History Series / ToastOfLondon

* CatchPhrase: Many. Played around with, too.

--> '''Michael Ball''': It's not rocket science.

* CelebrityResemblance: Kikini Bamalam, daughter of the Nigerian ambassador, was the victim of an insane plastic surgeon (implied to have been Ray Purchase) who turned her into a dead ringer for Creator/BruceForsyth. Except her left hand.

** When Toast is introduced to Kikini Bamalam (see CelebrityResemblance) he is instructed to avoid ''any'' mention of Bruce Forsyth for fear of upsetting her. Sadly, he can't help himself and ends up spouting a load of Brucie's [[CatchPhrase catchphrases]] on an involuntary loop.

* LovedByAll: Creator/JonHamm, to the point that [[spoiler:Toast's father [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext leaves his entire estate, fortune, and freehold properties to him right before he dies]].]]

* MinorFlawMajorBreakup:
** This tends to happen with Toast's GirlOfTheWeek, who are often totally perfect ... except for one issue, which starts off as extremely minor before reaching levels of absurdity by the end of the episode.

** Although, rather surprisingly, even Toast has heard of Film/StarWars.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: While discussing the plot of the play version of Calendar Girls, Toast expresses disbelief that anyone would want to buy a calendar with a load of older ladies posing in the nude. Ed mentions that he owns such a calendar, and gets himself so worked up describing how the ladies' modesty is covered by cakes, teapots, etc., that he says he's just going to go and have a look at his calendar. [[BlatantLies "To check some dates...]]".

* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Creator/JonHamm, to the point that [[spoiler:Toast's father [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext leaves his entire estate, fortune, and freehold properties to him right before he dies]].]]

* AwfulBritishSexComedy: Toast was filming one of these at Creator/PinewoodStudios in 1969 when he accidentally walked onto the wrong set and met Creator/StanleyKubrick [[spoiler: (who was [[MoonLandingHoax faking the Apollo 11 Moon Landings]] on the orders of UsefulNotes/RichardNixon)]]. Ray Purchase himself is something of an extreme homage to the "jealous husband" archetype, and his introduction is shot like one of these -- having just come home from ''filming'' an awful sex comedy, he's outraged to find himself being cuckolded and Toast hiding in the wardrobe.

** ... and when me meet Ray in the next episode, he's such a bastard that it suggests Toast was right, as Ray probably ''would'' go to such unnecessary lengths. He also attempts to kill Toast twice, first by goading an insane director into murdering him, and later by simply trying to shoot him onstage. He's also [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain notoriously homophobic.]]

* MoonLandingHoax: [[spoiler:Turns out the moon landing was staged. And directed by Creator/StanleyKubrick.]]

** Also Jane Plough, who in ''High Winds Actor'' celebrates 40 years as an agent, even though Doon Mackichan who plays her is only 51. Did Jane become an agent at the age of eleven? Her fashion sense is also straight out of the 60's. In "Global Warming", she claims to have been Toast's agent for 50 years, only for Toast to correct her and say it's only 25.

''"So take my hand, we'll disappear..."''

* NotThatKindOfDoctor: While Toast's girlfriend on "Man of Sex", being a "Doctor of Drumming" clearly isn't ''that'' kind of doctor and probably shouldn't have responded to the question "Is there a doctor in the house?" she is able to restart his heart by [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer drumming]].

* SmallNameBigEgo: Toast in a nutshell. He acts all arrogant, but is objectively a failing actor and only ever seems to get roles in terrible plays/films or lackluster voiceover work.

* SleepsWithEveryoneButYou: Mrs. Purchase will sleep with pretty much anyone for free (she even has billboards advertising her services) ''except for her husband'' Ray Purchase, who has to pay her to get any sex.

* SchizoTech: {{Downplayed}} the series ''is'' set in the modern day, but many details such as [[StatusCellPhone Toast's mobile phone]] and the cars seem to come straight out of TheEighties.

* SchizoTech: {{Downplayed}} the series ''is'' set in the modern day, but many details such as [[StatusCellPhone Toast's mobile phone]] and the cars seem to come straight out of The80s.