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* ValuesDissonance: "Rock Queen" - "met a little girl, just thirteen, she's a knock-down blue-eyed slut psycho-virgin tease. Rock queen, thirteen, buxom blonde, bad dream, let me touch your cookies - let me eat your cookies - now".
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* NeverLiveItDown: People act as if "Coola boola!" is Fran's catchphrase — he only ever says it once (season 3, episode 1). Similarly, Tommy only asked for a "fizzy orange" once (season 4, episode 1).
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* EarWorm: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sku2Him53TM&feature=related Rock Queen]], especially the chorus. Too bad the lyrics are about jailbait.
* EarWorm: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sku2Him53TM&feature=related Rock Queen]], especially the chorus. Too bad the lyrics are about jailbait.
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** [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Fran's impromptu performance of "Ging Gang Gully"]] ''[[CrazyAwesome during]]'' ''[[RefugeInAudacity a garda interrogation]]''.
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** [[CrowningMomentOfFunny [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Fran's impromptu performance of "Ging Gang Gully"]] ''[[CrazyAwesome during]]'' ''[[RefugeInAudacity a garda interrogation]]''.
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* BaseBreaker: Series 4. It was assumed that losing Robert Sheehan as Darren would be a radical change for the show, but what wasn't predicted was how much the overall writing would change. While every individual episode was still of a high quality the overall shape of the series was utterly aimless: plot after plot was brought in and then pushed away before anything of consequence came of it. Character after character was implied to be about to do something important and then killed off without consequence before that could happen. This could be forgiven if the new cast of Garda officers were interesting, but they were basically everyone's least favourite part of the show; the heavily-advertised presence of Brian F. O'Byrne proved to be wasted as well on an especially flat character. The only thing that happened in the series that will actually matter in the long run is that Siobhán has decided to betray Nidge. Other than that the whole season gave many the impression it was the first half of a longer story.
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* BaseBreaker: BrokenBase: Series 4. It was assumed that losing Robert Sheehan as Darren would be a radical change for the show, but what wasn't predicted was how much the overall writing would change. While every individual episode was still of a high quality the overall shape of the series was utterly aimless: plot after plot was brought in and then pushed away before anything of consequence came of it. Character after character was implied to be about to do something important and then killed off without consequence before that could happen. This could be forgiven if the new cast of Garda officers were interesting, but they were basically everyone's least favourite part of the show; the heavily-advertised presence of Brian F. O'Byrne proved to be wasted as well on an especially flat character. The only thing that happened in the series that will actually matter in the long run is that Siobhán has decided to betray Nidge. Other than that the whole season gave many the impression it was the first half of a longer story.
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** Hell, Siobhan in her own right. She gets used by John Boy to carry money through the airport, raped by a high ranking IRA man, left to deal with Tommy's brain damage as mentioned above, puts herself in a position where she is risking her life [[TheInformant passing information about the gang onto the Gardaí]] [[spoiler: and pushed to the point where she pushes Pauley off a balcony.]]
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** Hell, Siobhan in her own right. She gets used by John Boy to carry money through the airport, raped by a high ranking IRA man, left to deal with Tommy's brain damage as mentioned above, puts herself in a position where she is risking her life [[TheInformant passing information about the gang onto the Gardaí]] [[spoiler: and pushed to the point where she pushes Pauley off a balcony. She later gets killed by Patrick when he finally takes down Nidge.]]
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* HarsherInHindsight: Git's rape of Siobhan is much harsher with the RealLife accusations that Maíria Cahill was raped by a member of the IRA during TheNineties.
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** Hell, Siobhan in her own right. She gets used by John Boy to carry money through the airport, raped by a high ranking IRA man, left to deal with Tommy's brain damage as mentioned above, puts herself in a position where she is risking her life [[TheInformant passing information about the gang onto the Gardaí]] [[spoiler: and pushed to the point where she pushes Pauley off a balcony.]]
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** Packie attending a "Jesus Saves" moshing event in someone's house.
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* WinBackTheCrowd: Series 5 is being seen as a return to form, especially with the long awaited tension between Nidge and Fran coming to the fore.
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* JerkassWoobie: Fran [[spoiler: once he loses Linda. [[TheLostLenore Even two years later, he still cries over her]].]]
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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: This show has very few sympathetic characters, especially as the series goes on. Darren is an AntiHero at best before sliding all the way down to DesignatedHero, while Nidge is an outright VillainProtagonist. Even the supporting cast range from {{Jerk Ass}}es to AxeCrazy psychopaths.
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** Tommy and, by extension, Siobhan, once Tommy gets brain damage. Tommy is reduced to a ManChild who ends up periodically bleeding from his ears as a result of brain damage and Siobhan is driven to being an emotional wreck dealing with Tommy's issues.
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** Tommy and, by extension, Siobhan, once Tommy gets brain damage. Tommy is reduced to a ManChild who ends up periodically bleeding from his ears as a result of brain damage and Siobhan is driven to being an emotional wreck dealing with Tommy's issues.issues.
** Debbie. From her introduction, she's subjected to a TraumaCongaLine, starting with a heroin habit, being beaten by John Boy, forced into prostitution, kicked out of the brothel she's been working in, reduced to stealing money from ''her own parents'', forced to work as a drug mule [[spoiler: and finally dying of an overdose.]]
** Debbie. From her introduction, she's subjected to a TraumaCongaLine, starting with a heroin habit, being beaten by John Boy, forced into prostitution, kicked out of the brothel she's been working in, reduced to stealing money from ''her own parents'', forced to work as a drug mule [[spoiler: and finally dying of an overdose.]]
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* TheWoobie: Luke.
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* TheWoobie: Luke.Luke.
** Tommy and, by extension, Siobhan, once Tommy gets brain damage. Tommy is reduced to a ManChild who ends up periodically bleeding from his ears as a result of brain damage and Siobhan is driven to being an emotional wreck dealing with Tommy's issues.
** Tommy and, by extension, Siobhan, once Tommy gets brain damage. Tommy is reduced to a ManChild who ends up periodically bleeding from his ears as a result of brain damage and Siobhan is driven to being an emotional wreck dealing with Tommy's issues.
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* BaseBreaker: Series 4. It was assumed that losing Robert Sheehan as Darren would be a radical change for the show, but what wasn't predicted was how much the overall writing would change. While every individual episode was still of a high quality the overall shape of the series was utterly aimless: plot after plot was brought in and then pushed away before anything of consequence came of it. Character after character was implied to be about to do something important and then killed off without consequence before that could happen. This could be forgiven if the new cast of Garda officers were interesting, but they were basically everyone's least favourite part of the show; the heavily-advertised presence of Brian F. O'Byrne proved to be wasted as well on an especially flat character. The only thing that happened in the series that will actually matter in the long run is that Siobhán has decided to betray Nidge. Other than that the whole season gave many the impression it was the first half of a longer story.
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** Many would argue that with Rosie gone, the RomanticPlotTumor that existed in the first two seasons is no longer restricting the main plot to being about Darren and Rosie's relationship.
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* MoralEventHorizon: Fran digs up the body of his rival's mother and ''pisses on her corpse''.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Nidge at first, then Fran.
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** [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Fran's impromptu performance of "Ging Gang Gully"]] ''[[CrazyAwesome during]]'' ''[[RefugeInAudacity a garda interrogation]]''.
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Nidge's wedding.
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** The casting improved as the series progressed too, with actors looking less like they walked out of a car insurance commercial.
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* GrowingTheBeard: Series 1 had its wings clipped by RTE in pre-production, fearing the grimness of the grimness they were aiming for would drive viewers away. As a result it's poorly paced and occasionally quite goofy (''especially'' at Nidge's wedding) and the character's personalities were a bit vague. Series 2 corrected these problems and dug deeper into the culture of crime, and Series 3 upped its game to the point that pundits were no longer adding the suffix "for an Irish show" to their praise.
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* GrowingTheBeard: Series 1 had its wings clipped by RTE in pre-production, fearing the grimness of the grimness they were aiming for would drive viewers away. As a result it's poorly paced and paced, padded, occasionally quite goofy (''especially'' at Nidge's wedding) and the character's characters' personalities were a bit vague. Series 2 corrected these problems and dug deeper into the culture of crime, and crime. Series 3 upped its game to the point that pundits were no longer adding the suffix "for an Irish show" to their praise.
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* GrowingTheBeard: Series 1 had its wings clipped by RTE in pre-production, fearing the grimness of the grimness they were aiming for would drive viewers away. As a result it's poorly paced and occasionally quite goofy (''especially'' at Nidge's wedding) and the character's personalities were a bit vague. Series 2 corrected these problems and dug deeper into the culture of crime, and Series 3 upped its game to the point that pundits were no longer adding the suffix "for an Irish show" to their praise.
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* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Fran, who was a hammy villain in Series 2, became the very bleak comic relief in Series 3 and was much better for it, basically becoming the new EnsembleDarkhorse since Nidge became the main focus of the show.
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* MisaimedFandom: It's reported that actual criminals love this show, many of them sitting down on a Sunday night to watch it. In prison
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* MisaimedFandom: It's reported that actual criminals love this show, many of them sitting down on a Sunday night to watch it. In prisonprison
* TheWoobie: Luke.
* TheWoobie: Luke.
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* GeniusBonus: Every character in the show shows a preference for the Glock, except in the opening scene, when Bobby gets shot by a masked man with a Beretta. It's only later in the series, we see Hughie carry one a scene or two before he's revealed as Bobby's killer.
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* GeniusBonus: Every character in the show shows a preference for the Glock, except in the opening scene, when Bobby gets shot by a masked man with a Beretta. It's only later in the series, we see Hughie carry one a scene or two before he's revealed as Bobby's killer.killer.
* MisaimedFandom: It's reported that actual criminals love this show, many of them sitting down on a Sunday night to watch it. In prison
* MisaimedFandom: It's reported that actual criminals love this show, many of them sitting down on a Sunday night to watch it. In prison
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* DesignatedHero: Darren. Over the course of the series, despite saying that he wants to get out of crime, performs more and more criminal acts, even he kills John Boy and it's no longer necessary. Rosie even finally notices this and leaves him for good at the end of the second series.
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* DesignatedHero: Darren. Over the course of the series, despite saying that he wants to get out of crime, performs more and more criminal acts, even he kills John Boy and it's no longer necessary. Rosie even finally notices this and leaves him for good at the end of the second series.series.
* GeniusBonus: Every character in the show shows a preference for the Glock, except in the opening scene, when Bobby gets shot by a masked man with a Beretta. It's only later in the series, we see Hughie carry one a scene or two before he's revealed as Bobby's killer.
* GeniusBonus: Every character in the show shows a preference for the Glock, except in the opening scene, when Bobby gets shot by a masked man with a Beretta. It's only later in the series, we see Hughie carry one a scene or two before he's revealed as Bobby's killer.
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* DesignatedHero: Darren. Over the course of the series, despite saying that he wants to get out of crime, performs more and more criminal acts, even he kills John Boy and it's no longer necessary. Rosie even finally notices this and leaves him for good at the end of the second series.
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* DesignatedHero: Darren. Over the course of the series, despite saying that he wants to get out of crime, performs more and more criminal acts, even he kills John Boy and it's no longer necessary. Rosie even finally notices this and leaves him for good at the end of the second series.
