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* SpiritualSuccessor: A show broadcast on British tv, set in Ireland with an Irish cast and crew lampooning the country? [[FatherTed Now where have we seen this before?]]
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* PresentDayPast: Invoked with some of the {{Shout Out}}s being to more modern works, but not in such ways that they are directly done (for example, Padraig's art class name is "[=iPod=]", Liam's nickname at the bank is "The Rubber Bandit", etc.).
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* GloryDays: Liam was once the greatest handball player in Boyle, until [[TheRival The Leech]] broke his hand with a rock he carved into the shape of a ball.
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* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Liam and Debra lapse into this from time to time. For example, when Martin is trying to ask his art teacher to the school dance, Debra walks up and hands him a spare pair of underpants, stating that [[BringMyBrownPants he can't handle school milk]].
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* DeathGlare: Sinead does this to ''[[ItMakesSenseInContext the moon]]''.
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* BumblingDad: Liam, particularly his attempt to explain "The Birds and the Bees" to Martin.
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* AwesomeMcCoolname: Padraig's ImaginaryFriend is called Crunchie Haystacks.

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* AwesomeMcCoolname: Padraig's ImaginaryFriend is called Crunchie 'Danger' Haystacks.
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* NamesTheSame: While on holidays in Donegal, the Moones visit the house of Packie Bonner. Just turns out not to be the Ireland goalkeeper. Liam decides not to tell the others this and instead keeps up the illusion that they are at the home of the footballer.
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* HotForTeacher: On his first day of secondary school, Martin develops a crush on his art teacher.
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* ReferenceOverdosed: Chock full out {{Shout Out}}s to pop culture from TheEighties and the early part of TheNineties, as well as some to more recent works, such as a banner at a school disco displaying the phrase "God is our DJ", referring to "God Is A DJ" by Faithless.
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* CorruptChurch: Parodied with the altar boys.

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* CorruptChurch: Parodied with the altar boys. They run a scam modelled after TheMafia where they steal communion wafers and change from collection plates.
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* HiddenDepths: Liam reveals in the second season that he is fluent in Irish.
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* EmbarrassingNickname: [[spoiler: In season 2, Liam starts calling Dessie "Lifewrecker"]]
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* AuthorAvatar: Martin and Sean are this for Chris O'Dowd.
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* SomethingWeForgot: When the Moones go on holiday to Donegal, around halfway there they realise that they left the immersion on and drive all the way back. Later, they realise they left Padraig behind when they return home.

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* RougeAnglesOfSatin: One kids spraypaints the word "Graffity" on the walls of the school. The teacher is mad at him, not for vandalising the school, [[SkewedPriorities but for misspelling the word graffiti.]]




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* VerbThis: In a FunnyBackgroundEvent, a teacher's car has been overturned and spraypainted with the phrase "Drive This!"
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** Martin is this as well. He picks up the Romanian language in a ridiculously short period of time, having spent an afternoon with a Romanian family and figures out on his own that Fidelma is pregnant, something the rest of his family fail to spot.
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Subverted in an early episode where Martin "playing with himself" involves a table football game. Played straight later after he begins to hit puberty.


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* PoorMansPorn: Women's tennis, animated shampoo commercials and Cosmopolitan magazine.
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* NoPeriodsPeriod: [[AvertedTrope "What do you mean the moon's gonna make me bleed?! I'll make the moon bleed!"]]
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''Moone Boy'' is a sitcom set in UsefulNotes/{{Ireland}} in [[TheEighties 1989]].

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''Moone Boy'' is a sitcom set in UsefulNotes/{{Ireland}} in [[TheEighties 1989]].
1989]] and moves into TheNineties.

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* RealSongThemeTune: "Where's Me Jumper?" by the Sultans Of Ping FC. Fairly apt, considering the lead singer is synonymous with CloudCuckooLander in Ireland.
* TheSnarkKnight: Trisha.



* TheSnarkKnight: Trisha.

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* TheSnarkKnight: Trisha.
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* [[OhCrap Oh Balls]]


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* TheSnarkKnight: Trisha.
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* TeenPregnancy: Fidelma gets knocked up by the keyboard player of the church choir.
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* GeniusDitz: Padraig, despite being a fairly scatterbrained kid, has surprising knowledge on some subjects.
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* NiceHat: Martin's red and white striped wooly hat. Sean wears an identical one.
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''Moone Boy'' is a sitcom set in UsefulNotes/Ireland in [[TheEighties 1989]].

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''Moone Boy'' is a sitcom set in UsefulNotes/Ireland UsefulNotes/{{Ireland}} in [[TheEighties 1989]].
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* LethalChef: Trisha's method of cooking is just throwing sausages, rice and random vegetables into a pot until the bag the rice comes in dissolves.
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* GenericName: Sean Murphy calls Martin out on giving him such a "safe" name and compares Padraig's imaginary friend's name.

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* ElmuhFuddSyndrome: Martin falls into this every couple of lines.

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* ElmuhFuddSyndrome: CloudCuckooLand: Boyle itself.
* CloudCuckooLander: Martin.
* DeadpanSnarker: Sean Murphy. Martin's mother as well.
* ElmuhFuddSyndwome:
Martin falls into this every couple of lines.
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''Moone Boy'' is a sitcom set in UsefulNotes/Ireland in [[TheEighties 1989]].

Martin Moone is 12 years old and lives in the village of Boyle, County Roscommon. Joined by his ImaginaryFriend, Sean Murphy (played by [[TheITCrowd Chris]] [[{{Bridesmaids}} O'Dowd]]), Martin comes up with a different ZanyScheme each week to navigate the obstacles that are put before him. The youngest of four children, he has to contend with three older sisters, as well as the perils of school.

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!!This show provides examples of:

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Padraig's ImaginaryFriend is called Crunchie Haystacks.
* BlandNameProduct: Readybix for Weetabix, right down to the collection of tokens from the box in exchange for a bicycle. Weight Wishers is stated to be an [[ShoddyKnockoffProduct affordable version]] [[LampshadeHanging of Weight Watchers]].
* TheBully: Conner and Jonner Bonner. Declan Mannion as well, but he is also willing to be a BullyHunter for a fee.
* CorruptChurch: Parodied with the altar boys.
* ElmuhFuddSyndrome: Martin falls into this every couple of lines.
* ImaginaryFriend: Sean Murphy is this to Martin. In addition to this, many of the other children around Boyle have them and they appear to be capable of interacting with each other.

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