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2[[caption-width-right:350:We do anything, anywhere, anytime.[[note]](l-r: Tim, Bill, Graeme)[[/note]]]]
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4->"''Goodies! Goody-goody yum-yum...''"
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6A groundbreaking 1970-82 British comedy series, born from the same generation of comic talents that infused British TV in TheSixties and TheSeventies with such innovative work as ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''. Not nearly as well-known outside the UK as its contemporary ''Python'' (some view it as Music/TheMonkees to the Pythons' Beatles, others as the Beatles to the Pythons' [[Music/TheRollingStonesBand Rolling Stones]], and to overextend the metaphor, sometimes Music/TheHollies for The Goodies as against Music/ProcolHarum for the Pythons), ''The Goodies'' was far more plot-oriented -- it was nominally a SitCom when it premiered -- but at the same time it was also far more anarchic and surreal.
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8''The Goodies'' starred Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie as three flatmates who run an agency that promises it can do "anything, anywhere, at any time". A riotous mix of sketches, sitcom, comically overambitious special effects and nonsense, Creator/TheBBC's own historical reference for the show describes it as a "live action version of a typical Warner Brothers cartoon" -- which is quite accurate, although sidestepping completely much of the thinly veiled social satire the show was inclined towards. Entire episodes were devoted to poking fun at topical subjects as diverse as TV censorship Nazis like Mary Whitehouse, nuclear testing, police brutality, ''Film/SaturdayNightFever'', [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and the general crappiness of the British postal service]].
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10Central to the show were [[TheDanza the exaggerated versions of themselves that the leads played]]: conservative royalist Tim, twisted gadgeteer Graeme, and Earth-child proto-hobbit Bill. The intersection of these three personalities generated as much comedy as the increasingly bizarre situations that they found themselves in. Their trademark was the "Trandem", a bicycle-built-for-three which they invariably mounted and fell off once per episode before riding to their next adventure.
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12More inclined to slapstick and vaudeville-like humour than the Pythons, the Goodies never quite got the respect they deserved -- despite the fact that they lasted at least three times as long on the air. The series can be found -- albeit rarely -- on public television in the United States and Australia (being considered more as a children's show there), as well as on [[https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+goodies&search=Search YouTube]]; and some of their recordings (such as "The Funky Gibbon") can occasionally be heard on the Dr. Demento show.
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14The show is notable for having someone [[http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/laughing.asp die laughing]] whilst watching it.
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16The trio also lent their voices to the [[WesternAnimation/{{Bananaman}} cartoon adaptation]] of children's comic favourite ''ComicStrip/{{Bananaman}}'' in TheEighties. Perceptive viewers will know Tim Brooke-Taylor from the 1971 film ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'', where he played the computer operator trying to get the location of the golden tickets from a computer that refuses to tell him. Both he and Graeme Garden have been panellists on the LongRunner BBC radio comedy show ''Radio/ImSorryIHaventAClue'' since it debuted in 1972 until Tim's death in 2020. Bill Oddie, a dedicated birder and naturalist, largely sidetracked away from performance after ''The Goodies'' and is better known to more recent generations as a TV presenter on birdwatching, wildlife and conservation in many shows such as ''Springwatch''.
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18In 2019 the trio reunited for an hour-long special audio episode released on Amazon's Audible service called "The Big Ben Theory". According to Graeme, [[WhatCouldHaveBeen more episodes were planned]], however this was sadly cancelled due to Tim tragically passing away from coronavirus on April 12, 2020 at the age of 79. In 2022, the first in a planned series of {{novelisation}}s of the unproduced episodes was announced.
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20Not to be confused with ''Film/TheGoonies''.
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22In the mid-'70s the Goodies had a brief but surprisingly successful foray into the UK pop charts -- Oddie is genuinely a talented musician -- and charted five comedic singles including Top Ten hits in "The Inbetweenies"/"Father Christmas Do Not Touch Me" and the enduring novelty classic "Funky Gibbon". Tropes for their music can be found [[Music/TheGoodies here]].
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25!!Any tropes, anywhere, any time:
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30%%* AbsentMindedProfessor: Graeme.
31* AccidentalUnfortunateGesture: Tim, as UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill, gives the "two-fingered salute" gesture when he was actually indicating that he wanted a cigar. Graeme then has the idea of turning his hand around to create the iconic "V for Victory" symbol.
32* TheAce: Tim.
33* AchievementsInIgnorance: In "The Lost Tribe", Graeme builds a canvas television that works perfectly. Then he is told that a canvas television is a scientific impossibility so he throws it away.
34* AcquiredErrorAtThePrinter: The tie-in book ''The Goodies File'' contains a shoddy brochure that The Goodies use to advertise themselves, full of spelling and lay-out errors. It is credited to
35-->Author: Bill Oddie\
36Printed by: Tatty & Cheap (Prunter)
37* AffablyEvil: PlayedForLaughs with Dr. Wolfgang von Petal (Creator/PatrickTroughton), a Mad Scientist who just wants to be liked. Unfortunately for him, he seems to have a bit of a skewed idea of how to actually go about getting people to like him.
38-->'''Von Petal:''' All I've ever done is tried to help people! [[DirtyCommunists I helped the Russians with missiles]], [[UsefulNotes/YanksWithTanks I helped the Americans with their H-Bomb]], [[CrossesTheLineTwice I helped the British with their biological warfare]] -- [[ThoseWackyNazis Why, I even helped the Nazis!]] Now how generous can you get?
39* AffectionateNickname: When he is drunk in "The End", Tim calls Bill "Little Billykins" and Graeme "Gray-bags" and "Fuzzy Chops".
40* AlienEpisode: "U-Friend or UFO". As trombone players everywhere mysteriously disappear, the Goodies try to make sense as to what is happening. They realize there are aliens out there. Bill wants to talk to them, but Graeme wants to destroy them.
41%%* AmusingInjuries
42* AndZoidberg:
43** From "Frankenfido", when it's revealed Graeme has been gathering body parts from celebrities, following his "chopping list", to create the perfect dog:
44--->'''Graeme:''' Look. Teeth. [[MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily You wouldn't find teeth like these]] on a mere dog.\
45'''Tim:''' What are they? Horse, alligator, tiger...\
46'''Graeme:''' Look at them.\
47'''Tim:''' No! Not [[BoyBand Donny Osmond]]!\
48'''Graeme:''' Yep.\
49'''Tim:''' You...you've been using people! ...And Donny Osmond!
50** From "Rome Antics", which opens with Graeme as TheNarrator.:
51--->'''Graeme:''' The Roman Empire spreads itself across the civilised world. And England.
52* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: From "Kung Fu Kapers", where Tim and Graeme are trying to provoke Bill.
53-->'''Tim:''' You nasty, spotty, unpleasant little dwarf!\
54'''Graeme:''' Weirdo! ...''Chelsea supporter!''
55* TheArtifact: The Goodies started out as an agency that would do any kind of work. This was pretty much forgotten by series five, but the "Anything Anytime" slogan remained in the title song.
56* AsbestosFreeCereal: On "It Might as Well Be String" (a spoof of the advertising industry), their ad campaign for Sunbeam Sliced Bread claims that "nine out of ten doctors agree that people who eat Sunbeam Sliced Bread are less likely to be trampled to death by elephants". Graeme does mention that it was a struggle to find [[MadDoctor the right nine doctors]], however. [[NoodleImplements And the elephants.]]
57* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2J6uUMeAVW8 Kitten Kong]] and later [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKcApI6uiSY Dougal and Zebedee]] from ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicRoundabout''.
58* BackwardsFiringGun: In the movies episode, Graham Garden is making TheWestern. He kicks open a door holding revolvers GunsAkimbo, only for the door to slam back in his face. When he opens the door again, both barrels are bent upwards, causing debris to rain down from the ceiling when he fires.
59* BaguetteBeatdown: "Kung-Fu Kapers" has Tim briefly make use of a French martial art called Oh-Hon-Hee-Hon that involves hitting the opponent with a baguette... it has no effect whatsoever. There's also Ecky Thump, a "martial art" Bill learned when he was younger that basically revolves around hitting people with black pudding. It turns out to be a lot more effective.
60* BaitAndSwitch: An example occurs in "Cecily", after Tim and the titular girl get very scared down in the cellar. After the mock advert break, we see Graeme, with only his head in the frame, reassuring someone, who we presume to be Cecily ... but when the camera pans backwards, we see that he's actually comforting a crying ''Tim''.
61* BananaPeel:
62** In the episode "Cunning Stunts", Bill is seen throwing several banana peels on the floor just so he can slip all over them as part of his entry in the Eurovision Loony Contest. Graeme and Tim also slip all over the skins.
63** A mimed banana peel causes a nasty accident in "Daylight Robbery on the Orient Express".
64* BarSlide: Occurs in "Bunfight at the O.K. Tearooms". The surly barmaid slides two dainty teacups down the bar to Tim and Bill, who fail to catch them.
65* BawdySong: In "Wacky Wales".
66* BearerOfBadNews: In the episode "[[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Earthanasia]]":
67-->'''Bill:''' As you well know tomorrow never comes and do you know why? Because, little dewy eyed Timbo, tomorrow we'll all be dead! Dead, dead! D! E! D! D! '''''DEAD'''''!\
68'''Graeme:''' You might have broken it to him gently.
69* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: In "Bigfoot", it is revealed that Bigfoot is actually Tim with his foot swelled up to gigantic size (ItMakesSenseInContext).
70* BigShutUp: Graeme does one in "Kitten Kong", to quiet down Tim and Bill bickering LikeAnOldMarriedCouple.
71* BigWhat: When their flat is encased in concrete in "The End", the Goodies are told that the Ministry of Works can only get them out [[SkewedPriorities once several different roads have been laid]], starting with the Brighton to Birkenhead freeway. Then this comes up on the news:
72-->'''Newsreader;''' In the light of the increasing poverty of the nation, the government have decided that work on the new Brighton to Birkenhead freeway will be suspended indefinitely.\
73'''Bill:''' '''''WHAAT?!'''''
74* BitingTheHandHumor: ''The Goodies'' contains numerous swipes at the BBC, most notably in the episodes "Alternative Roots" and "The End", during which a service announcement warns of "cutbacks of a hundred percent" - and the screen immediately goes black. And in "Gender Education" they blow up BBC Television Centre.
75** ''Chubby Chumps'' sees Graeme returning to BBC Radio. He goes to what really amounts to a long-neglected crypt where everything is festooned with cobwebs and which reeks of long neglect. This of course allows him a vehicle to reprise all the voice imitations he used, such as [[UsefulNotes/RugbyLeague Eddie Waring]], Radio/TerryWogan, or Radio/TonyBlackburn, where his comedy career started. On Creator/{{BBC}} [[Radio/ImSorryIllReadThatAgain Radio]].
76* BitterAlmonds: Played straight and subverted in "Daylight Robbery on the Orient Express":
77-->'''Graeme:''' ''(sniffs a bottle)'' A characteristic smell of bitter almonds...\
78'''Tim:''' That's cyanide, isn't it?\
79'''Graeme:''' Yes. This bottle of arsenic's been poisoned!
80* {{Blackface}}:
81** Tim in "South Africa". A somewhat unusual example in that it was being used to criticise racism (the joke was that no actual black people would be in a pro-apartheid PSA).
82** In "Kung Fu Kapers", Bill fights a black boxer played by Graeme as an obvious parody of UsefulNotes/MuhammadAli.
83** In "The End", [[ItMakesSenseInContext the Goodies all find religion]]; Graeme becomes a Christian monk, Tim becomes a Jew, and Bill enters the room covered in boot polish and announces, [[WhatTheHellIsThatAccent in an exaggerated accent]], that he has become a Black Muslim.
84** In a parody of ''Series/Roots1977'' we see the OriginStory of ''The Goodies'', where their ancestors were cruelly kidnapped by the BBC and forced into blackface as cast members on ''Series/TheBlackAndWhiteMinstrelShow''. They eventually fought for equal rights, no matter what colour paint, be it black, white, green, polka-dot. The episode was actually labelled: DO NOT BROADCAST - RACIST in the BBC archive.
85* BloodSport: Cricket has become this in "2001 and a Bit".
86* BoomerangComeback: In the infamous scene in "Kung Fu Kapers", where Bill is proving "Ecky Thump" is superior to other martial arts. Graeme misses with a boomerang, but later after Tim has disarmed Bill with some bagpipes, it comes back and clouts Tim from behind.
87* BottleEpisode: "The End" and "Earthanasia" feature very few special effects and no guest stars, and are performed entirely on one set (in both cases, this was a necessity because the location filming budget for the series had been completely spent). The latter episode in fact consists of one real-time 25-minute scene, and both are regarded as among the series' best moments.
88* BrickJoke:
89** In "Kung Fu Kapers", the boomerang Graeme throws at Bill comes back later in the scene and hits Tim in the back of the head.
90** In "Bunfight At The OK Tearooms", Tim and Bill's argument about the pronunciation of 'scone' is referenced in the song at the end of the episode.
91** In "Kitten Kong", Graeme starts remonstrating with Bill over letting Twinkle escape, notices the overly affectionate bushbaby from part 1 clinging to his hand, then hurls it away before resuming his rant.
92* BringTheAnchorAlong:
93** In "Goodies in the Nick", the Goodies escape from prison with iron balls still shackled to their ankles. They proceed to disguise the balls in a series of increasingly unlikely fashions; including as a ''balloon''.
94** In the King Arthur episode Graeme comes across the ExcaliburInTheStone, so he picks it up like a giant mace and tries to clobber the villain with the rock on the end.
95* BrokeEpisode: Several occasions.
96* BuccaneerBroadcaster: "Radio Goodies".
97* ButtMonkey: Tim becomes this on occasion.
98* ByTheLightsOfTheirEyes: In the episode "South Africa".
99-->'''Tim:''' Look at those stars. They look like hundreds of tiny little eyes.\
100'''Graeme:''' They are hundreds of tiny little eyes...
101* ByWallThatIsHoley
102* {{Calvinball}}: "Spat", which seemed to be made of rules that led to Bill always losing and being injured. Bill mentions in the commentary that he really didn't have any idea what the other two were doing.
103* TheCameo: Plenty of celebrities spoofed themselves, and the series virtually invented the NewscasterCameo. Averted with Prince Charles who considered it but had to decline, and Rolf Harris who was never asked to appear in the episode spoofing him, much to his disappointment.[[note]] Bill Oddie, whose personal contempt for Harris was part of the motivation behind the frequent mockery of him on the programme, assumed Harris would refuse if asked to appear in the episode, and so didn't bother to ask.[[/note]]
104** In one episode, Creator/JohnCleese cameos, deriding the Goodies as a "kids' show." In real life, the [[Creator/MontyPython Pythons]] and the Goodies were (mostly) friendly rivals.
105* CampingACrapper: In "Daylight Robbery on the Orient Express", the Shafts are killed when the lavatory on the train blows up while they're using it.
106* TheCanKickedHim: In "Daylight Robbery on the Orient Express'', the Shafts are killed when someone blows up the lavatory on the train while they are inside.
107* CactusCushion: The song "Cactus in My Y-Fronts" (from the ''Nothing to Do With Us'' album, and performed on "The Goodies Almost Live" episode of the TV show) tells the tragic tale of a cowpoke who relives himself behind a cactus and receives a nasty shock when he pulls his trousers up:
108-->I was down in Cripple Creek\
109I was dying for a leak\
110So I dropped my pants behind a cactus there\
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112When I fastened up my belt\
113I can't tell ya how I felt\
114But I knew the meaning of a prickly pear ... ouch!!
115* CantYouReadTheSign: In "Holidays", Bill pulls down a list of ridiculously strict rules on the wall of their holiday chalet. Underneath is a sign saying '250 pound penalty for removal of notice'. Bill hurriedly sticks it back.
116* CapturedByCannibals: One episode had the lads placed in a native cooking-pot. They got out of it by encouraging the natives to cook "human clear soup" -- the point being that when cooking clear soup you remove the meat before serving.
117* CardboardPal: The fake Graeme in "Bunfight at the O.K. Tea Rooms".
118* CargoShip: Graeme's relationship with his computer was a RunningGag that popped up occasionally, starting in "Women's Lib". In "2001 And A Bit", it's mentioned that Graeme was put away for having an "unnatural relationship" with his computer -- also, this is scribbled on a note in ''The Goodies Book Of Records'': [[invoked]]
119-->Dear Computer -- have gone out for an hour or so. Your programme is in the safe. Love you! Graeme\
120P.S. Hope your transistors are feeling better.
121* CatapultNightmare: In "Kitten Kong", Tim returns home determined to wreck vengeance on [[FluffyTheTerrible Twinkle the kitten]] after his disastrous attempt to walk the over-active purrball. Graeme and Bill caution him that it's not a very good idea, then open the door to reveal that thanks to Graeme's growth formula the kitten has [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever grown to enormous size]]. Tim screams hysterically, and then wakes up in bed crying: "Get it off me! Don't lick me!" (Bill: "I'm not licking you!") Unfortunately it's not AllJustADream.
122* TheCatCameBack: Bill's attempts to dispose of the eponymous robot in "Robot". At one point he seals the robot in a box, which he places inside a larger crate suspended from a crane, only to turn around and find the robot is now driving the crane.
123* CharacterCatchphrase: "Get it right!"
124* CaveMouth: In "The Stone Age" the Goodies go caving. They find a remarkable CaveMouth, noting the curving rows of stalagmites and stalactites, and treat the odd red thing [[note]]uvula[[/note]] like a punching bag. The giant dinosaur, naturally, closes its mouth on them.
125* CentralTheme: While there is no real lesson to any episode, an overall anti-authoritian streak runs through the programme. Antagonists are frequently characters who have [[DrunkWithPower let power go to their heads]], usually one of the trio.
126* ChandelierSwing: Graeme attempts one in "Snow White 2" and ends up crashing into the wall.
127* ChewingTheScenery: Many a guest star (and the leads on occasion), but the height of this is reached by Creator/JonPertwee playing somewhat against type in "Wacky Wales".
128* ClownCar: In "Skatty Safari", the Rolf Harris plague has a take-off of the Pied Piper of Hamlin, which includes the Rolf Harrises "attacking the babies in their cradles". Later when the Goodies draw them out of the city by playing "Waltzing Matilda" on didgeridoos, an endless stream of Rolfs are seen clambering out of a single baby carriage.
129* {{Clownification}}: In "Clown Virus", a job to dispose of a large container, with the words 'Tomato Soup' on its side for an American military base sees the whole British population turned into clowns and ripe for an invasion by US troops.
130* CluelessAesop: Parodied in "Gender Education" with their Mary Whitehouse {{Expy}}-approved sex education film, which avoids any mention of anything related to sex:
131-->'''Narrator:''' This is a man. And this isn't.
132* CoatFullOfContraband:
133** Parodied in "Hype Pressure". Experiencing a 1950s revival, Tim turns into a zoot-suited quick-talking, quick-walking, shady spiv. "Wanna buy a nice pair of fluorescent socks?"
134** Bill is approached by a stereotypical trenchcoat-wearing flasher. After apparently flashing Bill, he turns out to be an example of this trope when Bill buys something off him.
135* ComicTrio: Played with -- usually ''someone'' would fill the roles, but no one character could or would have total claim to it.
136* CommercialSwitcheroo:
137** One of the fake advertisements features what appears to be [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWL07rRJhj8 a commercial]] demonstrating the effectiveness of a brand of petrol, up until the car crashes into a banner reading "20 Miles".
138-->'''Announcer''': Robinson's Paper. The ''strong'' one.
139** A spoof of the "two chicks in a kitchen" type of ad has a housewife struggling to get her kitchen clean, when another woman comes in with a new floor varnish which she sprinkles all over the place, then taunts the housewife about the mess she's made. So the housewife produces a submachine gun and shoots her.
140--->'''Announcer:''' If someone comes in and fouls up your housework, try a Westminister submachine gun!
141* CompetitionCouponMadness: In "It Might As Well Be String", one of the violent advertisements the ad industry has sunk to at the start of the episode involves Captain Fishface (a parody of Captain Birdseye) announcing that he has your children and will only release them if you send in box tops from 10 packets of Fishface Fish Fingers.
142* ComplimentBackfire: The show was once praised by well-known MoralGuardian Mary Whitehouse. The boys took it poorly, making an entire episode spoofing her and, when she didn't rise to the bait, inserting rude gags until they finally earned her public disapproval.
143* ComputerEqualsTapedrive: Graeme's computer, naturally. Spoofed in the 2005 "Return of the Goodies" documentary where a now middle-aged Graeme tries to insert an enormous disk into his computer.
144-->'''Graeme''': I'll pop it on the laptop. Hang on, [[TechnologyMarchesOn it's not compatible.]] I shall give it an upgrade. ''([[PercussiveMaintenance hits it with a mallet]])''
145* ContinuityCavalcade: In "Change Of Life", the Goodies feel old and useless, and decide to do a Goodies standard test. It's filled with references to classic episodes, including Ecky Thump, Kitten Kong and even the old gag of getting on the trandem and falling over.
146* CowboyEpisode: "Bunfight at the OK Tearooms"
147* CreatorProvincialism: Though a lot of this is satirical. See the song "Cricklewood" - after mentioning [[Music/TheBeatles Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane]], they sing about Cricklewood, possibly the most boring place on Earth, if you believe the song.
148* CreditsGag: "It Might as Well be String" ends with the camera looking through the backwards credits on the TV screen at the Goodies, who are sitting on a couch making snide remarks about the episode they've just watched.
149* CrossDresser: Tim in quite a few episodes - to the point that, after the Goodies have taken over the film industry, Graeme says to Tim "You'll play the woman - you always play the women."
150** The other two also do this on occasion, most notably Graeme dressing in a very pink and puffy dress in "Saturday Night Grease".
151* CruellaToAnimals: The Endngered Species Club from "Dodonuts". They only hunt endangered species because their small numbers make them hard to find. Common species of animals and birds are too abundant and therefore too easy to hunt.
152* CryptidEpisode:
153** In "Scotland", Tim, Bill and Graeme decide to go to Scotland, where they hope to be able to catch the Loch Ness Monster for the zookeeper to put into the Monster House.
154** In "Big Foot", The Goodies go in search of Arthur C. Clarke, who has gone missing, but get more than they bargained for when they find that Bigfoot is on their tail.
155* CrystalClearPicture: It makes heavy use of this. Though considering the 'TV' was 'actually' a super advanced projector thingy, which suspiciously worked ''exactly'' like a set of blinds, it was probably a tad less serious.
156* CrystalSkull: A parody of Mysterious World had the crystal skull [[DemBones wishing everyone "Nighty night!"]].
157* DanceSensation:
158** Spoofed in "The Music Lovers" where they were being tasked -- by a musical Mad Hatter, no less -- with writing a hit song. They belted up a squaredance tune, and Bill improvised fairly ordinary squaredance lyrics which were being followed exactly by the Mad Hatter's goons, ending with this (paraphrased):
159--->Back to the windows, turn about,\
160Are you ready, all jump out
161** Spoofed in "Saturday Night Grease", when Bill and Graeme create the "Disco Heave" which becomes instantly popular.
162** In-universe there is "The Bounce" from "Goodies Rule - Ok?"
163** The show also produced a real-life dance hit (for certain values of "hit"), "The Funky Gibbon".
164* DarkerAndEdgier: Series 1 and 2 were much more adult in tone than later series, and featured explicit nudity, allusions to drug use and more swearing.
165** A lesser example with series 6-8, which were slightly coarser and cruder than previous series.
166* DeadlineNews: In "Kitten Kong", newsreader Michael Aspel is squashed by Kitten Kong's huge paw.
167* DeadpanSnarker: Bill and Graeme. Tim would snark occasionally, but he's usually playing it up too much for it to be deadpan.
168* DemBones: In one episode the Goodies are operating their own hospital. Graeme gets a patient to step behind an X-Ray screen, which naturally displays his skeleton. The skeleton then walks out from the other side of the screen, causing Graeme to flee in terror (this scene is included in the show's opening montage).
169* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: Rather hilariously done in the original form in the episode "Come Dancing". Graeme has built a gadget controlling their "dancing suits", and a female leader of a dancing mafia is hassling him about the importance of the Goodies losing the dance competition they've entered. [[AbsentMindedProfessor Distracted]], he mumbles that he wasn't listening, and then this ensues:
170-->'''Graeme:''' Look, I'm in a terrible hurry to set the control box...\
171'''Leader:''' ''Set the control box?''\
172'''Graeme:''' Yes, the box that--the--uh--the suits, the settings, we--''[makes vague hand gestures]''--anyway, I ''must'' dash!\
173'''Leader:''' ''[catching on somehow]'' ...But this is ''cheating!''\
174'''Graeme:''' Yeah, well, it is, a bit, but--''[grinning]''--long as nobody knows about it, eh? ''[thumbs up]'' See you later! ''[leaves]''\
175'''Leader:''' ''[stunned silence]''\
176'''Graeme:''' ''[just outside, stopping and [[OhCrap staring into open space, realizing]]]'' ...''WHAT'VE I DONE?!''
177* DieLaughing:
178** This is the fate of anyone who sees [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti Bigfoot]] (Tim Brooke-Taylor with a foot that's swelled up to enormous size) in "Bigfoot".
179** In a rare case of this happening in real life, it was reported that "Kung Fu Kapers" caused Alex Mitchell to laugh non-stop for nearly a half-hour. The strain on his body was too much and he suffered a fatal heart attack. His widow sent a letter to the Goodies thanking them for making her husband's last moments so happy. [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-18542377 Mr. Mitchell's condition was more fully explained recently]], when his granddaughter had a narrow escape from a similar incident (she survived and has had preventative surgery since).
180* DodgyToupee: Several appear in "Scoutrageous" when Graeme and Bill are trying to earn their Wig Spotter's Badge.
181* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: A lot of Tim and Bill's arguments sound like a couple having a row.
182** In 'Earthanasia', Tim's belief in Santa and the way Graeme and Bill play along with it, complete with jingling sleigh bells, reminds you of the way parents play along with their children when they believe in Santa, and is actually rather sweet to see.
183* DogWalksYou: In "Kitten Kong" Tim gets dragged along by a kitten.
184* DolledUpInstallment: "A Collection of Goodies", billed as a "Special Tax Edition", consists of five sketches originally filmed for the variety show ''Engelbert with the Young Generation'' with new linking material.
185* DontBeRidiculous: Several times, such as when Tim plans to complain to "the highest authority in the country":
186-->'''Bill:''' Not David Frost!\
187'''Tim:''' No, no, no, no, ''no''. ({{Beat}}) Not ''that'' high.
188* DontTouchItYouIdiot: This is played with in the very first episode, as the Crown Jewels have a sign placed by them reading "Please Do Not Steal". It doesn't do much good.
189* DontTryThisAtHome: "We would like to point out that Ecky Thump is the ancient Lancastrian art of self-defence. When practised by the untrained, it could be dangerous."
190* DoofyDodo: In "Dodonuts", Bill buys the world's last dodo from a pet shop and then attempts to teach it to defend itself against Tim and Graeme. However, he quickly learns that the bird has no survival instincts whatsoever.
191* DopeSlap: Frequent -- often in the visual gag sequences, one or two characters will make a mistake with comedic results, stand around looking sheepish for a while, and get slapped or shoved (usually on the arm or shoulder) several times by whoever of them watched the mistake happen.
192%%* DoubleEntendre
193* DownerEnding: A few episodes had these, but they were always PlayedForLaughs, so they only really occur to you as Downer Endings if you think about them. [[spoiler:For example, "Kung Fu Kapers" ends with the Goodies (presumably) plummeting to their deaths off a cliff after an epic martial arts battle. At the end of "The End", they die of old age [[ItMakesSenseInContext having never been freed from their office]]. "Earthanasia" ends with [[EarthShatteringKaboom the world being blown up]], killing ''everyone''.]]
194* DramaticDrop: Parodied. Bill's not really shocked, he's just into loud noises.
195* DrawingStraws: In "The End", the boys draw straws to decide [[NoPartyLikeADonnerParty which one of them will be killed and eaten]] after they are sealed inside a block of concrete. Bill, who does not know what they are drawing for, is the 'winner'.
196* DrillSergeantNasty: Tim becomes one after joining the Salvation Army in "Scoutrageous!".
197* DrivingADesk: "Punky Business" parodied this and then subverted it, the three Goodies are in the back of a van and we see the road in the vans back windows via backscreen projection, then it starts playing footage of punks. The subversion comes when Bill shoves Graeme and Tim out of the back of the van and we see a screen being watched by several policemen with the punk footage projected onto it.
198* DrunkWithPower:
199** In "Radio Goodies", Graeme's plan to set up a pirate radio station (and pirate post-office) and its resulting success soon turns him into a raging fascist dictator, complete with uniform [[{{Kaiserreich}} and ranting Germanic accent]], and he develops a mad plan to drag the entirety of Britain outside of the five-mile limit so that he can rule over it as a 'pirate state'. When Bill and Tim walk out on him in disgust, he eventually resorts to trying to tow Britain away single-handedly in a rowboat.
200** In fact this sort of thing happens rather a lot in ''The Goodies'', for instance it happened to Bill in "Kung-Fu Kapers", Graeme AGAIN in "Bunfight at the OK Tearooms", and ''all three of them'' in "The Movies".
201* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Seasons 1 and 2 have a much different feel, featuring more adult humour (it aired on Sundays at 10pm), with episodes revolving around the lads having to help someone in need, and most villains being played by guest stars. From season 3 onwards, they started working more for their own benefit, until Season 4, where the "Anything Anytime" agency had almost been completely faded out, and the boys simply did whatever took their fancy (or [[GetRichQuickScheme whatever was profitable]]). The famous surrealism and 'human cartoon' aspects of the show really start to ramp up around series 4 as well.
202* EarthShatteringKaboom: In "Earthanasia", the governments of the world agree to put the world out of its misery by blowing it up.
203* EekAMouse: Referenced in "Kitten Kong", where a black housekeeper (suspiciously similar to the one in ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'', we even hear her shouting for "Thomas") jumps on the table and shrieks at the sight of the team dressed as mice.
204* EdibleAmmunition: The ketchup squeeze bottles in "Bunfight at the OK Tearooms".
205* EdibleBludgeon: The black pudding used in the Lancastrian Martial Art "Ecky Thump".
206* EgomaniacHunter: "Dodonuts" has Tim and Graeme as leaders of the Endangered Species Club who hunt down endangered species, including a dodo protected by conservationist Bill Oddie.
207* EleventyZillion: In the episode "Culture for the Masses" Tim buys a painting at an auction for "one million billion quintillion zillion pounds and two and a half new pence", which it goes without saying that he does not have. They leave thirteen pence as a deposit. By ContrivedCoincidence, the National Gallery have all their paintings insured for exactly one million billion quintillion zillion pounds. HilarityEnsues.
208* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: "Earthanasia" focuses on the impending destruction of the world and the Goodies' preparation for it.
209* EnemyMime: "Daylight Robbery on the Orient Express".
210* EpicFail: Pretty much everything they do turns out like this.
211** When Bill and Tim are arguing LikeAnOldMarriedCouple in "Kitten Kong", Bill says: "What did we get last time you cooked supper, eh? A bowl of corn flakes! Yes, and they were burnt..."
212* ExoticEntree: In "Dodonuts", Bill attempts to stop Tim and Graeme from hunting and eating the last dodo.
213* ExpositoryThemeTune: In the later seasons; the earlier ones had a SurrealThemeTune instead.
214-->G (Gee) You need a helping hand\
215O (Oh!) You know we understand\
216O -- We'll be there to the end\
217Everyone needs a friend!
218* EyePoke: In "Kung Fu Kapers", Tim is learning kung fu from a book and is instructed on how to perform this attack in a TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat moment.
219* FacialCompositeFailure: "Lighthouse Keeping Loonies" has two identikit pictures, identified as two people seen in the vicinity of the missing lighthouse, who resemble some high-up members of the Royal Family.
220** Then again, a few minutes previously the Royal Yacht had gone actually gone past the lighthouse. So it's technically correct as well.
221* FakeShemp: Along with the usual celebrity cameos in "Goodies Rule - Ok?", various other well-known entertainers of the time are represented by vaguely-similar figures whose faces aren't visible. Including "[[Creator/JohnCleese John]]" and "[[Creator/EricIdle Eric]]", who are dressed as [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus Gumbies]].
222* FatalFamilyPhoto: Parodied and Lampshaded in one episode. When a Nazi sentry starts showing his partner a photo of his girlfriend in Dusseldorf, the other starts telling him to put it away and ends up screaming at the top of the lungs to the British commandos he is certain are about to leap and murder them that he is not with this guy.
223* {{Fauxreigner}}: Done more than once, usually as a part of a ZanyScheme. {{Lampshaded}} when Graeme is on the phone to Tim and pretending to be an Australian named 'Kerry Thwacker':
224-->'''Graeme:''' No! This is not Graeme doing a silly accent! Mister Garden would do a much sillier accent than this!
225* FauxtasticVoyage: "Daylight Robbery On The Orient Express".
226* FingerSnappingStreetGang: The final chase scene in the episode "Saturday Night Grease" features the "Mambo" music as the titular Goodies snap their fingers and pose just the street gangs do in ''Theatre/WestSideStory''.
227* FingertipDrugAnalysis: Played for laughs with smell instead of taste.
228-->'''Tim:''' Hang on a minute--''(sniffs)''--dang! That's certain substances, that is! How stupid...Graeme, have a sniff of that.\
229'''Graeme:''' Huh? Oh, that's--''(sniffs -- collapses, then gets up, looking completely spaced out)''--hooh! Where'd you get the stuff, man? Cool, baby, cool...
230* FoodSlap:
231** In "The Goodies and the Beanstalk", Bill has gone to sell the beloved trandem -- however, it's rated as worthless by the bike buyers, who jokingly buy it for a tin of beans. When he comes back, Tim and Graeme inspect it, surprisingly calmly, before pouring all the beans over Bill's head.
232** In "Punky Business", Graeme has gotten to work as a waiter in a punk restaurant. When Tim orders the sauce, he gets it all over his head.
233** In "Black And White Beauty", there's a literal food slap. Exposition: Graeme's running a place that takes care of old animals. Bill, after watching some of their behaviour (nothing), starts doubting that they're alive. Bill watches a very unmoving cat, then this ensues:
234--->'''Bill:''' Alright, Graeme. ''(produces a fish)'' I want to see that cat eat that kipper.\
235''(nothing happens)''\
236'''Graeme:''' Er--yes--oh, look! ''(points)'' The hamster's doing a handstand!\
237''(Tim and Bill look away for a bit -- when they look back, the kipper bone is sticking out of Graeme's mouth. Tim slowly pulls it out)''\
238'''Graeme:''' Er...''(turns to the cat)'' I'm sorry, Kenneth, I was just so--''(Tim slaps him with the kipper)''
239** After the Goodies start robbing banks, a policeman comes to arrest them. The Goodies ask if he wants them to "spill the beans and hand over the dough." No guessing what happens next...
240* FootballHooligans:
241** ''The Goodies'' had an episode about football hooliganism, in which ''ballet'' eventually replaced football as the national pastime but was then ruined by - yep - ''ballet hooligans''.
242** They also had a milder parody in one episode, where Tim and Graeme ran in, cheering, chanting, and dressed in red-white scarves and woolly hats.
243-->'''Bill:''' So where've you two been?\
244'''Graeme:''' The chess championships!
245* FootprintsOfMuck: In "Kitten Kong", the ComicTrio follow the huge paw prints of Twinkle the Kitten across London on their three-seater bicycle, and keep running into things because the giant purrball can just step over objects they can't.
246* ForTheEvulz: A rather light example in "Gender Education": Bill's just signed up to do a series of extremely violent shows for the BBC. Graeme and Tim, bewildered, simply ask why he'd join up for such 'immoral, gratuitous violence'.
247-->'''Bill:''' Oh, don't worry, I have a perfectly good reason.\
248'''Graeme:''' Oh really? What's that?\
249'''Bill:''' Because I like violence! ''(jumps Graeme, beginning to strangle him)''
250* FourTemperamentEnsemble:
251** Bill: Sanguine/Choleric -- very outgoing and easygoing, although rather short-tempered.
252** Graeme: Melancholic/Phlegmatic -- eccentric and driven to the solution of the problem.
253** Tim: Leukine -- neurotic, naive and social.
254* FreePrizeAtTheBottom: Inverted. One of the spoof ads was for Goodies Plastic Spacemen, which came in a cereal box with a free corn flake.
255* FriendToAllLivingThings: After Tim Brooke-Taylor becomes Bigfoot (his right foot has swollen from walking around the sides of mountains, looking for legendary creatures) he retreats to the wild (so people will stop laughing themselves to death over the sight of his enormous foot) and becomes friends to all the animals, who join him in a rendition of the "Bigfoot" theme song.
256* FunnyBackgroundEvent:
257** In "U-Friend Or UFO", Tim and Graeme discuss their sensitive UFO sensing equipment. Meanwhile, Bill is abducted.
258** In another UFO gag, Graeme (spoofing Creator/ArthurCClarke) completely fails to notice a UFO refueling behind him at Stonehenge or the Yeti eating his latest book.
259* FunWithAcronyms: Bill runs for PM as the leader of "The Worker's Revolutionary Party...not just ''A'' Worker's Revolutionary Party, but ''The'' Worker's Revolutionary Party!" An unimpressed Tim notes that the acronym is "Twerp".[[note]]There is a ViewersAreGeniuses -level TakeThat here. At the time, a political party so far to the Left that it made the official Communists and Marxists look conservative actually ''was'' called ''The'' Worker's Revolutionary Party. It existed for real. For some reason it was the revolutionary left party of choice for many prominent actors and actresses in film, TV and theatre - Creator/VanessaRedgrave and her brother Corin were members. One of the jokes about the WRP was that because it had so many luvvies in it, it should really be called The West End Revolutionary Party - TWERP for short. A TV personality joining a far-left party... hmmm. [[/note]]
260* GadgeteerGenius: Graeme. Sometimes verging into MadScientist territory as well.
261** {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d after a fashion in "The Race". (Granted, he makes more of a simulation, but still...)
262--->'''Bill:''' There's still one problem. We don't have a car, do we?\
263'''Graeme:''' That's no problem -- get me a plate, a spoon, and a mirror.
264* GarbageHideout: In "Scoutrageous", Graeme and Bill hide in a pair of dustbins as they tailing Tim to his mysterious appointment. Unfortunately for Graeme, someone comes out and empties a bucket of food scraps into his.
265* GaussianGirl: Parodied, Bill and a woman are in soft focus whilst kissing, when he suddenly stops, runs up to the camera and wipes the petroleum jelly off the lens.
266* GayCowboy: Tim as the Rhinestone Cowperson in "The Goodies Almost Live".
267* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Played for comedy in one episode. Tim is in hysterics. Graeme lightly slaps him. Tim is silent for about two seconds...and then slaps back much harder, sending Graeme tumbling into a nearby pile of boxes.
268* GiantFootOfStomping: In "Kitten Kong", newsreader Michael Aspel is squashed by Kitten Kong's huge paw.
269* GiantMedicalSyringe: In the episode "Kitten Kong", the titular trio have to resort to one of these to inject a kitten, who's grown to giant size after being fed a growth formula, with the antidote.
270* GibberishOfLove: The first time the Goodies meet their dancing partners in the episode "Come Dancing", this ensues. Simultaneously. To both trios. How else to explain this exchange?
271-->'''Girls:''' We are Norma. We are a hair artiste.\
272'''Goodies:''' We are Cyril. We are a bank clerk.\
273'''Girls:''' That's interesting.\
274''({{Beat}})''\
275'''Girls:''' ''[awkwardly]'' Our vision is to own our own hairdressing salon.\
276'''Goodies:''' How interesting. Our ambition is to own our own bank.
277* TheGirlWhoFitsThisSlipper: In "Punky Business", Graeme turns Tim into a punk by cutting his leg off. After reattaching it, he warns Tim that the catch won't last much past midnight. Tim goes to the Trendsetter's Ball, where he loses his leg at midnight. Caroline Kook vows to marry the man whom the leg fits. Cue punks cutting off their own legs.
278* GlassShatteringSound: Cilla Black's singing in "The Stolen Musicians".
279* GlassSlipper: Tim's leg becomes this when he loses it at the Trendsetter's Ball in "Punky Business".
280* GoofyPrintUnderwear:
281** Tim's Union Jack boxers make several appearances, most notably in "The End" and "Scoutrageous".
282** And in "Saturday Night Grease" he dons a pair of underpants that have a large carrot on them (a scene which ''finally'' provoked the much-sought ire of Mary Whitehouse).
283** The others had them too, such as the scene where Graeme tries inflating a tyre and ends up blowing up his own trousers.
284* HaplesslyHiding: In "Scoutrageous", Graeme and Bill are Bill are tailing Tim to his mysterious meeting. They hide in a pair of dustbins outside a restaurant, only for a restaurant employee to dump a pile of food scraps on top of them.
285* HatOfAuthority: In "Kung Fu Kapers", mastery in the Lancastrian martial art of Ecky-Thump is [[UsefulNotes/MartialBelts shown]] by the size of the flat cap worn by the fighter.
286* HelpingGrannyCrossTheStreet: In the episode "Scoutrageous", Graeme and Bill, playing overage boy scouts, are trying to earn a proficiency badge for Helping Old Ladies Cross the Street. A sequence of madcap visual humour ensues, where Graeme is seen chalking a billiard cue and setting up trick shots involving Old Lady Number One with side-spin off the cushions into old Lady Number Two....
287* HilariousOuttakes: Included on the first DVD, showing several takes of the "breaking the record" scene from "The End". Notable among them is the one where Bill takes the record off and smashes it against the desk, and...it doesn't break. He smashes it against the desk ''four more times'', then eventually throws it down on the ground and starts futilely jumping up and down on it.
288* HiveMind: In "Gender Education" all three Goodies disguise themselves as one person...all at once...and talk in synch. Something similar happens with both the Goodies and their dance partners in "Come Dancing".
289* HoldUpYourScore: In "Daylight Robbery on the Orient Express", the Goodies find their train has been hijacked as part of an attempt to win the legendary "Gold Bore" at the French "Le Boring" competition. An international panel of judges hold up cards showing how boring they felt each act to be, with the East German being the hard to impress judge. But, then again, the East Germans do know their boring.
290* HomoeroticSubtext: Frequent.
291** In one episode, Tim and Graeme replace Bill with a robot, which they treat like a son, and end up acting like a dysfunctional married couple.
292** This often happens when Tim and Bill argue LikeAnOldMarriedCouple.
293** And lampshaded, notably in "The End", when they're concreted into their office.
294--->'''Tim:''' We shall make a new world...a better world for our children.\
295'''Bill:''' What d'you mean, children--we're not going to have any children, are we? I mean, think about it, y'know...face it, from now on we three are doomed to be [[HaveAGayOldTime bachelors gay!]] ''(puts his hand on Tim's shoulder while Graeme starts stroking his hair)'' That's, uh...that's an idea, innit?\
296'''Tim:''' ''(thoughtful pause)'' ...No! Get off!
297** Bill seems quite impressed to see Graeme in a dress in "Saturday Night Grease".
298* HomicideMachines: In "Robot", Tim's impertinence causes the robot to order "OK lads, all out!", as all of the other kitchen appliances go out on strike and Tim has to chase after them. Tim is bombarded by toast fired from the toaster, gets a punch in the face from a boxing glove inside the robot's head and battles a vacuum hose (which rears at him like a cobra, spits a stream of chocolate milk in his face and tries to swallow him whole), before he is surrounded and charged at from multiple directions by the robot (who calls out "You've had it now!"), Graeme's computer, a kitchen stove and other appliances.
299* HopeSpot: In "Earthanasia", the world will be destroyed at midnight. The Goodies' clock passes the hour... and nothing happens. Graeme bursts out laughing, delighted at his joke... which turns out to be that he'd put the clock forward thirty seconds. Then the world really does end.
300* HospitalHottie: Spoofed in "Hospital For Hire", where the nurse turns out to be a bearded man. Then they're informed she's not a man.
301* ICantBelieveItsNotHeroin: Bill's 'lemon sherbet' in the early seasons.
302* IdenticalGrandson:
303** Tim plays his own eccentric, rich uncle in "Hunting Pink".
304** In "2001 and a Bit", all three Goodies play their own sons (by Raquel Welch) -- except that Bill plays Tim's son, Tim plays Graeme's son, and Graeme plays Bill's son.
305* IfItTastesBadItMustBeGoodForYou: Bill cooks a healthy dinner for the others in "Farm Fresh Food". You could tell it was all natural because "it's all brown", namely brown wholemeal bread, brown rice, brown milk, and brown lettuce. Other dishes are a single roasted raisin for all three to share and seaweed salad. The recipes come from the Natural Health Cookbook printed on brown wholemeal paper with brown wholemeal ink (with Bill takes a bite out of) and the final special treat is simply pots of soil with a watercress garnish and plankton to drink. "It's very nourishing, this." When the Graeme and Tim leave in disgust to eat out, Bill realizes everything is terrible and follows.
306-->'''Bill:''' Health foods are alright when you're not hungry but I'm famished!
307* IKnowKungFaux: Ecky-Thump, the ancient Lancastrian art of self-defence. It involved the use of black puddings as weapons.
308* ImplausibleDeniability: In "Scoutrageous", Graeme and Bill have been terrorising the country as 'the Lone Scout, Plus One'. When they are finally cornered by Tim and the Salvation Army, Tim orders them to take off their masks. Upon seeing their faces, Tim lets out a shocked "It was you all along!" Graeme and Bill look sheepish and Bill mutters "No". Tim then says "Oh well, that's alright then" and starts to leave.
309* InelegantBlubbering: Most of Tim's sobbing outbursts look like this, complete with tears and loud, hysterical sobs. In one case, he's crying so much that Bill has to wring his sodden handkerchief out into a bucket.
310* IneptTalentShowContestant: In "Hype Pressure" Graeme and Bill form a folk duo called 'the Twofolk'. They appear on Tim's cruel talent show ''New Faeces'' (a parody of the similarly cruel actual talent show ''New Faces''[[note]] Judge "Tony Bitch" is a parody of the equally vicious ''New Faces'' judge Tony Hatch[[/note]]) and perform a hideous song called "The World Is Full Of Women and Men". Despite being booed by the audience, they are a hit with the supposedly unscrupulous panelists, who admire the song's naivety and purity. Tim's theatre of cruelty series is cancelled as a result.
311* InescapablePrisoneasilyEscaped: In "Goodies in the Nick", the Goodies are sentenced to a long stretch in prison. Once they bother taking the blankets off their heads (which, admittedly does take several years) they almost immediately discover a means of escape, via a toilet that dumps them out through the wall.
312* InstantSoprano: "Saturday Night Grease" has Tim talking in really high pitched voice that drops to his normal register as he unzips his ridiculously tight trousers.
313* InstitutionalApparel: The arrow variation uniform can be seen in the episode "Goodies in the Nick".
314* InstrumentOfMurder: "The Stolen Musicians".
315* InterrogationByVandalism: In the episode "Scoutrageous", the two renegade Scouts whittle Tim's staves until he relents (they also damage his hat and threaten to take a Brillo pad (steel wool) to Tim's shiny shoes. ''[[SeriousBusiness They threatened the shiny shoes]]'').
316* IntroducedSpeciesCalamity: In the episode "Scatty Safari," the Goodies have started a celebrity zoo and are in search of a new star attraction. They eventually find it in the form of the last remaining Rolf Harris in Australia... and then pair it up with another Rolf kept in a Siberian zoo, resulting in the breeding pair and the resulting cub becoming their new attraction. Unfortunately, all three escape from the zoo, and due to their ability to both move ''and'' breed like greased lightning, they quickly overrun their new environment - resulting in a Pied Piper of Hamelin conclusion to the story.
317* InVinoVeritas: Normally uptight Tim becomes affectionate and silly when he gets drunk in "The End".
318* ISophagus: Graeme, unable to turn off a foghorn in "Lighthouse-Keeping Loonies", swallows the main component.
319* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne:
320** In "Kung Fu Kapers", Tim and Graeme are trying to provoke Bill. He brushes off being called a "weirdo" and a "nasty, spotty, unpleasant little dwarf", but nearly goes over the edge when accused of being a Chelsea supporter.
321** Subverted in "Caught In The Act". Context: [[ItMakesSenseInContext Tim is in drag, calling himself 'Mitzi',]] [[ZanyScheme and has gotten into a fight with a woman named Ms. Heffer regarding Graeme whom Tim pretends is his lover.]]
322--->'''Ms. Heffer:''' He doesn't want you! You're fat and old and ugly!\
323'''"Mitzi":''' Fat and old I may be, but ugly--''(hissing)--ugly...'' ...you're absolutely right, that's why he loves me. C'mere...
324* ItMakesSenseInContext: Graeme pulls this in "The Clown Virus" due to his less-than-helpful explanation of what's going on.
325-->'''Bill:''' ''(seeing the first signs of Tim's transformation into a clown)'' Hey, Gray, Gray...he looks like Coco the Clown!\
326'''Graeme:''' Good grief, of course...that's it!\
327'''Tim & Bill:''' What?\
328'''Graeme:''' Wh--can't you see--Coco the Clown! The Americans! The tomato soup! Nerve gas! It all makes sense!\
329'''Tim & Bill:''' ...No, it doesn't.
330* ItWontTurnOff: A RuleOfFunny version happens in "Lighthouse Loonies", with a foghorn which won't stop blaring even after Tim and Graeme have switched it off, pulled the plug, jumped up and down on it and [[ISophagus swallowed the pieces]].
331* KillThePoor: An annual cull of the poor was one of Tim's policies when running for Prime Minister.
332* KingKongClimb: In "Kitten Kong", the giant kitten Twinkle the Post Office Tower, which topples under his weight.
333* KnottyTentacles: In "Scoutrageous", when the 'Lone Scout (Plus One)' (a.k.a. Graeme and Bill) are using their scouting skills to run a ProtectionRacket on a huge scale, one of their targets is the London Zoo, where they tie knots in a python and an elephant's trunk.
334* LandInTheSaddle: In "Animals", Graeme leaps out of the window of the farmhouse and lands in the saddle of his horse, who is actually a man (ItMakesSenseInContext), before galloping off.
335* LarynxDissonance: Tim in "Cecily", talking on the phone (using the same voice he used for Lady Constance on ''Radio/ImSorryIllReadThatAgain''). It might not be convincing, but, credit where it's due, he slips into the voice like an evening gown (as he should, given how many years he'd been using the voice by then).
336* LaserBlade: In "Snow White 2", Tim and Graeme have a duel with light sabers.
337* LastBreathBullet: "Bunfight at the OK Tearooms".
338* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: A slight example. Starting with series 6, the humour got coarser and cruder, and Bill's songs becoming increasingly absent with each passing series, until by series 8 there was only one song per series.
339** This then happened again in a much more noticeable way with series 9, which returned things to the more rigidly defined plots of the show's early days, while dialling back the coarseness and crudeness of series 6-8, as well as the surrealism. Bill's songs also make a welcome return after a few series' relative absence, although they still aren't as prominent as they were in series 1-5.
340*** On the downside, the humour becomes a lot more mainstream and less subversive, with less of the almost anarchic surrealism that had been a part of the series since the beginning, but particularly since series 3 and 4.
341* LeFilmArtistique: Ken Russell's outlandish composer biopics, especially ''Film/{{Mahler}}'', are parodied in "The Movies" with ''The Life of Pablo Casals''. The film of a nun stripping to a frenzied cello accompaniment, but revealing a whiteface mime, is especially bizarre.
342* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: Tim's habit of giving inspirational speeches to a background of patriotic music -- which he is seen starting up himself on a tape deck before beginning his speech.
343* LighthousePoint: The whole of "Lighthouse-Keeping Loonies", all because the advert said, "[[TheProblemWithPenIsland A little light housekeeping]]"
344* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand:
345** In the episode "Scotland" when they shoot the deadly bagpipe spider, with the air slowly leaking out of the bagpipes as it dies.
346** In the Christmas song, ''Father Christmas, Do Not Touch Me'', Tim Brooke-Taylor carries on enthusiastically ringing the chimes and singing long after the others have packed in, and his jolly "ho-ho-ho!" descends into a bleating ''Hello?" as he realises he is alone in the recording studio.
347* LighterAndSofter: The more mainstream humour of series 9 was this after the more crude humour of series 6-8, and indeed the less mainstream and accessible humour of all their BBC output, likely as a result of ExecutiveMeddling after the move to LWT.
348* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: In "Kitten Kong" Tim and Bill bicker about dinner in this fashion, complete with snarky hissing and turning their backs on one another. Context: Bill was giving a gourmet meal to a guinea pig ([[ItMakesSenseInContext It Makes Sense In...uh...]]further...[[BuffySpeak contexty...things...]])
349-->'''Tim:''' ...Ruddy 'ell!\
350'''Bill:''' ''Surely'' you're not resentful toward a little kindness for one of our dumb friends?\
351'''Tim:''' The only dumb friend I've got is you!\
352'''Bill:''' Well, ''thank'' you, after I make supper for you--\
353'''Tim:''' Look, we can hardly afford to feed ourselves, and you start giving four-course meals to ''flaming guinea pigs''!\
354'''Bill:''' ''[turns his back]'' Temper, temper...\
355'''Tim:''' Well, since when have we eaten that well!\
356'''Bill:''' Since when indeed, yes...what did we get last time ''you'' cooked supper, eh? ''[Tim turns his back as well] A bowl of corn flakes!'' Yes, and [[EpicFail they were burnt]]...\
357'''Tim:''' Well, better than your soggy lettuce and potato peelings...\
358'''Bill:''' ''[turns back around, snapping]'' On the money you give me you're very lucky to get anything at all, I can tell you! ''[turning his back, hands on hips]'' Oh, I've a good urge to go back to mother's...\
359'''Tim:''' Well go.\
360'''Bill:''' I shall.\
361'''Graeme:''' ''Now listen!''\
362'''Bill and Tim:''' ''AND YOU KEEP OUT OF THIS!''\
363'''Graeme:''' Tim, you are being very, very silly!\
364'''Tim:''' Oh, you always take sides with ''him'', don't you...
365* LimitedWardrobe: Played straight with Tim and Graeme but averted with Bill, who had the same outfit for the first two seasons but went through several groovy outfits after that.
366* LipstickAndLoadMontage Tim getting ready for the disco in "Saturday Night Grease".
367* LockedInARoom: "The End" features the Goodies' office being encased in a block of concrete -- with them inside.
368* LostTribe: In "The Lost Tribe of the Orinoco", the Goodies go in search of the eponymous lost tribe and find it in a most unexpected location.
369* LotteryOfDoom: When the Goodies are sealed inside a block of concrete in "The End", they draw straws to see which one of them will be eaten by the other two. Tim and Graeme don't tell Bill that this is what they are drawing for.
370* MadeOfExplodium: PlayedForLaughs. In "Robot", the household appliances (the stove, computer, etc.) explode when they collide.
371* ManInAKilt:
372** The Goodies wore kilts in a totally failed attempt to blend in in Scotland in "Scotland".
373** In "Alternative Roots", the kilt is worn by the clan of Graeme's ancestor Keltic Kilty. The clan's initiation rite includes the joke "What's worn under a Scotsman's kilt? Nothing, it's all in perfect working order!".
374%%* MartialArtsAndCrafts: "Kung Fu Kapers"
375* MasterOfDisguise: Nasty Person, who got his [[IncrediblyLamePun Master of Disguise from Sussex University]], and claims to have done many naughty things in a variety of personae which included Richard Nixon, Enoch Powell, Idi Amin and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking David Frost]]. Later they fool Nasty Person's brainless henchman into thinking he's disguised himself as the Goodies -- all three of them, at the same time.
376* MayContainEvil: The 'tomato soup' in "Clown Virus".
377* MeadowRun: Done between Bill Oddie and his new gal. Then done in the same meadow between Graeme Garden and...his computer. He also tries to push it on a swing, which...doesn't work so well.
378* MediaWatchdog: Parodied in the form of Mrs Desiree Carthorse, an obvious NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Mary Whitehouse, in the episode "Sex and Violence". The real Mrs Whitehouse had said how much she liked the show, and the boys [[ComplimentBackfire took offense]].
379* MedicineShow: The Goodies performed a scene as part of "The Goodies Travelling Medicine Show" in the episode "Hospital For Hire". The scene included a plant from the audience (Tim) being pulled from the audience to 'prove' that the mystery elixir cured all ailments.
380* MegaNeko: Kitten Kong a.k.a. Twinkle, an ordinary kitten who is fed a growth formula and grows to [[[[Kaiju}} behemoth size]] and goes on a rampage around London.
381* MentalPictureProjector: Bill's brain hooked up to Graeme's computer. It took a sherbert fountain to make it work. Bill's train of consciousness lagely revolved around football and naked ladies (the picture cut out when he ran out of sherbert, or else CensorBoxes intruded), but generally managed a revelation of worth to Graeme and Tim.
382* MeritBadgesForEverything: The "Scoutrageous!" episode features the World Domination badge (up to that point only ever awarded to Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar and David Frost. But Frost stole his). It also features a montage of two of the characters earning badges they are blatantly making up as they go, including the Wig Spotters Badge, the Stealing A Pair Of Margaret Thatcher's Bloomers Badge, and the [[CheatingWithTheMilkman Cheering Up Lonely Housewives Whose Husbands Are Away At Work]] badge.
383* MiningForCookies: In episode "Bunfight at the OK Tearooms", in which the Goodies find cream in an old tin mine in Cornwall, leading to a cream rush. They later strike strawberry jam. (It's also suggested that the old tin mine used to produce "old tins".)
384%%* MiracleGroMonster: Kitten Kong
385* MisterBig:
386** "The Goodies and the Beanstalk" features a "giant" who is even shorter than Bill, despite his home and all his belongings being giant-sized.
387** Big Bunny in "Invasion of the Moon Creatures". On the moon, he communicates with Tim and Bill via a monitor that makes him look large. When he appears on Earth at the end of the episode, we see he is just an ordinary-sized rabbit.
388* MonumentalDamage:
389** The episode "Sex and Violence" concludes with the CrossesTheLineTwice climax of Bill (accidentally) ''blowing up the BBC Television Centre''.
390** Kitten Kong took down the Post Office Tower (now known as the BT Tower) in a clip that ended up in the TitleSequence of later seasons.
391* MostDefinitelyNotAVillain:
392** In one episode, the Goodies ran a pirate radio station inside a submarine attached to a rowboat. The rowboat itself had a sign saying 'Not A Pirate Radio Station'.
393** In "The Greenies", there was a military base with a sign saying (paraphrased): "Not A Germ Warfare Station Or A Nuclear Weapon Testing Site Or A Place Where People Are Hurt In Any Way". And below it, a small sign saying "So There".
394* MotorcycleJousting: In "Camelot Capers", the Goodies have to joust with a knight on horseback while mounted on their iconic three-seater bicycle. It doesn't go well for them.
395* MundaneObjectAmazement: Graeme becomes enthralled by the process of making a cup of tea in "Holidays". This results in him making several hundred cups of tea.
396* MushroomSamba: In some of the early episodes Bill Oddie's hallucinations are crucial plot points. They are induced, to Graeme's loudly expressed disbelief, by lemon sherbet. Whenever the [[GRatedDrug sherbet]] comes up, it's often mentioned that his ''grandmother'' sends him it. It's also described as "Not dangerous, but it turns him on".
397* MusicalAssassin: Everyone at the end of "The Stolen Musicians". The organ cannon. Or the orchestra using their violins as bows. [[StealthPun And their bows as arrows.]] And finally, Cilla Black against the Goodies in the last scene.
398* MusicSoothesTheSavageBeast: In "The New Office", the Goodies are attacked by dinosaur-like construction equipment. They are eventually cornered at the door to their office by a looming throng of lethal construction equipment. However Bill has a bright idea just in time and he quickly ducks inside the office and re-emerges with a saxophone, trumpet and drum. Working on the 'music soothes the savage beast' theory, the Goodies play a jazzy conga rhythm, which lures the machines to initially follow them in a conga line and then to continue over the edge of a cliff to crash heavily to their doom in a quarry below.
399* MysteryCult: Druidism is portrayed this way in "Wacky Wales". Strictly PlayedForLaughs, of course. (But, then again, perhaps it's ''rugby'' that's the mystery cult.)
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403* TheNativesAreRestless: In "South Africa", Tim observes that "the jockeys are restless tonight".
404* NewscasterCameo: BBC News presenter Richard Baker, Michael Aspel, Corbet Woodall, and ''Nationwide'' presenter Michael Barratt were among the more frequently seen guest stars to appear as themselves.
405* NiceJobBreakingItHero: In "U-Friend or UFO?", Graeme's robot EB-GB (a CaptainErsatz of R2-D2) ends up inciting the aliens the plot centres around to war when asked how to talk to aliens.
406-->'''EB-GB:''' [[Series/DoctorWho Exterminate them! Exterminate them!]] Where are the aliens? We will kill them all!
407* NineOutOfTenDoctorsAgree: Parodied when The Goodies go into the advertising business in "It Might As Well Be String".
408-->'''Tim:''' Look at this! Nine out of every ten doctors agree that people who don't eat Sunbeam sliced bread will get squashed by elephants!\
409'''Graeme:''' That's right. Mind you, it did take us a long time to find the right nine doctors, woo hoo hoo ''(makes loony signal)'' ... and the elephants!
410* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: There were several thinly disguised parodies of media personalities, usually with punny names.
411** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Grundy Bill Grumpy]]
412** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Whitehouse Mrs. Desiree Carthorse]]
413** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Coon Caroline Kook]]
414** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Nabarro Sir Reginald Wheelbarrow]]
415* NoMoreForMe: In "Frankenfido" a man walking out of an optometrist takes off his new glasses after seeing the giant mutant pup...and promptly walks into a lamppost.
416* NoPartyLikeADonnerParty: When the office is sealed in concrete in "The End", Tim and Graeme's thoughts immediately turn to cannibalism to survive, with Bill their intended target.
417* NotWhatItLooksLike: In 'Come Dancing', Graeme walks in on Tim and Bill in an awkward tangled embrace, with Tim screaming "Look, I am the woman!", and, naturally, gets the wrong idea. He mumbles an apology and makes to leave quickly, until Tim explains that they were trying to learn to dance (Tim was doing the woman's steps, and Bill the man's, but they quickly got very confused).
418* TheNudifier: In "The Lost Tribe", the Goodies enter their quick-change cupboard, and leave the cupboard in the correct type of clothing for their coming adventure. When Hazel enters the cupboard, she thinks that it is not working properly because, when she emerges from the cupboard, she is only dressed in a large-size [[ModestyTowel bath towel]].
419* OnTheMoney: In "Culture for the Masses", Tim buys a painting for one million billion quintillion zillion pounds and two and a half new pence. Looking for a way to pay this off, they later learn that the art in the National Gallery is insured for one million billion quintillion zillion pounds.
420* OrgyOfEvidence: "Daylight Robbery on the Orient Express" where the evidence left behind by the murderers includes a Union Jack waistcoat, a pair of glasses and a beard...which Bill proceeds to put on.
421* OrientExpress: "Daylight Robbery on the Orient Express".
422* OurSloganIsTerrible: Multiple examples.
423* OverlyLongGag: The sound of Bill walking up the stairs in "Change of Life". It goes on so long that Tim and Graeme fall asleep in the middle of it.
424* OverlyLongName: When the Goodies travel to Wales via train, the name of the station is seen outside the window continuing for the entire journey to their destination. This is a parody of the railway station at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanfairpwllgwyngyll#/media/File:Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch_stationbord.JPG Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch]] (usually abbreviated to Llanfair PG), which is the longest train station name in the world.
425* OverlyStereotypicalDisguise: In "Scotland", the Goodies attempt to pass themselves off as Scottish is so over-the-top that the Scot they are trying to fool declares that they must be English tourists.
426* PaintedTunnelRealTrain:
427** In "Invasion Of The Moon Creatures", Bill, dressed as a rabbit (ItMakesSenseInContext, promise) runs next to a hole and jumps down the rabbit hole to get rid of Graeme, who is chasing him. Graeme attempts to jump in also, but hits the ground. Confused, he touches the hole, and manages to ''pick it up'' -- it's just a piece of round, black paper. Frustrated, he throws the hole away as he stomps off-screen. When the hole lands, Bill crawls out of it again.
428** Taken to a truly ''manic'' extent in "The Movies": Characters jump in and out of the cinema screen, then in and out of the cinema screen which is on ''another cinema screen'', then running off screen, appearing in the cinema screen inside the cinema screen, then jumping through all the cinema screens. The amazing thing is that it manages not to look obviously fake despite the episode being from 1975, and ''live action television''.
429* PajamaCladHero: Happens in "Kitten Kong", when the Goodies have to rush off in the middle of the night to find Twinkle. Only Graeme gets dressed before they leave, so Tim and Bill end up cycling around the city dressed, respectively, in red and white striped pyjamas and a white nightshirt.
430* PaperThinDisguise:
431** At one point, all three Goodies disguise themselves as one man. No, they aren't wearing identical disguises -- they're wearing one very large mustache and speaking all at the same time. When they take it off:
432--->'''Man:''' Good Lord! There are three of you in there!
433** This is inverted in another episode when they attempt to bluff a villain's henchman by pretending to be the villain disguising himself as all three of them at once.
434* {{Parod|y}}ies: Too many to list, so we'll just list ''Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World''.
435* ParodyAssistance: R2-D2 operator Kenny Baker portrays CaptainErsatz robot EB-GB.
436* ParodyCommercial: From the start of season 1 to the end of season 4, episodes were split into two parts, divided by parody commercials. They made a return in the season 6 episode "It Might As Well Be String", which was a parody of the advertisement industry in general. The mock adverts include:
437** The recurring Beanz Meanz Heanz ads, which involve the boy (Tim) never managing to say his lines correctly, leading to the irritation and wrath of the director (Graeme).
438** An advert for Plastic Spacemen, which come with a free corn flake.
439** An advert for Butch Tobacco - the tobacco for [[StraightGay men]].
440* PeopleFarms: In "Animals", Graeme sets up a farm to breed humans so he can [[TheSecretOfLongPorkPies serve their meat in his restaurant]] after he runs out of animals.
441* PetGetsTheKeys: In "Daylight Robbery on the Orient Express", the Goodies escape their bondage by the getting the goat they happen to have with them on the train to eat the ropes tying them up.
442* PinPullingTeeth: In reference to this trope, while on a desert island Graeme bites the top off a pineapple which then explodes [[RuleOfFunny for no apparent reason]].
443* PokeThePoodle: When the end of the world is nigh, Tim panics, worrying about his sins and the possibility he may go to hell. His sins, in the order he confessed them to Bill and Graeme: forgetting to put the turkey in for Christmas, tucking his shirt inside his underpants, and farting in the bath. When he has a FreakOut and tries to be sinful, he wears a t-shirt showing-off his belly button (and mocks Bill and knees him in the groin, which actually ''is'' pretty douchey.)
444* PolkaDotPaint: The Goodies acquire the nation's art collection to stop wealthy Americans buying it, but end up stuck with the bill. After all their efforts to foist the cost off to the National Gallery fail, Tim invites the Americans back in, but now they're only interested in a single painting, ''The Monarch of the Glen'' by Sir Edwin Landseer which Bill refuses to part with. Graeme then produces a roller brush which paints ''Monarch of the Glen'' over every painting they have.
445* PressurePoint: Spoofed in "Kung Fu Kapers": Reading from a book of martial arts instructions, Graeme delivers a large number of light taps and pokes to various spots on Tim's body. After several seconds of nothing happening, Tim suddenly spasms and jerks back and forth before collapsing unconscious.
446* PrisonEpisode: "Goodies in the Nick" is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. The Goodies spend several years in prison after committing a series of crimes for a police sergeant to solve so he can gain a promotion.
447* ProducePelting: Happens to the xylophone player in "Snow White 2".
448* ProjectileToast: Tim is pelted by toast fired from the toaster when the household appliances rebel in "Robot".
449* {{Pseudolympics}}: "A Kick in the Arts'' had Tim converting the Olympics from sports alone to a combination of sports and arts, leading to such events as the 'Snatch and Limerick' (combining poetry and weightlifting).
450* RealFakeDoor: In "The End", the Goodies open their front door only to run into a featureless wall of concrete, as their office has just been encase in a solid block of concrete (as a result of Graeme's architectural design).
451* RealVehicleReveal: One of the early episodes has them leave their office and move behind a Rolls Royce, looking as if they are about to get in it. They then emerge from behind the Rolls riding their "trandem" bike.
452* RepetitiveName: The Reverend Llewellyn Llewellyn Llewellyn Llewellyn in "Wacky Wales".
453* RingRingCRUNCH:
454** Spoofed in "Lighthouse Keeping Loonies". Seeing the fog closing in around the Jolly Rock lighthouse Graeme switches on the foghorn, startling an over-sensitive Tim who yells at him to turn it off. Graeme does so but the foghorn [[ItWontTurnOff continues to blare, even after they repeatedly flick the switch, pull out the power cord]], rip the foghorn to bits and [[AgitatedItemStomping jump up and down on it]]. Finally in desperation Graeme swallows the part emitting the most noise, whereupon silence ensues. [[ISophagus Until he opens his mouth to speak]].
455** In the second episode, "Snooze", with a radio. It seems that Graeme has built a hammer into his wall for the primary purpose of smashing his radio.
456* RiverOfInsanity: "The Lost Tribe".
457* RodandReelRepurposed: In "Scoutrageous", Graeme and Bill use a fishing rod to snatch a toupee off a pedestrian while earning their [[MeritBadgesForEverything Wig Spotter's Badge]].
458* RoguishRomani: In "Black and White Beauty", Tim and Graeme decide to steal Black and White Beauty back from Bill. Tim suggests that they should ask the friendly local gypsies ("good kind people") to help steal back Beauty, but Graeme suggests that they dress as gypsies themselves so that the real gypsies will get the blame when the horse goes missing. Tim and Graeme boldly attempt the heist while wearing an OverlyStereotypicalDisguise and loudly singing "We are the gypsies! Coming to steal the horse!".
459* RubeGoldbergHatesYourGuts: MadScientist Rat Fink Petal tries to kill the Goodies with a simultaneous pair of deathtraps: a bathtub slowly filling with water in which sits a man-eating alligator, and a candle burning a rope holding a tub of concentrated acid, so they'll be tormented over which horrible death they'll experience. After a comical CliffhangerCopout in which they make an unseen escape thanks to Graeme's fruit peeler, their escape is foiled by Rat Fink who's GenreSavvy enough to be waiting outside the door. He then straps them to an enormous CartoonBomb, which if moved will open a canister of poison gas.
460* RunningGag: Many. They also had several that only lasted for one episode, such as Graeme always adding a deadpan 'boom' to their radio station's theme song (ItMakesSenseInContext...ah...sort of...) in "Radio Goodies".
461** The Heenz Meenz Beenz ad, featuring Tim as a ButtMonkey boy who keeps messing up an ad for baked beans.
462** Bill's "lemon sherbet" in early episodes.
463* TheRuntAtTheEnd:
464-->'''Head Dwarf:''' Sleepy. Happy. Grumpy. Soppy. Grotty. And Tim.
465* SadClown: Years after the show had ended, Bill Oddie [[http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-star-times/features/profiles/637257/An-Oddie-but-a-Goodie revealed that he had a lifelong battle with depression]].
466* TheSecretOfLongPorkPies: In "Animals", Graeme runs out of animals to serve in restuarant and concocts a scheme to farm humans and sell their meat for human consumption.
467* SecurityCling: Bill and Tim have a habit of clinging to each other, and/or Graeme, when they are scared.
468* SelfSoothingSong: Tim Brooke-Taylor's response to trauma or to imminent disaster is to dance around the room singing the Teapot Song.
469* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Tim's sensitive guy to Bill's manly man. Graeme fits somewhere between the two.
470* SheetOfGlass: In "Daylight Robbery on the Orient Express", the mimes wreak havoc with a mimed sheet of glass that has [[YourMimeMakesItReal exactly the same effect that real sheet of glass would have had]].
471* ShootOutTheLock: In "U-Friend or UFO" Bill is being chased by what he thinks is an alien, but Tim won't let him in the door, so he orders Graeme's robot to open it. The robot promptly disintegrates the door, so Bill can't lock it after him.
472* ShoutOut:
473** In "Invasion Of The Moon Creatures", there's a shout out to ''Series/DoctorWho'' ("''(while in space)'' I'll just step outside to the telephone booth." "What telephone booth?" "That one! ''(points to the TARDIS)''"), ''Series/{{Star Trek|The Original Series}}'' (Spock shows up on their screen briefly, and Graeme records his thoughts in a captain's log á la Kirk), and ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''.
474--->'''Graeme:''' Captain's log...stardate, February 18th...time, 10:15...It is with deep regret that I--10:15?! Hey! ''[turns TV on, the opening titles to Flying Circus roll]'' [[TakeThat Ah, blast! ...Missed Moira Anderson.]]
475** There's another ''Series/{{Star Trek|The Original Series}}'' reference in "Farm Fresh Food", in which the automated farm's control room is a jaw-droppingly accurate copy of the ''Enterprise'' bridge set.
476** In "Goodies Rule - OK", the cast of ''Series/TheSootyShow'' leading a '[[IncrediblyLamePun puppet government]]'. And the giant [[WesternAnimation/TheMagicRoundabout Dougal and Zebedee...]]
477** They had another ''Python'' reference at the end of the beanstalk episode; after rubbing the empty bean tin that started the havoc, a genie (played by Creator/JohnCleese) rises out and proclaims it to be time for Something Completely Different, before realising that he's in a "[[TakeThat Kids' Program!"]] and disappearing.
478** In "Kitten Kong", the Goodies rush into an office dressed as mice, the cleaning lady [[WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry leaps up onto a nearby stool and starts shouting "Thomas".]]
479** "Saturday Night Grease" is filled with references to musicals. At first, it's just ''Film/SaturdayNightFever'' and ''Film/{{Grease}}'' with Tim striking John Travolta's famous pose and a brief rendition of "Summer Lovin'". Then, at the end, there's ''Theatre/WestSideStory'', ''Film/SinginInTheRain'', and even a bit of ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''.
480** "U-Friend Or UFO" has ''Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind'', ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'', ''Series/TheFlyingNun'' and ''Franchise/StarWars''.
481** In the "gymnasium" sketch from an episode of ''Engelbert and the Young Generation'' which was later gathered into "A Collection of Goodies", the trio set down a wooden vaulting horse when they hear knocking coming from inside. When they lift off the top of the vaulting horse, a series of six men in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII POW uniforms exit with picks and shovels, followed a moment later by a German officer with a revolver. This is a reference to ''The Wooden Horse'', the (mostly) true story of the second most famous mass escape from Stalag Luft III[[note]] after Film/TheGreatEscape[[/note]] in which the entrance to the escape tunnel was hidden under a wooden vaulting horse (rather than the exit, as in the Goodies sketch).
482* ShowdownAtHighNoon: "Bunfight at the OK Tearooms" climaxes with a showdown between Tim and Bill on one side, and "Greedy Graeme" on the other, with ketchup squeeze bottles as weapons.
483** The entire showdown scene was originally written by Garden and Oddie for a sketch in [[{{Series/TheTwoRonnies}} Ronnie Barker]]'s ''Hark at Barker''.
484* SickEpisode: Tim spends most of 'Lighthouse Keeping Loonies' sick with mumps.
485* SignatureTeamTransport: The Trandem.
486* SinisterMinister: "Wacky Wales" has the Reverend Llewellyn Llewellyn Llewellyn Llewellyn (played by Creator/JonPertwee) of he Church of the Seventh Day Repressionists. It turns out that his church is also a drudic {{cult}} that practices HumanSacrifice, and he attempts to sacrifice the Goodies for being too entertaining. PlayedForLaughs.
487* SituationalSexuality: [[ConversationalTroping Discussed]] in "The End", when the boys are sealed inside a block of concrete. This leads to a hilarious sequence where Tim wants to exercise his right to have children, but Bill is more interested in them being "doomed to be bachelors gay! - That's an idea, isn't it?", with his camp petting prompting a very hasty "Get Off!" from Tim. Also Bill suggesting with a coy look at Tim that "Hey, I don't mind shaving, you know. Underneath this lot I look a bit like Liza Minelli", with Tim's unimpressed reply of "I often wondered why you grew it!" causing Bill to hiss "You bitch!"
488%%* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Graeme.
489* SnakeOilSalesman: In "Hospital For Hire".
490-->'''Graeme:''' My friends, this here bottle contains a guaranteed all-purpose remedy for prostration, inflation and frustration! Pneumonia and old monia! Distemper, dat temper and bad temper! Sunburn, heartburn, [[TakeThat and]] Radio/TonyBlackburn!
491* SneakyDeparture: Graeme does this in "Bunfight at the O.K. Tea Rooms", sneaking off to register the clotted cream claim while the other two are asleep. Tim and Bill spend some time talking to the CardboardPal he left in his place before they realise anything is wrong.
492* SomethingThatBeginsWithBoring: While encased in concrete.
493* SoundToScreenAdaptation: The roots of the show lie in manic 1960's ensemble comedy show ''Radio/ImSorryIllReadThatAgain'', which starred the three Goodies with Creator/JohnCleese and Jo Kendall, who both performed TV cameos in the series. Several ISIRTA sketches were recyled into ''The Goodies'', and fans of the radio series can be heard in the studio audience, knowingly cheering mentions of Spot The Dog and all references to gibbons (funky or otherwise). The TV show also gave Tim Brooke-Taylor ample opportunities to reprise his Lady Constance [=deCoverlet=] voice. Bill Oddie's radio character of [[{{Blackface}} Rastus Watermelon]] did not stand the test of time, however.
494* SpecialGuest: Among those who made guest appearances were Creator/KennyBaker, Radio/TonyBlackburn, Creator/BernardBresslaw, Creator/RichardBriers, Creator/JohnCleese, Creator/FreddieJones, Creator/PatrickMoore, Creator/JonPertwee, Creator/JoanSims, Creator/PatrickTroughton and Radio/TerryWogan.
495* SpinOff: At the height of their fame, they had a comic series in ''Cor!!'' magazine -- although it wasn't penned by them, it got their yea or nay as the 'final test' before publishing. A well-known fansite has [[http://www.goodiesruleok.com/gallery.php?gallery=cor some scans.]]
496* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Radio/ImSorryIllReadThatAgain''.
497* SpotTheImposter: In "The Baddies", where robot doubles of the lads were made by someone trying to give them a bad image. Tim eventually yells that they should try and unscrew the doubles' heads, to which the inventor of the doubles panicked, revealing them, The Goodies then begin to chase the duplicates. HilarityEnsues.
498* StartMyOwn: The basis for several episodes, including "Radio Goodies" and "Hospital for Hire".
499* StewedAlive: The Lost Tribe of the Orinoco attempt to cook Tim and Bill in a pot. They escape by fooling the tribe into making "human clear soup", which involves removing the meat before serving.
500* StockNessMonster: The Goodies get hired to capture the Loch Ness Monster in the episode "Scotland". They return with a man in a Nessie costume. [[spoiler:And a real Nessie egg. Which hatches.]]
501* StopMotion: The Goodies often used the live action version of this effect during action scenes.
502* StrangeSalute: In the "Clown Virus" episode The Goodies are trying to sneak onto a US military base when they're confronted by a soldier. They brazen it out with a dramatic salute and end up thumping themselves on the nose. The soldier's return salute causes his helmet to [[RuleOfFunny spin around on his head]].
503* StrappedToABomb: In an episode, the Goodies fall foul of a mad scientist who ties them to a bomb (after they escape his first inescapable death trap, which involved rising water, an alligator, a candle burning through a rope, and an acid bath).
504* SurroundedByIdiots: In "Radio Goodies":
505-->'''Graeme:''' ''(enraged)'' How can I create a new world when I'm surrounded by fools?!\
506'''Tim & Bill:''' ...He's flipped. He's flipped, he's gone, he's completely gone...
507* SurrealHumor: On occasion, the most notable occasions being the endings of certain episodes -- "The Movies" (which ended with Tim, Bill and Graeme running back and forth between movie sets and into television screens in an epic battle between an epic, a silent comedy, and a western), "Daylight Robbery On The Orient Express" (which ended with EvilTwin Goodies entering the French Le Boring competition, and using the power of mime to stop the Goodies from interfering), and "It Might As Well Be String" (which ended with switches to several different commercials in which Bill and Graeme tried to stop Tim from telling the world that string was evil). None of these endings offered any attempt at closure, even for a show with NegativeContinuity, all of them [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext make just as much sense in context]], and it was even lampshaded in the [[CreativeCredits credits]] of "It Might As Well Be String", with Tim, Bill and Graeme looking at a television screen.\
508'''Bill:''' ...Huh, I didn't quite get that.\
509'''Graeme:''' Surrealism.\
510'''Bill:''' Suh--what?\
511'''Tim:''' [[IncrediblyLamePun 'Suh lot of rubbish.]]\
512'''Bill:''' Oh.
513* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: The episode "Saturday Night Grease" features a parody of British journalist and broadcaster Robin Day (played by Graeme), who is judging a mixed dancing competition, wearing a bag over his head and insisting that he is in fact Robin ''Yad'', as Robin Day would ''never'' [[CovertPervert be seen judging something]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext as filthy as a mixed dancing competition.]]
514* TakeThat:
515** They took a few playful shots at Creator/MontyPython.[[note]] The Pythons and the Goodies' 1960s careers have a lot of overlap. Graham Chapman, John Cleese, and Eric Idle had been in the Cambridge Footlights with the Goodies (Idle succeeded Graeme (who himself succeeded Tim) as Footlights president in 1964-65), and Chapman and Idle wrote for ''I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again'', while Cleese was a cast member. Graeme and Bill went on to appear in a (now wiped) sketch series called ''Twice a Fortnight'' with Terry Jones and Michael Palin.[[/note]]
516*** In "Invasion of the Moon Creatures", Graeme switches on the television and sees the opening credits to ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''. He immediately switches off again, fuming at having missed Moira Anderson.
517*** "Scatty Safari" features four Gumbys as exhibits in the "Star Safari Park", accompanied by Sousa's "Liberty Bell" March (used as the ''Flying Circus'' theme tune).
518*** In "The Goodies Rule... OK?", the down-and-out Tim and Bill pass two Gumbys rummaging through a dustbin; Bill addresses them as John and Eric.
519*** Meanwhile, the Pythons returned fire in John Cleese's cameo at the end of "The Goodies and the Beanstalk". He appears as a genie from the tin of beans and declares, "[[CharacterCatchphrase And now for something completely different.]]" An annoyed Tim snaps, "Push off!" To which Cleese sneers, "Kids' programme!"[[note]] A favourite term of derision for ''The Goodies'' by the Pythons' more militant fans.[[/note]]
520** DJ Radio/TonyBlackburn was a frequent target.[[note]] Bill in particular disliked Blackburn, but had to mend the bridge he was burning when he realised Blackburn was the Radio 1 DJ most likely to play the Goodies' music.[[/note]]
521*** In "Chubby Chumps", Radio/TerryWogan (voiced by Graeme) is announcing a contest, the SecondPrize for which is a night out with Tony Blackburn, and the third prize for which is ''two'' nights out with Tony Blackburn.
522*** In "Scatty Safari", Tony (who appears as himself) is the safari park's main attraction. He doesn't do well in captivity, and after Tim can't bring himself to put the poor fellow out of his misery ("I couldn't do it! Those big brown eyes looking up at me. I swear he could understand every word I said!"), they decide to release him into the wild, and he makes his glorious run for freedom... at which point he is promptly shot dead by a hunter.
523*** In "The Goodies Rule... OK?", when the Goodies are driving through the streets rounding up the UK's now unemployed entertainers to stage a coup against the tailor's dummy government, they pick up Tommy Cooper, Ken Dodd, Rolf Harris (all seen only from behind, of course), and begin pulling up to Tony Blackburn (appearing as himself again), only to turn around and zoom away when they realise who he is. Tony takes out a hankie and begins weeping.
524** Frequently to Rolf Harris.
525*** In "The Stolen Musicians", being locked into a cell with Rolf Harris is considered a FateWorseThanDeath. Given his prison sentence in 2014 for historical sex offences, this bit did not age well.
526*** They even devoted a whole episode to mocking Rolf Harris - in "Scatty Safari", they capture Rolf Harris, who becomes the star attraction at the Goodies' celebrity safari park. Unfortunately, their captive breeding program works a little too well, and Great Britain is soon overrun by a plague of Rolf Harrises.
527** Other favourite targets: singers Max Bygraves and Des O'Connor, journalist/comedian David Frost (fondly[[note]] Frost having given the Goodies some of their first breaks as television writers[[/note]]), then-Opposition leader UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher, "Clean Up TV" and "Festival of Light" campaigner [[MoralGuardian Mary Whitehouse]], actress and political activist Creator/VanessaRedgrave, and television presenter [[Series/SaleOfTheCentury Nicolas Parsons]].
528* TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat: Practically a CharacteristicTrope. Every time something is being read out or listened to, somebody (usually Bill) will pass a [[DeadpanSnarker smartarse]] or confused comment, to which the tape, record, TV show or piece of paper will contain a response.
529** The height of the trope is reached when the characters are learning kung fu -- Graeme is reading aloud from the book, Tim is trying what it says.
530--->'''Graeme:''' Now lift up your index and middle finger and make a V.\
531''(Tim makes the rude V sign)''\
532'''Graeme:''' ''(still reading aloud)'' No, not like that.\
533''(Tim flips his hand around to a less rude gesture)''\
534'''Graeme:''' Yes, like that.
535** In "It Might as Well Be String", Graeme and Bill have apparently planned ahead when recording the tapes to simulate their voices for the tailor's dummies of themselves they use to fool Tim. When he discovers the ruse, this exchange occurs:
536--->'''Tim:''' I should have known something was wrong when you didn't laugh at the Chelsea result!\
537'''Bill:''' ''(on tape)'' How did they get on?\
538'''Tim:''' Lost 3-0 at home to Derby.\
539'''Bill:''' ''(on tape)'' HA HA HA HA HA!
540* TandemParasite: The Trandem is a three-man variation of a Tandem. The original version was an ordinary (sic) tandem with an extra seat at the back. Tim and Graeme pedalled, Bill being shortest was at the back in the non-pedalling seat. Later on the BBC prop department actually built a version with three sets of pedals.
541%%* TeamTitle
542* TheTeapotPose: Tim Brooke-Taylor, usually the trio's high-camp member, does this in times of crisis. He puts one hand on his hip and another above his head while shrieking "I'm a teapot!", indicating that his sanity is vanishing.
543* TenLittleMurderVictims: Parodied in "Daylight Robbery on the Orient Express".
544* TenPacesAndTurn: In "Bunfight at the O.K. Tearooms", Graeme tricks Tim and Bill into one of these, only for them to find that the eleven paces he has them take cause them to walk face first into a wall, giving him the advantage in the fight.
545* TheyKilledKennyAgain: At least six episodes end with the Goodies dead, only to return unharmed the next episode without any explanation.
546* ThiefBag: In "Alternative Roots", Tim's sheep stealing ancestor Kounty Kutie (and all the other men of his village) were shown in the traditional striped shirt and mask and carrying the swag bag.
547* ThisIsNoTimeToPanic: Usually Graeme will say calmly, "Who votes that we should panic now?" followed by everyone putting up their hands, then Bill and Graeme start running about shouting hysterically while Tim pretends he's a teapot.
548* ThisIsWhatTheBuildingWillLookLike: In "The End", Graeme is commissioned by property magnate Harry Highrise to design a redevelopment scheme for the Kew Gardens. Graeme proudly shows Bill his scale model of the gardens in which the current lush oasis of greenery is to be replaced with a multitude of grey multi-storey office blocks and he reveals that the biggest skyscraper is just a 350 foot-high solid block of concrete as nobody can afford to pay the exorbitant rent to occupy it. The lack of rooms, doors and windows in the building is a deliberate feature to stop the squatters from moving in.
549* ThrillerOnTheExpress: "Daylight Robbery on the Orient Express".
550* TitleMontage: Updated almost every series with new clips from the preceding series, or with a new theme tune (or version of the existing one).
551* TodayXTomorrowTheWorld: Played [[NightmareFuel chillingly]] straight by Graeme in "Radio Goodies", after he went DrunkWithPower.
552-->'''Graeme:''' Today...the post office...tomorrow...''the worrrld.''
553* TotemPoleTrench: In "South Africa" with a mannequin.
554* ToTheBatpole: The Quick Change Cabinet.
555* TradingBarsForStripes: In "Scoutrageous", Tim is arrested for being a scout, but is let off by the judge because he went to a good school. However, he joins the only organisation left for someone like him: the Salvation Army.
556* TrashCanBand: The boys form one in an attempt to relieve their boredom in "Holidays".
557* TribalCarry: After being captured by the huntsmen (who are all attractive young women) in "Snow White 2", the boys are carried back to the castle in this fashion.
558* TrickBomb: The Goodies once visited a U.S. Airforce base, where they were shown a large variety of trick bombs, including tear gas, laughing gas, sleeping gas, and ''clown gas.''
559-->"This is the worst one."\
560"What does it do?"\
561"It blows their heads off."
562* TrickedOutShoes: In "2001 and a Bit", while reinventing the game of cricket, Graeme's son Tim invents automatic cricket shoes that will carry the wearer between the wickets with no effort on the wearer's part
563* TrouserSpace: Tim in "Scoutrageous".
564* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: Mocked in-universe in "The Movies", where Tim eventually fires all the film directors for making films of this type. Specifically, he says 50% of them are either "very boring or extremely pretentious", and the rest are unnecessarily violent or sexy.
565* TwoMenOneDress: In "Gender Education", the Goodies abduct a notorious MP and take his place on a chat show: all three of them. They do this by sharing one enormous moustache and speaking in unison.
566%%* {{Uncanceled}}
567* UniversalAdaptorCast: In those episodes inexplicably set in alternate times or places, where the trio play different characters.
568* UnsettlingGenderReveal:
569-->'''Bill:''' Tell you something, I'd rather have Edna Everage. [[CrossDresser At least she's a real woman.]]
570* VisualPun:
571** In "South Africa":
572--->'''Graeme:''' They'll probably send us a message on the drums. ''(promptly has a drum thrown at him with a message written on it)''
573** In "The Goodies Rule - O.K.?", the Goodies set up a "puppet government", run by actual puppets. Specifically the cast of the then-popular series ''Series/TheSootyShow''.
574* WackyRacing: "The Race".
575* WaxingLyrical:
576** "Scoutrageous" started off by quoting the White Rabbit's song from Disney's ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland''. Bill and Graeme are sitting around the office:
577--->'''Graeme:''' He's late.\
578'''Tim:''' ''(walking in)'' I'm late.\
579'''Bill:''' For a very important date.\
580'''Graeme:''' No time to say hello.\
581'''Tim:''' ''(leaving)'' Goodbye.\
582'''Graeme and Bill:''' ''(together)'' He's late, he's late, he's late, eeh eeh!
583** And from an early season episode comes this exchange:
584--->'''Graeme:''' Well, that's love. Who can explain it? Who can tell you why?\
585'''Bill:''' ''(singing)'' Fools give you reasons...\
586'''All:''' ''Wise men never try!''\
587'''Tim:''' Some enchaaaanted evening--''don't change the subject!''
588** And all the time in "Saturday Night Grease"!
589%%* WearingAFlagOnYourHead: Tim's Union Jack waistcoat and boxers.
590* WeCanRebuildHim: In "War Babies", Tim, Bill and Graeme parachute into Germany, and Graeme and Bill successfully land. However, Bill misses catching Tim, who is all broken up as a result. Graeme puts all of Tim's 'spare parts' into a pram, and then asks Bill for Tim's head (which is still in its bonnet) — however, Bill accidentally brings back a cabbage, much to Graeme's disgust. After further searching, Tim's head is found and Graeme then 'operates' on him — giving Tim a clock for a heart, and a toy voicebox and a wind-up key to make Tim move, thereby turning Tim into the "Six Million Dollar Baby".
591%%* WeHelpTheHelpless
592* WilliamTelling: The boys are challenged to a medieval battle by a team of black knights. One of them successfully shoots a melon off of Graeme's head, nailing it to the tree behind him. Bill then has to one-up them by shooting an olive off Tim's head -- he does, but nails most of Tim's hair to the tree as well.
593* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: When Moral Guardian Mary Whitehouse praised the show, they retaliated by making an episode mocking her.
594* YourMimeMakesItReal: This is the primary weapon of the mimes in "Daylight Robbery on the Orient Express". Mimed guns allow them to shoot musical instruments out of the Goodies' hands, miming carrying a sheet of glass across a road causes nasty accident, a mimed tack on the road causes a blow-out on a wheelchair, etc.
595* YouSayTomato: A RunningGag in "Bunfight at the O.K. Tearooms" has the characters arguing over the correct pronunciation of 'scone'; with one pronouncing it 'sc-ON' and the other 'sc-OWN'. (In truth, both are accepted regional pronunciations.)
596%%* ZanyScheme: What the boys do when there's nobody helpless to help.
597* {{Zeerust}}: in 1973, the 21st century was still 27 years in the future. ''Two Thousand And One And A Bit'' is a look at what the Goodies' world might look like in 2001. They get some bits eerily right - flat screen televisions, for instance. From 20222, the rest looks... well, stuck in TheSeventies.
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