The FAHrensic Science Lab

Please use this page to summarise any kind of theory you have on a FAH character, family, sketch, series... anything you like! This is however not a page to discuss Foil Arms and Hog as people, please visit their respective pages for that.

These FAHnnotations are best all put in bullet point format. Have fun!

(Editors' note: the following theme is best looped while browsing) A long thought after mystery is the identity of Gerald's flatmate/possible lover. This has always been a perplexing conundrum plaguing the FAHns. Many believed the Gerald Boyfriend Mystery would remain one for life, similar to the likes of Titanic or the Isdal Woman. Thanks to the magic of Twitter and seeing the script itself, Arms confirmed that Gerald's Boyfriend's name was in fact, Dave. Altogether, a rather anticlimactic and normal name for a lad, but that's the canon from the writers themselves. A common confusion for new FAHns is that of FAH's 2nd most popular sketch family, the McCormacks. The consistent line-up is parents Mary and “Paddy/Dennis”, with their three children “Darren/Thomas/Jason/Ben”, “Darren/Thomas” and Anne McCormack. The names of Darren and Thomas are often flipped or switched in sketches. Just like the colour of cheese and onion and salt and vinegar crisps, this can cause widespread bedlam sometimes. While ‘Darren’, being the older brother appears in just one sketch; ‘Thomas’ being the older brother appearing in the majority of sketches, ‘Ben’ appearing once and the ‘Jason’ very rarely, this doesn't stop the chaos from affecting many fans. This may remain a mystery for some time. Danielle, a character who was introduced on screen in ‘Putting Up With Granny’ may seem like a new character on first viewing. However, if we look back at 2015's ‘Visiting Gran 1,’ we are told a bit about Kevin's other family: most importantly being that he married a Romanian. His marital status would not be brought up again until ‘Putting Up With Granny in 2019,’ where he owns a house with Danielle. It is presumed that she either picked up a perfect Irish accent remarkably quickly, or Kevin unfortunately had a divorce. This murky detail clouds the Evil Gran sketches, but as you'll see below it's not the only inconsistency! The Flanagans, probably the most famous FAH sketch family, aren't free from inconsistencies either. In ‘Studying With Your Parents,’ Oisin says he has a brother and a sister, to which Anne responds "You don't have a sister!". This directly contradicts one of Oisin and Anne’s previous sketches: ‘When Parents have Visitors,’ where the house contains "(Oisin's) sister's junk". In addition, Oisin has a rarely mentioned brother called Daniel who enjoys partying. A possible explanation could be that Oisin's sister is no longer female, which has been part of the lore all along, yet that seems incredibly unlikely and more due to script oversight. Having to wade through many, many sketches of canon meant they could have forgotten the single line that hinted to it. Returning to the Evil Gran series, we find another error in the canon. By ‘Visiting Gran 2,’ Kevin has two children: John and Ciara, who he took on a family holiday. This seems like an integral part of his family, if he's taking them on holidays, we can presume Kevin sees them regularly and he knows precisely how old John was. At least, he doesn't seem like the kind of father to totally never acknowledge John or Ciara in ‘Putting Up With Granny’ (or unofficially Evil Gran 3), the latest instalment in the series. One would suppose that Kevin would even inform his grandmother on their wellbeing - or indeed ask Danielle about the kids, but nothing. They have simply disappeared from the family leaving many eagle-eyed fans bewildered. After returning home from Cavan, the Travel knob guy wants to be an entrepreneur, and thereby invents Water My Plants along with Soil My Garden. 6 months after returning home from Cavan, he goes to Bank Éire, because they are very keen to support small businesses. Unfortunately, both of Travel Knob Guy’s start-ups are being rejected by Steven from Bank Éire. Travel Knob Guy still wants to be an entrepreneur, so he scraps the first two start-ups and invents Pasteur-Out, which is 100% safe unpasteurized milk. He brings his new invention to Bank Éire about a year after his first rejection. Bank Éire has money and they are eager to lend, however once again they won’t support Travel Knob Guy. This is the last we saw of Travel Knob Guy. Perhaps he’s working on more start-up projects, or he's travelling the world. Only time will tell.
 * The Gerald Boyfriend Name Conspiracy
 * The McCormack Switching Debacle
 * Danielle's Impeccible English
 * The Flanagan Family Fail
 * Kevin and Danielle's Missing Children
 * Travel Knob's Travels

From Start-ups Vol. 1 to Why You'll Never Buy A House in Ireland. They were colluding all along. Bank Éire Plc was a subsidiary of B'yastard Group; the developer and his greasy agent knew exactly who they were selling to.
 * Start-Ups are Why You'll Never Buy a House in Ireland