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* BreakUpBonfire: In "The Farmer Had a Wife," the titular farmer burns his wife's clothes and belongings months after she leaves him. Eddie isn't pleased, since he's investigating her disappearance and wanted to look through her things.
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* BreakUpBonfire: In "The Farmer Had a Wife," the titular watercress farmer burns his wife's clothes and belongings months after she leaves him. Eddie isn't pleased, since he's investigating her disappearance and wanted to look through her things.
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* CopeByCreating: Eddie doodles caricatures of the people he's talking to to manage stress. When he's dragged onto an abandoned train car in the first episode, he draws in the dust on the window.
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* RecurringRiff: The theme tune is worked into the score of almost every episode.
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* RecurringRiff: The Most of the background music is either variations on the theme tune is worked into the score of almost every episode.or stock background music that can be heard in other programs.
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* PhotographicMemory: The reason Eddie doesn't need to take pictures.
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* BadassLongcoat: Eddie's boss, Don Satchley, tries to invoke this trope by having him pose in a trench coat and hat for publicity photos.
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* BadassLongcoat: Eddie's boss, Don Satchley, tries to invoke this trope by having him pose in a trench coat and hat fedora for publicity photos.
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* EvilDebtCollector: Mrs Walsh and Mr Parker from "Utmost Good Faith" are willing to use intimidation, threats, lies, and even destruction of property.
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'''Mr Parker''': Oh, you may not, darling. [smashes her TV set]
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'''Mr Parker''': Oh, you may not, darling. [smashes [''smashes her TV set]set'']
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* SpiritualPredecessor: When Trevor Eve left the series, the production team created ''Series/{{Bergerac}}'' as a replacement. Both shows are about an eccentric DefectiveDetective who has recently recovered from a breakdown, and both shows are set in different parts of the British Islands (the west of England for ''Shoestring'', Jersey for ''Bergerac'').
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* FlowerPotDrop: In "Nine Tenths of the Law, a girl Eddie is looking for climbs a tree and drops a flowerpot on his head, knocking him out long enough for her father to steal his car keys.
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* FlowerPotDrop: In "Nine Tenths of the Law, Law," a girl Eddie is looking for climbs a tree and drops a flowerpot on his head, knocking him out long enough for her father to steal his car keys.
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* FlowerPotDrop: In "Nine Tenths of the Law, a girl Eddie is looking for climbs a tree and drops a flowerpot on his head, knocking him out long enough for her father to steal his car keys.
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* TapOnTheHead: In "Nine Tenths of the Law," a girl climbs a tree and drops a flowerpot on Eddie's head, knocking him out long enough for her father to steal his car keys.
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* TapOnTheHead: In "Nine Tenths of the Law," a girl climbs a tree and drops a flowerpot on Eddie's head, knocking him out long enough for her father Happens to steal his car keys.Eddie a lot.
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* EyeScream: At the beginning of "The Dangerous Game," a boy receives an electric racing game as an early Christmas present. When he tries to play with it, it explodes, severely damaging his left eye and almost costing it its vision.
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* EyeScream: At the beginning of "The Dangerous Game," a boy receives an electric racing game as an early Christmas present. When he tries to play with it, it explodes, severely damaging propelling a piece of plastic into his left eye and almost costing it its vision.blinding it.
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* ChristmasEpisode: The very last episode, "The Dangerous Game," is set during the Christmas season and involves the search for a set of miswired toys that explode when they're turned on.
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* ChristmasEpisode: The very last episode, "The Dangerous Game," is set during the Christmas season and involves the search for a set batch of miswired toys that explode when they're turned on.
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* ChristmasEpisode: The very last episode, "The Dangerous Game," is set during the Christmas season and involves the search for a set of miswired toys that explode when they're turned on.
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* EyeScream: At the beginning of "The Dangerous Game," a boy receives an electric racing game as an early Christmas present. When he tries to play with it, it explodes, severely damaging his left eye and almost costing it its vision.
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* AllThereInTheManual: According to the script for the unproduced movie, the Radio West receptionist Sonia's full name is Sonia Price.
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* AllThereInTheManual: According to the script for the unproduced movie, Sonia the Radio West receptionist Sonia's receptionist's full name is Sonia Price.
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* AllThereInTheManual: According to the script for the unproduced movie, the Radio West receptionist Sonia's full name is Sonia Price.
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* EasyAmnesia: Keith Amery from "Where Was I?" falls and hits his head on a rock. He isn't knocked out and starts running again almost immediately, but it's enough to give him total amnesia. He gets his memory back on time for the climax.
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* EasyAmnesia: Keith Amery from "Where Was I?" falls and hits his head on a rock. He isn't knocked out and starts running again almost immediately, but it's enough to give him total retrograde amnesia. He gets his memory back on time for the climax.
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* BuzzingTheDeck: At the beginning of "Where Was I?" a helicopter chases a man across a moor, only leaving him alone after he flags down a pickup truck.
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* EasyAmnesia: Keith Amery from "Where Was I?" falls and hits his head on a rock. He isn't knocked out and starts running again almost immediately, but it's enough to give him total amnesia. He gets his memory back on time for the climax.
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* JanitorImpersonationInfiltration: In "Looking for Mr Wright," Eddie pretends to be a computer technician so he can access a dating agency's files.
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* DatingServiceDisaster: Erica signs up for a video dating service to help Eddie find a man who went missing during a date. She doesn't find the man's video, although she does find a man who insists that anyone he dates be a Pisces with Libra rising ("My last was Scorpio with Virgo rising. Totally unsuitable. Totally.") and a germaphobe who wants his girlfriend to clean under the refrigerator every morning.
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* MeaningfulName: Eddie Shoestring is usually broke.
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* FreakOut: Eddie "blew a fuse," smashed a computer with a hammer, and spent some time in a mental institution before he took up detective work.
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* FreakOut: Eddie "blew a fuse," smashed up a computer roomful of computers with a hammer, and spent some time in a mental institution before he took up detective work.
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* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: A receptionist who recognizes Eddie in "Utmost Good Faith" says, "Funny, you're not as tall as I expected."
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* ShameIfSomethingHappened: In "Utmost Good Faith," two shady debt collectors are trying to get a woman to sign a voluntary requisition form.
-->'''Mr Parker''': People get a bit upset, having to hand their possessions over. They even smash them up sometimes.\\
'''Mrs Walsh''': I ought to warn you, Mrs Reynolds, that malicious damaged to hard-purchased property is an offence.\\
'''Mr Parker''': Yeah. You can end up doing time for that.\\
'''Mary Reynolds''': I assure you, I have no intention of damaging my property.\\
'''Mr Parker''': Oh, you may not, darling. [smashes her TV set]
-->'''Mr Parker''': People get a bit upset, having to hand their possessions over. They even smash them up sometimes.\\
'''Mrs Walsh''': I ought to warn you, Mrs Reynolds, that malicious damaged to hard-purchased property is an offence.\\
'''Mr Parker''': Yeah. You can end up doing time for that.\\
'''Mary Reynolds''': I assure you, I have no intention of damaging my property.\\
'''Mr Parker''': Oh, you may not, darling. [smashes her TV set]
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* BreakUpBonfire: In "The Farmer Had a Wife," the titular farmer burns his wife's clothes and belongings months after she leaves him. Eddie isn't pleased, since he's investigating her disappearance and wanted to look through her things.
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* ActuallyThatsMyAssistant: In "The Farmer Had a Wife," Eddie is visiting a doctor's practice. When he asks a woman gardening out front where Dr. Wilson is, she introduces herself to him as Dr. Claire Wilson.
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* SlowClap: Eddie tries one while attending a university lecture in "The Farmer Had a Wife." After the lecture ends, he claps four times, then stops when nobody else joins in.
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* CriminalMindGames: In "Mocking Bird," a mugger calls Radio West after each attack to leave taunting messages about Eddie's inability to catch him.
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* RecordedSplicedConversation: The villain of "Mocking Bird" splices together snippets from Eddie's show to leave a message asking Erica to meet him at Eddie's boat. Eddie hears the message and rushes to the scene; he arrives too late to stop her from being attacked, although she isn't seriously injured.
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* INeverSaidItWasPoison: In "The Teddy Bears' Nightmare," Eddie tries to return a stolen handbag to its rightful owner. She tells him it can't be hers because she gave the handbag she bought to her mother, who would have told her if it was stolen. Eddie replies, "I didn't say it was stolen."
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* YourCostumeNeedsWork: In "The Teddy Bears' Nightmare," Eddie introduces himself to a sceptical shop assistant, who says, "You're wasting your time. You don't even sound like him." After Eddie proves his identity by playing a trailer for his show, he says, "It doesn't sound much like me, does it?"
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* SpecialGuest: Toyah Willcox guest stars in "Find the Lady" as new wave singer Toola.
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* SpecialGuest: Toyah Willcox guest stars in "Find the Lady" as new wave [[NewWaveMusic New Wave]] singer Toola.
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* RecurringRiff: The theme tune is remixed into the soundtrack of scenes in every episode.
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* IWasQuiteALooker: Lettie Ross from "Room With A View" is a former music hall star who shows Eddie some pictures of herself in her prime.
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* StabTheSalad: In "Room With A View," [[spoiler:an old woman [[RearWindowWitness thinks she sees one man stabbing another through the neighbor's window]]. It turns out the "victim" had hanged himself, and the other man was cutting him down.]]
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* DrinkOrder: Eddie goes into a punk club and orders orange juice.
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* DrinkOrder: Eddie goes into a punk club and always orders orange juice.juice.
* FlashbackStares: When Eddie visits his old workplace in "Room With A View," he stares at one of the computers for a long moment, with close-ups of both his face and the machine, before one of his former coworkers startles him out of it.
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* SpecialGuest: Toyah Willcox guest stars in "Find the Lady" as new wave singer Toola.
