Quintessential British Gentleman: Difference between revisions

 

 

'''NTom64:''' You can't see it, but my fist is wearing [[High-Class Glass|a monocle!]]|''[[Hellfire Commentaries]]'', ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSh5Mfu-aEs=related Kingdom Hearts II commentary part 43]''}}

 

* Grp. Cpt. Lionel Mandrake, one of the characters played by [[Peter Sellers]] in ''[[Dr. Strangelove]]''

* The Mercedez Benz team in ''[[The Gumball Rally]]'', played by J. Pat O'Malley and Vaugn Taylor.

[Barney squeals tires as they leave the parking lot] }}

 

* Version from the UK itself: John Steed from ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'', though only after the series was tweaked in an attempt to make it more appealing to American audiences.

* Giles and Wesley from ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', and any number of visiting English watchers. Giles lampshades it right away:

'''Buffy''': Welcome to the New World. }}

* [[Doctor Who|The Doctor]] was always noticeably British (or at least Anglophile) in his tastes and attitudes, but it's arguably the Eighth Doctor from the (American-made) [[Made for TV Movie]] who comes closest to this trope ("He's... British." "Yes, I suppose I am!").

** Props for also depicting their very real pervy side, though.

** Notably taken [[Up to Eleven]] with the New Yorker employees in "Brian goes back to College" through covering pretty much every variety of this trope in a matter of seconds:

'''Bottomtooth''': ''[has comical underbite, terrible teeth, speaks unintelligibly]'' }}

* Lord Monty Fisk from ''[[Kim Possible]]'' fits the trope to a T in his first appearance before his [[Face Heel Turn]].

* Anti-Cosmo from ''[[The Fairly Odd Parents]]'' speaks in a [[British Accent]], is intellectual, wears a monocle and derby hat, and loves sipping tea. Of course, being an anti-fairy, he's not British. Plus he's doing things [[For the Evulz]].

* Lord Chumley in the ''[[Transformers Generation 1]]'' episode "Prime Target". He even has his own [[The Jeeves|Butler]].

* The titular star of ''[[Around the World with Willy Fog]]''.

* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'': The character Fancy Pants in the episode [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2 E9 Sweet and Elite|"Sweet and Elite"]]. While all of the other upper-class ponies in Canterlot appear to be snobby and elitist, he is revealed to be a very kind, and polite gentleman. He even appreciates Rarity's less-than-fancy friends and the simplistic dress that she made for Twilight.

== Real Life ==

* [[Stephen Fry]] is often placed in this trope in people's minds, something he admits to willingly going along with

 

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