Red Dwarf Series TV Tropes. Cast in series 3 5. Clockwise from bottom right Rimmer, Lister, Holly, Cat and Kryten. Still, youve got to laugh, havent you One man survives a chicken soup machine repairman from Liverpool named David Lister, preserved because he is confined in the ships stasis chamber for bringing a pregnant cat on board illegally. Red Dwarf is lethally irradiated. The ships AI, Holly, sets a course out of the solar system, planning to release Lister from stasis once the radiation level drops to safe levels. Three million years go by. Lister awakens to the news that Everybodys Dead, Dave. To keep Lister sane, the ships computer Holly creates a hologram of his despised bunkmate, Second Technician Arnold J. Rimmer the only person annoying enough to make Lister happy to be the last human being alive. The pair discover the Cat, the last known member of his race Felis sapiens, which evolved from the pregnant cat that got Lister put in suspended animation in the first place. Lister decides that he wants to return to Earth, despite the fact that no one aboard knows if the human race still exists, and despite the problem that the journey back will take another three million years at sub light speed even turning the ship around at near lightspeed will take 4. Lister note This is later contradicted by the series 2 episode. Uploads/vod/h/hN6CT2.jpg' alt='Higher Ground Tv Series Dvd' title='Higher Ground Tv Series Dvd' />Certified Fresh. Movies and TV shows are Certified Fresh with a steady Tomatometer of 75 or higher after a set amount of reviews 80 for. Red Dwarf was never too concerned with continuity. Despite what it sounds like, this was essentially just another British comedy about amusing characters bickering amongst themselves, similar to The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, but with a fair amount of monsters, Time Travel and the like thrown in. However, it is notable for a sci fi based series in that the writers actively worked to avert, or at least lampshade, many tropes associated with the genre, though nearly always for comedic effect. After series VIII finished in 1. Post Modern, movie length miniseries Back To Earth aired across the Easter Weekend of 2. Davenote A free to air channel owned by UKTV, which operates several free and subscription channels putting an end to the complete lack of any new TV or book output for a decade. Bt. E broke digital TV viewership records at the time of airing, signalling that the show still had an audience after a decade of TV absence not long after, Dave commissioned a full 6 episode tenth series, which eventually aired in 2. This officially placed Bt. E as a ninth series, a subject of much contention in the fanbase due to it taking place after a fictional series 1. In May 2. 01. 5, it was announced that both an eleventh AND twelfth series were being produced back to back Series XI was broadcast in SeptemberOctober 2. Series XII due in 2. There are also four tie in novels. Also, the improvised garbage cannon in. It comes up in unreadably fast text in the opening crawl for. The early episodes of Series 1. Kochanskis disappearance that was left over from. Series 1. 1 didnt mention her at all, and both the cast and Doug Naylor seem to have all but admitted that shell probably never return to the show, and certainly not as a regular character. Absent Aliens All lifeforms encountered in the universe are ultimately Earth derived. The alternative is mainly used as a gag at Rimmers expense. Accidental Pervert. When youre writhing on the floor, begging an android with a large tube attached to its crotch to pull off your underwear, its kind of easy for people to get the wrong idea. Watch Ooops! Noah Is Gone... Online Forbes'>Watch Ooops! Noah Is Gone... Online Forbes. The Ace Ace Rimmer. Lister actually has two counterparts who fall under this trope. The first is his counterpart from Ace Rimmers reality, Spanners, who is married to Kochanski and routinely builds ships that break all the speed records and can even travel between dimensions. The second is the holographic version of Lister from the second Kochanskis reality, who is much more intelligent and sophisticated than our Lister. Unlike Rimmer however, Lister harbours no resentment toward Spanners at all, and only complains about Holo Lister when hes upset by something else his claustrophobia in. Being a humanoid evolved from cats, his enhanced olfactory senses allow him to act as an early warning system, able to track space borne phenomena such as asteroids and control a spacecraft to such a degree of proficiency that, even when an alternate Kristine Kochanski replaces Rimmer in Series VII, Cat doesnt have his position usurped by the fully trained bridge officer. Although a hallucination, Series VIII brings his piloting skills to outrageous levels, allowing him to I can make this thing dance No, seriously. Hes a complete and total nutter And hes only got one testicle He appears again in. Examples include. For that matter, the setup episode is called. He is still Camp and obsessed with clothes, but he is also the point man for any boarding action, the crews favored pilot and perfectly capable of dodging bullets. A God I Am Not Lister In the guise of. Used in a few early episodes and then quietly forgotten about. This doesnt cause any major problems with the Cats character development, since, by embracing his natural coolness and not trying to be slobby, he is shown to be secular. A. I. Then again, she is 3,0. Pree technically should not be bad, as she bases her actions on what she predicts the highest ranking Officer would do. Unfortunately, when she operates on Red Dwarf, that happens to be Rimmer. Air Vent Passageway. Theyre large enough for the Dwarfers to crawl around two abreast. Aliens and Monsters Appear somewhat frequently beginning in Series 3. Monsters do at any rate. There are no actual aliens in Red Dwarf, all the creatures they meet are mutated or genetically engineered from Earth organisms, or are mechanoids. The Alleged Car Red Dwarf and Starbug were run down, poorly constructed vessels to begin with. Then 3 million years took their toll on them. Naturally, the crew frequently complain that nothing works properly. The Alleged Computer Holly. Despite apparently having an IQ of 6. Alliterative Name The Talkie Toaster. It might have been a part of marketing strategy to make this device more appealing. Cats alter ego Duane Dibley. One of the sentient vending machines from Series 1. Taiwan Tony. Kryten affectionately calls him TT. Surely one of the most prominent examples must be Kristine Kochanski. Lister at one point claimed to have a gay friend called. It even turns out the same species is responsible for both male for the former, female the latter. All There in the Manual According to the booklet with one of the DVD boxsets, Rimmers brothers were fathered by his uncle Frank. Kill Crazys real name is only revealed on the official website. All There in the Script According to the original script for. Lister is stripped of his free subscription of JMC Oxygen after resigning his post in. Ace Rimmer comes from one in. Kochanski comes from one in. As hes a hologram, he doesnt die and, as everyone on the planet is an even less likeable and more treacherous copy of Rimmer, he knows theyll turn him in if he escapes. He ends up imprisoned among these reminders of what a mess of a human being he is for 5. And Then I Said Rimmer pulls this out in. Since its his fantasy, his dinnermates laugh anyway. Animal Assassin Those Wacky Nazis in. Jesus Man Sat Behind Him Yes Antagonist Title The series has a few of these. As Lister is infected with the Epideme virus, they plan to drive it into his arm, then amputate it. Lister reluctantly agrees, so long as its his left hand. Naturally Kryten has no choice but to amputate the right hand instead. For added insult, it didnt even eliminate all of the virus. Played with in. He pretends to have lost Listers arm in the crash, but hes actually hiding it under the shreds of his uniform. Armchair Military Rimmer. Armor Piercing Question Kryten delivers one to the Inquisitor when making his case for existence. The Inquisitor In a human, this behaviour might be considered stubborn. Kryten But I am not human. Watch The Games Maker Megavideo here. Signed, Sealed, Delivered Higher Ground Movie Coming This Month to Hallmark canceled TV shows. The Signed, Sealed, Delivered team is back. Recently, Hallmark Channel announced a new movie based on the TV series will premiere later this month. 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