Eagleland Osmosis: The detectives and most uniformed officers with the City of Town police all seem to carry sidearms, whereas in real life only specialist Authorised Firearms Officers (AFO's) can do so in the UK.
He also did some doodling and wrote "FIND JACK CLOTH" on a piece of cloth.
Dying Clue: Todd Carty writes Macratty's name in his own blood before dying, but ran out of room and had to scrunch the last few letters up.
Dude, Not Funny!: In-universe, Boss has this reaction to the jury laughing at his hilariously innuendo-laden testimony.
Double Entendre: The show is absolutely bursting at the seams with them.ĭes Hairihan: Had yoghurt for breakfast, Guv.
Similarly, a discussion between a bunch of chavvy-looking thugs speaking in exaggerated inner-city tones touches on the excellence of Stephen Fry, QI, and harpsichord practice.
note "Opened by Baron Peregrine Datdere-Yute, 2002"
Cloth asks a black kid on a bike where to find Crossbo, and the kid answers in what appears to be heavily accented, broken English: "Dat dere yute club." Then it turns out that the name of the place he directed Cloth to is literally "Datdere Yute Club".
Disney Villain Death: Subverted by Boss not actually dying.
And nag him about the state of the bathroom cabinet.
Dead Person Conversation: Jack's wife appears to give him guidance.
Thankfully Anne has the requisite training to decipher it.
Cypher Language: Spoofed with Upside-Down Writing.
Cymbal-Banging Monkey: Played for laughs with Jack Cloth's intentionally Narmy flashback to his wife's tragic death by murder, which has a random shot of a cymbal-banging monkey thrown in.
Crucified Hero Shot: Tom Boss pulls a villainous version.
#Cat in the kettle parody series
As seen in Series 2, Jack doesn't even obey the laws of continuity.
Youth 3: Looks like the type of guy don't trust his new partner yet.
Cowboy Cop: Invoked, and actually discussed by some bystanders as Cloth arrives at the crime scene.
Natasha is a female coroner whose every line dialogue consists of her aggressively flirting with Jack Cloth, she has an incredibly dry sense of humor related to death, and at one point dissected a cat because she thought it would be amusing.
The Coroner: Like many crime drama tropes, parodied.
After Jack's wife died he had sex with The Coroner Natasha.
Climbing Climax: At Dénouement Heights, no less.
Cloth does it to Tom Boss in the season 2 finale.
Jack is later seen giving it to Macratty to gain his trust, and when the obvious Plot Hole of how he obtained it is brought up, Jack insists that he doesn't need to follow the laws of continuity.and to prove it, his beard briefly disappears then reappears in the next shot.
Chekhov's Gun: Towards the start of Series 2, before Jack even gets involved in the case, Tom Boss briefly mentions a pound of heroin that's gone missing from the police station.
In Series 3, one of the soon-to-be-victims is startled by her own cat approaching her in a man's shoes.
In Series 1, there's a crime scene where Jack is startled by a cat.
"Never been found dead before, so this is out of character".
Captain Obvious: In spades, especially from Asap.
Bury Your Gays: At the end of Season 2, Hope Goodgirl gets crushed to death, and Anne didn't have much of a happy ending either.
Later, Jack is shown in a flashback holding his dead wife's body, and laughs at a recording of a Cymbal-Banging Monkey.
Jack Cloth: I haven't laughed since my wife died.Īnne Oldman: Why did you laugh when your wife died?