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* CuriousAsAMonkey: If the panel is handed a fragile historical artifact or common household tool, Alan will play with it. No exceptions.

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* CuriousAsAMonkey: If the panel is handed a fragile historical artifact or common household tool, Alan will play with it. No exceptions.It's gotten to the point where the people who lend out these artifacts [[GenreSavvy add a clause that Alan is not to touch them.]]
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I just watched Cleve Crudgington; Alan gets -84 in that one without any apparent \"bonus forfeit\".


* EpicFail: Currently holds the record for the lowest score achieved "normally" (discounting moments such as when Alan got a single 150-point penalty or the scores were multiplied by a million): -76 in the "Germany" episode. Even if the other scores are counted, Lock's -76 is still the lowest score ever achieved by a guest panelist on the show.

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* EpicFail: Currently holds the record for the lowest score achieved "normally" (discounting moments such as when Alan got a single 150-point penalty or the scores were multiplied by a million): guest panelist on the show: -76 in the "Germany" episode. Even if episode. (Alan, the other scores are counted, Lock's -76 is still the lowest score ever achieved by a guest panelist lone regular panelist, has done worse; -84 on the show.Cleve Crudgington under normal circumstances, and there have been special circumstances where he's gone even lower.)

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Having seen Phill\'s first episode, I had to make a change. Also, decided the reason for John Sessions\' failures.


* RunningGag: Kestrels, begun in the series D episode "Drinks".

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* RunningGag: Kestrels, begun dating from his very first appearance ("Advent"). John Sessions picked up on it in the series D episode "Drinks".



* InsufferableGenius: Subverted or at least played with. Despite his extensive knowledge of several subjects, he has somehow managed only one win in his nine appearances to date.

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* InsufferableGenius: Subverted or at least played with. Despite his He has extensive knowledge of several subjects, subjects.
** TooCleverByHalf: Despite this,
he tends to fall into forfeit traps, and has somehow managed only one win in his nine appearances to date.

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* BerserkButton: Whenever a "Genius" person in the panel's there, Sean's sure to mock that person endlessly.



* FourEyesZeroSoul: Again, PlayedForLaughs, he talks about kicking dogs and killing people, but he always has a smile on his face.

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* FourEyesZeroSoul: Again, PlayedForLaughs, he talks about kicking dogs and killing people, but he always has all with a smile childish glee on his face.

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A few changes.








* ObfuscatingStupidity: From a special on the making of the show, it seems that he's sometimes obligated to give the "stupid answers" that would make the klaxon go off.

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* ObfuscatingStupidity: ObfuscatingStupidity / ContractualGenreBlindness: From a special on the making of the show, it seems that he's sometimes obligated to give the "stupid answers" that would make the klaxon go off.









* {{BBW}}: And is always the first to comment on her own weight.

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* ** {{BBW}}: And is always the first to comment on her own weight.weight.
* DoesNotLikeMen: PlayedForLaughs, of course.



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* TokenRomance: Phill has gone on record (in the making-of special) that his role on the show is to [[HomoeroticSubtext flirt]] with [[StraightGay Stephen]] as much as possible. This may be partly a joke, but he actually does do this to some extent.






* EpicFail: Currently holds the record for the lowest score achieved "normally" (discounting moments such as when Alan got a single 150-point penalty or the scores were multiplied by a million): -76 in the "Germany" episode. Even if the others are counted, Lock's -76 is still the lowest score ever achieved by a guest panelist on the show.

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* EpicFail: Currently holds the record for the lowest score achieved "normally" (discounting moments such as when Alan got a single 150-point penalty or the scores were multiplied by a million): -76 in the "Germany" episode. Even if the others other scores are counted, Lock's -76 is still the lowest score ever achieved by a guest panelist on the show.





















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* CloudCuckooLander



* DeadpanSnarker: Not often, but has played this role from time to time.



* DeadpanSnarker




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* WhenHeSmiles: Very rare, true, but when it happens, it's enough to make most people go "D'aaaaaaaw".



* AxCrazy: PlayedForLaughs



* FourEyesZeroSoul: Again, PlayedForLaughs, he talks about kicking dogs and killing people, but he always has a smile on his face.




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* RefugeInAudacity


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* BerserkButton: Not himself, but he seems to have an ability to find out and push people's own buttons all the time.

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* TheDitz: In the first few series particularly, but in later series him managing to win or come second place has become more common. As of Series H, however, he has slipped back into this.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: From a special on the making of the show, it seems that he's sometimes obligated to give the "stupid answers" that would make the klaxon go off.

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* TheDitz: In the first few series particularly, but [[TookALevelInBadass starting in later series him managing to win or come second place has become more common. As of Series H, however, he has D]] he's been getting more wins and second-place finishes. He slipped back into this.
this a bit in Series H (his first with no wins since Series C), but recovered in Series I.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: From a special on the making of the show, it seems that he's sometimes obligated to give the "stupid answers" that would make the klaxon go off.
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* DirtyOldWoman: Makes the most dirty jokes of possibly anyone on the show

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* DirtyOldWoman: Makes the most dirty jokes of possibly anyone on the showshow.



* InsufferableGenius / KnowNothingKnowItAll: He ping-pongs between these two tropes so often it's difficult to tell whether he's got his facts straight on something or not.






* RunningGag: "Which moon are we talking about?" Culminated in a forfeit in Series I.



* RunningGag: Kestrels.

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* RunningGag: Kestrels.
Kestrels, begun in the series D episode "Drinks".



* EpicFail: Currently holds the record for the lowest score achieved "normally" (discounting moments such as when Alan got a single 150-point penalty or the scores were multiplied by a million): -76 in the "Germany" episode.

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* EpicFail: Currently holds the record for the lowest score achieved "normally" (discounting moments such as when Alan got a single 150-point penalty or the scores were multiplied by a million): -76 in the "Germany" episode. Even if the others are counted, Lock's -76 is still the lowest score ever achieved by a guest panelist on the show.



* InsufferableGenius

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* InsufferableGeniusInsufferableGenius: Subverted or at least played with. Despite his extensive knowledge of several subjects, he has somehow managed only one win in his nine appearances to date.




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* RantInducingSlight / RantComedy




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* TheDitz: Invoked; in the QI making-of special, he has gone on record as trying to be dumber than ''Alan''.


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* CloudCuckoolander: He has a tendency to bring the show on even wilder tangents than normal.

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* StraightGay




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* CloudCuckoolander





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* RefugeInVulgarity




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* UpperClassTwit





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* SelfDeprecation: Anything to do with the Welsh.




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* RefugeInAudacity



* LargeHam




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* ActorExistenceFailure: She died of cancer in 2006.




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* FlameBait




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* SelfDeprecation: About Scotland.




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* SelfDeprecation: Occasionally about Ireland.
* UnfortunateName: Alan suggest his first name sounds like Diarrhoea. Dara naturally [[WhatAnIdiot has the response you'd expect.]]



* DeadpanSnarker
* {{Troll}}: Discusses having been this in the Boy Scouts, when he was very young.



* OneOfUs: He's a tremendous Bond fan, as you probably gathered by the fact he publishes the "Young Bond" series.




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* AWorldwidePunomenon




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* DeadpanSnarker: He has managed to get an entire career out of doing this extremely well, after all.
* GrumpyBear
* WhenHeSmiles: It is ''very'' difficult to get Jack to do this or burst out laughing on television (radio is different, but you can't see him in that case unless you go to the recording). If you have got this reaction, you have said something extremely funny.




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* BriefAccentImitation: Gets called out on it by Stephen Fry and David Tennant. Repeatedly.
* OopNorth
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* RunningGag: Kestrels.



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Making Ralph Wiggum into a redirect for The Ditz as per this thread.


* TheDitz: In the first few series particularly, but in later series him managing to win or come second place has become more common. As of Series H, however, he has slipped back into this.



* RalphWiggum: In the first few series particularly, but in later series him managing to win or come second place has become more common. As of Series H, however, he has slipped back into this.

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* RalphWiggum: In the first few series particularly, but in later series him managing to win or come second place has become more common. As of Series H, however, he has slipped back into this.

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* {{BBW}}: And is always the first to comment on her own weight.


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* GrumpyBear


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* KickTheDog: Frequently makes jokes about torturing small animals.


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* InsufferableGenius
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* TalkativeLoon
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* MultipleChoicePast: An odd nonfictional example: his fanciful stories about his past experiences of being a shepherd or a plumber in Israel.
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* TheScrappy or TheWoobie, [[YourMileageMayVary depending on your viewpoint.]]

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* TheScrappy or TheWoobie, [[YourMileageMayVary depending on your viewpoint.]]
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* BlackAndWhiteBeauty

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* BlackAndWhiteBeauty
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* CuriousAsAMonkey: If the panel is handed a fragile historical artifact or common household tool, Alan will play with it. No exceptions.



* KnifeNut: More like saw nut.

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* KnifeNut: More like saw nut.
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!EddieIzzard (Pilot)
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: From a special on the making of the show, it seems that he's sometimes obligated to give the "stupid answers" that would make the klaxon go off.
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* CloudCuckoolander: By far, the panelist with the most out-there responses.
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* {{Adorkable}}
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* [[KnifeNut]]: More like saw nut.

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* [[KnifeNut]]: KnifeNut: More like saw nut.
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* [[KnifeNut]]: More like saw nut.
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*DirtyOldWoman: Makes the most dirty jokes of possibly anyone on the show


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*{{Adorkable}}
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*OopNorth
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* FunnyForeigner: There have been other Americans on the show, but Rich Hall is the only recurring one.
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* SophisticatedAsHell
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* Dumbass
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Only appeared once to date


!DanielRadcliffe
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*DeadpanSnarker
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* Dumbass


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!DanielRadcliffe
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* RalphWiggum: In the first few series particularly, but in later series him managing to win or come second place has become more common. As of Series H, however, he has slipped back into this.
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* TheScrappy or TheWoobie, [[YourMileageMayVary depending on your viewpoint.]]

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