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* ForWantOfANail: Nelson is appalled to learn that the only reason Vince ate his cubs at all was because he couldn't find a spoon for his Muller Rice. In Vince's defence, they ''were'' both rhubarb flavour. Almost immediately after, as Nelson escorts Kieran out of the den, Vince finds a spoon on the floor.

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* ForWantOfANail: PointOfDivergence: Nelson is appalled to learn that the only reason Vince ate his cubs at all was because he couldn't find a spoon for his Muller Rice. In Vince's defence, they ''were'' both rhubarb flavour. Almost immediately after, as Nelson escorts Kieran out of the den, Vince finds a spoon on the floor.
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* DelicateAndSickly: Parodied. Keiran, the runt of Vince's litter, has so much wrong with him that the doctor lists it all alphabetically. Nelson's attempts at fighting something he's good at just uncovers even more problems with him.

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* DelicateAndSickly: Parodied. Keiran, the runt of Vince's litter, has so much wrong with him that the doctor lists it all alphabetically. Nelson's attempts at fighting finding something he's good at just uncovers even more problems with him.

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* AskAStupidQuestion: When Kieran swears at Nelson, he demands to know where he learned that kind of language.

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* AskAStupidQuestion: When Happens when Kieran swears at Nelson, he demands to know where he learned that kind of language.drops the C-word when demanding his insulin.
-->'''Nelson:''' Neil and Christine Hamilton! Where on Earth did you learn language like that?!



* BehavioralConditioning: Nelson orders Marion to eat as much catnip as he can until he feels sick in a form of aversion therapy. This only ends up making things worse, as Marion devours every bush in the East End and ends up perma-tripping.
* CatUpATree: happens to Marion after he trips on catnip. Lampshaded by himself:

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* BehavioralConditioning: Nelson orders Marion to eat as much catnip as he can until he feels sick in a form of aversion therapy. This only ends up making things worse, backfires, as Marion devours every bush in the East End and ends up perma-tripping.
develops an actual addiction.
** Humorously, Nelson claims his father did it to him with cigarettes and it worked. Not so when [[NoodleIncident his sister was caught with heroin.]]
* BoltOfDivineRetribution: God himself drops one on Kali when she insists that there is no God.
* CatUpATree: happens Happens to Marion after he trips on catnip. Lampshaded by himself:



* HighOnCatnip: Marion "bezzes out" at the start of the episode and gets stuck up a tree, as well as defecating in a Variety Club Sunshine Coach.

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* EatsBabies: Vince devours five of his six cubs shortly after they're born, and then chows down on Kieran [[spoiler: following his untimely death.]]
* ForWantOfANail: Nelson is appalled to learn that the only reason Vince ate his cubs at all was because he couldn't find a spoon for his Muller Rice. In Vince's defence, they ''were'' both rhubarb flavour. Almost immediately after, as Nelson escorts Kieran out of the den, Vince finds a spoon on the floor.
-->'''Vince:''' So, it ''was'' a senseless waste of life, after all! (''chuckling'') Oh, dear!
* GodIsInept: Kali claims as much in her song "What Kind Of God?", where she questions the validity of a God that allows sharp plastic packaging, motorcycles that weave in traffic, junk mail in newspapers and homeless children.
* HighOnCatnip: Marion "bezzes out" at At the start of the episode and episode, Marion gets stuck up peer-pressured into sniffing catnip at a tree, nightclub and "bezzes out".
* MushroomSamba: Not seen, but implied. Marion consuming every catnip plant in the East End causes him to start tripping ''hard'', ranting to Destiny about a tree he needs to stop from crying and screaming that he's hallucinating Kieran bursting out of Nelson's stomach.
* NayTheist: Kali refuses to believe in God despite the fact that he exists (and is played by Christopher Biggins). She gets a BoltOfDivineRetribution for her trouble.
-->'''Kali:''' Screw you, Biggins!
* TakeThat:
** Katy Price gets thrown in
as well as defecating an annoyance that God permits in a Variety Club Sunshine Coach."What Kind of God?"
** Big Issue sellers get lumped in with the rats and pigeons below deck on Noah's Ark.



* WhatDidIDoLastNight: Marion wakes up in a tree the next morning after getting high on catnip.

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* WeHardlyKnewYe: Kieran the runt fox cub and James the dog, introduced in this episode, both die before episode's end.
* WhatDidIDoLastNight: After getting HighOnCatnip, Marion wakes up in a tree the next morning after getting high on catnip.with no memory of how he got there. Later, a disgusted Nelson informs him that he also defecated in a Variety Club Sunshine Coach, which curtailed a school trip to Ride/ThorpePark.
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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Keiran ends up [[spoiler:crushed to death by Nelson's bookcase when he reaches for

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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Keiran ends up [[spoiler:crushed [[spoiler: crushed to death by Nelson's bookcase when he reaches for his blood clotting tablets.]]

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* AskAStupidQuestion: When Kieran swears at Nelson, he demands to know where he learned that kind of language.
-->'''Vince:''' (''walking by'') Evening, ****!
-->'''Nelson:''' ...oh, of course.



* HighOnCatnip: Marion "bezzes out" at the start of the episode and gets stuck up a tree, as well as defecating in a Variety Club Sunshine Coach.

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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Keiran ends up [[spoiler:crushed to death by Nelson's bookcase when he reaches for
* EasyEvangelism: Dean is able to convert Marion and ''Vince'' to Christianity in the span of five minutes, much to Kali's irritation.
* HighOnCatnip: Marion "bezzes out" at the start of the episode and gets stuck up a tree, as well as defecating in a Variety Club Sunshine Coach.Coach.
* TheNoseKnows: Even by dog standards, Destiny's a savant when it comes to bottom-sniffing, able to divine a person's entire personality from it. Even if they have stage five brain cancer - which James dies from immediately after Destiny finds that out.
* WhatDidIDoLastNight: Marion wakes up in a tree the next morning after getting high on catnip.
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'''Original airdate:''' 28 Jun 2010

When his neighbour Vince has a litter of fox cubs Nelson is thrilled to be an uncle at last, until he finds that Vince has eaten all of his cubs except one - the runt of the litter. Nelson decides to save the runt, only to discover that he's the sickliest, saddest, most difficult animal you could ever wish to meet.

Destiny meets a handsome dog called James who teaches her the art of the bottom sniff. Destiny quickly discovers that when it comes to sniffing bottoms she is an artist with special powers.

Marion gets addicted to catnip and goes crazy. Nelson steps in with some aversion therapy in a bid to save his friend.

Kali is reunited with an old partner in crime, the dove Dean. She is irritated to discover that Dean has no interest in helping her terrorise the neighbourhood since he has now found God and seen the error of his ways. Annoyed, Kali plots to tempt Dean back to the dark side.

!! This episode contains examples of:
* BehavioralConditioning: Nelson orders Marion to eat as much catnip as he can until he feels sick in a form of aversion therapy. This only ends up making things worse, as Marion devours every bush in the East End and ends up perma-tripping.
* CatUpATree: happens to Marion after he trips on catnip. Lampshaded by himself:
-->'''Marion:''' Oh, God, Kali! I'm a cat, and I'm stuck up a tree! I'm such a cliché.
-->'''Kali:''' You totally are.
* DelicateAndSickly: Parodied. Keiran, the runt of Vince's litter, has so much wrong with him that the doctor lists it all alphabetically. Nelson's attempts at fighting something he's good at just uncovers even more problems with him.
* HighOnCatnip: Marion "bezzes out" at the start of the episode and gets stuck up a tree, as well as defecating in a Variety Club Sunshine Coach.

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