Lou Todd and Andy Pipkin are fictional characters from the BBC sketch comedy series Little Britain, played by David Walliams and Matt Lucas respectively. Andy's catchphrases include, "Yeah I know", "Want that one" and "(I) Don't like it", while Lou's catchphrase is "What a kerfuffle!"
Lou is patient, friendly, charitable and incredibly tolerant. He is a full-time carer for his friend, Andy, who – unbeknownst to Lou – feigns the need for a wheelchair. Moreover, his fashion sense primarily encompasses the 1980s, which is apparent from his general attire. He is typically seen wearing an awkward juxtaposition of trainers, blue tracksuit trousers, a T-shirt with slogans such as "I ran the World" or "Frankie Says RELAX - Don't do it" and a 1970s-style leather jacket with the sleeves pushed up to near the elbow. He speaks with a slight Cockney accent, with a lisp.
Andy is impatient, selfish, has no respect for other sentient beings, appears to be unintelligent, has no interest in the world outside his local area, and is incredibly lazy. He is also dressed mostly in scruffy clothing such as well-worn jogging bottoms and a dirty vest. He speaks with a nasal, slurred voice. He has an unseen or unheard from brother called Declan, and previously had a woman called Maria (who died in one episode) as a caretaker before Lou (Lou mentioned her regularly in the early episodes of Series 1).
Lou and Andy are arguably the most iconic characters in Little Britain, as they have appeared in every episode except the pilot. They were never in the radio shows apart from the 2019 Brexit special, are on most of Little Britain merchandise and DVD covers and are in most of their charity work. The characters were inspired by Walliams' and Lucas' portrayals of Lou Reed and Andy Warhol on their previous programme, Rock Profile.
Andy's behaviour
Requests
Andy often asks Lou for unusual things (often demanding them over and over again), usually without even looking at whatever he is asking for. Lou will attempt to talk him out of it, but he is insistent ("Yeah, I know"). He then rejects the item after Lou honours the request. The request is often framed as "I want that one...", and the rejection as "I don't like it", but not always. For example, Andy asks to go to the expensive Royal Opera House for his birthday, but shouts "I don't like it!" once the performance has started. In another episode, Andy asks if he can wear a Smurf costume to dinner at a "smart restaurant" (Lou's words) but once he is there, wearing a smurf hat and painted completely blue, Andy declares that he "looks a pillock", and asks the waiter "Do you do crisps?" Toilet humour is also a staple of Little Britain's comedy: in one episode, Andy refuses to go to the toilet before getting into Lou's van (after having drunk four pints of beer in a pub), but needs to go as soon as he is in the van. One of Andy's most expensive demands (for Lou) is: "I wanna go to Helsinki". Despite Lou's suggestions for other preferable destinations and Andy's previous statement of not liking Finland, Lou books the holiday, but in the next scene we see the plane taking off with Andy's voice over declaring "I want to go to Florida". In the Comic Relief special, Andy requested for George Michael to come to his birthday lunch, but then refused him when he came.
Deleted scenes include: To have lots of boiled rice, pilau rice, lemon rice, and coconut rice from an Indian takeaway. As soon as Lou puts all the rice on the plate Andy says "I don't like rice". Lou then proceeds to hit his head against the wall, out of Andy's sight in annoyance. (Series 3 deleted scene) To have a tattoo on his face (of a spider web). Once the tattooist is finished Andy says "I regret it deeply", instead of "I don't like it". (Series 3 deleted scene) To have sex with a Portuguese prostitute in a motel in Phoenix and then refusing to have anything to do with her (Little Britain USA deleted scene)