* AmbiguouslyGay: Billy the Butcher has a Yandere-like obsession with Max, but insists he doesn't want to be with him in "a gay way.". * AcceptableTargets: In-universe, when Max and Paddy pull up to cut down a speed camera, passers-by salute and cheer them. * BearyFunny: Max and Paddy disguise themselves as dancing bears to obtain a TV screen from a supermarket. * CoitusInterruptus: After Max and Paddy bring two girls back the motorhome, Paddy predictably has sex with one while Max prefers to have a drink and a civilised chat with the other. * SchmuckBait: Raymond the Bastard telling Paddy to [[PrisonRape bend over and pick the soap up]]. Join us in our mission to support and promote British comedy across the decades. Especially when they're on the road. Not long after, Brian Potter pays a visit and thanks to a news article regarding the Phoenix Club, the inmates find out that Max and Paddy are just "bouncers". We find out in this episode that Max's full name is Maxwell Bygraves, a jokey reference to the veteran British entertainer Max Bygraves. [citation needed] He has also provided voiceovers for several video games. * CharlieAndTheChocolateParody: One episode starts with Paddy getting a job in a promo called ''Willy Walker's Chocolate Factory''. His roles on television include Wayne in The Street, Raymond the Bastard in Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere and Cecil in Prime Suspect 5. This joke is based around the rumour that Sunderland player John O'Shea is regularly teased by teammates for his physical resemblance to Patrick [=McGuinness=]. The actor/comedian Reece Shearsmith turns up in this episode as one of Max's old friends. * CarFu: Max and Paddy accidentally kill a cow by ramming it. ]], * DisproportionateRetribution: Max and Paddy not paying the (admittedly extortionate) repair bill for their motorhome and instead [[spoiler: stealing it back (see MacGyvering), and taking all of the keys to cars the mechanics were working on and tossing them out of the motorhome one by one while driving off]] seems like this until the reveal that [[spoiler: the mechanics didnt do any work on the motorhome yet still tried to charge them 500. * ThePigpen: Paddy considers Max to be this. Paddy is an idealistic wide boy obsessed with sex, pornography and food. * MessyPig: Played with by the pig Max and Paddy end up buying from a mad farmer. Tina (played by Lisa Hammond), Max's one true love mentioned in the previous episode, turns up. The pair thus decide to go out to a nightclub to cheer themselves up and relax, but Max's uncoordinated dancing spoils the night and he ends up fighting with some sailors home on shore leave. [[spoiler: Daniel]] lampshades this. Their 10 year old son, Daniel, is secretly revealed to be Max's but Max promises never to interfere in his life and to keep the secret. * ShotInTheAss: [[spoiler:Where Billy the Butcher's bullet ends up hitting Paddy. ''Max And Paddy's Road To Nowhere'' is Creator/Channel4 BritCom spun-off from the popular comedy ''Series/PhoenixNights'' that sees former Phoenix Club doormen Max (Creator/PeterKay) and Paddy (Paddy [=McGuinness=]) aimlessly travelling around Britain in a motorhome that they bought with the proceeds from faking an assassination and pocketing the cash during the final episodes of Phoenix Nights. ]], * StuffedInTheFridge: A literal version is discussed in Episode Four. Season 1 of Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere premiered on November 12, 2004. Amazingly, no one calls them on it. When Paddy insists that there's ''not'' a difference, Max calls him "Mr. Written by and starring Peter Kay and Patrick McGuinness, this six-part comedy/drama series is the story of clueless Phoenix Club bouncers Max (Kay) and Paddy (McGuinness), as they escape clubland in their prized motor-home and take to the open highway. * HeroicSacrifice: Tina is determined to keep the secret that [[spoiler: Max is Daniel's father]] because it will destroy her family, despite that it means [[spoiler: Max and Paddy being in prison because her going to the police and corroborating their story will reveal everything. The room full of male bodybuilders is certainly a clue though. Max & Paddy's Road to Nowhere Status: Ended. * EvilIsPetty: Billy the Butcher gets into childish arguments with Paddy over song titles. ]], * TunnelKing: [[spoiler: Max's attempts at this leave a lot to be desired. ** The "Row Row Row Your Boat" sequence on the bus in episode three is borrowed from ''Film/DirtyHarry''. ** A variant of this happens at the end of the same episode after Max and Paddy finally get some speakers for their TV and Paddy puts on his [[ParallelPornTitles Charlies Anals]] DVD. It comes to a close when the two of them manage to return to the garage. ** The climax of Episode Two is a homage to ''Series/TheATeam'' complete with the theme tune playing in the background. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org. They reject him, not wanting a high-profile campaign ruining their chances of release. While awaiting Tina's reluctant assistance to get them freed, they are forced to make a deal with Raymond the Bastard to share their non-existent loot. * ContinuityNod: When Young Kenny appears in Episode Four, he still has the impossible to remove tiger facepaint that he got at Brians fun day in Series 2 of Series/PhoenixNights. The police are quickly on to the gang, with only Shannon aware of any crime. %%* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Max and Paddy. or. ]], ** Also Max and Paddy in Episode Four when [[spoiler: a news report about them set up by Brian is seen one of the prison's TV; blowing their persona of rich gangsters and revealing to Raymond The Bastard that they have been lying to him. * AbsenteeActor: Jerry and Ray Von do not appear in the Phoenix Nights sections of the show with Marc Park ['That Peter Kay Thing'] taking over as Les Alanos' singer. Doesn't take long before they try selling it. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Then Paddy walks in, switches off the radio, and wearily asks How many times are you going to play that song?, * LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: Episode Three contains a montage of [[spoiler:Max following his long lost son to school and trying to deal with the news that, * LuxuryPrisonSuite: [[spoiler: Max and Paddy get one complete with duvets, a box of Terrys All Gold chocolates, and satellite TV after making out that they are rich gangsters and promising Raymond The Bastard 60% of their non-existent loot. After an altercation with a camp inmate called Pepe, Max and Paddy are soon confronted by the main man of their wing, Raymond The Bastard (played by Everal Walsh), who is also Pepe's boyfriend. [[spoiler: Max decides not to tell his long lost son Daniel that he is his real father; allowing Daniel, Tina, and Kevin (Tina's husband and an old friend of Max who believes he is Daniel's father) to remain a happy family. [[spoiler:They carry out a similar robbery at the end of the same episode, except this time the [[GoldDigger Belgrano Sisters]] are doing it for them]]. Hopeless doormen Max and Paddy leave clubland and embark on a series of wild and exciting adventures in their prized motorhome, "Easy Rider" style. ]], * IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: An example that is both romantic and non-romantic at the same time. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Things get worse for the duo when Brian Potter turns up, determined to get his doo. * LookBehindYou: Paddy does this to distract Billy the Butcher and escape into the motorhome, when Billy realises Paddy rifled through his duffle bag. * BadassLongcoat: Billy the Butcher wears one of these. He has also appeared in Coronation Street, Emmerdale and Doctor Who.[2]. After an altercation with fellow prisoner Pepe, the pair of them meet Raymond the Bastard. Paddy is steaming drunk and has very loud sex in his bedroom while Max tries to have a drink and a chat with the other girl in the living room. Tina finally gets the duo out, but now before a payback for Potter Is due. After a bad first night, Paddy admits his fear of being 'bummed' in the shower room. * PaperThinDisguise: Max and Paddy's paramedic disguises during the TV theft in Episode One. On 27 November 2014 live shows were announced for Comic Relief, with the full cast returning. * ContinuityNod: When Young Kenny appears in Episode Four, he still has the impossible to remove tiger facepaint that he got at. Its. No wonder Tina left him. * BadassLongcoat: Billy the Butcher wears one of these. * YouCanKeepYourHatOn: Non-sexy variant, when the Phoenix Club. * IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: An example that is both romantic and non-romantic at the same time. * AcceptableTargets: In-universe, when Max and Paddy pull up to cut down a speed camera, passers-by salute and cheer them. * LudicrousGibs: Implied in the case of the weird farmer's wife, who got killed by a combine harvester. ''Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere'' is Creator/Channel4 BritCom spun-off from the popular comedy ''Series/PhoenixNights'' that sees former Phoenix Club doormen Max (Creator/PeterKay) and Paddy (Paddy [=McGuinness=]) aimlessly travelling around Britain in a motorhome that they bought with the proceeds from faking an assassination and pocketing the cash during the final episodes of ''Phoenix Nights''. The series showed both characters going around Britain in a campervan and sees them getting into some trouble. Episode 1's opening theme is instrumental and episodes 2 - 5's closing themes are too. Max and Paddy then dress as paramedics and use the TV under a blanket as a stretcher to get all three out of the building. Paddy's fear of getting "bummed" in the showers come close to true when he drops the soap in the shower. * PaperThinDisguise: Max and Paddys paramedic disguises during the TV theft in Episode One. HilarityEnsues. * ThePigpen: Paddy considers Max to be this. * GreenEyedMonster: Billy the Butcher is murderously jealous of Paddy for replacing him as Max's bouncing partner. After an uncomfortable first night, Paddy admits his fear of being 'bummed' (see sodomy) in the shower room by Raymond the Bastard (Raymond Langley). * BritishBrevity: Only six episodes were made. * EmbarrassingNickname: When he was a child, Paddy wore callipers and braces and was nicknamed, * HeroicSacrifice: Tina is determined to keep the secret that [[spoiler: Max is Daniels father]] because it will destroy her family, despite that it means [[spoiler: Max and Paddy being in prison because her going to the police and corroborating their story will reveal everything. The pair arrive in London, and immediately have an altercation with the traffic police. See EpicFail.]]. * VocalEvolution: Maxs voice is different than in Phoenix Nights because continuing it would have risked long-term damage to Peter Kays voice. The first few while Paddy is teaching Max to dance and pick up women; and the last when they hear an angry rant from Max after Paddy accidentally wakes up him while having ADateWithRosiePalms. I know. * EmbarrassingNickname: When he was a child, Paddy wore callipers and braces and was nicknamed "Spazzy Paddy". * FatAndSkinny: Max and Paddy respectively. Though Paddy [[ADateWithRosiePalms doesnt get very far]] before the volume wakes Max up. ]], * JailBake: [[spoiler: Averted. * TunnelKing: [[spoiler: Maxs attempts at this leave a lot to be desired. Guest starring Graham Walker of The Grumbleweeds. In 2011, he played his first major role in the feature film Screwed, directed by Reg Traviss, playing the part of Curtis Nelson. Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere is a British sitcom starring and written by Peter Kay and Patrick McGuinness. * IAmAHumanitarian: When pretending to be brutal gangsters, Paddy pretends to have eaten the last person who insulted him, with a perfectly serious face.