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* [[Meaningful Name]]: Fawley is like "Folly," and Bridehead refers to -- well, work it out. See why bringing these two together is a bad idea?

** Also, Jude is the saint of the impossible.

* [[Only Known By Their Nickname]]: Jude's oldest son is known only as "Little Father Time"

* [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]: Jude's oldest son is known only as "Little Father Time"

* [[Oxbridge]]: Christminster is a [[No Communities Were Harmed|thinly veiled version]] of Oxford.

* {{spoiler|[[Pater Familicide]]}}: {{spoiler|except it's Jude's oldest son, not Jude himself who kills himself and his siblings out of desperation, the family is already poor and there's another child on the way}}

* [[Poke the Poodle]]: After getting a snide rejection letter from {{spoiler|Christminster}}, Jude is so depressed that he vandalizes the college by writing a Bible verse on the gates. In chalk.

* [[Walking the Earth]]: Jude and Sue and their family cannot stay in one place for long, because when people realize they're {{spoiler|not married}}, they're no longer welcome anywhere.

* [[Wide Eyed Idealist]]: Jude refuses to step on earthworms, thinks birds deserve a share of the farmer's grain, and believes that a manual laborer who lacks a formal education, not to mention money, can get into [[Oxbridge|Christminster]] if he asks nicely enough.

* [[Wide-Eyed Idealist]]: Jude refuses to step on earthworms, thinks birds deserve a share of the farmer's grain, and believes that a manual laborer who lacks a formal education, not to mention money, can get into [[Oxbridge|Christminster]] if he asks nicely enough.