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''Monkey Dust'' is a British, edgy [[Dead Baby Comedy]], animated TV show comprising of short sketches of recurring characters. It showed between 2003-2005.
Themes throughout the show deal with paedophilia, murders, drugs, gay cottages, suicides and [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|advertising]].
== Notable characters include: ==
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* Clive: A man who is always late home and uses the plots of famous fictional stories as an excuse for his wife. Eventually he gives in and admits the truth, which is always some revoltingly degrading and over-the-top sexual practice.
* David Baddiel: he resents the implication that as a famous comedian he's any less qualified to perform any given task than a trained professional.
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* [[Abomination Accusation Attack]]: This trope is the Modus Operandi of the Paedofinder General.
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* [[Amusing Injuries]]: Described by Ivan Dobsky as why he said 'he dunnit'.
{{quote| "I only said I done it so they would call off the monkey tattooist."}}
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: The Tony Blair segments in Series 3, where he makes various outrageous promises, on the lines of "A fluffy kitten for every small child, with a pink bow. Named Mittens. ... Everyone's neighbors to be Tom and Barbara, out of ''[[The Good Life]]'' ... The blind to see and the lame to walk ... Pubs that stay open after eleven."
* [[Art Shift]]: Several different animation companies worked on different sketches so the [[Art Style]] shifts with each new sketch.
* [[Author Existence Failure]]: The show stopped because of Harry Thompson's deeath.
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* [[Gorn]]
* [[Harmless Villain]]: Omar, Abdul and Shafiq, the incompetent terrorists
* [[Hey
** The "Classically Trained Actor" is voiced by Peter Dickson, AKA The E4 Man. Crikey!
* [[Keep Circulating the Tapes]]: Only series 1 is available on DVD so other methods have to be employed to watch the other series.
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* [[Running Gag]]: Each set of sketches has this to some extent.
* [[Shout Out]]: To ''[[Brass Eye]]'' in the Dr Fox sketch of the first series finale. Also, the Paedofinder General takes his name from ''The Witchfinder General'', a 1968 film starring [[Vincent Price]].
* [[Slow
* [[Snap Back]]
* [[Station Ident]]: Mocked (of course) by two men dressed in red having anal sex while the announcer proudly states over the backing of up-beat classical music "You're watching BBC 1".
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