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The show's creators, James Corden and Ruth Jones, star as the [[Beta Couple]], Smithy and Nessa. Supporting characters include Gavin's parents, Mick and Pamela; Stacey's mum, Gwen, and her uncle Bryn.
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* [[Alcohol Is Poison]]
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* [[The Ghost]]: Smithy's girlfriend Lucy.
* [[Gilligan Cut]]: "There's no way you're getting me out in Cardiff tonight!" "I never thought you'd get me out in Cardiff tonight!"
* [[Grandma, What Massive Hotness You Have!]]: Smithy frequently flirts with Pamela. It's not ''entirely'' clear how much he's kidding...
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: Gavin and Smithy. Smithy is the neediest of the two, to the point where Gavin's moving away to Cardiff is treated like a custody battle.
* [[I Object]]: No less than quadruple-subverted in the third season finale.
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* [[Long Distance Relationship]]: By UK standards, at least..
* [[Malaproper]]: Pam
* [[Named After Somebody Famous]]: [[Torture Cellar|The Wests]], the [[Morally
* [[Noodle Incident]]: The unspecified (but heavily [[Ho Yay|hinted]] [[Incest Is Relative|at]]) incident between Bryn and Jason during a fishing trip.
* [[The Not Secret]]: In the [[Christmas Episode]] it is revealed that everyone except for Gwen knew that {{spoiler|Pam isn't really a vegetarian.}}
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* [[Two Words Obvious Trope]]: The stag party organiser.
* [[Unfortunate Names]]: Three families share a surname with an infamous serial killer, a fact which gets the inevitable [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshade]] hung on it in the series 1 finale.
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]?: Stacey not only neglects to mention her previous engagements to Gavin, but two seasons later is revealed to have gone off the pill in hopes of getting pregnant so that it will force Gavin to move to Barry with her.
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