| 1 | * AluminumChristmasTrees: Campbell, who has bipolar disorder, frequently uses the slogan "We are loonies and we are proud!" as a rallying cry and cheerfully refers to himself as a loony. This might seem unlikely to some viewers, but in real life some groups of mentally ill people - like the UK Mad Pride movement - are happy to reclaim and use words like mad, crazy or bonkers. |
| 2 | * HilariousInHindsight: When asked what prizes the station could give away Creator/DavidTennant's character, Campbell, says this: |
| 3 | -->'''Campbell:''' It can be anything we like. A trip to Graceland by time machine to meet Elvis. Lunch with the Archbishop of Canterbury. [[Series/DoctorWho I don't have to conform to the vagaries of time and space.]] I'm a loony for God's sake. |
| 4 | * {{Narm}}: The otherwise [[TearJerker very heavy]] scene where Campbell's father threatens to have him sectioned is slightly undercut by his agressively NinetiesHair completely covering his face. |
| 5 | * PlayingAgainstType: With actor, Angus [=MacFadyen=] and his depiction of Fergus. Angus often plays these hammy, BoisterousBruiser/tough-guy/warrior/ViolentGlaswegian types of characters [[note]]This is the same guy who graced the world with the [[LargeHam hilariously]] [[AxCrazy deranged]] [[HamAndCheese awesomeness]] that is [[Film/WarriorsOfVirtue Komodo]] for crying out loud![[/note]] yet Fergus [=MacKinnon=] is a [[TheQuietOne very quiet]], [[ShrinkingViolet gentle]], soft-spoken young man who only [[KubrickStare initially]] ''looks'' [[MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold intimidating.]] |
| 6 | * RetroactiveRecognition: Basically: [[Film/TheHobbit Balin the dwarf]], with the help of the [[Series/DoctorWho Tenth Doctor]], his schizophrenic best friend, [[Film/{{Braveheart}} Robert The Bruce]] and a couple of ladies start up a radio station at the now-defunct [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gartloch_Hospital Gartloch Hospital]] where [[Series/DoctorWho Brigadier Winifred Bambera]] is the Head Nurse of one of the wards. |
| 7 | * TheWoobie: Almost every patient earns this role at one point in time, but Francine in particular. |
| 8 | ** And Fergus! The poor guy could never catch a break or given a chance to fully flex his electrical-engineering awesomeness....then his smug little BitchInSheepsClothing psychiatrist had to tell him bluntly "You'll never work EVER!"....[[spoiler: So he kills himself.]] He's also TheAce, making him something of a ByronicHero. |
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