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Line 3: ''Welcome to '''Royston Vasey'''. You'll never leave.'' British [[Sketch Comedy]]/[[Sitcom]], with a very dark tone of humour, and plenty of [[Horror Tropes\|horror trappings]]. Line 50: ** Alvin: "Home is the hunter!" * [[Cats Are Mean]] - Cat enthusiast Dougall Siepp is a scary guy. * [[Caught with Your Pants Down]] - Parodied and inverted. Harvey Denton has a peculiar paranoia about walking in on his nephew, Benjamin, and has an entire, [[Spit Take]]-inducing collection of [[Unusual Euphemism\|Unusual Euphemisms]] ready. There has never been any concrete evidence of Benjamin actually masturbating. * [[Celebrity Paradox]] - Mick McNamara claims that an episode of Tom Baker-era ''[[Doctor Who]]'' was filmed at the Stump Hole caverns. So why does Mick, and approximately one third of the town, look exactly like that guy who played Dr. Lazarus in "[[Doctor Who~~/NS~~/Recap/~~S3 E6~~S29/E06 The Lazarus Experiment\|The Lazarus Experiment]]" and wrote the episode "[[Doctor Who~~/NS~~/Recap/~~S2 E7~~S28/E07 The ~~Idiots~~Idiot's Lantern\|The Idiot's Lantern]]"? And why does another third of the town so greatly resemble the guy who played Strackman Lux in "[[Doctor Who~~/NS~~/Recap/~~S4 E8~~S30/E08 Silence in ~~The~~the Library\|Silence in the Library]]" and "[[Doctor Who~~/NS~~/Recap/~~S4 E9~~S30/E09 Forest of the Dead\|Forest of the Dead]]?" And why {{spoiler\|does Dougal Siepp so greatly resemble the Ninth Doctor?}} * [[Characterization Marches On]] - In Series 2, Herr Lipp was essentially a creep and a sociopath; in the Christmas Special, though still a nasty pederast, he at least shows some compassion and sacrifices himself to save Matthew. By the time we get to the Movie, he is a kind and caring guy (even his turn to violence is intended to save the locals from what he believes to be endless misery) who is incidentally campy, a far cry from the selfish date-rapist he originally was. * [[Cheshire Cat Grin]] - Hilary Briss gives these a lot. Line 75: * [[Exposition of Immortality]]: When Papa Lazarou is going through his Book of Wives in Season Three, some of the photos are clearly old, sepia ones that heavily imply that he's a lot older than he appears. There are more on the wall of his room, too. * [[Eye Scream]] - Hilary Briss is seen scaring children with a pair of sheep's eyes, which he then eats. * [[Fag Hag]] - [[Deconstruction\|Deconstructed]] with Tish, who unintentionally offends the hell out of all her fairly [[~~Straight~~Invisible ~~Gay~~to Gaydar]] friends. Mark Gatiss (who is gay) was probably very angry when he wrote her scenes. * [[Fan Disservice]] - Tubbs torturing the construction men while dancing around nude "The Road to Royston Vasey." * [[Fat Idiot]] - Barry Baggs, the debt collector. Also a [[Big Eater]]. In the live show "The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You", his idiot status is subverted--and may even have been [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]--when he outwits and (in the epilogue) replaces his boss. Line 90: ** In the original radio series, this trope was played straight, but the writers gave it a more creative spin for the TV version. * [[He Who Must Not Be Seen]] - "that Merrill." Frequently mentioned by Vinnie and Reenie, but never actually appears. ** David Tattsyrup becomes a [[The Voice]] variant after Tubbs and Edward take him back in. * [[Hoist by His Own Petard]] - Harvey--or rather hoist by his own {{spoiler\|pet toad}}. * [[Homage]] - Edward frequently references ''[[The Wicker Man]]'', and Chloe & Radclyffe obviously parody ''[[The Shining]]''. Papa Lazarou's introductory episode features a few quotes from ''[[Freaks]]'', and Geoff's subplot in Season 2 parodied ''[[Deliverance]]''. In fact, at least one [[horror Movie]] gets referenced per episode. Line 138: * [[Scary Scarecrows]] * [[Serial Killer]] - The Tattsyrups * [[She Is's All Grown Up]] - In the wrongest way possible. * [[Shout-Out]] ** [[Mark Gatiss]] based his performance of Mr. Chinnery on [[Peter Davison]]'s as Tristan Farnan in the BBC production of ''[[All Creatures Great and Small]]''. Line 198: * [[Sliding Scale of Comedy and Horror]] * [[Sorry I Left the BGM On]] - Used as a [[Running Gag]] when the ''League'' theme music is repeatedly revealed to be [[Cell Phone\|mobile phone]] ringtones. * [[Special Guest]] - David Warner (aka [[Time Bandits\|Evil]], aka [[Tron\|Dillinger/Sark]],[[Batman: The Animated Series\|Ra's al Ghul]], aka [[Baldur's Gate\|Jon Irenicus]], aka [[Discworld\|Lord Downey]], aka [[Freakazoid!\|The Lobe]]) as Mr. Pea. * [[Talking to Himself]] - There's one scene where Geoff, Edward, and Papa Lazarou all discuss the fact that they are played by the same actor. * [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works\|Throwing Your Bardiche Always Works]] Line 204: {{reflist}} {{BAFTA TV Award for Best Comedy (Programme or Series)}} [[Category:British Series]] [[Category:Sketch Comedy]] Line 209 ⟶ 210: [[Category:TV Series]] [[Category:Britain's Best Sitcom]] {{DEFAULTSORT:League of Gentlemen (TV series), The}}