Bottom

TV Show • 1991  

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Bottom is a British anarchic sitcom written by and starring comic duo Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson as socially awkward, sexually inexperienced Richie Richard, and carefree alcoholic Eddie Hitler, two social outcasts living on the dole, trapped together in a daily grind in a squalid flat in Hammersmith, London. Perpetually skint, bored and sexually frustrated, they spend their days scheming, bickering, and being nasty and sadistic to each other. The show ran for three series, originally airing on BBC Two from 1991 - 1995, and was followed by five stage show tours across the United Kingdom between 1993 and 2003, and a feature film Guest House Paradiso. The show is noted for its chaotic, nihilistic humour and violent comedy slapstick. In 2008, Bottom came in at number 45 in a poll to determine "Britain's Best Sitcom" by the BBC. The show continues to be shown in the UK on Gold and Dave, and has been dubbed in other languages. In Spain the show is known as La pareja basura which aired on Canal+. The theme music was provided by The Bum Notes, a band that once featured Edmondson, and is a cover of "Last Night" by The Mar-Keys. Plans were made in 2012 for a BBC spin-off series, Hooligan's Island, featuring the Richie and Eddie characters from Bottom. However, that project was cancelled that October prior to production as Edmondson explained that he wished to pursue other interests.
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Does the dog die?
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GyroZeppeli
Not on screen, but in the second episode, there is mention of a pet Alsatian getting hit by a car, and proceeding to be used as Kebab Meat
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Unanswered Triggers
Were animals harmed in the making?
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Is there a dead animal?
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Does a horse die?
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jnoj
S2
 E4
Characters bet on a horse and watch the race on television. The horse is never shown onscreen, but the commentator says that he has been shot.
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Is there excessive gore?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is an animal sad?
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Abuse
Is a child abused?
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Richie and Eddie often end up violently beating each other up.
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Addiction
Is there addiction?
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Eddie is an alcoholic.
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Edward 'elizabeth' Hitler is an alcoholic
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Animal
Does an animal die?
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Are animals abused?
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timeanplace
recurring joke when they throw something out of a window it will hit the alley dog, offscreen
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Does a cat die?
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OF15
I don't remember cats being seen or mentioned in the show
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Does a pet die?
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Assault
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S1
 E6
When Richie comes home from the hospital in the Season 1 finale Accident he ruins Eddie's party and decides to play birthday charades where He grabs on a woman's blouse trying to rip it off her even though she doesn't want him to
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Is there pedophilia?
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Bodily Harm
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Characters are very frequently injured in the genital area in a slapstick way
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OF15
No ones head gets squished but Richie has had his stuck underneath the fridge or Eddie in the chess fight slams His head constantly in the fridge
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timeanplace
Christmas episode and maybe more
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Is there amputation?
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Another episode has Eddie get his legs cut off
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Characters get hit in the face and spit out teeth
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Is there a hanging?
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timeanplace
Christmas episode has Richie being hung by ed, played for laughs as no actual harm is caused and it's said that that kinda thing has happened before
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S3
 E2
every time Richie is stricken by the cattle prod, he shits himself.
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Is there farting?
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S3
 E2
Richie shits himself every time he is stricken by the cattle prod. when he is shitting, there are fart type sound effects.
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Does someone vomit?
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OF15
S2
 E3
There is vomiting in the show, in the first episode Smells, Eddie is drunk and he vomits on Richie and in Season 2 episode 3 Burglary Richie and Eddie try to poison the Burglar they tied up who was trying to rob their flat, they try to poison him with pigeon pallet which gets put in a cup of tea and after he gets force fed it he throws up
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
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jnoj
Richie is often shamed and made fun of for being fat, despite the fact that he was not fat at all.
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timeanplace
many characters speak about and too Richie as if he is mentally handicapped, to be fair it's not an invalid point as he genuinely does seem to require some help, it's normally just stuff like "is there someone who looks after you?" and "I thought (s)he was being put away?" all played for laughs
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timeanplace
main plot driver is they wanna shag some nice birds
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Violence
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