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  • Adorkable: Steve Crosby. He's naive but also a big Cheeky Alan Supple fan to the point where he's disappointed that Supple won't be attending the pub's Fact Hunt quiz night. Plus his voice sounds child-like.
  • Crazy Is Cool: The Guv's got an emergency plan in case two pub giants are about to fight. What is it? A crisp-firing bazooka. That's right; there's a crisp-firing weapon used to pacify them. It doesn't work, but just seeing Crosby fire it is a delight.
  • Cult Classic: Hell, even the DVDs describe it as "the cult hit comedy series"!
  • Moment of Awesome: It's rare seeing the lads do anything out-of-the-ordinary (or just plain) awesome, but whenever there is such a moment, it's bound to be pleasing.
    • The Guv, Terry and Steve all working together to send Fat Tony Harris upstairs to bed in "The Harder They Crawl". They're lifting a very overweight man who's blacked out from drinking so much, all the while becoming determined to fulfill this, especially so that the Guv can finally prove to himself that he's able to finish something. Not only do they manage to accomplish this, but during all this they contemplate on Life itself, finding some sort of purpose and becoming closer to each other, to the point when the Guv tells a sleeping Steve and Terry that they're like sons to him. Really, the entire episode can be considered both one big Moment of Awesome and Heartwarming Moments.
    • The Guv decking Steve and ordering him to leave the pub in "It's A Wonderful Pint". After all the obnoxious talk of being Australian, anything that's very "Aussie", and generally annoying everyone for the last few episodes of the first series (plus taking over the pub for 10 months), it's satisfying to see the Guv finally put his foot down and tell the loud-mouthed idiot to hit the highroad.
    • Barry in "This Vale of Beers" to psycho-turned Greg Thompson, who wanted to stop people drinking alcohol and accept God:
      • "A public house must accept all comers, whatever their beliefs. Booze is for everyone, regardless of creed of colour. It's every man's birthright, ya jumped-up fucker." Cue an applause from the audience and most likely every fella at home raising their beer.
  • Tearjerker: The Guv's feelings for the fake son he made to remind him of his real son. Any divorcee can relate to this, and when at the end he even carries it to save it from getting burnt it shows how broken and desperate he is for his son back.
  • The Woobie: The Guv for losing his son to his ex-wife. Steve for constantly getting hit by Guv and other bad things that befall him, such as being forced to work in the cellar of the Queen of Hearts for months.

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