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* ClusterFBomb: The main character's monologue in the final scene manages to use the F word as noun, verb, adjective and interjection.
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* ClusterFBomb: The main character's monologue WorldOfCardboardSpeech in the final scene manages to use the F word as noun, verb, adjective and interjection.
* StepfordSmiler: Our narrator is gradually revealed as this.
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* TragicKeepsake: The guinea pig pictures that adorn the walls of the cafe are tragic keepsakes of Boo. As is the actual guinea pig.
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* TragicKeepsake: The guinea pig pictures that adorn the walls of the cafe are tragic keepsakes of Boo. As is the actual guinea pig.pig.
* UnreliableNarrator: What she doesn't tell us is as important as what she does.
* UnreliableNarrator: What she doesn't tell us is as important as what she does.
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* RewatchBonus: It takes a second viewing to pick up on all the ways the lead character is using her FourthWallObserver status to lie to us and herself.
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* ACupAngst: A running theme for our antiheroine. [NoNameGiven Arsehole Guy]] appears to have something of a fetish for this.
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* ACupAngst: A running theme for our antiheroine. [NoNameGiven [[NoNameGiven Arsehole Guy]] appears to have something of a fetish for this.
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** "She's not really an evil godmother. She's just a cunt."
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** "She's not really an evil godmother.stepmother. She's just a cunt."
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* ACupAngst: A running theme for our antiheroine.
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* ACupAngst: A running theme for our antiheroine. [NoNameGiven Arsehole Guy]] appears to have something of a fetish for this.
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* BlackComedy: Used frequently both in the show an in-universe.
** The end of the first episode has a drunken Fleabag cackling away to her cabbie about how Boo killed herself. He doesn't see the funny side.
** Fleabag dressing up as a masked attacker and jumping on Harry in the shower with a knife. "Surprise!"
** The end of the first episode has a drunken Fleabag cackling away to her cabbie about how Boo killed herself. He doesn't see the funny side.
** Fleabag dressing up as a masked attacker and jumping on Harry in the shower with a knife. "Surprise!"
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** Gets a call back in the following scene; someone has written "I've been stung by a wasp!" on the blackboard.
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* ClusterFBomb: The main character's monologue in the final scene manages to use the F word as noun, verb, adjective and interjection.
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* [[PrecisionFStrike Precision C Strike]]:
** "She's not really an evil godmother. She's just a cunt."
** The bank manager's reflexive "Slut!" probably counts as a Precision S Strike.
** "She's not really an evil godmother. She's just a cunt."
** The bank manager's reflexive "Slut!" probably counts as a Precision S Strike.
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* ArtifactTitle: The lead character calls herself Fleabag in the original stage play. Although the TV show keeps the title, the character herself is never called anything at all.
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Although it's a Surprisingly Happy Ending for the protagonist, it's not so much for anyone else. Both Claire and her father are still in relationships with truly horrible people, Claire has turned down her dream job, Martin has turned Claire against her sister (and probably crossed the MoralEventHorizon in doing so), and the FourthWall that went up between us and the protagonist halfway through the final episode is still in place.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Although it's a Surprisingly Happy Ending for the protagonist, it's not so much for anyone else. Both Claire and her father are still in relationships with truly horrible people, Claire has turned down her dream job, Martin has turned Claire against her sister (and probably crossed the MoralEventHorizon in doing so), and the FourthWall that went up between us and the protagonist halfway through during the final episode is still in place.]]
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* MediumAwareness: The main character gives asides to camera all the time, until [[spoiler:things come to a head halfway through episode six. Then she stops talking to us and starts giving looks of resentment that we're watching her, and after the confrontation with Claire and Martin she is actively trying to escape our gaze. After that the fourth wall goes up and stays up.]]
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* MediumAwareness: The main character gives asides to camera all the time, time. [[spoiler:At least, until [[spoiler:things matters come to a head halfway through episode six. Then she stops talking to us and starts giving looks of resentment that we're watching her, and after the confrontation with Claire and Martin she is actively trying to escape our gaze. After that the fourth wall goes up and stays up.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Although it's a Surprisingly Happy Ending for the protagonist, it's not so much for anyone else. Both Claire and her father are still in relationships with truly horrible people, Claire has turned down her dream job, Martin has turned Claire against her sister (and probably crossed the MoralEventHorizon in doing so), and the FourthWall that went up between us and the protagonist halfway through the final episode is still in place.]]
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* LivingEmotionalCrutch: For the protagonist, Boo, Harry and Claire all serve(d) as living emotional crutches. And then it all goes wrong.
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* LivingEmotionalCrutch: For the protagonist, Boo, Harry Harry, Claire, and Claire [[spoiler:you, the viewer]] all serve(d) as living emotional crutches. And then it all goes wrong.crutches.
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* MediumAwareness: The main character gives asides to camera all the time, until [[spoiler:things come to a head halfway through episode six. Then she stops talking to us and starts giving looks of resentment that we're watching her, and after the confrontation with Claire and Martin she is actively trying to escape our gaze. After that the fourth wall goes up, never to be broken again.]]
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* MediumAwareness: The main character gives asides to camera all the time, until [[spoiler:things come to a head halfway through episode six. Then she stops talking to us and starts giving looks of resentment that we're watching her, and after the confrontation with Claire and Martin she is actively trying to escape our gaze. After that the fourth wall goes up, never to be broken again.]] up and stays up.]]
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* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Martin]] probably crosses it in the final episode.
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* AnAesop: People make mistakes. That's why they put rubbers on the end of pencils.
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* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Martin]] probably crosses it in the final episode.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: The protagonist, the godmother, Martin, the bank manager, Arsehole Guy... in other words, about 50% of the recurring characters. But by the end, at least [[spoiler: the main character and the bank manager]] are getting better.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: The protagonist, the godmother, Martin, the bank manager, Arsehole Guy... in other words, about 50% About half of the recurring characters. But by the end, at least [[spoiler: the main character and the bank manager]] are getting better.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Pretty much every recurring character apart from ExtremeDoormat Claire. But by the end, at least [[spoiler: the main character and the bank manager]] are getting better.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Pretty much every The protagonist, the godmother, Martin, the bank manager, Arsehole Guy... in other words, about 50% of the recurring character apart from ExtremeDoormat Claire.characters. But by the end, at least [[spoiler: the main character and the bank manager]] are getting better.
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* LivingEmotionalCrutch: For the protagonist, Boo, Harry and Claire all serve(d) as living emotional crutches. And then it all goes wrong.
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* MediumAwareness: The main character gives asides to camera all the time, until [[spoiler:things come to a head halfway through episode six. Then she starts giving looks of resentment that we're watching her, and after the confrontation with Claire and Martin she is visibly trying to escape our gaze. After that the fourth wall goes up, never to be broken again.]]
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* MediumAwareness: The main character gives asides to camera all the time, until [[spoiler:things come to a head halfway through episode six. Then she stops talking to us and starts giving looks of resentment that we're watching her, and after the confrontation with Claire and Martin she is visibly actively trying to escape our gaze. After that the fourth wall goes up, never to be broken again.]]
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: When Creator/TheBBC commissioned the series, [[ExecutiveMeddling one condition was]] that unlike the original stage play, the series couldn't kill off [[spoiler:Hilary the guinea pig]] at the end (though there's still a BaitAndSwitch moment for those who've seen the play and think they know what's going to happen). Waller-Bridge admits this was probably a good call.
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: When Creator/TheBBC commissioned the series, [[ExecutiveMeddling one condition was]] that unlike the original stage play, the series couldn't kill off [[spoiler:Hilary the guinea pig]] at the end (though there's still a BaitAndSwitch moment for those who've seen the play and think they know what's going to happen). Waller-Bridge admits this was probably a good call.
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* PosthumousCharacter: The protagonist's best friend Boo is only seen in flashback.
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* PosthumousCharacter: The protagonist's best friend Boo is only seen in flashback.
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: When Creator/TheBBC commissioned the series, [[ExecutiveMeddling one condition was]] that unlike the original stage play, the series couldn't kill off [[spoiler:Hilary the guinea pig]] at the end. Waller-Bridge admits this was probably a good call.
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: When Creator/TheBBC commissioned the series, [[ExecutiveMeddling one condition was]] that unlike the original stage play, the series couldn't kill off [[spoiler:Hilary the guinea pig]] at the end.end (though there's still a BaitAndSwitch moment for those who've seen the play and think they know what's going to happen). Waller-Bridge admits this was probably a good call.
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* MediumAwareness: The main character gives asides to camera all the time, until [[spoiler:things come to a head halfway through episode six. Then she starts giving looks of resentment that we're watching her, and after the confrontation with Claire and Martin she is visibly trying to escape our gaze. After that the fourth wall goes up, never to be broken again.]]
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* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler:The bank manager]] from episode one looks like a OneSceneWonder, but turns out to be this.
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* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler:The apparent OneSceneWonder bank manager]] from episode one looks like a OneSceneWonder, but turns out to be this.
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2016 BritCom created by, written by and starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge as the proprietor of an unsuccessful London cafe and LovableSexManiac.
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2016 BritCom created by, written by and starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge as the proprietor of an unsuccessful London cafe and LovableSexManiac.
LovableSexManiac, struggling to cope with her DysfunctionalFamily and the death of her best friend Boo.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Pretty much every major character apart from ExtremeDoormat Claire. But by the end, at least [[spoiler: the main character and the bank manager]] are getting better.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Pretty much every major recurring character apart from ExtremeDoormat Claire. But by the end, at least [[spoiler: the main character and the bank manager]] are getting better.
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: A woman at the silent retreat in episode 4 is seen frantically attempting to shoo away a wasp without making any noise.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Pretty much every major character apart from ExtremeDoormat Claire. But by the end, at least [[spoiler: the main character and the bank manager]] are getting better.
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* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: The bank manager in the first episode makes repeated suspiciously specific denials about his history of sexual harrassment.
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* ACupAngst: A running theme for our antiheroine.
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* MoralityPet: One of the main reasons the lead character is lost without Boo is that Boo fulfilled this role for her.
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* SurvivorGuilt: The main character and her father both have heavy doses of this. The former over Boo's accident-suicide, the latter over his wife's death from cancer.
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* NoNameGiven: The protagonist is never named. Although the publicity calls her "Fleabag", even the nickname is never used. The credits simply say "Starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge" without referring to the character by any name at all.
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* NoNameGiven: NoNameGiven:
** The protagonist is never named. Although the publicity calls her "Fleabag", even the nickname is neverused. The used in-universe and the credits simply say "Starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge" without referring to the character by any name at all.all.
** All her boyfriends / sex partners apart from Harry are unnamed as well. The only two that last more than a single scene are listed merely as "Bus Rodent" and "Arsehole Guy".
** The protagonist is never named. Although the publicity calls her "Fleabag", even the nickname is never
** All her boyfriends / sex partners apart from Harry are unnamed as well. The only two that last more than a single scene are listed merely as "Bus Rodent" and "Arsehole Guy".
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: When Creator/TheBBC commissioned the series, [[ExecutiveMeddling one condition was]] that unlike the original stage play, the series couldn't kill off [[spoiler:Hilary the guinea pig]] at the end. Waller-Bridge admits this was probably a good call.
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* GoodTimesMontage: Nobody else is getting any good times in this show, so the one character who gets a Good Times Montage is [[spoiler:the guinea pig]].
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* GoodTimesMontage: Nobody else is getting any good times in this show, so the one character who gets a Good Times Montage is [[spoiler:the [[spoiler:Hilary the guinea pig]].
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2016 BritCom created by, written by and starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge as the proprietor of an unsuccessful London cafe.
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2016 BritCom created by, written by and starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge as the proprietor of an unsuccessful London cafe.
cafe and LovableSexManiac.
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* BaitAndSwitch: In the final episode, there is a set-up which appears to be leading to [[spoiler: the protagonist committing suicide in the same way as Boo. But that's not what she's doing at all.]]
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* SpurnedIntoSuicide: Boo, though she was only trying to injure herself.
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* RefugeInAudacity: The cafe gets away with charging ridiculous amounts for sandwiches, and everyone just puts it down to London prices.
* SpurnedIntoSuicide: Boo, though she was only trying to injureherself.herself.
* TragicKeepsake: The guinea pig pictures that adorn the walls of the cafe are tragic keepsakes of Boo. As is the actual guinea pig.
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* TragicKeepsake: The guinea pig pictures that adorn the walls of the cafe are tragic keepsakes of Boo. As is the actual guinea pig.
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* FourthWallObserver: The protagonist is the only character who breaks the fourth wall, but she does it all the time.
* GoodTimesMontage: Nobody else is getting any good times in this show, so the one character who gets a Good Times Montage is [[spoiler:the guinea pig]].
* GoodTimesMontage: Nobody else is getting any good times in this show, so the one character who gets a Good Times Montage is [[spoiler:the guinea pig]].
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* PosthumousCharacter: The protagonist's best friend Boo is only seen in flashblack.
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* PosthumousCharacter: The protagonist's best friend Boo is only seen in flashblack.flashback.
* SpurnedIntoSuicide: Boo, though she was only trying to injure herself.
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!Tropes:
* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler:The bank manager]] from episode one looks like a OneSceneWonder, but turns out to be this.
* NoNameGiven: The protagonist is never named. Although the publicity calls her "Fleabag", even the nickname is never used. The credits simply say "Starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge" without referring to the character by any name at all.
* PosthumousCharacter: The protagonist's best friend Boo is only seen in flashblack.
!Tropes:
* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler:The bank manager]] from episode one looks like a OneSceneWonder, but turns out to be this.
* NoNameGiven: The protagonist is never named. Although the publicity calls her "Fleabag", even the nickname is never used. The credits simply say "Starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge" without referring to the character by any name at all.
* PosthumousCharacter: The protagonist's best friend Boo is only seen in flashblack.
