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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.

 

 

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=== ''Mongrels'' contains examples of: ===

* [[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}}.

* [[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.

* [[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}}.

* [[Cute Kitten]]: Subverted with Marion, and parodied with his barely legal girlfriend.

* [[Cyanide Pill]]: The foxhunting beagles end up committing suicide that way.

* [[Dead Baby Comedy]]:

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

** 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}}

*** [[Situational Sexuality|What happens on the island, stays on the island]]

* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: Double subverted in episode 10. Basically, a cyclist runs over Kali's dinner (a badger, if you're interested), and she swears to get revenge upon him. She builds it up to be something huge and then... it turns out that she merely crapped on his seat. However, about five seconds later, the bicycle explodes - it turns out that Kali had planted a bomb there all along.

'''Marion''': Well, we could literally be being forced into having sex with people.<br />

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

* [[Easy Evangelism]]: Deano the dove in the second episode manages to convert Marion and Vince to Christianity with little trouble.

* [[Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas]]: {{spoiler|Vince}} certainly acts like a puppydog around his...[[Berserk Button|until someone insults her]]

* [[Jail Bait Wait]]: Part of the third episode revolves around this.

* [[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]].

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

{{quote| ''Nelson: "Before we start, do you have any brittle bones I should know about?"''<br />

''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."

** In Season 2, a terminally ill beagle asks Nelson to mercy kill him. {{spoiler|Surprisingly, Nelson actually succeeds.}}

* [[Money, Dear Boy]]: [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p008dc4n Eamonn Holmes] admits he didn't look at the script before agreeing to appear, just the fee (though that is pretty standard for Holmes as he'd be the first to admit!)

* [[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.}}

* [[Stalking Is Love]]: Used in-universe in the episode "Nelson and the Human": Nelson considers Neil's obsession to be the stuff of romantic comedy and tries to get Neil and the girl together. It doesn't end well.

* [[Status Quo Is God]]: Almost played literally straight as in the first episode Marian is [[Fate Worse Than Death|neutered]] the next episode he is told that if he converts to Christianity [[Easy Evangelism|Jesus himself will sew his testicles back on with golden thread.]]

** Though characters that change Nelson's life significantly have a way of dying before the episode is over: {{spoiler|Kieran (adopted son), the pigeox (biological offspring) and Sandra (wife/sister) and Vince's mother (Fiancee)}}.

* [[Subverted Kids Show]]: Played straight if you feel [[The Muppets|puppetry is]] [[Avenue Q|something that can]] [[Animation Age Ghetto|only appeal to kids]] otherwise there's little analogous to a kids show besides puppets.

* [[Take That]]:

{{quote| '''Kali''' You can acheive a hell of a lot in life without any testicles<br />