"What's up, YouTube?"
— Duncan (every episode)
A Couple of Cunts in the Countryside (stylized as A Couple of C*nts in the Countryside) is a Web Original vlog hosted by Duncan Forbes and Cameron Phillips, who, each episode, get drunk in a field and discuss a certain topic (usually with a number of tangents). Their channel can be found here
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We're a couple of cunts, we're in the countryside, we're talking about tropes:
- Alcohol-Induced Idiocy: Seen surprisingly little on the show, but mentioned at length in the episode "Alcohol
." - The Alleged Car: In one episode
, Cammy says that you could make Duncan's car break down by giving it a "quite hard dick slap." - Back for the Finale: Computer Joe and Duncan's wife, Catherine.
- Bald of Evil: Cammy's baldness is a Running Gag, and he did once pop a child's balloon
For the Evulz. - Big Eater: Cammy seems to be this."Melt cheese on anything, it makes it better."
- Butt-Monkey: Neil suffers from this somewhat."Neil... let me put it this way: he has the body of an accountant."
- Call-Back: You can watch the videos in any order, but some references may be lost on you if you don't watch them chronologically.
- The 50th episode
, "A Look Back," features many call backs to previous episodes.
- The 50th episode
- Christmas Episode: Episode 4
.- And the one off special Festive Fuckery
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- And the one off special Festive Fuckery
- Clip Show: "A Look Back"
has shades of this. - Cluster F-Bomb: If the title didn't clue you in, the guys aren't shy about their language. Especially Cammy, who gets worse the more he drinks.
- Early-Installment Weirdness: Mentioned by name in the reunion
episode with regards to their first
episode. - Everything's Deader with Zombies: The topic of episode #43
. - The Faceless: Cameraman Neil, until the 50th episode
. - Grand Finale: The fiftieth episode, "A Look Back"
. Turned out to be a Series Fauxnale with the release of "Festive Fuckery"
. - Happily Married: Duncan, as of the reunion episode.
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: Cammy and Duncan seem to be this.
Although... - Hidden Depths: Cammy may act like a drunken fool and swear like a trucker, but when he's expounding on politics
or religion
, he reveals that he's actually very intelligent. - Hilarious Outtakes: "Bloopers"
. - Hypocritical Humour: In the bloopers
episode, Duncan accuses Cammy of fucking up way more than him... shortly before a montage of all of Duncan's fuck-ups.Duncan: You'd never catch me mangling my words and fucking up like you. - Jump Cut: Often, and frequently mentioned.
- Jump Scare: In the intro of the "Horror"
episode. - Known Only by Their Nickname: Razz.
- Meaningful Background Event: The long-haired figure in the afformentioned Jump Scare actually appeared in the three episodes previous to "Horror
," in the distance at first
, before getting gradually
closer
. - N-Word Privileges: Discussed in "Racism
." - Once per Episode: The bottle clink, and Cammy's outro comments.
- Please Subscribe to Our Channel: Once per Episode.
- Product Placement: The guys have joked more than once that they should be paid to shill for Cracked.com.
- Running Gag:
- Photos
of
Martin. - Duncan's crush on Jude Law.
- Later on, Cammy's threat of "I'll cut you twice."
- Photos
- Self-Deprecation: Quite often.
- Shout-Out:
- The intro to "David Lynch
" is spoken backwards with subtitles, just like The Man From Another Place in Twin Peaks. - The opening of "Arnold Schwarzenegger
" is an homage to Predator (1987). - The guys do impressions of Raúl Juliá in Street Fighter (1994) in their 50th
special.
- The intro to "David Lynch
- Sir Swears-a-Lot: Cammy, whose cussing gets worse and more frequent the drunker he gets.
- The Stinger: In a few episodes.
- Take That!: "Twilight"
is pretty much one big Take That! to Stephenie Meyer and Twi-hards. - Title Drop: Played with in the Love"
episode."We're in the countryside, there's two of us, and there's no more apt description for us than cunts." - Toilet Humour: There's a burping montage in the bloopers
episode. - Top Ten List: In the 50th special
, the guys count down their ten favourite episodes of the series. - Very Special Episode: The hour-long 50th special
, which also served as the show's Grand Finale. - Zombie Apocalypse: The guys discuss survival tactics for this very eventuality in "Zombies"
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