Line #10 Recap/SpittingImageS3E2


1	!!Provides examples of:
2	* AdoredByTheNetwork (InUniverse): Terry Wogan returns from his holiday to more fawning from Michael Grade and Sir Alastair Milne.
3	* BananaRepublic: "The Man from El Monte" parodies the "The Man
4	* ColdOpen: The episode opens with Prince Philip reading a story in the [[UsefulNotes/BritishNewspapers News of the Screws]] about a rescued couple on a British battleship being thrown overboard for [[BiggusDickus using Prince Andrew's willy-warmer as a sleeping bag.]]
5	* CreepyShadowedUndereyes: Michael Heseltine shows up with these to show his deranged state as a result of Westland affair.
6	%% * CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon
7	%% * DoubleEntendre
8	* DunceCap: Leon Brittan wears one in the House.
9	* {{Farce}}: This week's episode of ''The South Bank Show'' sees him interviewing Ray Cooney, who writers terrible plays about characters needing to dress up in drag as their own mother-in-laws and using allegedly InherentlyFunnyWords like "knickers" as comedy material.
10	* FetishRetardant (InUniverse): Thatcher's ideas for her new, sexy image cause Willie Whitelaw to throw up his breakfast.
11	%% * FootballHooligans
12	* FreezeFrameBonus: Denis Thatcher has [[TheAlcoholic his own personal pub gantry]] in his and Margaret's bedroom.
13	%% * HeadTurningBeauty
14	%% * InherentlyFunnyWords
15	* ListSong: "Just Me, This Old Guitar and God" turns into this as Reagan lists the increasing number of people who are hanging out with him in the wildnerness. He also brought the TwoKeyedLock that he can use to [[NukeEm start a nuclear war]].
16	%% * MoodWhiplash
17	* NapInducingSpeak: Sir Alastair Burnet doses off while John Cole delivers his report about how many news programmes he's been on.
18	* {{Nepotism}}: One sketch is a documentary of Prince Edward's [[AchievementTestOfDestiny application for a place at]] [[UsefulNotes/{{Oxbridge}} Jesus College, Cambridge]], which shows him getting a place without having to make any effort because Prince Philip is the Chancellor and because he apparently offered a knighthood to one of the dons who interviewed him.
19	* TheQuincyPunk: The audience at home watching ''Do They Mean Us?'' consists of a stereotypical punk and his elderly parents.
20	* ShoutOut:
21	** "The World's Favourite Destination" is a parody of the [[UsefulNotes/BritishBusinesses British Airways]] {{Tagline}} "The World's Favourite Airline".
22	%% ** Sooty
23	%% ** Evening All"
24	%% ** ''Film/TheBridgeOverTheRiverKwai''
25	%% ** "One Man Went to Mow"
26	%% ** "Immortal, Invisible"
27	%% ** Popeye
28	* SillyPrayer: Thatcher's prayer to {{God}} before she goes to bed is a stern reminder that when she asks for something, she wants it done properly and on time.
29	* ShownTheirWork: Chris Barrie speaks real German in the ''Do They Mean Us?'' sketch?
30	* TheStinger: After the credits there's a Newsflash about Bernard Manning farting on stage at his club in Manchester that's played out like a DeathNotification.
31	* TakeMeToYourLeader: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with.]] "Just Me, This Old Guitar and God" shows the aliens going straight to the White House.
32	%% * WindbagPolitician: Neil Kinnock [[{{Lampshading}} lampshades]] his own tendency towards "empty Welsh rhetoric" while he's in the House.
33	%% * ValuesDissonance
34	* VaudevilleHook: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with.]] John Cole's broadcast ends with him getting whacked over the head with a golf club.

Context Recap / SpittingImageS3E2