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* BerserkButton: Jay has a massive one after an entire episode of the other three taking the piss out of him with their "Aww, football fweind!! *thumbs up*" impressions. He climbs onto his new friend's car and jumps up and down on the bonnet, screaming like a madman in the hope he'll change their minds.

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* BerserkButton: Jay has a massive one after an entire episode of the other three taking the piss out of him for having a friend in the year above with their "Aww, football fweind!! *thumbs up*" impressions. He climbs onto his new friend's car and jumps up and down on the bonnet, screaming like a madman in the hope he'll change their minds.



* FeigningIntelligence: The other lads are bewildered to find Neil attempting to read a book. When going on a Blind Date show for charity, he believes it will improve his chances if he seems more intelligent. When Will points out that it will make him still seem stupid, he still doesn't get it. During the show itself, he picks the girl who answers his questions with the most intelligent answers, he winds up with Suzie, a twelve-year-old child prodigy who is taking her A-Levels four years early.

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* FeigningIntelligence: The other lads are bewildered to find Neil attempting to read a book. When going on a Blind Date show for charity, he believes it will improve his chances if he seems more intelligent. When Will points out that it will make him still seem stupid, he still doesn't get it. During the show itself, he picks the girl who answers his questions with the most intelligent answers, he answers -- and winds up with Suzie, a twelve-year-old child prodigy who is taking her A-Levels four years early.



* OfCourseImNotAVirgin: Will blunders this one badly with Charlotte, claiming to have slept with an eleven year old when he was thirteen. When it's clear he has no idea what he's doing when it comes to sex, Charlotte dumps him.

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* HiddenDepths: Donovan, of all people, reveals an unexpected softer side -- and then reverts to type when he threatens to kill Will if he ever tells anyone about it.
* TheMissusAndTheEx: Gender-flipped for Charlotte when her former boyfriend (Donovan) confronts her current one (Will).
* OfCourseImNotAVirgin: Will blunders this one badly with Charlotte, claiming when his lies quickly stack up to the point where he claims to have slept with an eleven year old when he was thirteen. When it's clear he has no idea what he's doing when it comes to sex, Charlotte dumps him.



* WildTeenParty: The "cool party" is a tame affair with the parents of the hostess waiting upstairs to send everyone home at 11 o'clock. When Charlotte unexpectedly turns up, it's noted that it's the coolest party they've ever been invited to.

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* WildTeenParty: The "cool party" is a tame affair with the parents of the hostess waiting upstairs to send everyone home at 11 o'clock. When Charlotte unexpectedly turns up, it's noted that it's the coolest party they've the boys ever been invited to.

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* PhraseCatcher: Simon says "friend" in a high pitched voice when referring to Jay's friend, knowing full well it annoys Jay.

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* PhraseCatcher: Simon says "friend" in a high pitched voice when referring to Jay's friend, knowing full well it annoys Jay. Will and Neil quickly pick up on this.
* TallPoppySyndrome: The likely reason for Simon, Will and Neil mocking Jay for apparently having another friend who's in the year above them.

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* CringeComedy: Jay impersonating Crazy Frog in a pathetic attempt to impress Charlotte, while Will and Charlotte standing there in awkward silence as the joke completely bombs.

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* TheCloudcuckoolanderWasRight. Neil think there's booze hidden in the tumble dryer. He's right!
* CringeComedy: Jay impersonating Crazy Frog in a pathetic attempt to impress Charlotte, while Will and Charlotte standing there in awkward silence as the joke completely bombs. Will's later attempt to have sex with Charlotte also falls under this trope.
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->''All right, funny boy, make me laugh. Without undressing.''
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* AllThereInTheManual: At the time of the original broadcast, the Channel 4 website had a page that retold the events of the first series episodes [[PerspectiveFlip from the point of view of minor characters]]. For this one, it's Wendy Dean (the girl hosting the party); she secretly fancies Neil and was amused when he chose the 12-year-old at the Blind Date event.

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* AllThereInTheManual: At the time of the original broadcast, the Channel 4 E4 website had a page that retold the events of the first series episodes [[PerspectiveFlip from the point of view of minor characters]]. For this one, it's Wendy Dean (the girl hosting the party); she secretly fancies Neil and was amused when he chose the 12-year-old at the Blind Date event.
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* AllThereInTheManual: At the time of the original broadcast, the Channel 4 website had a page that retold the events of the first series episodes [PerspectiveFlip from the point of view of minor characters]. For this one, it's Wendy Dean (the girl hosting the party]. she secretly fancies Neil and was amused when he chose the 12-year-old at the Blind Date event.

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* AllThereInTheManual: At the time of the original broadcast, the Channel 4 website had a page that retold the events of the first series episodes [PerspectiveFlip [[PerspectiveFlip from the point of view of minor characters]. characters]]. For this one, it's Wendy Dean (the girl hosting the party]. party); she secretly fancies Neil and was amused when he chose the 12-year-old at the Blind Date event.
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* AllThereInTheManual: At the time of the original broadcast, the Channel 4 website had a page that retold the events of the first series episodes [PerspectiveFlip from the point of view of minor characters]. For this one, it's Wendy Dean (the girl hosting the party); she secretly fancies Neil and was amused when he chose the 12-year-old at the Blind Date event.

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* AllThereInTheManual: At the time of the original broadcast, the Channel 4 website had a page that retold the events of the first series episodes [PerspectiveFlip from the point of view of minor characters]. For this one, it's Wendy Dean (the girl hosting the party); party]. she secretly fancies Neil and was amused when he chose the 12-year-old at the Blind Date event.

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* AllThereInTheManual: At the time of the original broadcast, the Channel 4 website had a page that retold the events of the first series episodes from the point of view of minor characters. For this one, it's Wendy Dean (the girl hosting the party); she secretly fancies Neil and was amused when he chose the 12-year-old at the Blind Date event.

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* AllThereInTheManual: At the time of the original broadcast, the Channel 4 website had a page that retold the events of the first series episodes [PerspectiveFlip from the point of view of minor characters.characters]. For this one, it's Wendy Dean (the girl hosting the party); she secretly fancies Neil and was amused when he chose the 12-year-old at the Blind Date event.

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* AllThereInTheManual: At the time of the original broadcast, the Channel 4 website had a page that retold the events of the first series episodes from the point of view of minor characters. For this one, it's the girl hosting the party; she secretly fancies Neil and was amused when he chose the 12-year-old at the Blind Date event.

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* AllThereInTheManual: At the time of the original broadcast, the Channel 4 website had a page that retold the events of the first series episodes from the point of view of minor characters. For this one, it's the Wendy Dean (the girl hosting the party; party); she secretly fancies Neil and was amused when he chose the 12-year-old at the Blind Date event.

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* AllThereInTheManual: At the time of the original broadcast, the Channel 4 website had a page that retold the events of the first series episodes from the point of view of minor characters. For this one, it's the girl hosting the party; she secretly fancies Neil and was amused when he chose the 12-year-old at the Blind Date event.
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* FeigningIntelligence: The other lads are bewildered to find Neil attempting to read a book. When going on a Blind Date show for charity, he believes it will improve his chances if he seems more intelligent. When Will points out that it will make him still seem stupid, he still doesn't get it. During the show itself, he picks the girl who answers his questions with the most intelligent answers, he winds up with Suzie, a twelve-year-old child prodigy who is taking her A-Levels four years early.
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* CringeComedy: Jay impersonating Crazy Frog in a pathetic attempt to impress Charlotte, while Will and Charlotte standing there in awkward silence as the joke completely bombs.
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* WildTeenParty: The "cool party" is a tame affair with the parents of the hostess waiting upstairs to send everyone home at 11 o'clock. When Charlotte unexpectedly turns up, it's noted that it's the coolest party they've ever been invited to.
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* GirlfriendInCanada: Will tell Charlotte he had a lot of sex on holiday in Australia, an unverifiable story that's clearly a lie as Will is a virgin.
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* PhraseCatcher: Simon says "friend" in a high pitched voice when referring to Jay's friend, knowing full well it annoys Jay.
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Will finds out that going to a mixed-sex school isn't too bad after all as he pulls the most popular girl in the year above. She's fit and, according to rumour, sexually precocious.

!!This episode contains examples of:

* BerserkButton: Jay has a massive one after an entire episode of the other three taking the piss out of him with their "Aww, football fweind!! *thumbs up*" impressions. He climbs onto his new friend's car and jumps up and down on the bonnet, screaming like a madman in the hope he'll change their minds.
* OfCourseImNotAVirgin: Will blunders this one badly with Charlotte, claiming to have slept with an eleven year old when he was thirteen. When it's clear he has no idea what he's doing when it comes to sex, Charlotte dumps him.
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