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== Videogames ==
== Video Games ==
* The last boss, Sir Richard Rose, in the 1991 side scrolling action game ''[[Sunset Riders]]''. His two lines of dialogue are "Cheerio, old chap!" and "I say, bit of bad luck."
* The last boss, Sir Richard Rose, in the 1991 side scrolling action game ''[[Sunset Riders]]''. His two lines of dialogue are "Cheerio, old chap!" and "I say, bit of bad luck."
* [[Professor Layton]] is actually fairly tame... but he ''is'' very polite and smart, and he ''does'' love his tea. He also stresses—frequently—the correct behavior expected of a gentleman.
* [[Professor Layton]] is actually fairly tame... but he ''is'' very polite and smart, and he ''does'' love his tea. He also stresses—frequently—the correct behavior expected of a gentleman.
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* The titular character from ''[[The Misadventures of PB Winterbottom]]'' isn't a nice version of these. He always wants something for himself and do whatever whatever he needs, even at the expense of others. He gets better.
* The titular character from ''[[The Misadventures of PB Winterbottom]]'' isn't a nice version of these. He always wants something for himself and do whatever whatever he needs, even at the expense of others. He gets better.


== Web Comics ==
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* [[Ridiculously Human Robot]] Pintsize from ''[[Questionable Content]]'' [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=412 behaves like this] when he changes his locale configuration to British.
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* Leo's father seems to be one of these in [[VG Cats]]. BOLLY!
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* Twisp in the ''[[Penny Arcade]]'' strips. A version that only says one word at a time.
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* The Englishman from [http://www.wigu.com/overcompensating/2005/06/englishman.html "Overcompensating"] is a parody in this vein of the creator of ''[[Scary Go Round]]'', John Allison.
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* Sir Reginald Vladimir Gregory Maximilian Postumus Augustus Alexander Nicholas Derby III, known to his friends as Smic, from [http://www.jaydenandcrusader.com Jayden and Crusader] fits the bill. He's a Quintessential British Gentleman if crossed with [https://web.archive.org/web/20110817045639/http://www.jaydenandcrusader.com/2007/11/23/2007-11-23/ The Doctor] and a [https://web.archive.org/web/20130620063915/http://www.jaydenandcrusader.com/2008/10/06/kill-anteaters/ Mad Scientist]
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* England from [[Scandinavia and The World]]. [[Sarcasm Mode|BIG suprise]].


== Web Originals ==
== Web Original ==
* [[That Guy With The Glasses|MikeJ]]
* [[That Guy With The Glasses|MikeJ]]
* Parodied/deconstructed with ''[[Englishman]]'', who is in some ways the stereotypical British gentleman as imagined by Americans (he lives in the USA, and [[They Fight Crime|fights crime]]), but the series is written by two Britons. Also, he embodies the darker side of the British upper classes as well, cheerfully trading in slaves, shooting foreigners and so on.
* Parodied/deconstructed with ''[[Englishman]]'', who is in some ways the stereotypical British gentleman as imagined by Americans (he lives in the USA, and [[They Fight Crime|fights crime]]), but the series is written by two Britons. Also, he embodies the darker side of the British upper classes as well, cheerfully trading in slaves, shooting foreigners and so on.
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* Mr. Green online casino has a series of videos dedicated to this. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2IAQEgJ_tI Here's the first one.]
* Mr. Green online casino has a series of videos dedicated to this. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2IAQEgJ_tI Here's the first one.]
* [http://www.youtube.com/adamzonetopmarks "GameChap and Bertie"] of [[YouTube]] fame play off this trope.
* [http://www.youtube.com/adamzonetopmarks "GameChap and Bertie"] of [[YouTube]] fame play off this trope.
* This is the online persona of [[YouTube]] personality [[The Spiffing Brit]].


== Webcomics ==
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* [[Ridiculously Human Robot]] Pintsize from ''[[Questionable Content]]'' [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=412 behaves like this] when he changes his locale configuration to British.
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* Leo's father seems to be one of these in [[VG Cats]]. BOLLY!
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* Twisp in the ''[[Penny Arcade]]'' strips. A version that only says one word at a time.
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* The Englishman from [http://www.wigu.com/overcompensating/2005/06/englishman.html "Overcompensating"] is a parody in this vein of the creator of ''[[Scary Go Round]]'', John Allison.
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* Sir Reginald Vladimir Gregory Maximilian Postumus Augustus Alexander Nicholas Derby III, known to his friends as Smic, from [http://www.jaydenandcrusader.com Jayden and Crusader] fits the bill. He's a Quintessential British Gentleman if crossed with [https://web.archive.org/web/20110817045639/http://www.jaydenandcrusader.com/2007/11/23/2007-11-23/ The Doctor] and a [https://web.archive.org/web/20130620063915/http://www.jaydenandcrusader.com/2008/10/06/kill-anteaters/ Mad Scientist]
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* England from [[Scandinavia and The World]]. [[Sarcasm Mode|BIG suprise]].



== Western Animation ==
== Western Animation ==
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