Jeeves and Wooster (novel): Difference between revisions

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* [[Cut His Heart Out with a Spoon]]: Betie is often the recipient of threats of this kind. One such example can be seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4MgQD7VJZY&feature=relmfu here]

* [[Dark Secret]]: Jeeves reveals wannabe Fascist leader Roderick Spode's terrible secret to Bertie: {{spoiler|Spode also owns a popular ladies' lingerie boutique}}. Even Bertie quickly catches on to the possibilities for blackmail.

{{quote| '''Bertie''': You can't be a successful Dictator and {{spoiler|design womens' underclothing}}. One or the other. Not both.}}

{{quote|'''Bertie''': You can't be a successful Dictator and {{spoiler|design womens' underclothing}}. One or the other. Not both.}}

* [[Embarrassing First Name]]:

** Many members of the Drones Club go by nicknames, often for excellent reasons; in ''Thank You, Jeeves'', "Chuffy" Chuffnell has gone his whole life concealing that his first name is Marmaduke.

** Mr. Trotter avoids knighthood for fear of having his first name exposed to public view (it's Lemuel). Rumour has it that his author, Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, avoided knighthood for the same reason.

* [[Embarrassing Middle Name]]: Bertie's middle name is Wilberforce, his Uncle Tom's is Portarlington, and Mr. Trotter's is Gengulphus.

{{quote| '''Bertie''': There's some raw work pulled at the font from time to time, is there not?}}

{{quote|'''Bertie''': There's some raw work pulled at the font from time to time, is there not?}}

* [[Evil Matriarch]]: The horrendous aunts.

* [[Extreme Doormat]]: Bertie lets himself be talked into just about anything, and usually on the flimsiest of pretexts. "But, Bertie, we were at school together!"

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* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: Bertie and Jeeves, their official relationship notwithstanding. Several stories open with Bertie defending his habit of deferring to his valet by saying that he considers him more as a 'guide, philosopher and friend'. And when Bertie overhears Jeeves disparaging his intelligence in one story, his reaction is exactly that of a wounded best pal.

** We're used to watching Jeeves employ ruthless tactics against Bertie to get his way, but in "Bertie Changes His Mind", as we're getting the story from Jeeves' POV, we're also shown a moment when he almost wavers in his plan out of affection for his boss:

{{quote| '''Jeeves:''' I am fond of Mr Wooster, and I confess I came near to melting as I looked at his pale, anxious face.}}

{{quote|'''Jeeves:''' I am fond of Mr Wooster, and I confess I came near to melting as I looked at his pale, anxious face.}}

* [[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.