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* AmusingInjuries: They push this one into areas even TheThreeStooges wouldn't touch. But what do you expect from characters like these?
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* AmusingInjuries: They push this one into areas even TheThreeStooges Film/TheThreeStooges wouldn't touch. But what do you expect from characters like these?
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* DeadBabyComedy
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* LethallyStupid: Especially Eddie to Richie.
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** Richie's father, Oswald Richard, is all but stated to have been a Nazi sympathizer and traitor to Britain. Richie is, of course, far too stupid to realise this.
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* MoodWhiplash: At the end of the first live show Richie thanks Eddie for being his friend. Eddie looks at the audience with a touched expression on his face but then imidiately brushes it off.
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** It's lampshaded by Rik in Weapons Grade Y-fronts.
-->'''Richie''': You er.... haven't changed your material much have you?
-->'''Richie''': You er.... haven't changed your material much have you?
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* AssShove: Happens very frequently. Items include a pencil, a policeman's baton (complete with side-handle), barbed wire, a stick of dynamite and the entire contents of the next-door flat.
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** Parade involves a debate about Richie sexuality
-->'''Richie''': I'm not a homosexual if that's what you think.
-->'''Eddie''': Yeah but your not strictly hetrosexual are you?
-->'''Richie''': Well I'm hetrosexual in intent.
-->'''Eddie''': The nearest you've come to being hetrosexual is baracading your self in a bedroom with a copy of Ametuer Photographer and a jar of handcream.
-->'''Richie''' Well I've done it mentally. ''boy'' have I done it mentally.
* AssShove: Happens very frequently. Items include a pencil, a policeman's baton (complete with side-handle), barbed wire, a stick of dynamite and the entire contents ofthe next-door next-door's flat.
-->'''Richie''': I'm not a homosexual if that's what you think.
-->'''Eddie''': Yeah but your not strictly hetrosexual are you?
-->'''Richie''': Well I'm hetrosexual in intent.
-->'''Eddie''': The nearest you've come to being hetrosexual is baracading your self in a bedroom with a copy of Ametuer Photographer and a jar of handcream.
-->'''Richie''' Well I've done it mentally. ''boy'' have I done it mentally.
* AssShove: Happens very frequently. Items include a pencil, a policeman's baton (complete with side-handle), barbed wire, a stick of dynamite and the entire contents of
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* TheMovie: The two main characters were transplanted into ''GuestHouseParadiso'', slapstick, simple plans and all. When it came out on DVD it was advertised as "The ''Bottom'' Movie", just to drive the point home.
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* TheMovie: The two main characters were transplanted into ''GuestHouseParadiso'', ''Film/GuestHouseParadiso'', slapstick, simple plans and all. When it came out on DVD it was advertised as "The ''Bottom'' Movie", just to drive the point home.
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* TheMovie: The two main characters were transplanted into ''Guest House Paradiso'', slapstick, simple plans and all. When it came out on DVD it was advertised as "The ''Bottom'' Movie", just to drive the point home.
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* TheMovie: The two main characters were transplanted into ''Guest House Paradiso'', ''GuestHouseParadiso'', slapstick, simple plans and all. When it came out on DVD it was advertised as "The ''Bottom'' Movie", just to drive the point home.
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** Subverted in "Gas" when the two haven't paid the gas bill at all and have instead been stealing it from the neibours.
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** Subverted in "Gas" when the two haven't paid the gas bill at all "Gas". Richie and Eddie have instead ''not'' forgotten to pay their gas bill; instead, they've been stealing it from the neibours.neighbour's gas line so that they don't ''need'' to pay the bill.
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**Subverted in "Gas" when the two haven't paid the gas bill at all and have instead been stealing it from the neibours.
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On 23rd August 2012, TheBBC [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2012/bbctwo-commissions.html announced]] that after an eighteen year absence from TV screens, Richie and Eddie will be returning in 2013 for a new six-part series under the ''Hooligans' Island'' title used for one of their stage shows.
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On 23rd August 2012, TheBBC [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2012/bbctwo-commissions.html announced]] that after an eighteen year absence from TV screens, Richie and Eddie will would be returning in 2013 for a new six-part series under the ''Hooligans' Island'' title used for one of their stage shows.
shows. Alas, just two months later, it was announced that the series was not going ahead after all. The only explanation forthcoming was from Adrian Edmondson, who said "We started working on something and we realised why we stopped working together."
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* TeenyWeenie: Richie is infamously underendowed. The purported size of his junk actually got ''smaller'' as the show went on, with the live shows repeatedly suggesting that he had to use a magnifying glass to find it.
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On 23rd August 2012, TheBBC [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2012/bbctwo-commissions.html announced]] that after an eighteen year absence from TV screens, Richie and Eddie will be returning in 2013 for a new six-part series under the ''Hooligans' Island'' title used for one of their stage shows.
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* VomitIndiscretionShot: TheMovie ''Guest House Paradiso'' has one of the most [[NauseaFuel revolting]] examples in the history of cinema.
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-->'''Richie:''' I think I ought to call this suicide off until I've sired an heir.
-->'''Eddie:''' ''No! '''NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!''''' (nervous laughter)
-->'''Eddie:''' ''No! '''NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!''''' (nervous laughter)
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-->'''Richie:''' I think I ought to call this suicide off until I've sired an heir.
-->'''Eddie:'''heir.\\
'''Eddie:''' ''No! '''NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!''''' (nervous laughter)
-->'''Eddie:'''
'''Eddie:''' ''No! '''NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!''''' (nervous laughter)
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** It was confirmed in 's up that Eddie has had sex, and with someone Richie was trying to propose to.
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** This qoute;
-->richie: Take it easy ya bitch, I mean your bitchness, I mean lady... Oh Eddie what do you call em?
-->eddie: Jugs, what do you call em?
-->richie: Take it easy ya bitch, I mean your bitchness, I mean lady... Oh Eddie what do you call em?
-->eddie: Jugs, what do you call em?
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** This qoute;
-->richie:quote:
-->''(doorbell rings insistently)''\\
'''Richie''': All right, all right! Take iteasy ya bitch, easy, you bitch! I mean, Your Bitchness, I mean your bitchness, I mean lady... Oh Eddie Lady Bi--''(groans in frustration)'' Eddie, what do you call em?
-->eddie: Jugs, whatthem?\\
'''Eddie''': Jugs. What doyou ''you'' call em? 'em?
-->richie:
-->''(doorbell rings insistently)''\\
'''Richie''': All right, all right! Take it
-->eddie: Jugs, what
'''Eddie''': Jugs. What do
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* MeaningfulName: In the second live show Eddie [[spoiler: fakes looking after a tortoise for Jeffrey Nasty]]. To make things worse, Jeffrey's nickname is simply Ooh ''Fuck''.
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* MeaningfulName: In the second live show Eddie [[spoiler: fakes pretends to be looking after a tortoise for Jeffrey Nasty]]. Geoffrey Nasty. To make things worse, Jeffrey's worse for Richie, he points out that Geoffrey's nickname is simply Ooh ''Fuck''."Ooh ''Fuck''".
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* MeaningfulName: In the second live show Eddie is looking after it for Jeffrey Nasty. To make things worse, Jeffrey's nickname is simply Ooh ''Fuck''.
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* MeaningfulName: In the second live show Eddie is [[spoiler: fakes looking after it a tortoise for Jeffrey Nasty.Nasty]]. To make things worse, Jeffrey's nickname is simply Ooh ''Fuck''.
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evilish episode spanning plans are evil plans. These lack morton\'s fork
* EvilPlan: Dick Head is fond of these. In "Parade" he teams up with the local bookmaker and pawn merchant to scam the locals out of their cash and valuables. Then, in "Dough," he rats out Richie and Eddie's forgery operation to London's biggest forger, "Skullcrusher" Henderson, who demands a £5,000 tribute in order to avoid having to crush Richie and Eddie's skulls. Fortunately, Dick is running a pub quiz with the requisite £5,000 as a prize... unfortunately, it happens to be £5,000 of Skullcrusher's own forged cash, which turns out to be useless for paying off their debt. And they don't discover this until they've already given Dick £1,000 worth of gold teeth for their entry fee.
**Few of them actually work because his own innate stupidity and inability to predict what people will do usually scuttle them.
**Few of them actually work because his own innate stupidity and inability to predict what people will do usually scuttle them.
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* ExtremeOmnivore: Eddie has eaten lard, straight from the pack and washed down with cooking oil, as well as yoghurt that was so old it had sprouted ''grass''.
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* ExtremeOmnivore: Eddie has eaten lard, straight from the pack and washed it down with cooking oil, as well as yoghurt that was so old it had sprouted ''grass''.
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* XanatosGambit: Dick Head is fond of these. In "Parade" he teams up with the local bookmaker and pawn merchant to scam the locals out of their cash and valuables. Then, in "Dough," he rats out Richie and Eddie's forgery operation to London's biggest forger, "Skullcrusher" Henderson, who demands a £5,000 tribute in order to avoid having to crush Richie and Eddie's skulls. Fortunately, Dick is running a pub quiz with the requisite £5,000 as a prize... unfortunately, it happens to be £5,000 of Skullcrusher's own forged cash, which turns out to be useless for paying off their debt. And they don't discover this until they've already given Dick £1,000 worth of gold teeth for their entry fee.
** Richie often thinks he's come up with these, except that his own innate stupidity and inability to predict what people will do usually scuttle them.
** Richie often thinks he's come up with these, except that his own innate stupidity and inability to predict what people will do usually scuttle them.
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Richie Richard -- a sex-starved, sadistic, physically repugnant loser with delusions of sophistication -- takes out his frustrations at life upon Eddie Hitler, his boozy, slightly more intelligent, equally sadistic flatmate. Frequently, this involves [[ComedicSociopathy over-the-top violence]] that would make ''[[TheSimpsons Itchy and Scratchy]]'' wince. Eddie, for his part, is quite willing to respond in kind.
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--->'''Richie:''' How about a nice, slow, comfortable....''fist up the arse?''
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* FlatEarthAtheist: Eddie and Richie state their disbelief in God even when standing on His giant hand which materialised in response to their prayers. This, naturally, causes said hand to disappear in a PuffOfLogic.
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** In another episode, Richie tries to take a swig from an empty bottle Eddie already filled himself with and suddenly believes he's fallen into a drunken stupor, though it doesn't last.
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** This qoute;
-->richie: Take it easy ya bitch, I mean your bitchness, I mean lady... Oh Eddie what do you call em?
-->eddie: Jugs, what do you call em?
-->richie: Take it easy ya bitch, I mean your bitchness, I mean lady... Oh Eddie what do you call em?
-->eddie: Jugs, what do you call em?
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* AmusingInjuries: They push this one into areas even TheThreeStooges wouldn't touch.
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* AmusingInjuries: They push this one into areas even TheThreeStooges wouldn't touch. But what do you expect from characters like these?
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** Averted when Richie get an apparant death curse from a fortune teller, which he believes was a plot by Eddie to vsteal the other half of his inheritence from auntie Olga.
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** Another when the Gas-man comes to read thier meter which is empty since the've {{spoiler: been stealling from the nieghbours}}
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** Another when the Gas-man comes to read thier meter which is empty since the've {{spoiler: they've [[spoiler: been stealling from the nieghbours}}nieghbours]]
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** And the hangover cure made of 3 raw eggs, washing up liquid and ant powder.
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** And the hangover cure made of 3 7 raw eggs, washing up liquid, Domestos, Jeff Micro liquid and ant powder.spray.
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'''Eddie''': I knew I should have fixed those brakes.\\
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'''Eddie''': I knew I should have If only I'd fixed those brakes.brakes properly.\\
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* SpotOfTea: A RunningGag with several disgusting variations, such as coagulated three-month-old tea, or elm tea ("The Gypsies swear by it." "I bet they do. They probably say 'What the ''bloody hell'' is this?'.")
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* SpotOfTea: A RunningGag with several disgusting variations, such as coagulated three-month-old tea, or elm tea ("The Gypsies tea
--->'''Richie:''' The gypsies swear byit." "I it
--->'''Eddie''' I bet theydo. They probably do, I bet they say 'What what the ''bloody hell'' bloody hell is this?'.")this?
** Another when the Gas-man comes to read thier meter which is empty since the've {{spoiler: been stealling from the nieghbours}}
--->'''Richie:''' The gypsies swear by
--->'''Eddie''' I bet they
** Another when the Gas-man comes to read thier meter which is empty since the've {{spoiler: been stealling from the nieghbours}}
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** He doesn't seem to see any problems with his MOTHER being called Adolf Hitler either.
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--->'''Eddie''': Oh, that'll be me.
--->'''Lily''': Ooh. Any relation?
--->'''Eddie''': [puzzled] Well... I've got a mother.
--->'''Lily''': No, no no no, I meant to ''Adolf'' Hitler.
--->'''Eddie''': Yes! That's her!
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-->'''Eddie:''' Who left this pot of cress in the fridge?
-->'''Richie:''' That's not cress, that's that yogurt you started during the Gulf War.
-->'''Eddie:''' [eats it anyway] ...Doesn't ''taste'' like banana and peach...
-->'''Richie:''' That's not cress, that's that yogurt you started during the Gulf War.
-->'''Eddie:''' [eats it anyway] ...Doesn't ''taste'' like banana and peach...
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** Another when they try to steal a Falkland veteran's leg to put the money on a three-legged, blind race horse whose jockey gets shot.
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->'''Richie:''' Why can't we ever bloody win anything?
->'''Eddie:''' Oh, don't be stupid, Richie. People like us aren't meant to "win" things.
->'''Richie:''' Well what are we meant to do then?
->'''Eddie:''' Look, you get born, you keep your head down, and then you die. If you're lucky.
->'''Richie:''' Oh come on. There must be more to it than that.
->'''Eddie:''' Well, there's the telly...
The BritCom, stripped down to its absolute minimum requirements: two [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist idiots]], sharing living space, passing the IdiotBall back and forth so fast that you can't distinguish between the two.
Richie Richard -- a sex-starved, sadistic, physically repugnant loser with delusions of sophistication -- takes out his frustrations at life upon Eddie Hitler, his boozy, slightly more intelligent, equally sadistic flatmate. Frequently, this involves [[ComedicSociopathy over-the-top violence]] that would make ''[[TheSimpsons Itchy and Scratchy]]'' wince. Eddie, for his part, is quite willing to respond in kind.
The SpiritualSuccessor to ''TheYoungOnes'' and ''[[FilthyRichAndCatflap Filthy, Rich & Catflap]]'', inspired loosely by ''WaitingForGodot''. It ran to three series on TheBBC before transferring to {{Theatre}} as a series of two-man shows.
Came forty-fifth in ''Series/BritainsBestSitcom''.
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!!Provides examples of:
* TheAllegedSteed: Sad Ken, a three-legged, blind racehorse.
* AmusingInjuries: They push this one into areas even TheThreeStooges wouldn't touch.
* AnythingThatMoves: Richie. He's not gay, he's just that desperate to get laid.
* AssShove: Happens very frequently. Items include a pencil, a policeman's baton (complete with side-handle), barbed wire, a stick of dynamite and the entire contents of the next-door flat.
* AttentionWhore: Both, although Richie's far more insecure and therefore more insistent about it.
* AudienceParticipation: ''"Have a wank!"''
** "Fuck him!"
** Made even funnier in the final live show where Eddie encourages the whole audience to shout "have a wank" while Richie powers up the TURDIS (a time-travelling toilet) batteries.
* AwayInAManger: Parodied in 'Holy' when a baby gets left on the doorstep during the Christmas party. [[spoiler: It's the landlord's grandkid, not Baby Jesus.]]
* BigNo: Eddie after finding out Richie's decided ''not'' to commit suicide.
-->'''Richie:''' I think I ought to call this suicide off until I've sired an heir.
-->'''Eddie:''' ''No! '''NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!''''' (nervous laughter)
* BilingualBonus: When Eddie sets up their stolen VCR he reads the German installation instructions out loud. The first step he reads is "Stecken dein Kopf in deine Arsch", which roughly translates as "Stick your head up your arse".
* [[spoiler: BolivianArmyEnding]] [[spoiler: thanks to Richie finding a porn film involving the PM.]]
* BottleEpisode: Series 3's "Hole", which takes place solely on a ferris wheel car, which they manage to completely destroy.
** Season 1's "Contest" also takes place entirely within the confines of the flat.
* BornInTheWrongCentury: Richie's common lament, which his cultural illiteracy fails to back up. [[AnachronismStew He thinks Shakespeare and the French Revolution were in the same century -- the 13th]].
* BritishBrevity: The show ran for 18 episodes.
* BritishFootyTeams: Eddie is mentioned several times as being a fan of Queens Park Rangers. Dick Head also played for them for a brief period, which ended in disaster after he turned out not to know such basic things as ''which goal to aim for''.
* BritishPubs: The Lamb and Flag, in which Richie and Eddie have made themselves obnoxious more than once, and not always by being drunk.
* {{Calvinball}}: Eddie's version is the card game 'One Card Slam' in which Eddie turns over a single card and demands twelve quid from Richie. Since Richie knows nothing about card games (to the extent of not spotting Eddie's ''five'' king poker hand) this works very well for Eddie.
* CantHoldHisLiquor: Richie needs only one sip of scotch to either become drunk or begin ''thinking'' that he's drunk (which amounts to the same thing).
** In the fourth live show he doesn't even take a sip, but still believes he is drunk.
** One's tempted to conclude that it's all in his head. On one occasion, when he needed a stiff drink to settle his nerves, Eddie offered him a shot of Tizer (a soft drink, for non-Brits), which did the trick anyway.
* CasanovaWannabe: Both characters. The only difference is that at least Eddie gets some tail once in a while.
** It was confirmed in 's up that Eddie has had sex, and with someone Richie was trying to propose to.
* ChainsawGood: Richie reacts poorly to Eddie's reassurance that "all the birds love a scar", and cuts him down to size by chainsawing his legs off at the knee.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Richie's penis size, and his resulting insecurity, are given scant mention in the TV show. The stage shows formally measured it at a 1/4 inch and applied the relevant jokes.
* ChristmasEpisode: "Holy"
** Bizarrely though, this was actually originally broadcast in October.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: All of the recurring cast to some degree (barring only Dick Head), though Dave Hedgehog seems to be the biggest example.
* ComedicSociopathy: Probably the single best example since ''TheYoungOnes''.
* CompletelyMissingThePoint: One episode has Richie and Eddie's landlord rope them into to minding his shop while he goes to a funeral, which naturally [[DrunkWithPower goes straight to Richie's head]]. He starts proudly going on about how England is "a nation of shopkeepers" and how that makes them better than countries like France and Italy, no doubt unaware that the saying was prominently used by Emperor Napoleon I. And he meant it derisively.
** It's fair to say that whenever Richie claims expertise in a subject, applies his mental faculties to anything or infers some kind of noble role he has fulfilled in the past, he'll either get it completely wrong, fail miserably or be lying so feebly that practically nobody could buy his bullshit.
** However in this case Napoleon's phrase has been treated as InsultBackfire by many British politicians anyway, who praise the tradition of small business in the UK, so Richie wasn't exactly alone in drawing this interpretation.
* CounterfeitCash: This doesn't work too well, since Eddie winds up creating ''triangular'' fake banknotes (he claims they're supposed to be Welsh), and others with pornographically detailed portraits.
** London's most prolific forger shows up at the end of the episode, and his counterfeits are nearly as bad as Eddie's. However, it's not the quality of his counterfeits that makes him the biggest forger in London - more the fact that he crushes the skulls of any competing forger.
*** To be fair, in a brief moment of lucidity (or further insanity) Eddie does mention that the pornographic notes are so barmen will be entranced with them long enough for him to get plastered. In fact it briefly works on Dick, until he comes to his senses and gets on the phone to Skullcrusher.
* ADateWithRosiePalms: Every episode features about three jokes like this.
* DeadBabyComedy
* DeadpanSnarker: Eddie, when [[TheAlcoholic sober]].
-->'''Richie:''' A helicopter! Shout for help!\\
'''Eddie:''' Is this "Help, help, I'm trapped on a ferris wheel!" or, "Help, help, I'm burning to death!"?
* DeusExMachina: When they're trapped on a disintegrating ferris wheel, the hand of God comes down to save them. Then Eddie [[BreakingTheFourthWall issues a disclaimer on behalf of]] {{the BBC}} before pointing out:
-->'''Eddie:''' ...we don't actually believe in God, do we?\\
'''Richie:''' ''(disappointed)'' Tch. No.\\
'''Richie & Eddie:''' ''(to the camera)'' '''''Shit.'''''\\
[[PuffOfLogic *hand disappears*]]
* TheDitz: both of them.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything?: Eddie and Richie are often referred to as being a married couple; Richie is Eddie's 'wife', they call each other 'darling' and 'dreamboat' in front of strangers, and they are keeping some liqueur chocolates for their anniversary.
** Also in the first stage show Eddie becomes Richie's legally adopted son and wife (the lawyer ran out of adoption papers) to get at £15,000, which turns out to be a debt from Richie's great uncle Norman.
* DoubleEntendre: Richie frequently misunderstands innocent questions like "How's your sausage?" and "May I drink your juice?", and Eddie lampshades it in the last episode.
---> Richie, no time for cheap dooble-entendres! The window of Curry's has just blown!
** Eddie has a similar problem. Innocent questions from Richie are repeatedly interpreted as references to ill-fitting underpants or something similar.
---> "Have you got the crackers?"\\
"No, it's just the way my trousers are rucked up."
* [[DoubleTake Double Triple Take]]: In the above pic, Eddie's ReactionShot is just ten seconds of him flicking his eyes ''up'' at Richie and ''down'' at Richie's new swimming trunks, trying to reconcile what he's seeing with the person it's attached to.
--->'''Eddie''': ...Well, where ''are'' they?\\
'''Richie''': That's the thing! They're so tight you can't actually see them... Why did you make me buy a ''thong'', Eddie?!
* DrunkWithPower: One episode sees Eddie and Richie put in charge of running their landlord's shop when he has to go to a funeral. Naturally, this goes straight to Richie's head, and as soon as he gets the white coat on he's threatening to punch old ladies, shouting abuse at a doctor who's just trying to buy champagne for his daughter's birthday, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking making Eddie wear his suit jacket back-to-front]].
** Another shows the two catching a burglar in their flat who they sit on, tie to chair with sellotape and try to poison. It completly backfires.
-->Richie: Where have these mousetraps come from? Oh god dont move!
-->Eddie: Theres a note sellotaped to my knee. it says Sue Carpenter
-->Both: (make an raunchy noise and mousetraps catch their balls)
* {{Expy}} (of the characters they played in FilthyRichAndCatflap)
** ...also pretty similar to the characters they played in ''TheComicStripPresents: Mr. Jolly Lives Next Door'', ''TheYoungOnes'', and their "Dangerous Brothers" stage act.
* ExtremeOmnivore: Eddie has eaten lard, straight from the pack and washed down with cooking oil, as well as yoghurt that was so old it had sprouted ''grass''.
-->'''Eddie:''' Doesn't ''taste'' like banana and peach...
* FireBreathingDiner: They turn this trope into Fire ''Farting'' Diner thanks to Richie's "sprouts mexicain."
* ForgotToPayTheBill: In one episode, the TV rental money got spent elsewhere and Richie and Eddie had to resort to playing chess.
* FriendsRentControl: Despite having lived on the dole ''since 1979'', they're in no danger of being kicked out for nonpayment. Even a flat as God-awful as theirs wouldn't drop the rent that low.
** Richie's Auntie Mabel is the one who pays the rent (quick, hide the fags).
* GainaxEnding: Surprisingly this is how the "canon" of Bottom ended in the final stage show. [[spoiler: After traipsing through (an extremely minimalistic depiction of) history in Eddie's time travelling toilet {The [[IncrediblyLamePun TURD]][[Series/DoctorWho IS]]) for half the show, the boys are trapped at the dawn of creation itself, where they are beholden unto a colossal pair of Y-Fronts which Richie claims are the origin point of existence. Eddy declares he's too confused to even start processing what is occurring. They then break into a reiteration of the previous show's Pants song, close curtain.]]
* GargleBlaster: Eddie's concoction of brandy, meths (methylated spirit or denatured alcohol), Pernod, paint stripper, Mr Sheen, brake fluid and Drambuie.
** Weapons Grade Lager which is made of industrial strength cleaners and the entire contents of the medical cabinet.
** On one occasion, they attempt to make a vodka martini without having any of the necessary ingredients on hand; they wind up combining Pernod and ouzo, with a spoonful of marmalade (since they don't have any glace cherries) and salt on the rim of each glass. Eddie suggests naming it the Bloody Awful, or perhaps the Esther Rantzen -- "It pulls your gums back over your teeth."
** In "Terror," Eddie creates some homebrew which has the appearance and consistency of roofing tar, and has a habit of dissolving enamel and porcelain, requiring them to drink it out of steel pans.
* AGodAmI: Richie has on occasion managed to convince himself that the fact that he's still a virgin means he's the new Messiah, because he's being kept 'pure' due to being 'better than everyone in the entire universe'. As opposed to the rather more likely explanation that he's just a completely repugnant and unlikeable creep.
* GroinAttack: Inevitably shows up during the knock-down-drag-out fistfights.
* HalloweenEpisode: "Terror"
** And fitting in with the unusual scheduling of their Christmas episode, this one was originally broadcast in January.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Richie and Eddie. Oh, so much (except that Richie is arguably [[strike: pansexual]] suicidally desperate). And they've been at it for decades, too.
* HideousHangoverCure: Made from 7 raw eggs, washing up liquid, Domestos and ant spray, and apparently intended to be ingested through the nose.
* HorribleCampingTrip: On Wimbledon Common, no less.
* [[IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine I Want You To Meet An Old Housemate Of Mine]] -- Christopher Ryan, who starred alongside Edmondson and Mayall as the suave Mike in ''TheYoungOnes'', turns up every so often as Eddie's decidedly-less-suave mate Dave Hedgehog. If they'd just gotten Nigel Planer to play Spudgun we'd have had a whole cast reunion.
* ImmuneToDrugs: Or alcohol, in Eddie's case. Technically, he's only been drunk once -- for about 17 years and counting.
** Then again, Eddie does imply he [[CloudCuckoolander might already be dead]], and thus, unable to get drunk.
* IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow: There's a joke like this in practically every episode.
* LargeHam: Richie.
* LethalChef: Just to show that there is no start to Richie's talents, he cooked Christmas dinner. His roast potatoes were carbonised, and broke the plate when he served them; the sprouts were closer to mash and he cremated the turkey. And the less said about his 'slap up grill for two' (with all the ingredients grown, found or foraged), the better. And whatever you do, don't try his sprouts Mexicain, a mix of sprouts, various spices and gunpowder.
** Eddie isn't much better. Vodka margarine - with a couple of cans of hairspray for flammability.
* MeaningfulName: In the second live show Eddie is looking after it for Jeffrey Nasty. To make things worse, Jeffrey's nickname is simply Ooh ''Fuck''.
* TheMovie: The two main characters were transplanted into ''Guest House Paradiso'', slapstick, simple plans and all. When it came out on DVD it was advertised as "The ''Bottom'' Movie", just to drive the point home.
* NeverGetsDrunk: Eddie has only been drunk once, but he never sobered up. He is thus immune to inebriation.
* NoCommunitiesWereHarmed: An unusual subversion, since Richie and Eddie are mentioned several times as living in the Hammersmith district of London. However, the district is constantly implied to be extremely run-down and violent, whereas the real-life Hammersmith is actually one of London's more affluent areas. Which is probably the reason Richie thinks he's part of the middle class. (Their road, sometimes called [[http://www.thefreedictionary.com/mafficking Mafeking]] Terrace and sometimes Mafeking Parade, doesn't exist. There are a couple of Mafeking Terraces elsewhere in the country).
* NoFourthWall: Instances of this go from the occasional AsideGlance to lengthy monologues addressing the audience.
** It's even more blatant in the live shows; Richie and Eddie are ''completely'' aware that they're fictional characters on a stage, and have no problem insulting the audience's hometowns, threatening to fire crew members, and complaining that all their troubles are the fault of [[AlterEgoActing those fat ugly bastards who play them]].
* NoodleIncident: [[RunningGag Constantly.]]
* OhMyGods: "What in the name of Satan's ''[[UnusualEuphemism portion]]''..."
* OnceAnEpisode: Planned, but not carried out. The original plan was for every episode of the third series to end with Richie and/or Eddie loudly exclaiming "SHIT!!" -- for whatever reason this only ended up being done in two out of the six episodes, but the setups for the gag are still there in the remaining episodes (Richie standing next right next to a box of highly explosive carrots as it detonates; Richie and Eddie being confronted by "Skullcrusher" Henderson and unable to pay him; Richie and Eddie being knocked out by the crazy Welsh cricketer whose honeymoon they've stolen).
* OnlySaneMan: In as much as this show can be said to have one, it's Spudgun, oddly enough; he's an idiot, but he's also often the only one who ever points out that some of the insane things that Richie has them do (such as drinking gravy instead of sherry for Christmas and wearing inside-out dressing gowns when [[ItMakesSenseInContext summoning the Devil]]) are, in fact, quite stupid.
* OntologicalMystery: The second half of one ''Bottom'' live show involves the characters suddenly finding themselves inside a mostly featureless steel dome. Neither of them can quite recall how they got there.
* OverlyLongName: (from DIGGER) Lady Natasha Latisha Sarah Jane Wellsley Estronski Ponsonski Smythe Smythe Smythe Smythe Smythe Oblamov Boblamov Dob.
* PerpetualPoverty: Neither of the characters has a steady income. In fact, they're only allowed to buy anything [[RuleOfFunny when there's a punchline to be had in it]].
* PhonyVeteran: Richie, most notably ([[IAmOneOfThoseToo and disastrously]]) in "Parade."
* PuffOfLogic: They're trapped on a Ferris wheel that's due to be demolished. The Hand of God Himself appears to offer them a lift, but disappears when they realize they're both atheists and must therefore be hallucinating.
* PunnyName: There's about 3 in the second live show: Micheal [=McHooligan=], Patricia O'Violence and Pat O'Cake.
* RepetitiveName: Technically a RunningGag; [[FilthyRichAndCatflap this is not the only time Rik Mayall has played a character named Richard Richard]].
* ShoutOut / TakeThat: A lot of guest characters and minor characters share names with various well-known footballers of the day (Lineker, Grobbelaar, etc). The references are not always flattering.
* ASimplePlan: Example from an early episode: Richie and Eddie have been stealing from the neighbor's gas line; now they have to come up with a way to disconnect it without getting caught...the kitchen explodes in the process.
-->'''Richie:''' What the bloody hell are you doing?
-->'''Eddie:''' Just thought I'd burn it off.
-->'''Richie:''' What, your face?
** Another when they try to steal a Falkland veteran's leg to put the money on a three-legged, blind race horse whose jockey gets shot.
** In general, Richie and Eddie will inevitably let their fundamental stupidity, lack of foresight and inability to solve problems without violence bollocks up any kind of plan they make, no matter how seemingly straightforward and simple it should be.
* SpiritualSuccessor (Successor to ''TheYoungOnes'' and ''FilthyRichAndCatflap'')
** It was inspired by their West End production of WaitingForGodot.
* SpotOfTea: A RunningGag with several disgusting variations, such as coagulated three-month-old tea, or elm tea ("The Gypsies swear by it." "I bet they do. They probably say 'What the ''bloody hell'' is this?'.")
--->'''Richie:''' You must, you must, you must drink our tea! It's the best tea in London! Sit down and drink it! For about twelve minutes!
** Also in the first live show, Eddie tries to kill Richie with a concoction of tea and goat poison.
* StockYuck: The traditional British joke about Brussels Sprouts for Christmas.
** Made worse by the fact that the sprouts in question are being served in October. ''The following October''.
--->'''Richie:''' Yes, they were a bit... ''frisky''...
** And the hangover cure made of 3 raw eggs, washing up liquid and ant powder.
** In the third live show Richie offers Eddie some cocktails made of the most disguisting ingredients.
*** 1)Gin,blood and porcupine shit (without the gin)
*** 2)Coconut milk and napalm
*** 3)tree bark, sea water and porcupine urine
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike:
--->'''Eddie:''' All right, two down... "Fish", four letters, now begins with "x".
--->'''Richie:''' X? Xylophone, xylophone fish. ({{beat}})
--->'''Both simultaneously:''' Nah, it'd sink, wouldn't it.
* TalkativeLoon: Richie
* TakeThatMe: They both do this in the fourth live show.
--->'''Richie''': No, ''I'' don't get paid. It's not me, it's that wretch of an actor who plays me. What's his name? You know, that tosser who fell off the quad bike?\\
'''Eddie''': I knew I should have fixed those brakes.\\
'''Richie''': What did you say?\\
'''Eddie''': I know the one. He's... sort of balding and getting a tummy?\\
'''Richie''': Yeah, he's getting far too old to play me... Who's that awful actor who plays you?\\
'''Eddie''': Oh, erm, he's got a girl's name... is it Julie Goodyear?
* TakeYouAsideTalk
* ThoseTwoGuys: Spudgun and Dave Hedgehog.
* ThoseWackyNazis: Played with. Eddie doesn't seem to see anything unusual in having the surname Hitler.
** He doesn't seem to see any problems with his MOTHER being called Adolf Hitler either.
* TooDumbToLive: Obviously.
* TrouserSpace: Richie manages to steal a BBC camera this way. "There's plenty of space in my trousers... sadly."
* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Both of them.
* VitriolicBestBuds: For two people who spend most of their time beating the living crap out of each other, Eddie and Richie certainly are very inseparable. This is almost ''certainly'' because no one but the other would put up with them though.
* WithFriendsLikeThese
* XanatosGambit: Dick Head is fond of these. In "Parade" he teams up with the local bookmaker and pawn merchant to scam the locals out of their cash and valuables. Then, in "Dough," he rats out Richie and Eddie's forgery operation to London's biggest forger, "Skullcrusher" Henderson, who demands a £5,000 tribute in order to avoid having to crush Richie and Eddie's skulls. Fortunately, Dick is running a pub quiz with the requisite £5,000 as a prize... unfortunately, it happens to be £5,000 of Skullcrusher's own forged cash, which turns out to be useless for paying off their debt. And they don't discover this until they've already given Dick £1,000 worth of gold teeth for their entry fee.
** Richie often thinks he's come up with these, except that his own innate stupidity and inability to predict what people will do usually scuttle them.
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->'''Richie:''' Why can't we ever bloody win anything?
->'''Eddie:''' Oh, don't be stupid, Richie. People like us aren't meant to "win" things.
->'''Richie:''' Well what are we meant to do then?
->'''Eddie:''' Look, you get born, you keep your head down, and then you die. If you're lucky.
->'''Richie:''' Oh come on. There must be more to it than that.
->'''Eddie:''' Well, there's the telly...
The BritCom, stripped down to its absolute minimum requirements: two [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist idiots]], sharing living space, passing the IdiotBall back and forth so fast that you can't distinguish between the two.
Richie Richard -- a sex-starved, sadistic, physically repugnant loser with delusions of sophistication -- takes out his frustrations at life upon Eddie Hitler, his boozy, slightly more intelligent, equally sadistic flatmate. Frequently, this involves [[ComedicSociopathy over-the-top violence]] that would make ''[[TheSimpsons Itchy and Scratchy]]'' wince. Eddie, for his part, is quite willing to respond in kind.
The SpiritualSuccessor to ''TheYoungOnes'' and ''[[FilthyRichAndCatflap Filthy, Rich & Catflap]]'', inspired loosely by ''WaitingForGodot''. It ran to three series on TheBBC before transferring to {{Theatre}} as a series of two-man shows.
Came forty-fifth in ''Series/BritainsBestSitcom''.
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!!Provides examples of:
* TheAllegedSteed: Sad Ken, a three-legged, blind racehorse.
* AmusingInjuries: They push this one into areas even TheThreeStooges wouldn't touch.
* AnythingThatMoves: Richie. He's not gay, he's just that desperate to get laid.
* AssShove: Happens very frequently. Items include a pencil, a policeman's baton (complete with side-handle), barbed wire, a stick of dynamite and the entire contents of the next-door flat.
* AttentionWhore: Both, although Richie's far more insecure and therefore more insistent about it.
* AudienceParticipation: ''"Have a wank!"''
** "Fuck him!"
** Made even funnier in the final live show where Eddie encourages the whole audience to shout "have a wank" while Richie powers up the TURDIS (a time-travelling toilet) batteries.
* AwayInAManger: Parodied in 'Holy' when a baby gets left on the doorstep during the Christmas party. [[spoiler: It's the landlord's grandkid, not Baby Jesus.]]
* BigNo: Eddie after finding out Richie's decided ''not'' to commit suicide.
-->'''Richie:''' I think I ought to call this suicide off until I've sired an heir.
-->'''Eddie:''' ''No! '''NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!''''' (nervous laughter)
* BilingualBonus: When Eddie sets up their stolen VCR he reads the German installation instructions out loud. The first step he reads is "Stecken dein Kopf in deine Arsch", which roughly translates as "Stick your head up your arse".
* [[spoiler: BolivianArmyEnding]] [[spoiler: thanks to Richie finding a porn film involving the PM.]]
* BottleEpisode: Series 3's "Hole", which takes place solely on a ferris wheel car, which they manage to completely destroy.
** Season 1's "Contest" also takes place entirely within the confines of the flat.
* BornInTheWrongCentury: Richie's common lament, which his cultural illiteracy fails to back up. [[AnachronismStew He thinks Shakespeare and the French Revolution were in the same century -- the 13th]].
* BritishBrevity: The show ran for 18 episodes.
* BritishFootyTeams: Eddie is mentioned several times as being a fan of Queens Park Rangers. Dick Head also played for them for a brief period, which ended in disaster after he turned out not to know such basic things as ''which goal to aim for''.
* BritishPubs: The Lamb and Flag, in which Richie and Eddie have made themselves obnoxious more than once, and not always by being drunk.
* {{Calvinball}}: Eddie's version is the card game 'One Card Slam' in which Eddie turns over a single card and demands twelve quid from Richie. Since Richie knows nothing about card games (to the extent of not spotting Eddie's ''five'' king poker hand) this works very well for Eddie.
* CantHoldHisLiquor: Richie needs only one sip of scotch to either become drunk or begin ''thinking'' that he's drunk (which amounts to the same thing).
** In the fourth live show he doesn't even take a sip, but still believes he is drunk.
** One's tempted to conclude that it's all in his head. On one occasion, when he needed a stiff drink to settle his nerves, Eddie offered him a shot of Tizer (a soft drink, for non-Brits), which did the trick anyway.
* CasanovaWannabe: Both characters. The only difference is that at least Eddie gets some tail once in a while.
** It was confirmed in 's up that Eddie has had sex, and with someone Richie was trying to propose to.
* ChainsawGood: Richie reacts poorly to Eddie's reassurance that "all the birds love a scar", and cuts him down to size by chainsawing his legs off at the knee.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Richie's penis size, and his resulting insecurity, are given scant mention in the TV show. The stage shows formally measured it at a 1/4 inch and applied the relevant jokes.
* ChristmasEpisode: "Holy"
** Bizarrely though, this was actually originally broadcast in October.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: All of the recurring cast to some degree (barring only Dick Head), though Dave Hedgehog seems to be the biggest example.
* ComedicSociopathy: Probably the single best example since ''TheYoungOnes''.
* CompletelyMissingThePoint: One episode has Richie and Eddie's landlord rope them into to minding his shop while he goes to a funeral, which naturally [[DrunkWithPower goes straight to Richie's head]]. He starts proudly going on about how England is "a nation of shopkeepers" and how that makes them better than countries like France and Italy, no doubt unaware that the saying was prominently used by Emperor Napoleon I. And he meant it derisively.
** It's fair to say that whenever Richie claims expertise in a subject, applies his mental faculties to anything or infers some kind of noble role he has fulfilled in the past, he'll either get it completely wrong, fail miserably or be lying so feebly that practically nobody could buy his bullshit.
** However in this case Napoleon's phrase has been treated as InsultBackfire by many British politicians anyway, who praise the tradition of small business in the UK, so Richie wasn't exactly alone in drawing this interpretation.
* CounterfeitCash: This doesn't work too well, since Eddie winds up creating ''triangular'' fake banknotes (he claims they're supposed to be Welsh), and others with pornographically detailed portraits.
** London's most prolific forger shows up at the end of the episode, and his counterfeits are nearly as bad as Eddie's. However, it's not the quality of his counterfeits that makes him the biggest forger in London - more the fact that he crushes the skulls of any competing forger.
*** To be fair, in a brief moment of lucidity (or further insanity) Eddie does mention that the pornographic notes are so barmen will be entranced with them long enough for him to get plastered. In fact it briefly works on Dick, until he comes to his senses and gets on the phone to Skullcrusher.
* ADateWithRosiePalms: Every episode features about three jokes like this.
* DeadBabyComedy
* DeadpanSnarker: Eddie, when [[TheAlcoholic sober]].
-->'''Richie:''' A helicopter! Shout for help!\\
'''Eddie:''' Is this "Help, help, I'm trapped on a ferris wheel!" or, "Help, help, I'm burning to death!"?
* DeusExMachina: When they're trapped on a disintegrating ferris wheel, the hand of God comes down to save them. Then Eddie [[BreakingTheFourthWall issues a disclaimer on behalf of]] {{the BBC}} before pointing out:
-->'''Eddie:''' ...we don't actually believe in God, do we?\\
'''Richie:''' ''(disappointed)'' Tch. No.\\
'''Richie & Eddie:''' ''(to the camera)'' '''''Shit.'''''\\
[[PuffOfLogic *hand disappears*]]
* TheDitz: both of them.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything?: Eddie and Richie are often referred to as being a married couple; Richie is Eddie's 'wife', they call each other 'darling' and 'dreamboat' in front of strangers, and they are keeping some liqueur chocolates for their anniversary.
** Also in the first stage show Eddie becomes Richie's legally adopted son and wife (the lawyer ran out of adoption papers) to get at £15,000, which turns out to be a debt from Richie's great uncle Norman.
* DoubleEntendre: Richie frequently misunderstands innocent questions like "How's your sausage?" and "May I drink your juice?", and Eddie lampshades it in the last episode.
---> Richie, no time for cheap dooble-entendres! The window of Curry's has just blown!
** Eddie has a similar problem. Innocent questions from Richie are repeatedly interpreted as references to ill-fitting underpants or something similar.
---> "Have you got the crackers?"\\
"No, it's just the way my trousers are rucked up."
* [[DoubleTake Double Triple Take]]: In the above pic, Eddie's ReactionShot is just ten seconds of him flicking his eyes ''up'' at Richie and ''down'' at Richie's new swimming trunks, trying to reconcile what he's seeing with the person it's attached to.
--->'''Eddie''': ...Well, where ''are'' they?\\
'''Richie''': That's the thing! They're so tight you can't actually see them... Why did you make me buy a ''thong'', Eddie?!
* DrunkWithPower: One episode sees Eddie and Richie put in charge of running their landlord's shop when he has to go to a funeral. Naturally, this goes straight to Richie's head, and as soon as he gets the white coat on he's threatening to punch old ladies, shouting abuse at a doctor who's just trying to buy champagne for his daughter's birthday, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking making Eddie wear his suit jacket back-to-front]].
** Another shows the two catching a burglar in their flat who they sit on, tie to chair with sellotape and try to poison. It completly backfires.
-->Richie: Where have these mousetraps come from? Oh god dont move!
-->Eddie: Theres a note sellotaped to my knee. it says Sue Carpenter
-->Both: (make an raunchy noise and mousetraps catch their balls)
* {{Expy}} (of the characters they played in FilthyRichAndCatflap)
** ...also pretty similar to the characters they played in ''TheComicStripPresents: Mr. Jolly Lives Next Door'', ''TheYoungOnes'', and their "Dangerous Brothers" stage act.
* ExtremeOmnivore: Eddie has eaten lard, straight from the pack and washed down with cooking oil, as well as yoghurt that was so old it had sprouted ''grass''.
-->'''Eddie:''' Doesn't ''taste'' like banana and peach...
* FireBreathingDiner: They turn this trope into Fire ''Farting'' Diner thanks to Richie's "sprouts mexicain."
* ForgotToPayTheBill: In one episode, the TV rental money got spent elsewhere and Richie and Eddie had to resort to playing chess.
* FriendsRentControl: Despite having lived on the dole ''since 1979'', they're in no danger of being kicked out for nonpayment. Even a flat as God-awful as theirs wouldn't drop the rent that low.
** Richie's Auntie Mabel is the one who pays the rent (quick, hide the fags).
* GainaxEnding: Surprisingly this is how the "canon" of Bottom ended in the final stage show. [[spoiler: After traipsing through (an extremely minimalistic depiction of) history in Eddie's time travelling toilet {The [[IncrediblyLamePun TURD]][[Series/DoctorWho IS]]) for half the show, the boys are trapped at the dawn of creation itself, where they are beholden unto a colossal pair of Y-Fronts which Richie claims are the origin point of existence. Eddy declares he's too confused to even start processing what is occurring. They then break into a reiteration of the previous show's Pants song, close curtain.]]
* GargleBlaster: Eddie's concoction of brandy, meths (methylated spirit or denatured alcohol), Pernod, paint stripper, Mr Sheen, brake fluid and Drambuie.
** Weapons Grade Lager which is made of industrial strength cleaners and the entire contents of the medical cabinet.
** On one occasion, they attempt to make a vodka martini without having any of the necessary ingredients on hand; they wind up combining Pernod and ouzo, with a spoonful of marmalade (since they don't have any glace cherries) and salt on the rim of each glass. Eddie suggests naming it the Bloody Awful, or perhaps the Esther Rantzen -- "It pulls your gums back over your teeth."
** In "Terror," Eddie creates some homebrew which has the appearance and consistency of roofing tar, and has a habit of dissolving enamel and porcelain, requiring them to drink it out of steel pans.
* AGodAmI: Richie has on occasion managed to convince himself that the fact that he's still a virgin means he's the new Messiah, because he's being kept 'pure' due to being 'better than everyone in the entire universe'. As opposed to the rather more likely explanation that he's just a completely repugnant and unlikeable creep.
* GroinAttack: Inevitably shows up during the knock-down-drag-out fistfights.
* HalloweenEpisode: "Terror"
** And fitting in with the unusual scheduling of their Christmas episode, this one was originally broadcast in January.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Richie and Eddie. Oh, so much (except that Richie is arguably [[strike: pansexual]] suicidally desperate). And they've been at it for decades, too.
* HideousHangoverCure: Made from 7 raw eggs, washing up liquid, Domestos and ant spray, and apparently intended to be ingested through the nose.
* HorribleCampingTrip: On Wimbledon Common, no less.
* [[IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine I Want You To Meet An Old Housemate Of Mine]] -- Christopher Ryan, who starred alongside Edmondson and Mayall as the suave Mike in ''TheYoungOnes'', turns up every so often as Eddie's decidedly-less-suave mate Dave Hedgehog. If they'd just gotten Nigel Planer to play Spudgun we'd have had a whole cast reunion.
* ImmuneToDrugs: Or alcohol, in Eddie's case. Technically, he's only been drunk once -- for about 17 years and counting.
** Then again, Eddie does imply he [[CloudCuckoolander might already be dead]], and thus, unable to get drunk.
* IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow: There's a joke like this in practically every episode.
* LargeHam: Richie.
* LethalChef: Just to show that there is no start to Richie's talents, he cooked Christmas dinner. His roast potatoes were carbonised, and broke the plate when he served them; the sprouts were closer to mash and he cremated the turkey. And the less said about his 'slap up grill for two' (with all the ingredients grown, found or foraged), the better. And whatever you do, don't try his sprouts Mexicain, a mix of sprouts, various spices and gunpowder.
** Eddie isn't much better. Vodka margarine - with a couple of cans of hairspray for flammability.
* MeaningfulName: In the second live show Eddie is looking after it for Jeffrey Nasty. To make things worse, Jeffrey's nickname is simply Ooh ''Fuck''.
* TheMovie: The two main characters were transplanted into ''Guest House Paradiso'', slapstick, simple plans and all. When it came out on DVD it was advertised as "The ''Bottom'' Movie", just to drive the point home.
* NeverGetsDrunk: Eddie has only been drunk once, but he never sobered up. He is thus immune to inebriation.
* NoCommunitiesWereHarmed: An unusual subversion, since Richie and Eddie are mentioned several times as living in the Hammersmith district of London. However, the district is constantly implied to be extremely run-down and violent, whereas the real-life Hammersmith is actually one of London's more affluent areas. Which is probably the reason Richie thinks he's part of the middle class. (Their road, sometimes called [[http://www.thefreedictionary.com/mafficking Mafeking]] Terrace and sometimes Mafeking Parade, doesn't exist. There are a couple of Mafeking Terraces elsewhere in the country).
* NoFourthWall: Instances of this go from the occasional AsideGlance to lengthy monologues addressing the audience.
** It's even more blatant in the live shows; Richie and Eddie are ''completely'' aware that they're fictional characters on a stage, and have no problem insulting the audience's hometowns, threatening to fire crew members, and complaining that all their troubles are the fault of [[AlterEgoActing those fat ugly bastards who play them]].
* NoodleIncident: [[RunningGag Constantly.]]
* OhMyGods: "What in the name of Satan's ''[[UnusualEuphemism portion]]''..."
* OnceAnEpisode: Planned, but not carried out. The original plan was for every episode of the third series to end with Richie and/or Eddie loudly exclaiming "SHIT!!" -- for whatever reason this only ended up being done in two out of the six episodes, but the setups for the gag are still there in the remaining episodes (Richie standing next right next to a box of highly explosive carrots as it detonates; Richie and Eddie being confronted by "Skullcrusher" Henderson and unable to pay him; Richie and Eddie being knocked out by the crazy Welsh cricketer whose honeymoon they've stolen).
* OnlySaneMan: In as much as this show can be said to have one, it's Spudgun, oddly enough; he's an idiot, but he's also often the only one who ever points out that some of the insane things that Richie has them do (such as drinking gravy instead of sherry for Christmas and wearing inside-out dressing gowns when [[ItMakesSenseInContext summoning the Devil]]) are, in fact, quite stupid.
* OntologicalMystery: The second half of one ''Bottom'' live show involves the characters suddenly finding themselves inside a mostly featureless steel dome. Neither of them can quite recall how they got there.
* OverlyLongName: (from DIGGER) Lady Natasha Latisha Sarah Jane Wellsley Estronski Ponsonski Smythe Smythe Smythe Smythe Smythe Oblamov Boblamov Dob.
* PerpetualPoverty: Neither of the characters has a steady income. In fact, they're only allowed to buy anything [[RuleOfFunny when there's a punchline to be had in it]].
* PhonyVeteran: Richie, most notably ([[IAmOneOfThoseToo and disastrously]]) in "Parade."
* PuffOfLogic: They're trapped on a Ferris wheel that's due to be demolished. The Hand of God Himself appears to offer them a lift, but disappears when they realize they're both atheists and must therefore be hallucinating.
* PunnyName: There's about 3 in the second live show: Micheal [=McHooligan=], Patricia O'Violence and Pat O'Cake.
* RepetitiveName: Technically a RunningGag; [[FilthyRichAndCatflap this is not the only time Rik Mayall has played a character named Richard Richard]].
* ShoutOut / TakeThat: A lot of guest characters and minor characters share names with various well-known footballers of the day (Lineker, Grobbelaar, etc). The references are not always flattering.
* ASimplePlan: Example from an early episode: Richie and Eddie have been stealing from the neighbor's gas line; now they have to come up with a way to disconnect it without getting caught...the kitchen explodes in the process.
-->'''Richie:''' What the bloody hell are you doing?
-->'''Eddie:''' Just thought I'd burn it off.
-->'''Richie:''' What, your face?
** Another when they try to steal a Falkland veteran's leg to put the money on a three-legged, blind race horse whose jockey gets shot.
** In general, Richie and Eddie will inevitably let their fundamental stupidity, lack of foresight and inability to solve problems without violence bollocks up any kind of plan they make, no matter how seemingly straightforward and simple it should be.
* SpiritualSuccessor (Successor to ''TheYoungOnes'' and ''FilthyRichAndCatflap'')
** It was inspired by their West End production of WaitingForGodot.
* SpotOfTea: A RunningGag with several disgusting variations, such as coagulated three-month-old tea, or elm tea ("The Gypsies swear by it." "I bet they do. They probably say 'What the ''bloody hell'' is this?'.")
--->'''Richie:''' You must, you must, you must drink our tea! It's the best tea in London! Sit down and drink it! For about twelve minutes!
** Also in the first live show, Eddie tries to kill Richie with a concoction of tea and goat poison.
* StockYuck: The traditional British joke about Brussels Sprouts for Christmas.
** Made worse by the fact that the sprouts in question are being served in October. ''The following October''.
--->'''Richie:''' Yes, they were a bit... ''frisky''...
** And the hangover cure made of 3 raw eggs, washing up liquid and ant powder.
** In the third live show Richie offers Eddie some cocktails made of the most disguisting ingredients.
*** 1)Gin,blood and porcupine shit (without the gin)
*** 2)Coconut milk and napalm
*** 3)tree bark, sea water and porcupine urine
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike:
--->'''Eddie:''' All right, two down... "Fish", four letters, now begins with "x".
--->'''Richie:''' X? Xylophone, xylophone fish. ({{beat}})
--->'''Both simultaneously:''' Nah, it'd sink, wouldn't it.
* TalkativeLoon: Richie
* TakeThatMe: They both do this in the fourth live show.
--->'''Richie''': No, ''I'' don't get paid. It's not me, it's that wretch of an actor who plays me. What's his name? You know, that tosser who fell off the quad bike?\\
'''Eddie''': I knew I should have fixed those brakes.\\
'''Richie''': What did you say?\\
'''Eddie''': I know the one. He's... sort of balding and getting a tummy?\\
'''Richie''': Yeah, he's getting far too old to play me... Who's that awful actor who plays you?\\
'''Eddie''': Oh, erm, he's got a girl's name... is it Julie Goodyear?
* TakeYouAsideTalk
* ThoseTwoGuys: Spudgun and Dave Hedgehog.
* ThoseWackyNazis: Played with. Eddie doesn't seem to see anything unusual in having the surname Hitler.
** He doesn't seem to see any problems with his MOTHER being called Adolf Hitler either.
* TooDumbToLive: Obviously.
* TrouserSpace: Richie manages to steal a BBC camera this way. "There's plenty of space in my trousers... sadly."
* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Both of them.
* VitriolicBestBuds: For two people who spend most of their time beating the living crap out of each other, Eddie and Richie certainly are very inseparable. This is almost ''certainly'' because no one but the other would put up with them though.
* WithFriendsLikeThese
* XanatosGambit: Dick Head is fond of these. In "Parade" he teams up with the local bookmaker and pawn merchant to scam the locals out of their cash and valuables. Then, in "Dough," he rats out Richie and Eddie's forgery operation to London's biggest forger, "Skullcrusher" Henderson, who demands a £5,000 tribute in order to avoid having to crush Richie and Eddie's skulls. Fortunately, Dick is running a pub quiz with the requisite £5,000 as a prize... unfortunately, it happens to be £5,000 of Skullcrusher's own forged cash, which turns out to be useless for paying off their debt. And they don't discover this until they've already given Dick £1,000 worth of gold teeth for their entry fee.
** Richie often thinks he's come up with these, except that his own innate stupidity and inability to predict what people will do usually scuttle them.
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