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''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]].
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** 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
* [[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.
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* [[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 [[
* [[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.
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** 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.
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