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* {{Flanderisation}}: See above, but [[TropesAreNotBad this arguably made the show a lot funnier]].
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* {{Flanderisation}}: See above.above, but [[TropesAreNotBad this arguably made the show a lot funnier]].
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* PaperThinDisguise: "Robot" has him dressed up as a girl called "Helga". Despite him not shaving or changing his voice, everyone believes he is indeed Helga.
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* PowerTrio
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* ButtMonkey: Tim gets hurt and picked on much more than Bill and Graeme. (This was probably due to his actor being the only cast member who wasn't also writing the series.)
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* ButtMonkey: Tim gets hurt and picked on much more than Bill and Graeme. (This was probably due to his actor Tim being the only cast member who wasn't also writing the series.)
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* CharacterisationMarchesOn: Starts the series slightly patriotic and highly-strung, but quickly becomes an effeminate, neurotic wreck obsessed with the Royal Family and patriotic in the extreme.
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* CharacterisationMarchesOn: Starts the series slightly patriotic and highly-strung, but quickly becomes an effeminate, neurotic wreck obsessed with the Royal Family royal family and patriotic in the extreme.
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* UpperClassTwit: In demeanor if not in status, especially in the later seasons. Behind-the-scenes commentary traces this back to him having a hyphenated name.
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* SupremeChef: Quite capable of cooking a lovely roast dinner [[ItMakesSenseInContext for a hamster.]]
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** His Ecky-Thump black pudding in "Kung Fu Kapers".
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** His Ecky-Thump black pudding and huge flat cap in "Kung Fu Kapers".
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* TookALevelInJerkass: In series 1 and 2 he's largely just an eccentric boffin, albeit one who sometimes lets it all go to his head a bit sometimes. From series 3 onwards he becomes more of a MadScientist and much more likely to be VillainOfTheWeek.
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* TookALevelInJerkass: In series 1 and 2 he's largely just an eccentric boffin, albeit one who sometimes lets it all go to his head a bit sometimes. From series 3 onwards he becomes more of a MadScientist and much more likely to be VillainOfTheWeek.
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* IconicItem: The pair of thick-rimmed glasses he wore from series 1-5.
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* IconicItem: His massive clown trousers in "Clown Virus".
** His Ecky-Thump black pudding in "Kung Fu Kapers".
* IconicOutfit: His Ecky-Thump garb in "Kung Fu Kapers".
** His Ecky-Thump black pudding in "Kung Fu Kapers".
* IconicOutfit: His Ecky-Thump garb in "Kung Fu Kapers".
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* PuttingOnTheReich: In "Radio Goodies".
* SanitySlippage: Over the course of some of his VillainOfTheWeek episodes, most notably "Radio Goodies".
* SanitySlippage: Over the course of some of his VillainOfTheWeek episodes, most notably "Radio Goodies".
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* ForTheEvuls: In later series, if he's not just doing whatever mad scientist scheme he's working on that episode ForScience, he's doing it for this too.
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* CharacterisationMarchesOn: Their personalities in series 1 and 2 get increasingly changed and {{Flanderised}} in later series, although of the three Bill is the most unlike his personality in later series.
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* CharacterisationMarchesOn: Their personalities in series 1 and 2 get increasingly changed and {{Flanderised}} [[{{Flanderisation}} Flanderised]] in later series, although of the three Bill is the most unlike his personality in later series.
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* TheLeader: In earlier series, when the trio were friendlier with each other and ran their service as a way to help people, he was this. Not so much in later series though.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Is TheLeader for the earlier series, however becomes increasingly cowardly and unpleasant to the other two as the series goes on.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Is TheLeader for the earlier series, however becomes increasingly cowardly and unpleasant to the other two as the series goes on.
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* TookALevelInJerkass: In series 1 and 2 he's largely just an eccentric boffin, albeit one who sometimes lets it all go to his head a bit sometimes. From series 3 onwards he becomes more of a MadScientist and much more likely to be VillainOfTheWeek.
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* TookALevelInJerkass: In series 1 and 2 he's a vocal pacifistpacifist and pretty laid-back too, however he gets more and more violent and short-tempered from series 3 onwards.
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!! All Three
* CharacterisationMarchesOn: Their personalities in series 1 and 2 get increasingly changed and {{Flanderised}} in later series, although of the three Bill is the most unlike his personality in later series.
* {{Flanderisation}}: See above.
* SeventiesHair: Oh ''yes''.
* TookALevelInJerkass: In series 1 they are three friends who start The Goodies service as a way of helping people. However as the series goes on, all three of them become more likely to play VillainOfTheWeek, they become much less friendly and more violent towards each other and are less motivated by helping people than by [[MoneyDearBoy how much they can get paid for it]].
* CharacterisationMarchesOn: Their personalities in series 1 and 2 get increasingly changed and {{Flanderised}} in later series, although of the three Bill is the most unlike his personality in later series.
* {{Flanderisation}}: See above.
* SeventiesHair: Oh ''yes''.
* TookALevelInJerkass: In series 1 they are three friends who start The Goodies service as a way of helping people. However as the series goes on, all three of them become more likely to play VillainOfTheWeek, they become much less friendly and more violent towards each other and are less motivated by helping people than by [[MoneyDearBoy how much they can get paid for it]].
* {{Flanderisation}}: From being slightly patriotic and easily upset to completely neurotic and obsessed with the royal family.
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* DeadpanSnarker: The most prone to this of the three.
* CargoShip: In one episode, he goes on a date with his computer, and in another is mentioned to have been "put away for having an unnatural relationship" with it.
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* DeadpanSnarker: The most prone to this of the three.
ComedicSociopathy: Particularly in later series, as he starts displaying very little empathy for anyone or anything that isn't science.
* CargoShip: In one episode, he goes on a datewith with, and nearly marries, his computer, and in another is mentioned to have been "put away for having an unnatural relationship" with it.it.
* DeadpanSnarker: The most prone to this of the three.
* {{Flanderisation}}: Goes from an eccentric boffin and the brains of the trio to a raving MadScientist.
* ForScience: ''Frequently''.
* ForTheEvuls: In later series, if he's not just doing whatever mad scientist scheme he's working on that episode ForScience, he's doing it for this too.
* CargoShip: In one episode, he goes on a date
* DeadpanSnarker: The most prone to this of the three.
* {{Flanderisation}}: Goes from an eccentric boffin and the brains of the trio to a raving MadScientist.
* ForScience: ''Frequently''.
* ForTheEvuls: In later series, if he's not just doing whatever mad scientist scheme he's working on that episode ForScience, he's doing it for this too.
* {{Flanderisation}}: Gets more and more violent as the series goes on.
* LargeHam: When he gets going.
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* TookALevelInJerkass: In series 1 and 2 he's a vocal pacifist
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* AllMenArePerverts: Has more than a few shades of this.
* CharacterTics: The aforementioned "I'm a teapot!" panicking, making patriotic speeches to "Land Of Hope And Glory" and bursting into tears.
* DirtyCoward: Freaks out and tries to flee at the first sign of anything getting even slightly dangerous.
* LargeHam: Particularly when he's panicking or performing one of his speeches.
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* CharacterisationMarchesOn: In series 1, he's simply an eccentric boffin, however with each series starting from series 2 he becomes more and more of a MadScientist, and also becomes much more prone to villainy.
* CloudCuckoolander: Comes with the territory of being a mad scientist.
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** Averted in series 8 and 9, due to those series being made in TheEighties, and Graeme has shaved his sideburns to fit, unlike the other two's hair, which remains pretty much the same.
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* AllMenArePerverts: Can be pretty crude, also reads smutty magazines and has a topless calendar.
* AxCrazy: Can become this if pushed too far.
* CharacterisationMarchesOn: In series 1 and 2, he was a laid-back, if slightly grouchy, pacifist. From series 3 onwards he becomes increasingly a crude, violent ComedicSociopath with a HairTriggerTemper.
* AxCrazy: Can become this if pushed too far.
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*ButtMonkey: Tim gets hurt and picked on much more than Bill and Graeme. (This was probably due to his actor being the only cast member who wasn't also writing the series.)
* CampStraight: Although the 'straight' part is debatable.
* CrossDresser: Frequently.
* GoofyPrintUnderwear: Along with his Union jack waistcoat, Tim wears Union Jack boxers and socks.
* InelegantBlubbering: Has a habit of bursting into tears with little to no warning.
* PatrioticFervor: His patriotism is played up in the later series, including him wearing his Union Jack waistcoat, obsessing about getting an OBE from the Queen, and making patriotic speeches to "Land Of Hope And Glory" in the background.
!! Graeme Garden
* Adorkable: Complete with nerd glasses and mutton chops.
* CargoShip: In one episode, he goes on a date with his computer.
* MadScientist: Can end up like this on occasion.
* SeventiesHair: Those sideburns.
!! Bill Oddie
* Adorkable: Particularly when he panics.
* Comedic Sociopath: The most prone to violence out of the three of them.
* Corpsing: The worst offender.
* SeventiesHair
*ButtMonkey: Tim gets hurt and picked on much more than Bill and Graeme. (This was probably due to his actor being the only cast member who wasn't also writing the series.)
* CampStraight: Although the 'straight' part is debatable.
* CrossDresser: Frequently.
* GoofyPrintUnderwear: Along with his Union jack waistcoat, Tim wears Union Jack boxers and socks.
* InelegantBlubbering: Has a habit of bursting into tears with little to no warning.
* PatrioticFervor: His patriotism is played up in the later series, including him wearing his Union Jack waistcoat, obsessing about getting an OBE from the Queen, and making patriotic speeches to "Land Of Hope And Glory" in the background.
!! Graeme Garden
* Adorkable: Complete with nerd glasses and mutton chops.
* CargoShip: In one episode, he goes on a date with his computer.
* MadScientist: Can end up like this on occasion.
* SeventiesHair: Those sideburns.
!! Bill Oddie
* Adorkable: Particularly when he panics.
* Comedic Sociopath: The most prone to violence out of the three of them.
* Corpsing: The worst offender.
* SeventiesHair
