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* GenerationXerox: A couple of examples. Paul Calf's dad Peter Calf appears in "Handyman for All Seasons" and unsurprisingly looks a lot like Paul. Adrian Scarborough plays corrupt councillor Hillary Crabbe in "Handyman For All Seasons", and [[LikeFatherLikeSon his son, corrupt councillor]] Len Crabbe in "The Curator".
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* GenerationXerox: A couple of examples. Paul Calf's dad Peter Calf appears in "Handyman for All Seasons" and unsurprisingly looks a lot like Paul. Adrian Scarborough Creator/AdrianScarborough plays corrupt councillor Hillary Crabbe in "Handyman For All Seasons", and [[LikeFatherLikeSon his son, corrupt councillor]] Len Crabbe in "The Curator".
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: An audio example in "Thursday Night Fever". It's almost drowned out by the dialogue, but if you're paying attention, Music/TheWurzels' "Brand New Brand New Combine Harvester" is playing in the background when Mike arrives at the launch party. It sounds exactly like the original song, except they sing "Brand New" twice.
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: An audio example in "Thursday Night Fever". It's almost drowned out by the dialogue, but if you're paying attention, Music/TheWurzels' The Wurzels' new single, "Brand New Brand New Combine Harvester" Harvester", is playing in the background when Mike arrives at the launch party. It sounds exactly like the original song, except they sing "Brand New" the line "brand new" twice.
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* [[AsHimself As Themselves]]: Music/TheWurzels in "Thursday Night Fever".
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: An audio example in "Thursday Night Fever". It's almost drowned out by the dialogue, but if you're paying attention, The Wurzels' "Brand New Brand New Combine Harvester" is playing in the background when Mike arrives at the launch party. It sounds exactly like the original song, except they sing "Brand New" twice.
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: An audio example in "Thursday Night Fever". It's almost drowned out by the dialogue, but if you're paying attention, The Wurzels' Music/TheWurzels' "Brand New Brand New Combine Harvester" is playing in the background when Mike arrives at the launch party. It sounds exactly like the original song, except they sing "Brand New" twice.
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A six-episode ThematicSeries starring Creator/SteveCoogan, first broadcast in 1995.
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A six-episode ThematicSeries starring Creator/SteveCoogan, first broadcast on [[Creator/TheBBC BBC2]] in 1995.
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!Tropes in ''Coogan's Run'':
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!!Tropes in ''Coogan's Run'':
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* {{Cult}}: In "Get Calf", Paul Calf joins one to avoid the Parry brothers. Although it's a ScamReligion, the cult members do come to his recue when the Parry brothers track him down.
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* MonochromePast: Both used and averted in "Natural Born Quizzers" as the 1975 quiz show is in black and white (even though it wouldn't have been) but the other flashback sequences are in colour.
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* BlandNameProduct: In "Natural Born Quizzers", the quiz show "Top of the Class" is obviously based on "Top of the Form", to the extent of having the same theme music.
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* FictionalCounterpart: In "Natural Born Quizzers", the quiz show "Top of the Class" is obviously based on "Top of the Form", to the extent of having the same theme music.
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* TerribleIntervieweesMontage: To back up the pretence that his "agent" Clint Stallone is real, Mike Crystal ends up having to "audition" other acts in character. They're all pretty bad.
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: An audio example in "Thursday Night Fever". It's almost drowned out by the dialogue, but if you're paying attention, The Wurzels' "Brand New Brand New Combine Harvester" is playing in the background when Mike arrives at the launch party. It sounds exactly like the original song, except they sing "Brand New" twice.
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* HoldingBothSidesOfTheConversation: In "Thursday Night Fever", Mike does this with his alter ego Clint Stallone, concluding by faking a fight.
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* PaperThinDisguise: In "Thursday Night Fever", everybody is fooled by Mike Crystal's disguise as "Clint Stallone", even though it's ridiculous.
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* ItsPersonal: In "Natural Born Quizzers", Cathy Briggs openly states that she wants to be assigned to the case for "personal reasons", which should be a big red flag, but she gets the job as nobody else is willing to work with the police psychologist.
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* TheShrink: The police psychologist Fraser in "Natural Born Quizzers" is, somewhat unexpectedly, the awesome type. Although the rest of the team consider him a phony, he's actually more-or-less right about everything, additionally making him TheCassandra.
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* SpinningClockHands: Used near the end of "Handyman For All Seasons" to link from the main story into the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue.
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* DeliberatelyMonochrome: All but the final scene of "Handyman For All Seasons" is black-and-white, as it's meant to look like an Ealing comedy film.
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* UnsettlingGenderReveal: In ''Natural Born Quizzers'', the discovery that the former quiz show host Jeremy Monkman is now Angela Monkman counts as this for the Crump brothers.
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* UnsettlingGenderReveal: In ''Natural Born Quizzers'', the discovery that the former quiz show host Jeremy Monkman is now Angela Monkman counts as this for the Crump brothers.brothers.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Most of "Handyman For All Seasons" is set in 1960, but the final scene is set in the present day.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Most of "Handyman For All Seasons" is set in 1960, but the final scene is set in the present day.
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* ActingForTwo: All of the episodes feature Coogan in multiple roles: usually one main role and several cameos, but in "Get Calf" he plays Paul and Pauline Calf, including one scene as both. Rebecca Front plays both Cathy and Claire Briggs in "Natural Born Quizzers".
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* GenerationXerox: A couple of examples. Paul Calf's dad Peter Calf appears in ''A Handyman for All Seasons'' and unsurprisingly looks a lot like Paul. Adrian Scarborough plays corrupt councillor Hillary Crabbe in ''A Handyman For All Seasons'', and [[LikeFatherLikeSon his son, corrupt councillor]] Len Crabbe in ''The Curator''.
* {{Pastiche}}: "A Handyman for All Seasons'' is a pastiche of [[Creator/EalingStudios Ealing comedies]].
* {{Pastiche}}: "A Handyman for All Seasons'' is a pastiche of [[Creator/EalingStudios Ealing comedies]].
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* ActingForTwo: All of the episodes feature Coogan in multiple roles: usually one main role and several cameos, but in "Get Calf" he plays Paul and Pauline Calf, including one scene as both. Rebecca Front plays both Cathy and Claire Briggs in "Natural Born Quizzers".
* GenerationXerox: A couple of examples. Paul Calf's dad Peter Calf appears in''A Handyman "Handyman for All Seasons'' Seasons" and unsurprisingly looks a lot like Paul. Adrian Scarborough plays corrupt councillor Hillary Crabbe in ''A Handyman "Handyman For All Seasons'', Seasons", and [[LikeFatherLikeSon his son, corrupt councillor]] Len Crabbe in ''The Curator''."The Curator".
* {{Pastiche}}:"A Handyman "Handyman for All Seasons'' is a pastiche of [[Creator/EalingStudios Ealing comedies]].
* GenerationXerox: A couple of examples. Paul Calf's dad Peter Calf appears in
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* SignatureLine: "A wank, I think!" (''Dearth of a Salesman''). Second place goes to "A flagon of your finest foaming ale, stout yeoman of the bar!" (''Natural Born Quizzers'').
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* SignatureLine: "A wank, I think!" (''Dearth ("Dearth of a Salesman''). Salesman"). Second place goes to "A flagon of your finest foaming ale, stout yeoman of the bar!" (''Natural ("Natural Born Quizzers'').Quizzers").
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* GenerationXerox: A couple of examples. Paul Calf's dad Peter Calf appears in ''A Handyman for All Seasons'' and unsurprisingly looks a lot like Paul. Adrian Scarborough plays corrupt councillor Hillary Crabbe in ''A Handyman For All Seasons'', and [[LikeFatherLikeSon his son, corrupt councillor]] Len Crabbe in ''The Curator''.
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A six-episode AnthologySeries starring Creator/SteveCoogan, first broadcast in 1995.
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* Pastiche: "A Handyman for All Seasons'' is a pastiche of [[Creator/EalingStudios Ealing comedies]].
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* SignatureLine: "A wank, I think!" (''Dearth of a Salesman''). Second place goes to "A flagon of your finest foaming ale, stout yeoman of the bar!" (''Natural Born Quizzers'').
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* SignatureLine: "A wank, I think!" (''Dearth of a Salesman''). Second place goes to "A flagon of your finest foaming ale, stout yeoman of the bar!" (''Natural Born Quizzers'').Quizzers'').
* UnsettlingGenderReveal: In ''Natural Born Quizzers'', the discovery that the former quiz show host Jeremy Monkman is now Angela Monkman counts as this for the Crump brothers.
* UnsettlingGenderReveal: In ''Natural Born Quizzers'', the discovery that the former quiz show host Jeremy Monkman is now Angela Monkman counts as this for the Crump brothers.
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A six-episode AnthologySeries starring Creator/SteveCoogan, first broadcast in 1995.
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* Pastiche: "A Handyman for All Seasons'' is a pastiche of [[Creator/EalingStudios Ealing comedies]].
* RunningGag: Gareth Cheeseman's car gets damaged in [[RuleOfThree three separate episodes]].
* SignatureLine: "A wank, I think!" (''Dearth of a Salesman''). Second place goes to "A flagon of your finest foaming ale, stout yeoman of the bar!" (''Natural Born Quizzers'').
!Tropes in ''Coogan's Run'':
* Pastiche: "A Handyman for All Seasons'' is a pastiche of [[Creator/EalingStudios Ealing comedies]].
* RunningGag: Gareth Cheeseman's car gets damaged in [[RuleOfThree three separate episodes]].
* SignatureLine: "A wank, I think!" (''Dearth of a Salesman''). Second place goes to "A flagon of your finest foaming ale, stout yeoman of the bar!" (''Natural Born Quizzers'').
