History Characters / CabinPressure

* MisterMuffykins: Snoopadoop the cockapoo ("noblest of hounds!"), Carolyn's "ridiculous little dog". In Carolyn's defence, Arthur picked the name.

* AwesomeAussie: [[SubvertedTrope SUBVERTED]], ''HARD''. He's Australian, but he's a straight-up Jerkass towards his son and his ex-wife.

* SerialSpouse: He has four ex-wives. [[spoiler: And ends the series married to Carolyn]].

* MeaningfulRename: At one point in the finale, as they scheme to [[spoiler:win the plane back from Gordon]], Carolyn refers to GERTI as Our Jet Still (rather than My Jet Now). Blink and you'll miss it, but [[spoiler:Douglas' pre-flight announcement at the end of the episode welcomes the passengers to "OJS Airlines."]]

* AcePilot: Deconstructed. Martin is a very knowledgeable, cautious and safety-conscious pilot, but not good at quick-thinking or improvisation in a tight spot. However, he landed the plane [[spoiler:on one engine after a bird strike]] in "St. Petersburg."

* AnimalsHateHim: In Uskerty, he winds up being attacked by bees and pestered by a goose, which then proceeds to [[spoiler: eat his father's signet ring]].

---> '''Martin:''' How tall are you, Martin?
---> '''Other Martin:''' Oh, er... 6'2...
---> '''Martin:''' Ha! ''(to Douglas)'' Told you so – are you married? Oh, of course you are. Kids too, I expect?
---> '''Other Martin:''' Yes, two.
---> '''Martin:''' Boy and a girl?
---> '''Other Martin:''' How did you know...?
---> '''Martin:''' Just a hunch!

* BerserkButton: The fact that Martin caught him [[spoiler: pretending to be the airline's captain to impress his wife]]. So much so that he is willing to bet three months' salary to Martin as a BatmanGambit to get Martin to instead accept an alternate wager: never mention or even think of it again.

* BrokenAce: Downplayed because it's a comedy, but Douglas is a former alcoholic who has had a total of three unsuccessful marriages [[spoiler: and his most recent wife cheated on him with a Tai Chi instructor.]]

--> '''Douglas:''' Just to let you know we’re making our final approach now into what I am ''fairly'' sure is Fitton Airfield. Unless it’s a farm. Or just possibly the A45. It’s not the sea, because ''that''’s blue...

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When GERTI unexpectedly [[spoiler:"uses one of her engines to make a goose smoothie"]], both the fact that Douglas yells 'CHRIST!' in a genuinely shocked tone, and that he immediately becomes very professional and supportive of Martin alert us to just how perilous the situation is.

* StickyFingers: He has a habit of purloining things for his own benefit, most notably the Talisker whisky Carolyn procures for Mr. Burling. It's eventually revealed that this got him fired from Air England.

* DoNotCallMePaul: It's Carolyn. But her jerkass sister calls her Carol repeatedly.

* HeWhoMustNotBeHeard: In the ''Cabin Fever'' spin-off, Arthur is self-isolating in Carolyn's granny flat. For obvious reasons, we never see or hear Carolyn directly, but she bangs on the wall, sends messages to Arthur's computer and [[spoiler: plays the tuba]].

'''Douglas''': Arthnoldmanercatsirman... That's an unusual name. Tell me, is it made up?\\

* CatchPhrase: "Brilliant!"

* DelusionsOfEloquence: Arthur has a habit of talking this way, combined with DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment, when he goes into flight attendant mode;

'''Carolyn:''' ''[wearily]'' No idea.[[note]]It's been a pleasure having you and fly with us again[[/note]]

** Arthur is a KindheartedSimpleton who loves and is kind to everyone, and regards everything and everybody as "[[{{Catchphrase}} brilliant]]." However, not even ''he'' can defend his father, though he tries. However, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness he chokes on the word "brilliant"]] when describing him, and can only muster up a weak "[[DamnedByFaintPraise He's alright]]" when pressed. Martin immediately concludes that he must be truly ''awful''. [[AbusiveParents And he is]].

* HiddenDepths: Make no mistake, Arthur is every bit TheDitz he appears as, but occasionally he will display the odd bit of SimplemindedWisdom... and on other occasions, there'll be certain areas in which he'll display a surprising amount of skill and creativity. True, these areas tend to be ones with absolutely no practical use whatsoever, but still. This side of him is most prominent in the ''Cabin Fever'' Youtube videos, with all the creative games and time-wasters he comes up with to entertain himself and his viewers while he's in quarantine... the RubeGoldbergDevice he makes out of old junk he finds in the apartment is rudimentary but it works perfectly, and the story tableau he makes up for the chess pieces instead of actually learning the game is nothing short of inspired.

--> '''Douglas''': [''bored''] Carolyn, strawberry drill on the flight deck.

* SerialSpouse: He has four ex-wives.

* BerserkButton: The fact that Martin caught him pretending to be the airline's captain to impress his wife. So much so that he is willing to bet three months' salary to Martin as a BatmanGambit to get Martin to instead accept an alternate wager: never mention or even think of it again.

* CommissarCap: Douglas and Carolyn needle Martin for wearing a comically large cap that is apparently dripping with gold braid.

* EvenTheLovingHeroHasHatedOnes: Arthur is a KindheartedSimpleton who loves and is kind to everyone, and regards everything and everybody as "[[{{Catchphrase}} brilliant]]." However, not even ''he'' can defend his father, though he tries. However, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness he chokes on the word "brilliant"]] when describing him, and can only muster up a weak "[[DamnedByFaintPraise He's alright]]" when pressed. Martin immediately concludes that he must be truly ''awful''. [[AbusiveParents And he is]].

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Arthur and logic... are not on the same page. At all. He can take approaches to problems which don't make any sense at all, such as his way of remembering to put a pie in a microwave for three minutes, then allowing to stand for one minute, then three minutes again, which is an insanely over-complicated method involving Film/SixThreeThreeSquadron rather than just ''trying to remember'' three numbers.

* SelfInducedAllergicReaction: By eating dragonfruit in "Yverdon-Les-Bains."

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Arthur and logic... are not on the same page. At all. He can take approaches to problems which don't make any sense at all, such as his way of remembering to put a pie in a microwave for three minutes, then allowing to stand for one minute, then three minutes again, which is an insanely over-complicated method involving Film/633Squadron rather than just ''trying to remember'' three numbers.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Arthur and logic... are not on the same page. At all. He can take approaches to problems which don't make any sense at all, such as his way of remembering to put a pie in an over for two minutes, then four then two again, which is an insanely over-complicated method involving flight squadrons rather than just ''trying to remember'' three numbers.

* UnwantedAssistance: He's ''very'' helpful, but he has serious problems reading signals as to when his help is actually needed, and when it's just going to cause more problems.

* UltimateJobSecurity: An awful lot of his behaviour -- including low-flying GERTI over some polar bears having accidentally left the cabin address on so everyone on board can hear Martin screaming at him to stop, and stealing from the CEO at least once a year -- should at least get him suspended or disciplined. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] by the fact that there isn't an alternative given MJN is an OddlySmallOrganisation, and he is very good at getting them out of tight spots at very short notice.

* BerserkButton: Hates being called or treated as "a little old lady."

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: The point does not exist that Arthur can't completely miss, even if he has to leap through some impressive logic hoops in order to managed missing the point.

* HiddenDepths: Make no mistake, Arthur is every bit TheDitz he appears as, but occasionally he will display the odd bit of SimplemindedWisdom... and on other occasions, there'll be certain areas in which he'll display a surprising amount of skill and creativity. True, these areas tend to be ones with absolutely no practical use whatsoever, but still. This side of him is most prominent in the ''Cabin Fever'' Youtube videos, with all the creative games and time-wasters he comes up with to entertain himself and his viewers while he's in quarantine... the RubeGoldbergDevice he makes out of old junk he finds in the apartment is rudimentary but it works perfectly, and the story tableau he makes up for the chess pieces instead of actually learning the came is nothing short of inspired.

* BerserkButton: The fact that Martin caught him pretending to be the airline's captain to impress his wife.

* AwesomeMcCoolname: ''Hercules.''

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* VitriolicBestBuds: It seems that he once had this sort of relationship with Douglas, and while they continue spar after their initial gleeful reunion in ‘’Newcastle’’, there is a veiled sense of animosity once Herc begins dating Carolyn. It is possible this is down to Douglas feeling Herc is muscling in on his territory. By the close of ‘’Zurich’’ things seem to be improving as they [[RidingIntoTheSunset ride off into the sunset together.]]

-->'''Played by''': Matilda Ziegler

* StaticCharacter: The only character of the main four not to undergo significant character development over the course of the show.

'''Martin:''' ''God.''\\
'''Arthur:''' Yes.\\

* HiddenDepths: Make no mistake, Arthur is every bit TheDitz he appears as, but occasionally he will display the odd bit of SimplemindedWisdom... and on other occasions, there'll be certain areas in which he'll display a surprising amount of skill and creativity. True, these areas tend to be ones with absolutely no practical use whatsoever, but still. This side of him is most prominent in the ''Cabin Fever'' Youtube videos, with all the creative games and time-wasters he comes up with to entertain himself and his viewers while he's in quarantine... most impressively, he designs and makes a fully functional RubeGoldbergDevice out of old junk he finds in the apartment.

* CommissarCap: Martin and Caroline needle Martin for wearing a comically large cap that is apparently dripping with gold braid.

* StickyFingers: He has a habit of purloining things for his own benefit, most notably the Talisker whisky Caroline procures for Mr. Burling. It's eventually revealed that this got him fired from Air England.

* TrademarkFavoriteDrink: He only drinks Talisker whisky, which Caroline has to specially order just for him.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}

* MommasBoy: He lives with Carolyn and loves and respects her above all.

* NotSoDifferent: In the series finale, Douglas implies that [[spoiler:he was like Martin when he was young and states that he got his confidence by impersonating his own captain, whom he admired, and eventually the confidence became real.]] The same, it seems, will happen to Martin as well.

** In "Rotterdam", of the actor Carolyn hires to do the safety video – also called Martin. Although eventually the two bond, when Captain Martin realises they are NotSoDifferent.

* Drink-BasedCharacterization: Sweet, childlike Arthur loves pineapple juice.