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Line 1: {{work}} A British comedy series from the creators of ''[[Peep Show]]'' currently airing on Channel 4. The show centres around [[Six -Student Clique\|6 students]] attending university in Manchester who miss out on accommodation in halls and so are forced to share a house together. [[Hilarity Ensues]]. The main characters are: Kingsley, a [[Dogged Nice Guy]] with a crush on Josie, an upbeat and slightly naive girl who struggles to adapt to university life; Howard, a social recluse with only a slight grasp on normal human behaviour; Vod, [[Deadpan Snarker]] and self-proclaimed slut; Oregon, who [[Running Gag\|copies everything Vod does]] and JP - [[~~Upperclass~~Upper Class Twit\|affluent but a bit of an idiot]], who tries far too hard to impress those around him. {{tropelist}} ~~----~~ ~~=== This show provides examples of: ===~~ * [[Actor Allusion]]: When JP is knocked over during a demo in London he mentions that he’s okay because he’s with BUPA, referencing an opening line used in some of Jack Whitehall's stand-up shows. * [[Alpha Bitch]]: "King" Ralf is a male one, [[Girl Posse\|Boy Posse]] and all. Line 23 ⟶ 22: * [[Friendship Moment]]: The gang driving JP up to his Dad's funeral and sticking up for him at the party. * [[Genre Savvy]]: JP: "Am I the posh one you all secretly hate?" * [[Hair -Trigger Temper]]: Dave. * [[Head -Tiltingly Kinky]]: The "Rafael Nadal backhand" in the secret camera footage the guys see of Paul's... [[A Date ~~With~~with Rosie Palms\|private time]] gets a synchronised three-man head-tilt. * [[Hey, ~~Its~~It's That Guy!]]: It's [[The Inbetweeners\|Simon]]! ...and ''Gary:Tank Commander''! Line 34 ⟶ 33: * [[Hufflepuff House]]: Kingsley refers to the gang in this way. * [[I Am Spartacus]]: Howard claiming responsibility for Paul's "[[Unusual Euphemism\|Rafael Nadal backhand]]" * [[Lonely Rich Kid]]: JP has shades of this. His [[~~Upperclass~~Upper Class Twit\|Hooray-Henry]] rich "friends" treat him like shit and he pretends not to notice, while his housemates are all initially put off by the elitist persona he's presumably created to fit in with the former. * [[Loners Are Freaks]]: Howard. Brian even more so. * [[Long -Distance Relationship]]: Josie and Dave. Dave is somewhat more committed to it than Josie is. * [[May -December Romance]]: Oregon and Tony Shales, her English professor. * [[Mistaken for Racist]]: Vod for kissing Mark after spending all night trying to pull his friend Riz. When she tries to explain that this was only because they were both wearing identical jackets and ''definitely wasn't'' because [[All Asians Are Alike\|they're both Asian]] she just ends up [[Digging Yourself Deeper\|digging herself deeper]]. * [[Manipulative Bastard]]: "King" Ralf, who among other things successfully manipulates JP out of several thousand pounds of his inheritance from his late father, and at a time when he's feeling particularly vulnerable. * [[National Stereotypes]]: Oregon (admiringly) on Jean Shales calmly accepting her husband's affair: "That is ''so'' French". * [[The Renfield]]: Ralf's "mates". He treats them more like slaves, barking orders for them to do his bidding, but they are unquestioningly loyal to him. Even the one he insists on referring to as "[[Country Matters\|Cunty]]". * [[~~Upperclass~~Upper Class Twit]]: JP, his so-called friends 'King' Ralf and Tobes even more so. * [[Odd Friendship]]: Vod and Howard. Also JP and Kingsley, JP and Josie... JP and anyone really. * [[Only Known Byby Their Nickname]]: JP, {{spoiler\|though in episode 6 his father calls him Jonathan.}} Oregon. {{spoiler\|She's not overly keen on anyone finding out her name is actually Melissa.}} ** Vod: {{spoiler\|Violet Nordstrom}} * [[Proud to Be Aa Geek]]: Howard. Oregon has to come to terms with it. * [[Pronoun Trouble]]: Oregon knocks on her tutor's door, a woman answers it and she asks for Professor Shales, only to be told "''I'm'' Professor Shales." She meant Tony, "the other Professor Shales". * [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]] * [[Rape Is Ok When It Is Female On Male]]: Vod on Riz: "I might rape him." * [[The Resenter]]: Professor Tony Shales bitterly resents his more successful (and seemingly more talented) wife, Professor (Jean) Shales. * [[Shout -Out]]: Vod refers to Shales as "[[The Nutty Professor\|the slutty professor]]". [[King Ralph\|'King' Ralf]]. * [[Spoiled Sweet]]: Oregon, though she tries to hide her upbringing. * [[Stalker ~~With~~with a Crush]]: Barry's pursuit of Howard definitely has shades of this. * [[Teacher -Student Romance]]: Oregon and Professor Tony Shales. * [[The Ghost]]: Paul Lamb the invisible man - also the only housemate whose full name is given in the first episode. ** Deconstructed (albeit [[Played for Laughs\|For Laughs]]) in the finale: apparently Paul's been around the whole time, but the housemates have just been completely oblivious to him. He moved out after ([[Fridge Horror\|understandably]]) having a nervous breakdown, and no-one noticed. * [[Will They or Won't They?]] / [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]: Kingsley and Josie. {{spoiler\|Wonderfully subverted in the final episode}}. {{quote\| '''Howard:''' [[Lampshade Hanging\|I've seen enough romantic comedies to know that if you hate her, you must love her.]]}} * [[Your Cheating Heart]]: Josie. 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