Trigger (Only Fools And Horses)
Colin Ball (DOB: 22nd April 1948), better known as Trigger (because he looks like a horse), is a character in the popular BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses. He is played by Roger Lloyd Pack.
A regular at the Nags Head pub, and old friend of Del Boy, Trigger is a road sweeper, and also appears to dabble in trading. He once supplied Del with paint which Del proceeded to use to decorate his mothers grave with. Only then did Trigger inform him that the paint was used on signs in railway tunnels and, therefore, luminous.
Trigger is quite dull, he speaks in a fairly slow, mono-tone voice, he is loyal, friendly and kind. However, Trigger's most noticable trate is that he is stupid beyond belief, verging on insanity. Even the simplest joke can go over his head and he often makes rediculously stupid statements. Most noticably of all, he insists on calling Rodney "Dave". This began in the first episode when Del introduced Rodney to Trigger saying "Trig', have you met my brother?"; despite having never met Rodney before Trigger mistakenly answers "Yeah, 'course, alright Dave?". This title appears to have stuck with Trigger and much to Rodney's dispair he appears now to have resigned to it.
Trigger's best bits
- In one episode, Trigger proudly displays a medal to anyone who will look which he was awarded by a local govenor for having contributed to the community by using ther same brush for the past 20 years. He then proudly holds up the brush and claims "Maintained it for 20 years. This old brooms had 17 new heads and 14 new handles in its time." When Sid inquires how it can be classes as the same brush, Trigger angrily shows him a picture of him recieving the medal and demanded "Well there's the bloody picture! What more proof do you need?"
- He claims to have been born in the back seat of an abandoned Vauxhall in Wyvern, Mitcham.
- When Rodney and Del turn up to a fancey dress party dressed as Batman and Robin, only to find it is now a funeral, Rodney confides in Trigger "We didn't know the fancy dress had been cancelled" to which Trigger replies "Me neither", despite the fact that he is dressed in a black suit and tie, and blends into the crowd. Rodney asks "You mean, that's your costume?" to which Trigger replies "Yeah. I came as a chauffeur. [Thinks] I feel a bit stupid now."
- He believed Albert Einstien managed the Beatles.
- He claimed Gahndi had had his 15 minuites of fame because "He made one great film and you never heard of him again!"
- Waiting to appear as a witness in Del's backruptcy case, Trigger comments to Denzil "When I go in there, I'll just say I hear voices". When Denzil points out "Trigger, you're not a character witness", Trigger replies "I know. But I still hear voices!"
- Trigger informs Del that the council tip is open 24 hours a day. When they arrive and it is closed Del demands "I thought you said it was open 24 hours a day!" to which Trigger replies "Yeah, but not at night".
