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* InnocentInnuendo: Brittas tells Tim that if he has no one to play squash with, he can always play by himself. While Brittas refers to virtual squash, Tim and Gavin's minds immediately go to having a wank.
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* ComedicSociopathy: Tim suggests tampering with Gavin's brakes or electrocuting him with his CD player when asks what to do if Gavin stands him up.
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* DelayedReaction: Tim makes a sarcastic comment about someone using all the pool floats to make a model of Atlantis, but Brittas doesn't automatically realise he's taking the piss and uses that as another example of why they need to use the computer to allocate floats, before giving a FlatWhat.
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** Brittas compares his time at the Basingstoke Software Show to the biblical story of Paul on the road to Damascus.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Julie during Brittas' speech.
-->'''Mr. Brittas''': Up until last week, all of us at this centre have been groping around brainlessly in a fetid, primeval swamp.
-->'''Julie''': Oh thanks Mr. Brittas, we aim to please.
-->'''Mr. Brittas''': Up until last week, all of us at this centre have been groping around brainlessly in a fetid, primeval swamp.
-->'''Julie''': Oh thanks Mr. Brittas, we aim to please.
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* OneSteveLimit: Danny was also the name of a OneShotCharacter in "[[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS1E5StopThief Stop Thief!]]".
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* ActorAllusion: Brittas’ (somewhat random) favourite show being ''Series/TopGear'' is probably this considering the fact that his actor (Creator/ChrisBarrie) is a fan of cars.
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* ActorAllusion: Brittas’ Brittas' (somewhat random) favourite show being ''Series/TopGear'' is probably this considering the fact that his actor (Creator/ChrisBarrie) is a fan of cars.
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* ActorAllusion: Brittas’ (somewhat random) favourite show being Series/TopGear is probably this considering the fact that his actor (Creator/ChrisBarrie) is a fan of cars.
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* ActorAllusion: Brittas’ (somewhat random) favourite show being Series/TopGear ''Series/TopGear'' is probably this considering the fact that his actor (Creator/ChrisBarrie) is a fan of cars.
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* JobStealingRobot: The major reason that the staff tries to shut down the computer systems is that they fear that it will make them redundant.
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* JobStealingRobot: The major reason that the staff tries to shut down the computer systems is that they fear that it will make them redundant.
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* FictionalDocument: "The Idiot's Guide to 4.1 Computer Operating Manual" which Brittas tries to use for the newly-computerised centre.
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* FictionalDocument: "The ''The Idiot's Guide to 4.1 Computer Operating Manual" Manual'' which Brittas tries to use for the newly-computerised centre.
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* ParodiesForDummies: At one point, Brittas can be seen reading from "The Idiot's Guide to 4.1 Computer Operating Manual".
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* ParodiesForDummies: At one point, Brittas can be seen reading from "The ''The Idiot's Guide to 4.1 Computer Operating Manual".Manual''.
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-->'''Helen''': Yeah, I know that, but what do I need one, I was goin' to put my begonia there.
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-->'''Helen''': Yeah, I know that, but what do I need one, one? I was goin' to put my begonia there.
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* ActorAllusion: Brittas’ (somewhat random) favourite show being Series/TopGear is probably this considering the fact that his actor (Creator/ChrisBarrie) is a fan of cars.
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* ShoutOut: Brittas' favourite show is Series/TopGear.
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** The password to Brittas' computer system is
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* TeenGenius: Danny is quite talented with computers but is still at Secondary secondary school.
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* JobStealingRobot: The major reason that the staff tries to shut down the computer systems is that they fear that it will make them redundant.
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* DistractedByTheSexy: Julie makes out with Brittas to distract him while Tim hacks into his computer.
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* AttemptedSuicide: Colin, believing that he is no longer needed, attempts to commit suicide at the end of the episode but is stopped before he could do so.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Julie makes out with Brittas to distract him while Tim hacks into his computer.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Julie makes out with Brittas to distract him while Tim hacks into his computer.
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* StatusQuoIsGod: The entire center is computerised, but it doesn't take.
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* StatusQuoIsGod: The entire center centre is computerised, but it doesn't take.
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-->'''Helen''': What is it?
-->'''Colin''': It's a computer.
-->'''Helen''': Yeah, I know that, but what do I need one, I was goin' to put my begonia there.
-->'''Colin''': It's a computer.
-->'''Helen''': Yeah, I know that, but what do I need one, I was goin' to put my begonia there.
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* DistractedByTheSexy: Julie makes out with Brittas to distract him while Tim hacks into his computer.
* FunWithAcronyms: Brittas replacing the locks with '''T'''ime '''I'''nstigated '''T'''otally '''I'''ntegrated '''S'''ecurity, (or T.I.T.I.S).
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Drugget gets Brittas to computerise the centre all by himself, hoping he would mess up and get fired. Brittas does mess up, but it's Drugget who is put through the ringer because he offered no help to Brittas whatsoever.
* InsufferableGenius: Danny, the young boy who hacks into Brittas' computer system, is quite rude to the staff because they don't have his level of computer skills.
* OneShotCharacter: Danny and Mr. Driscoll.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: After seeing the mess that the computer system has caused in the centre, Mr. Driscoll correctly knows to blame not Brittas, but Drugget, who gave Brittas no assistance at all.
* StatusQuoIsGod: The entire center is computerised, but it doesn't take.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: So where did Carole and her kids stay for the week while the centre was being computerised?
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* DistractedByTheSexy: Julie makes out with Brittas to distract him while Tim hacks into his computer.
* FunWithAcronyms: Brittas replacing the locks with '''T'''ime '''I'''nstigated '''T'''otally '''I'''ntegrated '''S'''ecurity, (or T.I.T.I.S).
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Drugget gets Brittas to computerise the centre all by himself, hoping he would mess up and get fired. Brittas does mess up, but it's Drugget who is put through the ringer because he offered no help to Brittas whatsoever.
* InsufferableGenius: Danny, the young boy who hacks into Brittas' computer system, is quite rude to the staff because they don't have his level of computer skills.
* OneShotCharacter: Danny and Mr. Driscoll.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: After seeing the mess that the computer system has caused in the centre, Mr. Driscoll correctly knows to blame not Brittas, but Drugget, who gave Brittas no assistance at all.
* StatusQuoIsGod: The entire center is computerised, but it doesn't take.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: So where did Carole and her kids stay for the week while the centre was being computerised?
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* Date First Aired: 20/01/1997
Everything in the centre is computerised, and the staff now feel the computer has taken over their jobs; to convince Brittas to scrap the system, they attempt to sabotage it.
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