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* BillBillJunkBill: "Wank... wank... good guy!"
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: A pilot for a Ronald Villiers spinoff was written, but never produced as the humour surrounding the character was deemed too difficult to stretch across a half hour format. The cancelled spinoff was announced at the same time as ''Still Game'' and the Scottish press largely ignored the latter...
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* FakeShemp: The shot in the sketch where the Big Man turns to his Maw for help where both are seen at the same time has the Big Man played by someone who doesn't even resemble Ford Kiernan (possibly Tom Urie).

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* FakeShemp: The shot in at the end of the Big Man sketch where the Big Man he turns to his Maw for help where at Christmas and both are seen at the same time has walking away together. The actor playing the Big Man played by someone who (possibly Tom Urie) doesn't even resemble Ford Kiernan (possibly Tom Urie).in the slightest!
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*EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Series 1 had Greg and Ford appearing at the beginning, the middle and the end of each show as themselves, portrayed as flatmates discussing several things. One of these skits was an early version of Bish and Bosh's "too far" sketches. The segments were dropped in Series 2, although the opening titles (showing Greg and Ford rushing back to their flat in order to present the show) remained until the end of Series 3.
*FakeShemp: The shot in the sketch where the Big Man turns to his Maw for help where both are seen at the same time has the Big Man played by someone who doesn't even resemble Ford Kiernan (possibly Tom Urie).
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* [[GrumpyOldMan Grumpy Old Men]] Jack and Victor, who got their own SpinOff in StillGame.

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* [[GrumpyOldMan Grumpy Old Men]] Jack and Victor, who got their own SpinOff in StillGame.Series/StillGame.



* SpinOff: Victor and Jack eventually got their own sitcom ''StillGame''.

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* SpinOff: Victor and Jack eventually got their own sitcom ''StillGame''.''Series/StillGame''.
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A sketch show from UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}}. Very famous in its home country, but almost unheard of anywhere else, and produced by TheBBC. Single-handedly responsible for a lot of MemeticMutation, which, again, confuses the hell out of anyone not Scottish.

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A sketch show from UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}}. Very famous in its home country, but almost unheard of anywhere else, and produced by TheBBC.Creator/TheBBC. Single-handedly responsible for a lot of MemeticMutation, which, again, confuses the hell out of anyone not Scottish.
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* AssShove: An "unseen" sketch features a nightclub bouncer who likes to punish people who try to mess with him by "pumping" them.

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* AssShove: An "unseen" sketch features a nightclub bouncer who likes to punish people who try to mess with him by "pumping" [[BlackComedyRape "pumping"]] them.
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* AssShove: An "unseen" sketch features a nightclub bouncer who likes to punish people who try to mess with him by "pumping" them.
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* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Their teenage son has just started masturbating and they're telling everyone they meet.


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** The series practically runs on these, including Jack and Victor, the Banter Boys, the Lighthouse keepers and plenty of others.
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* LaserGuidedKarma / AssholeVictim: One recurring sketch, which involves a [Jerkass] husband constantly berating his wife in front of their friend, always ends in him being hurt/humiliated in some way.

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* LaserGuidedKarma / AssholeVictim: One recurring sketch, which involves a [Jerkass] JerkAss husband constantly berating his wife in front of their friend, always ends in him being hurt/humiliated in some way.
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* LaserGuidedKarma / AssholeVictim: One recurring sketch, which involves a [[Jerkass]] husband constantly berating his wife in front of their friend, always ends in him being hurt/humiliated in some way.

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* LaserGuidedKarma / AssholeVictim: One recurring sketch, which involves a [[Jerkass]] [Jerkass] husband constantly berating his wife in front of their friend, always ends in him being hurt/humiliated in some way.
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* LaserGuidedKarma / AssholeVictim: One recurring sketch, which involves a [[Jerkass]] husband constantly berating his wife in front of their friend, always ends in him being hurt/humiliated in some way.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The whole ''Stauner'' sketch, where a family is horrified to discover that their teenage son [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous has an erection]] seems much more like an accidental [[ComingOutStory outing]] that just goes FromBadToWorse.
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* ViolentGlaswegian: The foundation of half of the show.

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* ViolentGlaswegian: The foundation of half of the show.show.
* WhereNoParodyHasGoneBefore: ''Taysiders in Space''.
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* FriendlessBackground: One sketch involved a middle-aged woman working a corner shop desperately trying to make friends with her customers.
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* ShoutOut: The ''Sluich'' sketches with the cable-knit sock puppets who speak Gaelic-sounding gibberish are probably a nod to ''Series/{{Dotaman}}''.
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A sketch show from [[BonnieScotland Scotland]]. Very famous in its home country, but almost unheard of anywhere else, and produced by TheBBC. Single-handedly responsible for a lot of MemeticMutation, which, again, confuses the hell out of anyone not Scottish.

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A sketch show from [[BonnieScotland Scotland]].UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}}. Very famous in its home country, but almost unheard of anywhere else, and produced by TheBBC. Single-handedly responsible for a lot of MemeticMutation, which, again, confuses the hell out of anyone not Scottish.
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* BadAss: The "Big Man" a ViolentGlaswegian gangster who is so terrifying that even the police are scared of him, and when one stops him, he apologizes, and offers to help him dump one of his daughter's boyfriends in the Clyde. His WeaponOfChoice is a Hammer with a stanley knife attached to it.

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* InherentlyFunnyWords: Ronald Villiers' acting agency, "Widdecombe and Pump".



* NewscasterCameo: Heather Reid (as in "Heather the Weather) pops up a few times in a [[TheSting sting]].

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* NewscasterCameo: Heather Reid (as in "Heather the Weather) Weather") pops up a few times in a [[TheSting sting]].[[CreditsGag after the credits]] to deliver some rather bizarre forecasts.
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* NewscasterCameo: Heather Reid (as in "Heather the Weather) pops up a few times in a [[TheSting sting]].
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-->'''First keeper''': ''(in an even more pained voice}'' Just ... ''goannae no''.

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-->'''First keeper''': ''(in an even more pained voice}'' voice)'' Just ... ''goannae no''.
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* MemeticMutation: Quite a few, which were repeated endlessly in Scotland when the show was on TV, and are still known and occasionally repeated.
** "Gonnae no dae that!"
** The hand gesture accompanying "oooooh!", used to belittle someone for using pretentious PurpleProse.
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* NewAgeRetroHippie: Eric the Activist.
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* The Van: People are caught in various serious situations until they are interrupted by the sound of the ice-cream van, at which point one of the characters dashes off to buy something while another holds them back for a moment trying to decide what they want.
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* SpinOff: Victor and Jack eventually got their own sitcom ''StillGame''.
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-->'''First keeper''': ''(in a quiet voice that suggests he's working very hard at not shouting)'' Goannie no dae that?

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-->'''First keeper''': ''(in a quiet voice that suggests he's working very hard at not shouting)'' Goannie Goannae no dae that?



-->'''First keeper''': ''(in an even more pained voice}'' Just ... ''goannie no''.

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-->'''First keeper''': ''(in an even more pained voice}'' Just ... ''goannie ''goannae no''.

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\n*The two lighthouse keepers. One of them is cheerfully doing something bizarre and/or dangerous, and the other is irritated by it. The dialogue, in every sketch, goes as follows:
-->'''First keeper''': ''(in a quiet voice that suggests he's working very hard at not shouting)'' Goannie no dae that?
-->'''Second keeper''': ''(with complete innocence, not actually stopping)'' How?
-->'''First keeper''': ''(in an even more pained voice}'' Just ... ''goannie no''.
*The Banter boys. Two AmbiguouslyGay Edinburgians who find everything Glaswegians say simply delightful, much to the bemusement of the Glaswegians.

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* and quite a lot more

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* and quite a lot more



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* BawdySong: The songs sung by Jack, Victor and their friends at the pub.


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* DirtyOldWoman: Betty the Auld Slapper, much to the shock of anyone who talks to her for more than five seconds.
* FishOutOfWater: One sketch was based on a police exchange between the NYPD and Strathclyde Police. HilarityEnsues.


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* ThoseTwoGuys: Bish and Bosh.

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