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* [[Friends Rent Control]]: Despite having lived on the dole ''since 1979'', they're in no danger of being kicked out for nonpayment. Even a flat as God-awful as theirs wouldn't drop the rent that low.

** Richie's Auntie Mabel is the one who pays the rent (quick, hide the fags).

* [[Gainax Ending]]: Surprisingly this is how the "canon" of Bottom ended in the final stage show. {{spoiler|After traipsing through (an extremely minimalistic depiction of) history in Eddie's time travelling toilet {The [[Incredibly Lame Pun|TURD]][[Doctor Who ~~(TV)~~|IS]]) for half the show, the boys are trapped at the dawn of creation itself, where they are beholden unto a colossal pair of Y-Fronts which Richie claims are the origin point of existence. Eddy declares he's too confused to even start processing what is occurring. They then break into a reiteration of the previous show's Pants song, close curtain.}}

* [[Gainax Ending]]: Surprisingly this is how the "canon" of Bottom ended in the final stage show. {{spoiler|After traipsing through (an extremely minimalistic depiction of) history in Eddie's time travelling toilet {The [[Incredibly Lame Pun|TURD]][[Doctor Who|IS]]) for half the show, the boys are trapped at the dawn of creation itself, where they are beholden unto a colossal pair of Y-Fronts which Richie claims are the origin point of existence. Eddy declares he's too confused to even start processing what is occurring. They then break into a reiteration of the previous show's Pants song, close curtain.}}

* [[Gargle Blaster]]: Eddie's concoction of brandy, meths (methylated spirit or denatured alcohol), Pernod, paint stripper, Mr Sheen, brake fluid and Drambuie.

** Weapons Grade Lager which is made of industrial strength cleaners and the entire contents of the medical cabinet.

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* [[Punny Name]]: There's about 3 in the second live show: Micheal McHooligan, Patricia O'Violence and Pat O'Cake.

* [[Repetitive Name]]: Technically a [[Running Gag]]; [[Filthy Rich and Catflap|this is not the only time Rik Mayall has played a character named Richard Richard]].

* [[Shout Out]] / [[Take That]]: A lot of guest characters and minor characters share names with various well-known footballers of the day (Lineker, Grobbelaar, etc). The references are not always flattering.

* [[Shout-Out]] / [[Take That]]: A lot of guest characters and minor characters share names with various well-known footballers of the day (Lineker, Grobbelaar, etc). The references are not always flattering.

* [[A Simple Plan]]: Example from an early episode: Richie and Eddie have been stealing from the neighbor's gas line; now they have to come up with a way to disconnect it without getting caught...the kitchen explodes in the process.

{{quote| '''Richie:''' What the bloody hell are you doing?<br />

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* [[Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist]]: Both of them.

* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: For two people who spend most of their time beating the living crap out of each other, Eddie and Richie certainly are very inseparable. This is almost ''certainly'' because no one but the other would put up with them though.

* [[With Friends Like These]]

* [[With Friends Like These...]]

* [[Xanatos Gambit]]: Dick Head is fond of these. In "Parade" he teams up with the local bookmaker and pawn merchant to scam the locals out of their cash and valuables. Then, in "Dough," he rats out Richie and Eddie's forgery operation to London's biggest forger, "Skullcrusher" Henderson, who demands a £5,000 tribute in order to avoid having to crush Richie and Eddie's skulls. Fortunately, Dick is running a pub quiz with the requisite £5,000 as a prize... unfortunately, it happens to be £5,000 of Skullcrusher's own forged cash, which turns out to be useless for paying off their debt. And they don't discover this until they've already given Dick £1,000 worth of gold teeth for their entry fee.

** Richie often thinks he's come up with these, except that his own innate stupidity and inability to predict what people will do usually scuttle them.