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* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: After actor Richard Murdoch's death in 1990, Uncle Tom vanished without an explanation.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Uncle Tom, who hasn't had a brief in anyone's living memory, but still happily potters around Chambers playing golf.
* [[Comic Book Time]]: Rumpole is somewhere in his mid-sixties when first introduced, and never really gets any older. See the [
** Strangely, this only applies to Rumpole and his wife. The young female lawyer introduced just passing the bar in the first stories is an experienced judge in late middle age by the end, and many other characters also age, retire, and so forth.
* [[Continuity Nod]]: Several, especially later in the series. They often occur when a character who was formerly a regular but now isn't (e.g. Guthrie Featherstone or Phyllida Trant) shows up.
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** "Rumpole and the Sporting Life" features an unusual and literal example in the elderly Mr Justice Twyburne, who once sentenced a man to hang for killing a policeman. {{spoiler|The man was later proven innocent, a fact which has preyed on Twyburne's conscience ever since.}}
* [[Hangover Sensitivity]]: here's at least one episode of wherein Rumpole, after a night of "carousing" with Henry the clerk, has to come in to court shading his eyes.
* [["Happy Ending" Massage]]: "Rumpole and the Judge's Elbow". Featherstone, presiding in this case, thinks he went to a parlor where these were provided, although he didn't partake and wasn't even aware of the possibility. [[Hilarity Ensues]].
* [[Harmless Villain]]: The Timson clan, very, ''very'' low-level crooks ("minor villains" is what Rumpole likes to call them) whom Rumpole defends on a regular basis (they appear to be his primary source of income, and at one point he refers to himself as being "DT--Defender of the Timsons.").
* [[Henpecked Husband]]: Sam Ballard and, of course, Rumpole.
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*** Judge Roger "The Mad Bull" Bullingham.
*** Mr. Justice Gerald Graves, called by Rumpole "Mr Justice Gravestone" and at on least one occasion "Mr Injustice Death's Head".
* [[Nipple
** Averted again with "Rumpole and the Quality of Life," which [[Hello Boys|opens with a shot of a naked artist's model sitting for a painting]], with breasts in full view. She turned out to be the client.
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed|No Secret Societies Were Harmed]]: The "Ostlers" of the (fictional) town of Gunster in "Rumpole and the Right to Silence" bear a ([[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]]) resemblance to the Freemasons.
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* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: Rumpole occasionally uses this when he's trying to get something, especially if he's trying to get it from Hilda.
* [[Office Golf]]: Uncle Tom's primary occupation, besides making bizarre comments at Chambers meetings and completely misunderstanding anything anyone says within earshot of him.
* [[Old
* [[Only Known By Their Nickname]]: T. C. Rowley, called Uncle Tom by even an ultra-stuffy character like Ballard.
* [[Oop North]]: Mr. Justice Oliphant is very proud of being from there, and it drives Rumpole to distraction.
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