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* Count Otto von Bruno: a [[Fatherland|Notorious Hun]] and [[Master of Disguise]]; who along with the evil...

* Fraulein Lenya: a [[Femme Fatale]], carry out the dastardly kidnapping of...

* Professor Rupert Fenton: an [[Absent Minded Professor]], and the [[Narrator]] of this [[Two Fisted Tales|Two Fisted Tale]] of adventure and intrigue!

* Professor Rupert Fenton: an [[Absent-Minded Professor]], and the [[Narrator]] of this [[Two-Fisted Tales|Two Fisted Tale]] of adventure and intrigue!

(Note that this page has nothing to do with the [[Video Games|video game]] publisher practice of [[Trailers Always Lie|releasing doctored screenshots]] as "gameplay" screenshots - such screenshots are often referred to as "[[Portmanteau|bullshots]]".)

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* [[Celibate Hero]]: "[[British Stuffiness|Is this seemly]], Mrs. Platt-Higgins? Playing popular music and your husband only ten years dead?"

* [[Contrived Coincidence]]: Parodied mercilessly.

* [[Covert Pervert]]: Especially true of Rosemary, but there's a general idea that the characters aren't the pure, sexless Brits they present themselves to be. Not that it's lacking on the villain side either -- Otto oggles an [[I Have You Now My Pretty|unconscious Rosemary in the back seat of his Mercedes]], but he can't get the divider to stay down and hide what he's doing. Lenya spies on Bullshot getting out of the bath and is [[Biggus Dickus|quite impressed]]. And Crouch always seems to be manhandling the [[Damsel in Distress]] around by her breasts.

* [[Covert Pervert]]: Especially true of Rosemary, but there's a general idea that the characters aren't the pure, sexless Brits they present themselves to be. Not that it's lacking on the villain side either -- Otto oggles an [[I Have You Now, My Pretty|unconscious Rosemary in the back seat of his Mercedes]], but he can't get the divider to stay down and hide what he's doing. Lenya spies on Bullshot getting out of the bath and is [[Biggus Dickus|quite impressed]]. And Crouch always seems to be manhandling the [[Damsel in Distress]] around by her breasts.

* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: Bullshot [[The Coats Are Off|takes off his jacket]] to engage in [[Good Old Fisticuffs]], whereupon Otto [[Groin Attack|kicks him in the groin]] while his arms are immobilised.

* [[Death Trap]]: Bullshot escapes from several 'inescapable' deathtraps via a combination of outrageous luck, arcane knowledge, and all-round awesomeness. His [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] is related here:

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'''Rosemary''': "Not the soft words of the flapper or the housewife, but the exposed words of a new woman, a naked woman. Soon to be joined in her march to freedom by her sisters, who will eat and [[Girls Love|sleep together]], and drive twactors for a living! Who needs a man's crutch? Your sex is all washed up!" }}

* [[Upperclass Twit]]: Lord 'Blinky' Brancaster in the movie, and Algy (a [[Shout Out]] to [[Biggles]]) in the play.

* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes]]: In the play Bullshot suffers from vertigo, whilst in the film he over-reacts dramatically to the killer spider. The [[Screaming Woman|ever-screaming Rosemary]] is calm on both occasions.

* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: In the play Bullshot suffers from vertigo, whilst in the film he over-reacts dramatically to the killer spider. The [[Screaming Woman|ever-screaming Rosemary]] is calm on both occasions.

=== The theatrical version also has: ===

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* [[Incredibly Obvious Bug]]

* [[One Head Taller]]: Inverted as the playscript specifically recommends that the actress playing Rosemary be taller than Bullshot.

* [[Paper Thin Disguise]]: Restaurant Waiter (on seeing Bullshot [[Wig Dress Accent|dressed as a pipe-smoking Arab]]): "[[Servile Snarker|May I hang your disguise in the cloakroom, sir?]]"

* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: Restaurant Waiter (on seeing Bullshot [[Wig, Dress, Accent|dressed as a pipe-smoking Arab]]): "[[Servile Snarker|May I hang your disguise in the cloakroom, sir?]]"

* [[Red Right Hand]]: Marovitch has a hunchback, a patch over one eye, a large scar and walks with a limp.

* [[Special Effects Failure]] ([[In Universe]]): A [[Running Gag]] is the play's over-ambitious effects including an airplane crash, a car chase (with both chaser and chased using the same prop car), a fake pet falcon, a fight where the actor playing Bullshot is substituted for a dummy, and a scene where Otto 'mimics' Professor Fenton's voice (by lip-syncing it while the Professor's mouth is covered).