Trigger (Only Fools and Horses) Trigger did not know his father and in all seriousness says "he died a couple of years before I was born", when Rodney asks of his whereabouts in the episode "Ashes to Ashes". He was brought up by his grandparents, with his grandfather having also been a roadsweeper. When Trigger is pushed by Boycie to say whom his mother had written down on the birth certificate as Trigger's father Trigger says, reluctantly, "Some soldiers". Trigger is not married, but he occasionally mentions past relationships during the series and is seen on a blind date with a woman in the 1988
Grandad (Only Fools and Horses) causing desperation. For example, in "The Yellow Peril", Grandad takes a phone call for Del; Del informs him to tell whoever is on the other end that he has gone out. Grandad informs the caller of this, but then looks rather confused; he mutters "I'm not sure" before shouting "Where've you gone to, Del?" Grandad is a terrible cook; his miserably uttered final line in the series is "Del Boy, I've burnt yer pizza!" and in the first Christmas special even left the giblets in their plastic wrapping inside the turkey, not knowing what it meant by 'ready cleaned'. In