History Characters / AlloAllo

* UglyGuyHotWife: Ugly Guy Hot Mistress variation.

!! Mimi Recamier

* FrenchMaid: Technically a French waitress. Otherwise an incarnation of this trope. Her work uniform provides fan service, she is very seductive and perky.

!!! Actor: Vicki Michelle

** UglyGuyHotWife: Ugly Guy Hot Mistress variation.

* CatchPhrase: "Oh René", said in a long growling tone. Her way to adress her lover.

!!! Actor: Gorden Kaye

* [[{{ptitleef829e6819f4}} Screw Politeness, I'm A Senior!]]: Pretty much her attitude towards most people.

* PlayingGertrude: Rose Hill (1914-2003) was 68-years-old when the show began. Her character is a centenarian and her on-stage daughter Carmen Silvera was only 8 years younger than her.

* IWasQuiteALooker: Apparently once famous for her looks. The "talk of Paris" even. She has not aged gracefully.

* InSeriesNickname: René has affectionely nicknamed her the "old bat". Uncertain if he means the modern insulting term for an old woman. "Old bat" is also an obsolete slang term for a low whore: "so called from moving out like a bat in the dusk of the evening".

* Meaningful name: Edith has a similar repertoire to Edith Piaf (1915-1963), a French singer and cultural icon who became universally regarded as France's greatest popular singer. During World War II, Piaf was a frequent performer at German Forces' social gatherings in occupied France, and many considered her a traitor; following the war she stated that she had been working for the French Resistance. While there is no evidence of this, it does seem to be true that she was instrumental in helping a number of individuals (including at least one Jew) escape Nazi persecution. The middle name Melba is probably a reference to Dame Nellie Melba (1861-1931), an Australian opera soprano. She became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian Era and the early 20th century due to the purity of her lyrical voice and the brilliance of her technique. Melba was the first Australian to achieve international recognition as a classical musician. She and May Whitty were the first stage performers to be granted damehoods of the Order of the British Empire.The joke is that Madame Artois is a terrible singer, unlike her namesakes.

The (adoptive) mother of Edith and mother-in-law of René. A former entertainer and/or courtesan, supposedly once famous herself and romantically involved with numerous suitors. Currently

* YoungerThanTheyLook: Carmen Silvera (1922-2002) was 60-years-old at the beginning of the series. A running gag of the series is Edith looks ancient. At some point, Edith mentions entertaining soldiers in the previous War. She means WorldWarI. René asks whether that was the CrimeanWar (1863-1856).

* HollywoodToneDeaf: Supposedly Edith fails to notice how horrible her own singing is. She also fails to notice the singing talents of other characters. With several descriptions of the show simply listing her as Tone Deaf.

* UglyGuyHotWife: More of an Uggly Guy Hot Mistresses example. His wife is past her prime and aged badly. But his mistresses and love interests tend to be much younger and more attractive than him.

!! René Artois/Nighthawk

* OnlySaneMan: Apparently the sanest person in Nouvion, forever getting caught up in hare-brained schemes by ThoseWackyNazis and members of LaResistance.

* [[{{ptitleaddc1oe7}} Mr. Exposition]]: At the beginning of every episode, Rene breaks the Fourth Wall to explain to the viewer what has been going on. In one subversion he starts off by discussing the doings of some of the townspeople, before saying "You have never met these people, nor are you ever likely to. I am simply giving you the local gossip because with my own affairs I don't know where to start."

The original owner of Café René. He is married but maintains simultaneous affairs with his waitresses. He is mostly interested in actually surviving World War II, hopefully with a beautiful woman at his side. But to do this René has to keep several different factions happy. This involves serving the local German authorities in their schemes, which gets more complicated when different members of said authorities conspire against each other. He has also been recruited to the pro-Charles de Gaulle Resistance under the codename Nighthawk. He is constantly assigned with risky missions. He is at a later point recruited into the Communist Resistance. Having to serve one more faction.