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''[[The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret]]'' is a sitcom produced by IFC and RDF Television that airs on IFC in the US and on [[Channel 4]] in Britain. The show stars [[David Cross]] as Todd Margaret, a low-level employee who, due to a comedic misunderstanding, is selected by his jerk boss Brent Wilts to travel to London to sell energy drinks. Although Todd claims to [[Bad Liar|be familiar]] with British culture, it soon becomes apparent that all he is familiar with are broad [[National Stereotypes|outdated stereotypes]]. Needless to say, [[Hilarity Ensues]].▼
▲''The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret'' is a sitcom produced by IFC and RDF Television that airs on IFC in the US and on [[Channel 4]] in Britain. The show stars [[David Cross]] as Todd Margaret, a low-level employee who, due to a comedic misunderstanding, is selected by his jerk boss Brent Wilts to travel to London to sell energy drinks. Although Todd claims to [[Bad Liar|be familiar]] with British culture, it soon becomes apparent that all he is familiar with are broad [[National Stereotypes|outdated stereotypes]]. Needless to say, [[Hilarity Ensues]].
Todd’s only employee in London is Dave, a native Briton who quickly realizes that Todd has no idea about British culture or selling energy drinks and does all he can to take advantage of and embarrass Todd. Rounding out the main cast is Alice, a restaurant owner who dreams of being a molecular gastronomer, who Todd quickly falls for, [[All Love Is Unrequited|much to her chagrin]].
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* [[Alien Lunch]]: Alice and La Molecule subscribe to a style of cuisine that is more chemistry than cooking. They concocts such bizarre foods as "oxtail toothpaste made with pancetta gas"
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: The list of charges against Todd read out at the beginning of each episode are all pretty terrible, but the one from episode 5 invokes this trope:
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* [[Asshole Victim]]: Brent from episode 5 onwards.
* [[As Himself]]: {{spoiler|It is eventually revealed that Dave's nervous butler, played by Jon Hamm, is actually the man himself, cowed into working for Dave through his money and influence}}.
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* [[Big Bad Friend]]: {{spoiler|Dave, who is secretly the mysterious "Mr. Mountford",orchestrated the entire series from the beginning as revenge for two minor slights against him by Brent Wilts and Todd Margaret.}}
* [[Black Comedy]]: More and more with each episode, particularly the finale.
* [[Bribe Backfire]]: In trying to procure a liquor license for Alice, Todd tries to introduce his friend "Mr. Benjamin" to a British official. Not understanding at first that in Britain the currency is pounds, he then tries to guess who is on British currency (including Winston Churchill, a bulldog, a lady drinking tea, and [[The Beatles (
* [[Bring My Brown Pants]]: Todd can't seem to go an episode without urinating or defecating his pants, either out of fear or due to an overdose of stimulants of some sort.
* [[British Accents]]: Todd claims to have spent summers in Leeds with his dad, yet cannot tell where Dave is from by his accent, or that there is even a difference in the different British accents. He also ''claims'' to have a slight Leeds accent of his own, but makes absolutely no effort to change his normal voice.
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* [[The Chessmaster]]: {{spoiler|Dave, who it turns out is rich, kinda cruel and has apparently set up Todd and Brent for his own amusement.}}
* [[Cringe Comedy]]: Todd is pretty much [[The Office|Michael Scott]] times twelve.
* [[Critical Research Failure]]: An [[In
* [[Death Is Dramatic]]: Averted.
* {{spoiler|[[Downer Ending]]: Albeit a hilarious one.}}
* [[Dropped a Bridge
* [[Eagle Land]]: Todd and Brent try to avoid this this episode 5, and fail woefully.
* [[Evilly Affable]]: {{spoiler|Dave, who is probably one of the most likable characters is also almost completely evil.}}
* [[Exactly What It Says
* [[Fawlty Towers Plot]]: Todd's blatant and escalating lies drive most of the plot. Among other things he insists: his father died last week, he grew up in Leeds (a city he picked at random based on an an [[The Who|album cover]]), he is allergic to nuts (going so far as faking anaphalactic shock and taking unnecessary epinephrine shots), and he lives in the houses of Parliament (he claims it has apartments now).
* [[How We Got Here]]:
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* [[Mistaken for Racist]]: Dave convinces Todd to wear a T-shirt advocating the British National Party, a political party infamous for advocating racial purity. Todd, being an American, merely considers it an "I Love England T-shirt".
* {{spoiler|[[Nuke'Em]]: Todd does this in the finale to the Turks.}}
* [[The Other Marty]]: Dave was originally played by [[Being Human (
* [[Sadist Show]]: It's pretty much like watching everyone you've ever hated distilled into one person ruining his life over and over again in funny ways.
* [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]: {{spoiler|When Brent finally realizes how hopeless Todd's trial is, he leaves the courtroom, telling Todd to stall for time until he gets back. He then immediately proceeds to get on a plane back to America.}}
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