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* IHaveManyNames: Practically every character in the series called Smith by a different name - For example, Shirley called him "Wolfie", her mother "Foxy", her father "Yeti", Tucker called him "Smiffy", Speed "Smudger" and the pub landlord called him "Trotsky". Season four's landlord called him "Wally".

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* IHaveManyNames: Practically every character in the series called Smith by a different name - For example, Shirley called him "Wolfie", her mother "Foxy", her father "Yeti", Tucker called him "Smiffy", Speed "Smudger" and the pub landlord called him "Trotsky". Season four's landlord called him "Wally"."Wally" (from his real name Walter).
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* ArtisticLicenceLaw: In the series 4 episode "The Letter of the Law", Wolfie finds himself doing jury service. However, given that he has a criminal record (which, following the abortive attempt to take over Parliament in the climax of series 3, includes a crime for which he was sent to prison) which would actually make him ineligible to serve on a jury.

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'''''Citizen Smith''''' starred Creator/RobertLindsay as "Wolfie" Smith, a young Marxist urban revolutionary living in Tooting, South UsefulNotes/{{London}}, who is attempting to emulate his hero UsefulNotes/CheGuevara. Wolfie is the self-proclaimed leader of the Tooting Popular Front (in reality a small bunch of his friends), whose goals are "Power to the People" and "Freedom for Tooting". In reality, he is an unemployed dreamer and petty criminal whose plans fall through due to laziness and disorganisation.

''Citizen Smith'' is a British television sitcom. The show was written by John Sullivan, who later wrote ''Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses''. The pilot was transmitted on 12 April 1977 in the Comedy Special series of one-off plays, and the series proper ran from 3 November 1977 to 31 December 1980.

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'''''Citizen Smith''''' is a British television sitcom. The show was written by John Sullivan, who later wrote ''Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses''. The pilot was transmitted on 12 April 1977 in the Comedy Special series of one-off plays, and the series proper ran from 3 November 1977 to 31 December 1980.

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starred Creator/RobertLindsay as "Wolfie" Smith, a young Marxist urban revolutionary living in Tooting, South UsefulNotes/{{London}}, who is attempting to emulate his hero UsefulNotes/CheGuevara. Wolfie is the self-proclaimed leader of the Tooting Popular Front (in reality a small bunch of his friends), whose goals are "Power to the People" and "Freedom for Tooting". In reality, he is an unemployed dreamer and petty criminal whose plans fall through due to laziness and disorganisation. \n\n''Citizen Smith'' is a British television sitcom. The show was written by John Sullivan, who later wrote ''Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses''. The pilot was transmitted on 12 April 1977 in the Comedy Special series of one-off plays, and the series proper ran from 3 November 1977 to 31 December 1980.\n
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* BookEnds: The first 3 series' opening credits start with Wolfie walking out of Tooting Broadway station. The final episode closes with him walking into it.


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* CourtroomEpisode: "The Letter Of The Law".
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* AirVoyance: Very first scene of season three was Wolfie shouting "GOODBYE SHIRL!" as his girlfriend flew out of the country.

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