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* FinalSeasonCasting: Creator/MichaelRobbins left right before the final series as he was dissatisfied with the quality of the scripts, while Creator/RegVarney left midway through.
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* GodwinsLawOfFacialHair: Inspector "Blakey" Blake is a tyrannical bus inspector with a toothbrush mustache who dedicates his life to making the lead characters' lives a misery. However, it's often subverted because he's usually depicted as a killjoy who's simply expecting the protagonists to actually do their jobs and provide a public service.
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* AccidentalPervert:
** How Olive and Arthur got married. While lodging with the Butlers, Arthur was heading back to his room but went into the wrong one twice. First Stan's, then Olive's. Both times it's assumed he's there for nefarious purposes, so Mum decides since he "had his fun" he had to marry Olive.
** While timing how often conductresses were using public toilets on their routes, Blake is caught by a constable who assumes Blake is a pervert for following around clippies and recording their bathroom visits.
** How Olive and Arthur got married. While lodging with the Butlers, Arthur was heading back to his room but went into the wrong one twice. First Stan's, then Olive's. Both times it's assumed he's there for nefarious purposes, so Mum decides since he "had his fun" he had to marry Olive.
** While timing how often conductresses were using public toilets on their routes, Blake is caught by a constable who assumes Blake is a pervert for following around clippies and recording their bathroom visits.
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* BeYourself: Played with in "The Poster". After the others try to make Stan look glamourous so he can compete with the other traditional male models trying to get the poster spot, Stan decides to forgo all that and just be a busman... Except he walks in pretending to be a much more competent and dutiful busman, covering himself in grime to sell himself as a hard worker. This is exactly what the judges are looking for and he wins easily.
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* EasilyForgiven: In "Vacancy For Inspector" Jack is promoted to Assistant Inspector and starts ratting out Stan's tricks to get around work, neglecting to mention that they were mostly Jack's ideas. At the end, all Jack apparently needs to do is turn down the job and go back to being a conductor for Stan to forgive him.
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** Of the pair, Jack is easily the biggest example of this. No matter what he does, Jack never faces any consequence for his schemes and usually Stan, his family, or Blake will be the one to suffer. At best, he just doesn't get the money or the girl.
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: While in the first three series Stan would usually beat Blakey, starting from series four most episodes would end with Stan worse off than he was before, while Blakey chuckles in glee.
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: While in the first three series Stan would usually beat Blakey, starting from series four most episodes would end with Stan worse off than he was before, while Blakey chuckles in glee.
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* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: When Blakey's mother stays with the Butlers, she treats them like servants and overstays her welcome by taking Mum's politeness as an invitation.
