P. G. Wodehouse: Difference between revisions

'''Oldest Member''': I am sorry, but not surprised. Either that or missing short putts is what happens on these occasions. I doubt if golfers ought to fall in love. I have known it to cost men ten shots in a medal round. }}

* [[Correspondence Course]]

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* [[Crush Blush]]: In ''Jill The Reckless''.

* [[Distressed Damsel]]: ''[[Captain Obvious|A Damsel In Distress]]''.

* [[The Ditz]]: The majority of Wodehouse's heroes.

* [[Great White Hunter]]: Major Brabazon Plank.

* [[Hair of Gold]]: Jill in ''Jill the Reckless''.

* [[Heartwarming Orphan]]: [[Parodied Trope|Parodied]] with Rose Maynard in "Honeysuckle Cottage".

* [[I Can Change My Beloved]]: The wrong girl often thinks she can turn her fiance into a cultured man.

* [[The Pollyanna]]: Jill and her uncle in ''Jill the Reckless''.

* [[Psmith Psyndrome]]: The ''[[Psmith (Literature)|Psmith]]'' series is the [[Trope Namer]], but it also shows up in the Mr. Mulliner story "A Slice of Life" with a man named ffinch-ffarrowmere.

* [[Realistic Diction Is Unrealistic]]: Makes adapting Wodehouse's work to TV or film no easy task.

* [[Rich Boredom]]: in ''Summer Moonshine''.

* [[Victorious Childhood Friend]]: In ''Jill the Reckless''

* [[Weakness Turns Her On]]: Sometimes used to explain how an [[Upperclass Twit]] can still be a [[Chick Magnet]]; a man who's sufficiently ditzy and helpless awakens a girl's maternal instinct.

* [[Wrong Guy First]]: Many a Wodehouse character has been engaged to the wrong character before the start of the novel.

* [[Xanatos Speed Chess]]: What Gally and Uncle Fred usually have to resort to.