Absolutely Fabulous: Difference between revisions

The show grew out of a sketch on French & Saunders, which featured an obnoxious, partying mother and her sober, responsible daughter. This became the basis for Edina's and Saffron's characters.

 

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=== Tropes: ===

** And Gran sometimes wears yellow rubber dishwashing gloves for no reason.

* [[Immune to Drugs]]: Patsy should have died ''[[No One Should Survive That|years]]'' ago. Instead she seems [[Nigh Invulnerability|functionally immortal]].

* [[Lady Drunk]]: And ''how''.

* [[Mama Bear]]: When Edina finds out the professor flirting with Saffron is married and has four kids, she punches him in the face.

** Edina's ex-husband Justin also qualifies.

* [[Studio Audience]]: Most episodes of the show were filmed in front of a live audience, save for the various scenes filmed on location.

* [[Theme Tune Cameo]]: Edina gets a karaoke machine for her 40th birthday, and the episode ends with her and Patsy singing a duet of "Wheels on Fire".

* [[Ultimate Job Security]]: Patsy got her job as the editor of a fashion magazine by sleeping with the publisher, and the position requires so little of her that she shows up there only a couple of times a year, and even then only to claim free clothes and other giveaways. It takes the magazine going out of business to dislodge her from it, and she immediately gets another job at a high-fashion store which requires even less work on her part, as it actively discourages customers.

* [[Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist]]: Edina and Patsy.

 

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