History Series / InsideNo9

* AsHimself: Averted in that the radio DJ played by Danny Baker in "Diddle Diddle Dumping" and the arts journalist played by Muriel Gray in "Private View" could easily have been credited as such, but are instead credited by the characters' job titles. Played straight with Adrian Dunbar in "Hurry Up and Wait", Dermot O'Leary in "Paraskevidekatriaphobia" and Lee Mack in "3 by 3". After several mentions during the episode [[spoiler: Michael Ball appears in a brief voiceover cameo]g in "Mulberry Close".

* AsHimself: Averted in that the radio DJ played by Danny Baker in "Diddle Diddle Dumping" and the arts journalist played by Muriel Gray in "Private View" could easily have been credited as such, but are instead credited by the characters' job titles. Played straight with Adrian Dunbar in "Hurry Up and Wait", Dermot O'Leary in "Paraskevidekatriaphobia" and Lee Mack in "3 by 3". After several mentions during the episode [[Michael Ball appears in a brief voiceover cameo]g in "Mulberry Close".

* AsHimself: Averted in that the radio DJ played by Danny Baker in "Diddle Diddle Dumping" and the arts journalist played by Muriel Gray in "Private View" could easily have been credited as such, but are instead credited by the characters' job titles. Played straight with Adrian Dunbar in "Hurry Up and Wait", Dermot O'Leary in "Paraskevidekatriaphobia" and Lee Mack in "3 by 3".

** Series 9: [[spoiler:Finn]] in "Boo to a Goose", [[spoiler:both Blake and Drew]] in "The Trolley Problem", [[spoiler:Larry]] in "Mulberry Close".

** Series 9: [[spoiler:Finn]] in "Boo to a Goose", [[spoiler:both Blake and Drew]] in "The Trolley Problem".

* TheVerse: The [[WhatCouldHaveBeen abandoned idea]] for an episode centred around Maureen and David Sowerbutts would have made {{Series/Psychoville}} a part of this shared universe as well. [[spoiler: It finally happens during Season 5, with David, Maureen and Mister Jelly appearing in "Death Be Not Proud".]]

* ChronicallyKilledActor: Pemberton's characters have a tendency to die much more often than Shearsmith's, often by his hands. Pemberton's characters die while Shearsmith's survives in [[spoiler:"Tom and Gerri", "Cold Comfort", "The Devil of Christmas" (well, the FilmWithinAFilm), "The Riddle of the Sphinx", "Private View", "Bernie Clifton's Dressing Room", "Misdirection", "The Stakeout" (in a manner of speaking), "Lip Service", "A Random Act of Kindeness" and "The Bones of St Nicholas".]] There are even borderline examples like [[spoiler:"The Understudy" and "To Have and To Hold"]] where both characters technically survive, but Pemberton's characters end up permanently maimed. The reverse had never happened until Season 6, where it was frequently subverted. Of Season 6 and 7 episodes, [[spoiler:"Wuthering Heist", "Simon Says", "Merrily Merrily", and "Mr King"]] all end with Shearsmith's character dying and Pemberton's surviving. As of Season 8, [[spoiler: "The Last Weekend"]] can be added to this list.

** Series 9: [[spoiler:Finn]] in "Boo to a Goose".

* MinimalistCast: A majority of episodes features no more than five characters. "Bernie Clifton's Dressing Room" and "The Stakeout" feature only the two main characters (except for a very brief appearance from a side character in the former.) Same for "The Last Weekend" which only has a guest character Mollie.

** "The Trolley Problem. [[spoiler:Drew leaves a number in his coat pocket that turns out to be the number of Blake's son Robbie. Blake phones it, only to hear a terrified Robbie begging him to come and save him because he's trapped in a box and doesn't know where he is. Blake realises that Drew put him there in revenge for his daughter Ellie killing herself as a result of Blake's actions...and as Blake begs Drew to tell him where Robbie is, Blake sets himself on fire.]]

* KillAndReplace: [[spoiler: The ending of "Boo to a Goose". The train passengers who openly defied authority are gassed to death, and replaced with identical clones. This has apparently been happening for quite a while now.]]

** Edith in "Boo to a Goose", when she challenges Harold's bullying behaviour while her husband Gerry tries to stop her. [[spoiler:This gets her marked as a troublemaker and killed.]]

** "Boo to a Goose". [[spoiler: Edith, Mossy and Cleo, who all stood up for Finn and argued against searching his bag, are gassed to death and replaced with clones, who they see standing on the platform, while the people who supported searching his bag are given gas masks and allowed to live. Finn is the BigBad and the whole thing was a setup by the organisation he works for to weed out potential troublemakers. Even worse, Edith's husband Gerry was in on it, having been replaced himself in the past.]]

** [[spoiler:"Ian", actually Pip,]] in "Sardines".
** [[spoiler:Paul]] in "A Quiet Night In".
** [[spoiler:Migg]] in "Tom and Gerri".
** [[spoiler:Kirstie]] in "The Understudy".
** [[spoiler:Dr Maxwell]] in "La Couchette".
** [[spoiler:Elizabeth]] in "The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge".
** [[spoiler:George]] in "Cold Comfort".
** [[spoiler:Dennis the director]] in "The Devil of Christmas".
** [[spoiler:All three characters]] in "The Riddle of the Sphinx".
** [[spoiler:Jean]] in "Private View"
** [[spoiler:Adrian]] in "To Have and To Hold".
** [[spoiler:"Jackie"]] in "And the Winner Is ...".
** [[spoiler:Keith]] in "Tempting Fate".
** [[spoiler:Gabriel]] in "Misdirection"
** [[spoiler:Bill]] in "Thinking Out Loud"
** [[spoiler:Varney]] in "The Stake-Out"
** [[spoiler:Iris]] in "Lip Service"
** [[spoiler:Bev]] in "Hurry Up and Wait"
** [[spoiler:Basically everyone except Alan]] in "Mr King"
** [[spoiler:Lara]] in "Kid/Nap"
** [[spoiler:Dr Jasper Parkway]] in "The Bones of St Nicholas"
** [[spoiler:Vicky]] in "Love is a Stranger"
** [[spoiler:Margaret Oakwood]] in "3 By 3"
** [[spoiler:Joe]] in "The Last Weekend"
** [[spoiler:Finn]] in "Boo to a Goose"

** Edith in "Boo to a Goose", when she challenges Harold's bullying behaviour while her husband Jerry tries to stop her. [[spoiler:This gets her marked as a troublemaker and killed.]]

** [[spoiler:Tyler]] in "The Riddle of the Sphinx".

** [[spoiler:Webster ''and'' Urban]] in "How Do You Plead"

** [[spoiler:Joe ''and'' Chazz]] in "The Last Weekend", for different reasons.