Trivia / Outnumbered

• The Character Died with Him: The 2016 Christmas special shows the family attempting to honour Granddad's last wishes by scattering his ashes at a place special to him.
• Completely Different Title: The Series 5 episodes and the 2016 Christmas Special as follows:
  • "The Tattoo" (aka "Rites of Passage" or "The Hamster")
  • "The Pool" (aka "K For Victory" or "The Swimming Competition" or "The Pedophile")
  • "The Baby" (aka "House Of Hormones" or "The Goddaughter")
  • "The Birthday" (aka "Into The Wilderness" or "The Gap Year")
  • "The Phone" (aka "Communication Skills" or "The Chinese Horde")
  • "The Musical" (aka "Spartacus The Musical")
  • "Christmas Special" (aka "Boxing Day Special")
    • "The Cold Caller: Part 2" is an alternative title for Series 4's "The Exchange Student".
• Corpsing: This occurs a few times during the show, considering that it's semi-improvised. One notable example had Ben laughing over the suggestion of Watch My Chops to prove that TV is educational, and Pete stays in character mentioning that he doesn't find it funny.
• The Danza: Hugh Dennis' first name is Peter, and he plays Pete Brockman.
• Edited for Syndication: When the show began airing on W, there were a few minor edits to each episode (as the show aired on BBC One, a non-commercial TV channel) to fit with the time slot of the channel. However, some scenes were cut, either as a way to reduce the length of the episodes or to remove a few scenes that were deemed inappropriate as pre-watershed material. Notably, Series 4's "Girls Day Out" had a scene where Karen shows Sue a shirt with a Double Entendre^note The shirt contained the message "NICE TITS" with two blue tits on it. that was cut. Additionally, there are a few edits where some scenes were faded out to allow commercial breaks to pass by.
• Enforced Method Acting: The show is mostly improvised, so a lot of the conversations and reactions are of the cast trying to keep up with one another.
• Fake American: Both Brick and Taylor Jean are obviously doing fake accents, though Misty is an aversion, as her actress is half-American who speaks with a natural American accent.
• Harpo Does Something Funny: The script leaves a lot of room for improvisation, as shown with this script for "The Special Bowl".
• Never Work with Children or Animals: The children, especially during the earlier seasons, could only act for 30-45 minutes at a time. Often when they were out of shot, the directors would often stand in their place so that the adults would know where to look.
• Romance on the Set: Hugh Dennis (Pete) and Claire Skinner (Sue) became a couple in real life in 2017 after both their marriages ended in divorce.
• Throw It In!:
  • With much of the kids' dialogue (and the adults' reactions) improvised, it could've been called Throw It In: The Series. Even with the children growing up there is a degree of improvisation.
  • In "The Tennis Match", the writers originally expected Karen and Ben to be horrified by the fight Pete's friends were having, but the two ended up enjoying the scene a lot more than they thought.
• Technology Marches On: There are a few moments that show the characters explicitly use the technology of the time the show was first aired. For example, CRT TV sets are shown throughout scenes from the earlier episodes, including one where Pete uses the now-defunct Teletext service. Jake uses a flip-phone rather than a more traditional smartphone in a few scenes, and a Nintendo Wii makes an appearance in a later episode.

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