Rodney Trotter and was born from a one line joke in the very first episode, "Big Brother". This became a long-standing joke throughout the entire series. It is revealed in numerous episodes such as "Big Brother", "The Long Legs of the Law", and "A Royal Flush" that Rodney is embarrassed about Del's antics, including lying to girls they want to date. In "Yuppy Love", he lied to a new girlfriend, Cassandra, that he lived in the posh King’s Avenue in order to impress her; however, she later found out where he lived when she phoned Nelson Mandela House. Del often asks Rodney
Rodney Trotter after his late mother and who was born in the last episode; "Sleepless in Peckham", resulting in a very moving and emotional ending to the show. Rodney's full name is Rodney Charlton Trotter. In "Little Problems" it is revealed that Rodney is named after Rod Taylor and Charlton after Charlton Athletic, his mother's favourite football team. Before the series began, Rodney attended a year's course at art college in Basingstoke but was expelled after three weeks when he was caught smoking cannabis in a fellow student's room. He was fined £300 and given an eighteen-month suspended sentence for possession of