History Sandbox / HoloMew151

* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: In the original, Anthony and Angela's relationship remained a case of UnresolvedSexualTension and ended on an ambiguous note. Here, their counterparts Charlie and Caroline actually end up marrying, and we get a showcase of them as husband and wife.

* ChristmasEpisode: "Requiem" is set on Christmas and takes a sadder approach to the usual idea, featuring Charlie struggle to move on from the death of his father.

* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Joanna starts out as a rather tomboyish girl, but gradually shows a more girlish nature, nurtured by her ParentalSubsititute (and eventual stepmother) Caroline.

''Searching'' is a sitcom by Carla Lane which was first released on ITV in 1995. It concerned the residents of Sunfield Voluntary Therapy Centre, designed for women with special psychological needs. It is run by Mrs Tilston, who is a bit odd herself and rather motherly towards her patients. These consist of Chancy, a thrice-divorce man-hater and aggressive husband-beater, Mily, a skimpily dressed kleptomaniac trapped in a dull marriage, suicidal Dora, Hetty, who obsessively hides under umbrellas, and Lena, who is obsessed with pulling train emergency cords. Together, they all seek refuge against the world and share their general dislike for men.

* AllThereInTheScript: {{Inverted}} - the name of Chancy's father is Conrad, but he's only credited as "Chancy's Father" in the credits.
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Chancy finally admits her feelings for Daniel as he's being wheeled away for his injured eye. Although he seemingly admits it back, Chancy is disappointed to learn that he wasn't saying it in the best state of mind and probably wasn't being serious, until Episode 6 reveals that he was.
* AwfulWeddedLife:
** Mily is trapped in an absolutely boring marriage to her husband Gerald, one where the most interesting thing is his incompetence in retrieving the dead body of their gerbil. It's enough that the others actively wonder why she remains married to the man.
** The marriage between Chancy's parents has whittled down Chancy's mother to the point that even when Conrad is out of earshot, all her mother can do is make comments regarding the issues facing Conrad regardless of what anyone is saying. Some talking to Chancy eventually leads her to admit that all she wants to do is call Chancy's father. Episode 7 has her finally leave with the intention of divorce, although Conrad's reaction suggests that this isn't even the first time she's attempted it.
* BelligerantSexualTension: Chancy's interactions with Daniel Carter usually end with her beating him up, but she clearly has some romantic interest in him as well.
* BigNo: Mrs Tilston's reaction when she comes across a DearJohnLetter from Mr. Gillespie is to shout a large "No!".
* BritishBrevity: Only one series consisting of 7 episodes was ever made.
* BrokenRecord: When Daniel Carter is being wheeled away for a situation involving his eye, a worried Chancy starts continually saying "I Love You" to him. A commercial break later and we still see her saying "I love you" to him as he's being returned to his bed, now minus a bandage around his eye.
* CharacterCatchphrase: Mrs Tilston's "Up and Dashing", usually said to get her patients to start doing activities.
* DearJohnLetter: Mrs. Tilston finds a letter from Mr. Gillepsie whilst trying to look for him, discovering that he has decided to move on and leave her. She takes it very poorly.
* DeathSeeker: Dora, whose suicidal tendencies lead her to throw herself out of windows.
* DoesNotLikeMen: All of them have a distaste for men to some extent, but Chancy fits the bill the most, hating men so much that she is prone to fits of rages upon seeing one. Oddly enough, this doesn't stop her from gaining an obsession for Daniel Carter.
* DomesticAbuse: The reason Chancy is in the home is because she has a habit of beating up her husbands, and she wants to resolve her anger issues and hatred of men.
* DysfunctionJunction: It is set at a Therapy Centre after all, which means that none of the women can be considered sane - Chancy has a seething hatred for men, to the point of violence, Mily is a kleptomaniac, Hetty obsessively hides under umbrellas whilst claiming that she didn't do anything, Lena has a thing for pulling train emergency cords, and Dora is suicidal. Even Mrs Tilston is not quite right, obsessively mothering the others and dashing around the place.
* ExtremeDoormat: Chancy's mother, who can't even get a whole sentence out before being interrupted by her father. Chancy sometimes blames her behaviour from this personality display of her mother's.
* EyeScream: Daniel Carter spends Episode 4 with an injured eye, which Chancy blames herself for. Carter claims he simply just bumped into the filing cabinet and that Chancy wasn't even there to inflict the injury on him, but this doesn't convince her and it's eventually made clear that he was lying to her to try to make her feel better.
* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: Chancy falls into a romance on Daniel Carter, a therapist who occasionally does work on her and the other women.
* FreudianExcuse: Chancy certainly suspects that her violent behavior could be caused by the poor marriage of her parents, with her mother being an ExtremeDoormat to her more dominating father.
* TheGhost: Lena has a complex relationship with a man named Eddington, but he never appears in the flesh.
* TheInspectorIsComing: Episode 6, which features a visit from the council to check that things are going well. This ends up going not as smoothly as expected, as the inspectors come across Lena shouting at her boyfriend down the phone and Mily making food with one of her outlandish outfits,
* LethalChef: Dora's cooking doesn't tend to come out well,
* MickeyMousing: In Episode 2, the patients end up falling into a mass shouting of "Down With Love! Down With Men!", to which Mrs. Tilston plays her piano to. Considering how shouty the girls end up, the piano tune comes across more as a collision of noise than anything resembling music.
* MondegreenGag: The start of Episode 6 features Chancy having a conversation with her mother over the phone, with said mother mishearing the word "therapist" as "the rapist" and having to be corrected.
* MusicalChores: It's a sign of Mrs. Tilston newfound joy in the wake of being with Mr. Gillespie that she can happily go around cleaning whilst singing a romantic song.
* NoodleIncident: Whatever situation caused Hetty to constantly hide under her umbrella. All we get from her is her insistence that it wasn't her fault and that "they" know who did it.
* TheQuietOne: Hetty says the least amongst the patients, preferring to stand or sit in the corner under an umbrella and occasionally mutter how she wasn't to blame for an unspecified NoodleIncident.
* SerialSpouse: Chancy has been divorced three times. The fact that she regularly abuses her husbands might have something to do with that.
* StickyFingers: Mily, who has a habit of nicking things. Shame they tend to be completely useless...
* TeamMum: Mrs Tilston certainly acts like a mother to her patients, constantly encouraging them to do specific acts and criticizing them for their occasional mishaps.
* TwoTimingWithTheBestie: Dora's boyfriend Duncan cheats on her with her best friend. When Mily hears about this, she laments that her husband didn't go off and cheat with her best friend, as it would have at least been interesting.

* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Chancy finally admits her feelings for Daniel as he's being wheeled away for his injured eye. Although he seemingly admits it back, Chancy is disappointed to learn that he wasn't saying it in the best state of mind.

** Mily is trapped in an absolutely boring marriage to her husband Gerald, one where the most interesting things is his incompetence in retrieving the dead body of their gerbil. It's enough that the others actively wonder why she remains married to the man.
** The marriage between Chancy's parents has whittled down Chancy's mother to the point that even when her father is out of earshot, all her mother can do is make comments regarding the issues facing her father regardless of what anyone is saying. Some talking to Chancy eventually leads her to admit that all she wants to do is call Chancy's father.

* BritishBrevity: One one series consisting of 7 episodes was ever made.

* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: Chancy gains a strong crush on Daniel Carter, a therapist who occasionally does work on her and the other women.

* TeamMum: Mrs Tilston certainly acts like a mother to her patients, constantly encouraging them to do specific acts and criticising them for their occasional mishaps.
* TwoTimingWithTheBestie: Dora's boyfriend Duncan cheats on her with her best friend. When Mily hears about this, she laments that her husband didn't go off and cheat with her best friend, as it would have at least been interesting.
* UnnamedParents: Chancy's parents are occurring characters, yet neither of them receive any actual name.

''Searching'' is a sitcom by Carla Lane which was first released on ITV in 1995. It concerned the residents of Sunfield Voluntary Therapy Centre, designed for women with special psychological needs. It is run by Mrs Tilston, who is a bit odd herself and rather motherly towards her patients. These consist of Chancy, a thrice-divorce man-hater and aggressive husband beater, Mily, a skimpily dressed kleptomaniac trapped in a dull marriage, suicidal Dora, Hetty, who obsessively hides under umbrellas, and Lena, who is obsessed with pulling train emergency cords. Together, they all seek refuge against the world and share their general dislike for men.

* AwfulWeddedLife: Mily is trapped in an absolutely boring marriage to her husband Gerald, one where the most interesting things is his incompetence in retrieving the dead body of their gerbil. It's enough that the others actively wonder why she remains married to the man.
* BelligerantSexualTension: Chancy's interactions with Daniel Carter usually end with her beating him up, but she does seem to have some romantic interest in him as well.

* CharacterCatchphrase: Mrs Tilston's "Up and Dashing" is usually said to get her patients to start doing activities.

* ExtremeDoormat: Chancy's mother, who can't even get a whole sentence out before being interrupted by her father. Chancy sometimes blames her behaviour trait on this personality display of her mother's.

* FreudianExcuse:
** Chancy certainly suspects that her violent behavior could be caused by the poor marriage of her parents, with her mother being an ExtremeDoormat to her more dominating father.
** Mily's kleptomaniac nature appears to stem from her absolutely dull marriage.

* TwoTimingWithTheBestie: Dora's boyfriend Duncan cheated on her best friend. When Mily hears about this, she laments that her husband didn't go off and cheat with her best friend, as it would have at least been interesting.

* FreudianExcuse: Chancy certainly suspects that her violent behavior could be caused by the poor marriage of her parents, with her mother being an ExtremeDoormat to her more dominating father.

* SerialSpouse: Chancy has been divorced three times.
* StickyFingers: Mily, who has a habit of nicking things. Shame they tend to be completely useless...

* AwfulWeddedLife: Mily is trapped in an absolutely boring marriage to her husband Gerald, one where the most interesting thing is his incompetence in retrieving the dead body of their gerbil. It's enough that the others actively wonder why she remains married to the man.
* CharacterCatchphrase: Mrs Tilston's "Up and Dashing", usually said to get her patients to start doing activities.

* DomesticAbuse: The reason Chancy is in is because she had a habit of beating up her husbands, and she wants to resolve her anger issues and hatred of men.

''Searching'' is a sitcom by Carla Lane which was first released on ITV in 1995. It concerned the residents of Sunfield Voluntary Therapy Centre, designed for women with special psychological needs. It is run by Mrs Tilston, who is a bit odd herself and rather motherly towards her patients. These consist of Chancy, a thrice-divorce man-hater and aggressive husband beater, Mily, a skimpily dressed kleptomaniac trapped in a dull marriage, suicidal Dora, the obsessively hiding under umbrellas Hetty, and Lena, who is obsessed with pulling train emergency cords. Together, they all seek refuge against the world and share their general dislike for men.

* DoesNotLikeMen: Chancy absolutely hates men, although this doesn't stop her from gaining an obsession for Daniel Carter.

* StickyFingers: Mily, who has a habit for nicking things. Shame they tend to be completely useless...

Also known as ''Bubsy 3D: Furbitten Planet'' or ''Bubsy is 3D in "Furbitten Planet"'', ''Bubsy 3D'' marked the VideoGame3DLeap for the ''VideoGame/{{Bubsy}}'' series of games, being first released for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation console in 1996 in North America (Europe wouldn't get it until 1997).

The story begins when the Woolie Queens, Poly and Esther, kidnap Wooly and take him to their home planet of Rayon, still intending to steal the yarn of Planet Earth. Thanks to a malfunction on the Raylon ship, however, Bubsy manages to escape amidst the chaos. Now he must try to build a rocket ship out of atoms and rocket pieces and escape the planet.


!!Tropes in this video game:
* AlliterativeName: One level is named "'''C'''atatomic '''C'''atastrophe".
* AntiFrustrationFeatures: The game will angle the camera downwards when you jump so that you can see where Bubsy will land when platforming. This feature backfires in a sense, as while it's helpful during the various precision platforming areas, the camera can be disorienting when in boss levels, where jumping will cause the camera to stop looking at the boss.
* TheBadGuyWins: The Woolies win if you don't collect everything in ''Bubsy 3D''. If you do, [[spoiler:they still win anyway. You're destined to lose from the word "go".]]
* TheBattleDidntCount: In ''Bubsy 3D'', even though you defeat Poly and Esther, the story has them defeat Bubsy and capture him. At least, [[RashomonStyle that's how the Woolies see it.]]
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Bubsy starts messing with your TV settings after a while of not pressing any buttons.
* BurpOfFinality: One of the death animations is a treasure chest swallowing Bubsy whole and burping.
* CameraScrew: The camera has an annoying habit of going overhead whenever Bubsy jumps, amking it difficult to tell who is in front of him.
* CoversAlwaysLie:
** The North American release of ''Bubsy 3D'' featured a positive critic quote on the front cover from ''EGM''. In reality, the quote came from a ''preview'' in ''Electronic Gaming Monthly'' - their review of the actual game when it came out was a 3.25 out of 10.
** Averted with the European/Australian covers, however; not only does it lack these, or ''any'' review blurbs, but the back of the case doesn't even have descriptive text to try and sell people on the game, only having screenshots to show for it.
* DownerEnding: In ''Bubsy 3D'', [[spoiler:both endings involve Bubsy stranded, lost in space if you failed to collect everything and lost in time if you did. Either way, with their arch-nemesis out of the picture, the Woolies continue their campaign]].
* ElvisHasLeftThePlanet: Referenced when Bubsy leaves Rayon dressed as Elvis, with the Woolie leader declaring that "Bubsy has left the planet."
* LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading: The game has loading times for the title screen...which is just a static image, by the way. Granted, it was released when disc-based gaming technologies were in their infancy...
* MediumAwareness: Bubsy will occasionally say lines such as "Now, what would a platform game be without platforms? Hmm, I wonder if there's any extra lives up there," and "Oh look, an arrow, aren't these game designers wonderful?"
* MultipleEndings: In ''Bubsy 3D''. If you beat the game without collecting everything, Bubsy's rocket ship doesn't have enough power to make it to Earth, and he ends up stranded in space. This allows the victorious Woolies to continue their galactic conquest. If you do find everything, [[spoiler:Bubsy's rocket ship has too much power, and he accidentally puts himself in Pre-Historic times. This allows the victorious Woolies to continue their galactic conquest.]]
* NoIndoorVoice: Bubsy screeches virtually every single one of his lines.
* NoNameGiven: Despite being the penultimate boss and the most prominent character in the intro and endings, the Woolie General has no official name.
* OxygenMeter: Some levels take place underwater and give Bubsy a diving helmet. You get 180 seconds of air to start the level, and can pick up air tanks for an additional 100 seconds of air, up to a maximum of 999 seconds. In addition, the air tanks respawn after 30 seconds.
* PunBasedTitle: The game features such punny names like ''Furbitten Planet'' (''Film/ForbiddenPlanet''), in the level titles "Claws for Alarm" (Cause for alarm), "Clawstrophobic" (Claustrophobic), "Woolie Bully" (''Wooly Bully'' by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs), "Missing Lynx" (Missing links), "Dome Sweet Dome" (Home sweet home), "Das Bobcat" (''Film/DasBoot''), "Domicidal Maniac" (Homicidal maniac), "Crimson Hide" (''Film/CrimsonTide''), "Mortal Bobkat" (''Franchise/MortalKombat''), "Zzzotz Nice" (That's nice), "Daze of Thunder" (''Film/DaysOfThunder''), "Woolieville Horror" (''[[Film/TheAmityvilleHorror1979 The Amityville Horror]]''), "Bright Light Big Woolies" (''Film/BrightLightsBigCity''), and "[=Escape From WooL.A.=]" (''Film/EscapeFromLA'').
* QuoteMine: The review on the front cover for ''Bubsy 3D'' goes beyond this as it sports a quote from a ''preview'', not an actual review.
* SequelHook: With Bubsy TrappedInThePast, the Woolies plan to invade Earth and take all of the wool for themselves.
* ShoutOut:
** In ''Bubsy 3D'', the intro to "[=Escape From WooL.A.=]" shows Bubsy dressed as [[Film/EscapeFromNewYork Snake Plissken]].
** At the end of ''Bubsy 3D'', the Woolie leader says "Bubsy has left the planet", as Bubsy is dressed in an Elvis outfit.
** At the end of ''Bubsy 3D'', Bubsy says, "Hey, how did I end up in [[Franchise/JurassicPark Triassic Park]]?"
* TankControls: Bubsy is unable to turn and move forward at the same time.
* TechnoBabble: The Woolie scientist Professor Nylon attempts to explain how Bubsy constructed a rocket ship, harnessed the power of atoms, and traveled through time, while being interrupted by a rowdy audience.
* ThirdIs3D: Not counting ''Fractured Furry Tales'', this is the third game in the series and it makes use of 3D graphics.
* UranusIsShowing: Bubsy's first words are, "I knew I should have taken that left turn at Uranus."
* XRaySparks: When Bubsy runs into an electrical opponent (a large spark), Bubsy is electrified and his bones show through his skin.

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The story begins when the Woolie Queens, Poly and Esther, kidnap Wooly and take him to their home planet of Rayon, still intending to steal the yarn of Planet Earth. Thanks to a malfunction on the Raylon ship however, Bubsy manages to escape amidst the chaos. Now he must try to build a rocket ship out of atoms and rocket pieces and escape the planet.

* TechnoBabble: In ''Bubsy 3D'', the Woolie scientist Professor Nylon attempts to explain how Bubsy constructed a rocket ship, harnessed the power of atoms, and traveled through time, while being interrupted by a rowdy audience.
* ThirdIs3D: Not capturing ''Fractured Furry Tales'', this is the third game in the series and it makes use of 3D graphics.
* UranusIsShowing: In ''Bubsy 3D'', Bubsy's first words are, "I knew I should have taken that left turn at Uranus."

''Semi-Detached'' is a sitcom from Creator/TheBBC that ran for one series in 2020, with a pilot first airing in 2019. It is set in RealTime and is focused on the exploits of a man named Stuart (Creator/LeeMack) a divorced man who lives across the street from his ex-wife Kate (Creator/SamanthaSpiro). Stuart wants to keep his current girlfriend April (Ellie White), but his extended family means that he has to contend with his ex-wife's annoying husband, his father William, his rebellious daughter Madonna, his extortionist brother Charlie, and two unpredictable neighbours.


!!Tropes in this series:
* AccompliceByInaction: Kate has a nasty tendency of doing this to Stuart - for instance, in Episode 3, even though Stuart had nothing to do with the cocaine and the fact that Charlie has stashed himself in the back of the car, Kate blamed him for it, even ignoring Stuart's pleas that it wasn't his fault.
* AffectionateNickname: April's pet name for Stuart is "Daddy Bear".
* AfraidOfNeedles: Stuart is revealed to be afraid of needles in Episode 6, which becomes problematic when he is expected to have blood taken to determine if he is a suitable donor for his father.
* AllGaysArePromiscuous: William is the one gay character of the show and is shown to be very sex-crazed and lewd, with Episode 2 highlighting his interest in using Grindr to get people to have sex with.
* AmicableExes: Stuart and Kate get along fairly well in spite of the fact that they're divorced, with Stuart even asking Kate for help regarding April. This gets referenced by Kate in Episode 5, where she cites the fact that they get on well as highlighting that not all divorces end poorly.
* BlackComedy: This trope is utilised at times, most notably in the second episode when Stuart finds Ron dead in his car, with some comedy coming from one of William's Grindr dates getting into the back of said car and believing Ron to just be doing KinkyRolePlaying.
* {{Bookends}}: Both the pilot and the last episode of the series features Ted getting his thumb cut off.
* BorrowedBiometricBypass: In the pilot, Stuart needs to take Ted's car so that he can get his girlfriend to hospital. However, the car is fingerprint-locked so Stuart ends taking Ted's dismembered thumb and attempting to use it, even being forced to suck it as it had been frozen beforehand. Not that it would have mattered, as Kate reveals that there was another car due to show up that was intended as a birthday gift to Madonna that they could have used anyway (and the police appear due to an incident involving William letting loose a horde of cows).
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Madonna is due to be turning 17 and has quite the rebellious streak, telling her father to piss off amongst other things. This doesn't account for the fact that she also has a manipulative side, convincing her father to buy her tickets to Glastonbury.
* ButtMonkey: Poor, poor tuart, having to undergo situations as varied as an unsympathetic cast, a HostageSituation, IBS, having to suck a decapitated thumb...
* CruiseEpisode: Episode 3 features the cast going on a cruise to scatter ashes at sea, with Stuart getting caught in a misadventure involving his stowaway brother, some class A drugs and pornography prohibited by maritime law.
* ExtremeDoormat: Stuart covers for his more illicit family members way too easily, something which he is called out for by Madonna.
* {{Fingore}}:
** Ted manages to lose his thumb in the pilot, being distracted by a man enough to lose it in a saw.
** This happens to Ted again in Episode 6, when Charlie accidentally cuts through after being spotted by the police as he was rescuing him being chained to the bed.
* TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest: As the series goes on, it's made clear that Stuart is deeply affected by his divorce from his initial love Kate, leading to severe insecurity issues regarding his relationship with April.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Stuart manages to be the responsible to his brother Charlie's foolish - whilst Stuart's life is not going great, he at least tries to keep on the straight and narrow, unlike Charlie.
* HostageSituation: Stuart ends up in a hostage situation in Episode 4 by a man whose life was ruined by Charlie's PonziScheme.
* IAmNotYourFather: Episode 6 reveals that William is not actually Stuart's father. Despite this reveal however, Stuart decides to not press it any further, leaving it unknown who his real father is. The episode also has Stuart find out that he isn't the father of Bertha, her true father being Humphrey.
* IntoxicationEnsues: Stuart is not exactly pleased to hear that William has put drugs in the hummus that he had consumed beforehand.
* IWantMyMommy: One of April's reactions to her labor is to call out for her mother. When Stuart asks to phone her, the girlfriend reveals that her mother doesn't like her.
* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Stuart's father casually mentions losing his gay virginity on the teacup rides in Alton Towers.
* MistakenForCheating: Thanks to several misunderstandings involving William intercepting Simon's phone, Simon's wife Liz is led to believe that Simon is cheating on her and tells him to never contact her again.
* TheMissusAndTheEx: Stuart is forced to talk regularly with Ted and is not pleased to do so - the fact that said boyfriend tends to bring up Stuart's failures as a husband does not help.
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Episode 4 ends with a stripper policeman stripping entirely naked in front of Stuart and Simon, complete with penis. Stuart just mutters that he wants next door, whilst Simon takes the opportunity to pull a ScrewThisImOutOfHere.
* NewBabyEpisode: The pilot episode focuses on April going into labour.
* {{Polyamory}}: Episode 5 has Barry reveal that his lover Sandy is also in a relationship with a guy named Paul. From what we hear of it, it' not particularly fair to Barry, although he was convinced by the Polyamory pamphlet that Sandy gave him.
* PonziScheme: Charlie is seen running a ponzi scheme over the course of the series, which usually ends up leading into trouble - Episode 2 for instance has him investing the money from a family of debt collectors and him fearing them hunting him down.
* PracticallyDifferentGenerations: Bertha to her half-sister Madonna, with Madonna turning 17 at the same time that Bertha is born in the pilot. {{Subverted}} in Episode 6 when it's revealed that neither are related at all, the real father of Bertha being April's ex Humphrey.
* PreviouslyOn: With the exception of the Pilot and Episode 4, every episode
* PunkInTheTrunk: Charlie hides himself in the trunk of a car over the course of Episode 3, a problem seeing as the car is on a ship, making him an illegal passenger, the fact that he's hiding from police, and the fact that cocaine and pornography are being stashed in the back.
* RealTime: Each episode is filmed in real-time, with poor Stuart undergoing his suffering in periods of time equal to that of each episode's runtime of approximately 25 minutes.
* ShaggyDogStory: Stuart spends Episode 2 trying to get his hands on his iPad in time for his gig, a trickier-than-usual task involving dead people, a sickly cat, and bribing teenagers. In the end, after all that, the tablet ends up smashed on the ground and Stuart is forced to cancel the gig.
* SoapboxSadie: Madonna has very strong political opinions and won't hesitate showing them - for one thing, Episode 5 has her covered in paint from doing an Extinction Rebellion protest.
* TakingTheHeat:
** In Episode 3, the police, suspicious of Stuart's odd behavior, decide to search his car, which has the wanted Charlie smuggled in it. To save Charlie, Stuart deflects the police by using explicit photos taken and hidden by Barry and claiming that they were of him.
** Episode 5 sees Stuart take the blame for Ted's bad investments, which go right up to taking from Madonna's inheritance funds. Whilst Kate is horrified at Stuart, the next episode reveals that she did eventually find out the truth and is grateful to Stuart for what he did.
* ToiletHumour: The most notable example of this comes from Stuart suffering from IBS in Episode 3, leading to an OverlyLongGag of Kate having to listen to him suffer on the toilet whilst shaking in cocaine with her father's ashes.
* VomitIndiscretionShot:
** Stuart visibly pukes on Ted in Episode 1 whilst suffering from the influence of drugs.
** When a doctor tries to take blood from a frightened Stuart in Episode 6, Stuart ends up visibly puking over him.
* WhosYourDaddy: Episode 4 and 5 complicates the paternity of Bertha by having Stuart come across April's ex Humphrey, who might be Bertha's father. Episode 6 eventually reveals that Stuart isn't the father of Bertha.

''Semi-Detached'' is a sitcom from Creator/TheBBC which ran for one series in 2020, with a pilot first airing in 2019. It is set in RealTime and is focused on the exploits of a man named Stuart (Creator/LeeMack) a divorced man who lives across the street from his ex-wife Kate (Creator/SamanthaSpiro). Stuart wants to keep his current girlfriend April (Ellie White), but his extended family means that he has to contend with his ex-wife's annoying husband, his father William, his rebellious daughter Madonna, his extortionist brother Charlie, and two unpredictable neighbours.

* AllGaysArePromiscuous: William is the one gay character of the show and is shown to be very sex-crazed, with Episode 2 highlighting his interest in using Grindr to get people to have sex with.
* AmicableExes: Stuart and Kate get along fairly well in spite of the fact that they're divorced, with Stuart even asking Kate for help regarding April.
* BlackComedy: It does utilse this trope at times, most notably in the second episode when Stuart finds Ron dead in his car, with some comedy coming from one of William's Grindr dates getting into the back of said car and believing Ron to just be doing KinkyRolePlaying.

* {{Fingore}}: Ted manages to lose his thumb in the pilot, being distracted by a man enough to lose it in a saw.

* InsistentTerminology: April is very insistent that the trip she went on just before the events of Episode 1 was not a holiday, but "a time for rest and relaxation". This is despite the fact that her trip was clearly a holiday.

* PracticallyDifferentGenerations: Bertha to her half-sister Madonna, with Madonna turning 17 at the same time that Bertha is born in the pilot.

* TakingTheHeat: In Episode 3, the police, suspicious of Stuart's odd behavior, decide to search his car, which has the wanted Charlie smuggled in it. To save Charlie, Stuart deflects the police by using explicit photos taken and hidden by Barry and claiming that they were of him.

* VomitIndiscretionShot: Stuart visibly pukes on Ted in Episode 1 whilst suffering from the influence of drugs.

* ShaggyDogStory: Stuart spends Episode 2 trying to get his hands on his iPad in time for his gig, a tricker-than-usual task involving dead people, a sickly cat, and bribing teenagers. In the end, after all that, the tablet ends up smashed on the ground and Stuart is forced to cancel the gig.

* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Madonna is due to be turning 17 and has quite the rebellious streak, telling her father to piss off amongst other things.

* InsistentTerminology: April is very insistent that the trip she went on just before the events of Episode 1 were not a holiday, but "a time for rest and relaxation". This is despite the fact that her trip was clearly a holiday.

* IWantMyMommy: One of April's reaction to her labour is to call out for her mother. When Stuart asks to phone her, the girlfriend reveals that her mother doesn't like her.

''Semi-Detached'' is a sitcom from Creator/TheBBC which ran for one series in 2020, with a pilot first airing in 2019. It is set in RealTime and is focused on the exploits of a man named Stuart (Creator/LeeMack) a divorced man who lives across the street from his ex-wife Kate (Creator/SamanthaSpiro). Stuart wants to keep his current girlfriend (Ellie White), but his extended family means that he has to contend with his ex-wife's annoying husband, his father William, his rebellious daughter Madonna, his extortionist brother Charlie, and two unpredictable neighbours.

* {{Fingore}}: Ted manages to lose his thumb in the pilot, being distracted by a man enough to lose it in a saw

* NewBabyEpisode: The pilot episode focuses on April going into labour.

''True Love Is Never A Straight Path'' is a ''Series/TheBrittasEmpire'' fic by Tropers/HoloMew151 first released in 2023. This fic begins when Helen, still reeling from the events of "Sex, Lies and Red Tape", once again comes across Michael T. Farrell III at a bar. It's not long before the two begins a romantic relationship, having reprecussions on the relationship between her and Brittas, her friendship with Laura, and the budding romance between Laura and Brittas.

You can find the fic [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/47880217 here]].

!!Tropes in this fic:
* AdaptationalJerkass: Despite being set around Series 3 and 4, Ben is portrayed more in line with his Series 6 characterization as an EnfantTerrible rather than his Series 3 and 4 characterization as a seemingly normal if prone to slightly odd behavior toddler.
* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: In canon, whilst Helen seems enamored with Michael and Michael is shown to be willing to get her out of sticky situations, their relationship goes no further than that. Here, they actually fall into a romantic relationship.
* AdaptationalExpansion:
** Chapter 3 provides an explanation for why Carole remains living in the leisure centre in spite of the implication that she does have other options available to her - apparently, her stepmother won't let her live in her house for any more than a week, her mother is now in a nursing home, and the homeless shelters won't take them in anymore after an unspecified NoodleIncident involving Ben and a lighter.
** Chapter 4 provides an explanation for why Helen was recovering from a messy divorce when she first met Brittas - she had cheated on her last husband and produced a child behind his back. It also reveals just what she was kicked out of school for (she was found having sex with other students in a supply closet) and the outcome for her first marriage (apparently, her first husband cheated on her and dumped her).
** Chapter 13 expands more about the photo of Helen seen in Plaything in "Biggles Tells a Lie", revealing that it came about as the result of a one-night stand that she had with a man named Gerald Williams in January 1989 in Christchurch. In fact, it's the fact that the photo was taken after her and Brittas had married which makes the latter finally realize that Helen had cheated on him.
* AlternateUniverseFic: Branches off the night after the Series 3 episode “Sex, Lies and Red Tape” with Helen encountering Michael again and falling into a romantic relationship with him.
* AscendedExtra:
** In canon, Brittas' stepchildren get very little attention and have little relevance to the plots. Here, they get more attention as they plot to leave Brittas with their mother and get more distinct personalities. It's especially notable with George Brittas, who stands out as being the only Brittas stepchild to neither receive a name or any individual moments in canon - here, he gets the most screentime out of the three stepchildren, courtesy of him being left at the airport and Brittas having to collect and watch over him, and he even gets some POV scenes in Chapter 8.
** Whilst Michael's father is mentioned several times, he never appears in the flesh. Here, he shows up at a business dinner with Helen and Michael and some attention is given on the relationship between Michael and his father.
* ConvenientPhotograph: Unlike in canon, the photo of Helen taken for Plaything becomes this - whilst Brittas was already beginning to suspect that his wife may have been leading a secret life away from him, the photograph provides his first solid lead, as he's able to determine that the photo was taken after Helen and Brittas had married.
* DistinguishingMark: Brittas discovers that the photo of Helen in Plaything was in fact taken after they had married based on the fact that she has a scar on her lower stomach, one which he recognizes wasn't made until after an unspecified NoodleIncident involving a lawnmower on their honeymoon.
* HeroicBsod: Brittas takes Helen leaving him very poorly, losing his motivations for rules and regulations and largely staying in his office. He begins slowly going back to normal after going on a sailing trip... until he discovers that Helen has not been as faithful in their marriage as he thought she had been.
* InSpiteOfANail: In spite of the canon-divergent event of Helen falling in love with Michael and actually running off with him, some events still play out the same.
** The events of "The Stuff of Dreams", "Not a Good Day...", and "The Christening" play out the exact same way as in canon.
** In "Biggles Tells a Lie", Brittas still goes out on a sailing trip, Stephanie still shows up at the centre, and the staff still come across the Plaything magazine featuring Helen, although unlike in canon, Brittas doesn't show up at the centre to disrupt the staff's attempt to MaintainTheLie regarding Colin being a Leisure Centre Manager and what the staff does with the Plaything magazine plays out entirely differently.
** For "Mr. Brittas Changes Trains", the staff still visit a stage hypnotist, Brittas is still hypnotized and an important dinner is still held regarding Brittas' desire to get on the European Leisure Industry Standards Committee, although how Brittas came to be hypnotized, the effects of said hypnotism, and the outcome of the dinner are quite different.
* InternalReveal: Brittas finally figures out in Chapter 13 that Helen has been cheating on him, although the audience knew since the third episode in canon of her cheating ways.
* InventedInvalid: Like in canon, Helen makes up a sick relative to get away from Brittas, this time pretending to have a sick cousin called Trevor. Unlike in canon, where "Uncle" Simon really did exist (albeit unrelated to Helen and not sick), there is no indication that Trevor actually exists, Helen using it as a cover to continue her relationship with Michael.
* MeetCute: Helen's canon first meeting with Michael, where he removes the bow from her hair to help her be more difficult to recognise from the police, is recontextualized as this. However, another moment comes when Helen first meets Michael at Parrot's Bar, where she spills wine over herself and Michael helps clean her up.
* NamedByTheAdaptation:
** Like in the [[Fanfic/AfterTheCentre author's previous fic]], Helen's second oldest son, who is unnamed in the show, is called George.
** Whilst Helen's previous husbands are never given any names in canon (barring her accidental marriage to Harry Johnson), Chapter 6 names one of them Rory.
* OneNightStandPregnancy: According to Chapter 4, Tom Brittas was the by-product of a one-night stand between Helen and an unknown man. Unfortunately for Helen, her previous husband found out and divorced her.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Discovering that Helen has left her causes Brittas to lose a lot of energy in his desire to both implement rules and regulations. Whilst Laura notices this sudden change in mood the morning after Brittas learns of this, she only checks up on him after an entire morning passes in which nothing remarkable happens in the centre, which considering Brittas' status as a DoomMagnet due to his personality, would suggest that there is something heavily wrong with him.
* ParentalTitleCharacterization: Unlike his siblings, George notably refers to Helen as "Mum" and Brittas as "Daddy", hinting at the fact that he's the stepchild with the most resent for his mother and the most love for his stepfather.
* ParentWithNewParamour: Chapter 6 features a scene where Helen explains to her older children about her plans to leave their stepfather. The three have slightly different reactions - Jonathan, having been ConditionedToAcceptHorror on the topic of his mother's affairs, was apparently running a bet with George on the matter and Tom is more interested on the idea that it will get him more toys. George is the only one to have doubts, as he actually liked Brittas and prefers him to his biological father.
* ParentalNeglect: Helen's canon habit of losing her children gets more attention here, culminating in her leaving her son George at the airport.
* RelativelyFlimsyExcuse: Michael attempts to pass off Helen's twin sons with Brittas as being the children of Laura and him so that he can get the money from his father's will. In spite of fears that the twins' large nostrils (a trait inherited from their actual father) would give their identity away, it seems to actually work.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour: Jonathan Brittas is caught purchasing alcohol at the airport in spite of the fact that he's only 13. Helen doesn't seem to mind this, considering his chaotic life growing up with Brittas.
* TwoTimingWithTheBestie: PlayedWith, as Helen's best friend Laura is currently estranged from her husband, but Helen pursues a relationship with Laura's husband Michael anyway. Notably, even Helen realizes the oddness of having an affair with her friend's husband and chooses not to initially reveal it to her.
* UnseenNoMore:
** Michael's father, mentioned a lot by Michael in his appearances but never seen in canon, makes a physical appearance in Chapter 5.
** In canon, Mrs. Bastible was only mentioned once as being the woman who watched over Helen's children whilst the latter prepared for her wedding in "Back from the Dead", and never makes any appearances in the flesh. Here, she makes a quick physical appearance in Chapter 13, having watched over George whilst Brittas both goes sailing and sorts out George's return to school in the UK.

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* InternalReveal: Brittas finally figures out in Chapter 13 that Helen has been cheating on him, although the audience knew since the very third episode in canon of her cheating ways.

''Alternate Kennedys'' is a



!!Tropes in this anthology:

* DifferentWorldDifferentMovies: One timeline shown is one where ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' is turned into "Star Track". Two years into its run, Bobby ends up firing Roddenberry and ends up making radical changes which brings it more in line with the later ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', such as adding an android character who is curious about humanity and a character called Wesley, as well as making Jack Kennedy the star of the whole thing.
* DealWithTheDevil: in "Gloria Remembers", Gloria and Joe end up meeting Satan, who offers to give the Kennedy name glory. The trouble is that Satan (or Lou as he prefers to be named) said that it would get its glory through the '''lives''' of Joe's sons, and Joe doesn't argue as he thinks it's similar to that of '''deeds'''. The implication ultimately is that the Kennedy name was given glory in exchange for the lives of the three oldest Kennedy sons.
* DrivenToSuicide: In "Freedom", Joe Jr, upon realising that his life is destined to be controlled by his father, chooses to dive straight into the ocean on his plane, figuring that it would set him free forever.
* FictionalisedDeathAccount: Several of the Kennedys die in different ways as to real life.
** "The Kennedy Enterprise", features Jack Kennedy dying in a way that combines both his real-life assassination and that of Bobby's, being shot three times (third fatal) in the Ambassador Hotel by Sirhan Sirhan during a Star Track convention.
** "President-Elect" ends with Bobby dying in an automobile accident on his way to Chappaquiddick.
** "No Prisoners" has Bobby dying by SelfImmolation in protest of the Vietnam War.
** "Now And in the Hour of Our Death" features Kathleen dying of old age in the village of Dives in 1978, having actually survived the plane crash which killed her in real life, changed her name to Sister Dives, and became a Sister of the Carmelite convent.
* FutureImperfect: "A Fleeting Wisp of Glory" depicts a timeline where the Cuban Missile Crisis turned sour and led to an apocalyptic nuclear scenario. Due to this, many facts pertaining to the Kennedy Camelot got mangled with that of its medieval counterpart, leading to stuff like JFK being considered a King and Khrushchev being the evil child of an incestrous affair between JFK and Morgause.
* GeniusSerum: "Rosemary's Brain" depicts a world where the doctors gave Rosemary an operation which made her very intelligent.
* GoodLuckCharm: In "Eoghan", Patrick Kennedy is given a lucky coin from a woman capable of turning into a rat, and is told that good fortune would shine upon him and his descendants as long as he keeps the coin and does good with their lives. True to her word, he and his descendants are given good luck and success, until Jack decides not to go ahead with pulling out of Vietnam in 1963, upon which the coin is destroyed and it is heavily implied that he is assassinated soon after.
* {{Leprechaun}}: In "Told You So", Jack encounters a leprechaun called Seamus FitzGerald and is given the ability to wish for anything he desired. Unfortunately for Jack, the leprechaun is working for Richard Nixon, and a misspelling during his trip to Berlin in 1963 causes Jack to have a TerminalTransformation into a bagel.
* {{Manchild}}: "The Winterberry" depicts a world where Jack survives Dallas only to become brain-damaged. As a result, he becomes rather childlike in his demeanour, being ConstantlyCurious and calling Teddy "Uncle Teddy" amongst other things.
* MindScrew: "The Disorder and Early Sorrow of Edward Moore Kennedy, Homunculus" is a difficult story to understand, starting with Teddy discovering that the existence of a colony on Mars and ending with him being reborn as a baby called John Smith.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: "Rosemary's Brain" depicts a world where an operation designed to calm down Rosemary whilst increasing her reasoning capacity ended up having the effect of making her very intelligent. She hides this new-found intelligence from her parents however, telling Eddie Moore that she plans to use the chance to become an actress behind their backs.
* OrWasItADream: "A Massachusetts Yankee in King Arthur's Court" ends with Jack waking up from a dream where he ended up in Camelot Britain.. until he learns from UK Prime Minster Macmillan that an archeological team unearthing an American dime at the area he showed up in within his dreams.
* ProWrestlingEpisode: "The 1960 Presidential Campaign, Considered as a World Wrestling Federation Steel Cage Match or Short Count in Chicago" is, as the name suggests, 1960 Presidential campaign presented as a boxing match, with Jack as The Hynannis Kid and Richard Nixon as The Trickster.
* RichardNixonTheUsedCarSalesman: Several stories depict the Kennedys in different jobs than in the original timeline.
** "The Kennedy Enterprise" depicts a universe where Joe Jr., John, and Bobby went into show business (Teddy apparently had a similar fate as in the original timeline, ending up a politician). Joe Jr is briefly mentioned to become a director, Bobby ends up running MGM and Jack goes between roles before making his big break with [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Star Track]].
** "Them Old Hynannis Blues" depicts a universe where Elvis Presley becomes President, Martin Luther King Jr becomes Vice President, and the four Kennedy brothers becomes a music band, with Marilyn Monroe married to Bobby (although she divorces at the end of the story) and wanting to get a doctorate in International Law.
** "No Prisoners" depicts a world where Eunice became a Senator, Patricia an Ambassador and Bobby a Priest. Teddy is also mentioned to have become a businessman.
** "Lady in Waiting" features Marilyn as a waitress.
* RefusingParadise: In "Siren Song", Jack is given the opportunity to stay in a paradisal island with a mermaid for the rest of his life, free of his chronic pain. While he does stay for a little while, he chooses to give up this life upon learning of his future career path if he does give it up.
* ScandalGate: "Bobbygate", justified by the fact that it refers to an earlier set version of Watergate orchestrated by Bobby on Republican headquarters to get material on Barry Goldwater.
* TerminalTransformation: The short story "Told You So" focuses on John F. Kennedy gaining Reality Warper powers from a leprechaun. Unfortunately, this has ramifications for him when he says his famous "Ich Bin Ein Berliner" speech, the key phrase of which roughly translates into "I am a Bagel". He is instantly transformed into a bagel, with the narrative making it clear that he died as a result of the transformation — Lyndon Johnson is immediately inaugurated as President, and mention is made of bakeries in West Berlin fighting to be the one who provides the box used to serve as a coffin for the President's remains.
* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: "Rosemary: Scrambled Eggs on a Blue Plate" is set from the POV of Rosemary after her lobotomy and it shows - amongst other things, she believes that space aliens took Jack and Bobby and removed her brains for knowing too much and she has a very disjointed line of thinking.
* WhoShotJFK: Considering the fact that it's a books about alternative lives of the Kennedys, it's a given.
** In "In the Stone House", it's Joe Kennedy Jr, feeling betrayed by his brother after he was forced out of the Presidency by his father.
** "The Missing 35th President" suggests that the entire assassination was faked, foiling a joint Castro-Giancana plot to kill John in the process.
** In "'Til Death Do Us Part", Jack stages the whole thing, with the help of Sam Giancana, so that he could be with Marilyn, who is haunting him, in the afterlife.
** "The Winterberry" has JFK survive his assassination, albeit turned into a Manchild as a result of the brain damage received by the attempt.

* DifferentWorldDifferentMovies: One timeline shown is one where ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' is turned into "Star Track". Two years into it's run, Bobby ends up firing Roddenberry and ends up making radical changes which brings it more in line with the later ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', such as adding an android character who is curious about humanity and a character called Wesley, as well as making Jack Kennedy the star of the whole thing.

** "No Prisoners" depicts a world where Eunice became a Senator, Patricia an Ambassador and Bobby became a Priest. Teddy is also mentioned to have become a businessman.

** "The Winterberry" has JFK survive his assassination, albeit turned into a Manchild as a result of the brain damage received by the attempt.

** In canon, Mrs. Bastible was only mentioned once as being the woman who watched over Helen's children whilst the latter prepared for her wedding in "Back from the Dead", and never makes any appearances in the flesh. Here, she makes a quick physical appearance in Chapter 13, having watched over George whilst Brittas both goes sailing and sorts out George's return to school in the UK.

** Chapter 13 expands more about the photo of Helen seen in Plaything in "Biggles Tells a Lie", revealing that it was the result of a one-night stand that she had. In fact, it's the fact that the photo was taken after her and Brittas had married which makes the latter finally realize that Helen had cheated on him.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Whilst Laura does initially notice that Brittas seems a little down in the wake of discovering that Helen has left her, she leaves him alone just to have some space. It isn't until she has a perfectly normal day, something which never happens when Brittas is around, that she decides to go check up on him.
* ParentalTitleCharacterization: George notably refers to Helen as "Mum" and Brittas as "Daddy", hinting at the fact that he's the stepchild with the most resent for his mother and who likes his stepfather the most.

* TwoTimingWithTheBestie: PlayedWith, as Helen's best friend Laura is currently estranged from her husband, but Helen pursues a relationship with Laura's husband Michael anyway. Notably, even Helen realizes the oddness of having an affair with her friend's husband and chooses not to initially reveal it to her.

** Chapter 3 provides an explanation for why Carole remains living in the leisure centre in spite of the implication that she does have other options available to her - apparently, her stepmother won't let her live in her house for anymore than a week, her mother is now in a nursing home, and the homeless shelters won't take them in anymore after an unspecified NoodleIncident involving Ben and a lighter.

* TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour: Jonathan Brittas is caught purchasing alcohol at the airport in spite of the fact that he's only 13.

* TwoTimingWithTheBestie: PlayedWith, as Helen's best friend Laura is currently estranged from her husband, but Helen pursues a relationship with Laura's husband Michael anyway. Notably, even Helen realizes the oddness of having an affair with her friend's husband and chooses not to initially reveal it to her.














''44 Cats''is an Italian animated series which first aired in 2019, ultimately running for 89 episodes and 2 seasons. It is based on the Italian song "Quarantaquattro gatti", which first appeared as part of the 1968 edition of ''Series/ZecchinoDoro''.


It follows the exploits of 4 cats, who have decided to form a rockband called the Buffycats. Lampo is the lead singer and can be distinuighsed by a large lightning mark on his face, Milady is the bassist whose fur turns pink when someone lies, Philou is the drummer and has enchanting eyes to distarct the villains, and Meatball is the keyboardist and a BigEater.


!!Tropes in this series:
* {{Trumplica}}: One of the recurring antagonists is Winston, who despises cats (the sole exception being his pet Boss) and is a rich man who constantly wears a business suit with a red comb-over hairstyle. All of this could be considered a coincidence, if it weren't for a particular episode in which said character runs for mayor with the intention of eliminating all cats from the city, with a character even stating how he's "going to build a wall to keep us cats out!".

''Barbara'' is a DomCom which aired on Creator/{{ITV}} from 1999-2003, with a pilot first airing in 1995. It focuses Barbara, the dominant doctor's receptionist with a sharp tongue. Her family includes her mild-mannered husband Ted, their twenty-something son Phil, their long-suffering daughter Linda, who is married to Martin Pond, a TV presenter who usually makes a fool of himself, and her appearance-obsessed sister Jean. Also part of the cast is Doreen, who frequently tells Barbara of the bizarre adventures she gets into with her unseen husband Clive. The majority of the humor focuses on Barabara's strong behavior and the rest of the family's struggles to cope with her, although there is an occasional use of surreal humor.

The show is most notable for being one of the highest-rated sitcoms for ITV at the time, with audience views being around the 5-7 million mark.

* AccidentalMurder: "Birthday" features Ted fearing that he has killed an unseen character called Colin because he had taken his garden strimmer, leaving him with a garden claw that Barbara believes he shouldn't have been using. Thankfully, he's told otherwise - that in fact, the man died via frozen lavatory contents from an airplane dropping onto him.
* ApologyGift: In "Amour", Jean is led to believe that Phil is not serious in their romance after she finds him with a waitress, so Linda suggests making it up to her by buying Jean a gift. Phil's present is an enormous nylon cat, which eventually works.
* BlackComedy: Considering its premise as a fairly straightforward DomCom, a surprising amount of dark humor is presented within, including MummiesAtTheDinnerTable, a character falling dead from a block of frozen urine from an airplane dropping on their head, and a friend of Ted's stuffing his dead wife.
* ButtMonkey: Ted goes through a lot of abuse in the series, including getting carjacked by ''Franchise/StarTrek'' impersonators and getting paint splashed over him, to say nothing about the fact that he has the dominating Barbara as a wife.
* {{Cliffhanger}}: The final episode of Series 3, "Who Shot Barbara?" ends with Barbara getting shot by an unknown assailant. Did she survive? We'll never know, as the show was cancelled after that.
* CriminalDoppelganger: "Coffee" reveals that Ted has one in the form of Todd, who not only looks very much like him, but also shares a career in driving and his love for a Snapple. However, Todd is a criminal, wanted for a ram-raid to a chemist shop, and this leads to Ted's temporary arrest.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The pilot episode, first airing four years before the first episode, is slightly different from the rest of the series.
** Barbara's surname is spelled "Liversage" rather than "Liversidge".
** Martin is depicted as a chef rather than a TV reporter and is played by Glen Davies rather than Mark Benton. His surname is also given as "Benson" rather than "Pond".
** Neil is outright non-existent.
** George is depicted as having already been born, with Barbara being tasked to look after him whilst Martin and Linda is away at his job interview. The first series however has him not born yet, with one plot thread being about the pregnancy that leads to his birth.
* TheFunInFuneral: "Birthday" features Ted and Barbara going to Colin's funeral, watching as the funeral hearse containing Colin's body diverts to have a car wash.
* TheGhost: Doreen often mentions her husband Clive, but he never makes an appearance.
* HenpeckedHusband: Whilst Ted occasionally stands up for his wife, he usually prefers to remain quiet and take the abuse.
* ItKindOfLooksLikeAFace: The first proper episode of the series, "Birthday", is about Barbara cooking a cake that the others think looks like Judi Drench (although Barbara believes that it looks more like John Kepley).
* MorningSickness: Linda falls heavily sick during the events of "Birthday" and is constantly vomiting, which considering TheReveal in "Friends" that she's pregnant, serves as {{Foreshadowing}}.
* MyBelovedSmother: Barbara has her moments towards her children. In the pilot episode alone, she's annoyed at the idea of her daughter Linda going to Wales to be with Martin at his new job and is pleased when she discovers through slightly dirty methods that Martin isn't going to get the job.
* NoLongerWithUs: When Martin is awaiting for a potential job with Sky in "Birthday", he is told that Greg is "not with us anymore". Naturally, he thinks that this means he is dead, until the woman telling him this reassures him him that he has been just sacked.
* ParentPreferredSuitor: According to Barbara in the pilot, she didn't want Linda to marry Martin, but rather Stewart, as he is at least a local lad.
* ReallyGetsAround: Jean is rather sex-crazed, with Barbara once describing her libido as being the size of a reservoir. "Amour" features her recounting a fairly long list of boyfriends, including twins which she didn't realize were twins until she turned on the lights one time.
* SecondHandTelling: Doreen's main trait is about her telling Barbara in detail the bizarre adventures she has with her husband, including becoming friends with a three-legged squirrel. None of these events are ever shown on-screen however.
* ShoutOut: "Friends" features a recreation of the opening of ''Series/{{Friends}}'' featuring the cast.
* ShowWithinAShow: Martin hosts a segment on the fictional news program ''Scene Up North'' called ''Pond Life'', usually involving him somehow screwing up the segment.
* SilentTreatment: "Friends" features Susan deciding to not speak to Barbara until she apologizes for insulting her husband. She only relents when Barbara actually apologizes, realizing that she would likely never see her grandson if she didn't.
* StagParty: "Amour" features Martin going to a stag party for a friend, ending with him becoming tied to a parking meter.
* TheUnapologetic: Barbara is not a woman who usually apologizes for her behaviour. When she realizes she has to apologize to Martin so that she can see her upcoming grandson in "Friends", she finds it very difficult and admits it's a strange thing for her to do.
* WeddingEpisode: "Wedding" focuses on the marriage between Phil and Jean, which naturally goes wrong.
* WokenUpAtAnUngodlyHour: "Amour" begins with Barbara and Ted being woken up at 3:30 in the morning by their alarm clock, much to Ted's annoyance. It's soon revealed that Barbara set the clock deliberately because she wanted to call Donkersly building services and tear them a new one for waking her up at 6:30 in the morning for the past fortnight. Not only does it not work, but they get back at her by blocking her door.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The pilot episode, first airing four years before the first episode, is slightly different from the first episode.
** Martin is depicted as a chef rather than a TV reporter.

* MorningSickness: Linda falls heavily sick during the events of "Birthday" and is constantly vomiting, an indicator of her being pregnant.
* MyBelovedSmother: Barbara has her moments towards her children. In the first episode alone, she's annoyed at the idea of her daughter Linda going to Wales to be with Martin at his new job and is pleased when she discovers through slightly dirty methods that Martin isn't going to get the job.

** In canon, Brittas' stepchildren get very little attention and have little relevance to the plots. Here, they get more attention as they plot to leave Brittas with their mother and get more distinct personalities. It's especially notable with George Brittas - whilst in canon, he's the only stepchild to not have any specific moments to himself and isn't even given a name, here, most of Chapter 8 is dedicated to him as he deals with the fact that his mother left him behind at the airport.

* MeetCute: Helen's canon first meeting with Michael, where he removes the bow from her hair to help her be more difficult to recognise from the police, is recontextualised as this. However, another moment comes when Helen first meets Michael at Parrot's Bar, where she spills wine over herself and Michael helps clean her up.

** Like in the author's previous fic, Helen's second oldest son, who is unnamed in the show, is called George.

* RelativelyFlimsyExcuse: Michael attempts to pass of Helen's twin sons with Brittas, Matthew and Mark, as being the children of Laura and him so that he can get the money from his father's will. In spite of fears that the twins' large nostrils (a trait inherited from their actual father) would give their identity away, it actually works.

* ReallyGetsAround: Jean is rather sex-crazed, with Barbara once describing her libido as being the size of a reservoir.

* ShowWithinAShow: ''Pond Life'', a news program hosted by Martin where he constantly makes a fool of himself.

''Barbara'' is a DomCom which aired on Creator/{{ITV}} from 1999-2003, with a pilot first airing in 1995. It focuses Barbara, the dominant doctor's receptionist with a sharp tongue. Her family includes her mild-mannered husband Ted, their twenty-something son Phil, their long-suffering daughter Linda, who is married to Martin Pond, a TV presenter who usually makes a fool of himself, and her appearance-obssessed sister Jean. Alo part of the cast is Doreen, who frequently tells Barbara of the bizarre adventures she gets into with her unseen husband Clive. The majority of the humor focuses around Barabara's strong behavior and the rest of the family's struggles to cope with her, although there is an occasional use of surreal humour.

The show is most notable for being one of the highest rated sitcoms for ITV at the time, with audience views being around the 5-7 million mark.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The pilot episode, first airing four years before the first episode, is slightly different from the first episode. Most notably, Martin is depicted as a chef rather than a TV reporter, and Neil is outright non-existent.

* ItKindOfLooksLikeAFace: The first proper episode of the series, "Birthday", is about Barbara cooking a cake which the others think looks like Judi Drench (although Barbara believes that it looks more like John Kepley).