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{{quote| '''Caroline:''' "[[Sarcasm Mode|What a shame you never made Grade 8]]..."}}

* [[Harpo Does Something Funny]]: The scenes between Sue and Guy, as both of the actors are improv actors. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w9h815tf3k Example].

** CBBC actor Ed Petrie plays the sports coach when Guy was teaching a group of kids Guy Ball.

* [[Hospital Hottie]]: Angela, Boyce, Guy, Lyndon and Mac.

** Also between Mac and Guy, but played for laughs and heavily lampshaded, such as Mac's coma-hallucination where they wrestle in front of a fire ''a la'' Rupert and Gerald of ''Women In Love''. And, of course, the scene where Mac is taking a new job elsewhere, and they pick who they'd be in ''[[Top Gun]]'' and then discuss the homoeroticism of that film.

** Guy knows how big Mac's penis is because "I watch him when he showers".

* [[Improv]]: Part of the auditions were "improv battles" so naturally all of the actors had the freedom to mess around with the script as long as the end result was good. In the DVD extras The writers joked how they would create the perfect script and the actors would simply ignore it.

* [[I'm a Humanitarian]]: Non-violent example: Sue White eats umbilical cord sushi.

* [[Incest Is Relative]]: Exploited with hilarity... {{spoiler|and caught on tape. The consequences are dire.}}

* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: Alan is so fond of these it hurts

* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]: Guy Secretan.

* [[Kavorka Man]]: Dr. Guy Secretan manages to get just about any woman he wants by pretending to cry and/or ending cell phone conversations with "I'll see you in Zurich." Parodied when he reels off a sorrowful cock-and-bull story in an attempt to hit on Joanna Clore, who laughs it off (but is perfectly willing to sleep with him anyway).

* [[Kick the Dog]]: One example is when Guy reads Martin's exam results for him and tells him he's passed. Martin is ecstatic, everyone's cheering and celebrating, and Martin goes off on his merry way. Only Guy was lying, Martin failed them all.

* [[Lame Comeback]]: Dr. Statham ''loves'' this trope.

* [[Law of Inverse Fertility]]: Harriet and her husband.

** Another from Sue, to Caroline.

{{quote| '''Sue''': I think I would like to touch a big woman's breasts. I'm not a lesbian, but I think I might just like to touch a big woman's breasts. Actually, maybe I am a lesbian.}}

* [[Master of the Mixed Message]]: Mac is aware that Caroline is besotted with him and takes pleasure in teasing her over it, though he obviously does have some feelings towards her. She puts up with it for a long time but eventually confronts him about his cruel behaviour.

* [[Meaningful Name]]: When Sue impregnates herself with Mac's sperm, she names her baby Simba. [[The Lion King|Besides the obvious reference]], it means "lion," referring to how she calls Mac's hair the lion's mane. However, it get even ''more'' meaningful {{spoiler|as she quite literally gives birth to a lion}}.

{{quote| "Sometimes I forget I have a first name."}}

** Also, Boyce.

{{quote| '''Guy''': Goodbye.<br />

'''Caroline''': Bye.<br />

** Although Kim is generally a lot more abrasive than easy-going Mac.

* [[Soap Opera]]: Caroline loves Mac who's with Holly who may or may not have had his baby, meanwhile Guy and Martin love Caroline...

* [[Spy Speak]]: When Alan and Joanna go on the run.

{{quote| '''Boyce''': The weasel is still in its cage. The weasel is still in its cage... The weasel is out of the cage! The weasel is out of the cage! Fly, pelicans! Go, go - The weasel is returning to the cage! The weasel is returning to the cage, so pelicans to the kitchen! Pelicans, go to the kitchen. Go to the kitchen! The ''kitchen!'' The bush! The kitchen is the bush!}}

* [[Terrible Interviewees Montage]]: When Caroline is looking for a new flatmate.

* [[Token Minority]]: Lyndon, the IT Guy and [[Chick Magnet]]. When Dr Statham asks to have him removed, Sue milks the fact he's the only black character and silently suggests he's racist.

* [[Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist]]: The majority of the character's could be classed as this, but mainly Guy.

* [[Unusual Euphemism]]: Dr. Statham uses these all over the place.

"Have you been to a festival?" }}

* [[Whammy Bid]]: Martin surprises all with a £3,000 bid on Caroline at the [[Bachelor Auction|slave auction]].

** Dr Statham has this problem after Boyce wins him in the auction, they get incredibly drunk and {{spoiler|wake up in bed together naked}}.