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-> ''How are you still alive?\\
I may very well not be.''

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* BottleEpisode: The entire episode is just the two main characters and takes place in real time in or around the Ferris wheel pod.

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* BottleEpisode: The entire episode is just the two main characters (and, briefly, God) and takes place in real time in or around the Ferris wheel pod.pod.

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While Eddie is reading the paper he finds out that the Ferris wheel is going to be blown up at 6am the next morning. With no one around to save them and the Ferris wheel collapsing, Eddie coverts to Buddhism in the hope of being reincarnated and as Claudia Schiffer. Richie goes against the idea and prays to God.

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While Eddie is reading the paper he finds out that the Ferris wheel is a condemned deathtrap which is going to be blown up at 6am the next morning. With no one around to save them and the Ferris wheel collapsing, Eddie coverts to Buddhism in the hope of being reincarnated and as Claudia Schiffer. Richie goes against the idea and prays to God.
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'''Richie & Eddie:''' ''(to the camera)'' '''''Shit.'''''\\

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'''Richie & Eddie:''' ''(to the camera)'' '''''Shit.'''''\\'''''Shit!'''''\\



* DivineIntervention: {{Parodied}}. Richie and Eddit end up trapped on a condemned ferris wheel and end up hanging by their fingers as their car slowly disintegrates. They pray for a miracle; God's hand appears miraculously. However, once safely on the divine hand, then they both start commenting how they don't actually want to cause offense or anything, but they don't believe in God. Accordingly, the hand disappears.

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* DivineIntervention: {{Parodied}}. Richie and Eddit end up Eddie are trapped on a condemned ferris Ferris wheel and end up hanging by their fingers as their car slowly disintegrates. They pray for a miracle; God's hand appears miraculously. However, once safely on the divine hand, then they both start commenting how they don't actually want to cause offense offence or anything, but they don't believe in God. Accordingly, the hand disappears.



* PuffOfLogic: The duo are trapped on a Ferris wheel that's due to be demolished. The Hand of God Himself appears to offer them a lift, but disappears when they realize they're both atheists and must therefore be hallucinating.

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* PuffOfLogic: The duo are trapped on a Ferris wheel that's due to be demolished. The Hand of God Himself appears to offer them a lift, but disappears when they realize admit that they're both atheists and must therefore be hallucinating.atheists.

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While Eddie is reading the paper he finds out that the Ferris wheel is going to be blown up at 6am the next morning. With no one around to save them and the Ferris wheel collapsing. Eddie coverts to Budhism and decides to come back as Claudia Schiffer. Richie goes against the idea and prays to God.

God comes to save them but they don't really believe in God and so they fall to their deaths.

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While Eddie is reading the paper he finds out that the Ferris wheel is going to be blown up at 6am the next morning. With no one around to save them and the Ferris wheel collapsing. collapsing, Eddie coverts to Budhism Buddhism in the hope of being reincarnated and decides to come back as Claudia Schiffer. Richie goes against the idea and prays to God.

God actually comes to save them but they admit that they don't really believe in God God. As a result, He disappears, and so they fall to their deaths.
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* MirthlessLaughter: Eddie engages in this when the cart of the Ferris wheel they're in starts to fall apart.
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The two decide to go to the fair and ride the tallest and oldest Ferris wheel in western Europe, however the fair closes leaving them stranded on the top car. Eddie suggest getting drunk so they won't notice.

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The Ferris wheel episode. The two decide to go to the fair and ride the tallest and oldest Ferris wheel in western Europe, however the fair closes leaving them stranded on the top car. Eddie suggest getting drunk so they won't notice.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: When the cart they're on starts to give way under them, Eddie and Richie list as many frightened remarks as they can think of.
-->'''Richie:''' Oh, blimey!\\
'''Eddie:''' My stars!\\
'''Richie:''' Splice my sausages!\\
'''Eddie:''' Cor lumey!\\
'''Richie:''' Christmas pudding!\\
'''Eddie:''' ''(pause)'' Blood and stomach pills!
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* RealityEnsues: The hand of God vanishes and the lads fall.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: Eddie's disclaimer that they and the BBC support people believing whatever they like. He even looks down the camera and adds "Because we really don't want to get in the shit about this".
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: When the episode opens, the Ferris Wheel is rusted all over, and you can hear a bit too much creaking sounds as it slowly moves.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: When the episode opens, the Ferris Wheel is rusted all over, and you can hear a bit few too much many creaking sounds as it slowly moves.moves slowly.
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* Foreshadowing: When the episode opens, the Ferris Wheel is rusted all over, and you can hear a bit too much creaking sounds as it slowly moves.

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* Foreshadowing: {{Foreshadowing}}: When the episode opens, the Ferris Wheel is rusted all over, and you can hear a bit too much creaking sounds as it slowly moves.
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* Foreshadowing: When the episode opens, the Ferris Wheel is rusted all over, and you can hear a bit too much creaking sounds as it slowly moves.
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* AngerBornOfWorry: When they realise the Ferris Wheel is due to be demolished the next morning, and their first attempt to attract a helicopter's attention fails, Richie suggests making a distress flare. Naturally, Eddie [[DoubleEntendre assumes he's referring to fashion statements]]. When this continues, Richie has to scream his head off to get Eddie too stop.
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* FunWithHomophones: The police helicopter can't see them.
-->'''Richie:''' If only we had some flares!
-->'''Eddie:''' You're making fashion statements? We're going to be blown up at dawn!
-->'''Richie:''' I mean distress flares!
-->'''Eddie:''' Like the kind Suzi Quatro used to wear?
-->'''Richie:''' [[SuddenlyShouting Stop with the crap flares jokes!]]
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* DivineIntervention: {{Parodied}}. Richie and Eddit end up trapped on a condemned ferris wheel and end up hanging by their fingers as their car slowly disintegrates. They pray for a miracle; God's hand appears miraculously. However, once safely on the divine hand, then they both start commenting how they don't actually want to cause offense or anything, but they don't believe in God. Accordingly, the hand disappears....

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* DivineIntervention: {{Parodied}}. Richie and Eddit end up trapped on a condemned ferris wheel and end up hanging by their fingers as their car slowly disintegrates. They pray for a miracle; God's hand appears miraculously. However, once safely on the divine hand, then they both start commenting how they don't actually want to cause offense or anything, but they don't believe in God. Accordingly, the hand disappears....disappears.
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* DivineIntervention: {{Parodied}}. Richie and Eddit end up trapped on a condemned ferris wheel and end up hanging by their fingers as their car slowly disintegrates. They pray for a miracle; God's hand appears miraculously. However, once safely on the divine hand, then they both start commenting how they don't actually want to cause offense or anything, but they don't believe in God. Accordingly, the hand disappears....
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* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: Richie and Eddie are saved from a Ferris Wheel by the hand of God. When they remember that they don't believe in God, the hand vanishes and they fall to their doom.
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* FlatEarthAtheist: Eddie and Richie state their disbelief in God even when standing on His giant hand which materialised in response to their prayers. This, naturally, causes said hand to disappear in a PuffOfLogic.
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* PuffOfLogic: The duo are trapped on a Ferris wheel that's due to be demolished. The Hand of God Himself appears to offer them a lift, but disappears when they realize they're both atheists and must therefore be hallucinating.

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''([[PuffOfLogic hand disappears]])''* GargleBlaster: Eddie's bottle of brandy, meths, Pernod, paint stripper, Mr Sheen, brake fluid and Drambuie[[note]]You gotta put something in for the birds [[/note]].

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''([[PuffOfLogic hand disappears]])''* disappears]])''
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GargleBlaster: Eddie's bottle of brandy, meths, Pernod, paint stripper, Mr Sheen, brake fluid and Drambuie[[note]]You gotta put something in for the birds [[/note]].[[/note]].
* FlatEarthAtheist: Eddie and Richie state their disbelief in God even when standing on His giant hand which materialised in response to their prayers. This, naturally, causes said hand to disappear in a PuffOfLogic.
* GoshDarnItToHeck: Eddie and Richie let off some non-profanities when hanging from the wheel.



* GoshDarnItToHeck: Eddie and Richie let off some non-profanities when hanging from the wheel.

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* ClusterFBomb: Beeped out in the BBC but not to the audience.

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* ClusterFBomb: Beeped out in the BBC out, but not to the audience.



* DeusExMachina: Nothing less than the hand of God takes the boys off the doomed Ferris wheel.
* GargleBlaster: Eddie's bottle of brandy, meths, Pernod, paint stripper, Mr Sheen, brake fluid and Drambuie[[note]]You gotta put something in for the birds [[/note]]

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* DeusExMachina: Nothing less than When they're trapped on a disintegrating ferris wheel, the hand of God takes comes down to save them. Then Eddie [[BreakingTheFourthWall issues a disclaimer on behalf of]] Creator/TheBBC before pointing out:
-->'''Eddie:''' ...we don't actually believe in God, do we?\\
'''Richie:''' ''(disappointed)'' Tch. No.\\
'''Richie & Eddie:''' ''(to
the boys off the doomed Ferris wheel.
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camera)'' '''''Shit.'''''\\
''([[PuffOfLogic hand disappears]])''*
GargleBlaster: Eddie's bottle of brandy, meths, Pernod, paint stripper, Mr Sheen, brake fluid and Drambuie[[note]]You gotta put something in for the birds [[/note]][[/note]].



* RealityEnsues: The hand of God vanishes and the lads fall.

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* RealityEnsues: The hand of God vanishes and the lads fall.fall.
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* GargleBlaster: Eddie's bottle of brandy, meths, Pernod, paint stripper, Mr Sheen, brake fluid and Drambuie[[note]]You gotta put something in for the birds [[/note]]

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The two decide to go to the fair and ride the tallest and oldest ferris wheel in western europe, however the fair closes leaving them stranded on the top car. Eddie suggest getting drunk so they won't notice.

While Eddie is reading the paper he finds out that the ferris wheel is going to be blown up at 6am the next morning. With no one around to save them and the ferris wheel collapsing. Eddie coverts to Budhism and decides to come back as Claudia Sheefer. Richie goes against the idea and prays to God.

God comes to save them but they don't really believe in God and so they fall to their deaths.

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The two decide to go to the fair and ride the tallest and oldest ferris Ferris wheel in western europe, Europe, however the fair closes leaving them stranded on the top car. Eddie suggest getting drunk so they won't notice.

While Eddie is reading the paper he finds out that the ferris Ferris wheel is going to be blown up at 6am the next morning. With no one around to save them and the ferris Ferris wheel collapsing. Eddie coverts to Budhism and decides to come back as Claudia Sheefer.Schiffer. Richie goes against the idea and prays to God.

God comes to save them but they don't really believe in God and so they fall to their deaths.deaths.

* BottleEpisode: The entire episode is just the two main characters and takes place in real time in or around the Ferris wheel pod.
* BringMeMyBrownPants: The ghost train scared Eddie so much he was forced to abandon his soiled trousers for a skirt.
* ClusterFBomb: Beeped out in the BBC but not to the audience.
-->'''Eddie:''' You fucking well hit the clit right on the nail there, you cunting bastard.
* CountryMatters: As above.
* DeusExMachina: Nothing less than the hand of God takes the boys off the doomed Ferris wheel.
* GravityIsAHarshMistress: Saved from death until God's hand vanishes.
* GoshDarnItToHeck: Eddie and Richie let off some non-profanities when hanging from the wheel.
* RealityEnsues: The hand of God vanishes and the lads fall.
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The two decide to go to the fair and ride the tallest and oldest ferris wheel in western europe.

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The two decide to go to the fair and ride the tallest and oldest ferris wheel in western europe.
europe, however the fair closes leaving them stranded on the top car. Eddie suggest getting drunk so they won't notice.
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While Eddie is reading the paper he finds out that the ferris wheel is going to be blown up at 6am the next mourning. With no one around to save them and the ferris wheel collapsing. Eddie coverts to Budhism and decides to come back as Claudia Sheefer. Richie goes against the idea and prays to God.

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While Eddie is reading the paper he finds out that the ferris wheel is going to be blown up at 6am the next mourning.morning. With no one around to save them and the ferris wheel collapsing. Eddie coverts to Budhism and decides to come back as Claudia Sheefer. Richie goes against the idea and prays to God.
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The two decide to go to the fair and ride the tallest and oldest ferris wheel in western europe.

While Eddie is reading the paper he finds out that the ferris wheel is going to be blown up at 6am the next mourning. With no one around to save them and the ferris wheel collapsing. Eddie coverts to Budhism and decides to come back as Claudia Sheefer. Richie goes against the idea and prays to God.

God comes to save them but they don't really believe in God and so they fall to their deaths.

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