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* [[Orgy of Evidence]]: "Daylight Robbery on the Orient Express" where the evidence left behind by the murderers includes a Union jack waistcoat, a pair of glasses and a beard...which Bill proceeds to put on.
* [[Overly Long Name]]: When The Goodies travel to Wales via train, the name of the station is seen outside the window continuing for the entire journey to their destination. This is a parody of the railway station at [
* [[Painted Tunnel, Real Train]]: Taken to a truly ''manic'' extent in ''The Movies'': Characters jump in and out of the cinema screen, then in and out of the cinema screen which is on ''another cinema screen'', then running off screen, appearing in the cinema screen inside the cinema screen, then jumping through all the cinema screens. The amazing thing is that they avoid [[Special Effect Failure]] despite the episode being from 1975, and ''live action television''.
** Done earlier in ''Invasion Of The Moon Creatures'', when Bill, dressed as a rabbit ([[It Makes Sense in Context]], promise) runs next to a hole and jumps down the rabbit hole to get rid of Graeme, who is chasing him. Graeme attempts to jump in also, but hits the ground. Confused, he touches the hole, and manages to ''pick it up'' -- it's just a piece of round, black paper. Frustrated, he throws the hole away as he stomps off-screen. When the hole lands, Bill crawls out of it again.
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* [[Screwed By the Network]] (Apparently the controller of the BBC hated the series, but was unable to kill the show off due to its popularity. So while it had a good long run, there have been very, ''very'' few repeats of the show on British TV, even in recent years, this changed in December 2010. And Tim, Bill and Graeme had to take matters into their own hands to get the show out on DVD.)
** The BBC eventually ''did'' cancel the series (or rather, failed to continue it; there was never a formal contract), and it moved to ITV, where it was subjected to [[Executive Meddling]] and died. Ironically, this is the season that [[Comedy Central]] UK is allowed to show.
*** Apparently the show was canceled so that the special effects budget for ''The Goodies'' could be reallocated to the effects heavy and very expensive TV version of [
** Although then BBC controller Jane Root is on record as saying she would allow no more episodes to be made and would permit repeat screenings ''only over my dead body''. Something of a hate figure among Goodies afficionados, fans are patiently waiting for news of her funeral.
* [[Shoot Out the Lock]]: In ''UF-Friend or UFO'' Bill is being chased by what he thinks is an alien, but Tim won't let him in the door, so he orders Graham's robot to open it. The robot promptly disintegrates the door, so Bill can't lock it after him.
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