Stressed Eric

And you think modern life is stressful? Well just be thankful that you're not Eric Feeble, the perpetually struggling forty-something and unfortunate star of this short-lived British animated series.

Tropes used in Stressed Eric include:

The Ace: Eric's next-door neighbors, the Perfect family.
The Alcoholic: Maria.
Always Someone Better: The Perfects.
Beehive Hairdo: Mrs. Perfect.
Blondes Are Evil: The Perfects.
Butt Monkey: Eric. Oh dear god.
Chick Magnet: Doc.
Crapsack World: The whole world seems to be out to get Eric.
Cross-Popping Veins: Eric gets them several times an episode. Sometimes they get so bad that they grab him by his throat!
Deliberately Cute Child: Claire.
The Ditz: Brian.
Elmuh Fudd Syndwome: Claire again.
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": Doc.
Express Lane Limit: One episode has three such lanes: "Less than ten items but more than four", "less than four items but more than one", and "one item or less" (which the Eric promptly uses to checkout one potato.)
Failure Is the Only Option
Funny Foreigner: Maria to an extent.
Girlish Pigtails: Claire.
Granola Girl: Liz.
Hair of Gold: The Perfects.
Ill Girl: Claire. She's allegic to virtually everything.
- Claire's friend Julie is allergic to even more things, including air!
Jerkass: Pretty much everyone who isn't a Feeble.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Maria to an extent.
Meaningful Name: The Feebles and the Perfects.
Paintball Episode
Parody Sue: The Perfects.
Perverted Drooling: In one episode, Eric's boss promoted a very hot babe to an unqualified high position, he repeats "just some excess saliva" every time he thinks of her.
Sadist Show
Same Language Dub: For US airings, Eric's lines were dubbed over by Hank Azaria, making Eric an American living in Britain.
She Cleans Up Nicely: Maria, on the one occasion she makes an effort.
Suicide as Comedy: In "Pony" an entry in Claire's diary implied she was going to kill herself.
They Killed Kenny: Eric dies of stress at the end of nearly every episode.
The Voiceless: Brian.
Vomit Discretion Shot: In the first opening when Eric finds Maria hungover.
Yank the Dog's Chain: An incredibly dark example to boot.
You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Maria.