History Series / TheIncreasinglyPoorDecisionsOfToddMargaret

''The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret'' is a sitcom produced by IFC and RDF Television that airs on IFC in the US and on Creator/{{Channel 4}} in Britain. The show stars Creator/DavidCross as Todd Margaret, a low-level employee who, due to a comedic misunderstanding, is selected by his jerk boss Brent Wilts to travel to UsefulNotes/{{London}} to sell a UsefulNotes/{{North Korea}}n-made energy drink called Thunder Muscle. Although Todd claims to [[BadLiar be familiar]] with British culture, it soon becomes apparent that all he is familiar with are broad [[NationalStereotypes outdated stereotypes]]. Needless to say, {{hilarity ensues}}.

Todd’s only employee in London is Dave, a native Briton who quickly realizes that Todd has no idea about British culture or selling energy drinks and does all he can to take advantage of and embarrass Todd. Rounding out the main cast is Alice, a restaurant owner who dreams of being a molecular gastronomer, who Todd quickly falls for, [[AllLoveIsUnrequited much to]] [[AbhorrentAdmirer her chagrin]].

* CounterfeitCash: Todd gets paid with a suitcase of cash, when he tries to pass one of the bills, the recipient refuses it, pointing out that there shouldn't be a "Y" in "Bank of England", and that the woman's face on the obverse is not [[UsefulNotes/HMTheQueen Queen Elizabeth]], but [[Film/TheQueen HelenMirren]]. It is also in a £30 denomination.

* ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler:Of the planetary variety. Todd Margaret pushes the button that sets of numerous nuclear warheads, incinerating the planet. The third season does some interesting things to write itself out of that one.]]

* BritishAccents: Todd claims to have spent summers in Leeds with his dad, yet cannot tell where Dave is from by his accent, or that there is even a difference in the different British accents. He also ''claims'' to have a slight Leeds accent of his own, but makes absolutely no effort to change his normal voice.

''The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret'' is a sitcom produced by Creator/{{IFC}} and RDF Television that airs on IFC in the US and on {{Channel 4}} in Britain. The show stars Creator/DavidCross as Todd Margaret, a low-level employee who, due to a comedic misunderstanding, is selected by his jerk boss Brent Wilts to travel to UsefulNotes/{{London}} to sell a UsefulNotes/{{North Korea}}n-made energy drink called Thunder Muscle. Although Todd claims to [[BadLiar be familiar]] with British culture, it soon becomes apparent that all he is familiar with are broad [[NationalStereotypes outdated stereotypes]]. Needless to say, {{hilarity ensues}}.

''The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret'' is a sitcom produced by IFC and RDF Television that airs on IFC in the US and on {{Channel 4}} in Britain. The show stars Creator/DavidCross as Todd Margaret, a low-level employee who, due to a comedic misunderstanding, is selected by his jerk boss Brent Wilts to travel to UsefulNotes/{{London}} to sell a North Korean-made energy drink called Thunder Muscle. Although Todd claims to [[BadLiar be familiar]] with British culture, it soon becomes apparent that all he is familiar with are broad [[NationalStereotypes outdated stereotypes]]. Needless to say, {{hilarity ensues}}.

--->'''Judge:''' The charges include: anti-social behaviour, disruption of national solemnity, money laundering, lewd sexist behaviour, failure to pay for a cranberry juice?!

** Then there's the season 3 version of Alice, who initially seems to be the same character, only more successful and actually interested in Todd romantically. [[spoiler:Then, in episode 4, she's revealed to be a white nationalist.]]

* AllJustADream: [[spoiler: Season 3 reveals the events of the first two seasons to be a very bizarre nightmare that Todd had. Played with in the finale, in which Todd wakes up on the floor of his flat in Season 1, suggesting [i]yet another[/i] layer of dreams.]]
* AndYouWereThere: [[spoiler: Season 3 Todd awakes from his dream to find that everyone he meets in London is an alternate-universe version of the characters from Seasons 1 and 2, with polar-opposite characteristics.]]

* FawltyTowersPlot: Todd's blatant and escalating lies drive most of the plot. Among other things he insists: his father died last week, he grew up in Leeds (a city he picked at random based on an an [[TheWho album cover]]), he is allergic to nuts (going so far as faking anaphalactic shock and taking unnecessary epinephrine shots), and he lives in the houses of Parliament (he claims it has apartments now).

* DisproportionateRetribution/TheDogWasTheMastermind: The season 2 finale reveals that [[spoiler:Dave has been orchestrating an elaborate revenge against Todd and Brent because they were rude to him in a Portland bar several months earlier]].

* DisproportionateRetribution/TheDogWasTheMastermind: The season 2 finale reveals that [[spoiler:Dave has been been orchestrating an elaborate revenge scheme against Todd and Brent because they rude to him in a Portland bar several months earlier]].

* BerserkButton: Steve Davis beats Todd with a pool queue because [[InsistentTerminology he couldn't pronounce "snooker" correctly.]]

* BritishBrevity: Actually a British-American co-production but only 12 episodes long.
* ButtMonkey: Todd's life becomes increasingly worse because he messes things up.

* NukeEm: [[spoiler:Todd does this in the finale to the entire planet.]]

** Alice is the only one to figure out Dave's game.

* ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler:Of the planetary variety. Todd Margaret pushes the button that sets of numerous nuclear warheads, incinerating the planet. The third season will be taking place post-Apocalypse.]]

* NukeEm: [[spoiler:Todd does this in the finale to the entire planet.]]

* [[spoiler:ApocalypseHow: Of the planetary variety. Todd Margaret pushes the button that sets of numerous nuclear warheads, incinerating the planet. The third season will be taking place post-Apocalypse.]]

* [[spoiler:NukeEm: Todd does this in the finale to the entire planet.]]

* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler:Dave, so very much. He displays abilities at running a BatmanGambit that dips into XanathosSpeedChess when Todd gets arrested and his game is at risk of ending prematurely.]]

* [[spoiler:NukeEm: Todd does this in the finale to the Turks.]]

''The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret'' is a sitcom produced by IFC and RDF Television that airs on IFC in the US and on {{Channel 4}} in Britain. The show stars Creator/DavidCross as Todd Margaret, a low-level employee who, due to a comedic misunderstanding, is selected by his jerk boss Brent Wilts to travel to UsefulNotes/{{London}} to sell energy drinks. Although Todd claims to [[BadLiar be familiar]] with British culture, it soon becomes apparent that all he is familiar with are broad [[NationalStereotypes outdated stereotypes]]. Needless to say, {{hilarity ensues}}.

* CringeComedy: Most of the humor is based around awkward situations that Todd gets into through lying, which get worse as he tries to wiggle out of them.