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[[File:thelibrarians.jpg|frame|Far more sordid than it appears.]] |
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''The Librarians'' is an Australian [[Work Com]] produced by Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope. It mainly centres on Frances, who is head librarian in a particularly dysfunctional suburban library, and her utter failure to ever get anything right in her work or personal life. |
'''''The Librarians''''' is an Australian [[Work Com]] produced by Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope. It mainly centres on Frances, who is head librarian in a particularly dysfunctional suburban library, and her utter failure to ever get anything right in her work or personal life. |
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* [[Aerosol Flamethrower]] - Frances' daughters improvise one from Dawn's deodorant. |
* [[Aerosol Flamethrower]] - Frances' daughters improvise one from Dawn's deodorant. |
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* [[Armchair Psychology]] - Frances typical mode of speaking. She's almost like a [[Distaff Counterpart]] of [[Office Space|Bill Lumbergh]] at times. |
* [[Armchair Psychology]] - Frances typical mode of speaking. She's almost like a [[Distaff Counterpart]] of [[Office Space|Bill Lumbergh]] at times. |
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* [[Butt Monkey]] - Dawn. |
* [[Butt Monkey]] - Dawn. |
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* [[Camp Gay]] - Ky Lee, whose name is a [[Shout-Out]] to influential Australian gay icon [[Kylie Minogue]]. |
* [[Camp Gay]] - Ky Lee, whose name is a [[Shout-Out]] to influential Australian gay icon [[Kylie Minogue]]. |
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* [[Caught with Your Pants Down]] - Frances walking in on Terry is a running joke. |
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* [[The Chew Toy]] - Nothing Frances ever does goes the way she wants it to. |
* [[The Chew Toy]] - Nothing Frances ever does goes the way she wants it to. ''Nothing.'' |
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* [[Cringe Comedy]] - In a similar vein to ''[[The Office]]''. |
* [[Cringe Comedy]] - In a similar vein to ''[[The Office]]''. |
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]] - Pretty much everyone, but particularly Frances and Neil. |
* [[Deadpan Snarker]] - Pretty much everyone, but particularly Frances and Neil. |
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* [[Distracted by the Sexy]] - Frances, whenever Lachie is around and, to a lesser extent, Christine. |
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* [[Dogged Nice Guy]] - Neil, who is besotted with Christine, but such a useless ne'er do well that even she can do better. |
* [[Dogged Nice Guy]] - Neil, who is besotted with Christine, but such a useless ne'er do well that even she can do better. |
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* [[Fiction Is Not Fair]] - The midwife's stubborn refusal to give Christine any pain relief despite her never requesting a natural birth would have her sued for malpractise in [[Real Life]]. |
* [[Fiction Is Not Fair]] - The midwife's stubborn refusal to give Christine any pain relief despite her never requesting a natural birth would have her sued for malpractise in [[Real Life]]. |
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* [[Transparent Closet]] - Frances is bisexual, widely assumed to be so by pretty much everyone, but deeply in denial about it on account of being a conservative Catholic. |
* [[Transparent Closet]] - Frances is bisexual, widely assumed to be so by pretty much everyone, but deeply in denial about it on account of being a conservative Catholic. |
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* [[Tyrant Takes the Helm]] - Adrian, although only from Frances's point of view. Frances, to everyone else. |
* [[Tyrant Takes the Helm]] - Adrian, although only from Frances's point of view. Frances, to everyone else. |
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* [[Ultimate Job Security]] - Frances largely keeps her job as a result of exploiting loopholes in Australian |
* [[Ultimate Job Security]] - Frances largely keeps her job as a result of exploiting loopholes in Australian employment law and convincingly portraying an image of being a [[Stepford Smiler|morally upright Catholic woman.]] |
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* [[Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist]] - Frances, a passive- |
* [[Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist]] - Frances, a passive-aggressive egomaniac who appears to be bigoted towards every minority group known to man. |
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* [[Zany Scheme]] - Neil always has one going. |
* [[Zany Scheme]] - Neil always has one going. |
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[[Category:Australian Television Shows]] |
[[Category:Australian Television Shows]] |
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[[Category:The Librarians]] |
[[Category:The Librarians]] |
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[[Category:Series]] |
[[Category:TV Series]] |
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Latest revision as of 14:56, 16 September 2017
![](http://static.miraheze.org/allthetropeswiki/b/b2/Thelibrarians.jpg)
The Librarians is an Australian Work Com produced by Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope. It mainly centres on Frances, who is head librarian in a particularly dysfunctional suburban library, and her utter failure to ever get anything right in her work or personal life.
Tropes used in The Librarians (Australian TV show) include:
- Aerosol Flamethrower - Frances' daughters improvise one from Dawn's deodorant.
- Armchair Psychology - Frances typical mode of speaking. She's almost like a Distaff Counterpart of Bill Lumbergh at times.
- Awful Wedded Life - Frances and Terry's marriage.
- Beleaguered Assistant - Nadia. Who actually gets the library in something approximating order in those times when Frances isn't around.
- Break the Cutie - Young Frances who did not deserve what happened to her. She gradually turned into someone who did.
- Butt Monkey - Dawn.
- Camp Gay - Ky Lee, whose name is a Shout-Out to influential Australian gay icon Kylie Minogue.
- Caught with Your Pants Down - Frances walking in on Terry is a running joke.
- The Chew Toy - Nothing Frances ever does goes the way she wants it to. Nothing.
- Cringe Comedy - In a similar vein to The Office.
- Deadpan Snarker - Pretty much everyone, but particularly Frances and Neil.
- Distracted by the Sexy - Frances, whenever Lachie is around and, to a lesser extent, Christine.
- Dogged Nice Guy - Neil, who is besotted with Christine, but such a useless ne'er do well that even she can do better.
- Fiction Is Not Fair - The midwife's stubborn refusal to give Christine any pain relief despite her never requesting a natural birth would have her sued for malpractise in Real Life.
- Keet - Ky Lee, who is possibly the only person in the series without malice.
- Loveable Rogue - Neil thinks he's one of these.
- Not So Different - As the series progresses, Nadia is shown to be absorbing some of Frances more unpleasant personality traits. It's implied Nadia is going to end up the same way as Frances eventually.
- No Sympathy - Frances lives and breathes this trope. Particularly towards Dawn. Whom she was responsible for crippling.
- Poor Man's Porn - Terry is caught jerking off over an underwear catalogue.
- Screaming Birth - Christine goes to absurd lengths to avoid this, but the Rule of Funny intervenes.
- Slap Slap Kiss - Subverted, when Frances attempts to make a move on Adrian. He's gay.
- She Who Must Not Be Seen - Frances' daughter Bernadette, while the effects of her rampant sociopathy are visible, she herself never is. Later progresses to The Voice.
- Really Gets Around / Bottle Fairy - Christine.
- Twofer Token Minority - Much to Frances dismay, she's surrounded by them: Nadia is a devoutly Muslim woman, Dawn is a paraplegic woman and Ky Lee, who is a gaysian.
- Transparent Closet - Frances is bisexual, widely assumed to be so by pretty much everyone, but deeply in denial about it on account of being a conservative Catholic.
- Tyrant Takes the Helm - Adrian, although only from Frances's point of view. Frances, to everyone else.
- Ultimate Job Security - Frances largely keeps her job as a result of exploiting loopholes in Australian employment law and convincingly portraying an image of being a morally upright Catholic woman.
- Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist - Frances, a passive-aggressive egomaniac who appears to be bigoted towards every minority group known to man.
- Zany Scheme - Neil always has one going.