Which Fawlty Towers episode's title sign reads FATTY OWLS?

The Fawlty Towers episode whose title sign reads “FATTY OWLS” is “The Kipper and the Corpse.” The scrambled sign is one of the show’s recurring visual jokes: the hotel sign is rearranged into comic anagrams rather than displaying “Fawlty Towers” normally.

In this episode, Basil faces a crisis after a guest dies in the hotel. He and the staff attempt to conceal and move the body while continuing to serve breakfast, creating the elaborate misunderstandings that drive the plot. The title refers to kippers, a smoked fish breakfast, and the corpse at the centre of the farce.

The sign can cause confusion because several episode titles are associated with unusual versions of the hotel name. “Basil the Rat,” “The Psychiatrist,” and “Waldorf Salad” are separate episodes, not the one represented by “FATTY OWLS.” The series used these altered signs as a visual signature, reinforcing the idea that even the hotel’s name is unstable under Basil’s management.