Grand Romantic Gesture: Deconstructed as he believes in them despite these acts being horrible ideas.Gold Digger: Mark decides NOT to call off his engagement to Sophie so he can get to live in her grandmother's cottage.It's really no surprise Mark ended up the dysfunctional, neurotic mess he is. That's in addition to his dad being an unpleasant bully who intimidates Mark regularly. Freudian Excuse: He was bullied a lot in school after he had to switch from an expensive private school to a public one after his father's Aerospace shares became worthless and he grew up in a tense and unpleasant household where his parents blatantly favored his sister and rarely communicated.Dirty Coward: Too many times to count, but most of all when he gets his gym instructor fired and the way he ends up hiding on his wedding day because he hasn't got the guts to break it off.Deadpan Snarker: Mostly in his head, but sometimes in person.The matching cocktail of rum, water, lettuce, vinegar, and salt is even more disgusting. Cordon Bleugh Chef: Normally a decent chef, but when stressed he creates an abominable dish made of pasta, beans, eggs, and lettuce.The Comically Serious: When he's not being a Cloud Cuckoolander himself.Mark is constantly shown to be interested in WWII, from reading books, to participating in reenactments and spends a lot of his time playing World War Two computer games.Finally, when entering a geek shop with Gerard, he monologues about not feeling as awkward "since he bought his first twenty sided dice". When he meets Dobby, he's revealed to play a WoW-like game called Fantasy Warquest. In series 1, Jeremy finds a fantasy model painting magazine hidden in his cupboard (which, of course, he mistakes for porn). At the end of the episode, he chases them with an iron pipe on impulse. The Chew Toy: The first ever episode shows him being bullied by a smallish gang of pre-pubescent boys. Downplayed in that he's still a Kavorka Man despite all this. Every attempt he makes to be suave, charming or sometimes even just friendly is just so.
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