<![CDATA["Oooooo nasty" Does That Phrase Make You]]>...yawn?

Already I can hear the knives coming out, ready to be thrust deep into my back...

Like most of us, I used to love Treguard's most famous line. How we always loved the gruesome moment of death, with blood flying, resonant chimes of a death knell, an electronic skull falling to bits, and all rounded off with Hugo Myatt's sinister tones.... "Ooooooo nasty!"

Truth is, it makes me yawn these days. There was a time when he was doing it on instinct, and it worked, sounded like he was being both accurate and understated.

But by S8 he was doing it every time, very deliberately, very consciously, and at times forcing it into the scene where it didn't feel very natural. I get bored with it, I really do.

I wish he'd have thrown in a few more of his disingenuous, "Oh dear, what a pity, never mind" sneers, just to vary it a bit.

Your thoughts everyone? (Please skip over the "I hate you and hope you die in horrified torment for daring to say such blasphemy, Storm!" thoughts as they kind of go without saying.)

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/848/oooooo-nasty-does-that-phrase-make-youRSS for NodeWed, 16 Sep 2026 11:02:36 GMTMon, 19 Jan 2004 03:23:40 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to "Oooooo nasty" Does That Phrase Make You on Mon, 26 Jan 2004 18:22:15 GMT]]>The ooh nice tea joke was an instant classic Drass, I don't think i'll ever forget it.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/18452https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/18452Mon, 26 Jan 2004 18:22:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Oooooo nasty" Does That Phrase Make You on Mon, 26 Jan 2004 16:34:29 GMT]]>I was never bothered by 'Ooh, nasty'. (Do people still remember the 'Ooh, nice tea' joke that I posted last year?) But, by Series 8, I felt that Hordriss' use of the pronoun 'one' was excessive, and no longer intimidating. Perhaps he should have spoken more Latin...

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/18432https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/18432Mon, 26 Jan 2004 16:34:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Oooooo nasty" Does That Phrase Make You on Sat, 24 Jan 2004 21:53:41 GMT]]>It wasn't scripted as far as I know. Hugo coined it for Daniel's death in the bomb room in S1, and again during the Folly v Cedric insults thing. From there he just used it more and more frequently, and it really struck a chord with people.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/18402https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/18402Sat, 24 Jan 2004 21:53:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Oooooo nasty" Does That Phrase Make You on Sat, 24 Jan 2004 21:34:43 GMT]]>Just thinking though as "Oooh Nasty" was scripted by Hugo Myatt early on, was it then scripted by the production team later on? and is that why he seemed to be forcing it?

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/18401https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/18401Sat, 24 Jan 2004 21:34:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Oooooo nasty" Does That Phrase Make You on Sat, 24 Jan 2004 19:53:46 GMT]]>LOL, yes, when if it had got to Series 54 and he'd run out of other variations.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/18394https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/18394Sat, 24 Jan 2004 19:53:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Oooooo nasty" Does That Phrase Make You on Fri, 23 Jan 2004 23:12:06 GMT]]>LOL, over embellishment!  😄

I just thought of Treggsy delivering the line like this;

"OOOOOOooooh...........Nasty!"

That would be over embellishment!

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/18361https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/18361Fri, 23 Jan 2004 23:12:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Oooooo nasty" Does That Phrase Make You on Thu, 22 Jan 2004 11:13:52 GMT]]>Hey, no one's suggesting he should've STOPPED saying it, just not overuse it so much, and most importantly, stop over-embellishing the delivery the way he did in S8.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/18255https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/18255Thu, 22 Jan 2004 11:13:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Oooooo nasty" Does That Phrase Make You on Thu, 22 Jan 2004 10:38:07 GMT]]>Too true GG, we are so very fickle.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/18248https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/18248Thu, 22 Jan 2004 10:38:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Oooooo nasty" Does That Phrase Make You on Thu, 22 Jan 2004 10:33:28 GMT]]>

The "Oooh....... Nasty!" catchphrase is cool! And Im glad Treguard had it!

Its like Leslie Phillips, whenever you see him on TV you just want him to say "Oooh...Hello" or "Ding Dong!" etc!

I think the same applies to Treggsy, its his own personal gimmick!

Yes, in a way, I guess a lot of these little talking points must have really helped popularize the show in playgrounds around the country. To be honest, if he *had *ever stopped saying it, I bet there'd be threads on this board complaining about the fact and saying it was  somehow linked to the ultimate demise of the show.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/18246https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/18246Thu, 22 Jan 2004 10:33:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Oooooo nasty" Does That Phrase Make You on Thu, 22 Jan 2004 10:29:13 GMT]]>Well whatever happened to Merlin at least the kids actually got some screentime when he left!

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/18243https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/18243Thu, 22 Jan 2004 10:29:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Oooooo nasty" Does That Phrase Make You on Wed, 21 Jan 2004 23:04:39 GMT]]>The "Oooh....... Nasty!" catchphrase is cool! And Im glad Treguard had it!

Its like Leslie Phillips, whenever you see him on TV you just want him to say "Oooh...Hello" or "Ding Dong!" etc!

I think the same applies to Treggsy, its his own personal gimmick!

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/18215https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/18215Wed, 21 Jan 2004 23:04:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Oooooo nasty" Does That Phrase Make You on Wed, 21 Jan 2004 15:46:33 GMT]]>i would never get vored of oooh  nasty

but  ai getting a bit bored og the limited sets of casettees  have in germany

i loev ooh nasty

as peoplemwho know me well know!

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/18185https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/18185Wed, 21 Jan 2004 15:46:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Oooooo nasty" Does That Phrase Make You on Wed, 21 Jan 2004 12:30:39 GMT]]>My verson of what happened between S4 and S5 is that he's dead. And because Mogdred is the dark side of Merlin's own nature, he died with him.

End of story. Well not quite...

Anyway, I put it on fanfic net.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/18168https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/18168Wed, 21 Jan 2004 12:30:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Oooooo nasty" Does That Phrase Make You on Wed, 21 Jan 2004 12:06:34 GMT]]>Not that I know of and I agree, he did my head in!!

JUST START UP ABOUT WETHER OR NOT HE BE DEAD........... please! 😠

AJK

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/18162https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/18162Wed, 21 Jan 2004 12:06:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Oooooo nasty" Does That Phrase Make You on Wed, 21 Jan 2004 11:01:31 GMT]]>I'm starting to feel just a little guilty for making that one of my little pet topics, now everyone's at it. And it takes quite a bit to make me feel guilty. I should point out that I don't feel guilty enough to stop mentioning it and making cheap jokes out of it, however.

Did I mention I don't like Edward Tudor Pole much?

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/18155https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/18155Wed, 21 Jan 2004 11:01:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Oooooo nasty" Does That Phrase Make You on Wed, 21 Jan 2004 10:24:52 GMT]]>Huzzah another has turned to the darkside of disliking John Woodnutts desperacy for screen time

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/18150https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/18150Wed, 21 Jan 2004 10:24:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Oooooo nasty" Does That Phrase Make You on Tue, 20 Jan 2004 19:16:41 GMT]]>

This is true. No prima donnas in KM.

Apart from John Woodnutt, maybe.

Muahahaha. Evil, but so true, methinks.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/18099https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/18099Tue, 20 Jan 2004 19:16:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Oooooo nasty" Does That Phrase Make You on Tue, 20 Jan 2004 15:53:18 GMT]]>This is true. No prima donnas in KM.

Apart from John Woodnutt, maybe.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/18072https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/18072Tue, 20 Jan 2004 15:53:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Oooooo nasty" Does That Phrase Make You on Tue, 20 Jan 2004 15:39:31 GMT]]>I can see where you're coming from on that one. Yes perhaps he did throw it in on every one because fans loved the line but at least he took notice of the fans.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/18065https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/18065Tue, 20 Jan 2004 15:39:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Oooooo nasty" Does That Phrase Make You on Tue, 20 Jan 2004 15:02:19 GMT]]>Oh, so firstly Lord Fear's a dirty old man, now Treguard and Pickle are secret gay lovers? Dear oh dear, are our own love-lives so empty that we have to start speculating like this? Don't answer that!

Can I just say, I wasn't actually knocking the old "oooh nasty" line when I started this thread. I do like it very much, and it became an integral part of the show's character. (I'm sure I'm not the only one here who catches himself muttering "oooo nasty!" whenever they see someone bleeding, and we all know where I picked it up from!)

I'm just complaining that Hugo Myatt got a bit carried away with it in the long run. I think it's because by around 92 he was getting so much fanmail because of it he almost felt like he had a duty to throw it in at any and every opportunity. Which is a shame 'cos he wore out the understated magic of it i.e. its throwaway simplicity.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/18063https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/18063Tue, 20 Jan 2004 15:02:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Oooooo nasty" Does That Phrase Make You on Tue, 20 Jan 2004 10:18:15 GMT]]>Well I suppose it's hard not to laugh when they mess up so hidieously.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/18046https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/18046Tue, 20 Jan 2004 10:18:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Oooooo nasty" Does That Phrase Make You on Tue, 20 Jan 2004 02:17:04 GMT]]>Oh, I don't think Pickle was invited into the Castle purely to help with Quests. There must have been more to their arrangement than that, methinks.

Yes, "evil" Treguard was fun. My favourite evil Treguard moment is still the team who fail to take the diniving rod. He really seems to be enoying their pain.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/18041https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/18041Tue, 20 Jan 2004 02:17:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Oooooo nasty" Does That Phrase Make You on Tue, 20 Jan 2004 02:13:41 GMT]]>opens her mouth to say something about Treguard, Pickle and sadomasochism, then realises it will probably result in her getting banned and shuts up

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/18040https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/18040Tue, 20 Jan 2004 02:13:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Oooooo nasty" Does That Phrase Make You on Tue, 20 Jan 2004 01:59:53 GMT]]>The absolute best delivery of the "Oh dear, what a pity..." line (which is my preference) was Richard's team in season one. He said it with such a beautiful mix of primary indifference and secondary amusement.

Treguard was so much more fun back then, when he was a sadist. There were times (remember when Stuart was in the pendulum corridor?) when Treguard almost seemed to be getting a sexual thrill out of seeing the dungeoneers in danger. And yes, he also enjoyed seeing the inhabitants of the dungeon getting smashed around too. He was a real voyeur of sadism.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/18039https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/18039Tue, 20 Jan 2004 01:59:53 GMT