Mongrels: Difference between revisions

* [[Brother-Sister Incest]]: Nelson marries his sister in episode six.

* [[Busby Berkeley Number]]: The show has one [[Once an Episode]]. Subverted once though, when Nelson attempts to sing a love song to Destiny and she walks off as the number begins.

* [[Camp Straight]]: Nelson, kind of. And particularly Destiny's "gay best friend" (who is neither).

* [[Cartwright Curse]]: Nelson's lovers seem to have rather short life expectancies (probably to ensure he's [[Status Quo Is God|back to pining for Destiny by the next episode]]). The chicken in the first episode {{spoiler|turned out to be psycho, head cut off}}; his sister {{spoiler|was squashed by an overweight Kali}}; Vince's mother {{spoiler|had a heart attack when Nelson proposed}}; Destiny's double {{spoiler|was killed by the real one for stabbing her guy of the week}}.

* [[Cat Up a Tree]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by Marion:

** In Season 2 Episode 5, Kali wonders if a plot about Nelson's lost vegetables is a good way to "start it this week".

* [[Catch Phrase]]:

* [[Cats Have Nine Lives]]: Parodied in the third episode

* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: Vince, although [[Sound Effect Bleep|censored.]]

* [[Conspiracy Theorist]]:

'''Nelson:''' Yes. Yes. Alright, [[Basil Brush|Basil]] Look! a gray heron! |(Nelson flees)}}

* [[Couch Gag]]: Every episode (much in the vein of ''[[King of the Hill]]'') has a soundbite played over the production date after the credits.

** Literally, Vince [[Eats Babies]] (the first time his own) in at least two episodes.

** Seemingly averted in the episode where Nelson marries his sister:

'''Nelson:''' No, turns out it's impossible to get pregnant if she penetrates ''you''. }}

** But played straight less than a minute later when Destiny uses powder on her fleas:

* [[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]].

* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: Does this a lot, though not in a very subtle way.

** [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]]/parodied in Episode 3, with petting as an equivalent of sex.

'''Nelson''': Oh, that's right, you just blow the whole subtext! }}

* [[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.

* [[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]].

* [[May-December Romance]]: Nelson with Vince's mother.

''Eileen: "No." (They proceed to get dirty)'' }}

* [[Medium Awareness]]: Destiny finds a treasure map and says she's going to search for treasure, but is taken off by her owner before she can. Nelson turns to the camera and says, "Shame, sounds like it would've made a good storyline."

* [[Overly Long Gag]]: When Nelson's French pen pal comes to stay, he goes through a lot of thinking noises before comes up with the English word he wants. Lampshaded by Marion.

* [[Racist Grandma]]: With Nelson and an Elderly chicken.

"There was a black man coming and I was afraid he might mug me." }}

* [[Read the Fine Print]]: Nelson mistakes the intention of one of those "Adopt an endangered animal" campaigns and when explained exactly what it actually meant he comments that he should know better by now. Cue cutaway to Nelson agreeing to an iTunes update EULA and the [[Grim Reaper]] demanding his first born.

* [[Suicide as Comedy]]: In the pilot episode, there was another character called Debbie. She was a suicidal chicken who was always considering ways in which she might kill herself. The producers decided that the character wasn't deep enough for a full series, and thus she was axed.

* [[Take That]]:

'''Announcer''' Ladies and Gentlemen, Michael Buble! }}

* [[Too Soon]]: Surprisingly for this show, but it was due to unforeseen consequences. During the second season's initial run on BBC Three, episode 5 was skipped over to play the next episodes before it, most likely due to the very recent death of beloved Welsh football manager Gary Speed.

* [[Training Montage]]: Spoofed in episode three

* [[Twin Threesome Fantasy]]: Presumably the subject of Nelson's erotic short story.

* [[What Did I Do Last Night?]]: The Series 2 finale.

* [[Wholesome Crossdresser]]: Nelson, also known as The Divine Miss Vulpine

* [[Unrequited Love]]: Nelson/Destiny.