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* VileVillainSaccharineShow: ''Garth Marenghi's Darkplace'' is a light-hearted and goofy satire of cheesy '80s TV, but Dean Learner is a seriously disturbing murderer and paedophile whose villainous traits are often decidedly not PlayedForLaughs.
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* VileVillainSaccharineShow: ''Garth Marenghi's Darkplace'' is a light-hearted and goofy satire of cheesy '80s TV, but Dean Learner is a seriously disturbing murderer and paedophile whose villainous traits are often decidedly not PlayedForLaughs.paedophile.
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* InformedAttractiveness: Sanchez claims Dagless is more attractive, even though conventionally, it's the other way round. Dagless and both his fictional actor and his ''real'' actor aren't ugly, of course, but Dagless' attractiveness is rather overstated.
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* InformedAttractiveness: Sanchez claims Dagless is more attractive, even though conventionally, it's the other way round. Dagless and both his fictional actor and his ''real'' actor aren't He isn't ugly, of course, but Dagless' attractiveness but, by conventional standards, Sanchez is rather overstated.the better looking of the two and just before the musical number, Sanchez wishes he was "More attractive, like Dagless". This can presumably be put down to Garth Marenghi's massive ego.
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* SeventiesHair: Dean wears a seventies-style 'tache to make Reed look like he's supposed to be older than the others.
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* NeverFoundTheBody: She disappeared off the face of the earth after the show, though Dean is implied to have killed her and speculates that she's buried "somewhere in the Eastern bloc."
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* TheScrooge: He's tight with money, insisting he be paid back for coffees bought for colleagues and buying off brand batteries for hand fans.
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* SignificantAnagram: His name is an anagram of "Argh Nightmare", which is fitting for a horror writer.
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* DoesntLikeGuns: Unlike Dag, this isn't explicitly stated, but she is the only member of the main cast not to use a firearm of any kind, unless you count using her PsychicPowers to turn Sanchez's own guns against him.
* DullSurprise: Tends to blurt out her lines in a fairly flat monotone in what seems to be an attempt to just get them out of the way.
* DullSurprise: Tends to blurt out her lines in a fairly flat monotone in what seems to be an attempt to just get them out of the way.
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* PlagiarismInFiction: One of his literary "techniques" is ripping off ideas from dead authors whose work is no longer subject to copyright.
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* TheSociopath: Dean Learner indicates that he has no sense of morality and throughout the series implies that he has murdered a number of people in order to stay close to Garth Marenghi. He's proudly vocal about his past acts of animal and child abuse, such as when he stepped on his cat's head after dropping a sofa on it. Worse, he's very heavily implied to be a paedophile as he gives his [[{{Understatement}} unpopular opinion]] that girls who lie about their age should be imprisoned or sent to correctional institutions. This possibly gives context for his status as the worst actor on the show, because he doesn't feel authentic emotions.
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* TheSociopath: Dean Learner indicates that he has no sense of morality and throughout the series implies that he has murdered a number of people in order to stay close to Garth Marenghi. He's proudly vocal about his past acts of animal and child abuse, such as when he stepped on his cat's head after dropping a sofa on it. Worse, he's very heavily implied to be a paedophile as he gives his [[{{Understatement}} unpopular opinion]] opinion that girls who lie about their age should be imprisoned or sent to correctional institutions. This possibly gives context for his status as the worst actor on the show, because he doesn't feel authentic emotions.
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* GiftedlyBad: In case you haven't noticed, he's an utterly atrocious writer whose unwarranted success has driven his ego into the stratosphere, when all is said and done
* IJustWriteTheThing: Similar to one of his inspirations, Creator/StephenKing, Marenghi's splurges out a single draft of a story with total spontaneity, hence his self-proclaimed profession as "The Dreamweaver".
* IJustWriteTheThing: Similar to one of his inspirations, Creator/StephenKing, Marenghi's splurges out a single draft of a story with total spontaneity, hence his self-proclaimed profession as "The Dreamweaver".
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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: All the time. He seems incapable of writing anything without repeatedly over-stressing the same points until it reaches a point of absurdity.
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* IJustWriteTheThing: Similar to the reputation of one of his primary inspirations, Creator/StephenKing, Marenghi's splurges out a single draft of a story with total spontaneity, hence his self-proclaimed profession as "The Dreamweaver".
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* GiftedlyBad: In case you haven't noticed, he's an utterly atrocious writer whose unwarranted success has driven his ego into the stratosphere, when all is said and
* IJustWriteTheThing: Similar to the reputation of one of his primary inspirations, Creator/StephenKing, Marenghi's splurges out a single draft of a story with total spontaneity, hence his self-proclaimed profession as "The Dreamweaver".
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* LoveableSexManiac: Accusations of Todd being a sex pest severely damaged his already fading career, which he seems to be most bitter about and stringently denies.
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* RealMenEatMeat: He claims he eats so much meat, he has a "meat tooth" instead of a sweet tooth.
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* TallDarkAndHandsome: He certainly sees himself as this, as he goes out of his way to wear all-black and writes every other character to praise Dag's unrivalled sex appeal.
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* TallDarkAndHandsome: He Garth certainly sees himself as this, as he goes out of his way to wear all-black and writes every other character to praise Dag's unrivalled sex appeal.
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* OnlySaneMan: Only when compared to Garth and Dean, of course, but Rivers seems to be the only person involved in the production that realized that it was awful, but is too polite to mention it.
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* LoveableSexManiac: Accusations of Todd being a sex pest severely damaged his already fading career, which he seems to be most bitter about and stringently denies.
* OnlySaneMan: Only when compared to Garth and Dean, of course, but Rivers seems to be the only person involved in the production that realized that it was awful, but is too polite to mention it.
* OnlySaneMan: Only when compared to Garth and Dean, of course, but Rivers seems to be the only person involved in the production that realized that it was awful, but is too polite to mention it.
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* AffablyEvil: If you somehow ignore his torrents of horrible opinions and criminal inclinations, Learner almost seems like a harmless dandy.
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* AffablyEvil: If you somehow ignore his torrents of horrible opinions and criminal inclinations, apparent self-incriminations, Learner almost seems like a harmless dandy.
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* BilledAboveTitle: When it comes to his novels, Garth Marenghi's name is evidently more important than whatever lame OneWordTitle is beneath it.
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[[folder:Dr. Rick Dagless Dagless, MD/Garth Marenghi]]
!!Dr. Rick Dagless, MD
* ByronicHero: He spends most of his time angsting about the pain he feels, but when push comes to shove, he always saves the day.
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* CopiouslyCreditedCreator: InUniverse. The show credits Garth Marenghi as writer, director, producer, star and even sneaks in a composer credit ('based on tunes whistled by').
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Hinted at. He had a son, who was part-grasshopper, who jumped too high one day and [[HelicopterBlender didn't see the helicopter passing overhead]].
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Hinted at. He had a son, who was part-grasshopper, who jumped too high one day and [[HelicopterBlender didn't see the helicopter passing overhead]].overhead]]. He claims that just about everyone he's ever loved has died, driving him to become the sarcastic, brooding ByronicHero he is.
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* InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt: Marenghi is ''very'' fond of this trope.
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* InformedAttractiveness: Sanchez claims Dagless is more attractive, even though, conventionally, it's the other way round. Dagless and both his fictional actor and his ''real'' actor aren't ugly, of course, but Dagless' attractiveness is rather overstated.
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* InformedAttractiveness: Sanchez claims Dagless is more attractive, even though, though conventionally, it's the other way round. Dagless and both his fictional actor and his ''real'' actor aren't ugly, of course, but Dagless' attractiveness is rather overstated.
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* TheNapoleon: Not Dagless, for once. Garth Marenghi insists in interviews that he is six feet tall. Cut to Todd Rivers laughing hysterically.
-->"He's barely five foot and wears lifts!"
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He's a send up of notoriously schlocky British horror writers who were popular in TheEighties, such as Creator/JamesHerbert and Shaun Hutson.
* NobleBigotWithABadge
-->"He's barely five foot and wears lifts!"
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He's a send up of notoriously schlocky British horror writers who were popular in TheEighties, such as Creator/JamesHerbert and Shaun Hutson.
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* TheNapoleon: Not Dagless, for once. Garth Marenghi insists in interviews that he is six feet tall. Cut to Todd Rivers laughing hysterically.
-->"He's barely five footNobleBigotWithABadge: He hates women and wears lifts!"
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He'sScottish people, but he's a send up of notoriously schlocky British horror writers who were popular in TheEighties, such as Creator/JamesHerbert and Shaun Hutson.
* NobleBigotWithABadgedamn good doctor.
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* SmallNameBigEgo: One of the more entertaining parts of the show is just how far up his own ass Garth Mahrenghi is and how outlandish his justifications are.
!!Garth Marenghi
* BilledAboveTitle: When it comes to his novels, Garth Marenghi's name is evidently more important than whatever lame OneWordTitle is beneath it.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Garth Marenghi is a successful novelist (though it's more down to his talents in self-promotion rather than writing), but he's mad as a brush.
* CopiouslyCreditedCreator: InUniverse. The show credits Garth Marenghi as writer, director, producer, star and even sneaks in a composer credit ("based on melodies whistled by").
* GiftedlyBad: In case you haven't noticed, he's an utterly atrocious writer whose unwarranted success has driven his ego into the stratosphere, when all is said and done
* IJustWriteTheThing: Similar to one of his inspirations, Creator/StephenKing, Marenghi's splurges out a single draft of a story with total spontaneity, hence his self-proclaimed profession as "The Dreamweaver".
* InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt: Marenghi is ''very'' fond of this trope.
* TheNapoleon: Not Dagless, for once. Garth Marenghi insists in interviews that he is six feet tall. Cut to Todd Rivers laughing hysterically.
-->"He's barely five foot and wears lifts!"
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He's a send up of notoriously schlocky British horror writers who were popular in TheEighties, such as Creator/JamesHerbert and Shaun Hutson.
* SmallNameBigEgo: One of the more entertaining aspects of the show is just how far up his own arse Garth Mahrenghi is and how outlandish his justifications are.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: He certainly sees himself as this, as he goes out of his way to wear all-black and writes every other character to praise Dag's unrivalled sex appeal.
!!Dr. Lucien Sanchez
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* TheAlcoholic: Todd Rivers, who hasn't worked since this show.
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* ClassicallyTrainedExtra: Is a classically trained actor who obviously doesn't think much of the show, which explains why his lines are so often poorly done or dubbed over. In the extras, he talks about the challenges of acting on stage.
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* OnlySaneMan: Only when compared to Garth and Dean, of course, but Rivers seems to be the only person involved in the production that realized that it was awful, but is too polite to mention it.
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* TokenGoodTeammate: Garth is a raging misogynist, narcissist, and miser, while Dean is a SerialKiller who has a history of child and animal abuse. Outside of being TheAlcoholic, Todd is a reasonably normal guy, and he doesn't say anything negative about ''Darkplace'' despite being clearly embarrassed by it.
!!Todd Rivers
* TheAlcoholic: Todd Rivers, who hasn't worked since this show.
* ClassicallyTrainedExtra: Is a classically trained actor who obviously doesn't think much of the show, which explains why his lines are so often poorly done or dubbed over. In the extras, he talks about the challenges of acting on stage.
* OnlySaneMan: Only when compared to Garth and Dean, of course, but Rivers seems to be the only person involved in the production that realized that it was awful, but is too polite to mention it.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Garth is a raging misogynist, narcissist, and miser, while Dean is an implied SerialKiller who has a history of child and animal abuse. Outside of being TheAlcoholic, Todd is a reasonably normal guy, and he doesn't say anything negative about ''Darkplace'' despite being clearly embarrassed by it.
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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:The (fictional) actress, Madeleine Wool, disappeared without a trace after the filming of ''Darkplace''. She is (emphatically) presumed dead by her fellow cast members. Dean Learner speculates that she's "buried somewhere in the [[UsefulNotes/{{Russia}} Eastern bloc]]. If she got a burial." The awkwardness of the remaining cast members around the subject and the fact that they're all incredibly shady to begin with suggests that there's a pretty sordid story behind the disappearance.]]
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* NoodleIncident: Madeline Wool is implied to be murdered, and the other actors' hesitance suggests they had a hand in it.
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* AuthorExistenceFailure: In-universe, Madeline Wool is missing, presumed dead. Judging by the other actors' uncomfortableness about the subject, they may or may not have had something to do with it.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:The (fictional) actress, Madeleine Wool, disappeared without a trace after the filming of ''Darkplace''. She is (emphatically) presumed dead by her fellow cast members. Dean Learner speculates that she's "buried somewhere in the [[UsefulNotes/{{Russia}} Eastern bloc]]. If she got a burial." The awkwardness of the remaining cast members around the subject and the fact that they're all incredibly shady to begin with suggests that there's a pretty sordid story behind the disappearance.]]
* NoodleIncident: Madeline Wool is implied to be murdered, and the other actors' hesitance suggests they had a hand in it.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: Learner is quite camp, but denies in almost a SuspiciouslySpecificDenial that he is gay.
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* BadBadActing: Learner says he's not an actor, and he means it.
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* CigarChomper: Learner doesn't smoke cigarettes, though. He doesn't want to get cancer.
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* FilmingForEasyDub: Learner is such a poor actor that his lines are redone constantly.
* {{Jerkass}}: Bordering on SociopathicHero, although this is more of an InformedAttribute. He once punched one of the on-set child actors, and it's implied he murdered the person who financed the show ("Achmed", who was interested in "moving pictures"), Garth's second publicist, and Liz's actress.
* {{Jerkass}}: Bordering on SociopathicHero, although this is more of an InformedAttribute. He once punched one of the on-set child actors, and it's implied he murdered the person who financed the show ("Achmed", who was interested in "moving pictures"), Garth's second publicist, and Liz's actress.
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* FilmingForEasyDub: Learner is such a poor actor that his lines are redone constantly.
* {{Jerkass}}: Bordering on SociopathicHero, although this is more of an InformedAttribute. He once punched one of the on-set child actors, and it's implied he murdered the person who financed the show ("Achmed", who was interested in "moving pictures"), Garth's second publicist, and Liz's actress.constantly, creating visible continuity errors.
* {{Jerkass}}: Bordering on SociopathicHero, although this is more of an InformedAttribute. He once punched one of the on-set child actors, and it's implied he murdered the person who financed the show ("Achmed", who was interested in "moving pictures"), Garth's second publicist, and Liz's actress.
* NiceCharacterMeanActor: Thornton Reed is an inept but well-meaning hospital administrator and one of the main heroes of ''Darkplace''. His actor, Dean Learner, is... decidedly less likeable in the reflective interview sections.
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* TheSociopath: Dean Learner indicates that he has no sense of morality and throughout the series implies that he has murdered a number of people in order to stay close to Garth Marenghi. He also is the worst actor on the show possibly because he doesn't feel authentic emotions.
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!!Dean Learner
* AffablyEvil: If you somehow ignore his torrents of horrible opinions and criminal inclinations, Learner almost seems like a harmless dandy.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Learner is quite camp, but denies in almost a SuspiciouslySpecificDenial that he is gay.
* BadBadActing: Learner says he's not an actor, and he means it.
* CigarChomper: Learner doesn't smoke cigarettes, though. He doesn't want to get cancer.
* {{Jerkass}}: He once punched one of the on-set child actors, and it's implied he murdered the person who financed the show ("Achmed", who was interested in "moving pictures"), Garth's second publicist, and Liz's actress.
* FashionVictimVillain: Invoked, namely with his stupid slanted beret. Even the unseen camera crew behind the interview sections insult his ridiculous fashion sense to his face.
* NiceCharacterMeanActor: You may be forgiven for assuming that Dean Learner is just a comically inept actor out of his depth judging by the way he plays LargeHam Thorton Reed, but this couldn't be further from the truth. Learner is an ''extremely'' troubled man with no redeeming traits beyond his childish reverence for Garth. In contrast to his timorous onscreen performance, his demeanour in the interviews is totally self-assured.
* TheSociopath: Dean Learner indicates that he has no sense of morality and throughout the series implies that he has murdered a number of people in order to stay close to Garth Marenghi. He's proudly vocal about his past acts of animal and child abuse, such as when he stepped on his cat's head after dropping a sofa on it. Worse, he's very heavily implied to be a paedophile as he gives his [[{{Understatement}} unpopular opinion]] that girls who lie about their age should be imprisoned or sent to correctional institutions. This possibly gives context for his status as the worst actor on the show, because he doesn't feel authentic emotions.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Garth Marenghi. He's Garth's biggest fan (perhaps the only remaining one in the world) and is constantly hyping up his work as being up there with the literary greats.
!!Dean Learner
* AffablyEvil: If you somehow ignore his torrents of horrible opinions and criminal inclinations, Learner almost seems like a harmless dandy.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Learner is quite camp, but denies in almost a SuspiciouslySpecificDenial that he is gay.
* BadBadActing: Learner says he's not an actor, and he means it.
* CigarChomper: Learner doesn't smoke cigarettes, though. He doesn't want to get cancer.
* {{Jerkass}}: He once punched one of the on-set child actors, and it's implied he murdered the person who financed the show ("Achmed", who was interested in "moving pictures"), Garth's second publicist, and Liz's actress.
* FashionVictimVillain: Invoked, namely with his stupid slanted beret. Even the unseen camera crew behind the interview sections insult his ridiculous fashion sense to his face.
* NiceCharacterMeanActor: You may be forgiven for assuming that Dean Learner is just a comically inept actor out of his depth judging by the way he plays LargeHam Thorton Reed, but this couldn't be further from the truth. Learner is an ''extremely'' troubled man with no redeeming traits beyond his childish reverence for Garth. In contrast to his timorous onscreen performance, his demeanour in the interviews is totally self-assured.
* TheSociopath: Dean Learner indicates that he has no sense of morality and throughout the series implies that he has murdered a number of people in order to stay close to Garth Marenghi. He's proudly vocal about his past acts of animal and child abuse, such as when he stepped on his cat's head after dropping a sofa on it. Worse, he's very heavily implied to be a paedophile as he gives his [[{{Understatement}} unpopular opinion]] that girls who lie about their age should be imprisoned or sent to correctional institutions. This possibly gives context for his status as the worst actor on the show, because he doesn't feel authentic emotions.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Garth Marenghi. He's Garth's biggest fan (perhaps the only remaining one in the world) and is constantly hyping up his work as being up there with the literary greats.
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* TokenGoodTeammate: Garth is a raging misogynist, narcissist, and miser, while Dean is a SerialKiller who has a history of child and animal abuse. Outside of being TheAlcoholic, Todd is a reasonably normal guy, and he doesn't say anything negative about ''Darkplace'' despite being clearly embarrassed by it.
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* CopiouslyCreditedCreator: The show credits Garth Merenghi as writer, director, producer, star and even sneaks in a composer credit ('based on tunes whistled by').
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* MartyStu: InUniverse. It's telling that being the world's greatest doctor is only the tip of the iceberg.
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* DelusionsOfEloquence: Garth is quite fond of trying to sound erudite, and failing catastrophically (mostly due to explaining what any remotely exotic word means).
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* SmallNameBigEgo: Marenghi treats the show as one that could have changed the world of television forever. [[SoBadItsGood The reality is quite different]].
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* SmallNameBigEgo: Marenghi treats One of the more entertaining parts of the show as one that could have changed the world of television forever. [[SoBadItsGood The reality is quite different]].just how far up his own ass Garth Mahrenghi is and how outlandish his justifications are.
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* BroughtDownToNormal: After her psychic rampage, Dag performs a lobotomy on her to disable her telekinetic abilities with no apparent side effects to her intelligence. [[DownplayedTrope However]], she still retains PsychicPowers, such as mindreading.
* ButtMonkey: A frequent victim of Marenghi's very misogynistic writing.
* ButtMonkey: A frequent victim of Marenghi's very misogynistic writing.
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* BoomerangBigot / FemaleMisogynist: Due to Garth's chauvinistic writing, Liz often makes vaguely sexist comments towards herself, such as thanking the men for taking away her psychic powers and criticizing herself for basically expecting respect from them.
* BroughtDownToNormal: After her psychic rampage, Dag performs a lobotomy on her to disable her telekinetic abilities with no apparent side effects to her intelligence. [[DownplayedTrope However]], she still retains PsychicPowers, such asmindreading.mind reading.
* ButtMonkey:A frequent Is the victim of Marenghi's very misogynistic blatantly chauvinistic writing. In one scene she screams and Dagless [[WouldHitAGirl punches her in the face]]. She responds with "Thanks! I was hysterical!"
* BroughtDownToNormal: After her psychic rampage, Dag performs a lobotomy on her to disable her telekinetic abilities with no apparent side effects to her intelligence. [[DownplayedTrope However]], she still retains PsychicPowers, such as
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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:The (fictional) actress, Madeleine Wool, disappeared without a trace after the filming of ''Darkplace''. She is (emphatically) presumed dead by her fellow cast members. Dean Learner speculates that she's "buried somewhere in the [[UsefulNotes/{{Russia}} Eastern bloc]]. If she got a burial." The awkwardness of the remaining cast members around the subject and the fact that they're all incredibly shady to begin with suggests that there's a pretty sordid story behind the disappearance.]]
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* GaussianGirl: Used in most of her shots.
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* LargeHam: There is no one hammier than Todd Rivers as Sanchez. [[http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=X6iJRNHUOT4&feature=related "So, what happened between you and this Renwick customerrrrrr?"]]
"''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6iJRNHUOT4 So what happened between you and this Renwick customerrrrrr?]]''"
"''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6iJRNHUOT4 So what happened between you and this Renwick customerrrrrr?]]''"
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* LargeHam: There is no one hammier than Todd Rivers as Sanchez. [[http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=X6iJRNHUOT4&feature=related "So, what happened between you and this Renwick customerrrrrr?"]]
"''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6iJRNHUOT4 So what happened between you and this Renwick customerrrrrr?]]''"
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* RedHeadedHero: Briefly in the Scotch Mist episode. One of the mist's effects is to dye his hair ginger. It's only temporary, as the Scots assure him it'll grow out.
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* BadassLongcoat: His white doctor's coat.
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* BadassLongcoat: His white Is rarely seen without his doctor's coat.cape and cowboy boots, even when he's not even wearing pants.
* CopiouslyCreditedCreator: The show credits Garth Merenghi as writer, director, producer, star and even sneaks in a composer credit ('based on tunes whistled by').
* HeManWomanHater: Has some pretty obvious problems with women and it bleeds through to the ''Darkplace'' characters, who often make chauvinistic comments totally out of the blue.
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* KnowNothingKnowItAll
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* KnowNothingKnowItAll KnowNothingKnowItAll: Insists he's an [[InsufferableGenius utter genius]] but this series tells otherwise. At the opening of one episode, he says he is "one of the few people who have written more books than they have read".
* MartyStu: It's telling that being the world's greatest doctor is only the tip of the iceberg.
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* ParodySue: Of both the heroes of old low-budget horror and sci-fi shows and films like Quatermass, and of shows like Casualty or E.R.
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* ParodySue: Of both the heroes of old low-budget horror and sci-fi shows and films like Quatermass, and of shows like Casualty or E.R. He is more specifically a parody of a real Sue: Peter Rickman of ''Series/KingdomHospital''.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Rick expresses casually sexist and racist views obviously shared by the (fictional) writer Garth Marenghi himself.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Rick expresses casually sexist and racist views obviously shared by the (fictional) writer Garth Marenghi himself.
* StepfordSnarker: "Maybe if everyone who'd ever been close to you had died, you'd be sarcastic too."
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* WouldHitAGirl: Slaps Liz to calm her down from her hysterics.
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* WouldHitAGirl: Slaps Punches Liz in the face when he tries to escape from the rooftop with his Giant Eye baby. He also slaps her to calm her down from her hysterics.
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* ClassicallyTrainedExtra: Todd Rivers is one.
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* ClassicallyTrainedExtra: Todd Rivers is one.Is a classically trained actor who obviously doesn't think much of the show, which explains why his lines are so often poorly done or dubbed over. In the extras, he talks about the challenges of acting on stage.
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* DashingHispanic: He tries to [[InvokedTrope invoke]] this by wearing eye makeup and foundation to make him look like he might be Hispanic.
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* DashingHispanic: He tries to [[InvokedTrope invoke]] this by wearing eye makeup and foundation [[BrownFace foundation]] to make him look like he might be Hispanic.
* FascinatingEyebrow: He does an impressive "Spock Eyebrow Raise" in the first episode.
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* LargeHam: "''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6iJRNHUOT4 So what happened between you and this Renwick customerrrrrr?]]''"
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* LargeHam: There is no one hammier than Todd Rivers as Sanchez. [[http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=X6iJRNHUOT4&feature=related "So, what happened between you and this Renwick customerrrrrr?"]]
"''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6iJRNHUOT4 So what happened between you and this Renwick customerrrrrr?]]''"
"''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6iJRNHUOT4 So what happened between you and this Renwick customerrrrrr?]]''"
* BadassLongcoat: Wears a long coat from time to time, along with his badass shotgun.
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* DaChief: In a hospital setting.
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* DaChief: In Thornton Reed is clearly written this way in spite of being the administrator of a hospital setting.rather than a police precinct.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Is something of one, although this is more of an InformedAttribute/ProtagonistCenteredMorality.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Is something of one, Bordering on SociopathicHero, although this is more of an InformedAttribute/ProtagonistCenteredMorality. InformedAttribute. He once punched one of the on-set child actors, and it's implied he murdered the person who financed the show ("Achmed", who was interested in "moving pictures"), Garth's second publicist, and Liz's actress.
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* TheSociopath: Learner in real life is strongly implied to be a serial killer.
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* TheSociopath: Dean Learner indicates that he has no sense of morality and throughout the series implies that he has murdered a number of people in real life order to stay close to Garth Marenghi. He also is strongly implied to be a serial killer.the worst actor on the show possibly because he doesn't feel authentic emotions.
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* StalkerWithoutACrush: Is way too into Garth Merenghi to the point that he admits to having punched a child for having disrespected him and its implied he murdered Garth Merenghi's manager in order to stay close to him.
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* WouldHurtAChild: Dean Learner remarks, in a distressingly off-handed manner, that he violently struck one of the child actors who appeared in the show, hard enough to leave a visible bruise. It was photographed and it's strongly hinted to have contributed to the cancellation of ''Darkplace''.
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->Played by: (Creator/RichardAyoade)Creator/RichardAyoade