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** Mr. Blackie tries to impress the importance of punctuality on Billy, Carl, and Gally, asking what would have happened if Jesus had been late to the last supper.
--->'''Carl:''' "Eh would've goat fuck all tae eat."
** Gally needling Juice Terry over his foreskin, which provokes disproportionate outrage in the latter.
--->'''Gally:''' "Aw ah'm saying is: [[UnusualEuphemism wir no disputin thit thir's enough breed, but is thir any meat in the sandwich?]]"
** Terry's pride at how well he's cleaned up for his date with Kathryn Joyner, who's shocked at how badly he's dressed.
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* TearJerker: [[spoiler: Gally, stepping off a bridge in front of his horrified friends.]] The Glue Gang's devastated reactions must be contender for most heartbreaking moments in Welsh's works, and the pain leads to a decade-long dissolution of lifelong TrueCompanions. Also noteworthy: One can easily assume that the circumstances through which it was carried out, cruel as it was, stems from the desire to [[spoiler:spend his last moments with his friends after one more night of fun and camaraderie, and die at the height of contentment rather than lonely despair.]]

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* TearJerker: [[spoiler: Gally, stepping off a bridge in front of his horrified friends.]] The Glue Gang's devastated reactions must be contender for most heartbreaking moments in Welsh's works, and the pain leads to a decade-long dissolution of lifelong TrueCompanions. Also noteworthy: One one can easily assume that the circumstances through which it was carried out, cruel as it was, stems from the desire to [[spoiler:spend his last moments with his friends after one more night of fun and camaraderie, and die at the height of contentment rather than in lonely despair.]]
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* {{Tearjerker}}: [[spoiler: Gally, stepping off a bridge in front of his horrified friends.]] The Glue Gang's devastated reactions must be contender for most heartbreaking moments in Welsh's works, and the pain leads to a decade-long dissolution of lifelong TrueCompanions.
** Also noteworthy: One can easily assume that the circumstances through which it was carried out, cruel as it was, stems from the desire to [[spoiler:spend his last moments with his friends after one more night of fun and camaraderie, and die at the height of contentment rather than lonely despair.]]

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* {{Tearjerker}}: TearJerker: [[spoiler: Gally, stepping off a bridge in front of his horrified friends.]] The Glue Gang's devastated reactions must be contender for most heartbreaking moments in Welsh's works, and the pain leads to a decade-long dissolution of lifelong TrueCompanions.
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TrueCompanions. Also noteworthy: One can easily assume that the circumstances through which it was carried out, cruel as it was, stems from the desire to [[spoiler:spend his last moments with his friends after one more night of fun and camaraderie, and die at the height of contentment rather than lonely despair.]]

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* {{Tearjerker}}: [[spoiler: Gally, stepping off a bridge in front of his horrified friends.]] The Glue Gang's devastated reactions must be contender for most heartbreaking moments in Welsh's works, and the pain leads to a decade-long dissolution of lifelong TrueCompanions.
** Also noteworthy: One can easily assume that the circumstances through which it was carried out, cruel as it was, stems from the desire to [[spoiler:spend his last moments with his friends after one more night of fun and camaraderie, and die at the height of contentment rather than lonely despair.]]
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* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: Juice Terry's highly inappropriate speech at Post Alec's funeral in ''A Decent Ride''.

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* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: Juice Terry's highly inappropriate speech at Post Alec's funeral in ''A Decent Ride''. Similarly, later in the book, Jonty's mother's funeral ends up being a disaster of epic proportions, as she's too big for the crematorium's oven and causes it to explode.

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* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Juice Terry's highly inappropriate speech at Post Alec's funeral in ''A Decent Ride''.

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* CrowningMomentOfFunny: SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: Juice Terry's highly inappropriate speech at Post Alec's funeral in ''A Decent Ride''.



* TheWoobie: James. He starts the series as a ButtMonkey constantly pranked by his friends and underappreciated by his mum, and it only goes downhill from there - he's the one who finds the body, [[spoiler:his boyfriend's the murder victim, he gets arrested for the crime and is later kidnapped, beaten and almost killed by Cal's murderer]]. Throw in a hefty dose of ManlyTears and you really want to give him a hug.

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* TheWoobie: James. He starts the series as a ButtMonkey constantly pranked by his friends and underappreciated by his mum, and it only goes downhill from there - he's the one who finds the body, [[spoiler:his boyfriend's the murder victim, he gets arrested for the crime and is later kidnapped, beaten and almost killed by Cal's murderer]]. Throw in a hefty dose of ManlyTears and you really want to give him a hug.hug.
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* JerkassWoobie: face it, by the series' end it's hard not to feel sorry for [[spoiler:Eli]], homicidal urges notwithstanding.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: a common compaint about the show is Annie's lack of a character arc.

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* JerkassWoobie: face Face it, by the series' end it's hard not to feel sorry for [[spoiler:Eli]], homicidal urges notwithstanding.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: a A common compaint complaint about the show is Annie's lack of a character arc.
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* TheWoobie: James. He starts the series as a ButtMonkey constantly pranked by his friends and underappreciated by his mum, and it only goes downhill from there - he's the one who finds the body, [[spoiler:his boyfriend's the murder victim, he gets arrested for the crime and is later kidnapped, beaten and almost killed by Cal's murderer]]. Throw in a hefty dose of ManlyTears and you really want to give him a hug.
* JustForFun/XMeetsY: ''Series/{{Skins}}'' (teenagers doing drugs and having sex) meets ''Series/{{Broadchurch}}'' (murder of a young boy in a small rural community).

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* TheWoobie: James. He starts the series as a ButtMonkey constantly pranked by his friends and underappreciated by his mum, and it only goes downhill from there - he's the one who finds the body, [[spoiler:his boyfriend's the murder victim, he gets arrested for the crime and is later kidnapped, beaten and almost killed by Cal's murderer]]. Throw in a hefty dose of ManlyTears and you really want to give him a hug.
* JustForFun/XMeetsY: ''Series/{{Skins}}'' (teenagers doing drugs and having sex) meets ''Series/{{Broadchurch}}'' (murder of a young boy in a small rural community).
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* TheWoobie: James. He starts the series as a ButtMonkey constantly pranked by his friends and underappreciated by his mum, and it only goes downhill from there - he's the one who finds the body, [[spoiler:his boyfriend's the murder victim, he gets arrested for the crime and is later kidnapped, beaten and almost killed by Cal's murderer]]. Throw in a hefty dose of ManlyTears and you really want to give him a hug.

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* TheWoobie: James. He starts the series as a ButtMonkey constantly pranked by his friends and underappreciated by his mum, and it only goes downhill from there - he's the one who finds the body, [[spoiler:his boyfriend's the murder victim, he gets arrested for the crime and is later kidnapped, beaten and almost killed by Cal's murderer]]. Throw in a hefty dose of ManlyTears and you really want to give him a hug.hug.
* JustForFun/XMeetsY: ''Series/{{Skins}}'' (teenagers doing drugs and having sex) meets ''Series/{{Broadchurch}}'' (murder of a young boy in a small rural community).
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* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Juice Terry's highly inappropriate speech at Post Alec's funeral in ''A Decent Ride''.
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* TheWoobie: James. He starts the series as a ButtMonkey constantly pranked by his friends and underappreciated by his mum, and it only goes downhill from there - he's the one who finds the body, [[spoiler:his boyfriend's the murder victim, he gets arrested for the crime and is later kidnapped, beaten and almost killed by Cal's murderer.] Throw in a hefty dose of ManlyTears and you really want to give him a hug.

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* TheWoobie: James. He starts the series as a ButtMonkey constantly pranked by his friends and underappreciated by his mum, and it only goes downhill from there - he's the one who finds the body, [[spoiler:his boyfriend's the murder victim, he gets arrested for the crime and is later kidnapped, beaten and almost killed by Cal's murderer.] murderer]]. Throw in a hefty dose of ManlyTears and you really want to give him a hug.

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* GrowingTheBeard: Thought by some to be this to ''{{Literature/Trainspotting}}'' and his other early works.

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!!The Novel
* GrowingTheBeard: Thought by some to be this to ''{{Literature/Trainspotting}}'' and his other early works.works.

!!The Series
* JerkassWoobie: face it, by the series' end it's hard not to feel sorry for [[spoiler:Eli]], homicidal urges notwithstanding.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: a common compaint about the show is Annie's lack of a character arc.
* TheWoobie: James. He starts the series as a ButtMonkey constantly pranked by his friends and underappreciated by his mum, and it only goes downhill from there - he's the one who finds the body, [[spoiler:his boyfriend's the murder victim, he gets arrested for the crime and is later kidnapped, beaten and almost killed by Cal's murderer.] Throw in a hefty dose of ManlyTears and you really want to give him a hug.
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* GrowingTheBeard: Thought by some to be this to Trainspotting and his other early works.

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* GrowingTheBeard: Thought by some to be this to Trainspotting ''{{Literature/Trainspotting}}'' and his other early works.
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* GrowingTheBeard: Thought by some to be this to Trainspotting and his other early works.

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