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* StrictlyFormula: The first season was very much this: Eric is faced with a looming deadline (typically work-related), tries to meet it, but the whole world prevents him from doing so. The second season was ''far'' less formulaic. However, both seasons still ended each episode with Eric's head vein choking him by the episode's end.
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* LighterAndSofter: While both seasons feature bad luck for Eric Feeble, the second season isn't so relentlessly oppressive towards its main character.
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* KafkaKomedy: Eric Feeble can't catch a break. Ever.
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* CulturalTranslation: Yes, TheBBC have broadcast DinoBabies, LittleBear, and BuckyOHare with the American voices still intact, but Stressed Eric? The cartoon was made by KlaskyCsupo (creators of {{Rugrats}} and [[TheWildThornberries the Wild Thornberries]]), but it was TheBBC that chose the voice acting for the characters and the setting in it!
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* CulturalTranslation: Yes, TheBBC have broadcast DinoBabies, LittleBear, and BuckyOHare with the American voices still intact, but Stressed Eric? The cartoon was made by KlaskyCsupo (creators of {{Rugrats}} ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' and [[TheWildThornberries the Wild Thornberries]]), ''WesternAnimation/TheWildThornberrys''), but it was TheBBC Creator/TheBBC that chose the voice acting for the characters and the setting in it!
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* AngryGermanKid: Liz.
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* NoExportForYou\BannedInChina: The second season wasn't shown in the US, because it wasn't funny enough.
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* {{DownerEnding Downer Beginning, Middle and End}}: PlayedForLaughs, depending on your sense of humour.
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* : Yes, TheBBC have broadcast DinoBabies, LittleBear, and BuckyOHare with the American voices still intact, but Stressed Eric? The cartoon was made by KlaskyCsupo (creators of {{Rugrats}} and [[TheWildThornberries the Wild Thornberries]]), but it was TheBBC that chose the voice acting for the characters and the setting in it!
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Getting rid of what remains of this former \"hurr Americans are a disase\" trope.
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* {{Americanitis}}: Yes, TheBBC have broadcast DinoBabies, LittleBear, and BuckyOHare with the American voices still intact, but Stressed Eric? The cartoon was made by KlaskyCsupo (creators of {{Rugrats}} and [[TheWildThornberries the Wild Thornberries]]), but it was TheBBC that chose the voice acting for the characters and the setting in it!
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* {{Americanitis}}: : Yes, TheBBC have broadcast DinoBabies, LittleBear, and BuckyOHare with the American voices still intact, but Stressed Eric? The cartoon was made by KlaskyCsupo (creators of {{Rugrats}} and [[TheWildThornberries the Wild Thornberries]]), but it was TheBBC that chose the voice acting for the characters and the setting in it!
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* BigEater: Brian takes this trope BeyondTheImpossible! He will eat almost everything from VHSes to [[ComedicSociopath people's hair]].
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Think modern life is stressful? Well just be thankful that you're not Eric Feeble, the perpetually struggling forty-something and unfortunate star of this short-lived British animated series. The series lasted for 13 episodes, broadcast in two seasons. The first season was broadcast in 1998, the second in 2000. The first series (but ''not'' the second) was co-produced by Creator/{{Klasky-Csupo}}.
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Think modern life is stressful? Well just be thankful that you're not Eric Feeble, the perpetually struggling forty-something and unfortunate star of this short-lived British animated series. The series lasted for 13 episodes, broadcast in two seasons. The first season was broadcast in 1998, 1997, the second in 2000.1999. The first series (but ''not'' the second) was co-produced by Creator/{{Klasky-Csupo}}.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: The Perfects.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter Always Someone Worse]]: The Perfects.
* AngryGermanKid: Liz.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: The Perfects! Oh boy, the Perfects!
* BigEater: Brian takes this trope BeyondTheImpossible! He will eat almost everything from VHSes to [[ComedicSociopath people's hair]].
* BigEater: Brian takes this trope BeyondTheImpossible! He will eat almost everything from VHSes to [[ComedicSociopath people's hair]].
* CatchPhrase: Eric: MARIA!!!, GET A MOVE ON!, ALISON! WILL YOU SHUT UP?
** Maria: Oh, go, please!
** Mrs. Wilson: Morning\Afternoon\Evening, Mr. Eric. Just\Still off to the post. Sometimes it's Nearly there! (especially at night) In you go, you little monkey!
** Liz: THIS IS EXACTLY WHY WE SPLIT UP, ERIC!!!
** Alison: I'm busy!
** Mr. Perfect: I will AWAY!!!
** Mrs. Perfect: Ah, Eric!, Hello, Eric. How art thou?
** P.P. bribing Mr. Perfect's job: Catch you later, hero!
** Maria: Oh, go, please!
** Mrs. Wilson: Morning\Afternoon\Evening, Mr. Eric. Just\Still off to the post. Sometimes it's Nearly there! (especially at night) In you go, you little monkey!
** Liz: THIS IS EXACTLY WHY WE SPLIT UP, ERIC!!!
** Alison: I'm busy!
** Mr. Perfect: I will AWAY!!!
** Mrs. Perfect: Ah, Eric!, Hello, Eric. How art thou?
** P.P. bribing Mr. Perfect's job: Catch you later, hero!
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* CrossPoppingVeins: Eric gets them several times an episode. Sometimes they get so bad that they grab him by his throat!
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* CrossPoppingVeins: Eric gets them several times an episode. Sometimes At the end, they get so bad that they grab him by his throat! throat!
** Lampshaded in Pony when Claire's diary says that she is too scared to ask Eric, because of this trope.
** Lampshaded in Pony when Claire's diary says that she is too scared to ask Eric, because of this trope.
* DoorToDoorEpisode: In the first 1999 episode, Liz does this to create a fanbase for the hedgehogs. Everyone refuses.
* {{Hitler}}: One of the grumpy old women that crashed Eric's car in Sex mentions him, saying that he told the woman to hurry up, but she wouldn't hurry up for him, because he was so rude.
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** [[UpToEleven Claire's friend Julie is allergic to even more things, including air!]]
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** [[UpToEleven Claire's friend Julie is allergic to even more things, including air!]]air!]] Her mother says she feels stupid giving birth to a daughter more allergic than Claire.
* MagicFranchiseWord: P. P.'s is arseburger.
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* NoExportForYou: NoExportForYou\BannedInChina: The second season wasn't shown in the US.US, because it wasn't funny enough.
* NotQuiteDead: In Pony, Eric comes home to see that Brian's hair is alight after he eats a chemistry set, but later in the episode, he's alive and well, because you don't have to kill anyone off forever in fiction!
* NotQuiteDead: In Pony, Eric comes home to see that Brian's hair is alight after he eats a chemistry set, but later in the episode, he's alive and well, because you don't have to kill anyone off forever in fiction!
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* SuicideAsComedy: In "Pony" an entry in Claire's diary implied she was going to kill herself.
* TheyKilledKenny: Eric dies of stress at the end of nearly every episode.
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* SuicideAsComedy: In "Pony" an entry in Claire's diary implied she was going to kill herself.
die, because she's never going to get a pony.
* TheyKilledKenny: Eric dies of stress at the end ofnearly every episode.episode. Save Au pair.
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* SameLanguageDub: For US airings, Eric's lines were dubbed over by HankAzaria, making Eric an American living in Britain.
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* SameLanguageDub: For US airings, Eric's lines were dubbed over by HankAzaria, Creator/HankAzaria, making Eric an American living in Britain.
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Eric is a divorced father of two. He is the primary caregiver for both of his kids. Which is a stressful duty. Brian, Eric's son, seems to have a learning disability. He is 9 to 10-years-old, but has already flunked classes for three years. He doesn't speak at all, wanders aimlessly, and has a tendency to place random items into his mouth. Claire, Eric's daughter, is notably frail. She is 6-years-old and her immune system is hypersensitive. She has allegic reactions to just about everything, and has to eat special regulation food. Which doesn't stop her from craving for regular food. Maria, their Portuguese au-pair, is alcoholic. His ex-wife Liz currently lives with another man, and tries to rediscover through following NewAge ideas. Which doesn't prevent her from incessantly calling Eric when she feels like it.
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Eric is a divorced father of two. He is the primary caregiver for both of his kids. Which is a stressful duty. Brian, Eric's son, seems to have a learning disability. He is 9 to 10-years-old, but has already flunked classes for three years. He doesn't speak at all, wanders aimlessly, and has a tendency to place random items into his mouth. Claire, Eric's daughter, is notably frail. She is 6-years-old and her immune system is hypersensitive. She has allegic reactions to just about everything, and has to eat special regulation food. Which doesn't stop her from craving for regular food. Maria, their Portuguese au-pair, is alcoholic. His ex-wife Liz currently lives with another man, and tries to rediscover herself through following NewAge ideas. Which doesn't prevent her from incessantly calling Eric when she feels like it.
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Eric is a divorced father of two. He is the primary caregiver for both of his kids. Which is a stressful duty. Brian, Eric' son, seems to have a learning disability. He is 9 to 10-years-old, but has already flanked classes for three years. He doesn't speak at all, wanders aimlessly, and has a tendency to place random items into his mouth. Claire, Eric's daughter, is notably frail. She is 6-years-old and her immune system is hypersensitive. She has allegic reactions to just about everything, and has to eat special regulation food. Which doesn't stop her from craving for regular food. Maria, their Portuguese au-pair, is alcoholic. His ex-wife Liz currently lives with another man, and tries to rediscover through following NewAge ideas. Which doesn't prevent her from incessantly calling Eric when she feels like it.
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Eric is a divorced father of two. He is the primary caregiver for both of his kids. Which is a stressful duty. Brian, Eric' Eric's son, seems to have a learning disability. He is 9 to 10-years-old, but has already flanked flunked classes for three years. He doesn't speak at all, wanders aimlessly, and has a tendency to place random items into his mouth. Claire, Eric's daughter, is notably frail. She is 6-years-old and her immune system is hypersensitive. She has allegic reactions to just about everything, and has to eat special regulation food. Which doesn't stop her from craving for regular food. Maria, their Portuguese au-pair, is alcoholic. His ex-wife Liz currently lives with another man, and tries to rediscover through following NewAge ideas. Which doesn't prevent her from incessantly calling Eric when she feels like it.
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* HairOfGold: The Perfects.
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And you think modern life is stressful? Well just be thankful that you're not Eric Feeble, the perpetually struggling forty-something and unfortunate star of this short-lived British animated series. The series lasted for 13 episodes, broadcast in two seasons. The first season was broadcast in 1998, the second in 2000. The first series (but ''not'' the second) was produces co-produced by Creator/{{Klasky-Csupo}}.
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And you think modern life is stressful? Well just be thankful that you're not Eric Feeble, the perpetually struggling forty-something and unfortunate star of this short-lived British animated series. The series lasted for 13 episodes, broadcast in two seasons. The first season was broadcast in 1998, the second in 2000. The series was produces by Creator/{{Klasky-Csupo}}.
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The work environment of Eric isn't much better. His office is sandwiched between the janitor's closet and the men's toilets. Paul Power, his boss, is a very demanding individual. Never satisfied with Eric's work, Mr. Power has demoted him in previous occasions. And is always ready to press him further. Eric still has a personal secretary, Alison Scabie. Unfortunately for him, she provides no actual help. She treats the office line as her personal phone, speaking constantly with her friends. Leaving Eric saddled with her work as well as his own.
Eric has an additional reason to feel like a failure. He compares himself to neighbor Ray Perfect, a man who seems to have the perfect family and a great career. Eric finds himself needing the assistance of Doc, his family doctor, who is ready to provide with plenty of medication. Too bad said medication has nothing to do with his stress.
Eric has an additional reason to feel like a failure. He compares himself to neighbor Ray Perfect, a man who seems to have the perfect family and a great career. Eric finds himself needing the assistance of Doc, his family doctor, who is ready to provide with plenty of medication. Too bad said medication has nothing to do with his stress.
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Eric is a divorced father of two. He is the primary caregiver for both of his kids. Which is a stressful duty. Brian, Eric' son, seems to have a learning disability. He is 9 to 10-years-old, but has already flanked classes for three years. He doesn't speak at all, wanders aimlessly, and has a tendency to place random items into his mouth. Claire, Eric's daughter, is notably frail. She is 6-years-old and her immune system is hypersensitive. She has allegic reactions to just about everything, and has to eat special regulation food. Which doesn't stop her from craving for regular food. Maria, their Portuguese au-pair, is alcoholic. His ex-wife Liz currently lives with another man, and tries to rediscover through following NewAge ideas. Which doesn't prevent her from incessantly calling Eric when she feels like it.
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Eric is a divorced father of two. He is the primary caregiver for both of his kids. Which is a stressful duty. Brian, Eric' son, seems to have a learning disability. He is 9 to 10-years-old, but has already flanked classes for three years. He doesn't speak at all, wanders aimlessly, and has a tendency to place random items into his mouth. Claire, Eric's daughter, is notably frail. She is 6-years-old and her immune system is hypersensitive. She has allegic reactions to just about everything.everything, and has to eat special regulation food. Which doesn't stop her from craving for regular food. Maria, their Portuguese au-pair, is alcoholic.
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Eric is a divorced father of two. He is the primary caregiver for both of his kids. Which is a stressful duty. His son Brian Brian, Eric' son, seems to have a learning disability. He is 9 to 10-years-old, but has already flanked classes for three years. He doesn't speak at all, wanders aimlessly
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And you think modern life is stressful? Well just be thankful that you're not Eric Feeble, the perpetually struggling forty-something and unfortunate star of this short-lived British animated series.
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And you think modern life is stressful? Well just be thankful that you're not Eric Feeble, the perpetually struggling forty-something and unfortunate star of this short-lived British animated series.
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!!Tropes featured include:
* TheAce: Eric's next-door neighbors, the Perfect family.
* TheAlcoholic: Maria.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: The Perfects.
* BeehiveHairdo: Mrs. Perfect.
* BlondesAreEvil: The Perfects.
* ButtMonkey: '''Eric'''. Oh dear god.
* ChickMagnet: Doc.
* CrapsackWorld: The whole world seems to be out to get Eric.
* CrossPoppingVeins: Eric gets them several times an episode. Sometimes they get so bad that they grab him by his throat!
* DeliberatelyCuteChild: Claire.
* TheDitz: Brian.
* ElmuhFuddSyndwome: Claire again.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Doc.
* ExpressLaneLimit: One episode has three such lanes: "Less than ten items but more than four", "less than four items but more than one", and "one item or less" (which the Eric promptly uses to checkout ''one'' potato.)
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption
* FunnyForeigner: Maria to an extent.
* GirlishPigtails: Claire.
* GranolaGirl: Liz.
* HairOfGold: The Perfects.
* IllGirl: Claire. She's allegic to virtually ''everything''.
** Claire's friend Julie is allergic to even more things, [[BeyondTheImpossible including air]]!
* {{Jerkass}}: Pretty much everyone who isn't a Feeble.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Maria to an extent.
* MeaningfulName: The Feebles and the Perfects.
* PaintballEpisode
* ParodySue: The Perfects.
* SadistShow
* SameLanguageDub: For US airings, Eric's lines were dubbed over by HankAzaria, making Eric an American living in Britain.
* SheCleansUpNicely: Maria, on the one occasion she makes an effort.
* SuicideAsComedy: In "Pony" an entry in Claire's diary implied she was going to kill herself.
* TheyKilledKenny: Eric dies of stress at the end of nearly every episode.
* TheVoiceless: Brian.
* VomitDiscretionShot: In the first opening when Eric finds Maria hungover.
* YankTheDogsChain: An incredibly dark example to boot.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Maria.
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And you think modern life is stressful? Well just be thankful that you're not Eric Feeble, the perpetually struggling forty-something and unfortunate star of this short-lived British animated series.
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!!Tropes featured include:
* TheAce: Eric's next-door neighbors, the Perfect family.
* TheAlcoholic: Maria.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: The Perfects.
* BeehiveHairdo: Mrs. Perfect.
* BlondesAreEvil: The Perfects.
* ButtMonkey: '''Eric'''. Oh dear god.
* ChickMagnet: Doc.
* CrapsackWorld: The whole world seems to be out to get Eric.
* CrossPoppingVeins: Eric gets them several times an episode. Sometimes they get so bad that they grab him by his throat!
* DeliberatelyCuteChild: Claire.
* TheDitz: Brian.
* ElmuhFuddSyndwome: Claire again.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Doc.
* ExpressLaneLimit: One episode has three such lanes: "Less than ten items but more than four", "less than four items but more than one", and "one item or less" (which the Eric promptly uses to checkout ''one'' potato.)
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption
* FunnyForeigner: Maria to an extent.
* GirlishPigtails: Claire.
* GranolaGirl: Liz.
* HairOfGold: The Perfects.
* IllGirl: Claire. She's allegic to virtually ''everything''.
** Claire's friend Julie is allergic to even more things, [[BeyondTheImpossible including air]]!
* {{Jerkass}}: Pretty much everyone who isn't a Feeble.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Maria to an extent.
* MeaningfulName: The Feebles and the Perfects.
* PaintballEpisode
* ParodySue: The Perfects.
* SadistShow
* SameLanguageDub: For US airings, Eric's lines were dubbed over by HankAzaria, making Eric an American living in Britain.
* SheCleansUpNicely: Maria, on the one occasion she makes an effort.
* SuicideAsComedy: In "Pony" an entry in Claire's diary implied she was going to kill herself.
* TheyKilledKenny: Eric dies of stress at the end of nearly every episode.
* TheVoiceless: Brian.
* VomitDiscretionShot: In the first opening when Eric finds Maria hungover.
* YankTheDogsChain: An incredibly dark example to boot.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Maria.
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