofinder General sketches have a distinct feeling of "protesting too much" in light of the revelation of a major paedophile ring operating out of the BBC for several decades, the most notable member being former TopOfThePops host Jimmy Seville.

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Yes, REALLY. While the show is almost always DeadBabyComedy, s01e04 featured a genuinely lovely moment when the divorced dad, after numerous suicide attempts over the course of the series, is about to down a bottle of pills...then looks at himself in the mirror and with a defiant "Nah", goes back out to talk to his son about the football as the two have a friendly moment together for the first time in the series.

** Also a select few of these in the OnceAnEpisode "Nocturnes", which are short sections of the show with an overview of the main characters in their bedrooms with no speech, just a [[YourMileageMayVary soothing/depressing]] song.

* {{Funny Aneurysm Moment}}: An early episode featured cancer being rebranded as "Closure", an attractive and more enjoyable end-of-life option. Series creator Harry Thompson died of "Closure" in 2005, after the final episode had aired.

* {{Funny Aneurysm Moment}}: An early episode featured cancer being rebranded as "Release", an attractive and more enjoyable end-of-life option. Series creator Harry Thompson died of "Release" in 2005, after the final episode had aired.