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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.}}
* [[Androcles' Lion]]: The orphan Jedrington treats like any other customer at the begining of the Christmas episode.
* [[The Artful Dodger]]: Parodied with the Artful Codger ("codger" being slang for an older person) who has had to spend his life with a gang of urchin kids because he failed the exam to graduate to "vagabond" or "ne'er-do-well".
* [[Bazaar of the Bizarre]]: The eponymous shop of stuff.
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* [[British Brevity]]: It aired starting with a one hour [[Christmas Special]] before Christmas 2011 with another three half hour episodes.
* [[Deliberate Values Dissonance]]: Hatred of the French and extreme sexism. Both [[Played for Laughs]].
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* [[Evil Laugh]]: Skulkingworm seems to love them.
* [[The Fundamentalist]]: Secret-Past's adoptive aunts.
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'''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!
** {{spoiler|PS Little Nell has died}}
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