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Ideal

138 statements
26 feature instances
10 referencing feature instances

Ideal	type	TVTItem
Ideal	label	Ideal
Ideal	page	Ideal
Ideal	comment	Dark but clever British sitcom that aired on BBC Three from 2005 to 2011. Based in Salford, it follows the exploits of drug dealer Moz (played by Johnny Vegas) and a large bunch of strange characters (played by a surprisingly great cast). The series has shifted through many a Story Arc, involving everything from fidelity and heartbreak in relationships to gang violence, with a good helping of surreal and cleverly blended characters and situations.
Ideal	fetched	2023-12-10T18:25:50Z
Ideal	parsed	2023-12-10T18:25:50Z
Ideal	isPartOf	DBTropes
Ideal / int_1b65dfad	type	The Cameo
Ideal / int_1b65dfad	comment	The Cameo: Even in a show with a spectacular array of characters, Mark E. Smith as Jesus stands out particularly.
Ideal / int_1b65dfad	featureApplicability	1.0
Ideal / int_1b65dfad	featureConfidence	1.0
Ideal	hasFeature	Ideal / int_1b65dfad
Ideal / int_264b8f4c	type	Balloon Belly
Ideal / int_264b8f4c	comment	Balloon Belly: In "The Guest", while Moz is on magic mushrooms, he briefly imagines Nicki getting a massive Balloon Belly after drinking a glass of water.
Ideal / int_264b8f4c	featureApplicability	1.0
Ideal / int_264b8f4c	featureConfidence	1.0
Ideal	hasFeature	Ideal / int_264b8f4c
Ideal / int_391aa30b	type	You ALL Look Familiar
Ideal / int_391aa30b	comment	You ALL Look Familiar: Spoofed in The Red Bag with Tony's claiming Marco and his brother look the same.
Ideal / int_391aa30b	featureApplicability	1.0
Ideal / int_391aa30b	featureConfidence	1.0
Ideal	hasFeature	Ideal / int_391aa30b
Ideal / int_4b4f6a2f	type	Mood-Swinger
Ideal / int_4b4f6a2f	comment	In "The Guest", Moz eats biscuits Judith left for him, only to later discover they were full of magic mushrooms. In the next few minutes, Judith and Cad's faces rapidly change expressions, virtually everyone dons a rat mask, Nicki's stomach balloons to ridiculous proportions when she drinks Moz's glass of water, and P.C shows up at the door and utters gibberish.
Ideal / int_4b4f6a2f	featureApplicability	1.0
Ideal / int_4b4f6a2f	featureConfidence	1.0
Ideal	hasFeature	Ideal / int_4b4f6a2f
Ideal / int_5e6a495	type	The Problem with Pen Island
Ideal / int_5e6a495	comment	The Problem with Pen Island: Played straight with the title ("Ideal" = "I deal").
Ideal / int_5e6a495	featureApplicability	1.0
Ideal / int_5e6a495	featureConfidence	1.0
Ideal	hasFeature	Ideal / int_5e6a495
Ideal / int_643618e5	type	Replacement Goldfish
Ideal / int_643618e5	comment	Replacement Goldfish: Sort of. After the shooting of Craig, his identical twin Steve - played by the same actor - arrives.
Ideal / int_643618e5	featureApplicability	1.0
Ideal / int_643618e5	featureConfidence	1.0
Ideal	hasFeature	Ideal / int_643618e5
Ideal / int_664bc28f	type	British Brevity
Ideal / int_664bc28f	comment	British Brevity: Each series consists of 8 episodes, aside from the first which had a 9th Christmas special episode, and series 5 and 7 both only have 6 episodes.
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Ideal / int_664bc28f	featureConfidence	1.0
Ideal	hasFeature	Ideal / int_664bc28f
Ideal / int_6bda9a30	type	Meaningful Name
Ideal / int_6bda9a30	comment	Meaningful Name: PC (those are his initials; he did indeed become a Police Constable).
Ideal / int_6bda9a30	featureApplicability	1.0
Ideal / int_6bda9a30	featureConfidence	1.0
Ideal	hasFeature	Ideal / int_6bda9a30
Ideal / int_7abba202	type	The Faceless
Ideal / int_7abba202	comment	The Faceless: Cartoon Head, whose real face is never seen.
Ideal / int_7abba202	featureApplicability	1.0
Ideal / int_7abba202	featureConfidence	1.0
Ideal	hasFeature	Ideal / int_7abba202
Ideal / int_8e20979	type	Wham Episode
Ideal / int_8e20979	comment	Wham Episode: Cartoon Head killing Craig by mistake and Steve's assault on Stemroach.
Ideal / int_8e20979	featureApplicability	1.0
Ideal / int_8e20979	featureConfidence	1.0
Ideal	hasFeature	Ideal / int_8e20979
Ideal / int_8ec0abf	type	The Voiceless
Ideal / int_8ec0abf	comment	The Voiceless: Cartoon Head, who never makes a sound apart from a wheezy chuckle. He can talk on the phone, though, but the audience doesn't get to hear him. Lampshaded in (among other places) the 7th series when Moz walks in on Colin and Cartoon Head apparently discussing something interesting, Colin saying "do you want to tell him or shall I?"
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Ideal / int_8ec0abf	featureConfidence	1.0
Ideal	hasFeature	Ideal / int_8ec0abf
Ideal / int_a2b38d3b	type	Eye Scream
Ideal / int_a2b38d3b	comment	Eye Scream: Psycho Paul's way of welcoming Steve back to the lower ranks of the hierarchy. Followed up by Stemroach's death - involving the same eye, in his skull.
Ideal / int_a2b38d3b	featureApplicability	1.0
Ideal / int_a2b38d3b	featureConfidence	1.0
Ideal	hasFeature	Ideal / int_a2b38d3b
Ideal / int_a3a6fdb2	type	Room 101
Ideal / int_a3a6fdb2	comment	Room 101: the red bag. Its contents are never revealed, but it makes Psycho Paul 'cry like a little girl', reduces a Russian gangster to incoherence, and scares even Cartoon Head. Belongs to Fist, who is also Jenny's uncle and apparently she's known whatever it was since she was a child.
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Ideal / int_a3a6fdb2	featureConfidence	1.0
Ideal	hasFeature	Ideal / int_a3a6fdb2
Ideal / int_a4c37cbe	type	Mood Whiplash
Ideal / int_a4c37cbe	comment	Mood Whiplash: The show can go from silly to dramatic to gory violence in a snap.
Ideal / int_a4c37cbe	featureApplicability	1.0
Ideal / int_a4c37cbe	featureConfidence	1.0
Ideal	hasFeature	Ideal / int_a4c37cbe
Ideal / int_a7850fbf	type	Only Known by Their Nickname
Ideal / int_a7850fbf	comment	Only Known by Their Nickname: Several characters. This is most notably [Lampshaded Trope lampshaded]] for Cartoon Head, which appears to be the character's real name (although later revealed to be from his original Russian "Golova Sharzh", Russian for "Cartoon Head").
Ideal / int_a7850fbf	featureApplicability	1.0
Ideal / int_a7850fbf	featureConfidence	1.0
Ideal	hasFeature	Ideal / int_a7850fbf
Ideal / int_ac4ac8e5	type	Idiosyncratic Episode Naming
Ideal / int_ac4ac8e5	comment	Idiosyncratic Episode Naming: Each episode title starts with "The" (except the 2005 special) and typically has only two words.
Ideal / int_ac4ac8e5	featureApplicability	1.0
Ideal / int_ac4ac8e5	featureConfidence	1.0
Ideal	hasFeature	Ideal / int_ac4ac8e5
Ideal / int_b01abe4f	type	Catchphrase
Ideal / int_b01abe4f	comment	Catchphrase: Several, usually their greeting when they arrive at the flat. Psycho Paul gets a physical variation where he'll lightly slap Moz's cheek twice before leaving the flat.
Ideal / int_b01abe4f	featureApplicability	1.0
Ideal / int_b01abe4f	featureConfidence	1.0
Ideal	hasFeature	Ideal / int_b01abe4f
Ideal / int_be009bbc	type	Alliterative Name
Ideal / int_be009bbc	comment	Alliterative Name: Psycho Paul. It works on paper, but when spoken the P in "Psycho" is not pronounced.
Ideal / int_be009bbc	featureApplicability	1.0
Ideal / int_be009bbc	featureConfidence	1.0
Ideal	hasFeature	Ideal / int_be009bbc
Ideal / int_be8416ea	type	Shrouded in Myth
Ideal / int_be8416ea	comment	Shrouded in Myth: The Red Mist, a terrible group said to be all manner of things ranging from aliens, to savage murders and so on. Actually a mafia-type organisation based around ginger haired people.
Ideal / int_be8416ea	featureApplicability	1.0
Ideal / int_be8416ea	featureConfidence	1.0
Ideal	hasFeature	Ideal / int_be8416ea
Ideal / int_d7b34c31	type	Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
Ideal / int_d7b34c31	comment	Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": The police constable's name is not mentioned for the first three series, and the end credits simply list him as "P.C." In The Past, it's finally revealed that his name is Phil Collins.
Ideal / int_d7b34c31	featureApplicability	1.0
Ideal / int_d7b34c31	featureConfidence	1.0
Ideal	hasFeature	Ideal / int_d7b34c31
Ideal / int_e2d457	type	The Ditz
Ideal / int_e2d457	comment	The Ditz: Jenny, who often spaces out, leaves behind children and confuses their genders, including her own baby.
Ideal / int_e2d457	featureApplicability	1.0
Ideal / int_e2d457	featureConfidence	1.0
Ideal	hasFeature	Ideal / int_e2d457
Ideal / int_eb251937	type	Dirty Cop
Ideal / int_eb251937	comment	Dirty Cop: P.C. is implied to do plenty of standard police work outside of the flat, given that he regularly confiscates drug stashes from dealers he busts. However this is all in aid of supplying Moz with stock to deal. Also implied that other cops are openly knowing and also partake in such activites, notably when someone tries to make contact with P.C. on his radio, but call him a jammy git when he explains he's "in the middle of a 10-99."
Ideal / int_eb251937	featureApplicability	1.0
Ideal / int_eb251937	featureConfidence	1.0
Ideal	hasFeature	Ideal / int_eb251937
Ideal / int_eb8ec7c8	type	Jerkass
Ideal / int_eb8ec7c8	comment	Jerkass: Psycho Paul is a tough guy. His persona falls apart, squeaking into a laughable falsetto, when ordered around by Stemroach, Fist, or (occasionally) the Lo Triad.
Ideal / int_eb8ec7c8	featureApplicability	1.0
Ideal / int_eb8ec7c8	featureConfidence	1.0
Ideal	hasFeature	Ideal / int_eb8ec7c8
Ideal / int_f12c6fb1	type	Surprisingly Sudden Death
Ideal / int_f12c6fb1	comment	Surprisingly Sudden Death: Moz mentions to Cartoon Head (a hitman) that they should "take Craig out", meaning taking him out to a club. Cartoon Head, high on LSD at the time, misinterprets this and shoots Craig in the head. In a later series Craig's identical twin brother Steve suffers an equally sudden death, accidentally shooting himself with a gun Psycho Paul told him wasn't loaded while preparing to rescue Moz's dad.
Ideal / int_f12c6fb1	featureApplicability	1.0
Ideal / int_f12c6fb1	featureConfidence	1.0
Ideal	hasFeature	Ideal / int_f12c6fb1
Ideal / int_f7d4f121	type	Mushroom Samba
Ideal / int_f7d4f121	comment	Mushroom Samba: Brian after eating a drug-laden pizza in The Future, Cartoonhead shooting Craig while on acid and then getting rid of the body with Psycho Paul (also on acid), Moz hallucinating Craig's body sitting next to him, asking many of the questions Steve has about Craig's disappearance... In "The Guest", Moz eats biscuits Judith left for him, only to later discover they were full of magic mushrooms. In the next few minutes, Judith and Cad's faces rapidly change expressions, virtually everyone dons a rat mask, Nicki's stomach balloons to ridiculous proportions when she drinks Moz's glass of water, and P.C shows up at the door and utters gibberish.
Ideal / int_f7d4f121	featureApplicability	1.0
Ideal / int_f7d4f121	featureConfidence	1.0
Ideal	hasFeature	Ideal / int_f7d4f121
Ideal / int_name	type	ItemName
Ideal / int_name	comment
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Ideal / int_name	featureConfidence	1.0
Ideal	hasFeature	Ideal / int_name
Ideal / int_name	itemName	Ideal

The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

Ideal	hasFeature	Criminal Procedural / int_227e9f8e
Ideal	hasFeature	Dude, She's Like in a Coma / int_227e9f8e
Ideal	hasFeature	Easy Amnesia / int_227e9f8e
Ideal	hasFeature	Grievous Bottley Harm / int_227e9f8e
Ideal	seeAlso	Ideal
Ideal	hasFeature	Minimalism / int_227e9f8e
Ideal	hasFeature	Room 101 / int_227e9f8e
Ideal	hasFeature	Series of the 2000s / int_227e9f8e
Ideal	hasFeature	Surprisingly Sudden Death / int_227e9f8e
Ideal	hasFeature	The Problem with Pen Island / int_227e9f8e

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