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'''Hey Dad..!''' is an Australian [[ |
'''Hey Dad..!''' is an Australian [[Sitcom]] from [[The Eighties]], about a widower dad of three kids. |
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The characters: |
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* [[Disappeared Dad]]: Towards the end of the series, Martin Kelly goes to Saudi Arabia for a highly-paid job, and a friend of the family will play the father's role instead. |
* [[Disappeared Dad]]: Towards the end of the series, Martin Kelly goes to Saudi Arabia for a highly-paid job, and a friend of the family will play the father's role instead. |
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* [[The Ditz]]: Betty the secretary. Also, Nudge. |
* [[The Ditz]]: Betty the secretary. Also, Nudge. |
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* [[Drop-In Character]]: Had several drop in characters over the years, most famously "Nudge". Inexplicably, one of the drop in characters, Ben, ended up moving into the family proper. |
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* [[Everybody Dies]]: The bizarre finale in which the family is taken hostage by a bank robber who ''blows up their house''. The "dad" of the show's title lived on by virtue of having been absent from the show for some time by then. |
* [[Everybody Dies]]: The bizarre finale in which the family is taken hostage by a bank robber who ''blows up their house''. The "dad" of the show's title lived on by virtue of having been absent from the show for some time by then. |
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* [[The Heart]]: Betty, since the family lacks a mother. |
* [[The Heart]]: Betty, since the family lacks a mother. |
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* [[Missing Mom]]: Martin Kelly is a widower. In the first episodes, this is sometimes mentioned; later, not so much. |
* [[Missing Mom]]: Martin Kelly is a widower. In the first episodes, this is sometimes mentioned; later, not so much. |
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* [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]: Nudge's real name is Gerald Noritis, but probably even he doesn't remember. |
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* [[Royal We]]: Nudge used it, when he became convinced that he was long-lost royalty. |
* [[Royal We]]: Nudge used it, when he became convinced that he was long-lost royalty. |
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{{quote|Nudge: I'm doing the Royal We here. |
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Martin: Well, don't do it on the carpet! }} |
Martin: Well, don't do it on the carpet! }} |
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* [[Spin-Off]]: ''Hampton Court'' was only linked to its parent show through the Betty character. It was critically panned and cancelled after 13 episodes. |
* [[Spin-Off]]: ''[[Hampton Court]]'' was only linked to its parent show through the Betty character. It was critically panned and cancelled after 13 episodes. |
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* [[Standardized Sitcom Housing]]: by contrast, is set in what appears to be a realistic Australian house. Certainly, most Australian houses will have a separate lounge room (or living room) and kitchen, and many lounge rooms will have more than one comfy chair. |
* [[Standardized Sitcom Housing]]: by contrast, is set in what appears to be a realistic Australian house. Certainly, most Australian houses will have a separate lounge room (or living room) and kitchen, and many lounge rooms will have more than one comfy chair. |
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* [[Stealth Insult]] / [[Insult Backfire]]: Martin often does this to Betty, who never gets it. |
* [[Stealth Insult]] / [[Insult Backfire]]: Martin often does this to Betty, who never gets it. |
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* [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]]: Continued for a 13th and 14th season after the titular character left, with a family friend serving as an unofficial father figure. Over its long lifespan, the show had a nearly complete changeover of cast, with replacements alternating between thinly-disguised substitutes and unexplained Other Darrins. |
* [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]]: Continued for a 13th and 14th season after the titular character left, with a family friend serving as an unofficial father figure. Over its long lifespan, the show had a nearly complete changeover of cast, with replacements alternating between thinly-disguised substitutes and unexplained Other Darrins. |
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* [[Thirty Minutes or It's Free]]: One episode about a diet, or a hunger strike, or something, that ended with the starving characters giving up and ordering pizza - which then never arrives, because one of the other characters deliberately misdirects the delivery guy in an attempt to get the pizza free. |
* [[Thirty Minutes or It's Free]]: One episode about a diet, or a hunger strike, or something, that ended with the starving characters giving up and ordering pizza - which then never arrives, because one of the other characters deliberately misdirects the delivery guy in an attempt to get the pizza free. |
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* [[Women Drivers]]: Debbie |
* [[Women Drivers]]: Debbie |
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Latest revision as of 16:42, 16 November 2022
Hey Dad..! is an Australian Sitcom from The Eighties, about a widower dad of three kids.
The characters:
- Martin Kelly, an architect
- Betty: His cousin from the countryside, became his secretary (not a very good one)
- Simon: His son
- Debbie: His teenage daughter, often goes on dates
- Jenny: His little daughter
- Nudge: Simon's best mate
Tropes used in Hey Dad..! include:
- All Girls Like Ponies: Jenny definitely wants one.
- Big Eater: Nudge. Regularly plundering Martin's fridge.
- Birthday Hater: One episode revolves around Betty refusing to reveal the date of her birthday, and even claiming that she doesn't have a birthday. It's eventually explained that she once knew a dying child who wasn't going to live to see his next birthday, so she gave him hers.
- Breaking the Fourth Wall: Martin did this during the early episodes, but stopped soon. The entire cast did so at the end of the series finale to take a bow.
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Nudge's disappearance from the series was never explained. So much for being Simon's best friend.
- Country Mouse: Betty, from Walgett
- Cousin Oliver: Arthur McArthur, a.k.a. "the little fat kid"
- Credit Card Plot: Done multiple times.
- Dawson Casting: Christopher Mayer (26) as Simon (18)
- Deadpan Snarker: Martin tries to be this. His kids still don't think he's cool.
- Did Not Do the Research: Whoever wrote the episode in which it is revealed that Nudge has seen The Terminator 17 times hadn't seen it once. The fact that Ahnuld's character is a cyborg was referred to as a Twist Ending.
- Disappeared Dad: Towards the end of the series, Martin Kelly goes to Saudi Arabia for a highly-paid job, and a friend of the family will play the father's role instead.
- The Ditz: Betty the secretary. Also, Nudge.
- Drop-In Character: Had several drop in characters over the years, most famously "Nudge". Inexplicably, one of the drop in characters, Ben, ended up moving into the family proper.
- Everybody Dies: The bizarre finale in which the family is taken hostage by a bank robber who blows up their house. The "dad" of the show's title lived on by virtue of having been absent from the show for some time by then.
- The Heart: Betty, since the family lacks a mother.
- Missing Mom: Martin Kelly is a widower. In the first episodes, this is sometimes mentioned; later, not so much.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: Nudge's real name is Gerald Noritis, but probably even he doesn't remember.
- Royal We: Nudge used it, when he became convinced that he was long-lost royalty.
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Nudge: I'm doing the Royal We here. |
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- Spin-Off: Hampton Court was only linked to its parent show through the Betty character. It was critically panned and cancelled after 13 episodes.
- Standardized Sitcom Housing: by contrast, is set in what appears to be a realistic Australian house. Certainly, most Australian houses will have a separate lounge room (or living room) and kitchen, and many lounge rooms will have more than one comfy chair.
- Stealth Insult / Insult Backfire: Martin often does this to Betty, who never gets it.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Continued for a 13th and 14th season after the titular character left, with a family friend serving as an unofficial father figure. Over its long lifespan, the show had a nearly complete changeover of cast, with replacements alternating between thinly-disguised substitutes and unexplained Other Darrins.
- Thirty Minutes or It's Free: One episode about a diet, or a hunger strike, or something, that ended with the starving characters giving up and ordering pizza - which then never arrives, because one of the other characters deliberately misdirects the delivery guy in an attempt to get the pizza free.
- Women Drivers: Debbie