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* [[All Devouring Black Hole Loan Sharks]]: After losing her shop to a fire and a flood, Yvonne has trouble raising funds to rebuild her shattered empire and seeks help from Paddy Maguire. His aggressive actions cause her to sell the shop to Joe and flee to Spain.
** And one of Paddy's first appearances has him and two [[Mooks|goons]] violently beating someone who owes him money. And laughing like a lunatic.
* [[Alone
* [[Ambulance Chaser]]: A pair of them get Frank to sue Yvonne, and when he drops the case he gets a bill for a thousand pounds.
* [[Ascended Extra]]: Kelly Ball, Norma (to an extent), the entire Maguire family.
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* [[Butch Lesbian]]: Norma - a big, black Geordie trucker who lives in a caravan on the Gallagher's front garden in series 4-6.
* [[Bus Crash]]: Subverted. Debbie leaves to join the army at the end of series 6, and later sent a letter saying she was in Afghanistan. In the first episode of series 8 an army officer tells Frank that Debbie was killed in action, but it turns out to be a malicious prank by ex wife Monica.
* [[Chained to
* [[Christmas Special]]: but a very weird one - Lip and Kev steal a load of meat to sell on the cheap, then {{spoiler|it turns out the meat is a biohazard, so the Military quarantine the area}}
* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: Donny and Joey Maguire. OK, all they ever did was hang around looking menacing, but you still can't help but notice that they just vanished into thin air half way through series 4.
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* [[Fat Bastard]]: Played straight with drug dealer Mimi Maguire in the early series, but after the Maguires became 3-dimensional main characters as opposed to just nasty antagonists (resulting in more sides to Mimi's character being shown), this trope didn't apply as well.
* [[Foreign Remake]]: The American version.
* [[Forgot to Pay
* [[Gayngster]]: Mickey Maguire.
** From the more recent series, Paddy's gangland rival Roscoe.
* [[Gentleman Thief]]: Steve is a middle-class car thief who prides himself on stealing from people who deserve it, as well as never having committed a violent crime.
* [[Great Escape]]: Marty breaks out for his sisters wedding, and gets sent back shortly afterwards.
* [[Hooker
* [[Incest Is Relative]]: {{spoiler|Poor Ian. He finally finds Mister Right, and then, he finds out that they're half-brothers. Oh, and this was after they'd had sex.}}
* [[Insurance Fraud]]: In the first series Lip earns extra money by filing out fake insurance claims for people. Also in series 6 after the Kash & Karry burns down Yvonne deliberatley floods the stock room so she can claim extra insurance.
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{{quote| '''Wilson''': ''Really? Liam Gallagher?.''}}
** There were also two very, very minor characters in the early series called Paddy and Mickey, before the Maguires became prominent.
* [[Naughty
* [[Noodle Implements]]:
{{quote| Paddy to Mimi: "Remember those blokes who came round with the salmon?" }}
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* [[Paedo Hunt]]: Frank rouses one up after {{spoiler|Debbie}} steals someones' baby.
* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: In series two, Veronica gets a temporary bar from the Jockey and tries to sneak back in in disguise on two separate occasions. The first time, she wears a wig. The second, she dons a flat cap, moustache and big coat and masquerades as an old man. On both occasions she gets caught, but not as quickly as she would have done in real life. Frank also escapes some debt collectors by dressing ''very'' unconvincingly as a woman.
* [[Parents
* [[Perpetual Poverty]]: The Gallaghers - in one episode Frank steals paint from a road crew putting down yellow lines.
* [[Promotion to Parent]]: First Fiona, followed by Debbie and most recently Liam.
* [[Put
** Shameless is actually pretty bad for this. Kev, Veronica and Sheila's departures were all explained and depicted on screen, but they happened suddenly, had no real fanfare leading up to them and after the characters had gone, they were seldom mentioned again. Debbie also left suddenly in the recent series.
*** Interestingly, Kev and Veronica would be out of prison by the end of series 8 so they could potentially be brought back in series 9, if only for an episode or two. It would be a brilliant call back and a great chance to see how much things have changed.
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* [[Take That]]:
{{quote| '''Frank''': You hit me in the face with a pan of porridge. I went to casualty looking like [[Acceptable Political Targets|Ann fucking Widdecombe.]]}}
* [[Take That (
* [[Talking to Himself]]: In one episode of Series 5, Sean Gilder played not only Paddy but also his estranged gay twin brother Noel, the characters often conversing in the same scene.
* [[The Alcoholic]]: Frank Gallagher
* [[The Bus Came Back]]: Shameless enjoys [[Killed Off for Real|killing off]], [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome|forgetting the existence of]], or [[Put
** {{spoiler|Kev and Marty both return in separate episodes in the later series. Marty returns to drive a wedge between Kelly and Shane and Kelly falls for him despite them barely speaking to each other when they were both together in the early seasons. Kev returns for the 100th episode as a one-off; his time in prison, Veronica's whereabouts, and how he could afford to move to Nottingham and start a new life, or even why exactly he's brought back, are explained.}}
* [[The Clan]]: The Maguires, who have a long history of being a crime family.
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* [[Dumb Blonde]]: Monica, Jasmine, Holly Hickemer.
* [[Even Evil Has Loved Ones]]: Peggy Gallagher genuinely cared about her children and grandchildren. Except for [[The Unfavorite|Frank]].
* [[Expy]]: [[Amy Smart]] is basically playing the same character she plays in [[
* [[Faking the Dead]]: {{spoiler|Frank, though it seemed to bite him on the ass}}.
* [[Fan Service]]: There has to be some reason Ian is shirtless all the time. Lip, Steve, Kevin, Veronica, and Fiona apply to this too occasionally. Fiona, big time.
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* [[Mood Whiplash]]: Heavily used and ''how''. One moment the show is all dramatic, then the next moment something greatly funny happens.
* [[Never Learned to Read]]: Kevin has severe dyslexia and since he spent his childhood being shuffled from foster home to foster home, it was never addressed. He can read enough to get by in his job as a bartender but has problems with more complicated writing. He's been attending special tutoring sessions so he can finally learn to read and write properly.
* [[Never Mess
* [[Nice Guy]]: Jody does not seem to have a selfish bone in his body. He puts up with Karen's tantrums and her rampant cheating. He takes care of a sick Peggy Gallagher even though she threatened him with a gun during his wedding. He wants to take care of Karen's baby even after Karen dumps him and it is clear the baby is not his. However, by the end of season 2 even he can not be nice to Karen anymore.
* [[Oh Canada]]: After his usual drinking session, Frank wakes up the next morning in Toronto. The scene features a gratuitous use of a Mounty on a horse wearing full ceremonial uniform in downtown Toronto.
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* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Monica Gallagher [[Missing Mom|left her husband and six children]] almost two years ago. Frank stuck around but has been completely useless most of the time. When he actually moves out, it actually makes things easier for the kids.
* [[Perpetual Poverty]]: Frank gets his money by abusing the worker compensation system but he spends it all on alcohol and paying for the damage he causes while drunk. As Lip points out they could easily pay their bills with that money. Instead Fiona, Lip and Ian have to work and steal enough to cover the bills and pay for food. Whenever the kids manage to save up money for the future, Frank finds it, steals it and spends it on booze.
* [[Put
** {{spoiler|Karen leaves the Jackson household at the end of Season 2, but it's possible that she will be back for Season 3}}.
* [[Promotion to Parent]]: Fiona, without a doubt.
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