1 | * JerkassWoobie: In ''Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa'' and occasionally elsewhere in the series. Of particular note is his appearance in the one-off special 'Welcome to the Places of My Life' where it's heavily implied that he's just managed to dodge a terminal illness. He becomes slightly more introspective and self-pitying. He strayed into this on ''Knowing Me Knowing You'' when dealing with guests who were even worse than he is and when things go wrong that simply aren't his fault. |
2 | * MemeticMutation: Many of Alan's choicest quotations have become widely-used memes, especially in Britain and the Commonwealth: |
3 | ** "Monkey Tennis" has by this point basically become popular, critical and media shorthand for incredibly poorly-thought out, lazy and cheap television which has somehow been produced despite seemingly being the result of a desperate writer randomly jamming words together and throwing them out while making a pitch. |
4 | ** Similarly, "needless to say, I had the last laugh" tends to pop up whenever someone gets the feeling that a memoir or reminiscence is taking on a rather unseemly bragging tone, especially when it's also possible-if-not-likely that this bragging is unwarranted or based on rather implausible grounds. |
5 | ** "SMELL MY CHEESE, YOU MOTHER!" |
6 | * SpiritualAdaptation: Alan is similar to the ''ComicBook/{{Viz}}'' character Roger Mellie the Man on the Telly, although far less vulgar and less consciously amoral. |
7 | * UnpopularPopularCharacter: In-universe, Alan is an unlikable failure trapped in a pathetic life with very few friends, a television show which bombed terribly, and an increasingly dismal career in local radio with ever fewer listeners. Outside of his fictional world, he's one of Britain's most loved comedy characters. |
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