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* CryingWolf: After Bertha the Blubberer gets caught in the act trying to frame her brother for pulling out her hair, no one believes her when William gets some revenge by pinching her under the table because she's claimed the same thing so many times before.


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** The tooth witch and her cat from ''Demon Dentist'' a first knocked into a cauldron of their extremely corrosive toothpaste by a locomotive, then their [[NotQuiteDeat still-sentient skeletons]] are crushed by a falling elevator.

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** The tooth witch and her cat from ''Demon Dentist'' a first knocked into a cauldron of their extremely corrosive toothpaste by a locomotive, then their [[NotQuiteDeat [[NotQuiteDead still-sentient skeletons]] are crushed by a falling elevator.
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* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: Several villains meet surprisingly gruesome ends in his books. A few non-villains too.
** Sheila and Burt in ''Literature/{{Ratburger}}'' are ground into mincemeat and made into burgers [[KarmicDeath after they fall into the latter's pulverisation machine]]. A bunch of rats earlier in the book meet the same fate.
** The tooth witch and her cat from ''Demon Dentist'' a first knocked into a cauldron of their extremely corrosive toothpaste by a locomotive, then their [[NotQuiteDeat still-sentient skeletons]] are crushed by a falling elevator.
** Aunt Alberta is carried into the sky by an army of birds, then [[DisneyVillainDeath dropped to her death]], which shakes the entire ground.
** ''The Beast of Buckingham Palace'' has the highest non-simultaneous body count of all his books. Two beggars are shot to death and fall into the Thames, the leader of an elderly group resisting the dystopian present is shot to death, the King is burned to a pile of ashes by the titular beast and even more.
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* CampStraight: When paired with Matt Lucas, he's certainly this to Lucas' StraightGay, though he's happily married.
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David Edward Walliams [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever OBE]] (born Williams; 20 August 1971) is an English comedian, writer, children's author, and actor, known for his partnership with Matt Lucas on the TV sketch show ''Series/LittleBritain''. He also swam the English channel once for charity.

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David Edward Walliams [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever OBE]] (born Williams; 20 August 1971) 1971 in Wimbledon, London) is an English comedian, writer, children's author, and actor, known for his partnership with Matt Lucas on the TV sketch show ''Series/LittleBritain''. He also swam the English channel once for charity.
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* SadistTeacher: Many of the teachers in ''The World's Worst Teachers''.

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* PrecisionFStrike: His earlier books contained very minor bad words. For example, Mr Hawtrey says "Where the hell are they?" in The Boy in the Dress.
* SadistTeacher: Many of the teachers in ''The World's Worst Teachers''. Some, however, are just incompetent.
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* MeanTeacher: Many of the teachers in ''The World's Worst Teachers''.

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* MeanTeacher: SadistTeacher: Many of the teachers in ''The World's Worst Teachers''.
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* {{Determinator}}: In ''The World's Worst Children, vol. 1'', Brian Wong is determined to count to one zillion. [[spoiler:He's interrupted on his death bed for the last time.]]
* EnfantTerrible: The premise of his ''World's Worst Children'' series.


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* MeanTeacher: Many of the teachers in ''The World's Worst Teachers''.
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David Edward Walliams (born Williams; 20 August 1971) is an English comedian, writer, children's author, and actor, known for his partnership with Matt Lucas on the TV sketch show ''Series/LittleBritain''. He also swam the English channel once for charity.

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David Edward Walliams [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever OBE]] (born Williams; 20 August 1971) is an English comedian, writer, children's author, and actor, known for his partnership with Matt Lucas on the TV sketch show ''Series/LittleBritain''. He also swam the English channel once for charity.
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!! Tropes associated with him include:
* CampStraight: He loves playing up the camp and flirts outrageously with men but he's heterosexual and was married to model Laura Stone, although they are now divorcing.
* CreatorCameo: He does this in every book-to-TV-film adaptation of his works.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Kind of averted. ''MattLucas'' is homosexual, but David is straight. He has occasionally said that he could be bisexual, but he could've been trolling the media.
* ManOfAThousandVoices
* SadClown: He suffered from depression when he was a teenager.

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!! Tropes associated with him his work include:
* CampStraight: He loves playing up the camp and flirts outrageously with men but he's heterosexual and was married to model Laura Stone, although they are now divorcing.
* CreatorCameo: He does this appears in every book-to-TV-film adaptation of his works.
%% * HeterosexualLifePartners: Kind of averted. ''MattLucas'' is homosexual, but David is straight. He has occasionally said that he could be bisexual, but he could've been trolling the media.
* ManOfAThousandVoices
* SadClown: He suffered from depression when he was a teenager.
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* StalkerWithACrush: Not David himself, but a woman kept sending him gifts, including her underwear.
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* CreatorCameo: He does this in every book-to-TV-film adaptation of his works.
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He has also written and starred in the television series Television/BigSchool and his series of children's books; ''Literature/TheWorldOfWalliams'':

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He has also written and starred in the television series Television/BigSchool Series/BigSchool and his series of children's books; ''Literature/TheWorldOfWalliams'':
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He has also written his series of children's books; ''Literature/TheWorldOfWalliams'':

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He has also written and starred in the television series Television/BigSchool and his series of children's books; ''Literature/TheWorldOfWalliams'':
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David Edward Walliams (born Williams; 20 August 1971) is an English comedian, writer, children's author, and actor, known for his partnership with Matt Lucas on the TV sketch show ''LittleBritain''. He also swam the English channel once for charity.

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David Edward Walliams (born Williams; 20 August 1971) is an English comedian, writer, children's author, and actor, known for his partnership with Matt Lucas on the TV sketch show ''LittleBritain''.''Series/LittleBritain''. He also swam the English channel once for charity.
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* Literature/GrandpasGreatEscape
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: Kind of averted. ''MattLucas'' is homosexual, but David is straight.

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* HeterosexualLifePartners: Kind of averted. ''MattLucas'' is homosexual, but David is straight. He has occasionally said that he could be bisexual, but he could've been trolling the media.
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* CampStraight: He loves playing up the camp and flirts outrageously with men but he's heterosexual and happily married to a woman.

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* CampStraight: He loves playing up the camp and flirts outrageously with men but he's heterosexual and happily was married to a woman.model Laura Stone, although they are now divorcing.
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* CampStraight: He loves playing up the camp and flirts outrageously with men but he's heterosexual and happily married to a woman.
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He has also written his series of children's books; ''Literature/TheWorldOfWalliams'':

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* Literature/MrStink
* Literature/BillionareBoy
* Literature/GangstaGranny
* Literature/{{Ratburger}}
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* StageName: His real surname is Williams.
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David Edward Walliams (born Williams; 20 August 1971) is an English comedian, writer, children's author, and actor, known for his partnership with Matt Lucas on the TV sketch show ''LittleBritain''. He also swam the English channel once for charity.

!! Tropes associated with him include:

* HeterosexualLifePartners: Kind of averted. ''MattLucas'' is homosexual, but David is straight.
* ManOfAThousandVoices
* SadClown: He suffered from depression when he was a teenager.
* StalkerWithACrush: Not David himself, but a woman kept sending him gifts, including her underwear.
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