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1	* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Gruber and Helga's marriage is revealed in the finale. Was it gay erasure of Gruber? Was Gruber bisexual all along? Or did Helga serve as [[TheBeard Gruber's beard]] whilst indulging her own proclivity for kinky sex and multiple partners? Even in Europe in The1950s a gay man and a woman with Helga's tastes would have faced social scrutiny. Their marriage and the wealth they attained later in life would have provided them with the cover they needed to avoid being seen as scandalous at such a time.
2	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
3	** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIhSAGwqsUg theme track]], with French accordions, is a whimsical delight.
4	** A Paris concert played a wonderful [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNRfovOKZTM orchestral version]] of the theme track.
5	* EnsembleDarkhorse: Lt. Hubert Gruber, largely for his crush on Rene and for being the most [[TheCutie adorable]] "nazi" in fiction.
6	* FairForItsDay: Lt. Gruber isn't exactly a perfect example of gay representation: he's the butt of many QueerPeopleAreFunny jokes and the ending has him marry Helga and have children with her, which could be seen as [[ButNotTooGay gay erasure]] (though he could actually be bisexual). But back in TheEighties when the show first started airing, simply having a character who is unambiguously attracted to another man, and who is portrayed sympathetically, was VERY progressive.
7	* FauxSymbolism: Maria or René implies Gruber isn't interested in her but what they brought: and they pull out the sausage...
8	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Although the series was extremely popular in Britain and overseas, it was especially so in UsefulNotes/{{Portugal}}. According to [[https://www.publico.pt/culturaipsilon/noticia/a-madonna-caida-das-grandes-maminhas-1742530 this article]], it was because the series was seen as a parody of war movies which put every one, villains and heroes, the good and the bad, as equally incompetent (and not specifically of ''Series/SecretArmy''), at the same time as using a revue-style kind of humour (revue being at the time very popular in Portugal, albeit slowly going out of style with other TV series which were contemporaneous with '''Allo 'Allo!'' on Portuguese telly). In fact, when Creator/GordenKaye had his car accident, it was front page news in Portugal, and a BBC spokesperson was reportedly surprised by the number of Portuguese journalists calling in to inquire about Kaye's condition!
9	* GoodBadTranslation: The Polish translation most Poles are familiar with has "Nighthawk" rendered literally as "nocny jastrząb", instead of the correct name of the bird, "lelek". While the correct translation is, well, correct, it a) loses the bombasticness of the original, which was funny, and b) refers to a fairly rare bird most people don't think of in connection with anything in particular. The newer, more correct translation is less funny because of that.
10	* HilariousInHindsight: Womanizing René is usually appalled whenever he sees that Lt. Gruber is hitting on him. In the mid 80's Creator/GordenKaye admitted that he is, in fact, homosexual. (And Creator/GuySiner is not).
11	* {{Moe}}: You would ''never'' expect a Wehrmacht member to be this, but Gruber proves you wrong for being a kind and soft-spoken fellow.
12	* OlderThanTheyThink: The ''Six Dates with Barker'' episode "1915: Lola" (aired early 1971) is tonally very similar to the series; both take place in Nazi-occupied France, both have their characters use silly broad accents to define what foreign language is being spoken, and at one point, "1915: Lola" has a plot point about a secret message hidden in a sausage, which became a running gag in '''Allo 'Allo!'' where various {{MacGuffin}}s (most often valuable paintings) would be stashed away in knockwurst sausages.
13	* ParodyDisplacement: The series was conceived not as a comedy about LaResistance but as a parody of British dramas about them, specifically the BBC's 1977-79 ''Series/SecretArmy'', which was popular enough to have its own sequel, ''Kessler''. However, ''Secret Army'' ran for only three series and has been largely forgotten, whereas '''Allo 'Allo!'' lasted for ten years.
14	* RetroactiveRecognition:
15	** Klein from "Savile Row to the Rescue" is played by Creator/JohnBluthal, who would later be best known for playing Frank Pickle in ''Series/TheVicarOfDibley''.
16	** Four guest roles from between 1987 and 1988 are played by Creator/OwenBrenman, who would later be best known for playing Nick Swainey in ''Series/OneFootInTheGrave''.
17	* TheWoobie: Von Smallhausen and ''especially'' Lt. Gruber despite them being Nazis too.
18	* {{Woolseyism}}: The German dub translated Officer Crabtree's CharacterCatchphrase of "Good moaning" to "Good stomach".
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