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▲* [[Adaptation Distillation]] - The US version lasted roughly thirty seconds.
* [[All Men Are Perverts]] - Well, Gary and Tony without question but there are so many variations that they're worth mentioning too. Averted with minor characters like Ken and Les, inverted every so often with Deborah and Dorothy but the big inversion is with George; he and his wife, [[She Who Must Not Be Seen|Marjorie]], have a jar in which they must put 10p every time one of them has an unfaithful thought. In his several decades of marriage, George has only blown 50p while Marjorie has spent £2386.
{{quote|'''George''': ...Sometimes I feel I should say something, but it ''has'' paid for three caravanning holidays.}}
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* [[Friend Vs Lover]] - The central focus of the show. One episode uses it as the title - "Your Mate V Your Bird".
* [[Gilligan Cut]] - Averted due to Simon Nye disliking them, save for a single example in the episode ''The Good Pub Guide''.▼
* [[The Ghost]] - Clive, "Gary's Only Other Friend". Often referred to, but never seen save for a brief glimpse in "Wedding" (where he's played by the writer Simon Nye in a cameo).
** Also, George's wife Marjorie.
▲* [[Gilligan Cut]] - Averted due to Simon Nye disliking them, save for a single example in the episode ''The Good Pub Guide''.
* [[Ho Yay]] - There always seemed to be ''something'' between Tony and Gary, for all they talked about girls. [[Word of God]] [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2002/oct/21/broadcasting.tvandradio confirms it] saying "Men Behaving Badly was about a same-sex relationship. Everyone latched on to the lad thing, but to me there was always a significant homoerotic content in the relationship between Gary and Tony. You always got the impression that they'd rather be left alone together, but that was something that they could never admit to themselves."
** When Gary is soon to be married (later called off):
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