History Characters / JeevesandWooster

* {{Expy}}: Of Wodehouse's earlier character Reggie Pepper. A few of Reggie's stories were even rewritten to star Bertie (with Jeeves in tow) instead.

* HiddenDepths: Bertie may not be the smartest guy in the world, but he's intelligent enough to realise it, which makes him highly unusual. He's also Oxford-educated and is fond of making references to classic literature (or least least attempting to; Jeeves usually has to step in and [[FinishingEachOthersSentences correct the quote for him]]).

* HiddenDepths: Bertie may not be the smartest guy in the world, but he's intelligent enough to realise it, which makes him highly unusual.

* CatchPhrase:

* CatchPhrase:

* CatchPhrase: "We were at school together!"

* IdleRich

* GlurgeAddict: She's ''unbearably'' sentimental and approaches life as if she was the star of one of the glurgy romance novels she's so fond of.
-->"She holds the view that the stars are God's daisy chain, that rabbits are gnomes in attendance on the Fairy Queen, and that every time a fairy blows its wee nose a baby is born."

* ParentalSubstitute: As Bertie's parents are apparently deceased he was raised by various Aunts and Uncles. Despite her boisterous, snarky nature Dahlia seems to be genuinely concerned with Bertie's welfare and seems to be the relative he regards most fondly. Even her husband Tom refers to Bertie as [[LikeASonToMe "M'Boy"]] when addressing him.

* HiddenDisdainReveal: Admits in "Ring For Jeaves" that he actually despises most of the Drones Club for being twits. Which they are.

* OverprotectiveDad

* OverprotectiveDad

%%* SophisticatedAsHell

* AFriendInNeed: He never lets down a pal in distress, even when prudence (and/or Jeeves) suggests he probably should.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}

* FatalAttractor

* ForHappiness

* InTouchWithHisFeminineSide

* ManChild

* TakingAdvantageOfGenerosity: Everybody does it to him.

* SophisticatedAsHell
* TalksLikeASimile

* TheAce: Not only is he the perfect "gentlemen's personal gentlemen", he seems to be utterly infallible at anything he tries. The only skill he appears ''not'' to have is safe-cracking, which he claims requires a 'specialized education and upbringing.'

* {{Geek}} [=/=] {{Nerd}}: Obsessed with newts.
--> '''Jeeves:''' Ah, yes, sir. The members of the order ''Salimandidae'' which constitute the genus ''Molge''.

* KavorkaMan: He's described as looking like a fish, and he's a total {{Nerd}}, but he attracts the attentions of both Madeline Bassett and Emerald Stoker; in the TV series, he also hits it off pretty well with Gertie Winkworth.

* CryCute: Her crying is represented by her uttering the syllable "Oomp". This has the effect of seriously weakening Bertie's will.
-->'''Stiffy''': Oomp... Oomp...
-->'''Bertie''': But, Stiffy, old girl, be reasonable. Use the bean. You can’t seriously expect me to pinch that cow-creamer.
-->'''Stiffy''': It oomps everything to us.

--> I had always known in a sort of vague, general way that Mrs. Bingo wrote the world's worst tripe - Bingo generally changes the subject nervously if anyone mentions the little woman's output...

* [[spoiler: LastGirlWins]]

* ProgressivelyPrettier: In her first appearence, she's decribed as "pretty enough" but not "the sort of breath-taker that takes the breath". In later novels, she's invariably described as a bombshell.

* AdaptationalJerkass: Florence's [[NiceToTheWaiter unpleasant behavior toward her servants]] is mainly original to the show.

* {{Jerkass}}: Certaintly to Bertie.

* [[spoiler: HappilyMarried]]: [[spoiler: To Bingo Little.]]

* [[spoiler: SickeninglySweethearts]]: [[spoiler: With Bingo Little, whom she regularly refers to by such endearing epithets as "sweetie-lambkin". He's fine with this, but sometimes she goes too far even for him.]]

* MissingMom: No mention is made of what happpened to Ma Stoker, but she's no longer present.

* SpotOfTea: Has been known to rhapsodize about the glories of the sacred British beverage. [[MustHaveCaffeine Additionally, he can't wake up without it]].

* SpockSpeak

* UndyingLoyalty: Jeeves will do anything to stay with his master, generally to Bertie's inconvenience. Bertie calls it Jeeves' "feudal spirit".

* BreakoutCharacter: Shows up in the {{Literature/Blandings Castle}} novels

* NotSoDifferent: Though at first he and Bertie couldn't appear more different it turns out that they both stole biscuts from their headmasters when they were kids and that Sir Roderick used to help his buddies with their hare-brained schemes.

* ChickMagnet: Even he's noticed that he has a remarkable tendency to attract exactly the kind of girl he most fears.

* LargeHam: Particularly when he is giving a speech, or when he's preparing to unleash his fury upon any who have harmed [[spoiler: Madeline Bassett.]]
* TheComicallySerious: Part of what makes his so funny is how ''deadly serious'' he is while making the hammiest, most pompous pronouncements ever.

* TheAce: Not only is he the perfect "gentlemen's personal gentlemen", he seems to be utterly infallible at anything he tries.
** The only skill he appears not to have is safe-cracking, which he claims requires a 'specialized education and upbringing.'

* BattleButler: Generally handles things with his wits alone, but is equally able to descend to violence if the situation calls for it.

* TheJeeves: TropeNamer, albeit with a shade of UnbuiltTrope. Your average Jeeves is a stuffy domestic obsessed with propriety. Jeeves is... while he is on the clock. In his spare time he is a man-about-town with a wider circle of friends than Bertie, several clubs and at least one on-and-off girlfriend. He is also a highly skilled card player, and is not above hustling his employers' friends when his wallet is getting thin. To top it off, he is apparently well-acquainted with violence, a highly skilled shotgun marksman and fully capable of silently incapacitating a police officer when the need arises.

* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Not in a romantic sense, of course, but when the chips are down, she and Bertie always rally round to provide each other assistance. Notably, while she does involve him in her wacky schemes, unlike everyone else who does so Dahlia is completely averse to Bertie actually getting hurt or into trouble.