History Characters / DadsArmy

* CatchPhrase: "A wild and lonely place" whenever he goes into one of his old stories, usually describing Scottish Islands.

[[folder: Colonel Pritchard]]

* RetCon: The episode "Mum's Army" gave her first name as Marcia, but this changed to Mildred in the final episode.

* AdaptationalWimp: In the 2016 movie, he isn't really a former combat solder and his military service in Sudan is limited to a stint in the catering corps.

** "This is war, you know!" / "Don't you know there's a war on?" – whenever a platoon member (usually Wilson or Godfrey) trivialises an aspect about the war.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: According to Pike in "My British Buddy" Godfrey [[spoiler:[[ChairmanOfTheBrawl hit one of the American soldiers with a chair]]. [[DisproportionateteRetribution For stepping on his sister's upside-down cake, no less]]]].

* BewareTheNiceOnes: According to Pike in "My British Buddy" Godfrey [[spoiler:[[ChairmanOfTheBrawl hit one of the American soldiers with a chair]]. [[DisproportianteRetribution For stepping on his sister's upside-down cake, no less]]]].

* LysistrataGambit: Threatens Wilson with this.

* TheCharmer: When it comes to women, Wilson is especially debonair, effortlessly flirting and attracting the attention of women, often to the exasperation of Mainwaring, who detests Wilson's flirtatious manner (such as when he is flirting with Mainwaring's nurse, some of the ladies signing up to join the Home Guard, or even the young woman serving drinks at a social event). In the episode "Man Hunt", Wilson asks an attractive young woman to let him come in and look at her knickers, when it is suspected they may have been made of material from a German pilot's parachute (as a result of one of Walker's many black market schemes); in response to this request, the young woman eagerly agrees and invites Wilson inside. This prompts Walker (who was forced to remain outside with Mainwaring after the young woman invited Wilson inside) to remark to Mainwaring about the "extraordinary influence" Wilson has over women. This was apparently inspired by the actor himself; on one apparent occasion while in make-up, Bill Pertwee watched incredulously as Le Mesurier sweet-talked a make-up girl into taking his watch off, winding it up, and putting it back on to save Le Mesurier from having to do it himself while it was on ''his own wrist''.

!!Warden Hodges (Bill Pertwee)

** Heavily implied to be [[spoiler:Pike's real father. In an interview, David Croft said that this was true "in his opinion", and when Ian Lavender asked him he said "yes, absolutely!".]]

!!Private Frank Pike (Ian Lavender)

* CatchPhrase: "Are you sure that's wise?" Also, "Oh, Lor'..."

* GrumpyBear: Almost perpetually angry.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Although he was later established as a pacifist who couldn't hurt a mouse, he's actually introduced as the only member of the platoon to own a personal firearm (and refuses to give it up) and is also seen happily taking part in an impromptu bird hunt.

* KnifeNut: He is very fond on bayoneting any enemies. Especially in the posterior, hence, "they don't like it up 'em".

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Played with; he was introduced to replace Private Walker following ActorExistenceFailure, but he's not very similar to him. He ''is'' surprisingly similar to Frazer (exotically-accented eccentric from a non-England part of the United Kingdom) and Jones (tends to suck up to Captain Mainwaring), however. This is one of the reasons the writers ultimately decided that he didn't really work, since ''they'' were still around.

* IllBoy: He appears sickly and unhealthy, though most of his "illnesses" stem from his mother's protectiveness. She usually makes him wears a claret and blue scarf with his Home Guard uniform, which supposedly prevents him from getting croup, even though only infants and (apparently) chickens are supposed to get it ("Menace from the Deep"). Despite all this an army doctor certifies him healthy when he receives his call-up papers, though having a rare blood type excludes him from military service.

* AscendedExtra: Started off as a background character, but became a more prominent character. He was often used for the leads to talk to, and cracked the occasional joke.

* DrunkWithPower: He's let the power go to his head. It's best demonstrated that he was a lot more reasonable during the first two seasons, before his promotion to Chief of the ARP in Walmington-On-Sea.

* WorkingClassHero: Came from this background.

* TheCharmer: When it comes to women, Wilson is especially debonair, effortlessly flirting and attracting the attention of women, often to the exasperation of Mainwaring, who detests Wilson's flirtatious manner (such as when he is flirting with Mainwaring's nurse, some of the ladies signing up to join the Home Guard, or even the young woman serving drinks at a social event). In the episode "Man Hunt", Wilson asks an attractive young woman to let him come in and look at her knickers, when it is suspected they may have been made of material from a German pilot's parachute (as a result of one of Walker's many black market schemes); in response to this request, the young woman eagerly agrees and invites Wilson inside. This prompts Walker (who was forced to remain outside with Mainwaring after the young woman invited Wilson inside) to remark to Mainwaring about the "extraordinary influence" Wilson has over women.

* WhatAnIdiot: Several characters InUniverse think he is an idiot, mainly Frazer, Hodges, and Captain Square.

!!Private James Frazer (John Laurie)

->'''Played by''': Creator/JohnLaurie

* BadassMustache: He has a rather neat little moustache.

* BadassMustache: Which is always kept neatly trimmed and waxed.

* BadassMustache: In the classic long-and-narrow spiv style.

* ItIsPronouncedTroPay: He often has to remind people how to pronounce his name correctly (It is correctly pronounced as "Manner-Ring").

* AwfulWeddedLife: It is frequently implied that he is trapped in a loveless and unhappy marriage to Elizabeth, his unseen wife, who is domineering, neurotic and withholding of affection. For example, in "If the Cap Fits..." Mainwaring reveals he learned to play the bagpipes on his honeymoon in Scotland because "there was nothing else to do".

!!Captain George Mainwaring (Arthur Lowe)

* NotSoDifferent: With Mainwaring. Despite their class differences and antagonism, they're both rather pompous and officious men who've let their newfound wartime authority go to their heads a bit too quickly.