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1	!! The TV series:
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3	* EnsembleDarkhorse: BRIGADIER BLASTER SUMP, DAMN YOU! It helps that he's played by Creator/StephenFry.
4	* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: In "Green-Eyed Monster", Dawkins breaks up with Fowler when he proposes to her purely to improve his chance of getting a promotion. Fowler then overhears several conversations Dawkins has with Habib about "Toby", and how aggressive he can be with her. Eventually, he has enough:
5	-->'''Fowler:''' PATRICIA! I can remain silent no longer! This Toby is an ''animal!''\
6	'''Dawkins:''' Yes.\
7	'''Fowler:''' If I cannot have you, then I should at least protect you from swine like him! Who is this Toby? I shall thrash the monster to within an inch of his life, and hang the consequences!\
8	'''Dawkins:''' He's a prize-winning Boxer.\
9	'''Fowler:''' ... Well, I box a little myself! And I don't care! I ''love'' you, Patricia. I always will. And if I end up being beaten to death protecting you from this filthy pervert, then I will count my life cheap.\
10	'''Dawkins:''' ''[overwhelmed]'' Oh, Raymond... God, I love you!\
11	'''Fowler:''' ''[confused]'' What about Toby?\
12	'''Habib:''' Toby's a dog!\
13	'''Fowler:''' Oh, I ''see''...\
14	'''Dawkins:''' Oh, Raymond... you wanted to be so brave, so strong... let's start all over, re-kindle our romance, do all the things we never did!\
15	'''Fowler:''' Yes! Let's start with a half of Mackeson at the Fog & Truncheon!\
16	'''Dawkins:''' Yes! And see how we go from there. ''[grabs her coat and follows Fowler toward the station entrance]''\
17	'''Habib:''' Sir! You can't go out boozing now! The people from the promotion board'll be here any minute!\
18	'''Fowler:''' Oh dear, yes... ''[moves back, then...]'' No. ''[looks at Dawkins, then back at Habib]'' Kindly inform them that I have more important matters to attend to. There's always... next year. Come along, Patricia! ''[offers her his arm; she takes it and they leave together as Habib smiles in delight]''
19	* HilariousInHindsight: In one episode, while dealing with a lunatic falsely claiming to be a terrorist, Fowler defuses the situation while stating "he is no more a terrorist than I am Creator/JoannaLumley". Come 1999, Creator/RowanAtkinson ends up starring in the parody Recap/DoctorWhoTheCurseOfFatalDeath as the Doctor, who - after a few regenerations - is indeed Joanna Lumley.
20	* MoralEventHorizon: Baz, a teenage boy, is revealed to have crossed it when he forces his confused girlfriend, Natalie, to throw her baby in a rubbish bin. She is at least remorseful for it, but Baz remarks "So what, who cares? It probably weren't mine anyway." This nearly causes Fowler to hit him.
21	* SoOkayItsAverage: It's not all ''bad''. It can be quite funny. But there are ''much'' better (and worse) British comedies out there.
22	* UnintentionalPeriodPiece:
23	** British cops now wear much more utilitarian uniforms, along with stab vests, compared to the dressier style the uniformed characters wear on this show.
24	** In one episode, Fowler and Grim argue over the issuance of firearms permits, with Grim demanding that Fowler approve an application. The show was produced just before two new amendments to the Firearms Acts were introduced in 1997, more or less putting an end to private handgun ownership in Great Britain.

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