History Series / Spaced

* ColdOpening

* ADateWithRosiePalms:
--> '''Sophie''': We can still have sex on the internet.\\
'''Tim''': What do you think I was doing before?

* SignificantSketchbook: Daisy flips through Tim's sketchbook, growing increasingly alarmed as each page is filled with violent revenge fantasies Tim has drawn involving his ex-girlfriend. The final page shows Tim is happy again though - it's a drawing of him, Daisy and Colin the dog, titled "Happiness".

* BackgroundHalo: The "devil horns" variant is played for laughs as Daisy realises she and Tim are going to have to keep lying to Marsha about them being a couple in order to continue renting her flat; "We're evil," Daisy laments, just as the shot is reframed to conspicuously position a pair of bananas in a fruit bowl as horns on her head.

Came sixty-sixth in ''BritainsBestSitcom''.

Came sixty-sixth in ''Series/BritainsBestSitcom''.

** When Tim and Daisy get into a Scrabble-tile-throwing fight after an argument over whether "ComicBook/{{Shazam}}" or "[[MenBuyFromMarsWomenBuyFromVenus Pro-V]]" counted as words, Daisy notices that the last 4 tiles they threw at each other spelt "Fuck". Tim asks her [[{{UST}} what she thinks that means...]]

A BritCom which ran for 2 seasons on Creator/Channel4 between 1999 and 2001, focusing on two twenty-something friends [[AtTheCrossroads at crossroads]] in their lives: Tim, a cynical geek and aspiring comic book artist who is dumped by his girlfriend in the first episode, and Daisy, a bubbly aspiring journalist who doesn't have anything to say or the work ethic to say it.

After the two pretend to be a couple in order to rent an inexpensive flat, the show focuses on their zany adventures as they struggle to get their lives on track. Tim's military-obsessed friend Mike, Daisy's ditzy glamour friend Twist, MadArtist Brian in the flat below and dipsomaniac landlady Marsha complete the main cast.

The show was written by its stars, Creator/SimonPegg and Creator/JessicaStevenson, and directed by Creator/EdgarWright. Because Pegg and Wright went on to collaborate on a string of successful films, Stevenson's contributions [[OvershadowedByAwesome are often ignored]] by overeager marketing executives who label the show as "[[AdvertisingByAssociation from the creators of]] ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'' and ''Film/HotFuzz''". Still, the show's manic camerawork and [[ReferenceOverdosed frequent references]] to popular genre films and TV shows can ring very familiar.

In 2018, Pegg definitively ruled out any possibility of continuing the series saying "it couldn’t possibly ever exist again" because it was about "a group of twenty-somethings at the turn of the century" and "I dunno what I have to say that’s relatable about life now. It’s not gonna happen, kids – unless you want a sitcom about some clueless actor who can’t tie his own shoelaces."

* HesJustHiding: InUniverse. Mike thought his childhood pet rabbit was still living next-door.

* MeetCute: Daisy mistakes Tim for a drug dealer.

** Most of Twist's communication with Daisy in particular takes the form of possibility unintentional but definitely hurtful and snide backhanded compliments.

* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Daisy does not have a good time in the Job Centre: "No, this is the A-b form, you need the A-''B'' form, capital B." The clerk responds to her questions with a simpering smile and an inane, "I'm sorry, I don't understand." Although he's a definite example of the trope, Daisy isn't exactly in the right; she's a would-be benefit sponge making a transparent attempt to claim fraudulent benefits, and the clerk has clearly seen through her feeble efforts and clocked exactly what she's up to.
** Hilariously subverted by [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure ''Tim's'' clerk]];

* GroinAttack: Paintballs.

'''Brian''': It's a tribute to the self-reflexivity of Rembrandt.\\

'''Tim''': Bloody hell, that backfired didn't it?

** Bilbo's rival, Derek, will not hear a bad word said about ''Series/BabylonFive''

A BritCom which ran for 2 seasons on Creator/Channel4 between 1999 and 2001, focusing on two twenty-something friends [[AtTheCrossroads at crossroads]] in their lives: Tim, a cynical aspiring comic book artist and geek who is dumped by his girlfriend in the first episode, and Daisy, a bubbly aspiring journalist who doesn't have anything to say or the work ethic to say it.

* BiggusDickus: Brian has one that he uses as a paintbrush on occasion. Tim happens to get a glance and simply calls it "huge".

* SecondEpisodeMorning

* UnfortunateNames: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulva Vulva]].

A BritCom which ran for 2 seasons on Creator/Channel4 between 1999 and 2001.

It focuses on two twenty-something friends [[AtTheCrossroads at crossroads]] in their lives: Tim (a cynical aspiring comic book artist and geek who is dumped by his girlfriend in the first episode) and Daisy (a bubbly aspiring journalist who doesn't have anything to say or the work ethic to say it).

It focused on two twenty-something friends [[AtTheCrossroads at crossroads]] in their lives. Tim is a cynical aspiring comic book artist and geek who is dumped by his girlfriend in the first episode. Daisy is a bubbly aspiring journalist who doesn't have anything to say or the work ethic to say it. They pretend to be a couple in order to rent an inexpensive flat. The show focuses on their zany adventures as they struggle to get their lives on track. Tim's military-obsessed friend Mike, Daisy's ditzy glamour friend Twist, MadArtist Brian in the flat below and dipsomaniac landlady Marsha complete the main cast.

The show was written by its stars, Creator/SimonPegg and Creator/JessicaStevenson, and directed by Creator/EdgarWright. Because Pegg and Wright went on to collaborate on a string of successful films, Stevenson's contributions [[OvershadowedByAwesome are often ignored]] by overeager marketing executives who label the show as "From the creators of ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'' and ''Film/HotFuzz''." Still, the show's manic camera work and frequent references to popular genre films and TV shows can ring very familiar.

Came sixty-sixth in ''Series/BritainsBestSitcom''. No longer comes with its own [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/crowner.php/BestEpisode/Spaced Best Episode Crowner]].

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* ActorAllusion: Peter Serafinowicz (as Duane) quotes one of his (few) lines as Darth Maul in the episode "Gone". At the time, this was only known from the trailer, and they were looking forward to it. It turned that the only thing Tim would hate more than Duane Benzie was ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''.

** Perhaps the only thing that aggravates Tim as much as the Star Wars prequels is romantic rival Duane Benzie, played by Peter Serafinowicz, the voice of... Darth Maul in ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''!

* EvilSoundsDeep: Duane Benzie (Peter Serafinowicz supplying a voice almost as deep as the one that left [[Series/BlackBooks Fran Katzenjammer]] weak at the knees. Tim tries to out-gravel him while VolleyingInsults, and it just makes him cough.

Came sixty-sixth in ''Series/BritainsBestSitcom''. Now comes with its own [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/crowner.php/BestEpisode/Spaced Best Episode Crowner]]!

* {{Mondegreen}}: Daisy at the party in episode 2, singing along to The King Of Rock And Roll "Have a cookie"

** In an early episode, Daisy and Mike share a moment out of Film/PulpFiction, when Daisy finds Mike's Uzi on the counter when she gets home. He walks out of the bathroom to find his [[RecklessGunUsage gun pointed at him]]. The two stare tensely at each other, and then they start to have a conversation and forget it happened.

Came sixty-sixth in ''Series/BritainsBestSitcom''. Now comes with its' own [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/crowner.php/BestEpisode/Spaced Best Episode Crowner]]!

* TheUnfairSex: Played with; both Sarah and Twist are presented as incredibly thoughtless at best with regards to how they treat Tim and Brian respectively, but both are ultimately presented as unsympathetic and unfair with regards to this. However, Marsha seems to find the idea of Daisy possibly cheating on Tim [[GoodAdulteryBadAdultery titillating]], whereas [[DoubleStandard the idea of Tim cheating on Daisy disgusts her]]. Daisy also cheated on her long-distance boyfriend Richard during their relationship, which was one of the central reasons why they broke up; while she's not really condemned for it in the same way that the other two are, it's also pretty clearly suggested that Richard was justified in breaking up with her.