History Series / BrassEye

-->'''Dr Fox''': ''Genetically'', pedophiles have more in common with ''crabs'' than you and me. Now that is a scientific fact - [[LampshadeHanging there's no real evidence for it]], but it's still scientific fact.

* TakeThat: In the Peadogeddon special, Baltimora (who sang the TropeNamer to TarzanBoy) is peadophile SMS slang for "I'm running up and out with my trousers down".

** "UK used to mean United Kingdom, but ask anyone today and they'll tell you it stands for Unbelievable Krimewave!"

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: In the "Pedogeddon" special. Justified by RuleOfFunny:

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Several of the celebrities conned into making appearances in support of the fake charities were, upon learning the truth, willing to put their hands up and admit both that the joke was on them and that it was a pretty funny one. A more common reaction, however, was [[TheComicallySerious self-righteous humourlessness]].

* PerfectlyCromulentWord: all over the place. Examples include "braintanglia" and "quadraspazzed".

* {{Pun}}:
** "They don't deserve punishment. They deserve gunishment."

* {{Pun}}: "They don't deserve punishment. They deserve gunishment."

* NostalgiaFilter: 'Jill and Sainsburgh [=McManus=]; are a rattly pair of old puffins who remember Cowsick in the days when people could still be trusted.'
* LiteralMetaphor: 'And last year, the mayor gave them a goldmine. [cuts to the reporter standing next to a mineshaft inexplicably located in the middle of a council estate] It actually worked for a bit, this, until someone clogged it up with sick!'

* WretchedHive: Cowsick, apparently.

* AbsurdityAscendant -- The show makes heavy use of surreal imagery, which makes the celebrities who fall for it look even funnier.

--> '''Chris Morris''': In Britain in the last century, it was quite acceptable for a young man to lose their virginity to one of London's many whoredogs. Dickens and Prince Albert both boasted of their experience.

* BlackComedy -- On occasion... The original series finale "Decline" (parodying [[MoralGuardians the perceived decline of moral standards]]) provides some of the best examples, including the fictional stage show ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sutcliffe Sutcliffe:]] The Musical'' (which was cut from the original broadcast) and a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed version of [[Music/{{Pulp}} Jarvis Cocker]] singing a [[SillyLoveSongs Silly Love Song]] dedicated to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moors_murders Moors murderer]] Myra Hindley:

* BrokenAesop -- The series was deliberately packed to the gunwales with these.
--> ''(After the presenter's confession to the camera about his heroin addiction is revealed to be a fake)'' "Luckily, the amount of heroin I use is harmless, I inject about once a month on a purely recreational basis. Fine. But what about other people less stable, less educated, less middle-class than me? Builders or blacks for example. If you're one of those, my advice is leave well alone. Good luck."

* FunWithAcronyms -- Many times, at least OnceAnEpisode.

* GovernmentDrugEnforcement -- The Drumlake Experiment, a school where children are sold medical-grade cocaine and heroin, amongst other things.

-->'''Commander Maharggs:''' Homosexuals can't... swim... they attract enemy radar, they attract sharks... they insist on being placed at the Captain's Table, they... get up late, they nudge people whilst they're shooting, they ''muck about''... imagine the fear of knowing you have a gay man on board a boat, when you retire at night, you think to yourself, "God... will I wake up and find everybody dead?

* NewsParody -- Faux News variation

* OverlyLongGag -- The last notes of the theme tune just keep on striking.
* PaedoHunt -- Mercilessly satirised
* PrimeTimeNews -- Satirises the format, as well as that of ''Series/CrimewatchUK'' in the paedophile special.

* ScareEmStraight -- Parodied ruthlessly as ever in the "Drugs" episode. To convince a young girl to stay off of drugs for life, the school staff convince her parents to ''fake their deaths''. And then they proceed to hold [[TheFunInFuneral a fake funeral]] for them.

-->'''Prison Warden:''' *points out of window to prison* That is my big shiny shoe, and ''you'' are the biggest piece of shit on it! *slams his foot on the desk* LICK yourself off my shoe. [quietly] Lick yourself... off my shoe.
-->'''Prison Guard:''' [screaming] LICKYOURSELFOFFTHESHOE!
-->'''Prison Warden:''' *the prisoner leans down to the desk* ''Don't, actually do it!'' Where's your self re-cocking-spect?! Get out!

* StealthParody -- Some viewers don't actually realise that it's a parody. The celebrities involved ''definitely'' don't notice.[[note]]With the possible exception of Peter Tatchell, who looks like he's about to corpse when the "interviewer" comes out with a ludicrously-long bleeped-out list of possibly gay politicians. Tommy Vance also seems to be "inside".[[/note]]

* TrashTalk -- The needlessly aggressive news man (like everything else on the show) is taken to the extreme.
--> '''Chris:''' You're wrong, and you're a grotesquely ugly freak.

* ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch: A meta-example: In many of the tabloid articles attacking the infamous Paedogeddon special, the writers of said articles would admit not to actually having seen the special.

* ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch: A meta-example: In many of the tabloid article attacking the infamous Paedogeddon special, the writers of said articles would admit not to actually having seen the special.

* TheComicallySerious: The show, non-stop.

* EpicFail: A paedophile is exiled from Earth to spend his sentence in orbit. Naturally, the authorities mistakenly place an 11-year-old boy in his prison capsule.

-->'''Prison Warden:''' *points out of window to prison* That is my big shiny shoe, and ''you'' are the biggest piece of shit on it! *slams his foot on the desk* LICK yourself off my shoe. [quietly] Lick youself... off my shoe.

--> "This is the one thing we ''did'nt'' want to happen"

--> "This is the one thing we ''didn't'' want to happen"

* StealthParody -- Some viewers don't actually realise that it's a parody. The celebrities involved ''definitely'' don't notice.[[note]]With the possible exception of Peter Tatchell, who looks like he's about to corpse when the "interviewer" comes out with a ludicrously-long bleeped-out list of possibly gay politicians.[[/note]]

-->'''Priest:''' With one face, they presented to the world, an appearance of respectability, but with the other, they said 'ooh, goodie', let's pump ourselves full of 'magic monkey juice', because we'd ''rather'', do that, than spend another minute with that, poor sod! *gestures to their daughter*

The result was outrage in some corners of the media and strong approval from the rest, who correctly pointed out that the celebs and [=MPs=] were given plenty of time to check the veracity of the charities and could have dropped out at any time. Morris also got in a spot of hot water when he inserted a subliminal message in a ''Brass Eye'' episode attacking the then current Channel 4 boss MichaelGrade over [[ExecutiveMeddling edits he'd mandated in the episode,]] the words ''[[CountryMatters Grade Is A Cunt]]'' were displayed onscreen for [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Grade.gif a single frame]]. The message (and the edits) were removed for later repeats and the DVD release.

* ActingForTwo (or many more): Most of the cast, but Chris Morris himself especially.

* CriticalResearchFailure: As stated above, the celebrities and politicians were given ample time to actually research what they were going to say, but many of them chose not to.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Several of the celebrities conned into making appearances in support of the fake charities were, upon learning the truth, willing to put their hands up and admit both that the joke was on them and that it was a pretty funny one. A more common reaction, however, was [[CannotTakeAJoke self-righteous humourlessness]].