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* GassyGastronomy: In ''Cappuccino Years'', Glenn gets into trouble at school for farting, claiming that his mother has been feeding him too many beans.
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* ImprobableAge: Invoked and played for laughs. One newspaper mistakenly refers to Barry Kent's forty five year old father as a "burly World War II veteran". In 1982.
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* RollerbladeGood: Inverted with Adrian in ''Growing Pains'', when Nigel sets him up on a roller skating blind date with Sharon Botts. Despite practising with his skates as much as he can beforehand, he is not good at skating at all, unlike Sharon, who whizzes around and does the splits. Needless to say, the date is not a success.
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* MissingTheGoodStuff: Part of the chronic bad luck that dogs Adrian involves him missing critical moments in live TV broadcasts, and other significant events.
** During the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana in ''The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾'', Grandma Mole starts to tear up, so Adrian leaves the room to find a box of tissues; by the time he returns, the royal couple have already been declared man and wife.
** In ''The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole'', he is eagerly anticipating the first ever broadcast of Creator/TheBBC's ''Breakfast Time'', only to be called out of the room by his parents for just long enough to miss the first few minutes.
** In ''The Cappuccino Years'', he writes that he missed the exact moment of his son William's birth, because his mother chose the same moment to telephone the maternity unit to ask for a progress report.
** During the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana in ''The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾'', Grandma Mole starts to tear up, so Adrian leaves the room to find a box of tissues; by the time he returns, the royal couple have already been declared man and wife.
** In ''The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole'', he is eagerly anticipating the first ever broadcast of Creator/TheBBC's ''Breakfast Time'', only to be called out of the room by his parents for just long enough to miss the first few minutes.
** In ''The Cappuccino Years'', he writes that he missed the exact moment of his son William's birth, because his mother chose the same moment to telephone the maternity unit to ask for a progress report.
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* CreatureOfHabit: In ''Growing Pains'', Bert Baxter is revealed to be a creature of habit, when detailed instructions are provided to the Braithwaites when they have to look after him for a fortnight. These detail which cup he will drink out of, his very limited range of food, and the exact time at which he moves his bowels, so that the commode can be arranged.
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* EmbarrassingPyjamas: In ''Secret Diary'', Adrian insists on having new nightwear before going to hospital, to replace his Peter Pan dressing gown and Winnie the Pooh pyjamas, which are too small and covered in patches.
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* OfCorsetHurts: Adrian sees his grandmother's corset, thinks it looks like a parachute harness, and asks his grandma how she gets in and out of it. She replies that it's all down to self-discipline, and believes that since corsets went out of fashion, England has lost its backbone.
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* OnAScaleFromOneToTen: In ''Wilderness Years'', asks his psychotherapist Leonora how mad he is.
--> '''Adrian''': How mad am I, on a scale from one to ten?
--> '''Leonora''': You're not mad at all. As Freud said, it is impossible for a therapist to treat either the mad, or the in love.
--> '''Adrian''': How mad am I, on a scale from one to ten?
--> '''Leonora''': You're not mad at all. As Freud said, it is impossible for a therapist to treat either the mad, or the in love.
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* OnAScaleFromOneToTen: OnAScaleFromOneToTen:
** In ''Wilderness Years'', asks his psychotherapist Leonora how mad he is.
--> ---> '''Adrian''': How mad am I, on a scale from one to ten?
--> ---> '''Leonora''': You're not mad at all. As Freud said, it is impossible for a therapist to treat either the mad, or the those in love.love.
** Adrian often rates things out of ten, such as books, or Bianca's legs; he only gives her five, as her ankles are bony.
** In ''Wilderness Years'', asks his psychotherapist Leonora how mad he is.
** Adrian often rates things out of ten, such as books, or Bianca's legs; he only gives her five, as her ankles are bony.
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* SecretIngredient: A feature of every Christmas is the Mole Christmas Gravy, whose recipe is a closely guarded secret. In ''Weapons of Mass Destruction'', Adrian's mother reveals it to him. Adrian's childhood dreams are shattered when he learns that it is made up of very standard ingredients, which can all be bought at the co-op supermarket, rather than a secret magical ingredient he was expecting.
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* HiredOnTheSpot: In ''Wilderness Years'', Adrian Mole replies to an advertisement offering free accommodation in return for looking after children, and is astonished to be accepted there and then, showing the landlord's desperation. The phone call is written as a script:
--> '''Dr Palmer:''' Christian Palmer speaking.
--> '''Adrian:''' My name is Adrian Mole. I've seen your advert.
--> '''Dr P:''' When can you start?
--> '''Adrian:''' Start what?
--> '''Dr P:''' Looking after the bloody kids.
--> '''Adrian:''' But you don't know me.
--> '''Dr P:''' You sound okay, and you've proved you can use a telephone. So you can't be a total simpleton. Have you got all your faculties, i.e. four limbs, eyesight?
--> '''Adrian:''' Yes.
--> '''Dr P:''' Ever been done for molesting kiddie-winkies?
--> '''Adrian:''' No.
--> '''Dr P:''' Got any particularly nasty personal habits?
--> '''Adrian:''' No.
--> '''Dr P:''' Good. So when can you start?
--> '''Dr Palmer:''' Christian Palmer speaking.
--> '''Adrian:''' My name is Adrian Mole. I've seen your advert.
--> '''Dr P:''' When can you start?
--> '''Adrian:''' Start what?
--> '''Dr P:''' Looking after the bloody kids.
--> '''Adrian:''' But you don't know me.
--> '''Dr P:''' You sound okay, and you've proved you can use a telephone. So you can't be a total simpleton. Have you got all your faculties, i.e. four limbs, eyesight?
--> '''Adrian:''' Yes.
--> '''Dr P:''' Ever been done for molesting kiddie-winkies?
--> '''Adrian:''' No.
--> '''Dr P:''' Got any particularly nasty personal habits?
--> '''Adrian:''' No.
--> '''Dr P:''' Good. So when can you start?
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* LowerHalfReveal: In ''The Wilderness Years'', Adrian's love interest Bianca is working in a shop, where her legs are hidden behind the counter. When they are suddenly revealed as she helps to carry goods into the shop, Adrian is not very impressed by her legs, thinking they are too bony.
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* FunWithHomophones: In ''Cappuccino Years'', Adrian tells a woman how to get to Torquay. [[note]]A town on the south coast of England, and the setting of ''Series/FawltyTowers''[[/note]]. It is then reported on the news that a woman was wandering around Torquay in a state of distress, having wanted to go to the similar-sounding Turkey.
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* FunWithHomophones: In ''Cappuccino Years'', Adrian tells a woman how to get to Torquay. [[note]]A town on the south coast of England, and the setting of ''Series/FawltyTowers''[[/note]]. ''Series/FawltyTowers''[[/note]] It is then reported on the news that a woman was wandering around Torquay in a state of distress, having wanted to go to the similar-sounding Turkey.
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* FunWithHomophones: In ''Cappuccino Years'', Adrian tells a woman how to get to Torquay. [[note]]A town on the south coast of England, and the setting of ''Series/FawltyTowers''[[/note]]. It is then reported on the news that a woman was wandering around Torquay in a state of distress, having wanted to go to the similar-sounding Turkey.
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* DontLookAtMe: In ''Wilderness Years'', Adrian's landlord Christian comes home with a black eye, after a yob accused Christian of "looking" at him. Adrian notes that this is a frightening example of the degradation of society, as yobs used to ''enjoy'' people looking at them.
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* DelegationRelay: When Pandora first declares her love for Adrian, she tells Claire Neilson, who tells Nigel, who tells Adrian. Adrian tells Nigel to tell Claire to tell Pandora that he returns her love.
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** In ''Wilderness Years'', he refers to his landlady Mrs. Hedge as a "slut", in the old-fashioned sense of meaning a slob or a slovenly person.
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* BaffledByOwnBiology: The teenager ''Literature/AdrianMole'' experiences his voice breaking dramatically when he is fifteen years old, wobbling between very high-pitched and much deeper for a few days. He also notes in horror "My nipples have swollen! I am turning into a girl!!!!!!", about which his doctor is highly unsympathetic.
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* ClothespinNosePlug: In ''Growing Pains'', Adrian mentions that when changing his baby sister Rosie's nappies, he nearly faints when he tries to do it without a protective device, a clothes peg.
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* GratuitousLatin: In ''Wilderness Years'', Adrian pushes Pandora's BerserkButton when he writes a note to her asking for a lift, using the phrase "my alternative ''modus operandi'' being driven by you in your motor car". Being far more learned than he is, Pandora is not amused, and corners him in his bedroom, calling him a pompous nerd, and a pathetic dork.
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* GratuitousLatin: In ''Wilderness Years'', Adrian pushes angers Pandora's BerserkButton when he writes a note to her asking for a lift, using the phrase "my alternative ''modus operandi'' being driven by you in your motor car". Being far more learned than he is, Pandora is not amused, and corners him in his bedroom, calling him a pompous nerd, and a pathetic dork.
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* ComingAndGoing: Adrian lampshades this trope when Bert Baxter's second wife Queenie dies soon after Rosie is born.
--> I suppose there is a certain logic to life and death. Rosie was born and Queenie had to make way for her.
--> I suppose there is a certain logic to life and death. Rosie was born and Queenie had to make way for her.
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* PerfectlyCromulentWord: Adrian prides himself on his massive "intellectual" vocabulary, and in ''Prostrate Years'', uses the word "contrapositional" during an argument with Daisy, who is not impressed. Another word is "expectorated", seen in ''True Confessions''.
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* SomethingWeForgot: There are many occasions when an important item is forgotten, but one dramatic moment is in ''Cappuccino Years''. During a massive row about Rosie having a termination, Adrian realises that the only person not making a noise is his son William; and they have forgotten to collect him from his nursery school. Adrian hurries there, to find William asleep in his teacher's arms, having cried himself to sleep, thinking that Adrian had gone away, like his mum.
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* OnOneCondition: In ''The Cappuccino Years'', an elderly man Archie Tait who has no friends or close family at all leaves Adrian his house, on condition that Adrian lives there, and cares for Archie's cat for the rest of its life. This is a mixed blessing to Adrian, as the house needs a lot of repair.
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* TormentedTeacher: In ''The Prostrate Years'', the teachers frequently have to sea with the antics of Adrian's strong-willed daughter Gracie, including carrying her when she insists on dressing as a mermaid, who cannot walk.
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* AgeInsecurity: Pauline is sensitive about her age, especially when she gets together with the much younger Martin Muffet. In ''Growing Pains'' she is mentioned to be 38, and becomes very upset when the local newspaper falsely reports she's 58. In ''Wilderness Years'' she shamelessly lies about her age in order to get a job, and deliberately positions herself to block out the window so the interviewer can't see her properly.
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* AndNinetyNineCents: In a long school uniform shopping list in ''Secret Diary'', almost every single item has a price ending in 99p. In ''Wilderness Years'', Adrian asks for a two-week holiday in Europe costing no more than £300; he is sold one for £299.99.
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* AndNinetyNineCents: In a long school uniform shopping list in ''Secret Diary'', almost every single item has a price ending in 99p. Same goes for his Christmas shopping list in ''Growing Pains''. In ''Wilderness Years'', Adrian asks for a two-week holiday in Europe costing no more than £300; he is sold one for £299.99.
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** Eleanor Flood is this to Adrian.
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** Eleanor Flood is this to Adrian. Although, in his defence, she's so psychotic that she burns his house down.
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* DistressedWoodchopping: In ''Weapons of Mass Destruction'', Adrian accidentally annoys Mr Flowers by mentioning Mexicans. Mr Flowers leaves the room, saying he has wood to chop.
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* PercussiveTherapy: Literally in ''Wilderness Years'', when his therapist tells Adrian to imagine that an empty chair is his father, and gives him a stick to beat the chair with; and he makes himself sore doing so.
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** In ''Growing Pains'', Adrian's mother throws the telephone across the hall after a call from her ex-lover Lucas.
** Literally in ''Wilderness Years'', when his therapist tells Adrian to imagine that an empty chair is his father, and gives him a stick to beat the chair with; and he makes himself sore doing so.
** In ''Growing Pains'', Adrian's mother throws the telephone across the hall after a call from her ex-lover Lucas.
** Literally in ''Wilderness Years'', when his therapist tells Adrian to imagine that an empty chair is his father, and gives him a stick to beat the chair with; and he makes himself sore doing so.
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* PercussiveTherapy: Literally in ''Wilderness Years'', when his therapist tells Adrian to imagine that an empty chair is his father, and gives him a stick to beat the chair with; and he makes himself sore doing so.
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* LogicBomb: Downplayed in ''Cappuccino Years''. When nobody can agree how to celebrate Christmas, everyone states what their ideal Christmas would be. Ivan Braithwaite inputs all the Christmases on his computer, and ends up saying that the computations are beyond it.
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* NamedLikeMyName:
** In ''True Confessions'', the student living with Adrian's mother is Martin Muffet; and adds "and spare the jokes about tuffets and spiders, will you?"
** In ''Prostate Years'', Adrian's consultant is Dr Rubik, who sighs "yes, as in the damn cube".
** In ''True Confessions'', the student living with Adrian's mother is Martin Muffet; and adds "and spare the jokes about tuffets and spiders, will you?"
** In ''Prostate Years'', Adrian's consultant is Dr Rubik, who sighs "yes, as in the damn cube".
