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* MexicanStandoff: One ensues in the climax between Pantalone, Mario, Scaramouche and the Doctor. Leads to a MutualKill situation that only leaves Pantalone alive.
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* MexicanStandoff: One ensues in the climax between Pantalone, Mario, Scaramouche and the Doctor. Leads to a MutualKill situation BlastOut that only leaves Pantalone alive.
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* KarmaHoudini: Arlo and Pantalone both survive the final confrontation, and Arlo gets away with the diamonds.
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* EverybodyDiesEnding: The only characters to survive are Arlo and Pantalone.
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* LighterAndSofter: Like the season 4 opener "Zanzibar" this episode is farcical comedy full of slapstick, double entende and wordplay all cheerfully lampshaded by MetaGirl Columbina, [[spoiler:right up until Pantalone slits her throat. From then on we are, as he points out, "with [him] now", and he's taking us into a classic Inside No. 9 bloodbath.]]
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* LighterAndSofter: Like the season 4 opener "Zanzibar" this episode is farcical comedy full of slapstick, double entende and wordplay all cheerfully lampshaded by MetaGirl Columbina, [[spoiler:right [[SubvertedTrope right up until Pantalone slits her throat.throat]]. From then on we are, as he points out, "with [him] now", and he's taking us into a classic Inside No. 9 bloodbath.]]
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* ShooOutTheClowns: Pantalone is irritated by the meta gags from the start, and his first and only fourth-wall-breaking line after [[spoiler:killing Columbina]], "[[SwitchingPOV you're with me now]]", signals a change in tone. The episode is still very silly after this but it gets less meta and a lot BloodierAndGorier.
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* ShooOutTheClowns: Pantalone is irritated by the meta gags from the start, and one of his first and only fourth-wall-breaking line lines after [[spoiler:killing Columbina]], killing Columbina, "[[SwitchingPOV you're with me now]]", signals a change in tone. The episode is still very silly after this but it gets less meta and a lot BloodierAndGorier.
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* LiteralMinded: When the Doctor asks Mario to lower his voice, the latter starts talking in a BadassBaritone.
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* LiteralMinded: When the Doctor asks Mario to lower his voice, the latter starts talking in a BadassBaritone.baritone.
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* OneDialogueTwoConversations: When Mario talks to Scaramouch in private, they misunderstand each other because Mario thinks Scaramouch is in love with him and [[UnEntendre interprets everything he says as a sexual innunendo]] while the latter thinks they are arranging to escape with the diamonds together.
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* OneDialogueTwoConversations: When Mario talks to Scaramouch in private, they misunderstand each other because Mario thinks Scaramouch is in love with him and [[UnEntendre [[ImaginedInnuendo interprets everything he says as a sexual innunendo]] while the latter thinks they are arranging to escape with the diamonds together.
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** Columbina's pratfall immediately after referencing ''Series/{{Miranda}}''
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** Columbina's pratfall immediately after referencing ''Series/{{Miranda}}'' ''Series/Miranda2009''
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** Pantalone first enters the building when Columbina is addressing the audience, and he tells her to "stop [[Series/{{Fleabag}} Fleabaggin']]". She responds by saying that she's doing a ''Series/{{Miranda}}'', and then trips and falls out of shot.
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** Pantalone first enters the building when Columbina is addressing the audience, and he tells her to "stop [[Series/{{Fleabag}} Fleabaggin']]". She responds by saying that she's doing a ''Series/{{Miranda}}'', ''Series/{{Miranda|2009}}'', and then trips and falls out of shot.
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* BlastOut: The MexicanStandoff towards the end results in a shootout that only leaves Pantalone alive.
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* PietaPlagiarism: The shot of Pantalone carrying his dead daughter into the room.
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* PietaPlagiarism: The shot of Pantalone carrying his dead daughter into the room.room, although it's a {{homage}} to ''Theatre/KingLear''.
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** ''Theatre/KingLear'' is quoted.quoted during the PietaPlagiarism by Pantalone as he carries Hortensia's dead body onscreen.
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* GenreMashup: In her first monologue, Columbina lampshades that the episode is a cross between a heist movie and the ''CommediaDellArte''.
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* LighterAndSofter: Like the season 4 opener "Zanzibar" this episode is farcical comedy full of slapstick, double entende and wordplay all cheerfully lampshaded by MetaGirl Columbina, [[spoiler:right up until Pantalone slits her throat and from then on we are as he points out with him now and he's taking us into a classic Inside No: 9 bloodbath.]]
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* LighterAndSofter: Like the season 4 opener "Zanzibar" this episode is farcical comedy full of slapstick, double entende and wordplay all cheerfully lampshaded by MetaGirl Columbina, [[spoiler:right up until Pantalone slits her throat and from throat. From then on we are are, as he points out with him now out, "with [him] now", and he's taking us into a classic Inside No: No. 9 bloodbath.]]
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* XMeetsY: TheCaper meets CommediaDellArte, immediately lamphaded.
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* LoveTriangle: There is one between Hortensia, Mario and Scaramouche. Subverted when it's later revealed that Hortensia actually had an AgeGapRomance with the Doctor.
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* LoveTriangle: There is one between Hortensia, Mario and Scaramouche. Subverted [[LoveDodecahedron Subverted]] when it's later revealed that Hortensia actually had an AgeGapRomance with the Doctor.
* MediumAwareness: Even the characters who don't directly break the fourth wall still happily discuss the international syndication of the TV show they're in.
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* OffscreenCrash: When Scaramouche accidentally pushes a wheelchair off-screen, it ends up in a loud crash with glass shattering.
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* OffscreenCrash: When Scaramouche accidentally pushes a wheelchair wheeled chair off-screen, it ends up in a loud crash with glass shattering.
* ShooOutTheClowns: Pantalone is irritated by the meta gags from the start, and his first and only fourth-wall-breaking line after [[spoiler:killing Columbina]], "[[SwitchingPOV you're with me now]]", signals a change in tone. The episode is still very silly after this but it gets less meta and a lot BloodierAndGorier.
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* {{Slapstick}}: The OverlyLongGag of Scaramouche trying to take a seat for the caper briefing.
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* {{Slapstick}}: {{Slapstick}}:
** The OverlyLongGag of Scaramouche trying to take a seat for the caperbriefing. briefing.
** Columbina's pratfall immediately after referencing ''Series/{{Miranda}}''
** The OverlyLongGag of Scaramouche trying to take a seat for the caper
** Columbina's pratfall immediately after referencing ''Series/{{Miranda}}''
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* XMeetsY: TheCaper meets CommediaDellArte, immediately lamphaded.
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* SubvertedPunchline: A truly groanworthy HurricaneOfPuns based on names of international destinations sets up the obvious "Jamaica?" "No, she wanted to!" exchange when the Caribbean is brought up. Instead we get "Trinidad & Tobago?" "[[AntiHumour Yes.]]"
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* SeasonArlot: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]]:
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* SeasonArlot: SeasonalRot: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]]:
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* AfraidOfBlood: The Doctor FaintsInShock whenever he sees blood... or [[ABloodyMess ketchup]]. Alro points out how odd this seems for a doctor. Of course, it could also be a clue to the Doctor merely owning a MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate.
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* AfraidOfBlood: The Doctor FaintsInShock whenever he sees blood... or [[ABloodyMess ketchup]]. Alro Arlo points out how odd this seems for a doctor. Of course, it could also be a clue to the Doctor merely owning a MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate.
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* NotHyperbole: Alro mentions that he shot himself in the foot when referring to the bothered caper. Columbina tries to console him by saying it wasn't his fault which prompts Alro to clarify that he literally shot himself in the foot.
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* NotHyperbole: Alro Arlo mentions that he shot himself in the foot when referring to the bothered caper. Columbina tries to console him by saying it wasn't his fault which prompts Alro Arlo to clarify that he literally shot himself in the foot.
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** Alro is constantly craving for a sandwich but never gets one. Eventually, he ends up with the diamonds because of this.
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** Alro Arlo is constantly craving for a sandwich but never gets one. Eventually, he ends up with the diamonds because of this.
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** Alro's line "[[https://youtu.be/7_PX1cVuaVA?t=7 You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!]]" during the UnfoldingPlanMontage references ''Film/TheItalianJob1969''. Apparently, he AlwaysWantedToSayThat.
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** Alro's Arlo's line "[[https://youtu.be/7_PX1cVuaVA?t=7 You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!]]" during the UnfoldingPlanMontage references ''Film/TheItalianJob1969''. Apparently, he AlwaysWantedToSayThat.
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* LighterAndSofter: Like the season 4 opener "Zanzibar" this episode is farcical comedy full of slapstick, double entende and wordplay all cheerfully lampshaded by MetaGirl Columbina, [[spoiler:right up until Pantalone slits her throat and from then on we are as he points out with him now and he's taking us into a classic Inside No: 9 bloodbath.]]
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* MeaningfulName: [[spoiler:Colombina is actually Detective Sergeant Janus and like the Roman god she has two faces, one a loyal member of the gang and the other an undercover police officer.]]
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* PietaPlagiarism:: The shot of Pantalone carrying his dead daughter into the room.
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* PietaPlagiarism:: PietaPlagiarism: The shot of Pantalone carrying his dead daughter into the room.
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* EtTuBrute: The Doctor's "Et tu, Scaramouche." when Scaramouche sides with Pantalone for the MexicanStandoff.
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* EtTuBrute: The Doctor's "Et tu, Scaramouche." when Scaramouche sides with Pantalone for the during their MexicanStandoff.
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* SlowMotionFall: The scene of everyone falling down when the explosion goes off in the UnfoldingPlanMontage is shot in slow motion.
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* SlowMotionFall: The scene of everyone falling down when the explosion bomb goes off in the UnfoldingPlanMontage is shot in slow motion.
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* AfraidOfBlood: The Doctor [[FaintInShock faints in shock]] whenever he sees blood... or [[ABloodyMess ketchup]]. Alro points out how odd this seems for a doctor. Of course, it could also be a clue to the Doctor merely owning a MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate.
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* AfraidOfBlood: The Doctor [[FaintInShock faints in shock]] FaintsInShock whenever he sees blood... or [[ABloodyMess ketchup]]. Alro points out how odd this seems for a doctor. Of course, it could also be a clue to the Doctor merely owning a MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate.
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* LiteralMinded: When the Doctor asks Mario to lower is voice, the latter starts talking in a BadassBaritone.
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* LiteralMinded: When the Doctor asks Mario to lower is his voice, the latter starts talking in a BadassBaritone.
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* AnyoneCanDie: Only two of the seven characters survive.
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* DerailedTrainOfThought: During the heist briefing, Pantalone's AsYouKnow speech gets derailed by the group deliberating possible channels their show may be watched from.
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* DerailedTrainOfThought: During the heist briefing, Pantalone's AsYouKnow speech gets derailed by the group deliberating possible channels their show may be watched from. Leads to a BigShutUp by Pantalone who is having enough of the nonsense.
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* LoveLetterLunacy: The B plot around Hortensia's love letter. Naturally it ends up in the wrong hands, leading to a chain of misunderstandings.
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* LoveLetterLunacy: The B plot around Hortensia's love letter. Naturally it ends up in the wrong hands, leading to a chain of misunderstandings. Columbina [[LampshadeHanging questions]] the antiquated use of a letter in the age of E-mails and Whatsapp.
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* OverlyLongGag: Scaramouche trying to take a seat for the caper briefing.
* PleaseWakeUp: Arlo wants Columbina to get up not realizing that she is in fact dead.
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* OverlyLongGag: Scaramouche trying OneDialogueTwoConversations: When Mario talks to take Scaramouch in private, they misunderstand each other because Mario thinks Scaramouch is in love with him and [[UnEntendre interprets everything he says as a seat for sexual innunendo]] while the caper briefing.
latter thinks they are arranging to escape with the diamonds together.
-->'''Scaramouch''': When Senior Pantalone gets here, then we will blow.
-->'''Mario''': You mean a three-way?
-->'''Scaramouch''': Si, si. The passage will be tight but I think we can manage it.
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* PleaseWakeUp: Arlo wants Columbina to get upnot realizing that believing she is in fact dead. was only PlayingPossum when getting her throat slit.
-->'''Scaramouch''': When Senior Pantalone gets here, then we will blow.
-->'''Mario''': You mean a three-way?
-->'''Scaramouch''': Si, si. The passage will be tight but I think we can manage it.
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* PleaseWakeUp: Arlo wants Columbina to get up
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* RecklessGunUsage: Arlo repeatedly points his gun into the face of other people and is called out for it.
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** Alro is constantly craving for a sandwich but never gets one. Eventually, he ends up with the diamonds because of this.
** Characters quoting "Bohemian Rhapsody" whenever the name ''Scaramouche'' is dropped.
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** Alro's line "[[https://youtu.be/7_PX1cVuaVA?t=7 You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!]]" during the UnfoldingPlanMontage references ''Film/TheItalianJob1969''. Apparently, he AlwaysWantedToSayThat.
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* {{Slapstick}}: The OverlyLongGag of Scaramouche trying to take a seat for the caper briefing.
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* SlowMotionFall: The scene of everyone falling down when the explosion goes off in the UnfoldingPlanMontage is shot in slow motion.
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* SeasonalRot: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]]:
-->'''Columbina:''' It's series six, [[SelfDeprecation you've got to allow for some artistic exhaustion]].
-->'''Columbina:''' It's series six, [[SelfDeprecation you've got to allow for some artistic exhaustion]].
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* VomitIndiscretionShot: Hortensia vomits off-screen in disgust over the ArrangedMarriage with PrinceCharmingWannabe Scaramouche.
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* NoFourthWall: There are characters addressing the audience directly, making fun of tropes, and being aware that they are characters in a TV show.
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** In her first monologue, Columbina lampshades that the episode is a cross between a heist movie and the ''CommediaDellArte''.
** Pantalone first enters the building when Columbina is addressing the audience, and he tells her to "stop [[Series/{{Fleabag}} Fleabaggin']]". She responds by saying that she's doing a ''Series/{{Miranda}}'', and then trips and falls out of shot.
** Pantalone first enters the building when Columbina is addressing the audience, and he tells her to "stop [[Series/{{Fleabag}} Fleabaggin']]". She responds by saying that she's doing a ''Series/{{Miranda}}'', and then trips and falls out of shot.
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* WhosOnFirst: The exchange near the end of the episode, when the Doctor is talking about his love affair with Hortensia and all the places they went to.
-->'''The Doctor''': Horsey and I have been having an affair for several months. It was an amour fou. It started on that business trip we took to Italy.\\
'''Arlo''': Genoa?[[note]]The pronunciation sounds like he is asking, "D'you know her?"[[/note]]\\
'''The Doctor''': Yes, since she was a little girl.
-->'''The Doctor''': Horsey and I have been having an affair for several months. It was an amour fou. It started on that business trip we took to Italy.\\
'''Arlo''': Genoa?[[note]]The pronunciation sounds like he is asking, "D'you know her?"[[/note]]\\
'''The Doctor''': Yes, since she was a little girl.
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Pantalone has an audacious plan to steal a consignment of diamonds worth a tasty twelve million. But he's hired a complete bunch of double-crossing clowns to do it.
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!!This episode provides examples of:
* SixIsNine: In the opening scene, Arlo is having trouble finding the address to the hideout because he mistakes a written 9 for a 6.
* AcCENTUponTheWrongSylLABle: Scaramouche's Italianised pronunciation of English words, e.g. "whore tensia" instead of "Hortensia".
* AfraidOfBlood: The Doctor [[FaintInShock faints in shock]] whenever he sees blood... or [[ABloodyMess ketchup]]. Alro points out how odd this seems for a doctor. Of course, it could also be a clue to the Doctor merely owning a MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate.
* AsideComment: Besides MetaGirl Columbina, there is also Pantalone who at one point turns to the camera and says "You're with me now."
* AsYouKnow: During the heist briefing Pantalone admits that the crew already knows the details of the plan but he is going to repeat them anyway to fill in the audience.
* BridalCarry: Pantalone carrying his dead daughter.
* TheCaper: The A plot revolves around a diamond heist.
* DeathWail: Pantalone howls in grief over the death of his daughter.
* DerailedTrainOfThought: During the heist briefing, Pantalone's AsYouKnow speech gets derailed by the group deliberating possible channels their show may be watched from.
* EtTuBrute: The Doctor's "Et tu, Scaramouche." when Scaramouche sides with Pantalone for the MexicanStandoff.
* FunWithHomophones: The episode is full of it.
* GagPenis: Pantalone draws a penis on the blackboard by accident when explaining the heist.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: In-universe. The Doctor mentions that the show has a huge following in China.
* IKissYourHand: Scaramouche tries to kiss Hortensia's hand but she pulls away in disgust.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: The season 6 opener starts with a close up on the number 6 written on a piece of paper.
* LiteralMinded: When the Doctor asks Mario to lower is voice, the latter starts talking in a BadassBaritone.
* LiteraryAllusionTitle: The episode title is a pun on ''Literature/WutheringHeights''.
* LoveLetterLunacy: The B plot around Hortensia's love letter. Naturally it ends up in the wrong hands, leading to a chain of misunderstandings.
* LoveTriangle: There is one between Hortensia, Mario and Scaramouche. Subverted when it's later revealed that Hortensia actually had an AgeGapRomance with the Doctor.
* MalevolentMaskedMen: The male heist crew (except for Mario) is using masks to hide their identities.
* MetaGirl: Columbina who constantly [[BreakingTheFourthWall breaks the fourth wall]], [[BetterThanABareBulb points out existing tropes]] and [[ReadingAheadInTheScript reads ahead in the script]].
* MexicanStandoff: One ensues in the climax between Pantalone, Mario, Scaramouche and the Doctor. Leads to a MutualKill situation that only leaves Pantalone alive.
* MineralMacGuffin: The heist diamonds, worth 12 million pounds.
* TheMole: Columbina turns out to be a cop infiltrating the group to foil the heist.
* NotHyperbole: Alro mentions that he shot himself in the foot when referring to the bothered caper. Columbina tries to console him by saying it wasn't his fault which prompts Alro to clarify that he literally shot himself in the foot.
* OffscreenCrash: When Scaramouche accidentally pushes a wheelchair off-screen, it ends up in a loud crash with glass shattering.
* OverlyLongGag: Scaramouche trying to take a seat for the caper briefing.
* PleaseWakeUp: Arlo wants Columbina to get up not realizing that she is in fact dead.
* PoorCommunicationKills: During the MexicanStandoff, Mario wants his father to hand over the diamonds to Pantalone. However, his comments to "give it to him" and to "let him have it" are misunderstood by the Doctor as a call to shoot. A MutualKill ensues.
* RecklessGunUsage: Arlo repeatedly points his gun into the face of other people and is called out for it.
* ReplacedWithReplica: Mario switches the pack of diamonds with a fake one.
* ShoutOut:
** Several references to ''Film/ReservoirDogs''.
** ''Theatre/KingLear'' is quoted.
* SlippingAMickey: Part of the caper is Columbina spiking the guard's coffee with a sedative so that stealing the keys from him for the diamonds would be an easy task.
* SlashedThroat: Pantalone slits Columbina's throat after he figured out that she was TheMole responsible for Hortensia's death.
* SoundEffectBleep: Apparently, the show couldn't afford the copyright to "[[Music/{{Queen}} Bohemian Rhapsody]]" and hence had to bleep out any reciting of the line "Scaramouch, Scaramouch, will you do the Fandango!".
* SweepingTheTable: A table is cleared to lay down Hortensia's body.
* TrunkShot: Shot used when Pantalone picks up the bag with explosives from the trunk of his car.
* UnfoldingPlanMontage: The crew acts out the planned heist for the audience.
* VomitIndiscretionShot: Hortensia vomits off-screen in disgust over the ArrangedMarriage with PrinceCharmingWannabe Scaramouche.
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Pantalone has an audacious plan to steal a consignment of diamonds worth a tasty twelve million. But he's hired a complete bunch of double-crossing clowns to do it.
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!!This episode provides examples of:
* SixIsNine: In the opening scene, Arlo is having trouble finding the address to the hideout because he mistakes a written 9 for a 6.
* AcCENTUponTheWrongSylLABle: Scaramouche's Italianised pronunciation of English words, e.g. "whore tensia" instead of "Hortensia".
* AfraidOfBlood: The Doctor [[FaintInShock faints in shock]] whenever he sees blood... or [[ABloodyMess ketchup]]. Alro points out how odd this seems for a doctor. Of course, it could also be a clue to the Doctor merely owning a MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate.
* AsideComment: Besides MetaGirl Columbina, there is also Pantalone who at one point turns to the camera and says "You're with me now."
* AsYouKnow: During the heist briefing Pantalone admits that the crew already knows the details of the plan but he is going to repeat them anyway to fill in the audience.
* BridalCarry: Pantalone carrying his dead daughter.
* TheCaper: The A plot revolves around a diamond heist.
* DeathWail: Pantalone howls in grief over the death of his daughter.
* DerailedTrainOfThought: During the heist briefing, Pantalone's AsYouKnow speech gets derailed by the group deliberating possible channels their show may be watched from.
* EtTuBrute: The Doctor's "Et tu, Scaramouche." when Scaramouche sides with Pantalone for the MexicanStandoff.
* FunWithHomophones: The episode is full of it.
* GagPenis: Pantalone draws a penis on the blackboard by accident when explaining the heist.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: In-universe. The Doctor mentions that the show has a huge following in China.
* IKissYourHand: Scaramouche tries to kiss Hortensia's hand but she pulls away in disgust.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: The season 6 opener starts with a close up on the number 6 written on a piece of paper.
* LiteralMinded: When the Doctor asks Mario to lower is voice, the latter starts talking in a BadassBaritone.
* LiteraryAllusionTitle: The episode title is a pun on ''Literature/WutheringHeights''.
* LoveLetterLunacy: The B plot around Hortensia's love letter. Naturally it ends up in the wrong hands, leading to a chain of misunderstandings.
* LoveTriangle: There is one between Hortensia, Mario and Scaramouche. Subverted when it's later revealed that Hortensia actually had an AgeGapRomance with the Doctor.
* MalevolentMaskedMen: The male heist crew (except for Mario) is using masks to hide their identities.
* MetaGirl: Columbina who constantly [[BreakingTheFourthWall breaks the fourth wall]], [[BetterThanABareBulb points out existing tropes]] and [[ReadingAheadInTheScript reads ahead in the script]].
* MexicanStandoff: One ensues in the climax between Pantalone, Mario, Scaramouche and the Doctor. Leads to a MutualKill situation that only leaves Pantalone alive.
* MineralMacGuffin: The heist diamonds, worth 12 million pounds.
* TheMole: Columbina turns out to be a cop infiltrating the group to foil the heist.
* NotHyperbole: Alro mentions that he shot himself in the foot when referring to the bothered caper. Columbina tries to console him by saying it wasn't his fault which prompts Alro to clarify that he literally shot himself in the foot.
* OffscreenCrash: When Scaramouche accidentally pushes a wheelchair off-screen, it ends up in a loud crash with glass shattering.
* OverlyLongGag: Scaramouche trying to take a seat for the caper briefing.
* PleaseWakeUp: Arlo wants Columbina to get up not realizing that she is in fact dead.
* PoorCommunicationKills: During the MexicanStandoff, Mario wants his father to hand over the diamonds to Pantalone. However, his comments to "give it to him" and to "let him have it" are misunderstood by the Doctor as a call to shoot. A MutualKill ensues.
* RecklessGunUsage: Arlo repeatedly points his gun into the face of other people and is called out for it.
* ReplacedWithReplica: Mario switches the pack of diamonds with a fake one.
* ShoutOut:
** Several references to ''Film/ReservoirDogs''.
** ''Theatre/KingLear'' is quoted.
* SlippingAMickey: Part of the caper is Columbina spiking the guard's coffee with a sedative so that stealing the keys from him for the diamonds would be an easy task.
* SlashedThroat: Pantalone slits Columbina's throat after he figured out that she was TheMole responsible for Hortensia's death.
* SoundEffectBleep: Apparently, the show couldn't afford the copyright to "[[Music/{{Queen}} Bohemian Rhapsody]]" and hence had to bleep out any reciting of the line "Scaramouch, Scaramouch, will you do the Fandango!".
* SweepingTheTable: A table is cleared to lay down Hortensia's body.
* TrunkShot: Shot used when Pantalone picks up the bag with explosives from the trunk of his car.
* UnfoldingPlanMontage: The crew acts out the planned heist for the audience.
* VomitIndiscretionShot: Hortensia vomits off-screen in disgust over the ArrangedMarriage with PrinceCharmingWannabe Scaramouche.
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