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The first two series, each comprising three episodes, star Chris Langham as the hapless Minister for Social Affairs, Hugh Abbott MP. They were followed by two hour-long specials- ''Rise of the Nutters'' and ''Spinners and Losers''- which centred on the Prime Minister's <s>enforcer</s> Director of Communications Malcolm Tucker, played by Peter Capaldi, and the issue of the Prime Minister's impending resignation. The third series introduced Nicola Murray MP, played by Rebecca Front, as Hugh Abbott's replacement following a Cabinet reshuffle. The fourth series has started filming as of March 2012, and is expected to air in the fall.

 

 

This show has [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: you can read more about them and how they fit into the [[British Political System]] over at the show's [[The Thick of It/Characters|Character Sheet]].

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99CZHHgAOy8 "FUCKIN' OLLY! HE'S A FUCKIN' KNITTED SCARF!"]

* [[Anti-Hero]]: Malcolm is at the far end of the [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|sliding scale]], occasionally drifting into [[Villain Protagonist]] territory.

* [[Ask a Stupid Question]]: Jamie does this deliberately in an attempt to wind Malcolm up. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQoem1717X4 It works]:

{{quote|'''Jamie:''' "Have you seen this?"

** Nicholson has a constant food motif. When he isn't munching biscuits, buying sandwiches, or eating takeaways, he's feeding the ducks. He even tries to go [[Through His Stomach|through Malcolm's stomach]] when he {{spoiler|wants Malcolm to come back after his sacking}}. However he will ''not'' eat the pissy biscuit, or THE FUCKIN' CHEEEEEEESE...

{{quote|'''Malcolm Tucker''': "Sam! No pissy biscuits!"}}

{{quote|'''Nicola Murray''': "You haven't had this much fun since you went to Cadbury World."}}

* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]: It's a paper-thin disguise in ''[[Berserk Button|Steve]]'' Fleming's case.

** Malcolm does a brief imitation of John Duggan's English accent, and it is genuinely disturbing.

* [[British Brevity]]: The first two seasons had only three episodes each.

* [[But I Play One on TV]]: Rebecca Front is baffled at how playing a fictional minister has brought her a flood of requests to appear on news shows [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/may/16/television-current-affairs-political-comedy as a political pundit]. Similarly, Peter Capaldi was asked to interview [[No Celebrities Were Harmed|Alastair Campbell]] in the style of Malcolm Tucker but had to refuse on the grounds that Malcolm is a fictional character and that he'd need backup from eight writers.

** Peter Capaldi gets fans stopping him the street with [[Too Kinky to Torture|requests to tell them to fuck off]]: [http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2009/oct/17/peter-capaldi-malcolm-tucker-tv "...and sometimes I mean it."]

* [[Butt Monkey]]: Poor Glenn. "I feel like I'm in a therapy group being run by my own rapist."

** Peter Mannion as well, particularly by series three. It's quite obvious the man is well-meaning, but he's constantly surrounded by people who want to make him look like a jerk, or people who think he's a jerk.

** Olly too, mostly in the first couple of seasons. He occasionally manages a bit of genuinely funny [[Deadpan Snarker|deadpan snarking]] but mostly he just desperately prolongs other people's jokes.

** Robyn to Glenn: "Don't do jokes Glenn. You're not a funny man, you're not that type."

** Peter Mannion is accused of this during the radio debate:

'''Stewart Pearson''': "[[Dude, Not Funny|Oh don't do a joke Peter]], don't do a joke..." }}

* [[Casting Gag]]: Armando Iannucci admitted he cast Tom Hollander as Cal "The Fucker" Richards partly as an in-joke for fans who'd seen him playing Simon Foster in ''[[In the Loop]]''.

** But simultaneously [[Played for Laughs]] by another group dashing around desperately looking for a television, and then arguing about how to plug it in...

* [[Comedic Sociopathy]]: The writers ''seriously'' love to mock the actors' physical characteristics. The scripts lay into everything from Alex MacQueen's lack of hair to Justin Edwards' nervous blink:

"They're like bullies, basically" -- '''Will Smith''', who plays Opposition aide Phil. }}

* [[Competence Zone]]: The upper limit seems to have been set at fifty. Glenn is in his fifties and his incompetence is often linked to his age. Likewise for Peter Mannion: "We're not sending him to DoSAC to fatten him up, we're putting him out to pasture". When the usually competent {{spoiler|Malcolm}} hits the big 5-0 he too begins a descent into incompetence before {{spoiler|being given the sack}}.

* [[Corrupt the Cutie]]: Nicola arrives at DoSAC as a [[Wide-Eyed Idealist|wide-eyed]], naive MP who only reluctantly agreed to become a Cabinet minister. After being introduced to Malcolm she attempts to emulate him, swearing more in front of him ("You are ''so'' wanking with the wrong crowd!") and trying to imitate his [[Cut His Heart Out with a Spoon|method of issuing threats]] ("Do we go after him with... a bum-dildo of vengeance?"). By the end of the series she becomes power-hungry to the point of considering a leadership bid, and swears so much that even Steve Fleming is shocked ("You're quite the potty-mouth, aren't you?").

* [[Country Matters]]: Terri's [[Irrevocable Message]], Malcolm's birthday cake... the show is full of [[Cluster F-Bomb|F-bombs]] and the writers aren't shy of C-bombs either.

** [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in series 3:

{{quote|'''Malcolm Tucker:''' "I just wanted to say to you by way of introductory remarks that I'm ''extremely'' miffed about today's events, and in my quest to try to make you understand the level of my unhappiness I'm likely to use an awful lot of what we would call ''violent sexual imagery''- and I just wanted to check that neither of you would be terribly offended by that."}}

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Most characters in ''The Thick of It'' are deadpan snarkers to some extent...

** Glenn Cullen. "The new administration? Listen to The First Lady!"

* [[The Dragon]]: Jamie to Malcolm. In the second special he is a [[Dragon with an Agenda]], which may account for his sacking. The deleted scenes reveal that Malcolm sometimes has him followed. Keep your friends close...

* [[Dude, Where's My Respect?]]: Malcolm has fought ''so hard'' for the party. If ''The Missing DoSAC Files'' are to be believed, however, no one has an ounce of respect for him after the election. The e-mail exchange regarding the titular missing files is also indicative that people aren't taking Malcolm very seriously anymore. The replies are snarky almost down to the last man. It's still hard to picture the characters saying any of those things to his face, however... and Ollie seems appropriately scared piss-less.

* [[Ermine Cape Effect]]: Played with by Julius Nicholson when he is made Lord Nicholson of Arnage. He laments that he won't be allowed to wear his ceremonial robes -- including an actual ermine cape -- on the [[The London Underground|Tube]] or the bus, "but I would, it would be great larks!"

* [[Establishing Character Moment]]: Malcolm to Cliff Lawton: "Well, it's difficult..."

* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Peter Capaldi has a sizeable [[Estrogen Brigade]], comprised mainly of [[Grandma, What Massive Hotness You Have!|women half his age]] and ''[http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/nov/22/chart-of-lust-2009 Guardian]'' [http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/gallery/2010/feb/21/red-carpet-fashion-baftas?picture=359582994 journalists]. Many of those fans admit [[Too Kinky to Torture|they'd rather enjoy a bollocking from Malcolm]].

** There is a reason Olly is the only character to get <s> pimped out by Malcolm</s> laid. That reason is Chris Addison.

* [[Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas]]: The published script book includes a section entitled "Malcolm's Sent Items". Among the threats of sexual violence sent to DoSAC staff there is one very polite email addressed to "Isobel Tucker" and beginning "Dear Mam..."

* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: Cal "The Fucker" Richards.

{{quote|'''Olly Reeder:''' "For a man who brought us back into power, he's not very imposing is he? He's like a Lego policeman."}}

* [[Eye Take]]: Malcolm gets several per episode, but his most epic was probably a closeup of his eyes as they scanned the headline {{spoiler|MALCOLM TUCKER RESIGNS}}.

* [[Fat Idiot]]: Ben Swain. "Talking to you is like talking to a fucking whoopee cushion."

* [[Flanderization]]: Throughout the first two series and the Specials, Terri is a reasonably motivated and competent civil servant. By the third series she becomes stupider, lazier and more useless, to the the point where even the Opposition refer to her as "the useless one". She also becomes ''one hell'' of a lot bitchier.

* [[Foe Yay]]: This ''abounds'', largely because of Malcolm's tactic of unnerving male characters by flirting with them:

'''Malcolm Tucker''': "''[[Gay Bravado|Au contraire]]''..." }}

** "You know Julius, if I wasn't a ''heterosexual'' man, I would ''kiss'' you."

* [[Food Fight]]: Although it is a tad one-sided...

** "Have some fuckin' chow mein!"

** Affers really is a very slow fucker-offer.

* [[Fun with Acronyms]]: "He says he wants you at [[Whitehall|Number 10]] ASAFP". As this order came from Malcolm the F probably didn't stand for "feasibly".

** The Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship itself of course: "I've got no fuckin' idea what that means either but it spells 'SAC'!"

* [[Gambit Pileup]]: ''Spinners and Losers''

* [[Gay Bravado]]: Malcolm. ''Relentlessly'':

* [[Groin Attack]]: When Phil Smith tells Olly {{spoiler|Emma has dumped him}} before Emma can break the news herself, Phil receives a hot cup of coffee in the groin:

{{quote|'''Phil Smith''': "It's a dark suit and it's only lukewarm, I STILL WIN!"}}

* [[Hauled Before a Senate Subcommittee]]: Hugh and the Select Committee: "[[Confusing Multiple Negatives|I categorically did not knowingly not tell the truth. Even though unknowingly I might not have done.]]"

* [[He's Back]]: {{spoiler|Back from being sacked, Malcolm}} as he strides down the stairs, barking orders and mobilising Number 10.

** One of Malcolm's [[Evil Plans]] leads to Steve Fleming being photographed discussing the crime stats enquiry with Julius Nicholson. One newspaper runs the photograph with the headline "Give us the bald facts", causing uber-bitch Terri to remark: "Oooh, it's very rude, that. I was always taught not to make personal remarks".

** Terri also calls Olly's girlfriend "a complete bitch".

* [[I Am Spartacus]]: "It was me. I leaked it." Poor Glenn.

* [[I Am the Trope|I Am The Fucking Trope]]: "''I'' am at the heart of government- I ''am'' the heart of government! I am the fucking aorta, and the fucking ventricles!

'''Terri Coverley''': "No I didn't... and ''you know'' I didn't..." }}

* [[Improv]]

** "Christ, Malcolm, how do you appear out of nowhere in a building made entirely out of glass?" "I'm a shapeshifter!"

* [[Invisible President]]: Prime Minister Tom Davis is never seen or heard. His predecessor didn't even have a name.

* [[Irrevocable Message]]: "I promise that I will never call an eight-year-old girl a cunt again."

* [[I Take Offense to That Last One]]:

'''Geoff Holhurst:''' "No I haven't!" }}

* [[Jade-Colored Glasses]]: Hugh wore them, Malcolm tries to get Nicola to try a pair on, acting as the [[Tall, Dark and Snarky|Tall, Silver and Snarky]] foil to her [[Wide-Eyed Idealist]]:

{{quote|'''Nicola Murray''': "That's what this is all about for you isn't it? Fighting and fucking ''power''! Does it never occur to you that your poisonous, male obsession with conflict is making people despise politics?"

** By series 3 Malcolm has become something of a [[Jerkass Woobie]], though he'd probably resent [[Don't You Dare Pity Me!|being referred to as such]] -- he likes to think of himself more as a thin, white Mugabe.

* [[Jittercam]]

* [[Kavorka Man]]: Olly Reeder has managed to seduce both journalist Angela Heaney and Opposition aide Emma Messinger. Nobody knows how.

* [[Kicked Upstairs]]: "Julius Nicholson. Blue Sky Thinker, ex business guru, [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick|dog rapist]]".

* [[Last-Second Word Swap]]: "I'd like to nail him to a tree through the head and watch lice slowly crawl over his body eating off all the flesh in a slow and painful death... but that rather bitter anomaly aside, most of the responses to the Warwick Report press cuttings were pretty positive."

** Malcolm is somewhat less concerned about offending people, and prefers to swap a final word for something ''more'' offensive:

* [[Life Imitates Art]]: [http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/apr/29/gordon-brown-bigotgate-thick-of-it Scarily often in UK politics].

* [[Limited Wardrobe]]: In series 3 and [[The Movie]], all of Malcolm's suits are light grey, and sometimes he'll even pair a grey suit with a grey tie. When we see him in casual clothes we discover that practically every other item of clothing he owns is also grey. This could have been a deliberate attempt to match his wardrobe to his hair colour but the grey is also [[Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance|very fitting for a press officer who likes to hide in the background]], never becoming the story.

* [[Magnificent Bastard]]: Malcolm Tucker, whose in-universe reputation precedes him. The Prime Minister's Director Of Communications is aggressive, foul-mouthed, unscrupulous and manipulative, but the most frightening thing about him is his charm. He constantly abuses it to get away with All Of The Above. [[Xanatos Speed Chess]] is his ''job'', and the second special is a long game of it {{spoiler|which he wins, naturally.}}

{{quote|'''Olly Reeder''': He's impressive, Malcolm, in an evil way.

* [[The Movie]]: ''[[In the Loop]]''

* [[Morality Pet]]: Malcolm's PA, Sam.

* [[The Napoleon]]: Cal Richards.

** Jamie is accused of being "a pint-pot Judas" by Malcolm. Jamie retorts with the wholly unconvincing claim that he is [[I Take Offense to That Last One|actually five-foot-ten]].

** Even from the little we hear of them, we can gather that the two [[Invisible President|invisible party leaders]] resemble their [[Real Life]] counterparts.

** Dan Miller is pretty clearly based on [[wikipedia:David Miliband|David Miliband]]

* [[Nobody Poops]]: Averted: a great deal of the political process seems to go on in toilets.

*** Jamie does this ''a lot'': "It's, eh, smoking and a fast metabolism."

*** Malcolm claims to have done this in [[The White House]].

* [[Noodle Incident]]: Emma in the Opposition Special: "They're going to elect a man who can count his friends on the fingers of my father's right hand."

* [[Not So Different]]: Malcolm and Stewart's face-off ends with them coming to this conclusion.

* [[Oh Crap]]: [[Eye Take|The look in Malcolm's eyes]] after Steve Fleming asks him "Can I have a quick word? Just five minutes..."

* [[Older Than They Look]]: Olly is described as looking "about nine" by his girlfriend Emma Messinger, and Malcolm constantly makes jokes about his youthful appearance. Chris Addison, the actor who plays Olly, is actually in his late thirties.

** --> '''Malcolm Tucker''': "Are you on solids? I thought you were still on the tit."

* [[Only One Name]]: Jamie.

* [[Opposites Attract]]: Although in this case, it's more "Opposites Go Out To Dig Dirt On Each Other's Parties And Nick Policy Ideas."

* [[Oxbridge]]: Olly is a graduate of either Oxford or Cambridge. We never find out which one as Jamie only ever refers to his university as "Poxbridge"

* [[Pet the Dog]]: Any scene with Malcolm and his assistant, Sam. {{spoiler|In particular, Malcolm running to her defense when she's crying.}}

** Malcolm also has a pet the dog scene with Glenn {{spoiler|At the end of Spinners and Losers, Malcolm is rather nice to Glenn after he's had his mini-breakdown - he tries to make him feel important and included, and backs him up against Olly.}}

* [[Portmanteau Couple Name]]: In-universe example: Robyn is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnM1mMACvUs rather distressed] by the existence of the term "Glebyn."

* [[Psychotic Smirk]]: Malcolm gets in quite a few, with several in the final episode of series 3.

* [[Put on a Bus]]: Hugh Abbot's trip to Australia. Terri pulling the sign off his door in the first episode of series 3 may constitute a [[Bus Crash]].

* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: At work Malcolm seems assured enough of his own sexuality to be [[Gay Bravado|entirely comfortable flirting with men]], while the scenes in Malcolm's house show him to have pride in his cooking skills and an eye for interior design. He also got rather alarmed at the thought of journalists damaging his hedge. However he gains the most pink points for coming out with the wonderfully fey "DON'T TOUCH THAT SCARF, THAT'S PAUL SMITH!". ''During a fight''. He is also played by a [[Real Life]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YD7Dz_1u2Jo Real Man Who Wears Pink].

* [[Ripped from the Headlines]]: More like Scripted From The Headlines; the show is intended to reflect the current UK political climate.

{{quote|'''Malcolm Tucker''': I know what people say to you right. They say: "We hate you. I hate you. I hate you. I hate you. Everybody hates you." So fucking what? Some people, they just fucking love to hate. Some people, they'd fucking walk around the fucking Garden of Eden, fucking moaning about the lack of fucking mobile reception! These are the kind of fucks who watched ''Mandela'', fucking ''Nelson Mandela'', walk to freedom...and said "is ''[[Diagnosis: Murder]]'' not on the other side?" So we fucking forget about them. JB, Cal Richards, and their hordes of fucking robots - they're coming over the hill. And all you have to do now is bend down, pick up any fucking weapon - AND TWAT THE FUCKERY OUT OF THEM! LET'S GET OUT THERE, AND LET'S FUCKING KILL THEM! LET'S SET FIRE TO TEARS! LET'S GO!}}

 

{{quote|'''Cal "The Fucker" Richards''': This government's run this country into the ground - this used to be a green, and pleasant land, now...it's the colour of the fucking BBC weather map. It looks like anaemic dogshit. This government is maimed, but it can't be shamed - [[This Is Sparta|IT. WILL. BE. FUCKED!]] Okay, let's get going...what do I call for an outside line? Is it nine, because that's what it is everywhere else?}}

* [[Sadist Show]]: The show focuses on [[Dirty Coward|dirty cowards]] and a near [[Villain Protagonist]]. The characters who aren't self-serving and malicious are hideously incompetent, and they all inhabit [[Whitehall|a realm where idealism goes to die]]. Oh, and it's about politics. But we repeat ourselves.

* [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]]: Julius Nicholson:

{{quote|'''Malcolm Tucker''': Where do you learn to speak like that? Is there a special school that only you and [[wikipedia:Brian Sewell|Brian Sewell]] go to?}}

** A [[Shout-Out]] to ''[[The West Wing]]'' acknowledges the two shows' polar opposite depictions of politics:

{{quote|'''Olly''': (trying to rewrite an entire speech in an hour) "It's The West Wing!"

'''Olly''': (muttering) "I fucking am Josh..." }}

*** Their shout-out is off, as [[wikipedia:Sam Seaborn|Sam]] and [[wikipedia:Toby Ziegler|Toby]], not Josh, are ''The West Wing'' speechwriters.

{{quote|'''Terri Coverly:''' "I'm just going to take my media hat off..."

'''Nicola Murray:''' "I honestly never thought you had one." }}

* [[Smoking Is Glamorous]]: Terri tries and fails to invoke this trope. Unfortunately for her Peter Mannion, the target of her really inept flirting, completely fails to notice.

* [[Smug Snake]]: Julius Nicholson. "I'm the new Che Guevara. I just need a new moustache and some laser correction eye treatment."

* [[Stay in the Kitchen]]: "Emma, the men are talking."

* [[Stealth Insult]]: "I'm not talking above you. Neither am I talking ''down to you''." Perhaps Malcolm's only foray into [[Gentleman Snarker]] territory.

* [[Surrounded by Idiots]]: Malcolm is the only character who seems competent at his job. His hapless colleagues never seem to learn that they ignore his advice at their peril, and often leave him to mop up the ensuing hurricanes of piss.

* [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]]: Nicola replacing Hugh. Her only points of difference are that she's a woman, and that Glenn's not her best mate. Entirely justified, as the premise of the show is that all politicians are the same.

* [[Take Five]]: "Off you two fuck."

* [[Teeth-Clenched Teamwork]]: Most every character seems to think they're the lone isle of sanity [[Surrounded by Idiots|in a sea of]] idiots, blowhards, and knobheads.

* [[Ten-Minute Retirement]]: {{spoiler|Malcolm}} gets a call from Julius Nicholson at the 0:8:20 mark of S3E08. And then, at 0:9:31, {{spoiler|"Would you be prepared to come back?"}}, making this trope almost ''literal'' from the audience's perspective.

* [[That Makes Me Feel Angry]]:

'''Olly Reeder''': "[[Sarcasm Mode|Yeah, you look it]]." }}

* [[Those Two Guys]]: Glenn and Ollie fulfill this role as secondary aide characters, often appearing together and playing off each other, with an older/younger contrast.

* [[Turn in Your Badge]]: "Actually I'm gonna need that, that's an official Blackberry..."

* [[Tyrant Takes the Helm]]: Steve Fleming. Oh yes.

* [[Ultimate Job Security]]: Jamie. How someone this close to being feral was even allowed into Number 10 is never explained, but it appears he finally got the sack before series 3.

** As members of Her Majesty's Civil Service, Terri and Robyn are practically unsackable. This is [[Truth in Television]]: civil servants aren't impossible to sack, but nearly so; troublesome, ineffective or surplus civil servants tend to be [[Kicked Upstairs]] or persuaded to take voluntary redundancy.

* [[Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist]]: Everyone. The two primary ministers, Hugh Abbott in series 1 and Nicola Murray in series 3, actually tend to be more sympathetic due to them being basically good people broken over time by the political machine.

* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: Nick Hanway, Steve Fleming... most of Malcolm's enemies in fact.

* [[Vetinari Job Security]]: Malcolm has worked very hard to put himself in this position, though his grip on things is slipping in series three. However, when he's {{spoiler|fired, we get glimpses of a government without Malcolm: Steve Fleming is creeping around being a creepy creep and scaring everyone, a handful of cabinet ministers revolt, and Dan Miller's cabal apparently see it as an opportunity to launch a leadership bid. Needless to say, Malcolm is quickly called back.}}

{{quote|'''Malcolm:''' I am the heart. I am the ventricles!}}

* [["V" Sign]]: Malcolm has a little message for the journalists who follow him home after {{spoiler|his sacking}}.

** He has another for Olly when he fails to answer his phone: "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKdsMr-6GrA That's for you], [[High School Musical|Cack Efron]]."

* [[Walk and Talk]]: Possibly the only thing it ''does'' have in common with [[The West Wing]].

* [[We Want Our Jerk Back]]: Glenn on {{spoiler|Malcolm's sacking}}: "Is this good? I mean, it ''feels'' good, but are you sure it's good?". The situation sends Nicola into a state of [[Antagonist in Mourning]], thanks to her [[Foe Yay]].

* [[World of Snark]]

* [[Wouldn't Hit a Girl]]: Malcolm claims he wouldn't hit a woman. Of course, this doesn't stop him from {{spoiler|punching Glenn}}

* [[Xanatos Gambit]]: The way Malcolm ruthlessly takes his job back is definitely one.

* [[The X of Y]]: ''Rise of the Nutters''

* [[Yank the Dog's Chain]]: [[Butt Monkey|Peter Mannion]] does an emphatically <s>noble</s> decent thing by refusing to use Nicola's daughter's school troubles to his side's advantage. As he maintains to Stewart that they'll conduct themselves honourably, Malcolm is over at Number 10 convincing Nicola that there's no such thing as honour, which culminates in Nicola calling Mannion to tell him that nothing in his personal life is off-limits. Cue gloating from Stewart. Poor Peter.

** Glenn's intention to stand for election, scoped and dropped by Nicola's latest PR disaster.

* [[Younger Than They Look]]: Actor Alex MacQueen is in his mid-thirties (and is actually younger than Chris Addison), but his character, Julius Nicholson, looks much older, thanks to his [[Prematurely Bald|massive shiny head]]. Old enough to play a [[British Political System|life peer]], at least:

{{quote|"Have you got all your stuff ready for your official Lording ceremony? Have you got your mink thong and your [[Ermine Cape Effect|ermine]] colostomy bag?" - '''Malcolm Tucker'''}}

{{quote|'''Nicola Murray:''' Oh great, someone's just sent me a [[YouTube]] clip, which is me in front of the "I AM BENT" sign randomly intercut with bits from ''[[Family Guy]]''. It's not even funny! Why do people ''fucking'' do that on [[YouTube]]?}}

 

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