Blackadder/Recap/S1/E02 Born to Be King

• Main
• Characters
• Laconic
• Recap
  • S
    • S2 Blackadder's Christmas Carol
  • S1
    • E01 The Foretelling
    • E02 Born to Be King
    • E03 The Archbishop
    • E04 The Queen of Spain's Beard
    • E05 Witchsmeller Pursuivant
    • E06 The Black Seal
  • S2
    • E01 Bells
    • E02 Head
    • E03 Potato
    • E04 Money
    • E05 Beer
  • S3
    • E01 Dish and Dishonesty
    • E02 Ink and Incapability
    • E03 Nob and Nobility
    • E06 Duel and Duality
• Trivia
• YMMV
• Fridge
• Headscratchers
• WMG
• Crowners
  • Awesome
  • Funny
  • Heartwarming
  • Tear Jerker
• Wikipedia
• All Subpages
• Create New

With the King away fighting the Crusades, the Black Adder is free to scheme against his brother, Harry.

---

• Acceptable Targets:

Richard IV: "As the Good Lord said, love thy neighbour as thyself, unless he's Turkish, in which case, kill the bastard!"

• All Part of the Show: Edmund tries to get McAngus killed during a production of "The Death of the Scotsman"
• All Women Are Prudes: The Queen responds to news of her husband coming back possibly making love to her with an "Oh, yes, I wish he wouldn't do that." But later subverted, when she is revealed to have had a VERY passionate affair with McAngus' father.
• As the Good Book Says...: As above.
• Bastard Bastard: Edmund is proved to be one of these, but manages to destroy the evidence.
• Berserk Button: Edmund hates Morris Dancing.
• Brick Joke: After being put in charge of "the frolics", Edmund tells Baldrick to hire Bernard the Bear-Baiter "and tell him to bring a bear this time." Later on, Queen Gertrude and Harry finish watching a particularly dismal act, leading to the line:

Queen Gertrude: I liked Bernard the Rabbit-Baiter.

• Exactly What It Says on the Tin: The Jumping Jews of Jerusalem. "What do they do?" "They jump, my lord. They come in and they jump. A lot."
• Fictional Holiday: St Leonard's Day. There is a Saint Leonard, and his feast day is November 6th, but the eunuchs and bearded ladies and so on aren't part of it.
• Heroic Bastard: Harry is accused of being one of these, and is about to become a monk before the deception is revealed.
• Incoming Ham: Who else?

"BLOOD! DEATH! WAR! RUMPY-PUMPY! MCANGUS!"

• Sidetracked by the Analogy: Percy doesn't understand what "it's all Greek to me" means, and winds up thinking it's some kind of riddle.
• Violent Glaswegian: McAngus.
• Wholesome Crossdresser: Baldrick is VERY enthusiastic about being the Bearded Lady.