Dude, Not Funny!: Max's bouncer friends making jokes about Tina's dwarfism. And Max going along with it until one of them goes too far. No wonder Tina left him. Max is much more than ‘just a dog’. In fact if truth be told, you wouldn’t be reading this right now if not for Max Accidental Public Confession: Although it occurs in private; during an argument, Max's ex-girlfriend Tina frustratedly blurts out that they have a child together. Ours is a story that deserves to be heard so others may find a common ground, a new friendship, their own reason to smile again, their voice and just possibly the courage to look for help in their greatest time of need.

It continued: ‘We have sincerely apologised to Freddie and will continue to support him with his recovery. Under the circumstances, we feel it would be inappropriate to resume making series 34 of Top Gear at this time. Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Granted, Brian Potter's only a "hero" by loose definition, but he ends up outing Max and Paddy as harmless bouncers instead of hardcore gangsters by appealing for their release from prison on TV. Celebrity Paradox: In episode three, in the scene where The Wolfster writes his telephone number on a beermat and hands it to Max, it is clearly a Peter Kay beermat, tying in with Kay's TV adverts for John Smith's bitter.Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Max and Paddy. They're generally decent guys but not above stealing and conning people if it will benefit them. In the book, Kay wrote: "I still write down ideas. I had an idea only today of Brian getting Young Kenny to paint an enormous letter 'H' on the roof of the club so he can advertise they've got a helicopter pad. The chance of a helicopter ever landing is, of course, zero. When Max and Paddy go to France, what brand of Cadbury’s chocolate do they find in the cash and carry? (Chocolate fingers/Les Cadbury Fingres) Gag Penis: [[Gayngster Raymond the Bastard]] says Paddy has one of these, "like a young Burt Reynolds."

Psychopathic Manchild: Apart from being murderously violent, Billy the Butcher spends time engaging in trivial debates with Paddy over correctly guessing the theme tunes to popular TV shows, where Paddy insists on going by Exact Words including the creators as well as the show titles. Apparently, he wasn't much better as an actual child, stabbing his careworker 18 times with a potato peeler for making him play with a jigsaw puzzle that he didn't like. Can't Hold His Liquor: Max accuses Paddy of this in the first episode but he contends that he must have been spiked. The revelation about the girls they took home means that this very likely was the case.

Brian Potter squeezes a few indignant utterances of his signature phrase: "I don't know if you haven't noticed but I'm disabled" into his short cameo in Episode Four. Depraved Dwarf: Subverted by Max's dwarf girlfriend, Tina, who's very much one of the nicest characters in the series. Beary Funny: Max and Paddy disguise themselves as dancing bears to obtain a TV screen from a supermarket. Paddy exploits his costume to feel up a little boy's mother.