Line #126 Characters/OnlyFoolsAndHorses


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2	[[folder:Derek Edward "Del Boy" Trotter]]
3	[[quoteright:224:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/del_boy.jpg]]
4	->'''Played by''': Creator/DavidJason (''Only Fools and Horses'') / James Buckley (''Rock and Chips'')
5	* AntiHero: Arguably the most famous roguish hero in British television.
6	* BigBrotherInstinct: He may tease Rodney to no end but he'll always look out for him.
7	* BigBrotherMentor: To Rodney. After their dad abandoned them, Del had to raise Rodney and teach him everything he knew.
8	* BizarreTasteInFood: His favourite cocktails include Baileys and cherryade, Tia Maria and Lucozade, and blackcurrant & Pernod.
9	* BookDumb: He was always more interested in making money down the market than school, which for him was mostly a way to hang out with his friends. He has a shockingly poor grasp of just about every academic subject, save for maths where his decades of wheeling and dealing have left him with fantastic mental arithmetic. Despite all this he is an excellent GuileHero, able to outwit people much better educated and successful than himself. One memorable instance involved him confessing to a crime moments after receiving a legally binding declaration that he couldn't be arrested for his involvement with it. His BookDumb nature means that he is so frequently wrong about things that when he is secretly acting out one of his brilliant plans, even the ''audience'' is fooled.
10	* [[BrainsAndBrawn Brawn]]: To Rodney's Brains.
11	* {{Character Catchphrase}}: At least once per episode, count on at least one of them:
12	** "Lovely-jubbly!"
13	** "He who dares wins!"
14	** "This time next year we'll be millionaires!"
15	** "You know it makes sense!"
16	** "Cushty!"
17	** Creative variations of "Plonker" or "Wally"
18	* CrookedContractor: He has been known to dabble in this when the market trading isn't going so well. In the episode "Who's A Pretty Boy Then?", after stealing the job of painting Denzil's flat from Brendan O'Shaughnessy, he then offers his services when Mike says the brewery want the pub painted. Mike says Brendan has already put in a bid of a thousand pounds. Del immediately offers a counterbid of ''two'' thousand pounds.
19	-->'''Mike''': Hang about, hang about. Why should I turn down an offer of £1000 and accept one of £2000?\
20	'''Del Boy''': 'Cos of all the advantages it has to offer, like my unique profit-sharing scheme. The two thousand pounds would be disbursed thus: Five hundred pounds for vous, and five hundred pounds for ve.\
21	'''Mike''': What, you mean I get five hundred quid?\
22	'''Del Boy''': Oh, yes.\
23	'''Mike''': And what about the thousand that's left over?\
24	'''Del Boy''': We give that to the Irishman and let him do the job!
25	** Also done in the famous episode "A Touch of Glass". Del and company offer to clean some chandeliers at a wealthy lord's mansion, and most obviously don't know a thing about how to do so. Cue [[FallingChandelierOfDoom Falling Chandelier]] and hasty retreat.
26	* DelusionsOfEloquence: He uses French words and phrases (never in the right context), and sometimes long English words, in an effort to sound sophisticated, knowledgeable and/or upper-class. He fails.
27	* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: If he didn't try to swindle and cut corners at every chance he got, he'd end up a lot richer.
28	* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Bad is perhaps pushing it, but he is absolutely devoted to the memory of his late mother Joannie. He sees her as truly TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth, never allowing a single bad word to be said about her in earshot and completely obliviously ignoring several details suggesting she really wasn't all he cracks her up to be -- like the fact she was the first woman on the estate to smoke menthol cigs, and that she was often seen in the pub hanging with shady-looking men. And in ''Series/RockAndChips'', where Joan is the main character, you find out she was every bit as devious and cunning as Del is now, though also CloserToEarth and quite a bit more kindhearted. She has an affair with Freddie while married to Reg (though Reg's neglectful, crude, lazy and at times abusive attitude allows Joan to be painted sympathetically for it) and uses the resulting pregnancy (Rodney) to secure the family a better home at Nelson Mandela House.
29	* EveryoneHasStandards: He sells dodgy goods, but he draws the line at selling actual harmful stuff, like drugs and guns.
30	* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench[=/=]GratuitousFrench: Would-be yuppie Del Boy is in the habit of throwing French words into his sentences even though he doesn't know what they mean. A full list can be found [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/onlyfools/lingo/euro.shtml here]].
31	* FatalFlaw: Shortsightedness. A lot of the Trotter's problems are the result of Del's own inability to consolidate, or commit to, any long term investments and always pursuing [[DickDastardlyStopsToCheat get rich quick schemes]], such as when he conned a band Rodney was a part of, before then convincing his brother to quit them, who later made it to the charts. It's little wonder no matter how many windfalls they land, Trotter's Independent Traders [[StatusQuoIsGod always ends up with money troubles.]]
32	* GuileHero: Del often demonstrated enough savvy to come out on top after a whole episode of apparent failures.
33	* IChooseToStay: In the Series 5 finale "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?", he decides to stay in England with Rodney and Albert, rather than go to Australia with his old friend Jumbo Mills to run a car business.
34	* IconicOutfit: Brown trader's coat, chequered flat cap, blue or red undershirt, gold neck chain and a cigar in hand/mouth.
35	* {{Jerkass}}: Sometimes slips from JerkWithAHeartOfGold to full-on {{Jerkass}}. His behaviour in "A Royal Flush" -- deliberately going out of his way to sabotage Rodney's budding relationship with Victoria -- went on to be an ongoing source of OldShame for writer John Sullivan but it's by no means the only example. There's also "Wanted", in which he manages — ''for a laugh'' — to convince an obviously distressed Rodney that he's wanted for attempted rape, when he had in fact encountered an escaped mental patient with a history of making false accusations. Even Grandad calls him out on that one.
36	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Del Boy is self-centred, boorish, uneducated, a social climber (and a totally incompetent one at that) and a petty criminal, but he does genuinely care for the people he loves and has been shown to be quite sensitive at times.
37	* KarmaHoudini: Zig-zagged throughout the series. Sometimes his schemes pay off, sometimes they fail but Del manages to avoid any ill-effects, and sometimes they blow up spectacularly in his face. On a larger scale, he spends nearly the entire run of the series avoiding paying any income tax or VAT. This ultimately leads to his empire collapsing between the 1996 and 2001--2003 trilogies, resulting in the taxman coming down on him like a ton of bricks, and Del ending up with a suspended prison sentence. He ultimately ends up being saved from this fate thanks to an inheritance from Uncle Albert, though has to use the lion's share of that to keep himself out of prison.
38	* LoveableRogue: He's thoroughly crooked and untrustworthy but undeniably likeable nonetheless.
39	* {{Malaproper}}: He's constantly botching simple words and phrases, e.g. "statellite" instead of "satellite".
40	* ManipulativeBastard: He uses emotional blackmail to get Rodney to do his bidding ''a lot''. A more positive instance happens when Slater first shows up, where after being suspected of stealing a microwave (which he did), Slater threatens that if he doesn't reveal who stole the microwave he would not only send Del to jail, but also set Rodney up to be sent there as well and tell the local gangs of Grandad being alone in the flat. What does Del Boy do? He uses Slater's own ego and desire to get one over on Del against him by convincing Slater to give him, Rodney and Grandad immunity from prosecution (which Slater himself states that they have less chance of being convicted than the Queen) before revealing that he did it, much to Slater's horror.
41	* NeverMyFault: Del always blames poor Rodney for his mistakes.
42	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: This was essentially Del throughout the story arc surrounding Rodney and Cassandra. Rodney's act of jealousy may have been the igniting spark, but practically everything else that almost pushes the couple to a messy divorce is on Del.
43	* PanickyExpectantFather: In "Three Men, a Woman, and a Baby".
44	* PapaWolf: Del is not afraid to protect his family from any incoming jerkasses, as shown in "No Greater Love", "May the Force Be With You", and "Little Problems".
45	* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Del is occasionally quite homophobic, though this aspect of his character is always PlayedForLaughs, and usually contrasted with Rodney mocking him for it. To his credit when he accidentally assaults Raquel's roommate, thinking he was keeping her under his thumb to stay in his stage act, he immediately apologizes when it's spelled out to him she is in no way his type.
46	* PromotionToParent: Del was forced to become the father-figure to Rodney, after their mother died and their father callously abandoned them.
47	* RefugeInAudacity: [[invoked]] As one of the show's running gags, Del openly flirts with Boycie's wife Marlene in every scene they share, [[FlirtatiousSmackOnTheAss often going so far as to feel her up]] or kiss her for much longer than necessary, all to piss Boycie off. Marlene doesn't mind at all and while Boycie certainly does, he always looks on indignantly instead of speaking up against it. Considering Marlene's [[ReallyGetsAround reputation]], it's likely she and Del were once intimate.
48	* StatusQuoIsGod: For a few years, he achieved his ultimate goal of becoming a millionaire after the show's intended GrandFinale. However, when the show returned for another trilogy of specials, Del is back to being poor thanks to losing all his money in the stock market crash. John Sullivan's simple explanation is that he doesn't find rich people funny.
49	* ToxicFriendInfluence: To Denzil. When Corrine listed a number of times that Del had screwed him over and conned him into joining one of his failed get-rich-quick schemes, Denzil's simple reply?
50	-->'''Denzil''': Yeah I know, but he's a mate!
51	** In some ways, he's this to his brother Rodney. At one point, Rodney is trying to defend his brother to his wife by saying, "Look, I agree that Del can get a bit out of hand, but I think it's unfair to say that everything he touches goes wrong." At this point the bus behind him promptly explodes due to a faulty radio Del installed over the main fuel line. Some of his more notable exploits have been things like convincing Rodney that he is the "man of the house", causing him to break his wife's boss' nose, and convincing Rodney to stay on a trip with him despite the fact that Rodney, 26, will have to pretend he's 14 the entire time he's there.
52	* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Averted. He has many of the common traits of the typical UCP, including ambition that far exceeds his ability, criminal tendencies, substance abuse (of the cigarettes and alcohol variety), is a JerkAss and has a complete shopping list of personality flaws. However, his unflappable optimism, [[PapaWolf highly protective attitude to his friends and family]] and the occasional glimpse that under the surface he can actually be quite sensitive make him a very sympathetic character for all his failings.
53	* VictoryIsBoring: Almost immediately after [[spoiler:achieving everything he ever wanted by becoming filthy rich, he begins to miss the challenge of life. Despite realising that money hasn't made him happy, he pledges to aim to become a billionaire by investing in the stock markets, which leads to his downfall a few years later. He quickly re-acclimatises back to his old modest lifestyle, however.]]
54	* WellDoneSonGuy: Even after her death, it's very clear that ''everything'' Del does is because he wants to make his Mum proud.
55	* WhatTheHellHero: His manipulative attempt to flog a naive German girl's baby to Boycie and Marlene is treated as a bridge too far as even Albert condemns him for it.
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58	[[folder:Rodney Charlton Trotter]]
59	[[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rodney_0.jpg]]
60	->'''Played by''': Creator/NicholasLyndhurst
61	* AntiHero: A Classical example.
62	* AuthorAvatar: To John Sullivan, who was also a dreamer and idealist in his youth, as well as had an older sibling
63	* BigLittleBrother: To Del.
64	* [[BrainsAndBrawn Brains]]: To Del Boy's Brawn. It's rather {{Subverted}} though, since Rodney is nowhere near as smart as he thinks he is and is usually more of a hindrance to Del's schemes.
65	* ButtMonkey: Since Del both uses and teases him quite a lot.
66	* CharacterDevelopment: He never entirely rids himself of his initial naïveté, but as time passes, he develops a compensatory degree of cynicism.
67	* TheChewToy
68	* CloserToEarth
69	* DeadpanSnarker: He has a sharp tongue, if not always a sharp mind.
70	* DoggedNiceGuy
71	* DumbassHasAPoint: He is painfully naive next to Del, but is often the first to point out the cracks in Del's hair-brained schemes from either an ethical standpoint, a practical standpoint or both, and he's usually right at the end. Subverted, in that he often willingly goes along with Del's schemes and suffers the consequences accordingly.
72	* EmbarrassingMiddleName: Rodney ''Charlton'' Trotter. At his wedding, the audience can't stop laughing at it so it ends up being omitted from Cassandra's vows. Made all the more embarrassing by the fact that, despite Rodney's insistence that his middle name was inspired by Creator/CharltonHeston, it actually came about because his mother Joannie was a fan of football club Charlton Athletic.
73	* TheHeart
74	* HeroicBSOD: Went through a fortnight-long one after Cassandra miscarried in the second episode of the 1996 Christmas trilogy, "Modern Men", until Del helped him get over it in the third chapter, "Time On Our Hands".
75	* {{Hypocrite}}: Played for laughs, in that he'll often criticise Del's schemes but go along with them anyway.
76	* IdiotHero: Mainly in the earlier seasons. While Rodney is the moral centre of the series, he really can be a 5-star, 42-carat '''plonker''' sometimes, and is usually a few steps behind his brother.
77	* LukeIAmYourFather: In the 2003 OFAH Christmas special and final episode "Sleepless in Peckham", Rodney discovers through an old photograph of the 1960 Jolly Boys' Outing that his biological father is not Reg Trotter, but rather gentleman thief Freddie "The Frog" Robdal. Needless to say, he's "played" by Nicholas Lyndhurst, who took the role for real in ''Rock And Chips''.
78	* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: When the story about Freddie the Frog first comes out, it's quite clear that Rodney suspects the truth. This is eventually confirmed later in the series.
79	* NotSoAboveItAll: Doesn't like Del's plans, but often shows himself willing to take part in them. Well-demonstrated in "Friday the 14th" where he tells Del how immoral Salmon-poaching is, then when Del says he and Grandad will split the money between them, Rodney replies "Now I didn't say I wouldn't come."
80	* OnlySaneMan
81	* PhraseCatcher: Gets called a "plonker" by Del when he screws up.
82	* SoapboxSadie: He's often going on about social issues to the interest of absolutely no-one.
83	* StraightMan: More pronounced in the first half of the show's run, where he was this to Del and Grandad (and later Uncle Albert), though occasionally his naivety would be contrasted with Del's experience and more streetwise nature. In latter episodes Raquel mostly took over the role, with Rodney becoming more bumbling and awkward, though he was still the saner one of him and Del.
84	* TokenGoodTeammate: Whereas Grandad and Albert were more willing to look the other way when it came to Del's hooky goods, and even Raquel could overlook it if it meant having food on the table, Rodney usually has issues. Not that Del ever pays the slightest bit of attention.
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87	[[folder:Edward Kitchener "Ted / Grandad" Trotter]]
88	[[quoteright:190:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/grandad.jpg]]
89	->'''Played by''': Creator/LennardPearce (''Only Fools and Horses'') / Phil Daniels (''Rock and Chips'')
90	%%* ButtMonkey
91	* CordonBleughChef: His habit of utterly carbonizing anything he cooks leads to Del and Rodney eating out as often as possible. After Grandad dies, it turns out that Del is actually a fairly competent (if rather limited) cook, but let Grandad handle the Trotters' cooking just so that he wouldn't feel useless.
92	* TheDitz: In his old age, he isn't all there, bless him. [[ObfuscatingStupidity Or so he'd have you think.]]
93	* NoNameGiven: Grandad's first name "Ted" was only revealed in the OFAH book series ''The Bible of Peckham'' and the pilot episode of ''Rock And Chips''.
94	* ObfuscatingStupidity: He can play the part of a harmless, senile old man so well that he can sometimes fool his grandsons into doing what he wants. It's not all an act, though - he usually makes silly mistakes that blow his own cover.
95	* OpenMouthInsertFoot: In a show where most characters have bad habits of saying the worst possible things at the worst possible times, Grandad is the most frequent culprit.
96	* RetiredBadass: "Badass" is probably pushing it but he was a gunrunner and mercenary during the Spanish civil war.
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99	[[folder:Uncle Albert Gladstone Trotter]]
100	[[quoteright:160:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/uncle_albert.jpg]]
101	->'''Played by''': Buster Merryfield
102	%%* ButtMonkey: More so than Grandad.
103	* CaptainCrash: It's a running joke that every ship he ever served on has sunk, including in ''peacetime''.
104	* {{Character Catchphrase}}: "During the war..."
105	* CharacterTics: Jolting his head back and forth when he speaks, like some kind of avian.
106	* ContrastingReplacementCharacter: Grandad was infirm, somewhat senile and was an army veteran. Albert was a spry and active navy veteran.
107	* DuringTheWar: His catchphrase (see above) is the trope namer.
108	* DivergentCharacterEvolution: Started off as a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute for Grandad. Since Buster Merryfield's health was much better than Lennard Pierce's, he soon started to be portrayed as being more physically capable and less of a CloudCuckoolander than Grandad. His Navy background also played a more important part in episodes.
109	* DreadfulMusician: He certainly isn't the best pianist around, but Mike tolerates his piano playing on the grounds that it prevents people from noticing that the Nag's Head's jukebox has been broken for years. His singing, however, is more of an issue:
110	--> ''Albert is playing the piano and singing in the pub (badly)''
111	-->'''Mike:''' Why does he do it?
112	-->'''Boycie:''' God knows. I suppose at some point some sod told him he could play the piano.
113	-->'''Mike:''' Yeah, and I'd like to meet the git who told him he could sing!
114	* HollywoodToneDeaf: Despite the other characters making mention of how terrible he is at playing the piano, in real-life Buster Merryfield had played the piano since he was a young man, meaning that Albert at worst comes across as someone with natural talent who's just a bit out of practice. Even when he sings, he's at least able to keep in tune with what he's playing. John Sullivan evidently recognized this after a while, with Albert frequently shown leading sing-alongs in the pub, and Mike being the only one who really complains.
115	* InflationaryDialogue: In the episode "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Uncle", he arrives at the flat with a black eye and no money. He says he's been mugged by a gang of youths, but the number increases every time he tells the story. It turns out he lost the money playing dominoes, and then got in a punch-up with his opponent Knock-Knock over Marlene's mother.
116	* InSeriesNickname: "Boomerang Trotter", for his ability to come back from any ship sinking. Rodney, on the other hand, thinks "Jonah" would be more appropriate [[note]] in this context, Jonah refers to the ''[[ComicBook/TheBeano Beano]]'' character, who had a similar habit of sinking ships, rather than the one from Literature/TheBible [[/note]].
117	* LargeHam: ''Only Fools'' has its fair share of larger-than-life characters, but Albert arguably takes the cake.
118	* LethalChef: Downplayed; compared to Grandad he's much more competent when it comes to cooking, but he's still capable of making major screw-ups, like mixing up coffee and gravy granules.
119	* MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds: Albert's sunk every ship he ever sailed on, with the exception of only the ship the Trotters use to get to Amsterdam in "To Hull and Back".
120	* OnlySaneMan: He steps into this role sometimes.
121	* ReallyGetsAround: In "Strangers on the Shore" its mentioned that while hiding in a village during the war he had numerous affairs, leading to the French Resistance betraying the sailors to the Germans. Del and Rodney then notice a lot of men in the village bear a resemblance to Albert.
122	* SanityBall: He was occasionally capable of acting as the voice of reason, most notably in "Tea for Three." In death, this ends up giving the Trotters their happy ending, as him making much wiser investments with his fortune than Del and Rodney and leaving them in his will allowed them to get a large sum of their wealth back.
123	* SeadogBeard: His appearances led to many comparisons with Captain Birdseye.
124	* StagedPedestrianAccident: In the episode "Hole in One" he used a variant; using his parachute training to fall safely down open pub cellars.
125	* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: For Grandad. More blatant in his first few appearances, in which he was literally filling Lennard Pierce's role. His very first episode even involved reshooting a scene Pierce had already shot. (Notable for introducing some FridgeLogic too - Grandad had been in the army, but Albert somehow got parachute training in the ''Navy''.)
126	* UndyingLoyalty: Despite the obvious bickering, Albert quickly became close to the Trotters out of gratitude for taking him in (as well as looking after his brother in his final years). He repays them even in death, as the Trotters discover he had left all his savings to them in his will, which had boosted through investments well enough to bring them back into fortune.
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129	[[folder:Rachel "Raquel" Turner]]
130	[[quoteright:190:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/raquel.jpg]]
131	->'''Played by''': Creator/TessaPeakeJones
132	* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: In the 1988 Christmas special "Dates", she was introduced as one of these. She wanted to be an actress, but could only get not-real-acting jobs like strippogram or (in her second appearance) magician's assistant. After meeting Del, she gave up this profession after a StripperCopConfusion at Albert's birthday party.
133	* OnlySaneMan:
134	** She filled this role starting with "Rodney Come Home", always acting as the voice of reason among the Trotter family.
135	** She's the only one to be consistently honest, good-hearted, and unselfish in every appearance. The worst thing she ever does is go along with the Peckham Spring scam in "Mother Nature's Son", and even then it's motivated mostly by helping to cover the costs of the crippling mortgage she and Del have suddenly been saddled with.
136	* ReplacementGoldfish: As per WordOfGod from John Sullivan, Del's main reason for being attracted to her is that she strongly reminds him of his late mother. Ironically, considering what we eventually see in ''Rock and Chips'', Raquel is actually far closer to Del's imagined image of his mother than the real Joanie herself was.
137	* StrawFeminist: While generally not ''too'' obnoxious about it, she does have a habit of ranting about how all men have it easy in life, and how only women ever truly suffer. (And after watching her give birth, Del does kind of see where she's coming from on the second point). And in her defence, the inciting incident is usually an apparently sexist comment from Del [[FawltyTowersPlot that's actually the result of one of his spiralling lies]].
138	* TeamMom: She became this by the later seasons.
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141	[[folder:Cassandra Louise Parry Trotter]]
142	[[quoteright:240:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cassandra_4.jpg]]
143	->'''Played by''': Creator/GwynethStrong
144
145	* MsFanservice: Cassandra often wears outfits which call attention to Creator/GwynethStrong's long, slender legs.
146	* UptownGirl: Her family are better off that the Trotters, although it's made clear that her father comes from a similar background to Del (thus implying that back in the day, her mother was this to her father). She speaks with an RP accent in contrast to Rodney's Cockney dialect.
147	* WomenAreWiser: To much less of an extent than Raquel, though. Cassandra is extremely career-driven and prone to acting like a spoiled brat at times, so both her and Rodney get their chance to be "the wise one" in their conflicts.
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150	[[folder:Damien Derek Trotter]]
151	* BiggerIsBetterInBed: Weirdly, Del makes no less than three innuendo-laden comments that Damien "certainly won't have any trouble" shortly after his birth.
152	* EmbarrassingMiddleName: His middle name is Derek, making his initials DDT, the same as a well-known insecticide. Subverted, since Uncle Albert points out straight away the effect this would have on Damien's initials, but Del and Raquel don't care about it.
153	-->'''Del Boy''': Well, there'll be no flies on him, then, will there?
154	* EnfantTerrible: Parodied — Rodney is convinced that his nephew Damien (the name is not coincidental) is one of these, and acts as if he's with the Anti-Christ anytime he's in the same room as him. The boy's just a normal child, but try telling Rodney that.
155	** One particular scene highlights this; Damien wants to show off a conjuring trick he's learnt, and chooses Rodney to show it to. From Damien's point of view, he's just happily playing with his uncle. Rodney, however, looks as if he's being forced to participate in some kind of satanic ritual.
156	* JiveTurkey: In the final three episodes, he speaks almost exclusively in [[Series/DaAliGShow Ali G]] gangsta language.
157	* MouthyKid: Especially after he hits puberty.
158	* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: His name leads to lots of references to ''Film/TheOmen1976''.
159	* ThePeepingTom: He looks through the keyhole when Cassandra is taking a shower in "If They Could See Us Now".
160	* TagalongKid: It's almost like he was designed to embody a certain unpopular-cartoon-puppy character trope...
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163	[[folder:Joan Mavis "Joannie" Hollins Trotter]]
164	->'''Played by''': Creator/TessaPeakeJones (''Only Fools and Horses'', voice) / Kellie Bright (''Rock and Chips'')
165	* CloserToEarth
166	* DrowningMySorrows: According to Del's 2015 autobiography ''He Who Dares'', Joan fell into drinking heavily after the accidental death of Freddie "The Frog" Robdal.
167	* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Changed her hairstyle four times: the first time was in the pilot episode of ''Rock And Chips'', modelled after Creator/MarilynMonroe; the second time was in the second episode "Five Gold Rings", modelled after Creator/ElizabethTaylor; and the third and fourth times were in the third episode "The Frog and the Pussycat", modelled after Creator/AudreyHepburn and Creator/JaneFonda.
168	* InformedAttractiveness: While Joannie is decent looking, the sheer amount of gushing she gets over her looks, from pretty much everybody, is somewhat disproportionate.
169	* PosthumousCharacter: She's dead by ''Only Fools'', but her influence is always keenly felt.
170	* RunningGag: Whenever Del wants Rodney to do something for him, he always brings up what Joannie said to Del on her death bed. This was [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in the fourth season OFAH episode "It's Only Rock and Roll" when Rodney tells Del about a row they had on whose turn it was to go and get the fish and chips, and Del claimed that Joannie said on her death bed, "Send Rodney for the fish."
171	* SympatheticAdulterer: Reg is neglectful, crude, abusive, and all too happy to sit at home, watch Joan bring home the bacon and then waste her meagre wages down the pub. Is it any wonder she jumps into bed with Freddie Robdal - debonair and attentive, if somewhat unreliable and immoral - the first chance she gets?
172	* TogetherInDeath: With Freddie Robdal.
173	* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: Del considers his mother Joan as having been an example of this. [[spoiler:Subverted big-time in ''Rock and Chips'' where it's revealed that Joan was nearly as devious as her son--if a bit more kind-hearted--and not only did she have an affair which resulted in her becoming pregnant and giving birth to Rodney, she used Rodney's birth to secure the family a better home in Nelson Mandela House]].
174	** Even before ''Rock and Chips'', it was obvious just how oblivious Del was to what type of lady she was. Such as how Joannie was the first woman in Peckham to smoke menthol cigarettes, how she was often to be found ''in the corner of a pub with two geezers'' and of how she used to buy her school aged son alcohol in pubs.
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177	[[folder:Reginald "Reg" Trotter]]
178	->'''Played by''': Peter Woodthorpe (''Only Fools and Horses'') / Shaun Dingwall (''Rock and Chips'')
179	* ArchnemesisDad: His one appearance in ''Only Fools and Horses''; "Thicker Than Water" has him scheme to usurp Del as the Trotter patriarch.
180	* BullyingTheDragon: Del says Reg used to beat him and push him around, until the day Del realised he was big enough to fight back and put Reg in the hospital.
181	* DomesticAbuse: Abused his wife, and his son until the latter was old enough to fight back.
182	* {{Jerkass}}: Even Grandad, his own father, doesn't like him much.
183	* KnightOfCerebus: While he has his humorous moments, his solo appearance in ''Only Fools and Horses'' causes serious tension within the Trotter household.
184	* LaboriousLaziness: He concocts an elaborate scheme to convince Del he is an illegitimate child and shame him into leaving the Trotter household. All largely so he can slink back into the family and mooch off of them.
185	* MilesGloriosus: Del describes him as "a bit of a hard nut" with women and children, but not much bottle when it comes to other men. In ''Rock and Chips'' we see that this is indeed the case, with even Reenie standing up to him during an argument, and Reg backing down when Clayton threatens to get involved.
186	* ShadowArchetype: While Del tries as hard as he can to not end up like Reg (especially as a father), from what little we see of him, it is clear he represents a lot of Del's worst vices; such as his abrasive, manipulative behaviour towards friends and family, moments of selfishness, and [[LaboriousLaziness his preference for elaborate scams over making an honest man of himself]], only without many of the redeeming qualities that keep Del sympathetic, leaning him closer to a full on {{Slimeball}} than the LoveableRogue Del or even Boycie usually is.
187	[[/folder]]
188
189	[[folder:Colin "Trigger" Ball]]
190	[[quoteright:203:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/trigger.jpg]]
191	->'''Played by''': Creator/RogerLloydPack (''Only Fools and Horses'') / Lewis Osborne (''Rock and Chips'')
192	* AccidentalMisnaming: He always calls Rodney "Dave". The show had endless fun with what one might think would be a repetitive gag by coming up with variations such as:
193	--> '''Trigger:''' ''[on the name of Del's unborn son]'' If it's a boy they're naming it Rodney... after Dave.
194	* BreakoutCharacter: He started out as a minor supporting character and became one of the show's most beloved characters.
195	* ButtMonkey: A downplayed example because he's a victim of Del just as often but doesn't appear to realise he's being messed about, happily (though unwittingly) acting to his own detriment in the interests of "helping out a friend". Moreover, Trigger's sporadic attempts at trading usually result in ''Del'' somehow getting screwed over, so they're probably pretty even on that count.
196	* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Trigger initially started as a small time criminal/trader along the same lines as the Trotters before evolving into the CloudCuckooLander he's famous for being.
197	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: To say that he has an odd way of thinking is putting it mildly.
198	* {{Flanderization}}: He started out as merely a bit slow and a bit dim - he called Rodney "Dave", he could be caught out in negotiations, he was socially awkward, etc. Really basic stuff. He was also considered by those who knew him as a man that you shouldn't mess with; in "The Frog's Legacy" even Boycie backed off when Rodney cracked a rude joke about Trigger's aunt Reenie. By the end of the final Christmas trilogy he had become so dumb that he was literally confused by his own ''blinking''.
199	* TheseusShipParadox: Trigger is given a medal for owning the same broom for 20 years, although it has had 17 new heads and 14 new handles. When asked how can it be the same broom, Trigger [[InsaneTrollLogic produces a picture of himself and his broom and asks, "What more proof do you need?"]]
200	** This scene is iconic enough in the UK for the old thought experiment to sometimes be referred to as the "Trigger's Broom Paradox".
201	* TooDumbToLive: His stupidity can be breathtaking, but it allows him to come out with some of the most iconic, memorable lines.
202	[[/folder]]
203
204	[[folder:Denzil Tulser]]
205	[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/denzil.gif]]
206	->'''Played by''': Paul Barber (''Only Fools and Horses'') / Ashley Gerlach (''Rock and Chips'')
207	* ButtMonkey: He's a perpetual victim of Del's schemes. As with every other Running Gag on the show, this is lampshaded no end, with Rodney frequently sympathising with his plight and Denzil himself trying hard to stop it happening.
208	* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In his first episode, he's a stereotypical JiveTurkey. This was thankfully dropped in favour of making him an unlucky everyman.
209	* TheDriver: He's a lorry driver by trade. In "The Jolly Boy's Outing", he has to drive the coach when the driver becomes intoxicated.
210	* HenpeckedHusband: He was one, before his wife Corrine left him.
211	* JiveTurkey: In his first appearance only, as it was immediately realised what a bad idea this was.
212	* MassiveNumberedSiblings: He has five brothers.
213	* NiceGuy: After the swerve in his personality made after his somewhat problematic first appearance, defaults into a decent and likeable chap who just keeps getting roped into Del's shenanigans out of trying to help a friend in a fix.
214	* OnlySaneMan: TheEveryman among the gang at The Nag's Head, who usually ends up suffering thanks to everyone else's antics. Usually when he gets involved with one of Del's schemes, it's because he's been either duped or browbeaten into taking part.
215	* OopNorth: He's from Liverpool.
216	[[/folder]]
217
218	[[folder:Terrance Aubrey "Boycie" Boyce]]
219	[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/boycie.jpg]]
220	->'''Played by''': Creator/JohnChallis (''Only Fools and Horses'') / Stephen Lloyd (''Rock and Chips'')
221	* BreakoutCharacter: He only made singular appearances in the first two series before becoming a permanent fixture.
222	* DelayedReaction: Whenever someone makes a surreptitious slight, he is halfway through his next sentence before he realises.
223	* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: He's a compulsive gambling cheat and everybody knows it. In their iconic poker match, Del sets Boycie up with a clever BatmanGambit relying on Boycie cheating, which he of course does.
224	* EmbarrassingMiddleName: Boycie's middle name is revealed to be Aubrey, and he says that his father always used to call him by it. For some reason, in ''Series/TheGreenGreenGrass'', it's treated as though it were his first name (although this is [[ContinuitySnarl rather inconsistent)]].
225	* FriendlyEnemy: To Del.
226	* HonestJohnsDealership: He's offered Trigger's car as part of a poker bet. His response: "You must be joking, I sold it to him!"
227	* {{Jerkass}}: A comedic version, though his earlier appearances were much more unpleasant.
228	* LovableRogue: He became this in his own series.
229	* SelfMadeMan: He went to school with Del and managed to make himself a millionaire years before Del did.
230	* SignatureLaugh: "HEHEHEHEHEHEH!"
231	* SitcomArchnemesis: To Del, especially in his first two appearances.
232	* SmugSnake: He enjoys lording his greater success over his friends at the Nag's Head.
233	* SpinOff: ''Series/TheGreenGreenGrass''.
234	* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: He's sleazy and smug and there really isn't an awful lot to like about him. Also his moustache is stupid. He became ''slightly'' more sympathetic once he had [[Series/TheGreenGreenGrass his own turn in the spotlight]]. His attempts (and eventual success) to conceive a son were also something a [[MoralityPet small redeeming aspect]].
235	[[/folder]]
236
237	[[folder:Marlene Lane Boyce]]
238	[[quoteright:256:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/marlene.jpg]]
239	->'''Played by''': Sue Holderness
240	* ReallyGetsAround: Heavily implied. It's a RunningGag.
241	--> "We all remember Marlene!"
242	* UnseenNoMore: She is TheGhost for the first three seasons. She is frequently mentioned by the characters, usually to wind up her husband Boycie by implying she'd [[ReallyGetsAround really got around]], but makes her first appearance in Series 4.
243	[[/folder]]
244
245	[[folder:Mike Fisher]]
246	[[quoteright:291:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mike_1.png]]
247	->'''Played by''': Creator/KennethMacDonald
248	* ButtMonkey: Amongst other things, Del sold him a hairdryer that was actually a paint stripper (with predictable results), a deep fat fryer (which exploded) and a fax machine that didn't work.
249	* DeadpanSnarker: Is often ready with a barb whenever Del tries to sell him something, or when Trigger says something stupid.
250	* NotSoAboveItAll: While he's one of the comparatively more honest characters from the series, the first time we see him he agrees on a scheme with Del to, for all intents and purposes, embezzle the brewery. He also indirectly admits more than once to watering down his beer, and is also seen selling Denzil a plate of stew for £1, and then selling a yuppie the exact same meal for £2.50.
251	* StraightMan: Comparatively speaking he's this to the collection of characters who frequent The Nag's Head, though he has more than a few foibles of his own.
252	[[/folder]]
253
254	[[folder:Mickey Pearce]]
255	[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mickey_pearce.jpg]]
256	->'''Played by''': Patrick Murray
257	* CasanovaWannabe: He's often trying to pick up girls, with no success. According to Del, he's had about as much luck with girls, as Albert has with boats (though he is known to occasionally steal Rodney's girlfriends).
258	* DiscoDan: He wears black suits, skinny ties and a porkpie hat, after the Walt Jabsco TwoTone style of the time. It was trendy in 1983 when he made his first appearance, but as the show entered the 90s and 00s, it became a RunningGag that his sense of fashion was seemingly locked in the 80s and refused to budge.
259	* FalseFriend
260	* {{Jerkass}}: Not to Reg's extreme though.
261	* SmugSnake
262	* SmallNameBigEgo
263	* ThoseTwoGuys: With Jevon before the latter's disappearance.
264	* WithFriendsLikeThese
265	[[/folder]]
266
267	[[folder:Sid Robertson]]
268	[[quoteright:256:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sid_9.jpg]]
269	->'''Played by''': Roy Heather
270	* CordonBleughChef: His porridge is known to contain hairs. He himself admits that his food is borderline inedible, and that most of his trade comes from a combination of low prices and a good location next to the Peckham market.
271	* IWasQuiteALooker: As claimed to have been in the 2003 OFAH Christmas special "Sleepless in Peckham" when looking at himself in the photograph of the 1960 Jolly Boys' Outing.
272	* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: He takes over as landlord of the Nag's Head after Mike's imprisonment (and Kenneth [=MacDonald=]'s tragically early death).
273	[[/folder]]
274
275	[[folder:DCI Roy "The Slag" Slater]]
276	[[quoteright:275:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/slater.jpg]]
277	->'''Played by''': Creator/JimBroadbent (''Only Fools and Horses'') / [=Calum MacNab=] (''Rock and Chips'')
278	* BigBad: For the feature-length episode “To Hull and Back”.
279	* ButtMonkey: In the first and second episodes of ''Rock And Chips'', being eternally victimised by Del and all his friends, hence giving him a good reason to join the police force after leaving school.
280	* DirtyCop: The second episode of ''Rock and Chips'', "Five Gold Rings", shows us that after leaving school, Slater immediately joined the police force and started abusing his position to go after Del.
281	--> '''Del''': Now listen here, Slater, I know a lot of coppers and they're all good blokes. I mean, I don't ''like'' 'em, but [[ByTheBookCop they play a fair game]]. And then there's ''you''...
282	* TheDogBitesBack:
283	** Is antagonistic towards the others due to being bullied by them as a child.
284	** Fittingly, he ends up the victim of this himself when his dogsbody, PC Terry Hoskins, sets him up and he gets busted for his diamond-smuggling scheme.
285	* TheDreaded: He's a very eager detective who is a stickler for fine details and wants to solve every case he is involved in. He also used to know the Peckham pack when he was younger so it feels like ItsPersonal. Even his fellow police officers dread him due to his unscrupulous tactics. Even after he comes back from [[spoiler: being in prison]] the others treat him with disdain and reluctance, and he still tries to screw over Del Boy.
286	* EstablishingCharacterMoment: In his very first scene, he tells his old schoolmate Trigger to address him as "Mr Slater" or "Sir", then makes Trig buy him a drink. Then when he's talking to Del, he reveals that he's no longer on speaking terms with his father due to an incident where Slater arrested him for having a broken light on his bicycle. A bicycle which ''Slater lent him''. Of course, these are fairly light-hearted examples. Just how much of a bastard he really is comes later, when he threatens Grandad.
287	* FauxAffablyEvil: In each of his appearances, particularly towards Del.
288	* FromNobodyToNightmare: Went from being the boy who was always made to walk the plank in pirate games to being the one holding the cutlass, so to speak.
289	* HateSink: Loathed by everyone in-universe and out. Even the rest of the police can't stand him.
290	* HeWhoFightsMonsters: A very unpleasant example of the aftermath of childhood bullying.
291	* InspectorJavert: He will nick for anything you've done! In fact he will nick you for anything you '''haven't''' done and he won't let a little thing like "innocence" get in his way!
292	* {{Jerkass}}: He is an extraordinary DirtyCop willing go to anything - and that is ''[[FrameUp anything]]'' - to nick Del Boy, and he is just an awful sort to everybody else he meets ([[DomesticAbuse even his own wife]]).
293	* JerkassHasAPoint: As much of a slimeball as Slater is, in fairness Del Boy and his group were complete tossers to him in childhood. The instance he calls him out on it, Del is completely unapologetic, and acts like Slater was an UngratefulBastard simply because he [[WantsAPrizeForBasicDecency had sporadic moments of not being a total ass to him]]. This doesn't make Slater's present day retaliation any less despicable, but it is only one of several instances the show deconstructed Del Boy's LovableRogue character, with his friends and family making clear that a few redeeming qualities do not make up for being selfish and abrasive the rest of the time.
294	* KickTheDog: In every other scene in which he appears, from petty things like sending his assistant on his break just as the police station canteen closes, to serious offences and actual crimes like blackmail, extortion and threats of PoliceBrutality. Perhaps the biggest moment comes in his first appearance, after Del tells him that he'd rather go to prison than reveal who gave him a stolen microwave. Slater tells him that if he does that, he'll also make sure that Rodney gets convicted on made-up charges of drug possession and ends up with a sentence at least as long as Del's, and to ''really'' put the boot in he also says that he'll use his contacts on the street to make sure the local criminals know that Grandad would be alone and vulnerable.
295	* KnightOfCerebus: For most of his first appearance you might think he's a SitcomArchNemesis, with most of his dirty moves still being rather funny. Then he threatens Del by saying he'll pin the stolen microwaves on him, plant drugs on Rodney (who has a prior conviction, so he'll go to prison this time) and [[ShameIfSomethingHappened then let it be known on the street that Grandad is all alone on the estate now...]] While his downfall is still comical, he's the first character whose threat to Del and family is played entirely seriously.
296	* KubrickStare: Sports a genuinely unnerving one whenever he interrogates the Trotters.
297	* LaserGuidedKarma: He ends up being sent to prison for diamond smuggling after stealing the diamonds from Del and Boycie.
298	* OhCrap: Has a glorious one when Del Boy used his ego and hatred against him in his debut episode, going from smug self-assurance to silent panic in seconds.
299	* RedemptionRejection: In "The Class of '62", Slater, having been convicted and stripped of his badge, appears humbled before Del and the others, leading them to consider letting bygones be bygones. When it is revealed that Raquel was previously married to Slater however, he cannot resist the opportunity to make Del squirm again and bribe him in return for a proper divorce, knowing Del's reputation risks being tarnished. Ultimately Del out-gambits him and makes him divorce Raquel and leave Peckham for good.
300	* SitcomArchNemesis: In his first episode he's initially presented in the context of this trope, but then the episode slowly reveals he's a proper bastard. He's a DirtyCop, a borderline-abusive husband and willing to genuinely harm Del's family to get to him.
301	* SmugSnake: Relishes in lording his police powers over others.
302	* TimeShiftedActor: Played by Jim Broadbent in "May The Force Be With You", the 1985 OFAH Christmas special "To Hull and Back", and "The Class of '62", and by [=Calum MacNab=] in the first two episodes of the ''Rock And Chips'' trilogy.
303	* TragicVillain: Roy Slater is an interesting ''[[SubvertedTrope subversion]].'' He has several hallmarks that would normally make him a straight example (i.e. bullied for most of his youth, often the NoRespectGuy, wanted to be accepted by others, ostracized from everyone in his life and despised even by his family (to the point ''his own mother'' wrote a letter stating he should remain in prison during his appeal) and being thrown in prison with no protection). However, the series makes it clear that Slater has always been a {{Slimeball}} who was all too happy to abuse what little power he could scrape and made the lives of others miserable just because he could. Finally, what little kindness he was shown (like Del stopping the bullies from pouring itching powder down his pants or having a loving wife) he repays with [[UngratefulBastard utter ingratitude]] (it's shown he mocked and mentally abused his wife throughout their marriage, for one thing). Put simply, there's a good reason everyone hates him so much.
304	* WhosLaughingNow: He makes little subtleties that he holds Del and the others' playground bullying against them whenever interrogating them:
305	-->'''Slater:''' What's up Del? Cursing the day you crossed me?
306	-->'''Del:''' No, I'm cursing the day I made them stop at your belly button!
307	[[/folder]]
308
309	[[folder:The Driscoll Brothers]]
310	->'''Played by''': Roy Marsden (Danny) / Christopher Ryan (Tony)
311	* AffablyEvil: Downplayed, but they do at least hold a civil conversation and they treat the patrons of the bar to a round on them (though of course they intimidate Mike into accepting less than a quid as payment).
312	* BigGuyLittleGuy: Danny has a good 18 inches of height over his brother Tony.
313	* TheDreaded: The most feared men in Peckham. Only an idiot would think to cross them.
314	* EvilCounterpart: Another brotherly duo like Del and Rodders (who also have little to no family resemblance to each other) except the Driscolls have no redeemable qualities whatsoever.
315	-->'''Rodney:''' Oh, they're smashing blokes! It's like bumping into the Two Ronnies. Biggs and Kray!
316	* {{Expy}}: Clearly modelled on the infamous Kray Twins, though these two certainly aren't identical. There's also a hint of the Krays' rivals, the Richardsons (also known as [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast the Torture Gang]]), who had an especially brutal reputation similar to the Driscolls.
317	* KnightOfCerebus: The atmosphere immediately dims whenever they appear in person. In one of the series' darker moments, [[spoiler:it's revealed that they brutally bashed Del after he failed to cough up enough money, which was only because he sent the rest to Rodney to fund his bro's flat deposit.]]
318	* LaughablyEvil: Ruthless and dangerous gangsters they may be, but they're still funny as hell.
319	-->'''Danny:''' I wanna buy everyone in the pub a drink. Anything they want. Now there's a pound ''and I want change.''
320	* LondonGangster: Peckham's answer to the Kray Twins.
321	* OffstageVillainy: Their physical appearances in ''Only Fools'' and ''Green Green Grass'' are sparse as they usually have bigger fish to fry than Del and Boycie's bullshit, with their reputation mostly speaking for itself.
322	[[/folder]]
323
324	[[folder:Freddie "The Frog" Robdal]]
325	->'''Played by''': Creator/NicholasLyndhurst
326	* TheAce: A debonair, gentleman thief who was a charming, generous and very clever man, who had a fondness and talent for art, was a hit with the ladies, and whose last job was the successful theft of half a million pounds worth of gold bullion, which he hid by burying it at sea under one of his pseudonyms (which he planned to retrieve using his skills as a diver). The image is slightly ruined by the fact that he died by sitting on a detonator during a later job.
327	* TheCharmer
328	* ExplosiveStupidity: Happened off-screen to him, when he sat on his own detonator during a post office heist.
329	* LondonGangster
330	* MeaningfulName: Del finally works out where the Frog buried his gold once he found out where he got his nickname. [[spoiler: Freddie was a Navy frogman in the War. His gold stash is buried at sea and any knowledge of its exact location died with him.]]
331	* SmugSnake
332	* TogetherInDeath: With Joan.
333	[[/folder]]
334
335	[[folder:Irene "Reenie" Turpin]]
336	->'''Played by''': Creator/JoanSims (''Only Fools and Horses'') / Emma Cooke (''Rock and Chips'')
337	* AFriendInNeed: To Joan in ''Rock and Chips'' -- she helps Joan determine her pregnancy in an anonymous clinic following her affair with Freddie Robdal, and later submits her name for Joan to use while visiting Freddie in prison.
338	* OneShotCharacter: Only appears in "The Frog's Legacy" in the original series, although we do see a younger version of her in the prequel.
339	* ReallyGetsAround: In her younger days, most certainly; Albert mentions that she used to be a "right little raver" who had "more Yanks than Eisenhower".
340	* SecretKeeper: On the subject of Rodney's parentage; she hints at this in "The Frog' Legacy", and is later revealed to have removed all of the photos of Freddie Robdal from the Trotters' flat in order to prevent the secret from coming out as Rodney got older.
341	[[/folder]]
342
343	[[folder:Kenneth "Jumbo" Mills]]
344	->'''Played by''': Nick Stringer (''Only Fools and Horses'') / Lee Long (''Rock and Chips'')
345	* DodgyToupee: When he returns to Peckham, Jumbo sports one of thes. When it gets removed, he [[BlatantLies denies that he's bald]].
346	* OneShotCharacter: Only appeared in one episode of ''Only Fools and Horses'', in which he was introduced as an old friend of Del's who had emigrated to Australia in 1967 and had come back to Peckham for a visit in the mid-1980s. Later appeared in all three episodes of ''Rock and Chips''.
347	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Usually the case, although at one point his first name is revealed.
348	* YouLookFamiliar: Nick Stringer, the actor who plays Jumbo in the original series, had previously appeared in an earlier episode as an Australian who was sold a dodgy car by Del. Although both characters have Australian accents, he's actually English.
349	[[/folder]]
350
351	[[folder:Albie Littlewood]]
352	->'''Played by''': Jonathan Readwin (''Rock and Chips'')
353	* DescentIntoAddiction: Is seen to be having issues with drugs as a young man.
354	* HighVoltageDeath: Implied to have been the cause of Albie's death as he tried to take a short shortcut across the railway tracks and his bicycle fell onto the live rail.
355	* InformedAttribute: In "Happy Returns", Del describes Albie as his best friend. This is not particularly apparent as far as his portrayal in ''Rock and Chips'' goes -- Albie's part of Del's gang, but no more.
356	* PosthumousCharacter: Died in the mid-1960s and so does not appear in ''Only Fools and Horses'', although he is in ''Rock and Chips''.
357	* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: Before he died, he got June Snell pregnant; their daughter, Debbie, briefly dates Rodney in "Happy Returns" (in which Del, who also dated June, worries that ''he'' might be Debbie's father).
358	[[/folder]]
359
360	[[folder:Monkey Harris, Sunglasses Ron and Paddy the Greek]]
361	* TheGhost: These three are often referred to but never seen. Monkey is evidently one of Del's friends, and Ron and Paddy are business associates of his. Some fans have theorised that an extra who is seen sitting at the back of the coach wearing sunglasses in "The Jolly Boys' Outing" is Ron, but this was never confirmed.
362	* RunningGag: The fact that Monkey lives in a bungalow is sometimes mentioned, usually in a humorous context (such as Del mentioning that he tried to sell him a roll of stair carpet, which he would of course have no use for).
363	[[/folder]]

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