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* UglyGuysHotWife: A variant; Colin isn't exactly ugly, but he is TheBore to an extreme extent. Reggie is stunned to find his wife his drop dead gorgeous.

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* UglyGuysHotWife: UglyGuyHotWife: A variant; Colin isn't exactly ugly, but he is TheBore to an extreme extent. Reggie is stunned to find his wife his drop dead gorgeous.
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* UglyGuysHotWife: A variant; Colin isn't exactly ugly, but he is TheBore to an extreme extent. Reggie is stunned to find his wife his drop dead gorgeous.


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* WomenAreWiser: Subverted; unlike the original series with Elizabeth, Nicola is just as silly as Reggie on occasion, though she is less prone to letting loose.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Reggie first meets David, he makes a glib comment about everyone sleeping with one of the neighbours. Towards the end of the season, David [[spoiler:sleeps with Nicola, his own next door neighbour.]]
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* BadassBaritone: Mr. Fox, the chairman. Reggie takes delight in mocking this.
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* YouAreWhatYouHate: David was cheated on by his wife, [[spoiler: and later sleeps with Nicola.]]
* YourCheatingHeart: Both Reggie and Nicola are tempted by other partners. One of them strays.

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* YouAreWhatYouHate: David was cheated on by his wife, [[spoiler: and later sleeps with Nicola.]]
* YourCheatingHeart: Both Reggie and Nicola are tempted by other partners. One of them strays.
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* BrutalHonesty: Reggie is relatively prone to this already, but his meltdown exacerbates matters.


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* KickTheDog: Reggie is encouraged to be more open with his feelings, leaving him to call William very annoying and Sue the worst therapist he has ever met. Sue is upset, but William agrees with him.

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* BadassBaritone: Mr. Fox, the chairman.

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* BadassBaritone: Mr. Fox, the chairman. Reggie takes delight in mocking this.



* CatchPhrase: Chris and William borrow C.J. and Jimmy's catchphrases from the old series, whilst Anthony and Steve have "I'm almost physically excited by (X)...".

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* CatchPhrase: Chris and William borrow C.J. and Jimmy's catchphrases from the old series, whilst Anthony and Steve have "I'm almost physically excited by (X)...".



* MadLibsCatchPhrase: Sue : "you (X) sausage".

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* MadLibsCatchPhrase: Chris and William borrow C.J. and Jimmy's catchphrases from the old series, whilst Anthony and Steve have "I'm almost physically excited by (X)...".
** Wellness lady
Sue : has: "you (X) sausage".sausage". Or one occasion "[[PrecisionFStrike you big mad bastard]]" with the same intonation.



* YouAreWhatYouHate: David was cheated on by his wife, [[spoiler: and later sleeps with Nicola.]]

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* YouAreWhatYouHate: David was cheated on by his wife, [[spoiler: and later sleeps with Nicola.]]]]
* YourCheatingHeart: Both Reggie and Nicola are tempted by other partners. One of them strays.
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* YouAreWhatYouHate: David was cheated on by his wife, [[spoiler: and later sleeps with Nicola.]]
* YourCheatingHeart: Reggie narrowly avoids cheating with Jasmine, but both characters remain sympathetic. [[spoiler: Nicola and David, on the other hand]]...

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* YouAreWhatYouHate: David was cheated on by his wife, [[spoiler: and later sleeps with Nicola.]]
* YourCheatingHeart: Reggie narrowly avoids cheating with Jasmine, but both characters remain sympathetic. [[spoiler: Nicola and David, on the other hand]]...
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''Reggie Perrin'' is a remake of the classic series [[Series/TheFallAndRiseOfReginaldPerrin The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin]] by David Nobbs, who cowrites this series with Simon Nye, the creator of Series/MenBehavingBadly , and starring Creator/MartinClunes as Reggie.

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''Reggie Perrin'' is a remake of the classic series [[Series/TheFallAndRiseOfReginaldPerrin The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin]] ''Series/TheFallAndRiseOfReginaldPerrin'' by David Nobbs, who cowrites this series with Simon Nye, the creator of Series/MenBehavingBadly , ''Series/MenBehavingBadly'', and starring Creator/MartinClunes as Reggie.
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* DoubleStandard: When Reggie is having a breakdown, Nicola doesn't seem to notice, but expets complete sympathy from him when she goes through one of her own.

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* DoubleStandard: When Reggie is having a breakdown, Nicola doesn't seem to notice, but expets expects complete sympathy from him when she goes through one of her own.
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''Reggie Perrin'' is a remake of the classic series [[Series/TheFallAndRiseOfReginaldPerrin The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin]] by David Nobbs, who cowrites this series with Simon Nye, the creator of Series/MenBehavingBadly , and starring Martin Clunes as Reggie.

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''Reggie Perrin'' is a remake of the classic series [[Series/TheFallAndRiseOfReginaldPerrin The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin]] by David Nobbs, who cowrites this series with Simon Nye, the creator of Series/MenBehavingBadly , and starring Martin Clunes Creator/MartinClunes as Reggie.
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* BrilliantButLazy: More like brilliant but uninspired, Reggie can make excellent ad campaigns and new product ideas with very short notice, he just really wishes he wasn't.

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* BadBoss: Chris Jackson, a cross between this and PointyHairedBoss. The chairman, Mr. Fox, is fairly mean-spirited too, but his behaviour is somewhat justified in the face of Reggie's antics.

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* BadBoss: Chris Jackson, a cross between this and PointyHairedBoss.a PointyHairedBoss, which is more akin to C.J. from the original. The chairman, Mr. Fox, is fairly mean-spirited too, but his behaviour is somewhat justified in the face of Reggie's antics.



* TheDitz: Sue. Vicky to some extent, though she's a more moody variant.

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* TheDitz: Sue. Vicky to some extent, though she's a more moody variant. She gets better in series two, especially when Reggie comes back.
* DoubleStandard: When Reggie is having a breakdown, Nicola doesn't seem to notice, but expets complete sympathy from him when she goes through one of her own.
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''Reggie Perrin'' is a remake of the classic series [[Series/TheFallAndRiseOfReginaldPerrin The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin]] by David Nobbs, who cowrites this series with Simon Nye, the creator of MenBehavingBadly , and starring Martin Clunes as Reggie.

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''Reggie Perrin'' is a remake of the classic series [[Series/TheFallAndRiseOfReginaldPerrin The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin]] by David Nobbs, who cowrites this series with Simon Nye, the creator of MenBehavingBadly Series/MenBehavingBadly , and starring Martin Clunes as Reggie.
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* AllForNothing: [[spoiler: By the end of the series, Reggie is right back where he started]].


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* EngineeredPublicConfession: Reggie records the chairman confessing Groomtech is overpriced and plays it back to potential buyers.
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* HollywoodToneDeaf: Nicola.
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* IDidntMeanToTurnYouOn: Jasmine to Reggie.
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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: After his (feeble) attempt to seduce Nicola, Monty is never seen again.


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* TheDitz: Sue. Vicky to some extent, though she's a more moody variant.


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* ImagineSpot: Well it is Reggie Perrin...
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* CatchPhrase: Chris and William borrow C.J. and Jimmy's catchphrases from the old series, whilst Anthony and Steve have "I'm almost physically excited by (X)..."

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* CatchPhrase: Chris and William borrow C.J. and Jimmy's catchphrases from the old series, whilst Anthony and Steve have "I'm almost physically excited by (X)..."".


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* GranolaGirl: Sue, the company's "Wellness Person".
* MadLibsCatchPhrase: Sue : "you (X) sausage".


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* TheStarscream: Steve is a rather spiteful example, when Anthony receives promotion ahead of him, he stops trying to work and becomes sullen and uncooperative.
* TheUnfavourite: Sue, whose parents allegedly preferred her sister.
* YesMan: Anthony and Steve.
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* CatchPhrase: Chris and William borrow C.J. and Jimmy's catchphrases from the old series, whilst Anthony and Steve have "I'm almost physically excited by (X)..."



* YourCheatingHeart: Reggie narrowly avoids cheating with Jasmine, but both characters remain sympathetic. [[spoiler: Nicola and David, on the other hand]].

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* YourCheatingHeart: Reggie narrowly avoids cheating with Jasmine, but both characters remain sympathetic. [[spoiler: Nicola and David, on the other hand]].hand]]...

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''Reggie Perrin'' is a remake of the classic series TheFallAndRiseOfReginaldPerrin by David Nobbs, who cowrites this series with Simon Nye, the creator of MenBehavingBadly , and starring Martin Clunes as Reggie.

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''Reggie Perrin'' is a remake of the classic series TheFallAndRiseOfReginaldPerrin [[Series/TheFallAndRiseOfReginaldPerrin The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin]] by David Nobbs, who cowrites this series with Simon Nye, the creator of MenBehavingBadly , and starring Martin Clunes as Reggie.



* AbhorrentAdmirer: Monty, Reggie's best friend, to Nicola.



* RemakeCameo: Reggie walks by the old Sunshine Desserts building, whilst Chris reads "Boss" magazine with C.J. (his old series Expy)'s face on the cover.

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* DeadpanSnarker: Reggie of course.
* RemakeCameo: Reggie walks by the old Sunshine Desserts building, whilst Chris reads "Boss" magazine with C.J. (his old series Expy)'s face on the cover.cover.
* YouAreWhatYouHate: David was cheated on by his wife, [[spoiler: and later sleeps with Nicola.]]
* YourCheatingHeart: Reggie narrowly avoids cheating with Jasmine, but both characters remain sympathetic. [[spoiler: Nicola and David, on the other hand]].
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''Reggie Perrin'' is a remake of the classic series TheFallAndRiseOfReginaldPerrin by David Nobbs, who cowrites this series with Simon Nye, the creator of MenBehavingBadly , and starring Martin Clunes as Reggie.

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!!This show provides examples of:

* AllMenArePerverts: Reggie has a number of fantasies about Jasmine Strauss, his beautiful coworker. Chris forces a kiss on Jasmine, and smacks Nicola on the backside.
* BadBoss: Chris Jackson, a cross between this and PointyHairedBoss. The chairman, Mr. Fox, is fairly mean-spirited too, but his behaviour is somewhat justified in the face of Reggie's antics.
*BadassBaritone: Mr. Fox, the chairman.
* RemakeCameo: Reggie walks by the old Sunshine Desserts building, whilst Chris reads "Boss" magazine with C.J. (his old series Expy)'s face on the cover.

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