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This is a list of characters in Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights: ==Brian Potter== Played by Peter Kay, Potter (nicknamed Ironside by others, not to his knowledge) is the club's owner and licensee of the Phoenix Club. After an accident involving a fruit machine, he began using a wheelchair. He is known for taking the easy option, stingy nature with money and general hostility towards his staff. His trademarks include picking his nose, drinking spirits from a tall vase (which allows him to reach the spirit optic) and his brown Cardigan. Potter's first appearance in ''That Peter Kay Thing'' (during the episode 'In The Club') expanded on his past. Prior to the Phoenix, he managed three other clubs; two of which burned down while one flooded. During the flooding, Potter (during a misguided attempt to save the nights takings) found himself pinned against the wall by a fruit machine which paralyzed him. The club he managed immediately prior to the Phoenix was called the Neptune, and his attempt to rewire old Christmas lights instead of buying new ones backfired and the resulting short-circuit burnt the Neptune to the ground. The first series of ''Phoenix Nights'' showed Potter struggling to get the club going after its grand opening following the burning down of the Neptune. His biggest desire is to earn the right to host the finals of local club competition 'Talent Trek' (which he manages to get after falsely claiming that Jerry was dying). Despite many mishaps (which include accidentally buying a Das Boot fruit machine, booking a racist band for the grand opening, getting a horse drunk during a western night and hiring a psychic who insulted the audience), the Phoenix did indeed become successful only for local rival, Den Perry, to drop a cigar into a waste bin. The resulting fire burnt out the majority of the club, no thanks to Brian not putting batteries in the smoke alarms. The second series concerns Brian trying to get back on his feet following the fire, only for him to be blacklisted by the brewery as well as getting his alcohol licence revoked. Eventually he worked out a way to get around his licence ban by appointing Jerry as licensee (knowing he could be easily manipulated) while buying alcohol wholesale to serve to customer. Despite the usual blunders, the Phoenix once again thrived under pressure. Like many of Peter Kay's main characters, Potter is often cast in an unsympathetic light. He is extremely stingy with money, refusing to take out any kind of insurance on the club or follow basic fire safety procedures. Although he does care about his staff, he doesn't think twice before using them to get what he want since his ultimate ambition is to see the Phoenix thrive. He also doesn't hesitate to sack Les and Alan when they are unable to act as backing band during Talent Trek (although they quickly get their jobs back when their replacements, local tribute band Right Said Frank, were caught breaking into cars during the show). When Max and Paddy returned from France with two Chinese immigrants who had stowed away in their lorry, rather than report them Brian immediately put them to work in the kitchen. He is also prone to bribery and blackmail, as he did to ensure Keith Lard gave the club a glowing review by threatening to show a manipulated picture supposedly of Keith naked with an Alsatian (knowing Keith's penchant for bestiality would ensure the picture would be believed). In the post-credits scene of ''In The Club'' it was revealed during a trailer for the (fake) following episode that Potter could actually walk. Although Kay admitted in the commentary that this was a mistake, the first series of ''Phoenix Nights'' did have a couple of minor hints that Potter was faking his disability (for instance, in the first episode he moves from his shop mobility to his wheelchair off-screen in a matter of seconds with no assistance). However, in the second series Potter was trapped on his stair lift for several hours after a power cut, eventually having to be rescued by Jerry seemingly proving his paralysis was genuine. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of Phoenix Nights characters」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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