Trigger (Only Fools and Horses)

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Colin Ball (born 22 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 mother's grave with. Only then did Trigger inform him that the paint was used on signs in railway tunnels and therefore, luminous.

Rodney once asked Del where Trigger got his nickname, thinking Trigger was an armed criminal. Del however replies that it's because he looks like an 'orse.

Trigger is quite dull, he speaks in a fairly slow, monotone voice, he is loyal, friendly and kind. However, Trigger's most noticeable trait is that he is stupid beyond belief, verging on insanity. Even the simplest joke can go over his head and he often makes ridiculously stupid statements. Most noticeably 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 despair 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 the local council for having contributed to the community by using the same brush for the past 20 years. He then proudly holds up the brush and claims "Maintained it for 20 years. This old broom's had 17 new heads and 14 new handles in its time." When Sid inquires how it can be classed as the same brush, Trigger angrily shows him a picture of him receiving the medal and demands "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 fancy dress party dressed as the 1960s Batman and Robin, only to find it is now a wake for the party's host, 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 then tells Del & Rodney he didn't think they'd have won the fancy dress competition anyway. He said Rodney's costume was OK, but Del doesn't look anything like Tonto.
• He believed Albert Einstein managed the Beatles.
• He claimed Gandhi had had his 15 minutes of fame because "He made one great film and you never heard of him again!" (see Ben Kingsley).
• Waiting to appear as a witness in Del's bankruptcy 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".
• When talking about what Del and Raquel plan on calling their soon to be born child, Trigger says, "If it's a girl then they're gonna call it Sigourney, after an actress. If it's a boy, then they're gonna call it Rodney, after Dave!"
• When asked what his mother had written in the "father's name" section of his birth certificate, Trigger replies - "some soldiers."
• After telling Rodney that he was raised by his grandparents, Trigger is asked where his father had been. Trigger replies that his father died two years before he was born.