Stressed Eric

"Eric, relax".

And you think modern life is stressful? Well just be thankful that you're not Eric Feeble, the perpetually struggling forty-something and unfortunate star of this short-lived British animated series.

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Tropes used in Stressed Eric include:

• The Ace: Eric's next-door neighbors, the Perfect family.
• The Alcoholic: Maria.
• Always Someone Better: The Perfects.
• Beehive Hairdo: Mrs. Perfect.
• Blondes Are Evil: The Perfects.
• Butt Monkey: Eric. Oh dear god.
• Chick Magnet: Doc.
• Crapsack World: The whole world seems to be out to get Eric.
• Cross-Popping Veins: Eric gets them several times an episode. Sometimes they get so bad that they grab him by his throat!
• Deliberately Cute Child: Claire.
• The Ditz: Brian.
• Elmuh Fudd Syndwome: Claire again.
• Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": Doc.
• Express Lane Limit: One episode has three such lanes: "Less than ten items but more than four", "less than four items but more than one", and "one item or less" (which the Eric promptly uses to checkout one potato.)
• Failure Is the Only Option
• Funny Foreigner: Maria to an extent.
• Girlish Pigtails: Claire.
• Granola Girl: Liz.
• Hair of Gold: The Perfects.
• Ill Girl: Claire. She's allegic to virtually everything.
  • Claire's friend Julie is allergic to even more things, including air!
• Jerkass: Pretty much everyone who isn't a Feeble.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Maria to an extent.
• Meaningful Name: The Feebles and the Perfects.
• Paintball Episode
• Parody Sue: The Perfects.
• Perverted Drooling: In one episode, Eric's boss promoted a very hot babe to an unqualified high position, he repeats "just some excess saliva" every time he thinks of her.
• Sadist Show
• Same Language Dub: For US airings, Eric's lines were dubbed over by Hank Azaria, making Eric an American living in Britain.
• She Cleans Up Nicely: Maria, on the one occasion she makes an effort.
• Suicide as Comedy: In "Pony" an entry in Claire's diary implied she was going to kill herself.
• They Killed Kenny: Eric dies of stress at the end of nearly every episode.
• The Voiceless: Brian.
• Vomit Discretion Shot: In the first opening when Eric finds Maria hungover.
• Yank the Dog's Chain: An incredibly dark example to boot.
• You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Maria.