History Series / ShamelessUK

* ItsAllAboutMe: Everyone's a little selfish to some degree, but this is Monica's defining trait. She abandoned her children and didn't even so much as send a birthday card, then when she returns she whines repeatedly because they don't want her there (with good reason, she did leave them after all), and then begs for sympathy when they forget her birthday (despite the fact that she never cared about theirs and had been gone for so long they didn't know when her birthday was), then during the 'love triangle' between her, Noorma, and Frank, she basically just goes with whichever one buys her things. When Noorma mistook (or at least she claimed) Frank's attempt to steal from her as rape, Monica ignores and brushes off Noorma's trauma, telling her to go make her some food and let her watch the rest of her show, then when Frank is clearly distressed at the possibility of going to jail for a crime he didn't commit, she tells him off for whining about his troubles and acting as if its all about him. One has to wonder what Noorma sees in her, or why she was so determined to win her back.

* {{Catchphrase}}:
-->'''Frank''': "PAAAAAAAARTAY!!"

* CoolCar: Professional car thief Steve goes through several flash BMWs, Mercs and Jeeps, which always look incredibly suspicious when parked anywhere near the Chatsworth estate.

** When Karen gets ran over by a car at a bus stop, [[{{LifeOnMars2006}} she wakes up in 1973 with glam rock/disco clothes and a mean afro]]. Unlike DCI Sam Tyler, she quickly decides to get hit by a car again.

--->'''Frank''': "Lip, who's a bit of a gobshite which is why nobody calls him Philip anymore..."

---->'''Alex''': "I'm looking for Phil..."
---->'''Liam''': "Who's Phil?"

--->'''Kevin:''' Billy! You told me that car you sold me wasn't a ringer!
--->'''Billy:''' Bought as seen!! And that was five years ago so FUCK OFF!

--->'''Micky''': "What's that twat waving at?"

--->'''Frank''': "PAAAAAAAARTAY!!"

--->'''Sheila''': "Why, Frank! Why would he do this to you!?"
--->'''Frank''': "Because he's a bloody psycho! l told him straight, nice and reasonable..."You'll get your twenty quid when me Giro comes!" Next thing l know he's beating me to death!!"

--->'''Lillian''': "She can walk! Hallelujah!"

--->'''Karen''': "Click your fingers at me again, and you'll be tickling your prostate with them!"

--->'''Debbie''': "What am I? Six?"

--->''' Fat Woman''': "How do you get from the size of a bus, to the size of a bus stop?"
--->'''Mimi''': "The shake diet."
--->'''Fat Woman''': "What's that?"
--->'''Mimi''': "Every time you're offered food, shake your head, you fat TWAT! NOW DO ONE!"
* {{Flanderization}}: Monica Gallagher, for the most part, is portrayed as deeply confused, mentally damaged and manic depresssive, and wanting of love from Frank and her children, despite everything that's happened. By the time she returns in series 8, she is a cold, shameless, emotionless sociopath who sees what's left of her family as purely a meal ticket for monetary gain. She doesn't even try to hide it.

--->'''Frank''': "Dig him up!? It's not Series/{{Brookside}}, he's a ''dead person''!"

--->'''Frank''': "[[PaedoHunt If that kid was one of mine, I'd want that guy's bollocks in a bag. No two ways.]]"
--->'''Interviewer''': "So you're think we're too lenient with sex offenders?"
--->'''Frank''': "[[UsefulNotes/GulfWar Say what]] [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror you like about]] UsefulNotes/{{Saddam|Hussein}}, he would've had that twisted bastard melted down. Tell UsefulNotes/TonyBlair: that's how you get my vote! Pasty-face gimp! Write that down."
--->'''Interviewer''': "Frank, you're a father of six."
--->'''Frank''': "Well, you'd die for your kids. They get so much as a temperature [[BlatantLies you're there, saying 'take me, give it to me!']]"

--->'''Kelly''': "Running a brothel's illegal anyway, you mental BITCH!"
--->'''Lillian''': "Who you calling illegal!?"
* ItsAllAboutMe: Everyone's a little selfish to some degree, but this is Monica's defining trait. She abandoned her children and didn't even so much as send a birthday card, then when she returns she whines repeatedly because they don't want her there (with good reason, she did leave them after all), and then begs for sympathy when they forget her birthday (despite the fact that she never cared about their's and had been gone for so long they didn't know when her birthday was), then during the 'love triangle' between her, Noorma, and Frank, she basically just goes with whichever one buys her things. When Noorma mistook (or at least she claimed) Frank's attempt to steal from her as rape, Monica ignores and brushes off Noorma's trauma, telling her to go make her some food and let her watch the rest of her show, then when Frank is clearly distressed at the possibility of going to jail for a crime he didn't commit, she tells him off for whining about his troubles and acting as if its all about him. One has to wonder what Noorma sees in her, or why she was so determined to win her back.

--->'''Micky''': "What's the opposite of a paedophile!?"
--->'''Frank''': "A paedophobe?"

---> '''Paddy''': "Remember those blokes who came round with the salmon?"

--->'''Frank''': "[[{{DelusionsOfLocalGrandeur}} The fine people of Chatsworth]] have appointed me spokesman on their behalf. People don't like the way that you're running the Jockey. It's not just a pub, a place of ale - it's a second home to most of us, first for some! We need that beer flowing...."
--->'''Karen''': "Well, you can communicate to the [[{{PrecisionFStrike}} fuckwits of Chatsworth]] that unless this public house is full of furniture and running smoothly by tonight, they're fucking closing me fucking DOWN!"
--->'''Frank''': "...You're shitting me!!"

---> '''Frank''': [[ComicallyMissingThePoint "We went down Ladbrokes instead! Big win!"]]

--->'''Frank:''' Hey! Lad's have just kicked a confession out of Ice Cream Alec. He's admitted to dipping his knob in the tubs!
--->'''Sheila:''' He took little Jody!?
--->'''Frank:''' We don't know till he comes out of theatre!

--->'''Yvonne''': "You really are a pig ignorant piece of ''shit'', Gallagher!!"

--->'''Ruby''': "I've hated you my whole life, you fat, thieving, drug-dealing, murdering, abusive Scouse slag."
--->'''Mimi''': [[{{ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne}} "I'm not fat. I'm a size ten."]]

--->'''Frank''': You hit me in the face with a pan of porridge. I went to casualty looking like Ann fucking Widdecombe.

--->'''Paddy''': "WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU ALL LOOKING AT!! AAAARGH!!!"

* OverprotectiveDad: Lip breaks his ankle, jumping out of an upstairs window to escape the wrath of Karen's furious father Eddie, after he catches her sucking Ian off under the dining table.
** Lip, once again, has seven shades of shit beaten out of him by Paddy Maguire, when it emerges that Lip is the father of Mandy's baby.

->''"Now nobody's saying that Chatsworth Estate is the Garden of Eden, at least I don't think they are. But it's been a good home to us. To me, Frank Gallagher, and me kids, who I'm proud of cos every single one of them reminds me a little of me."''\\
-- '''Frank Gallagher''', ''Original opening monologue, Series 1, Episode 1. Variations of this speech are used up until the finale of series 4.''

->''"Now nobody's saying the Chatsworth estate is the garden of Eden... at least I don't think they are, but it's been a good home to us, to me - Frank Gallagher, and me' kids, who I'm proud of, cos every single one of them reminds me a little of me. They can all think for themselves, which they've me to thank for. [[PromotionToParent Fiona, whose a big help, massive help]]. Lip, whose a bit of a gobshite which is why [[{{AffectionateNickname}} nobody calls him Philip anymore]]. Ian, [[UsefulNotes/BritishAccents lot like his 'mam]] which is handy for the others cos she's disappeared into thin air, and good luck to her! Carl, we daren't let him grow his hair for two reasons 1) it stands on end and makes him look like Toyah and 2) nits love it. Debbie! Sent by God, total angel - you've to check your change but she'll go miles out of her way to do you a favour. Plus Liam - little rock n roller, gonna be a star - once we've got the fits under control... A few things, see, are vital to a half-decent community. Space! You need wide open spaces where everyone goes mental! And neighbourliness! Fantastic neighbours Kev and Veronica, lend you anything, well, not anything. But, all of em, to a man, know first and foremost, one of the vital necessities in life is, [[{{Catchphrase}} they know how to throw a PARTEH!]]"''\\

->''"Tickets this way to the Chatsworth Express! Come and watch pikeys making a mess of the lives they were given by Him upstairs! And kids, they're convinced aren't actually theirs... What sounds on earth could EVER replace...kids needing money? Or wives in yer face? 'Cause this, people reckon - and me included - is why pubs and drugs were kindly invented! To calm us all down and stop us going mental! These are Chatsworth estate's BASIC essentials! We are worth EVERY penny, for grinding your axes! You shit on our heads, but, you pay the taxes... Imagine Britain without Chatsworth buccaneers, who'd cum on your face for the price of a beer... [[NoPoverty Make poverty history!]] Cheaper drugs now! Make poverty history! Cheaper drugs now! Heh heh heh heh... scatter! Partaaay!!"''\\
-- '''Frank Gallagher''', ''Shameless opening monologue, Series 4 (Finale) - 7''

--->'''Frank''': "[[UsefulNotes/GulfWar Say what]] [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror you like about]] UsefulNotes/{{Saddam|Hussein}}, he would've had that twisted bastard melted down. Tell UsefulNotes/TonyBlair: that's how you get my vote! [[AcceptablePoliticalTargets Pasty-face gimp]]! Write that down."