How The Inbetweeners Became So Culturally Relevant

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“When I say I deliver, I fucking deliver” “Like a postman with Tourette’s?”

Superbad is as close to The Inbetweeners that americans can get

I do hate it when actors like Simon bird talk about how the show had homophobia or sexist language it kinda feels like he’s almost condemning the show. People need to understand that this is what real people are like saying offensive things to eachother as a show of love for one another it’s the British way

Being 18 when the Inbetweeners came out was like someone holding a mirror up to the teenage school boy experience in the UK at the time. What I loved about it is that they never really won. Sure they'd have little victories here and there but they always ended up the butt of the jokes or whatever thing they were trying to achieve failed. You think it'd be depressing but it never was. No matter what shit happened to them, they were all back taking the piss out of each other and getting on with it in the next episode. A metaphor for teenage life: you think everything's going to be great and you're going to look cool because you've been coached that way by American teen movies... but in reality it's all the failures and sillyness that really help you to grow. And those are the things in 20 years time you'll be laughing about with your mates (trust me). It's so innately British. Lovable losers always more appealing than the idealised perfectionists.

"They'll be sorry I'll show them!!" "Columbine massacre show them? or futile gesture show them?"

Fun fact - 2 months ago I got drunk and paid 1500 quid for a replica of the inbetweeners car and I still have it.

Told the teenage story before social media destroyed adolescence

It's actually ironic that The Ladbible gets its own special mention here. Talk about The Inbetweeners being difficult to produce today, The Ladbible has to be the most watered down and irrelevant media outlet compared to what it was 10 years ago.

As a UK Northerner born in 1996, and went through high school from 2007 to 2012 and then college 2012 to 2014, this show was the most accurate depiction of British high school hierarchy, college and friendship groups I'd ever seen. When people ask what high school and college was like, I direct them to this show, it is absolutely spot on. I couldn't talk to a girl in college without my mates absolutely rinsing me about it and taking the piss. The best part is I genuinely don't think people ever believe you when you say it is exactly like this show, BUT IT IS!!

James Buckley is a proper sound bloke, his YouTube channel is great

It’s funny to think that Skins was airing at around the same time, it was so edgy and sexy etc and made it seem like that was the standard teenage experience, then Inbetweeners came along and said “nah not really, this is.” Like when Jay’s bullshit bragging gets called out over and over 😂

People in school were quoting this before they even knew what it was. The impact this show had on our culture cannot be understated

inbetweeners and peep show two quintessentially british shows I can happily re-binge time and time again

I'm Aussie and we also love this show. It was very British but the show still has a universality to it

I'm 39 and this show is in my top ten of British programmes ever. Just brilliant.

The Inbetweeners is the last truly great comedy, a truly properly funny sitcom. Along with Peep Show, the best sitcom of the 21 Century. As I grew up through school at the same time as them, the Inbetweeners was so relatable and connectable.

Thing is about the inbetweeners is that we either know someone like Simon/will/Neil/ Jay. Or our friendship group is will/simon/Neil/Jay

Ironically, the American's already had a version of the Inbetweeners and it was American Pie, and it was perfect for American audiences. Trying to replicate it the UK version just looked like a poor low budget version.

The era of E4 with Inbetweeners was special