History Series / TwoPintsOfLagerAndAPacketOfCrisps

* RefugeInVulgarity

** Janet being dragged through the pub door towards the end of "When Janet Killed Jonny" bears a striking visual resemblance to a scene in ''ANightmareOnElmStreet''.

''Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps'' (commonly shortened to ''Two Pints'' or ''Two Pints of Lager'') is a BBC sitcom written by Susan Nickson. It is set in the town of Runcorn in [[OopNorth Cheshire, England,]] and revolves around the lives, loves and assorted issues of five friends, consisting of the [[TeamMom motherly]], caring, yet slobbish Janet Keogh (neé Smith), [[TheSlacker slacker]] but sensitive and all-round nice guy Jonny Keogh, who is Janet's long-term boyfriend and later husband, the laddish Gaz Wilkinson, whose [[TheDitz brain power definitely isn't his strong point]], the ambitious and hot-tempered Donna Wilkinson (neé Henshaw), who is Gaz's long-term girlfriend and later wife, and the narcissistic, insensitive and often [[CloudCuckoolander rather bizarre]] Louise Brooks. In later seasons, Timothy "Tim" Claypole, the Archer's overly bitchy and camp new barman, and Donna's new boyfriend, the overly Cockney, initially [[{{Jerkass}} unpleasant]] but later rather friendly Wesley Presley, were added to the cast roster. The show was first broadcast in 2001, and ran for nine series over a decade, making it one of BBC Three's most popular shows.

** Tim ([[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday although he strongly denies that he is gay]], [[TransparentCloset there are many moments which suggest that he is]]). [[spoiler:He eventually comes out in season nine.]]

:: [[spoiler:Amusingly, Louise is, of course, the first one to die.]]

* HoYay: A few Gaz/Jonny moments.

* LesYay: A Donna/Louise/Janet moment in the second season, as well as several Janet/Kelly and Louise/Kelly moments.

* ShallowLoveInterest: Kate

** Also 'When Janet Met Jonny', which contains many pastiches of assorted music videos and artists (including: Music/ChristinaAguilera, Music/DestinysChild, Music/{{TLC}}, Music/Sean Paul, Music/{{Meatloaf}}, Music/MarilynManson, Music/RobbieWilliams, Nelly, and many others.)

** Also 'When Janet Met Jonny', which contains many pastiches of assorted music videos and artists (including: ChristinaAguilera, [[DestinysChild Destiny's Child]], {{TLC}}, SeanPaul, {{Meatloaf}}, MarilynManson, RobbieWilliams, Nelly, and many others.)

* ButYouScrewOneGoat: In one episode set when Gaz and Donna have broken up and Kelly is trying to win Gaz for herself, Donna, to get revenge against Gaz, informs Kelly of the one thing that will drive Gaz wild in the bedroom... a sheep. She is, of course, lying, and Gaz's reaction to the nasty surprise at the end of the episode is [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes not one of joy]], to say the least.

* AlcoholIsPoison: Jonny is outraged at Janet still trying to drink during pregnancy - she even cracks open a beer when she starts to go into ''labour'' (which, naturally, outrages him even more). Donna later makes an insulting comment about Corinthian, claiming that "(he) looks like (Janet) drank heavily during pregnancy".

* BreakingTheFourthWall: The live and ComicRelief specials have several fourth wall-breaking moments.

* CrossOver: The ComicRelief special 'When Janet Met Michelle' features characters from ''{{Grownups}}'' and ''Coming Of Age''. The fact that Sheridan Smith plays both Janet and ''Grownups''' Michelle is a source of major awe and confusion for some of the other characters.

** Arguably, Billy [=McCormack=] is this too.
* AffectionateParody - 'When Jonny Met Sharky'. (See ParodyEpisode and JumpingTheShark below.) 'When Janet Killed Jonny' may also count, as it spoofs the horror genre.

* AlienLunch - Several people mistaking the pot pourri for crisps in the eighth season.

* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents - Flo.

* AnyoneCanDie - An unusual trope for a sitcom, but there you go: [[spoiler:Jonny]] and [[spoiler:Flo]]. Also, although it is obviously non-canonical, ''everyone'' in the horror special.
* AnythingThatMoves - Kelly the Barmaid. Enough said. Also, Flo, Donna's sexually promiscuous mother, is a heterosexual example.

* BigNo - Parodied, when Gaz discovers that Donna has done away with his monumental PornStash. (He gets it back later.)
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Louise shows signs of this, although all of her friends know very well just how bitchy she can be.

* BlackDudeDiesFirst - [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] and spoofed by Louise (who is, of course, black) in the horror special:

** [[spoiler:Amusingly, Louise is, of course, the first one to die.]]
* {{Blackmail}}: Louise loves this.

* BloodyHilarious - The horror episode has some examples of this, most notably with Donna's reanimated (and bisected) corpse asking Gaz for sex.

* ABloodyMess - When Jonny is feeling unwell and vomits into a fruit bowl, Gaz takes a look at the mess and sees a red substance in it. He panics, believing it to be blood, until Jonny tells him that is is simply tomato ketchup that he drank when he was feeling delirious.
* BLAMEpisode - The horror episode, notably the way in which Jonny meets his end. [[spoiler:He encounters a giant Jammy Dodger, his favourite biscuit in the world ''ever'', which crunches down on his head when he tries to eat the Dodger's yummy middle section of jam. He then turns into a Dodger-headed zombie.]]
* BondageIsBad - Averted - Donna is initially disgusted when Gaz tries out BDSM, but, in the following episode, she decides to give it a try herself. She's weirded out at first, but, just as she's starting to get into her role as "the Donnanatrix", Munch walks in. HilarityEnsues.
* TheBrainlessBeauty - Louise, especially in the earlier seasons.
* BreakingTheFourthWall - The live and ComicRelief specials have several fourth wall-breaking moments.
* BreathlessNonSequitur - Louise loves this trope.

* ButICantBePregnant - Well, sort of. [[spoiler:Corinthian is initially believed to be Jonny's child, after Gaz discovers that he has a low sperm count. However, Jonny was obviously still unsure, and arranged a DNA test without telling anybody. It is later discovered that Gaz is actually the father, although he decides not to tell Janet, as she sees Corinthian as the only thing she has left of Jonny after he dies]].
* ButYouScrewOneGoat - In one episode set when Gaz and Donna have broken up and Kelly is trying to win Gaz for herself, Donna, to get revenge against Gaz, informs Kelly of the one thing that will drive Gaz wild in the bedroom... a sheep. She is, of course, lying, and Gaz's reaction to the nasty surprise at the end of the episode is [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes not one of joy]], to say the least.
* ButWeUsedACondom - Averted when Gaz and Janet have a one-night stand - they are so caught up with each other that they forget to use the condom, something they deeply regret afterwards. [[spoiler:Of course, it does have a consequence, and that consequence is named Corinthian.]]
* ButtMonkey - Pretty much the entire cast achieves this status at some point or another, but it tends to happen to Jonny on more occasions. As of the seventh and eighth seasons, both Tim and Wesley have their moments.

* CampGay - Tim ([[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday although he strongly denies that he is gay]], [[TransparentCloset there are many moments which suggest that he is]]). [[spoiler:He eventually comes out in season nine.]]
** Also Kevin, a man whom Louise has a crush on in the first season (she is completely oblivious to the fact that [[TransparentCloset he is clearly gay]], much to his bemusement).

* TheCastShowOff - ''Everybody'' in the live episode. [[ActorAllusion Natalie Casey (Donna) really did once sing a song called "Chick Chick Chicken"]], which made her the record holder for the youngest person to ever hit the UK Singles Charts. (She was ''3''.)

* ChainedToABed - Gaz does this to ''himself''.
* ChivalrousPervert - Gaz has his moments.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome - Kelly completely disappears after the end of the sixth season with no explanation as to where she's gone (although, according to some fans who were in the studio audience when some episodes were being filmed, her disappearance was explained, but the scene was deleted from the finished episode). Munch also disappeared completely during season 5 with no explanation, only to return for season 7. However, he did not appear in season 8, and, again, no explanation has been given as to his disappearance.
** There's also Louise's [[spoiler:birth parents]]. Her [[spoiler:birth mother and her husband]] appear in one episode, and, in the following episode, her father, Brian, turns up. They disappear after their respective episodes and are never seen from (and rarely mentioned) again.

* CloudCuckoolander - Louise, although this is more emphasised in the earlier seasons. Munch also definitely qualifies (as well as being a full-blown idiot).
* ClingyJealousGirl / {{Yandere}}: Louise shows a few signs of this on the occasions where she's in a relationship - ''especially'' during her time with David.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint - Gaz does this. A lot.

* CrossOver - The ComicRelief special 'When Janet Met Michelle' features characters from ''{{Grownups}}'' and ''Coming Of Age''. The fact that Sheridan Smith plays both Janet and ''Grownups''' Michelle is a source of major awe and confusion for some of the other characters.

* DeadpanSnarker - Kelly definitely has her moments, as does Donna (when she's not ranting, anyway).
* DeliveryGuy - When Louise gives birth in the seventh series, Munch is there to assist her in his own... unique way. After the child is born, Louise claims that she will name the baby "Louise Munch Brooks" after him. [[spoiler:It turns out that she was lying, and names the baby "Louise Louise Brooks" instead.]]

* DrinkOrder - Right there in the title.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim - [[spoiler:Jonny]] is killed off-screen [[spoiler:after he is eaten by a shark in Hawaii]], as [[spoiler:Ralf Little]] wanted to leave the show to pursue a career in movies and other TV shows. [[spoiler:Flo, Donna's mother]], also suffered a similar fate when [[spoiler:she is hit by a truck off-screen]], as [[spoiler:Beverley Callard]] wished to leave the show to return to her role on [[spoiler:''CoronationStreet'']].
* EmbarrassingFirstName - Wesley seems like a perfectly unassuming name (although Gaz finds it funny at first)... until you learn that his surname is Presley.
* EmbarrassingMiddleName - Corinthian [=McVitie=] Keogh. (Arguably, also a case of EmbarrassingFirstName.)

* EnforcedMethodActing - Happens most notably in the live episode. There is a scene in which Janet downs a pint of lager in one sip (in real life, a trick glass was used, so that Sheridan Smith didn't actually have to drink an entire pint) and as a result belches twice. The second belch was completely by accident, and the surprised/amused expression on Sheridan Smith's face is genuine. Natalie Casey (Donna), standing right next to Smith at the time, is also clearly struggling to contain her laughter.

* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench - When Jonny reads a letter written to Janet from her ex-boyfriend, Andy, he imagines it being said in a French accent.
* FagHag - Louise tries to be one in the first season, because she thinks it will make her "cool".
* {{Fanservice}} - Donna in a whip-wielding, [[HelloNurse dominatrix nurse outfit]]? Check. Janet dressing up in a bikini made entirely out of pasties? Check. Gaz [[ShirtlessScene getting his shirt off]] in several episodes (complete with cheers and whistles from the studio audience)? Check. Donna's {{Stripperific}} outfit from the live special? Check...
* [[spoiler:FirstGirlWins: Donna.]]

** TheHero - Janet
** TheLancer - Jonny
** TheSmartGuy - Donna
** TheBigGuy - Gaz
** TheChick - Louise
* {{Flanderisation}} - Donna, Louise and Jonny especially suffer from this in the later seasons. Some are annoyed by it; others either [[TropesAreNotBad don't mind or love it]]. It depends on who you ask.
* TheFool - Gaz.

* GenreSavvy - Louise in the horror special.
* TheGhost - Louise's mentally unstable [[spoiler:adoptive]] mother, and her late [[RunningGag "Auntie Nigel"]] are mentioned frequently, but are never seen. The same goes for Donna's father (although she is seen having a phone conversation with him in one episode, but his voice is never heard), and Janet's mother.

* GranolaGirl - Louise has some elements of this.
* GroinAttack - Poor, poor Gaz.

* HardWorkMontage - Used... interestingly in the episode 'Fat', featuring Gaz's... um, [[ADateWithRosiePalms unique]] method of losing weight. It's even set to an instrumental version of ''Eye of the Tiger''. (The entire sequence is most likely a {{Parody}} of this trope.)

* HeterosexualLifePartners - Gaz and Jonny.
* HeyItsThatGuy: Colin [=McFarlane=], who plays Brian, would later appear as Police Commissioner Gillian B. Loeb in ''Film/BatmanBegins'' and ''Film/TheDarkKnight''.
** [[{{Hollyoaks}} Jambo and Carol]] are a couple - and her mum's [[CoronationStreet Liz McDonald]]!
* HilariousOuttakes - There is an entire CompanionShow dedicated to the show's outtakes, titled ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Two Pints Outtakes]]''. The show also features interviews with the cast and creators, and behind-the-scenes footage.

* HoYay - A few Gaz/Jonny moments.
* HotMom - Janet and Louise.
* ICallHimMisterHappy - Gaz names his penis "Mr. Nudge".
* IllNeverTellYouWhatImTellingYou - Louise attempts to avoid giving any indication that [[spoiler:Gaz]] is Corinthian's father. She eventually encounters Gaz and says she's not going to tell him [[spoiler:he himself]] is the father.
* ImAHumanitarian - In the horror special, Jonny seems remarkably keen on the idea of [[spoiler:feasting on Louise's flesh after she dies.]]
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming - The 'special' episodes: 'When Janet Met Jonny', 'When Janet Killed Jonny', 'When Jonny Met Sharky', and 'When Janet Met Michelle'.

* {{Jerkass}} - Although all of the characters have their moments, Louise fits this trope most often. Also, when he's introduced, Wesley starts off as one - he takes utter delight in deriding Donna's friends, and is constantly showing off his iPhone to lord it over them that he has a lot more money than they do. However, as the series progressed, [[TookALevelInKindness he spends a lot of time trying to improve himself]], and becomes very friendly with Gaz and Janet.

** JerkWithAHeartOfGold - Again, most of the cast from time to time, although Gaz seems to fit the trope better.
* KeepingSecretsSucks: Louise is usually saddled with keeping sordid secrets from the rest of the group - such as Janet sleeping with Gaz, and the fact that [[spoiler:Gaz is Corinthian's father]]. She's generally very bad at it. She comes close to spilling the beans on the first secret (until Jonny eventually finds out for himself), but she's downright ''useless'' at [[IllNeverTellYouWhatImTellingYou keeping the second one]].
* KillEmAll - The horror special.
* KilledOffForReal - [[spoiler:Jonny]] and [[spoiler:Flo]].
* TheLadette - Janet has many elements of this.
* LamazeClass - Played with - both Gaz and Jonny attend a class similar to this, with a toy monkey and a baby doll (in really bad condition) respectively. While Gaz surprisingly does a good job of it, Jonny completely screws it up.
* LargeHam - Wesley has his moments, as does Tim. Louise's father, Brian, also counts.
* LesYay - A Donna/Louise/Janet moment in the second season, as well as several Janet/Kelly and Louise/Kelly moments.
* LicensedSexist - Gaz certainly has his moments.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters - The show generally avoids this, but the 2009 special had the cast of ''three'' programmes.
* TheLoinsSleepTonight - Gaz becomes impotent in a few episodes, leaving him very disheartened, until he manages to get it up again after Donna's smug, slimy tutor Phillip makes him fly into a rage. When he experiences the same problem a few episodes later, Donna tries to make him angry again by wearing a mask of Phillip, and by getting him to leave a message on the answering machine so that Gaz can listen to it. It doesn't work.
* LovableSexManiac - Gaz.
* LoveTriangle - Donna/Gaz/Janet, Jonny/Gaz/Janet, Janet/Jonny/Kate, Janet/Jonny/Andy.

* MakeMeWannaShout - Played with in a few episodes - naturally, given her infamously squeaky voice, Louise gets these moments. In one episode, her screams can be heard all the way across Runcorn, rendering Kelly partially deaf for a short while, and, in another, her squealing manages to shatter a glass in the Archer.
** Also, in Season 8, Donna's yelling renders Gaz deaf for a short while after she catches him having ADateWithRosiePalms in the middle of the Archer.

* MistakenForGay - Jonny is mistaken to be gay by Louise's dad, Brian, who spends much of the episode in which he appears trying to come on to him.

* TheModestOrgasm - Taken UpToEleven with Kelly, whose orgasms are completely deadpan (and she gets them when she isn't even doing anything remotely sexual).

* MoodWhiplash - The horror episode is the very definition of this trope - although several moments in it are clearly played for laughs, the episode as a whole is a lot darker and is considered to be quite shocking and disturbing in places, especially to those who are used to the show's usual formula. Not only is the humour far darker, but there is a surprising amount of gore and features ''all'' of the lead characters getting killed off in assorted gruesome ways.

* MyLocal - The Archer.
* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead - Subverted in the horror episode, after Louise (supposedly) dies:

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname - Munch's real first name has yet to revealed. Also, very few people refer to Gaz by his full name of Gary. The same goes with Flo (her full name is Floella).

* OrWasItADream - The ending of [[spoiler:the horror special]].
* OrphanedPunchline - Inverted in an episode which sees Janet trying to be funny by telling (in the other characters' opinion, awful) jokes - the viewer hears the beginning of some of the jokes, but not the punchlines.

* ParodyEpisode - Sort of. 'When Jonny Met Sharky' is a parody of the JumpingTheShark trope.
* PornStash - Gaz loves his porn, oh yes he does.
* PrecisionFStrike - As mentioned above, the word "fuck" is only uttered once per season, and always in the season finale. While it is usually played for comic effect, however, it is used in a dramatic context in the eighth season finale.

* RecurringCharacter - Munch, Kelly, Tim, Flo, David...

* RememberTheNewGuy - Dion, Donna's unpleasant younger brother. He only appears in the sixth season finale. (Although an early season episode showed a young boy sitting at the dinner table in Donna's mother's house - it is never explained who he is, so it is quite possible that this is a younger Dion.)

* RomanticFalseLead - Kate.
* RunningGag - Several, notably Louise's "Auntie Nigel" [[TheGhost who is only mentioned and never shown]] and Gaz's sheep phobia.

* ScreamingBirth - When Janet gives birth to Corinthian. She compares the sensation of labour to "someone opening an umbrella in (her) arse".
** This trope is initially subverted during the beginning of her labour, though. When her water first breaks, she is generally very calm and not in pain, which freaks Jonny out somewhat. When the pains suddenly start, [[GenreSavvy Jonny is pleased that Janet is now "sticking to the rules".]]

* ShallowLoveInterest - Kate.
* ShoutOut - Tim's full name, Timothy Claypole, is a reference to ''{{Rentaghost}}''.

* SixthRanger - Tim in the seventh season. Munch and Kelly may also count, although to a lesser extent.
* TheSlacker - Jonny.
* SomethingCompletelyDifferent - The musical special, and the horror special.

* SurroundedByIdiots - A lot of the time, Donna's rage is caused by Gaz's stupidity.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute - Tim. Kelly completely disappears between Season 6 and 7, and, as she has never been mentioned since then, her disappearance is a mystery.

* TeensAreMonsters - Donna's younger brother, [[TheScrappy Dion]], is a particularly nasty example of this trope. He's aggressive, spiteful, foul-mouthed, and has no problem with destroying other peoples' possessions just to be a dick (eg. Gaz's prized mechanic trophy), and threatens to call the police on Gaz when the latter quite rightfully reacts with anger during this incident. There's also the fact that he got Louise pregnant and wanted [[ParentalAbandonment absolutely nothing to do with the baby]]. ([[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Oh, and he]] [[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy tries too hard to be black.]])
* TitleDrop - Uttered by Donna in the very first episode.

* TokenEvilTeammate - In the later seasons, Louise seems to fill this trope.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood - Jonny loves biscuits. A lot. So much, in fact, that he gives his son, Corinthian, the middle name of [=McVitie=], his dream job is working in a biscuit factory, and, in one episode, Janet rubs Jammy Dodgers (Jonny's absolute ''absolute'' favourite) over her cleavage to try and seduce him.
** In an ironic twist (and played for laughs), the horror episode features a giant ''killer'' Jammy Dodger that [[spoiler:''eats Jonny's head'', and turns him into a Dodger-headed zombie. What a way to go!]]

* VisualInnuendo - Jonny polishing the long, thin pepper grinder is a notable example.
* VitriolicBestBuds - Janet and Donna often seem to feel this way about Louise, and vice versa.
* TheVoiceless - Arthur. (Although he does record "sound bites" for Louise in one episode, but it is uncertain as to whether that is his actual voice or not.)
* WackyCravings - Louise bites into a lump of coal as one would an apple when she is in her early stages of pregnancy.
* WeddingDay - Janet and Jonny, Donna and Gaz.
* WhamEpisode - The episode 'Filthy Brunching', in which [[spoiler:Jonny is shot by the police at the episode's climax]], the episode 'Dead', which begins with [[spoiler:Flo's funeral]], the live episode 'When Jonny Met Sharky', in which [[spoiler:Jonny is killed off-screen by a shark]], and the eighth season finale, 'Keep On Running', in which [[spoiler:Gaz is involved in a freaking ''car explosion''.]]

* WhosYourDaddy - It is initially uncertain as to who is the father of Corinthian: Jonny or Gaz. [[spoiler:It later turns out to be Gaz, although Janet is oblivious to this fact]].
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes - Gaz is terrified of sheep [[spoiler:(at least, until he takes steps to cure it in the seventh season - which doesn't seem to have worked all that well by the time the eighth season rolls around)]]. In later episodes, he is forced to deal with them, most notably in the last two episodes of the fifth season, in which he forces himself to face his fear so that he and Donna can move into their dream house in the countryside. [[spoiler: [[StatusQuoIsGod Naturally, it doesn't go according to plan and they end up staying in Runcorn anyway]].]] The eighth season episode 'D.I.V.O.R.C.E.' reveals the origin of his fear - [[spoiler: Donna and Gaz are shown meeting for the first time, as five-year-olds, and Donna is holding a toy sheep that she has named Satan. She tells Gaz that he is a "devil sheep" who "comes in the night and [[EyeScream eats your eyes]]".]] Cue the sheep phobia.
* WillTheyOrWontThey - Played a ''lot'' in the eighth season with Gaz and Donna, and also with Gaz and Janet in both the seventh and eighth season.

* TheAllegedCar: Jonny's short-lived "[[ChickMagnet chick magnet]]" car, [[TheLoveBug Herbie]].

** Jonny names his car [[TheLoveBug Herbie]].

** The horror special contains a reference to the Stanley Kubrick film version of ''TheShining'', when Jonny creeps up behind Janet and says the famous "Heeeeeerrrreeee's Johnny!" line.

* ShoutOut - Tim's full name, Timothy Claypole, is a reference to ''Rentaghost''.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes - Gaz is terrified of sheep [[spoiler:(at least, until he takes steps to cure it in the seventh season - which doesn't seem to have worked all that well by the time the eighth season rolls around)]]. In later episodes, he is forced to deal with them, most notably in the last two episodes of the fifth season, in which he forces himself to face his fear so that he and Donna can move into their dream house in the countryside. [[spoiler:Naturally, it doesn't go according to plan and they end up staying in Runcorn anyway.]] The eighth season episode 'D.I.V.O.R.C.E.' reveals the origin of his fear - [[spoiler: Donna and Gaz are shown meeting for the first time, as five-year-olds, and Donna is holding a toy sheep that she has named Satan. She tells Gaz that he is a "devil sheep" who "comes in the night and eats your eyes".]] Cue the sheep phobia.

* PapaWolf: Janet's father.

* {{Jerkass}} - Although all of the characters have their moments, Louise fits this trope most often. Also, when he's introduced, Wesley starts off as one - he takes utter delight in deriding Donna's friends, and is constantly showing off his iPhone to lord it over them that he has a lot more money than they do. However, as the series has progressed, [[TookALevelInKindness he spends a lot of time trying to improve himself]], and becomes very friendly with Gaz and Janet.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Colin [=McFarlane=], who plays Brian, would later appear as Police Commissioner Gillian B. Loeb in [[TheDarkKnightSaga Batman Begins and The Dark Knight]].

* MoodWhiplash - The horror episode is the very definition of this trope - although several moments in it are clearly played for laughs, the episode as a whole is a lot darker and is considered to be quite shocking and disturbing in places, especially to those who are used to the show's usual formula. Not only is the humour far darker, but there is a surprising amount of gore, at least one or two moments of HighOctaneNightmareFuel, and features ''all'' of the lead characters getting killed off in assorted gruesome ways.

The show is mainly known for its adult, sometimes scatological humour, mostly involving references to sex and private bodily functions. The humour has also become rather surreal at times, most notably in the "special" episodes. The series is also known for rather naughty language. However, the word "fuck" is uttered only once in each series, and always in the final episode.

!!''TwoPintsOfLagerAndAPacketOfCrisps'' contains examples of:

* ButWeUsedACondom - Completely averted when Gaz and Janet have a one-night stand - they are so caught up with each other that they forget to use the condom, something they deeply regret afterwards. [[spoiler:Of course, it does have a consequence, and that consequence is named Corinthian.]]

* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead - Completely subverted in the horror episode, after Louise (supposedly) dies:

** This trope is completely subverted when Louise gives birth to Little Louise - the most noise she makes consists of grunting and groaning. Somewhat surprising, given her habit of squealing.

** Then there's Jonny's temporary girlfriend Kate. At first, she comes across as nice if [[TheDitz a little dim]] and very cheerful, but later she is frequently shown giving Janet backhanded compliments and thinly veiled insults (while still in her cheerful demeanor) and at one point gives Janet a gift... which happens to be Janet's ''own'' ironing board, that Kate and Jonny broke while having sex on it, and seems to enjoy rubbing her relationship with Jonny in Janet's face. YMMV on whether Kate is being genuinely nasty or is just too ditzy to realise that she's being hurtful. The very last episode with Kate, however, shows that she definitely has a nasty side, outright insulting all of Jonny's friends in front of them and demanding that Jonny make a choice - her or his friends. He chooses the latter.

* BlackDudeDiesFirst - [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] and spoofed by Louise (who, of course, happens to be black) in the horror special:
-->'''Louise''': "Anyway, you know the rules. The black one always dies first." (a beat) "[[CloudCuckoolander And nobody here's black]]."

* ButYouScrewOneGoat - In one episode set when Gaz and Donna have broken up and Kelly is trying to win Gaz for herself, Donna, to get revenge against Gaz, informs Kelly of the one thing that will drive Gaz wild in the bedroom... a sheep. Of course, she's completely lying, and Gaz's reaction to the nasty surprise at the end of the episode is, naturally, not one of joy.
** Also a BrickJoke, an earlier episode reveals Gaz has a fear of sheep.

* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming - The 'special' episodes: 'When Janet Met Jonny', 'When Janet Killed Jonny', 'When Jonny Met Sharky', and 'When Janet Met Michelle'.

* {{Jerkass}} - Although all of the characters have their moments, Louise fits this trope most often. Also, when he's introduced, Wesley starts off as one - he takes utter delight in deriding Donna's friends, and is constantly showing off his iPhone to lord it over them that he has a lot more money than they do. However, as the series has progressed, he spends a lot of time trying to improve himself, and becomes very friendly with Gaz and Janet.

* RunningGag - Several, notably Louise's "Auntie Nigel" [[TheGhost who is only mentioned and never shown]].

** This birth is initially subverted during the beginning of her labour, though. When her water first breaks, she is generally very calm and not in pain, which freaks Jonny out somewhat. When the pains suddenly start, [[GenreSavvy Jonny is pleased that Janet is now "sticking to the rules".]]

* SureLetsGoWithThat

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute - Kelly for Tim. Kelly completely disappears between Season 6 and 7, and, as she has never been mentioned since then, her disappearance is a mystery.

* TeensAreMonsters - Donna's younger brother, [[TheScrappy Dion]], is a particularly nasty example of this trope. He's aggressive, spiteful, foul-mouthed, and has no problem with destroying other peoples' possessions just to be a dick (eg. Gaz's prized mechanic trophy), and threatens to call the police on Gaz when the latter quite rightfully reacts with anger during this incident. There's also the fact that he got Louise pregnant and wanted absolutely nothing to do with the baby. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Oh, and he]] [[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy tries too hard to be black.]]

* TheDitz - Louise, Munch and Kate.

* {{Fanservice}} - Several moments. Donna in a whip-wielding, [[HelloNurse dominatrix nurse outfit]]? Check. Janet dressing up in a bikini made entirely out of pasties? Check. Gaz getting his shirt off in several episodes (complete with cheers and whistles from the studio audience)? Check. Donna's {{Stripperific}} outfit from the live special? Check...
** Gaz's amount of [[ShirtlessScene shirtless scenes]], as mentioned above.

* {{Flanderisation}} - Donna, Louise and Jonny especially suffer from this in the later seasons. Some are annoyed by it; others either [[TropesAreNotBad don't mind or love it]].

* GeneHunting: Louise, when she discovers that she was adopted. She manages to find her birth parents, but the relationships don't work out (especially since her birth father, Brian, turns out to be an alcoholic conman), and learns to accept the fact that she is adopted.

* WhamEpisode - The episode 'Filthy Brunching', in which [[spoiler:Jonny is shot by the police at the episode's climax]], the episode 'Dead', which begins with [[spoiler:Flo's funeral]], the live episode 'When Jonny Met Sharky', in which [[spoiler:Jonny is killed off-screen by a shark]], and the eighth season finale, 'Keep On Running', in which [[spoiler:Gaz is involved in a freaking ''car explosion''.]] (Don't worry, [[IGotBetter he gets better]].)