Stressed Eric

""Eric, relax"."

And you think modern life is stressful? Well just be thankful that you're not Eric Feeble, the perpetually struggling forty-something and unfortunate star of this short-lived British animated series.


 * The Ace: Eric's next-door neighbors, the Perfect family.
 * The Alcoholic: Maria.
 * Always Someone Better: The Perfects.
 * Beehive Hairdo: Mrs. Perfect.
 * Blondes Are Evil: The Perfects.
 * Butt Monkey: Eric. Oh dear god.
 * Chick Magnet: Doc.
 * Crapsack World: The whole world seems to be out to get Eric.
 * Cross-Popping Veins: Eric gets them several times an episode. Sometimes they get so bad that they grab him by his throat!
 * Deliberately Cute Child: Claire.
 * The Ditz: Brian.
 * Elmuh Fudd Syndwome: Claire again.
 * Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": Doc.
 * Express Lane Limit: One episode has three such lanes: "Less than ten items but more than four", "less than four items but more than one", and "one item or less" (which the Eric promptly uses to checkout one potato.)
 * Failure Is the Only Option
 * Funny Foreigner: Maria to an extent.
 * Girlish Pigtails: Claire.
 * Granola Girl: Liz.
 * Hair of Gold: The Perfects.
 * Ill Girl: Claire. She's allegic to virtually everything.
 * Claire's friend Julie is allergic to even more things, including air!
 * Jerkass: Pretty much everyone who isn't a Feeble.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Maria to an extent.
 * Meaningful Name: The Feebles and the Perfects.
 * Paintball Episode
 * Parody Sue: The Perfects.
 * Perverted Drooling: In one episode, Eric's boss promoted a very hot babe to an unqualified high position, he repeats "just some excess saliva" every time he thinks of her.
 * Sadist Show
 * Same Language Dub: For US airings, Eric's lines were dubbed over by Hank Azaria, making Eric an American living in Britain.
 * She Cleans Up Nicely: Maria, on the one occasion she makes an effort.
 * Suicide as Comedy: In "Pony" an entry in Claire's diary implied she was going to kill herself.
 * They Killed Kenny: Eric dies of stress at the end of nearly every episode.
 * The Voiceless: Brian.
 * Vomit Discretion Shot: In the first opening when Eric finds Maria hungover.
 * Yank the Dog's Chain: An incredibly dark example to boot.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Maria.