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{{quote|''"What's wrong with policemen on television these days? [[Odd Couple|They're always complete opposites]]. One's of them fat and poor, the other one's thin and posh. One of them's a woman, the other one's a Martian. One of them has four heads, one of them's ''allergic'' to heads."''|'''Inspector Fowler'''}}
1990s [[Britcom]] set in a small-town police station, written by [[Ben Elton]] and starring [[Rowan Atkinson]] as repressed, old-fashioned but basically decent Police Inspector Raymond Fowler. His nemesis in the series was Inspector Grim, a [[Life
The series was apparently modelled on the classic World War II-themed show ''[[Dad's Army
Not to be confused with the Errol Morris [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096257/ documentary] about Dallas police and prosecutors framing a man for murder, nor ''[[The Thin Red Line]]''.
Came thirty-fourth in ''[[Britain's Best Sitcom
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=== ''The Thin Blue Line'' provides examples of: ===
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** Inverted in "Fly on the Wall" -- after Fowler talks down the old man with the gun, it turns out that he was going to turn it in to the weapons amnesty program and possibly get on television.
* [[Annoying Laugh]]: DC Kray, very much so.
* [[Away in
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Goody actually punches a skinhead for insulting Habib.
* [[Being Personal Isn't Professional]]: Inspector Fowler at times, in one instance pointing out that, as his girlfriend wanted his advice partly as her comanding officer and partly as her boyfriend, he will have to give her one opinion now and one at lunch, as he is not being paid to be her boyfriend.
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* [[Innocent Innuendo]]
* [[Ironic Echo]]: When Fowler finally settles the ethical dilemma that's been troubling him over the [[Honey Trap]] that Grim has set up and declares he wants no further part in the operation, Grim gloatingly replies that he'll hold Fowler to his promise that Grim will get 'full and complete credit' for the operation. Then, Habib drags the mark in, appearing to validate Grim -- until the mark points out that he's seen through Habib and has in fact dragged ''her'' in as part of a citizen's arrest. Fowler decides it a good time to remind Grim that he's now taking 'full and complete credit' for the operation.
* [[Justice
* [[Magic Negro]]: Constable Frank Gladstone, thankfully to a very mild degree.
* [[Malaproper]]: Inspector Grim
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