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* Peter Bishop: A friend of Lomax, who runs "Hoyti Toyti", a shop selling antique toys. It turns out that {{spoiler|the shop is a front for the sale of Nazi artefacts - leading him to make the connection between Ravenhill and Nurse Kenchington's Nazi father.}}
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* [[Abandoned Hospital]]: Ravenhill
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* [[Creepy Doll]]: Freddie
* [[Cryptic Conversation]]: In series two, this leads to Jelly accepting a booking intended for Jolly, mistakenly thinking he's being hired for a children's party. It turns out that {{spoiler|Jolly, who used to be a surgeon, was moonlighting for the mob - removing people's organs to sell on the black market.}}
* [[DaddysDaddy's Little Villain]]: It's implied that Kenchington gets her villainous ways from her father, who was {{spoiler|a Nazi neurosurgeon who trained under [[Complete Monster|Josef Mengele.]]}}
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: Mr Jelly. He might look like a [[Monster Clown|terrifying]] blend of [[The League of Gentlemen|Papa Lazarou]], [[IT|Pennywise]] and [[The Dark Knight|The Joker]], but he's [[Only Sane Man|probably the most normal and well adjusted of the cast]].
* [[Daydream Believer]]: Joy Aston.
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* [[Dumb Blonde]]: Debbie
* [[The European Carry All]]: Not toys. ''Commodities''.
* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: Mr Jelly.
* [[Fag Hag]]: Hattie
* [[Failed a Spot Check]]: Mrs Wren, frequently. She believes the entire visit to Andrews Nanotech with Jelly, and running for their lives from Finney, to be Jelly simply taking her on a nice trip to the theatre in London.
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* [[Hallucinations]]: Silent Singer appears to be Jeremy's hallucination.
** David experiences hallucinations in episode 5 of series 1, when he imagines the waxworks coming to life and performing a musical number.
* [[Hates the Job, Loves The Limelight]]: Mr. Jelly.
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: {{spoiler|Kerry, to a certain extent.}} She may have been revealed to be evil in Series 1 but she's the one who ultimately finishes off {{spoiler|Dr. Ehrlichmann.}}
* [[Hero Killer]]: {{spoiler|Detective Finney}} in series two is the goddamned ''definition'' of this trope. For a while he has a killing spree of one recurring cast member per episode.
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* [[MacGuffin]]: ''50 Great Coastal Walks of the British Isles, Volume 2''. Averted with Kenchington's locket, which looks like a classic [[MacGuffin]] to the [[Genre Savvy]], but is actually vital to the plot.
* [[Mad Scientist]]: {{spoiler|Nurse Kenchington's}} father was a brilliant Nazi scientist who studied under Josef Mengele. Because of his genius, instead of being tried for war crimes he was allowed to come to Britain where {{spoiler|he was put in charge of Ravenhill.}}
* [[Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane]]: It's occasionally hinted that Freddie does have some kind of life force or magical power - he appears to be able to move by himself and drink from the bottle Joy gives him. {{spoiler|With Joy's death, it's unlikely we'll uncover the truth.}}
* [[Metaphorgotten]]: Doctor Flint.
* [[Mind Over Matter]]: Robert has telekinetic powers that appear at times of high emotion. {{spoiler|It's eventually revealed that Kerry, not Robert, is telekinetic and has complete control over her abilities. She just let Robert think he was telekinetic.}}
* [[Modern Minstrelsy]]: Lomax's second assistant, Jennifer.
* [[Monster Clown]]: Mr. Jelly, ''Keeps Kids Quiet.''
** To be fair however, he is shown to have been a [[Non -Ironic Clown|normal and cheerful clown]] prior to losing his hand in a botched surgery, with the surgeon in question then stealing his act.
*** During a [[Dream Sequence]] at the begining of episode 3, Mr Jelly is put on trial by a court of [[Monster Clown|such clowns,]] headed by the honourable [[Shout Out|Judge]] ''[[Stephen King|Pennywise.]]''
* [[Murder By Cremation]]: {{spoiler|Finney.}}
* [[Nice Character, Mean Actor]]: Everyone involved in Biggins Panto arguably counts (except Brian, who plays the Wicked Queen.)
* [[No Time to Explain]]: The pilot did nothing but raise questions.
* [[Not Quite Dead]]: {{spoiler|Nurse Kenchington, twice.}}
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* [[Pocket Protector|"Pocket" Protector]]: Lampshaded with {{spoiler|David's melon}}.
* [[Parental Incest]]: Constantly teased with David and Maureen, although toned down in the second series.
* [[Pointy -Haired Boss]]: Grace Andrews, despite arguably being the [[Big Bad]] of the second season, is frequently more interested in gadgets and making her office look like [[Minority Report]] than she is in the actual task at hand, at one point ordering a pointless murder basically because it'll make her screen look tidy.
* [[Precision F -Strike]]: Grace - "Don't FUCKING touch that!"
* [[Psychopathic Manchild]]: David Sowerbutts ''in spades.''
* [[Psychotic Smirk]]: "Detective" Finney is particularly good at this.
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