Tracey: Innocent remark? Innocent remark? Which innocent remark might that be Sharon? The perfectly innocent remark about the boys 'avin' t'take separate showers 'ere 'cause this ain't a public school?
Sharon: I jus-
Tracey: Or was it the perfectly innocent remark about most boys bringin' 'ome dirty Y-fronts, but Garthy bringin' 'ome occupied ones?
— Tracey Stubbs snapping at Sharon Theodopolopodous for making comments about her son Garth's sexuality.
- Date First Aired: 20/09/1990
Garth brings home a 17-year-old handsome school friend, Richard, for the holidays. Sharon and Tracey suspect Garth is gay and Dorien tells them she thinks Richard is also gay. When Tracey tells Darryl, he is concerned about the effects of people finding out that his son could be gay. Soon after, Tracey and Sharon speak to Garth, who says he is not gay. Moments later, Dorien says she was wrong about Richard being gay, as she has just slept with him.
Tropes In This Episode:
- Ambiguous Syntax: Garth tells Tracey and Sharon he had sex at school to her horror, which doesn't go away until they realise it was a sex education video.
- Bestiality Is Depraved: Sharon makes a joke about Welshmen liking sheep.
- Big "WHAT?!": Darryl has this response upon learning from Tracey that Garth may be gay.
- Black Comedy Pet Death: Sharon once buried her and Tracey's pet hamster alive because she thought it was dead, when it was only a heavy sleeper.
- Black Is Bigger in Bed: Sharon thinks this applies to Jelly Babies:Sharon: I always used to try an' pick the black ones. Well, the way I worked it out, if Jelly Babies were boys, the black ones would prob'ly have a bit more jelly!
- Curse Cut Short: Sharon nearly calls Dorien a little bitch, but stops herself.
- Fictional Document: Muscle Training, the sexual magazine that Sharon finds.
- Funny Background Event: A waitress is seen obviously eavesdropping on Tracey and Sharon while they roleplay how to ask Garth if he's gay.
- Insane Troll Logic: Tracey believes that the fact Garth slept on his stomach as a child is proof that he's gay.
- It's All About Me: When Tracey expresses the possibility that Garth might be gay, Darryl's only concern is how it might affect him. Tracey, needless to say, is not impressed.Darryl: (near tears) What am I gonna do?Tracey: (annoyed) What am you gonna do?! All you've gotta do is not plan any extensive holidays for the next eight years!
- Mistaken for Gay: The whole episode has Tracey, Sharon and Dorien think that Garth and Richard are gay. They're mistaken.
- Mrs. Robinson: Dorien shows her interest in younger men when she beds the 17-year-old Richard.
- Noodle Incident:
- Sharon once buried a pet hamster alive not knowing it was a heavy sleeper.
- Sharon also once used the bidet to wash her tights while she was still wearing them.
- One-Shot Character: Richard.
- Porn Stash: Sharon makes a joke about hiding dirty books under the bed.
- Shirtless Scene: Richard briefly has one of these whilst he and Garth are playing together.
- Shout-Out:
- The episode title is a reference to the movie Young Guns.
- Tracey uses Quasimodo in an analogy.
- Sharon gets angry when she finds out that Tracey scratched her Bay City Rollers LP sixteen years ago.
- Sharon makes a joke about Garth owning a Women's Own magazine.
- Sharon calls Dorien a Jewish Goldilocks and Tracey gets her mixed up with Little Red Riding Hood.
- Carry On Camping is briefly mentioned by Sharon.
- Take That!: Sharon mentions a Sooty Club membership card would prove that Garth is gay.
