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''Mongrels'' is a [[The BBC|BBC Three]] production that started airing in 2010, which is, as it says in the ads, 'a puppet show for adults'. Indeed, the show does revolve around five [[Muppet|puppet animals]] who hang out in the back of an inner city pub.
It was created by Adam Miller, who claims he wants 'to do for puppetry what American shows like ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' have done for animation'. He was not terribly successful: The show's first season ran for eight episodes from June through August 2010, and the second season of nine episodes began with a double bill on the 7th of November 2011. It was not renewed for a third season.
There were some controversial claims that it was plagiarizing the Channel4 programme ''[[Pets]]'', but those have pretty much been found to be without basis as the two shows don't really share much beyond a broadly similar concept and a few shared backroom staff.
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* [[Abuse Is Okay When Its Female On Male]]: Parodied in episode 9 - after Destiny is brushed off by a dog she fancies, she starts hitting him and generally treating him like crap... and it works. It even ends up being the topic of [[Once an Episode|that episode's]] [[Busby Berkeley Number|song]].▼
* [[Abusive Parents]]: Vince has eaten at least five of his kits and caused another one to become roadkill.
* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]: Destiny.
* [[All Just a Dream]]: Used twice in the final episode of series one {{spoiler|and subverted just as quickly when the dreams are shown to be about things that actually happened}}.
* [[A Nazi by Any Other Name]]: Apparently foxhunting beagles, even if they were just following orders, according to them.▼
* [[Animal Talk]]: Why Nelson couldn't talk to the humans on ''[[Springwatch]]''.
** Though strangely a number of celebrities in the cutaway scenes seem to understand the animals.
* [[Axe Crazy]]: Vince
* [[Ascended Extra]]: Season 2 saw some background characters getting some characterisation and more speaking role.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Nelson and [[Grammar Nazi|poor grammar]], see [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p008xy8j here]. Also, Vince if anyone ever so much as insinuates that he may be a c***, or insults his mother.
* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]: Destiny somewhat fits the bill, though she's not very good at the 'pretending to be nice' part.
* [[British Brevity]]: Though at eight episodes a series it's over by two episodes as opposed to the usual six but under US season lengths by a lot.
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Kali, and sometimes Nelson and Destiny.
* [[Deadly Doctor]]: Tim the German Badger attends to the medical needs of the surrounding animals. He also appears to be a [[Serial Killer]].
* [[Depraved Bisexual]]: Possibly Marion, especially after offering a circle stroke to Nelson, and later in the episode looking forward to being [["It's Not Rape If You Enjoyed It"|gang stroked,]] not to mention what he did with the {{spoiler|scare(lesbian)crow at the end}}, and the [[Cutaway Gag]] with George Best.
** And Vince claimed that the "circle stroke" was only the ''second'' gayest thing he'd seen Nelson (aka the [[Wholesome Crossdresser|"Divine Miss Vulpine"]]) do in the last 10 days. Though Nelson's also the least depraved member of the cast, [[Bi the Way|so he'd just be bi]].
** {{spoiler|Archie the stud Afghan hound, how he got rabies}}
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'''Marion''': Well, we could literally be being forced into having sex with people.
'''Nelson''': Oh, that's right, you just blow the whole subtext! }}
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* [[Dropped a Bridge on Him|Dropped A]] [[Stealth Pun|Pigeon]] [[Dropped a Bridge on Him|On Her]]: At the end of episode 6, Sandra (Nelson's [[Brother-Sister Incest|sister/wife]]) runs away. As she does so, [[It Makes Sense in Context|an incredibly overweight Kali is dropped out of the window]], and ends up killing her.
* [[Dude, She's Like, in a Coma|Dude He's Like In A Coma]]: Destiny becomes... attached to Vince when he's knocked unconscious in episode seven.
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* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: Vince
* [[Heroic Comedic Sociopath]]: Kali
* [[Hollywood
* [[Humans Are
* [[The Grim Reaper]]: Makes an appearance in Episode 3.
* [[Identical Stranger]]: Nita to Destiny in "Kali and the Urinary Infection".
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* [[Jerkass]]: Pretty much everyone at some point or another - the most consistent Jerkasses are Destiny, Kali and Vince. This can sometimes be taken [[Complete Monster|even further]] based on [[Rule of Funny]].
* [[Lyrical Dissonance]]: More often than not for the songs. Examples include Nelson's "Breaking Up Is Such a Faff", a [[Meat Loaf]]-style power ballad about how he hates his wife but is too lazy to divorce her, and Rob's sensitive ballad about wanting to murder [[Justin Bieber]].
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{{quote|''Nelson: "Before we start, do you have any brittle bones I should know about?"''
''Eileen: "No." (They proceed to get dirty)'' }}
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** Also when Kali kills a delivery boy with a bomb and experiences genuine remorse when she finds out he had a family.
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: It's probably not a coincidence that Kali is named for the Hindu goddess of destruction.
▲* [[A Nazi by Any Other Name]]: Apparently foxhunting beagles, even if they were just following orders, according to them.
* [[Negative Continuity]]: In the final episode of season 1, Destiny dies, yet in season 2 she's alive and well once again.
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: Completely and utterly averted with a few C-list celebrities appearing as themselves.
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* [[Sadist Show]]
* [[Shout-Out]]: The second episode in season two has Nelson and Marion as [[Simon Pegg]] and Nick Frost in ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]''. Also, name of the Richard O'Brien-voiced dog doing the [[The Rocky Horror Picture Show|Time Warp]] parody was Riff Raff.
** Marion was once flatmates with [[Being Human (UK)|a vampire, a werewolf, and a ghost]].
* [[Situational Sexuality]]: Whatever happened between Nelson and Vince when stuck on that traffic island, it's not something to be mentioned in Vince's wedding speech.
* [[Stalker Shrine]]: In "Nelson and the Human", Neil has one for the blonde girl, including a half-eaten biscuit she's bitten. {{spoiler|It also turns out that Nelson has one of Destiny.}}
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{{reflist}}
[[Category:British Series]]
[[Category:The New Tens]]
[[Category:Britcom]]
[[Category:Puppet Shows]]
▲[[Category:Mongrels]]
[[Category:TV Series]]
[[Category:Puppet Shows of the 2010s]]
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