1 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/OldGuysTomRoy_9372.jpg]] |
2 | [[caption-width-right:350:Tom and Roy]] |
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4 | ->''"I'm happy, I'm happy, I'm happy, I'm happy. I'm happy, I'm happy, '''and I'll punch the man who says I'm not.'''"'' |
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6 | ''The Old Guys'' is a sitcom starring Creator/CliveSwift and Creator/RogerLloydPack and was created by Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain, the minds behind ''Series/PeepShow''. The show follows Tom (Lloyd-Pack) and Roy (Swift) as they navigate their twilight years. Sounds idyllic, right? They're basically expies of [[Series/PeepShow Mark and Jeremy]], so their twilight years consist of verbal abuse, lusting after unattainable women, and FailureIsTheOnlyOption. |
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8 | !!This show provides examples of: |
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10 | %%* ComedicSociopathy: Sally and Tom. |
11 | %%* CringeComedy |
12 | * DeadpanSnarker: Roy. "Partial rather than abject humiliation, hurray." |
13 | * {{Expy}}: Picture Jeremy and Mark in 30 years. Actually, just check the top of the page! |
14 | * FailureIsTheOnlyOption: If Roy tries to convince everyone that he is not a doddering old man whose mind is going, he will invariably end up on the floor of a public toilet, having just accidentally peeked on a man with his trousers down, pretending that he's senile to escape the usual fallout. |
15 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: Tom and Roy. One episode involves Tom trying to get Roy to marry him as part of a pension scam, and Roy agrees after Tom promises "No bed stuff!" |
16 | * NotSoAboveItAll: Roy appears very sophisticated, but he's not above getting involved in childish tests of will, like who will break and do the big shop first. |
17 | * SilverVixen: Sally, the next-door object of the boys' desperate affections. Also "Sexy Barbara", the HotLibrarian. |
18 | * VitriolicBestBuds: Tom and Roy again. Roy is normally polite, but Tom is a {{jerkass}}. |
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