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* DeusExMachina: The rooster.
-->'''Mrs Doyle''': (''after hearing the rooster call'') Ladies! It's after seven o'clock. I think your husbands might be wondering where their breakfasts are.


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** Mrs Doyle starts talking about something her husband did before cutting herself off and saying "I've said too much."
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* TooIncompetentToOperateABlanket: Apparently many of the men of the island are too incompetent to wash cups or make the bed.

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* TooIncompetentToOperateABlanket: Apparently many of the men of the island are too incompetent to wash cups or make the bed. Also, Eoin is unable to open doors without help, among other things.
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* TooIncompetentToOperateABlanket: Apparently many of the men of the island are too incompetent to wash cups or make the bed.

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* InUniverseFactoidFailure: Ted is asked what Pope John Paul II's name was on a quiz and, after struggling to come up with an answer, guesses 'Jim'. The correct answer was Karol Józef Wojtyla.

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* InUniverseFactoidFailure: The episode ends with Ted is appearing on the quiz section of Eoin's TV show. He gets asked what Pope John Paul II's name was on a quiz and, before he became Pope -- and after struggling to come up with an answer, feebly guesses 'Jim'."Jim". The correct answer was Karol Józef Wojtyla.

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** Also Patsy's reaction to the mob of women.

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** Also Also, Patsy's reaction to the mob of women.women implies that she and Eoin have been in a similar situation before.
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* WholePlotReference: The episode's title and some of the scenes are a parody of ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968''.

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* WholePlotReference: The episode's title and some of the scenes are a parody of ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968''.''[[Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968 Night of the Living Dead]]''.
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->''"...Jim"''

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->''"...Jim"''->''...Jim?''
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* BarbieDollAnatomy: Eoin doesn't have a willy.

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* FreudianExcuse: "I have no willy"

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* FreudianExcuse: "I Eoin has this for his obnoxious behaviour:
-->'''Eoin''': I
have no willy"willy.
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-> ''I smell wee!''
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* InUniverseFactoidFailure: Ted is asked what Pope John Paul II's name was on a quiz and, after struggling to come up with an answer, guesses 'Jim'. The correct answer was Karol Józef Wojtyla.


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* ShapedLikeItself:
-->'''Ted''': We need something that will keep them away from the house, something to distract them... but what?
-->'''Dougal''': A diversion! That's what it's called, a diversion!
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* ManChild: Eoin [=McLove=]. He makes Dougal look responsible.

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* ManChild: {{Manchild}}: Eoin [=McLove=]. He makes Dougal look responsible.


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* WholePlotReference: The episode's title and some of the scenes are a parody of ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968''.
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* ChekhovsGun: William Shatner's ''Tek Wars''.

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* ChekhovsGun: William Shatner's Creator/WilliamShatner's ''Tek Wars''.
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* HorrifyingTheHorror: Even ''Jack'' is terrified of the marauding old ladies.
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* BlatantLies: Ted catches Dougal eating jam from the jar after the latter stopped Eoin from doing the same. Dougal tells Ted that he was just cleaning the spoon.

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* TastesLikeDiabetes: Eoin's awfully saccharine television show.
* ZombieApocalypse: Spoofed.

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* TastesLikeDiabetes: Eoin's awfully saccharine television show.
* ZombieApocalypse: Spoofed.Spoofed with old women in the place of zombies.
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* CannotKeepASecret: Mrs. Doyle inadvertantly lets slip the date of Eoin's visit to Craggy Island. Mrs. Boyle, her friend who hears, [[BlatantLies promises not to tell]]...and then promptly travels the length and breadth of Craggy Island spreading the word.

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* CannotKeepASecret: Mrs. Doyle inadvertantly lets slip the date of Eoin's visit to Craggy Island. Mrs. Boyle, her friend who hears, [[BlatantLies promises not to tell]]...tell]] and then promptly travels the length and breadth of Craggy Island spreading the word.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Eoin [=McLove=] was based off of popular Irish entertainer Daniel O'Donnell, who was also well-known for his soft image and songs about his 'mammy'.
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When Mrs. Doyle wins a competition where the prize is an evening tea with Eoin [=McLove=], an Irish Tv personality beloved of older women, Ted and the rest of the parochial house must endure Eoin, who turns out to be a lot less agreeable than his TV persona. Unfortunately, word of Eoin's presence gets out and Ted and co find themselves besieged in a parody of most zombie films.

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When Mrs. Doyle wins a competition where the prize is an evening tea with Eoin [=McLove=], an Irish Tv TV personality beloved of older women, Ted and the rest of the parochial house must endure Eoin, who turns out to be a lot less agreeable than his TV persona. Unfortunately, word of Eoin's presence gets out and Ted and co find themselves besieged in a parody of most zombie films.
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* PassThePopcorn: When the old ladies break through the front door to try and grab at Eoin, while Ted, Dougal and Patsy try to break him free, Jack, meanwhile fetches a chair and a drink and sits back to watch.

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* PassThePopcorn: When the old ladies break through the front door to try and grab at Eoin, while Ted, Dougal and Patsy try to break him free, Jack, meanwhile Jack fetches a chair and a drink and sits back to watch.
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* MenCantKeepHouse: Apparently the women of Craggy Island are married to these people. Hilariously, one of them burned down a house washing a cup and another lost a leg making the bed.
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* LiteralMinded: Ted is reading a book and suggests Dougal do the same. So Dougal starts reading Ted's book over his shoulder.

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* HereWeGoAgain: Judging from Patsy's reaction of "Oh no, not again", this is not the first time Eoin's been cornered by a mob of women.


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* HereWeGoAgain: Judging from Patsy's reaction of "Oh no, not again", this is not the first time Eoin's been cornered by a mob of women.

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When Mrs. Doyle wins a competition where the prize is an evening tea with Eoin McLove, an Irish Tv personality beloved of older women, Ted and the rest of the parochial house must endure Eoin, who turns out to be a lot less agreeable than his TV persona. Unfortunately, word of Eoin's presence gets out and Ted and co find themselves besieged in a parody of most zombie films.

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When Mrs. Doyle wins a competition where the prize is an evening tea with Eoin McLove, [=McLove=], an Irish Tv personality beloved of older women, Ted and the rest of the parochial house must endure Eoin, who turns out to be a lot less agreeable than his TV persona. Unfortunately, word of Eoin's presence gets out and Ted and co find themselves besieged in a parody of most zombie films.



* GooGooGetup: Eoin on the cover of one of his albums, arms up-stretched with an imploring look on his face.



* RuleofThree: Jack finally blurts out his catchphrases on the third attempt, as seen above.

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* RuleofThree: RuleOfThree: Jack finally blurts out his catchphrases on the third attempt, as seen above.above.
* TastesLikeDiabetes: Eoin's awfully saccharine television show.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Eoin takes this to a whole nother level.

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* DisproportionateRetribution: Eoin takes this to a whole nother other level.



* FreudianExcuse: "I have no willy"



* ZombieApocalypse: Spoofed.

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* RuleofThree: Jack finally blurts out his catchphrases on the third attempt, as seen above.
* ZombieApocalypse: Spoofed.Spoofed.
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* ManChild: Eoin McLove. He makes Dougal look responsible.
* NoodleIncident: Ted and Mrs. Doyle mention, while trying to convince the women to go home, point out that [[EpicFail one woman's husband tried to wash a cup without her and burned down the house, and another tried to make the bed by himself and lost a leg]].

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* ManChild: Eoin McLove.[=McLove=]. He makes Dougal look responsible.
* NoodleIncident: NoodleIncident:
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Ted and Mrs. Doyle mention, while trying to convince the women to go home, point out that [[EpicFail one woman's husband tried to wash a cup without her and burned down the house, and another tried to make the bed by himself and lost a leg]].leg]].
** Also Patsy's reaction to the mob of women.
* OhNoNotAgain: Patsy's reaction to the mob of women.
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* ChekovsGun: William Shatner's ''Tek Wars''.

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* ChekovsGun: ChekhovsGun: William Shatner's ''Tek Wars''.

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* CannotKeepASecret:

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* BaitAndSwitch: Ted and Dougal are trying to figure a way to get Eoin out of the house without the women seeing. Jack suddenly leans forward in his chair, trying to say something, but then sits back, having forgotten what he was about to say. A few moments later, he leans forward again, getting Ted and Dougal's attention as they wait with bated breath for what he has to say...
-->'''Jack''': DRINK! FECK! ARSE! GIRLS!
-->'''Ted''': [[SarcasmMode Yes, thank you, Father]]! I think we need more concrete ideas than ''that''!
* CannotKeepASecret: Mrs. Doyle inadvertantly lets slip the date of Eoin's visit to Craggy Island. Mrs. Boyle, her friend who hears, [[BlatantLies promises not to tell]]...and then promptly travels the length and breadth of Craggy Island spreading the word.



* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Eoin's long suffering PA, Patsy, definitely falls into this.

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* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Eoin's long suffering PA, Patsy, definitely falls into this.somewhere between this and [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything acting like a mother trying to deal with a misbehaving child]].
* DisproportionateRetribution: Eoin takes this to a whole nother level.
-->'''Ted''': Eoin! Don't eat the jam from the jar!
-->'''Eoin''': Leave me alone, I can have you killed.
* HereWeGoAgain: Judging from Patsy's reaction of "Oh no, not again", this is not the first time Eoin's been cornered by a mob of women.
* ManChild: Eoin McLove. He makes Dougal look responsible.
* NoodleIncident: Ted and Mrs. Doyle mention, while trying to convince the women to go home, point out that [[EpicFail one woman's husband tried to wash a cup without her and burned down the house, and another tried to make the bed by himself and lost a leg]].
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When Mrs. Doyle wins a competition where the prize is an evening tea with Eoin McLove, an Irish Tv personality beloved of older women, Ted and the rest of the parochial house must endure Eoin, who turns out to be a lot less agreeable than his TV persona. Unfortunately, word of Eoin's presence gets out and Ted and co find themselves besieged in a parody of most zombie films.

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* CannotKeepASecret:
* ChekovsGun: William Shatner's ''Tek Wars''.
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Eoin's long suffering PA, Patsy, definitely falls into this.
* PassThePopcorn: When the old ladies break through the front door to try and grab at Eoin, while Ted, Dougal and Patsy try to break him free, Jack, meanwhile fetches a chair and a drink and sits back to watch.
* ZombieApocalypse: Spoofed.

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