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** And last but certainly not least, Mr. Creosote. "Better get the bucket..." |
** And last but certainly not least, Mr. Creosote. "Better get the bucket..." |
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* [[Rugby Is Slaughter]]: A boarding school holds a rugby match pitting little boys against grown men. [[It Got Worse|As if that weren't brutal enough]], when a boy finally gets to make a try, a teacher trips him from the sidelines. To further underline the point, the scene segues directly into a [[World War One]] segment. |
* [[Rugby Is Slaughter]]: A boarding school holds a rugby match pitting little boys against grown men. [[It Got Worse|As if that weren't brutal enough]], when a boy finally gets to make a try, a teacher trips him from the sidelines. To further underline the point, the scene segues directly into a [[World War One]] segment. |
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* [[Self-Deprecation]]: An Englishman's attempt to upbraid the Grim Reaper for his poor manners is met with this response: |
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{{quote| '''Grim Reaper:''' ''(poking him in the eye)'' Quiet! Englishmen, you're all so fucking [[British Stuffiness|pompous]]. None of you have got any balls.}} |
{{quote| '''Grim Reaper:''' ''(poking him in the eye)'' Quiet! Englishmen, you're all so fucking [[British Stuffiness|pompous]]. None of you have got any balls.}} |
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* [[Smite Me Oh Mighty Smiter]]: A military recruiter, after showing a war documentary, says, "That is why we will always need an army, and [[Tempting Fate|may God strike me down]] were it to be otherwise." [[Bolt of Divine Retribution|Whereupon...]] |
* [[Smite Me Oh Mighty Smiter]]: A military recruiter, after showing a war documentary, says, "That is why we will always need an army, and [[Tempting Fate|may God strike me down]] were it to be otherwise." [[Bolt of Divine Retribution|Whereupon...]] |
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* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: The man in the front end of the tiger costume: |
* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: The man in the front end of the tiger costume: |
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{{quote| "Oh come on! I mean, do we look like the sort of chaps who'd creep into a camp at night, steal into someone's tent, anaesthetise them, tissue-type them, amputate a leg and run away with it?"}} |
{{quote| "Oh come on! I mean, do we look like the sort of chaps who'd creep into a camp at night, steal into someone's tent, anaesthetise them, tissue-type them, amputate a leg and run away with it?"}} |
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* [[The Un-Reveal]]: Although several theories as to the "meaning of life" are given throughout the film, when the "true" answer is finally revealed at the end it's [[Anticlimax|not very life-changing.]] And this is only a segue into a totally unrelated and tangential joke. |
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* [[Vomit Indiscretion Shot]]: The Mr. Creosote scene. |
* [[Vomit Indiscretion Shot]]: The Mr. Creosote scene. |
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* [[Walk the Plank]]: The "Crimson Permanent Assurance" short. |
* [[Walk the Plank]]: The "Crimson Permanent Assurance" short. |
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{{quote| Well, that's the end of the page, now here's the Meaning of Life:<br /> |
{{quote| Well, that's the end of the page, now here's the Meaning of Life:<br /> |
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{{spoiler|"[[ |
{{spoiler|"[[Tropes Will Ruin Your Life|Add more tropes"...?]]}} }} |
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