History Series / Derek

* {{Asexual}}: Dougie couldn't care less about sex or romance, going as far as saying he'd ''cut off'' his genitals without a second thought!

** The chavs in the pilot episode, who insult Derek and Hannah during their time in the pub (fortunately, the situation turns into a CMOA when Hannah headbutts one of them).

Derek is a British television {{Comedy}}-{{Drama}} written, directed by and starring Creator/RickyGervais. The pilot was produced by Derek Productions Ltd. for Channel 4 and aired on 12 April 2012.

Derek is a British television {{Comedy-Drama}} written, directed by and starring Creator/RickyGervais. The pilot was produced by Derek Productions Ltd. for Channel 4 and aired on 12 April 2012.

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Derek is a British television comedy-drama written, directed by and starring Creator/RickyGervais. The pilot was produced by Derek Productions Ltd. for Channel 4 and aired on 12 April 2012.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Derek himself, who is stated not to be autistic but is certainly far below average intelligence.

* {{Adorkable}}: Derek and Hannah.

** Surprisingly, [[spoiler: Derek]] becomes one when [[spoiler:Geoff]] violently pushes [[spoiler:Kev]] into an end table, causing it to break. [[spoiler:Derek]] pins [[spoiler:Geoff]] up against the wall with a single-handed choke hold ''lifting him off the ground'', and only lets it go when he's assured [[spoiler: Kev]] is okay. [[spoiler: Derek]] then immediately breaks the hold and apologizes to [[spoiler: Geoff]] for the outburst and goes right back into his general demeanor.

** The Chavs in the pilot episode, who insult Derek and Hannah during their time in the pub (fortunately, the situation turns into a CMOA when Hannah headbutts one of them).

** Hannah is left distraught in the fifth episode of the second season when [[spoiler:she miscarries]].

** Whereas he initially just seemed like a complete moron, Geoff hits new lows in Series Two as he actively ''bullies and abuses'' the residents of the care home. He steals money, leaves them entirely alone, verbally abuses the residents and threatens to physically abuse and humiliate one of the older men who has [[BlatantLies had his hair grow back]], by revealing it to be a wig for laughs. It takes one of the residents standing up to him and staring him down to expose him as a complete coward.

* ParentalSubstitute: Derek's favourite resident in the pilot was Joan, a woman who really reminded him of his deceased mother. They went out every Wednesday to buy lottery tickets, and she was always letting Derek know that everything was ok whenever he messed up something. Hannah dreads having to let him know about her passing even more than informing her family.

* PottyFailure: Kev '''deliberately''' shits his pants in the second episode without a trace of shame.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Dougie gives a short but awesome one to Margie's horrible daughter. Before that, he also delivers one to the department worker desperately looking to save money by closing the Rest Home down, revealing just how much work Hannah puts in and how the department worker focuses just on money. The department worker leaves wordlessly after this - Dougie earns a round of applause from the residents at the home.

* {{Asexual}}: Dougie, going as far as saying he'd ''cut off'' his genitals without a second thought!

* BritishBrevity

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Derek.

* ItAmusedMe: Kev's motivation for just about everything he does, and what he does is usually horrible.
* {{Jerkass}}: Kev and Dougie. Special points go to the utterly despicable daughter of Lizzie, who doesn't care about her mother, assumes the carers are thieves and tosses aside her mother's precious memories just so she can add a wedding ring to her collection of gaudy jewelry.

*** The Chavs in the pilot episode, who insult Derek and Hannah during their time in the pub (fortunately, the situation turns into a CMOA when Hannah headbutts one of them).
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Dougie.

*** Kev has now seriously embraced this trope. In Episode 5 of Series 2, he [[spoiler:makes a sculpture of Derek's favourite dog, Ivan, after Hannah and Derek attend Ivan being put to sleep due to having cancer]].
* MamaBear: Hannah to Derek and the residents. She handily absorbs the personal insults Lizzie's daughter throws at her, but had to be physically restrained from coming to blows with her over remarks about Derek's capabilities as a staff member.

* PapaBear: Despite his attitude, Dougie is extremely protective of the residents and Derek.
** Surprisingly, [[spoiler: Derek]] becomes one when [[spoiler: Geoff]] violently pushes [[spoiler: Kev]] into an end table, causing it to break. [[spoiler: Derek]] pins [[spoiler: Geoff]] up against the wall with a single-handed choke hold ''lifting him off the ground'', and only lets it go when he's assured [[spoiler: Kev]] is okay. [[spoiler: Derek]] then immediately breaks the hold and apologizes to [[spoiler: Geoff]] for the outburst and goes right back into his general demeanor.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Dougie gives a short but awesome one to Lizzie's horrible daughter.
** Before that, he also delivers one to the department worker desperately looking to save money by closing the Rest Home down, revealing just how much work Hannah puts in and how the department worker focuses just on money. The department worker leaves wordlessly after this - Dougie earns a round of applause from the residents at the home.
* TookALevelInKindness: Geoff seems to act a lot more nicer towards many of the staff and residents in the final episode of the series.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Towards the end of the Season 2 opener, Dougie decides to quit his job.

* WhamLine: [[spoiler: "He's dead," in the final episode of series two. It had been quite well foreshadowed thanks to the ill health of Derek's dad being shown on screen, but it still hits hard. It can be viewed as a real crowning moment of heartwarming, as Derek is naturally upset, but happy that his dad died content and happy with family next to him]].
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In the pilot, Derek is romantically pursued by Joan's daughter, but Derek had a crush on Hannah at the time, and had to rebuke her. By the end of the episode, he decides to get together with Joan's daughter instead. That's the first and last time we ever see or hear from her.

Gervais plays 49-year-old Derek Noakes, a care worker in a home for the elderly who has worked there for three years. He likes watching reality television shows and game shows and is interested in celebrities, fame, YouTube, and above all, talking about animals. He is kind, helpful, and selfless, with good intentions. He is vulnerable because of his childlike naivety and lack of intelligence. He is ridiculed and ostracised, as well as being marginalised by mainstream society because of his social awkwardness, unattractiveness, and lack of inhibitions. Derek says it is more important to be kind than to be clever or good-looking. Many media sources describe him as autistic, although Gervais himself has always stated that Derek is not mentally disabled.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In the pilot, Derek is romantically pursued by the daughter of one of the residents, but Derek had a crush on Hannah at the time, and had to rebuke her. By the end of the episode, he decides to get together with the resident's daughter instead. That's the first and last time we ever see or hear from her.

* MamaBear: Hannah to Derek and the residents.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In the pilot, Derek is romantically pursued by the daughter of one of the residents, but Derek had a crush on Hannah at the time, and had to rebuke her. By the end of the episode, he decides to get together with the patient's daughter instead. That's the first and last time we ever see or hear from her.

* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Derek works at the home, but is seldom seen doing anything that could be construed as work.

--->'''[[spoiler:Kev''']]:[[spoiler:I'm not a failure because I've tried and failed, I'm a failure because I've never even tried]].

* ExpectationLowerer: Kev. Although he has a few moments of humanity, generally he's an unemployed drunk slob who lives in someone else's flat (and in season 2, a broken down old caravan) and is constantly saying and doing disgusting things. You'd think he'd be the embodiment of rock bottom, but in one episode his brother visits and is actually even more of a gross loser than Kev.

* NakedPeopleAreFunny
* NiceGuy: Derek is this entirely. He's selfless, sincere and sweet to everyone.