Jeeves and Wooster (novel): Difference between revisions

* [[Accidental Marriage]]: The Jeeves books are ''made'' of Accidental Engagements. Add to that the fact that it takes Bertie a long time to finally realize he's happier as a bachelor..

* [[Altum Videtur]]: Bertie sometimes quotes Latin tags, usually of the schoolboy variety, quite unnecessarily. Jeeves's are usually more apposite.

* [[Batman Gambit]]: Many of Jeeves's plans are actually this. He often relies entirely on his victim's reactions -- but he's never wrong.

* [[Brawn Hilda]]:

** Cora Bellinger in "Jeeves and the Song of Songs"

* [[Hideous Hangover Cure]]: In the first story, Jeeves gets the job by curing Bertie's hangover, and afterwards often dispenses the concoction following Bertie's latest night on the town. As in ''[[Cabaret]]'', Jeeves' mixture includes eggs and Worcestershire sauce.

* [[Honor Before Reason]]: An attitude that gets Bertie into constant trouble.

* [[Hypercompetent Sidekick]]: Jeeves is this trope personified.

* [[Idle Rich]]: Bertie, and many of his acquaintences.

* [[Intoxication Ensues]]: In ''Right Ho, Jeeves'', Gussie Fink-Nottle (a teetotaler and all-around spinelesss goof) gets roped into giving a speech for the award ceremonies at a local grammar school. To 'stiffen his fibers', he drinks a great deal of whiskey, and then a jug-full of orange juice which both Bertie and Jeeves have spiked with alcohol. Cue [[Hilarity Ensues|hilarity]].

* [[The Jeeves]]: [[Trope Namer]].

* [[Last Girl Wins]]: If a Wodehouse character has been pursuing the same girl across multiple books, it's almost a given he'll run off with the cook in the last installment. {{spoiler|Augustus Fink-Nottle}} is a prime example.

* [[Lemony Narrator]]: Bertie pretty much embodies this concept. Wodehouse's talkative, burbling narration style may well have influenced other British writers, [[Douglas Adams|particularly those who went on record as impressed by his work.]]

* [[Small Town Rivalry]]: In his short story "The Ordeal of Young Tuppy" the towns Upper Bleaching and Hockley-cum-Meston have a heated rivalry which is expressed in the form of an annual rugby game known for its violence and injuries.

* [[Smoky Gentlemens Club]]: The Drones is one of the archetypical examples.

* [[Stealth Hi Bye]]: Jeeves, from a rather awed Bertie's point of view. He frequently describes his valet as "shimmering" from place-to-place.

* [[Stealth Insult]]: Jeeves again.