History Recap / RedDwarfSeasonIIThanksForTheMemory

[[caption-width-right:350: [[CordonBleughChef Rimmer tries Lister's sandwich... ]]]]

* LethalChef: While Lister's fried egg chutney sandwich is quite deadly in its own right (Rimmer describes its taste as "melting his teeth"), the fact that the recipe was obtained from a biological warfare book (he uses it as a HideousHangoverCure) lampshades this aspect and Rimmer finds the deadliness of it to be its crowning aspect[[note]]more specifically, he states the sandwich's horrific list of ingredients somehow still work when put together; he ''does'' enjoy the sandwich and equates it to how he considers Lister to be "all wrong", yet still respected by the people around him, in contrast to him supposedly doing everything right and remaining a loser[[/note]], putting this recipe in the delicious but deadly territory.

* ButHeSoundsHandsome: Holly appears on a recording Holly doesn't remember making (the crew's memories were erased). Initially, he comments, "Nice-looking bloke," and then when the recorded Holly tells them to pause the recording, he does so, because he "Knows what he's talking about, that dude."

* InsaneTrollLogic: Rimmer's deduction that the mysterious injuries are an alien greeting goes like this. Getting your leg hurts like '''hell''', it happens be'''low''' the knee, it happens to '''two''' people... and the finished jigsaw puzzle showing the ship must mean "'''you'''." '''Hello to you'''! Cat remarks, "I wouldn't like to be around when one of these suckers was making a speech!"

-->'''Lister:''' You have to eat it quickly or the bread will melt.

--->'''Lister:''' You have to eat it quickly or the bread will melt.

* IJustWantToBeLoved: A very, very, ''very'' sloshed Rimmer admits this to Lister, that what he'd want most in all the world is to love and be loved in return.

-->'''Rimmer:''' How could you do this to me?! It's the most heartbreakingly tragic thing it's ever been my misfortune to witness!
-->'''Cat:''' Popcorn?

-->'''Rimmer''': That's why I was an orphan, even though my parents were alive. That's why I had my appendix out twice.

** Lister's attempt to make a "gift" of the memories of one his love affairs to Rimmer introduces several of these into Rimmer's life, starting with suddenly moving to Liverpool halfway through an astronavigation course at Saturn Tech, with no memory of why.

* InsaneTrollLogic: Rimmer's deduction that the mysterious injuries are an alien greeting goes like this. Getting your leg hurts like '''hell''', it happens be'''low''' the knee, it happens to '''two''' people... and the finished puzzle must mean "you." Hello to you! Cat remarks, "I wouldn't like to be around when one of these suckers was making a speech!"

-->'''Rimmer''': That's why I was an orphan when both my parents were still alive. That's why I had my appendix out twice.
** Ironically, this in turn creates a plot hole in a later episode, ''[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonVILegion Legion]]'', where Lister has his appendix removed ''again'', by the titular character. The writers HandWaved this by explaining that Lister, being a freak of nature, was born with two appendixes. FridgeBrilliance suggests that the appendix was probably restored when Lister was transformed from human to chicken to hamster and back again in the episode [[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIVDNA D.N.A]].

* TakeThat: According to Holly, there's a perfectly logical explanation for everything - with the possible exception of [[Music/TheOsmonds little Jimmy Osmond]].

It is Saturday night and Rimmer's death-day, and a party is arranged for him on a planetoid they encountered with a breathable atmosphere. Back on ''Red Dwarf'', Rimmer drunkenly confides to Lister about his one single solitary sexual encounter with Yvonne [=McGruder=], the ship's female boxing champion, and tells Lister that, although it is entirely his own fault for deciding to put his career over his personal life: "I would trade it all in. All of it — my pips, my long-service medals, my swimming certificates, my telescope, my shoe-trees. I would trade everything in to be loved, and to have been in love."

* HeelRealization: Rimmer's bewilderment about why "he" dumped Lise Yates makes Lister realize what an idiot he was for doing so.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Rimmer's deduction that the mysterious injuries are an alien greeting goes like this. Getting your leg hurts like '''hell''', it happens be'''lo''' the knee, it happens to '''two''' people... and the finished puzzle must mean "you." Hello to you! Cat says he'd hate to be around if one of the aliens in Rimmer's hypothesis were making a speech.

* InsaneTrollLogic: Rimmer's deduction that the mysterious injuries are an alien greeting goes like this. Getting your leg hurts like '''hell''', it happens be'''lo''' the knee, it happens to '''two''' people... and the finished puzzle must mean "you." Hello to you!
* IJustWantToBeLoved: A very, very, ''very'' sloshed Rimmer admits this to Lister during "Thanks for the Memory", that what he'd want most in all the world is to love and be loved in return.

* PassThePopcorn: The crew are watching a surveillance recording of the four days erased from their memories. When Rimmer learns what Lister did during those four days, he is aghast:

* PlotHole: Lister's attempt to make a "gift" of the memories of one his love affairs to Rimmer introduces several of these into Rimmer's life.

* SpottingTheThread: The broken legs and the completed jigsaws lead the Dwarfers to the realisation something is missing.

* WhatDidIDoLastNight: A sober variety, of Rimmer waking up and doing his morning exercise while humming the Reveille. First flashback is him getting smashed, nothing too big, it was the anniversary of his death, after all. The second flashback is him eating that sandwich Lister recommended. Yeah, fair enough, it wasn't that bad. The third, however, is him telling his one time having had sex to ''Lister'' of all people. [[OhCrap Oh, noooooo]]. Note that Rimmer being fully sober is the first sign of things being different.

* MasochistsMeal: Lister's hangover meal: a triple-fried egg sandwich with chili sauce and chutney, which has to be eaten before the bread dissolves and came from a book on bacteriological warfare.

** Ironically, this in turn creates a plot hole in a later episode, ''[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonVILegion Legion]]'', where Lister has his appendix removed ''again'', by the titular character. The writers HandWaved this by explaining that Lister, being a freak of nature, was born with two appendixes.

** Ironically, this in turn creates a plot hole in a later episode, "Legion", where Lister has his appendix removed ''again'', by the titular character. The writers HandWaved this by explaining that Lister, being a freak of nature, was born with two appendixes.

* PassThePopcorn: While Lister and Rimmer watch the recording in mortification, Cat munches on popcorn.

* YouDoNotWantToKnow: Holly leaves a warning on the black box to not look at it under any circumstances, because they'll only regret it. (They do it anyway.)

It is Saturday night and Rimmer's death-day, and a party is arranged for him on a planetoid they encountered with a breathable atmosphere. Back on Red Dwarf, Rimmer drunkenly confides to Lister about his one single solitary sexual encounter with Yvonne [=McGruder=], the ship's female boxing champion, and tells Lister that, although it is entirely his own fault for deciding to put his career over his personal life: "I would trade it all in. All of it — my pips, my long-service medals, my swimming certificates, my telescope, my shoe-trees. I would trade everything in to be loved, and to have been in love."

* BlackComedyRape: Rimmer reveals that he lost his virginity to (and whose only sexual liaison while alive the first time around was with) Yvonne [=McGruder=]. Who seemed to be suffering from a concussion because she kept calling him "Norman".

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
** This is the first time the crew actually leave the ship, but it's in ''Blue Midget'' rather than ''Star Bug''
** For Rimmer to go outside he needs to be projected in a 'hologram cage' but he doesn't need to do this later on.

* EarlyInstalmentWeirdness:

* MasochistsMeal: Lister's hangover meal: atriple-fried egg sandwich with chili sauce and chutney, which has to be eaten before the bread dissolves and came from a book on bacteriological warfare.

* BlackComedyRape: Rimmer reveals that he lost his virginity to (and whose only sexual liaison while alive the first time around was with) Yvonne [=McGruder=]. Who seemed to be suffering from a concussion because she kept calling him "Norman"
* MemoryGambit

* PassThePopcorn: Watching the Black Box Recording
* SpottingTheThread: The broken legs and the completed jigsaws lead the Dwarfers to the realisation something is missing.

It is Saturday night and Rimmer's death-day, and a party is arranged for him on a planetoid they encountered with a breathable atmosphere. Back on Red Dwarf, Rimmer drunkenly confides to Lister about his one single solitary sexual encounter with Yvonne McGruder, the ship's female boxing champion, and tells Lister that, although it is entirely his own fault for deciding to put his career over his personal life: "I would trade it all in. All of it — my pips, my long-service medals, my swimming certificates, my telescope, my shoe-trees. I would trade everything in to be loved, and to have been in love."

* BlackComedyRape:Rimmer reveals that he lost his virginity to (and whose only sexual liaison while alive the first time around was with) Yvonne [=McGruder=]. Who seemed to be suffering from a concussion because she kept calling him "Norman"