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** Albert, Albert, Albert.
** Logue performing hilariously hammy Shakespeare for his children. His sons can't help but be amused/embarrassed/both.
* [[All
* [[Angrish]]: Inverted, as Albert actually stutters ''less'' when he's pissed off. It becomes part of the speech therapy.
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: "SHIT! AND FUCK! AND tits..."
** Possibly justified. Perhaps the standards of the time meant that 'tits' was just as bad as the other words?
* [[As You Know]]:
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{{quote| ''' {{spoiler|George VI}}''' {{spoiler|(sobbing after learning he's to be king) I'm just a naval officer! It's all I know how to be...}}}}
* [[Cigarette of Anxiety]]: Bertie tries to have a cigarette after a particularly bad session with a speech therapist. His hands are shaking too much, though, and his wife lights it for him.
* [[Cluster F
** "Fuck. FUCK! Fuck, fuck, fuck AND FUCK! Fuck, fuck AND BUGGER! Bugger, bugger, BUGGERTY BUGGERTY BUGGERTY, fuck, fuck, ARSE! Balls, balls, FUCKITY, shit, shit, FUCK AND WILLY. WILLY, SHIT AND FUCK AND... [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|tits]]."
** As pointed out above, this was cut out in order to release a recut version of the film that gathered a PG-13 rating.
* [[Crosses the Line Twice]]: Invoked in the [[Cluster F
* [[
* [[Dead Little Sister|Dead Little Brother]]: Prince John. Bertie is near tears talking about his life and death.
* [[Genteel Interbellum Setting]]: Pretty much all of the movie takes place in this, though you don't see a lot of the tropes commonly associated with it.
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* [[Dueling Movies]]: The filmcriticosphere tried to force it into this with ''[[The Social Network]]'', both big-hitting, big-budget biopics trying to nab Oscars and pretty much the only two contenders for Best Picture.
* [[The Dutiful Son]]: Comparatively rare instance where the dutiful son is the main character.
* [[
** The story is actually based on one that Colin Firth would tell his children.
* [[Exact Words]]: Throughout the film, Bertie attempts to keep things formal by calling Lionel "Doctor Logue," while Lionel insists on a first-name basis. Later, the king is told that Lionel actually has no certificates or qualifications at all. He's mortified and furious, until Lionel gently points out that ''Bertie'' was the one who insisted on calling him "Doctor" and that Lionel has never advertised himself as such.
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** The movie was changed only nine weeks before production to work details from Lionel Logue's then-recently discovered diary in.
* [[Shrinking Violet]]: Albert, whose stammer has made him deathly afraid of having to deal with crowds or public speeches.
* [[Sibling Yin
** David has a lover (who has been twice divorced and a Nazi sympathizer), despite his family's disapproval. Albert is [[Happily Married]].
** After his father's death and was told he would be king, David's breakdown in front of his family and the doctors was taken seriously as royalty was expected to have a [[Stiff Upper Lip]]. Albert only broke down once in front of his wife in private while otherwise remaining [[The Stoic]] in front of his subjects.
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* [[Spartan Sibling|Spartan Family Member]]: When Bertie was younger, his father encouraged his brother to make fun of his stammer because he was convinced this would make it go away.
* [[Speech Impediment]]: Obviously.
* [[Stiff Upper Lip]]: This is expected of royalty in particular, so much so that Edward's breakdown at being told he will be king after the death of his father is treated pretty seriously as a sign that he isn't fit to rule, and gets him a [[What the Hell, Hero?]] from his brother. Absolutely truth in television, too - at that time, among the royal family, his breakdown was completely unseemly. Note that when Bertie has ''his'' later on, the only person there to witness it is his wife.
* [[Take That Me]]: Thankfully, Bertie isn't too depressed about his problems to make fun of them.
{{quote| '''Lionel''': Do you know any jokes?<br />
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* [[Trickster Mentor]]: Logue.
* [[The Unfavorite]]: Albert was this as a child, as both his father and his nanny preferred his brother (at first, anyway). His stuttering didn't help very much.
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: George V was a bit of a [[Jerkass]] to his kids when they were young, leaving them feeling a bit alienated from him. Unlike most instances of this, by the time the story takes place, George V actually ''does'' approve of the adult Albert/George VI (though still frustrated by his speech problems), certainly compared to his older brother, but past experiences mean that Albert doesn't think he's sincere. In real life he expressed preference for Albert ''and his daughter Elizabeth'' (who was 9 years old at the time) over Edward for the throne toward the end of his life.
** George V's last words were acknowledgments of Bertie as superior to his brothers; which he never actually told Bertie.
* [[Wham Line]]: "What if my husband were the Duke of York?" Cue [[Oh Crap]] look when Lionel Logue finally recognises that he's talking to the Duchess of York.
* [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]]: A very short one that notes Bertie and Lionel {{spoiler|remained friends for the rest of their lives.}}
* [[The Wise Prince]]: George VI.
* [[Young Future Famous People]]: George VI's daughter [[HM the Queen|Elizabeth]] definitely counts.
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