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[[Spiritual Successor]] slash [[Sound to Screen Adaptation]] of the radio series ''[[Bleak Expectations]]'', this is a [[Charles Dickens
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* [[Added Alliterative Appeal]]: London's three great alliterative clocks, Big Ben, Massive Morris and Tiny Terry.▼
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* [[Affably Evil]]: Skulkingworm shifts drastically between being a horrible old bastard and being rather pleasant.
* [[Amoral Attorney]]: Skulkingworm, the main villain of the pilot. {{spoiler|Curiously, when he's in 'client' mode he's an evil, cackling old scoundrel, but when he's in 'lawyer' mode he's actually quite friendly and pleasant.}}
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* [[Evil Laugh]]: Skulkingworm seems to love them.
* [[The Fundamentalist]]: Secret-Past's adoptive aunts.
* [[It Will Never Catch On]]: Harmswell Grimstone considered trying to find a business partner by [[The Apprentice (TV series)|putting a group of candidates through demeaning weekly tasks and firing them one by one]], but rejected the idea as ludicrous.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Almost every single character has one.
* [[Man Behind the Man]]: Subverted. {{spoiler|Skulkingworm's "client" is...Skulkingworm.}}
* [[May Contain Evil]]: "[[Magically-Binding Contract|Contract]] may contain traces of evil."
* [[Mook Face Turn]]: Fearshiver has one, {{spoiler|Skulkingworm killed his parents. "He placed a large amount of legalments and injunctions on them. [[Dropped a Bridge
* [[Nice Hat]]: A man is nothing without his! Special mention to Skulkingworm, who seems to have some sort of mechanism that can make his top hat extend to several times his own height.
* [[The Nicknamer]]: Maggoty the treacle fiend, who calls people by the names of birds.
* [[Overly Long Gag]]: Mrs. Christmasham, describing the circumstances of her wedding.
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'''Jedringham:''' Did he basically not turn up?
'''Mrs. Christmasham:''' How could you have possibly fathomed that? }}
* [[Punch Clock Villain]]: Skulkingworm's first scene has him act the part of an [[Amoral Attorney]], interspersed with him apologising and saying he's just acting on behalf of his client (who's "a meanie"). {{spoiler|His client just so happens to be himself.}}
* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Connections]]: When Grimstone is brought to trial, he arranges matters such that the jury is composed of his cousins, and his uncle is the judge.
* [[Shout-Out]]: To ''Bleak Expectations''. Harrumble indeed!
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** While Jedrington is having a sword firght with Skulkingworm he says [[Star Trek III:
* [[Yet Another Christmas Carol]]: Deliberately [[Invoked Trope|invoked]] by Grimstone, who dresses up as the Rabbits of Easter Past, Present and Future in order to terrify Jedrington.
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