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** In the season two finale, Neil's nickname for Will is "Doctor Poo". James Buckley and Blake Harrison would later appear in ''Series/DoctorWho'' opposite Creator/JodieWhittaker in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E3Orphan55 Orphan 55]]" and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS39E4FluxChapterFourVillageOfTheAngels Village of the Angels]]", respectively. Furthermore, Creator/GregDavis appeared opposite Creator/PeterCapaldi in "[[Recap/DoctorWho2015CSTheHusbandsOfRiverSong The Husbands of River Song]]" and Joe Thomas appeared in Radio/BigFinishDoctorWho.

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** In the season two finale, Neil's nickname for Will is "Doctor Poo". James Buckley and Blake Harrison would later appear in ''Series/DoctorWho'' opposite Creator/JodieWhittaker in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E3Orphan55 Orphan 55]]" and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS39E4FluxChapterFourVillageOfTheAngels Village of the Angels]]", respectively. Furthermore, Creator/GregDavis appeared opposite Creator/PeterCapaldi in "[[Recap/DoctorWho2015CSTheHusbandsOfRiverSong The Husbands of River Song]]" and Joe Thomas appeared in Radio/BigFinishDoctorWho.''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho''.
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* UnconvincinglyUnpopularCharacter:
** Zig-zagged with Will. When he actually picks up (or at least is close to picking up) girls, it's usually because they fall for his peculiar humor or pertinent sarcasm. But most of the time, these traits just make people consider him to be a pompous, socially awkward sycophant.
** Also zig-zagged with Simon. While he is quite good-looking, enough to draw the interest of girls fairly easily, his self-consciousness and tendency to act out irrationally when under pressure make him extremely awkward around them, to the point where his lack of popularity is very believable. This is highlighted in his appearance, where his overall attractiveness is mostly offset by his [[IdiotHair terrible hair]] and dorky facial expressions.
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Questionable Casting is about a actor being casted in a role that seems really weird for him, not about lucky coincidences of non-related actors looking like each other.


* {{Questionable Casting}}: Simon and his younger brother Andrew actually look quite similar, with similar hair colours and builds.
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* {{Questionable Casting}}: Simon and his younger brother Andrew actually look quite similar, with similar hair colours and builds.
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** Many wish Simon’s snarky younger brother Andrew got more scenes.

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* UnconvincinglyUnpopularCharacter:
** Zig-zagged with Will. When he actually picks up (or at least is close to picking up) girls, it's usually because they fall for his peculiar humor or pertinent sarcasm. But most of the time, these traits just make people consider him to be a pompous, socially awkward sycophant.
** Also zig-zagged with Simon. While he is quite good-looking, enough to draw the interest of girls fairly easily, his self-consciousness and tendency to act out irrationally when under pressure make him extremely awkward around them, to the point where his lack of popularity is very believable. This is highlighted in his appearance, where his overall attractiveness is mostly offset by his [[IdiotHair terrible hair]] and dorky facial expressions.



* UnconvincinglyUnpopularCharacter:
** Zig-zagged with Will. When he actually picks up (or at least is close to picking up) girls, it's usually because they fall for his peculiar humor or pertinent sarcasm. But most of the time, these traits just make people consider him to be a pompous, socially awkward sycophant.
** Also zig-zagged with Simon. While he is quite good-looking, enough to draw the interest of girls fairly easily, his self-consciousness and tendency to act out irrationally when under pressure make him extremely awkward around them, to the point where his lack of popularity is very believable. This is highlighted in his appearance, where his overall attractiveness is mostly offset by his [[IdiotHair terrible hair]] and dorky facial expressions.
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* UnbelievablyUnpopularCharacter:UnconvincinglyUnpopularCharacter:
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* UnbelievablyUnpopularCharacter:
** Zig-zagged with Will. When he actually picks up (or at least is close to picking up) girls, it's usually because they fall for his peculiar humor or pertinent sarcasm. But most of the time, these traits just make people consider him to be a pompous, socially awkward sycophant.
** Also zig-zagged with Simon. While he is quite good-looking, enough to draw the interest of girls fairly easily, his self-consciousness and tendency to act out irrationally when under pressure make him extremely awkward around them, to the point where his lack of popularity is very believable. This is highlighted in his appearance, where his overall attractiveness is mostly offset by his [[IdiotHair terrible hair]] and dorky facial expressions.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twsiqORUSEM opening theme]], an instrumental version of Morning Runner's "Gone Up in Flames".
** The series makes use of several licensed songs by indie artists like The Wombats ("[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4X3hDrlc5I4 Moving to New York]]" played at the end of "Thorpe Park"), Arctic Monkeys ("[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od2q-e5K-Zc Fluorescent Adolescent]]", which appears in a number of episodes), The Libertines ("[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewDLuhGcS9M Don't Look Back Into the Sun]]", which plays at the end of "First Day") and Kate Nash ("[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50HOnZP40Tc Foundations]]", which appears in several episodes).

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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The teenage experience depicted was fairly consistent from about 1970 up to 2010 but changed dramatically shortly afterwards. Notably, the series' spiritual successors (such as ''Series/DerryGirls'') have tended to be intentional period pieces or set in an AmbiguousTimePeriod rather than being contemporary.

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The teenage experience depicted was fairly consistent from about 1970 up to 2010 but changed dramatically shortly afterwards. Notably, the series' spiritual successors (such as ''Series/DerryGirls'') have tended to be intentional period pieces or set in an AmbiguousTimePeriod rather than being contemporary.
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* InformedWrongness / StrawmanHasAPoint: Happens a few times with Will:

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* InformedWrongness / StrawmanHasAPoint: InformedWrongness: Happens a few times with Will:
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Acceptable Targets and its subtropes are now an index.


* AcceptableTargets: The entire premise of the show is based on the idiocy of teenage boys.
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** Jay is caught wanking]]y his mum but, having given himself a numb arm, he can't turn the porn on his laptop off. In the BigDamnMovie, this is taken up to eleven when his mum catches him ''again'' - only this time, his mum is accompanied by his prepubescent sister and Jay's wearing a diving mask and oven mitts, in addition to using ''slices of ham''.

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** Jay is caught wanking]]y wanking by his mum but, having given himself a numb arm, he can't turn the porn on his laptop off. In the BigDamnMovie, this is taken up to eleven when his mum catches him ''again'' - only this time, his mum is accompanied by his prepubescent sister and Jay's wearing a diving mask and oven mitts, in addition to using ''slices of ham''.
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** Simon's WardrobeMalfunction at the fashion show.

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** Simon's WardrobeMalfunction at the fashion show.show, leaving one of his testicles on display for all to see.



** Neil wetting the bed and pissing over Will and Jay when they go to Warwick.
** Jay's attempt to give himself an ear-piercing.

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** Neil wetting the bed and pissing over Will and Jay when they go to Warwick.
Warwick. The urine is ''green'' in colour.
** Jay's attempt to give himself an ear-piercing.ear-piercing, which results in a nasty infection.
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** In the first season, Neil makes reference to ''Nuts'' magazine, which had become defunct by the time the second movie came out.

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** In the first season, Neil makes reference to ''Nuts'' magazine, which had become defunct by the time the second movie came out. Furthermore, porn magazines are still shown to be widely available, something that also diminished greatly in the time since.
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** Will finds Kerry and specifically her height as unattractive but by most people's standards, she's fine.

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** Will finds Kerry and specifically her height as unattractive but by most people's standards, she's fine. Neil even points this out to Jay at one point, {{Foreshadowing}} that [[spoiler: Neil gets a blowjob off her.]]

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