History Creator / RobertRankin

-->'''Rambo Bloodaxe:''' It's Rankin, [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs he's in the pub again and he's writing.]]

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: [[invoked]] Averted; the author has said publicly that he wrote ''Dance of the Voodoo Handbag'' with a high drug consumption.

One of the books, ''The Brightonomicon'', received a full cast audio dramatisation in 2008, starring some comedic celebrities such as Creator/AndySerkis and [[Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy Mark Wing-Davey]]. It starred David Warner as Hugo Rune (the Cosmic Dick) and Rupert Degas as Rizla.

'''The Brentford Trilogy''' - [[TrilogyCreep Nine volumes]] (three more than the galaxy's [[Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy second-largest trilogy]]), detailing the adventures of two layabouts named Jim Pooley and John O'Mally in an area of West London which comes under attack from supernatural forces more than you'd expect.

* AluminiumChristmasTrees: Count Dante was actually a real person. His real name was John Keehan, and he ran a dojo in Chicago in the '70s. He was famous for being one of the few masters willing to train black and Hispanic students, producing scarily competent fighters, running self-aggrandizing ads in comic books (probably where Rankin got the idea) and being... how to put this politely... completely bugfuck nuts.

* KillAndReplace: [[spoiler: Happens to the ''[[KillEmAll entire cast]]'' except for Jim in ''East of Ealing''. Fortunately, [[SnapBack everything is back to normal by the time the next book begins]], albeit likely because ''Ealing'' ended with Jim in the past in a position to prevent the devastation.]]

* CulturallyReligious: John’s relationship with the Catholic faith is complex. In ''The Brentford Triangle'' he claims that the Church’s answers only raised more questions for him, but he is willing to go toe-to-toe with the demonic anti-pope in ''The Antipope'' on the grounds that ”I’m a Catholic. Not a good one, but a Catholic nonetheless.” He is also listed as Catholic in his Army record.

* ExpositionOfImmortality: During ''They Came and Ate Us,'' Johnathan points out that not only did he recognise Elvis, despite his wig and glasses, his aliases weren't exactly concealing, either. ''"Theodore Henry Edward King? T H E King? Mr No-ah Never?"''

One of the books, ''The Brightonomicon'', received a full cast audio dramatisation in 2008, starring some comedic celebrities such as Creator/AndySerkis and [[Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy Mark Wing-Davey]]. It starred David Warner as Hugo Rune (the Cosmic Dick) and Rupert Degas as Rizla [[spoiler:aka Jim Pooley]].

* [[AliensInCardiff Aliens in Brentford]]: Among other things.

* GodIsFlawed: In ''The Most Amazing Man Who Ever Lived'', it's revealed that, while [[GodIsGood very much]] an AllLovingHero, God has had his share of bad ideas over the years; testicles being on the outside, without any sort of [[GroinAttack protective shell]], is cited as an example.[[labelnote:*]] For what it's worth, there is an actual biological reason for this: if they were on the inside, most sperm would die due to overheating. Of course, that would just raise the further question of why God didn't just give humans hardier sperm.[[/labelnote]] In fact, the entire reason the [[CelestialBureaucracy Universal Reincarnation Company]] exists -- and why the BigBad's EvilPlan is even possible -- is because God shut Hell down after [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realising]] that by including a commandment against coveting, he had unwittingly sentenced untold numbers of ''babies'' to eternal damnation for [[DisproportionateRetribution coveting others' toys]].

* [[IdenticalGrandson Identical Nephew]]: Tuppe and his uncle, Brother Eight, apparently look and sound exactly the same (to the point where Cornelius thinks he is hearing and seeing double when he sees them both together), although Eight is presumably somewhat older.

* RaisedCatholic: John’s relationship with the faith is complex. In ''The Brentford Triangle'' he claims that the Church’s answers only raised more questions for him, but he is willing to go toe-to-toe with the demonic anti-pope in ''The Antipope'' on the grounds that ”I’m a Catholic. Not a good one, but a Catholic nonetheless.” He is also listed as Catholic in his Army record.

* ''Literature/HollowChocolateBunniesOfTheApocalypse'' (2002)