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** In 2014, fans of the show shot a short black-and-white film called ''Saint Tibulus and the Bog Water'', in which the titular saint transforms bog water into an alcoholic beverage which goes on to be marketed as Guinness.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The mention of ''The Passion of St. Tibulus'' becoming the cinema's most successful film since ''Film/JurassicPark1993'' instantly dates this to the mid-90s. ''Film/Titanic1997'' became the highest-grossing film in history in 1998, overtaking ''Jurassic Park'', and has itself since been surpassed by ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' and then ''Film/AvengersEndgame''.
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* {{Defictionalization}}: Signs with "Down With This Sort Of Thing!" and "Careful Now!" have become staples of just about any protesting crowd in Ireland and the UK.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The mention of ''The Passion of St. Tibulus'' becoming the cinema's most successful film since ''Film/JurassicPark'' instantly dates this to the mid-90s. ''Film/Titanic1997'' became the highest-grossing film in history in 1998, overtaking ''Jurassic Park'', and has itself since been surpassed by ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' and then ''Film/AvengersEndgame''.

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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The mention of ''The Passion of St. Tibulus'' becoming the cinema's most successful film since ''Film/JurassicPark'' ''Film/JurassicPark1993'' instantly dates this to the mid-90s. ''Film/Titanic1997'' became the highest-grossing film in history in 1998, overtaking ''Jurassic Park'', and has itself since been surpassed by ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' and then ''Film/AvengersEndgame''.''Film/AvengersEndgame''.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The mention of ''The Passion of St. Tibulus'' becoming the cinema's most successful film since ''Film/JurassicPark'' instantly dates this to the mid-90s. ''Film/Titanic1997'' became the highest-grossing film in history in 1997, overtaking Jurassic Park..

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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The mention of ''The Passion of St. Tibulus'' becoming the cinema's most successful film since ''Film/JurassicPark'' instantly dates this to the mid-90s. ''Film/Titanic1997'' became the highest-grossing film in history in 1997, 1998, overtaking Jurassic Park..''Jurassic Park'', and has itself since been surpassed by ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' and then ''Film/AvengersEndgame''.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The mention of ''The Passion of St. Tibulus'' becoming the cinema's most successful film since ''Film/JurassicPark'' instantly dates this to the mid-90s. Had the episode been made later in the show's run, odds it would have been compared to ''Film/Titanic1997'', and since then various other movies have been and gone as the yardstick by which box-office success is compared to.

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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The mention of ''The Passion of St. Tibulus'' becoming the cinema's most successful film since ''Film/JurassicPark'' instantly dates this to the mid-90s. Had ''Film/Titanic1997'' became the episode been made later highest-grossing film in the show's run, odds it would have been compared to ''Film/Titanic1997'', and since then various other movies have been and gone as the yardstick by which box-office success is compared to.history in 1997, overtaking Jurassic Park..

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* TechnologyMarchesOn: The mess that Ted's and Dougal's protest turns into would likely have been even ''worse'' in the modern day. Whereas in the episode their protests only result in people coming from all over Europe to Craggy Island to watch the film, nowadays you can bet that they'd have attracted the attention of an enterprising movie pirate and end up causing the film to become available ''worldwide'', thanks to online movie piracy now being so common.

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* TechnologyMarchesOn: The mess that Ted's and Dougal's protest turns into would likely have been even ''worse'' in the modern day. Whereas in the episode their protests only result in people coming from all over Europe to Craggy Island to watch the film, nowadays you can bet that they'd have attracted the attention of an enterprising movie pirate and end up causing the film to become available ''worldwide'', thanks to online movie piracy now being so common.common (they'd have probably attracted a pirate or two during the episode's timeframe, but this was when pirate copies of outlawed films still relied on KeepCirculatingTheTapes).
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The mention of ''The Passion of St. Tibulus'' becoming the cinema's most successful film since ''Film/JurassicPark'' instantly dates this to the mid-90s. Had the episode been made later in the show's run, odds it would have been compared to ''Film/Titanic1997'', and since then various other movies have been and gone as the yardstick by which box-office success is compared to.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: The mess that Ted's and Dougal's protest turns into would likely have been even ''worse'' in the modern day. Whereas in the episode their protests only result in people coming from all over Europe to Craggy Island to watch the film, nowadays you can bet that they'd have attracted the attention of an enterprising movie pirate, meaning they'd end up causing the film to become available ''worldwide'', thanks to online movie piracy now being so common.

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* TechnologyMarchesOn: The mess that Ted's and Dougal's protest turns into would likely have been even ''worse'' in the modern day. Whereas in the episode their protests only result in people coming from all over Europe to Craggy Island to watch the film, nowadays you can bet that they'd have attracted the attention of an enterprising movie pirate, meaning they'd pirate and end up causing the film to become available ''worldwide'', thanks to online movie piracy now being so common.
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* MemeticMutation: The protest signs have shown up in many real protests in the UK since the episode aired. A sign saying 'Down with this sort of thing' can be seen in [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV Grand Theft Auto V]].
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* MemeticMutation: The protest signs have shown up in many real protests in the UK since the episode aired. A sign saying 'Down with this sort of thing' can be seen in [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV Grand Theft Auto V]].
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: The mess that Ted's and Dougal's protest turns into would likely have been even ''worse'' in the modern day. Whereas in the episode their protests only result in people coming from all over Europe to Craggy Island to watch the film, nowadays you can bet that they'd have attracted the attention of an enterprising movie pirate, meaning they'd end up causing the film to become available ''worldwide'', thanks to online movie piracy now being so common.

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