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** In [=S3E4=] (2005), Mark says to himself that "she's probably got a title." As of 2009, Sophie Winkleman's formal title is "Lady Frederick Windsor."

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** [[Creator/PeterCapaldi Malcolm Tucker]] is a History professor at Darthmouth University.* HilariousInHindsight: In series 7 episode 5 (the ChristmasEpisode), Mark comments that his present for Dobby which he ordered online hasn't arrived in time. With this episode Having been filmed in September 2010, the creators had no idea that come December, many Christmas presents ordered online really did fail to reach people on time due to the unusually large snowfall.

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** [[Creator/PeterCapaldi Malcolm Tucker]] is a History professor at Darthmouth University.University.
* HilariousInHindsight: In series 7 episode 5 (the ChristmasEpisode), Mark comments that his present for Dobby which he ordered online hasn't arrived in time. With this episode Having been filmed in September 2010, the creators had no idea that come December, many Christmas presents ordered online really did fail to reach people on time due to the unusually large snowfall.

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* HilariousInHindsight: In series 7 episode 5 (the ChristmasEpisode), Mark comments that his present for Dobby which he ordered online hasn't arrived in time. With this episode Having been filmed in September 2010, the creators had no idea that come December, many Christmas presents ordered online really did fail to reach people on time due to the unusually large snowfall.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[PhoenixNights Ray Von]] left working in the Phoenix Club and got an office job after [[TookALevelInJerkass taking a level in jerkass]].
** [[Creator/PeterCapaldi Malcolm Tucker]] is a History professor at Darthmouth University.
* HilariousInHindsight: In series 7 episode 5 (the ChristmasEpisode), Mark comments that his present for Dobby which he ordered online hasn't arrived in time. With this episode Having been filmed in September 2010, the creators had no idea that come December, many Christmas presents ordered online really did fail to reach people on time due to the unusually large snowfall.



** Jeremy and Super Hans, especially when Jez finally remembers "the bad thing" in an early episode.

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* IAmNotShazam: Jez thinks the shark in ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' is called Jaws the Shark.** Jeremy and Super Hans, especially when Jez finally remembers "the bad thing" in an early episode.



* {{Squick}}: Jeremy eating the dog. Closely followed by Mark and the pheasant: "You've pulled its bloody head off!".

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* {{Squick}}: Jeremy eating the dog. Closely followed by Mark and the pheasant: "You've pulled its bloody head off!".off!".
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In the pilot, Sophie was written as the third main character, with her own inner monologue voice-over and (at least a larger amount of) camera POV. This was dropped for the series proper, although the series 5 DVD did include 'Sophie's Peep Show', a version of the final episode of the series re-edited with Sophie's own voice-over and POV shots.
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* FridgeBrilliance: In the opener of series 7 Mark reveals he has a fear of children. Then you remember back to the very first episode where he is constantly tortured by a gang of children.

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* FridayNightDeathSlot: Along with the POV shooting style, one possible reason for the show's low viewing figures despite a dedicated fan base and critical acclaim is that the original airdate for episodes is always Friday evening, on a channel which has a lower viewing figure than the other major UK channels.* FridgeBrilliance: In the opener of series 7 Mark reveals he has a fear of children. Then you remember back to the very first episode where he is constantly tortured by a gang of children.
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* AccidentalNightmareFuel: There's a good meta example in ''Peep Show and Tell'', the "making of" documentary about the series: just ''try'' not to recoil in horror at David Mitchell [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zmqZLORRN8 passionately snogging]] the [[{{Robosexual}} POV camera]].
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* ProtagonistCentredMorality: Views on whether Mark, Sophie, or here's a crazy option, both of them, were to blame for the many ills that came from their relationship, differ wildly amongst fans. [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement And that's all to be said about that.]]

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* ProtagonistCentredMorality: Views on whether Mark, Sophie, [[TakeAThirdOption or here's a crazy option, both of them, them]], were to blame for the many ills that came from their relationship, differ wildly amongst fans. [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement And that's all to be said about that.]]
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Who is worse? Sophie or Mark? Let's consider the options. Sophie. A bitch who [[{{TheBabyTrap}} manipulated Mark into fatherhood]], didn't let him name the baby (cause he wasn't at the Christening), played him and Jeff off against each other, tried to get him to take drugs when he didn't want to, lost him a job and told people he jilted her when she ran off OR Marks the [[{{Jerkass}} jerk]] who stalked her and got into a petty rivalry with Jeff over her, got Jez to make nasty phone calls to her over her getting a job that he had no more right than her to anyway (and it turned out she didn't want), used her as a human shield, abandoned her while in labor and decided to marry her to get a [[{{GoldDigger}} big house]] only to try to jilt her by hiding in the church. (Ironically Olivia Coleman dislikes her while DavidMitchell thinks she's ok)

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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Who is worse? Sophie or Mark? Let's consider the options. Sophie. A bitch who [[{{TheBabyTrap}} manipulated Mark into fatherhood]], didn't let him name the baby (cause he wasn't at the Christening), played him and Jeff off against each other, tried to get him to take drugs when he didn't want to, lost him a job and told people he jilted her when she ran off OR Marks the [[{{Jerkass}} jerk]] who stalked her and got into a petty rivalry with Jeff over her, got Jez to make nasty phone calls to her over her getting a job that he had no more right than her to anyway (and it turned out she didn't want), used her as a human shield, abandoned her while in labor and decided to marry her to get a [[{{GoldDigger}} big house]] only to try to jilt her by hiding in the church. (Ironically Olivia Coleman dislikes her while DavidMitchell thinks she's ok)ok). [[TakeAThirdOption Or maybe they're both as bad as each other]]. Just saying.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Sophie. A bitch who [[{{TheBabyTrap}} manipulated Mark into fatherhood]], didn't let him name the baby (cause he wasn't at the Christening), played him and Jeff off against each other, tried to get him to take drugs when he didn't want to, lost him a job and told people he jilted her when she ran off OR Marks the [[{{Jerkass}} jerk]] who stalked her and got into a petty rivalry with Jeff over her, got Jez to make nasty phone calls to her over her getting a job that he had no more right than her to anyway (and it turned out she didn't want), used her as a human shield, abandoned her while in labor and decided to marry her to get a [[{{GoldDigger}} big house]] only to try to jilt her by hiding in the church. (Ironically Olivia Coleman dislikes her while DavidMitchell thinks she's ok)

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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Who is worse? Sophie or Mark? Let's consider the options. Sophie. A bitch who [[{{TheBabyTrap}} manipulated Mark into fatherhood]], didn't let him name the baby (cause he wasn't at the Christening), played him and Jeff off against each other, tried to get him to take drugs when he didn't want to, lost him a job and told people he jilted her when she ran off OR Marks the [[{{Jerkass}} jerk]] who stalked her and got into a petty rivalry with Jeff over her, got Jez to make nasty phone calls to her over her getting a job that he had no more right than her to anyway (and it turned out she didn't want), used her as a human shield, abandoned her while in labor and decided to marry her to get a [[{{GoldDigger}} big house]] only to try to jilt her by hiding in the church. (Ironically Olivia Coleman dislikes her while DavidMitchell thinks she's ok)
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* ProtagonistCentredMorality: Some viewers have this when it comes to the relationship between Mark and Sophie. Mark may have stalked her, decided not to end his engagement to her when he saw the [[{{GoldDigger}}nice house]] her parents would give her to live in, used her as a human shield, hidden in the church on their wedding day rather than have the courage to tell her face to face he didn't want to marry her and wandered off to play video games and eat KFC while she was in labour, yet many viewers paint her as the villain in their relationship. She even gets blamed for dumping him on their wedding day even though she only did that after he was caught [[DirtyCoward hiding in the church]].

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* ProtagonistCentredMorality: Some viewers have this when it comes Views on whether Mark, Sophie, or here's a crazy option, both of them, were to blame for the relationship between Mark and Sophie. Mark may have stalked her, decided not to end his engagement to her when he saw the [[{{GoldDigger}}nice house]] her parents would give her to live in, used her as a human shield, hidden in the church on many ills that came from their wedding day rather than have the courage relationship, differ wildly amongst fans. [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement And that's all to tell her face to face he didn't want to marry her and wandered off to play video games and eat KFC while she was in labour, yet many viewers paint her as the villain in their relationship. She even gets blamed for dumping him on their wedding day even though she only did that after he was caught [[DirtyCoward hiding in the church]].be said about that.]]
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** Jeff can be interpreted as a better person than Mark. He was more of a support to Sophie during her pregnancy than Mark the babies father is, he hasn't, to our knowledge, done anything half as bad as some of the things Marks done (falsely accusing a man of molestation, drugging Gerard etc) and even his tormenting of Mark only got really bad after Mark insulted his mother.

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** Jeff can be interpreted as a better person than Mark. He was more of a support to Sophie during her pregnancy than Mark the babies father is, he hasn't, to our knowledge, done anything half as bad as some of the things Marks done (falsely accusing a man of molestation, drugging Gerard etc) and even his tormenting of Mark only got really bad after Mark insulted his mother.
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** A lot of people will deny it BUT Jeff is actually a better person than Mark. He was more of a support to Sophie during her pregnancy than Mark the babies father is, he hasn't done anything half as bad as some of the things Marks done (falsely accusing a man of molestation, drugging Gerard etc) and even his tormenting of Mark only got really bad after Mark insulted his mother.

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** A lot of people will deny it BUT Jeff is actually can be interpreted as a better person than Mark. He was more of a support to Sophie during her pregnancy than Mark the babies father is, he hasn't hasn't, to our knowledge, done anything half as bad as some of the things Marks done (falsely accusing a man of molestation, drugging Gerard etc) and even his tormenting of Mark only got really bad after Mark insulted his mother.
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** Nancy: Manipulative, hypocritical bitch or insensitive but well-meaning and kindheart with her own interpretation of what it means to be Christian

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** Nancy: Manipulative, hypocritical bitch or insensitive but well-meaning and kindheart with her own interpretation of what it means to be ChristianChristian?
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** Nancy: Manipulative, hypocritical bitch or insensitive but well-meaning and kindheart with her own interpretation of what it means to be Christian
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* ProtagonistCentredMorality: Some viewers have this when it comes to the relationship between Mark and Sophie. Mark may have stalked her, decided not to end his engagement to her when he saw the [[{{GoldDigger}}nice house]] her parents would give her to live in, used her as a human shield, hidden in the church on their wedding day rather than have the courage to tell her face to face he didn't want to marry her and wandered off to play video games and eat KFC while she was in labour, yet many viewers paint her as the villain in their relationship. She even gets blamed for dumping him on their wedding day even though she only did that after he was caught [[DirtyCoward hiding in the church]].
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Sophie. A bitch who [[{{TheBabyTrap}} manipulated Mark into fatherhood]], didn't let him name the baby (cause he wasn't at the Christening), played him and Jeff off against each other, tried to get him to take drugs when he didn't want to, lost him a job and told people he jilted her when she ran off OR Marks the [[{{Jerkass}} jerk]] who stalked her and got into a petty rivalry with Jeff over her, got Jez to make nasty phone calls to her over her getting a job that he had no more right than her to anyway (and it turned out she didn't want), used her as a human shield, abandoned her while in labor and decided to marry her to get a [[{{GoldDigger}} big house]] only to try to jilt her by hiding in the church. (Ironically Olivia Coleman dislikes her while {{DavidMitchell}} thinks she's ok)

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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Sophie. A bitch who [[{{TheBabyTrap}} manipulated Mark into fatherhood]], didn't let him name the baby (cause he wasn't at the Christening), played him and Jeff off against each other, tried to get him to take drugs when he didn't want to, lost him a job and told people he jilted her when she ran off OR Marks the [[{{Jerkass}} jerk]] who stalked her and got into a petty rivalry with Jeff over her, got Jez to make nasty phone calls to her over her getting a job that he had no more right than her to anyway (and it turned out she didn't want), used her as a human shield, abandoned her while in labor and decided to marry her to get a [[{{GoldDigger}} big house]] only to try to jilt her by hiding in the church. (Ironically Olivia Coleman dislikes her while {{DavidMitchell}} DavidMitchell thinks she's ok)
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** Elane has more than a few moments of stupidity comparable to Jeremy; however, it's difficult to tell whether this is some kind of facade that she maintains while stringing him along, or if she's really just as vacuous as he is.

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** Elane Elena has more than a few moments of stupidity comparable to Jeremy; however, it's difficult to tell whether this is some kind of facade that she maintains while stringing him along, or if she's really just as vacuous as he is.
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** Elias has more than a few moments of stupidity comparable to Jeremy; however, it's difficult to tell whether this is some kind of facade that she maintains while stringing him along, or if she's really just as vacuous as he is.

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** Elias Elane has more than a few moments of stupidity comparable to Jeremy; however, it's difficult to tell whether this is some kind of facade that she maintains while stringing him along, or if she's really just as vacuous as he is.
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** Elias has more than a few moments of stupidity comparable to Jeremy; however, it's difficult to tell whether this is some kind of facade that she maintains while stringing him along, or if she's really just as vacuous as he is.
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** A lot of people will deny it BUT Jeff is actually a better person than Mark. He was more of a support to Sophie during her pregnancy than Mark the babies father is, he hasn't done anything half as bad as some of the things Marks done (falsely accusing a man of molestation, drugging Gerard etc) and even his tormenting of Mark only got really bad after Mark insulted his mother.

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* MoralEventHorizon: Jeff crowns his campaign of sexual humiliation against Mark by sending him out to buy condoms for him and Sophie. If you didn't think that Mark was an amoral coward before he falsely accused him gym instructor of molesting him costing the man his livelihood because he was too much of a coward to tell Sophie he didn't want to marry her then you surely must now.

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* MoralEventHorizon: Jeff crowns his campaign of sexual humiliation against Mark by sending him out to buy condoms for him and Sophie.
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If you didn't think that Mark was an amoral coward before he falsely accused him his gym instructor of molesting him costing (costing the man his livelihood livelihood,) because he was too much of a coward to tell Sophie he didn't want to marry her her, then you surely must now.
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* FridgeBrilliance: In the opener of series 7 Mark reveals he has a fear of children. Then you remember back to the very first episode where he is constantly tortured by a gang of children.
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* {{Earworm}}: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9NQsBIzFhM THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS, THIS IS CONTAGIOUS! SO... FUTILE! WAAAH!]]
** I am in loco parantis, I am the last remaining contestant on the apprentice, I am the home trained dentist...

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* HoYay: Mark with Jeremy (sometimes) and Johnson.

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Jeremy (sometimes) and Johnson.Super Hans, especially when Jez finally remembers "the bad thing" in an early episode.
** Mark and Jeremy tend to sabotage the each other's efforts with the opposite sex, and routinely hug and even kiss each other when in high spirits. In short, there's quite a lot of it flying around.
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* OneTruePairing: Mark and [[spoiler:Dobby.]]

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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Sophie. A bitch who [[{{TheBabyTrap}} manipulated Mark into fatherhood]], didn't let him name the baby (cause he wasn't at the Christening), played him and Jeff off against each other, tried to get him to take drugs when he didn't want to, lost him a job and told people he jilted her when she ran off OR Marks the [[{{Jerkass}} jerk]] who stalked her and got into a petty rivalry with Jeff over her, got Jez to make nasty phone calls to her over her getting a job that he had no more right than her to anyway (and it turned out she didn't want), used her as a human shield, abandoned her while in labor and decided to marry her to get a [[{{GoldDigger}} big house]] only to try to jilt her by hiding in the church. (Ironically Olivia Coleman dislikes her while {{DavidMitchell}} thinks she's ok)



* JerkassWoobie: Mark and possibly Jeremy too.

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* HoYay: Mark with Jeremy (sometimes) and Johnson.
* JerkassWoobie: Mark and possibly Jeremy. Jeremy too.with Mark. And Super Hans. And Big Suze’s one-time boyfriend, Stu. And he was a ‘handyman’ for a musician he admired…a musician who expected him to be ‘handy’.
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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Jeremy's Enya speech at his uncle's funeral, earning a round of applause and even a rare seal of approval from Mark.
** Also the ending to Christmas episode of series 7. Mark finally stands up to his dad before proudly declaring that Christmas was going to be spent his way and wishing everybody a Merry Christmark.
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* MoralEventHorizon: Jeff crowns his campaign of sexual humiliation against Mark by sending him out to buy condoms for him and Sophie.

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* MoralEventHorizon: Jeff crowns his campaign of sexual humiliation against Mark by sending him out to buy condoms for him and Sophie. If you didn't think that Mark was an amoral coward before he falsely accused him gym instructor of molesting him costing the man his livelihood because he was too much of a coward to tell Sophie he didn't want to marry her then you surely must now.
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* {{Squick}}: Jeremy eating the dog. Closely followed by Mark and the pheasant: "You've pulled it's bloody head off!".

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* {{Squick}}: Jeremy eating the dog. Closely followed by Mark and the pheasant: "You've pulled it's its bloody head off!".
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* MemeticMutation: Everyone wants to chew on Dobby's weird hair.

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