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* BadHabits: Brian wears a monk's habit not as a disguise, but because there is no other clothing available. He is mistaken for a monk by a woman who sees him running after Laura, and by the Porsche driver.
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* LowerHalfReveal: When Brian is desperately trying to find a tractor, he knocks on the door of what he believes is a farm, and sees the face of a man looking through a little window. When he is admitted, he begins to emphasise the urgency of his situation, then stops short as he sees that the man is wearing a monk's habit, and that he has entered a monastery.
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* LosingAShoeInTheStruggle: When Brian kicks the car and falls flat on his face in mud, he then loses both his shoes.
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* WardrobeWound:
** When Brian attempts to push the car out of mud, he ends up with mud over his smart suit and shoes, which is then compounded by falling flat on his face in the mud. This contributes to the subplot of having to steal clothes to appear decent for giving his important speech.
** The Porsche driver is distraught about the sleeve being ripped from his "three hundred guinea suit", as he attempts to rescue it from being stolen.
** When Brian attempts to push the car out of mud, he ends up with mud over his smart suit and shoes, which is then compounded by falling flat on his face in the mud. This contributes to the subplot of having to steal clothes to appear decent for giving his important speech.
** The Porsche driver is distraught about the sleeve being ripped from his "three hundred guinea suit", as he attempts to rescue it from being stolen.
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* AbuseDiscretionShot: When a policeman arresting Pat lists the charges against her, he finishes with "assaulting a police officer"; this assault is not seen, and a nearby officer is seen with a black eye.
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* AnswerCut: When Laura tells Brian that she had had a row with her boyfriend, and told him she was driving to Norwich, Brian asks who. Laura merely replies "this bloke"; there is then a cut to Mr Jolly.
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* MuckingInTheMud: Brian tries to direct the car through a field after taking a wrong turn, and the car ends up stuck in mud. Even though he is wearing a smart suit, he gallantly tries to push the car, but ends up covered in mud himself; especially when he kicks the car in a fit of anger, and falls flat on his face. When trying to find somebody with a tractor to pull them out, he accidentally wanders into a monastery, and ends up having a bath, in spite of his urgency.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: John Cleese giving [[Series/FawltyTowers a bad-tempered thrashing to a piece of uncooperative machinery]].
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--> '''Headmaster''': Oh dear. Lost again, are we?
--> '''Mrs Way''': (happily): Quite, quite lost.
--> '''Mrs Way''': (happily): Quite, quite lost.
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--> '''Headmaster''': Oh dear. Lost again, are we?
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--> "I'm taking the classical sixth to Jamaica."
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--> "I'm taking the classical sixth to Jamaica."
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* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: When Brian tries to find out who Laura's boyfriend (Mr Jolly) is.
--> '''Brian''': It's not one of the staff, is it?... It's not Mr Slidewell?... Mr Fellowdew?... It's not Mr Jolly?
--> '''Laura''': No! I wasn't anywhere near him.
--> '''Brian''': It's not one of the staff, is it?... It's not Mr Slidewell?... Mr Fellowdew?... It's not Mr Jolly?
--> '''Laura''': No! I wasn't anywhere near him.
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* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: When Brian tries to find out who [[TeacherStudentRomance Laura's boyfriend (Mr Jolly) Jolly)]] is.
--> '''Brian''': It's not one of the staff, is it?... It's not Mr Slidewell?... Mr Fellowdew?... It's not MrJolly?
-->Jolly?\\
'''Laura''': No! I wasn't anywhere near him.
--> '''Brian''': It's not one of the staff, is it?... It's not Mr Slidewell?... Mr Fellowdew?... It's not Mr
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* PoorMansPorn: At the very beginning, Brian apprehends a group of boys who are looking at some pictures. They then drop the pictures, briefly revealing they are of naked women.
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* DramaticChoirNumber: When things are seeming more and more hopeless for Pat and Brian, and their car is driving through a field, there is a sudden burst of choral music.
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* DangerouslyLoadedCargo: Used as a throwaway gag at the very end. After Brian says "Right!", and a police officer takes this to mean "turn right", Brian then yells "no, LEFT, LEFT, LEFT!" An open-backed lorry does so violently, shedding its load.
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Brian succeeds in making it to the conference on time and giving his speech… at the cost of utterly destroying his life. Could also qualify as a DownerEnding (since Brian completely failed to learn any lesson from it all) or even a happy ending (since Brian [[LaserGuidedKarma fully deserves the fate he receives]] by then) depending on how you look at it.]]
* DetrimentalDetermination: After a point, Brian's frenzied determination to get to the conference at the exact time planned does more to delay him than anything else.
* DisasterDominoes: The whole plot. Brian Stimpson is a ScheduleFanatic who lives a hyper-rigid lifestyle of pure order and timeliness… so much so that the one time he makes a simple mistake that would delay him, it sets off a chain reaction of disasters that destroy his life thanks to the panic it induces in Stimpson.
* DisasterDominoes: The whole plot. Brian Stimpson is a ScheduleFanatic who lives a hyper-rigid lifestyle of pure order and timeliness… so much so that the one time he makes a simple mistake that would delay him, it sets off a chain reaction of disasters that destroy his life thanks to the panic it induces in Stimpson.
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%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: The ending. [[spoiler:Brian ruins his life and gets carted off to prison, and it's all his own damned fault for being an overbearing, controlling, punctuality-obsessed {{Jerkass}} who can't accept simple human mistakes or random chance and talks down to everyone he meets.]]
* LawfulStupid: Brian's FatalFlaw. His obsession with [[ScheduleFanatic always being punctual and on time no matter what]] is so powerful that he'd go on the insane adventure he embarks on to reach the conference on schedule then simply call ahead to say he's running late or reschedule. [[spoiler:In fact, he's ''so'' obsessed that he doesn't particularly care if he has to burn his life down in order to stay on schedule.]]
* LawfulStupid: Brian's FatalFlaw. His obsession with [[ScheduleFanatic always being punctual and on time no matter what]] is so powerful that he'd go on the insane adventure he embarks on to reach the conference on schedule then simply call ahead to say he's running late or reschedule. [[spoiler:In fact, he's ''so'' obsessed that he doesn't particularly care if he has to burn his life down in order to stay on schedule.]]
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Brian's habit of saying "right!" for emphasis ends up causing him a great deal of trouble for this reason.
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* PyrrhicVictory: The ending. [[spoiler:Brian's obsessive determination to always be on schedule does get him to the conference in time so he ostensibly wins… even if he completely destroys his life in every conceivable way to do it.]]
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* YouDontHaveToSayAnything: At the end, an unseen officer rattles through the charges against Brian, before ending with this phrase.
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* YouDontHaveToSayAnything: YouDoNotHaveToSayAnything: At the end, an unseen officer rattles through the charges against Brian, before ending with this phrase.
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* YouDontHaveToSayAnything: At the end, an unseen officer rattles through the charges against Brian, before ending with this phrase.
--> '''Arresting officer:''' You are charged with the theft of a silver Porsche sports coupé. Furthermore, there are various charges relating to the theft of certain items of gents' clothing, including an ecclesiastical vestment, and a wallet containing approximately one thousand and two hundred and thirty pounds in cash. Do you wish to say anything? You're not obliged to say anything unless you wish to do so, but anything you say will be taken down in writing and may be used as evidence.
--> '''Arresting officer:''' You are charged with the theft of a silver Porsche sports coupé. Furthermore, there are various charges relating to the theft of certain items of gents' clothing, including an ecclesiastical vestment, and a wallet containing approximately one thousand and two hundred and thirty pounds in cash. Do you wish to say anything? You're not obliged to say anything unless you wish to do so, but anything you say will be taken down in writing and may be used as evidence.
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* AndAnotherThing: In pursuit of his wife Gwenda, Brian dashes home and finds his son Paul there, in his pyjamas. After frantically asking where Gwenda is, he rushes outside; then goes back in to ask Paul (in a sterner tone) why he is not at school.
* EyeTake: Pat's mother has two of these from her window: once when Pat and Brian kiss, and again when Pat goes off in the car with Brian and Laura.
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** When Brian asks Pat to drive the car for them (because she has a licence, unlike Laura), Pat's mother thinks makes a string of assumptions when she sees Brian has and Laura. When Brian dashes into one telephone box after another, she assumes that Brian is vandalising them (well before he actually does), and calls the police. When Laura indicates an empty phone box, Brian lifts his arm, and Pat's mother says "he's showing off his muscles, and she's egging him on". Finally, when Pat heads off in the car with Brian and Laura, Pat's mother assumes they have kidnapped her.
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* FailingATaxi: Brian twice tries to hail a taxi without success. The second time, he falls over the bonnet of Laura's car, as she comes out of her driveway: he then demands a lift from her.
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* AccidentalKidnapping: Played with. When the police arrive just after Brian has vandalised the phone box, Brian realises that Laura does not have a driving licence, and Laura refuses to let him drive; so on the spur of the moment, he asks Pat to drive them away. Pat's horrified mother believes that Brian has kidnapped her, and sends the police to follow them, and Pat is made to drive herself further and further away from home to try to escape the police.
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* BrickJoke: Brian says to his wife "Did Paul get off to school on time?". Later, Brian discovers his son Paul at home with a hangover.
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* BrickJoke: BrickJoke:
** Brian says to his wife "Did Paul get off to school on time?". Later, Brian discovers his son Paul at home with ahangover.hangover.
** Three times, a policeman looks into a car to speak to the driver, who drives off without even noticing the police officer: Mr Wisely on his motorbike, Gwenda Stimpson, and Pat.
---> '''Mrs Wisely:''' (not seeing the policeman) What are you waiting for?
** Brian says to his wife "Did Paul get off to school on time?". Later, Brian discovers his son Paul at home with a
** Three times, a policeman looks into a car to speak to the driver, who drives off without even noticing the police officer: Mr Wisely on his motorbike, Gwenda Stimpson, and Pat.
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* AccidentalPassenger: Having narrowly averted becoming an accidental passenger himself when he boards the wrong train, Brian realises that he has left his printed speech behind on the train he had boarded, and tries in vain to chase after it.
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Up To Eleven is being dewicked.
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%%* WrongTurnAtAlbuquerque: Creator/JohnCleese's role in ''Film/{{Clockwise}}'' turns this trope UpToEleven.
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%%* WrongTurnAtAlbuquerque: Creator/JohnCleese's role in ''Film/{{Clockwise}}'' turns this trope UpToEleven.up to eleven.
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* BookEnds: First word Brian says in the film? "Right." Last words? "Right - no, left!"
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* BookEnds: First word Brian says in the film? "Right." Last words? "Right - no, left!"
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* ShoutOut: [[Film/BonnieAndClyde "I saw this film on television once: there was this bloke and this girl, and they went around everywhere in this car, robbing these banks and things."]]
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Every law Brian broke in the course of the film bites him back in the end...
