History Characters / RuPaulsDragRaceUKSeries4

* TheAce: Danny has the best track record this season, winning four challenges (including the Rusical and the Roast challenges), as well as never ending up in the bottom or lip-syncing at all.

* AnimalMotifs: The theme for this series' promo looks is ''Queen of Your Hometown'', and Danny's feathered look is a nod to Liverpool's Liver Birds -- mythical creatures normally represented as a pair of cormorants that appear on the city's arms -- though she notes with wry self-deprecation that she looks more like "a chicken on acid".

!Black Peppa [-(3rd)-]

* PronounTrouble: Almost all of the queens who have competed on ''Drag Race'' use she/her pronouns when in drag, and therefore when referenced here too, but like Joe Black of UK Series 2, Le Fil is an exception and always uses he/him pronouns, even when he's in drag.

!Cheddar Gorgeous [-(2nd)-]

!Pixie Polite  [-(5th)-]

!Black Peppa

!Cheddar Gorgeous 
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->'''Age''': 38
->'''From''': Manchester, Greater Manchester, England 

->"Intrigued? I think you will be."

!Danny Beard 

** For the ''West End Wonders'' runway, she pays tribute to Audrey II, the ManEatingPlant from ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors'' in a ensemble that comes complete with a working plant puppet on her head and is so expertly put together that it could easily belong on the West End stage.

!Jonbers Blonde 
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->'''Age''': 33
->'''From''': Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland

->"Blonde just isn't a hair colour, it's a lifestyle."
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: After Dakota is sent home following the makeover challenge, most of the other queens expressly state that Jonbers should have been the one to sashay away that week, and there’s a tense moment in the Werk Room when she robustly counters their critiques.
* BadassBiker: For her ''Ru Are You?'' signature drag runway in the premiere, she sports a bodice and thigh-high boots created from her father's old biker leathers.
* CaptainEthnic: Her original choice for the ''Snatch Game'' is ethereal Irish singer Music/{{Enya}}, though for some reason, Ru almost immediately steers her away from this subject, suggesting (nay insisting) that she portrays 'St Patty', a Rule63 version of Ireland's national saint, St Patrick. Jonbers' subsequent performance is a merciless flurry of Irish puns and references, combined with great use of an AsideGlance to add a tongue-in-cheek aspect to her showing. Whilst she notes that she'll "never be able to set foot in Ireland again", the judges love it, and she places high.
* CoolBoat: For the ''BBC 100th Anniversary Tribute'' runway, she celebrates the BBC's venerable children's magazine serial ''Series/BluePeter'' -- the world's [[LongRunners longest-running]] children's TV show -- in a beautiful blue and white look featuring the show's iconic blue galleon logo as a handbag.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: For the ''Mane Event'' runway, Jonbers pays tribute to the late [[BlueBlood Raine Spencer, Countess Spencer]], a {{Socialite}} and British camp icon known primarily for two things; being [[UsefulNotes/{{DianaPrincessOfWales}} Princess Diana's]] WickedStepmother, and for sporting the most fabulously bouffant, ozone-layer-destroying PowerHair known to mankind.
* HomelessPigeonPerson: For the ''[[Theatre/{{MaryPoppins}} Lairy Poppins]]'' Rusical, Jonbers takes on the role of The Bird Lady, a bizarre [[BirdPeople half-human hybrid]] of the original "feed the birds" bag lady -- ''and an actual bird''. Wanting to stand out after a tough few weeks, Jonbers flings herself into the role, presenting The Bird Lady as a disturbingly hilarious PredatoryProstitute, and wins high praise from the judging panel for her efforts.
* MeaningfulRename: Ru makes it very clear from the get-go that she ''hates'' the drag name 'Jonbers', and as with Heidi N. Closet of US Season 12, she insists on a rename, always referring to her as 'J-Blonde', 'JB', or a variation thereof.
* MotorMouth: Jonbers is a sweet, wide-eyed, chatty queen, but this bites her in the arse for the ''Yass-tonbury'' girl groups challenge as she's so keen to cram as many lines as possible into her self-penned segment that she confuses herself and ends up fudging her performance, which lands her in the bottom 2.
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: 'Jonbers' comes from her original drag name, [=JonBenet=], after [=JonBenet=] Ramsey, a former child pageant queen who was found murdered in her family's home. She perhaps wisely decided to change her name to something less macabre prior to competing. 'Blonde' is, well, because [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin she's blonde]] out of drag.
* {{Oireland}}: The theme for this series' promo looks is ''Queen of Your Hometown'', so being Irish, Jonbers goes with a high-fashion {{Leprechaun}}/Irish farmer look in a fitted tweed trouser-suit and shamrock accessories.
* OldSoldier: She's hardly "old" at 33, though she's been doing drag for 14 years prior to competing.
* PlayingDrunk: For the ''General Erection Roast'', she stumbles out of '69 Downing Street' and crashes into the lectern, pissed off her face. Her drunk politician persona is a smart choice, as it lends her performance a theatrical crutch which, combined with some witty BlackComedy, means she ends up doing better than expected, and is DamnedByFaintPraise courtesy of Ru, who notes that "the biggest shock is that you didn't suck!".
-->'''Jonbers''': I'm so Northern Irish, my gender reveal was a bomb scare!"
* RummageSaleReject: For the ''Bingo She Better Don't!'' design challenge, she's randomly paired up with Peppa and the pair are designated green for their colour palette -- ''never'' an easy colour to make fashionable. Her finished look is a sloppy mess, with a dragging hemline and in so pale a shade of mint that it washes her (already very fair) skin out. She very narrowly avoids the bottom 2 -- unlike her teammate.
* TokenMinority: She’s the only queen competing in Series 4 to represent a UK Home Nation other than England, as she hails from Belfast in Northern Ireland, and neither Scotland nor Wales are represented this time. After Blu Hydrangea, she’s the second Irish queen to compete across the franchise. 
* WholeCostumeReference: For the ''West End Wonders'' runway, she pays tribute to Creator/DebbieReynolds' iconic role as Kathy Selden from the movie musical ''Film/SinginInTheRain'' (which was later adapted into a stage musical on the West End) in a fashionably asymmetrical, dragged-up take on Kathy's bright yellow raincoat and umbrella.

* BrokenAce: Peppa seemed like a ''major'' threat after she utterly smashed the premiere, first with her jaw-dropping entrance look, then winning the photo-shoot mini-challenge, and ''then'' dominating both the ''BBC 100th Anniversary Tribute'' and ''Ru Are You?'' runways. She was even voted the queen with the most star-quality by her competitors. However, since that time, her performance has seemingly petered out, and by week 7, she's been in the bottom two twice, and otherwise just been safe.

* {{Pantomime}}: The very British tradition is a key inspiration for her drag aesthetic and sweetly old fashioned, damely persona. Outside of drag, she's an experienced theatre and pantomime actor, and has played multiple classic Dame roles in panto mainstays like ''[[Literature/{{DickWhittingtonAndHisCat}} Dick Whittington]]'' and ''Literature/{{Cinderella}}''.

* DeerInTheHeadlights: Sminty's downfall is the {{Improv}}-based ''Catty Man'' challenge (a spoof on judge Alan Carr's own ''Chatty Man'' show), where from the minute she walks on set, it's clear that she's hugely out of her comfort zone and despite Alan throwing her a few obvious bones, her responses are delayed or nonexistent, and for most of the time, she sits there grinning in terror while she thinks of what to say -- or performs "the saddest twerk known to man", according to the judges.

* InsultComic: Danny, up first in the running order, aces the politically-themed ''General Erection Roast'', breezing out of '69 Downing Street' to the lectern and roasting her fellow final queens, the judges, and the returning Series 4 queens with an easy confidence and swagger. She also even things up by bunging in a few SelfDeprecation gags too, with this cheeky little quip concerning a drug den found behind Liverpool public library:

* InvincibleIncompetent: Peppa is a look queen with great DanceBattler skills, but that's very much the extent of her wheelhouse, as any other challenge presented -- from sewing, acting, comedy, improv to impersonation -- she [[EpicFail completely bombs]], yet manages to hang on in there right up until the final four ''purely'' by virtue of her devastating lip-sync skills.

* TooCleverByHalf: Being the cerebral queen that she is, Cheddar approaches the ''General Erection Roast'' much more like a piece of comic political theatre than a snappy, gag-after-gag beatdown. Her material is eloquently designed, with a smart framing device about her being an alien overlord come to snatch everyone's babies, but it sails over the judges' heads, and she ultimately places low, but safe.

* RenaissanceWoman: By the finale, it's abundantly clear that Danny is a highly accomplished all-rounder who can turn her hand to any form of challenge presented and do well to exceptional. She's also amongst the select few queens across the franchise to make it to their finale with a NoDamageRun.

* AntiClimax: Pixie seems incredibly confident going into the roast challenge, as this is finally a chance for her to put her touted comedy skills on display. And... she doesn't. She seemingly loses her nerve by the time she gets up there and flatlines the entire set, even ruining a joke she polished to perfection with guest coach Aisling Bea. It proves to be her downfall.

* DanceBattler: By episode 9, she is inarguably the lipsync assassin of this series, taking out Copper Topp, Le Fil and Pixie Polite.

* PunkRock: Her drag has a cool, punk vibe to begin with, so it's no surprise that she and her fellow "Queens of the Bone Age" nail the BritishRockstar-inspired ''Yass-tonbury'' groups challenge, with Cheddar bringing great punk energy for her performance, and an awesome look featuring a towering mohican.

* NoDamageRun: Danny won four challenges, placed high in three, placed safe thrice, and never ended up in the bottom or lip-synced once.

* NoDamageRun: Danny won four challenges, placed high in three, placed safe twice, and never ended up in the bottom or lip-synced once.

!Black Peppa
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->'''Age''': 28
->'''From''': Birmingham, West Midlands, England 

->"Fuck salt. 'Cause Peppa's here."

* WholeCostumeReference: For the ''West End Wonders'' runway, she pays tribute to Creator/DebbieReynolds' iconic role as Kathy Selden from the movie musical ''Film/SinginInTheRain'' (which was later adapted into a stage musical on the West End) in a fashionably asymmetrical, dragged-up take on Kathy's bright yellow raincoat and umbrella.

!Pixie Polite 
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->'''Age''': 29
->'''From''': Brighton, East Sussex, England 

->"They say the camera adds ten pounds. Probably shouldn't have had so many for breakfast, should I? What am I like?"
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* AllKnowingSingingNarrator: For the ''[[Theatre/{{MaryPoppins}} Lairy Poppins]]'' Rusical, she initially selects Lairy for her role before swapping with Danny to play [[EuphemisticNames Lick van Dick]], a wise Cockney binman spoof of Creator/DickVanDyke's role as Bert the chimney sweep, who acts as the FourthWallObserver. The judges love her hammy performance and hilarious crooked smile makeup, and she places high for the week.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Pixie has, by all accounts, an excellent week in episode 4; she wins the mini challenge, every member of her team places high in the main, and her runway look is applauded for its beauty. Unfortunately, while backstage, most of the praise goes to Danny for her performance, leaving Pixie feeling passed over. When Danny ends up winning, the camera focuses on Pixie looking disappointed.
* BigBeautifulWoman: She's one of two gorgeously curvy queens this series, along with Just May.
* BigFun: Pixie's a ball of positive energy, which is especially evident prior to the ''Yass-tonbury'' girl groups challenge, where she flings herself into rehearsals with gusto, helps design her team's [[WesternAnimation/JemAndTheHolograms Misfits]]-inspired look with excess fabric she has to hand, and turns out a high-camp, rock n roll performance in the challenge itself.
* BlackComedy: Pixie nails the perennial ''Reading is Fundamental'' mini-challenge with this amusingly off-colour quip:
-->'''Pixie''': Baby? No thanks, I'm pro-choice.
* TheBurlesqueOfVenus: For the ''Mane Event'' runway, she presents her own take on the StockShoutOut, putting a curvaceous spin on things and sporting a clamshell covering her...clam, as well as a towering auburn wig. It's the most beautiful she's looked so far, and her makeup is perfect -- a deliberate choice, she notes, as she wanted to go from playing a comically foul old woman in the {{Improv}} challenge to showing she could effortlessly pivot to beauty for the runway.
* {{Camp}}: In the UK series, OnceASeason there's always a queen who encapsulates the bawdy, {{Pantomime}} campiness of British drag, and Pixie joins the ranks of her predecessors [[Characters/RuPaulsDragRaceUKSeries1 Baga Chipz]], [[Characters/RuPaulsDragRaceUKSeries2 Ginny Lemon]] and [[Characters/RuPaulsDragRaceUKSeries3 Kitty Scott-Claus]] in terms of queens who perfectly represent traditionally British, camp-as-Christmas drag.
* CurseIsFoiledAgain:
** The two previous Brightonian queens, [[Characters/RuPaulsDragRaceUKSeries2 Joe Black]] and [[Characters/RuPaulsDragRaceUKSeries3 Anubis]], both crashed out in last place, leading to the "Curse of Brighton" becoming memetic, in reference to the town seemingly always fielding last-place contestants. Pixie presents a solid performance in the premiere, and the curse is smashed.
** Pixie is ''also'' the first UK queen to win the ''Reading is Fundamental'' mini-challenge and '''not''' be eliminated in the same episode, thus breaking the curse that took down [[Characters/{{RuPaulsDragRaceUKSeries1}} Crystal]], [[Characters/{{RuPaulsDragRaceUKSeries2}} Sister Sister]], and [[Characters/{{RuPaulsDragRaceUKSeries3}} Choriza May]].
* DotingGrandparent: Like Dakota, Pixie was encouraged and supported by her late grandmother, and her flower fairy-themed outfit for the ''Queen for a Day'' makeover challenge is inspired by flowers that grew in her grandmother's garden. Pixie can’t help but tear up when describing the significance of her concept.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Seen out of drag, very briefly, in the ''Queens On Lockdown'' UK Series 2 special while she was living with Tia Kofi, credited as “Tia’s boyfriend”.
* {{Gayborhood}}: Pixie is the third queen in the franchise to hail from Brighton, the LGBTQ+ capital of the UK, though unlike the previous Brightonians, she avoids crashing out dead last.
* HonourBeforeReason: Pixie well and truly lives up to her moniker 'Polite' when she's gifted with the opportunity of assigning the ''[[Theatre/{{MaryPoppins}} Lairy Poppins]]'' Rusical roles, and makes sure everyone else is happy before picking a role she'd like. In the end, she's left with Lairy -- the lead role -- but subsequently realises that it's a poor fit for her. Luckily, Danny suggests a swap, which works out well for both queens.
* {{Improv}}: As seasoned queens, it comes as no surprise that Pixie, Danny and Cheddar absolutely smash the ''Catty Man'' improv challenge, and Pixie ''narrowly'' misses out on the overall win against Danny, playing Cheddar's back-from-the-dead sister, with whom she used to perform as acrobatic yodellers, the crowning moment of hilarity being Cheddar whipping off Pixie's wig to reveal a horrendous shake-n-go monstrosity underneath.
* MeaningfulName: Pixie is a sweet, self-deprecating NiceGirl who very much lives up to her moniker of 'Polite'.
* NoodleIncident: In episode 3, she has an emotional mirror-time chat with Danny and reveals that she was in a relationship with UK Series 2 alumna [[Characters/RuPaulsDragRaceUKSeries2 Tia Kofi]] for five years prior to competing on the show. When asked why they split up, all she has to say is that it was due to "mistakes that I made" but doesn't elaborate further.
* OneDegreeOfSeparation: Pixie is a founding member of the drag girl group '[[FoxyVixen The Vixens]]' alongside Woe Adams and beloved UK Series 2 alumna, [[Characters/RuPaulsDragRaceUKSeries2 Tia Kofi]], whom she was actually in a relationship with for five years. She also counts Series 1 alumnae Sum-Ting Wong and Baga Chipz as her "evil stepsister" and "drunk cousin" respectively.
* OurFairiesAreDifferent: For the ''Queen for a Day'' makeover challenge, in which the queens are tasked with making over members of the 'Queen Team' (the backstage production and wellbeing crew), Pixie is paired with the adorable Wendy, the TeamMum of the crew, who's so dedicated that she once had to nip under a queen’s skirt to pop a stray bollock back into her tuck. With Wendy now dubbed 'Trixie', the pair present a 'panto-fairy' look that whilst cute, is poorly fitted on Wendy, and her makeup is a panda-eyed mess, landing Pixie in the bottom two.
* RecursiveCrossdressing: For the ''BBC 100th Anniversary Tribute'' runway, she presents a Rule63 version of Del Boy, the beloved cockney wheeler-dealer from the BBC's hugely popular ''Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses'' comedy series, complete with Del's iconic [[CoatFullOfContraband donkey jacket stuffed full of [=RuPeter=] badges.]]
* RegencyEngland: The theme for this series' promo looks is ''Queen of Your Hometown'', and as Brighton is famed for its Regency architecture, particularly its Royal Pavilion, (which Joe Black infamously failed to embody in Series 2), as well as its seafront promenade, she goes with an early 1800s bodice and panniers look, coloured white and turquoise green, which is an additional nod to Brighton's bold take on the classic London black cab.
* SelfDeprecation: Pixie has a tearful moment in the Werk Room after narrowly missing out on the win to Danny in episode 4's {{Improv}} challenge, noting that she's "always the bridesmaid, never the bride", and uses said loss to contextualise her whole drag career -- something the other girls reassure her is blatantly untrue.
* ShouldersOfDoom: For the ''Neon Nights'' runway, she sports an acid-green and red pleather mac with hugely exaggerated shoulders in celebration of the UK's [[UsefulNotes/{{BritishWeather}} notoriously changeable weather]].
* SoOkayItsAverage: In-universe example. For the ''Snatch Game'', Pixie goes with iconic Welsh singer Dame Music/ShirleyBassey -- a high-camp subject to begin with, and one rife for a dragged-up portrayal. However, Pixie plays it too small, and her performance, whilst having funny moments, is unsure, slightly awkward, and more [[Series/{{LittleBritain}} Bubbles [=DeVere=]]] than Dame Shirl. Overall, she places low.
* StoutStrength: Being a fuller-figured queen has its advantages in the musical chairs-themed ''Line of Booty Duty'' mini-challenge, and Pixie uses her generously-padded posterior to barge her competition out of her way, ultimately being the last queen standing.
* WholeCostumeReference:
** For the ''West End Wonders'' runway, she pays tribute to Tracy Turnblad from ''Theatre/{{Hairspray}}'' -- a part she notes that she's always dreamed of playing in the West End.
** For the ''Tickled Pink'' runway, she states that she's portraying Ru herself, in a pink version of her racing gear from ''Drag Race'''s opening credits. Parallels to a legally-safe [[WesternAnimation/{{ThePerilsOfPenelopePitstop}} Penelope Pitstop]] are clear, however.

* BrokenAce: Peppa seemed like a ''major'' threat after she utterly smashed the premiere, first with her jaw-dropping entrance look, then winning the photo-shoot mini-challenge, and ''then'' dominating both the ''BBC 100th Anniversary Tribute'' and ''Ru Are You?'' runways. However, since that time, her performance has seemingly petered out, and by week 7, she's been in the bottom two twice, and otherwise just been safe.

** Dakota is the first contestant in ''Drag Race'' herstory to not be eliminated by [=RuPaul=] in person while competing on a franchise hosted by her, due to Ru's mysterious absence in episode 7.

* UrExample: Dakota is the first openly transgender woman to compete on ''Drag Race UK''.

* ExperiencedProtagonist: Prior to the premiere, she was the most-followed queen this series, and is arguably the best-known in queer circles, having been eagerly anticipated to compete on the show ever since the UK series' inception. As head of the Gorgeous drag family, she also hosted her own series, ''Drag SOS'', on the UK’s Creator/Channel4 network.
** Two of the queens, Peppa and Sminty, cite Cheddar as an inspiration for starting their drag careers.

* EarlyBirdCameo: Seen out of drag, very briefly, in the ''QueensOnLockdown'' special while she was living with Tia Kofi, credited as “Tia’s boyfriend”.

* ExperiencedProtagonist: Danny is perhaps the best-known queen of the group this series in terms of mainstream audiences, as she’s no stranger to reality TV, having made it to the semifinals of ''Series/BritainsGotTalent'' in 2016 with her live singing act. 
** In 2021, Danny competed on ''Celebrity Karaoke Club: Drag Edition'' alongside prominent ''Drag Race'' alumnae including Trinity The Tuck, Crystal, Manila Luzon, Vinegar Strokes and fellow Liverpudlian, The Vivienne.

** For the ''Queen for a Day'' makeover challenge, in which the queens are tasked with making over members of the 'Queen Team' (the backstage production and wellbeing crew), Dakota is paired with Lucie, a sweet, very femme-presenting woman. Despite the great synergy between them, the peachy 60s look Dakota designs for her and Lucie (now dubbed [[Creator/{{BrigitteBardot}} 'Brigitte']]), is critiqued for just being pretty -- gorgeous in fact, just not drag -- and Dakota lands in the bottom two, where Pixie sends her packing in the lip-sync.

* DressesTheSame: There's a minor kerfuffle in the Werk Room prior to the ''BBC 100th Anniversary Tribute'' runway when both her and Peppa find out that they've both planned to portray Series/MrBlobby. Ultimately, whilst Danny's club kid version is disturbingly cool, Peppa's just manages to nudge into the lead with a more elevated, high-fashion take on the heinous blob monster.
** Happens again for the makeover challenge where both Peppa and Danny use heavy white foundation and facial hair for their drag sisters. Danny’s gets the most praise for the pastel colours coming together to form a stronger, more cohesive family resemblance.
* ExperiencedProtagonist: Danny is perhaps the best-known queen of the group this series in terms of mainstream audiences, as she’s no stranger to reality TV, having made it to the semi-finals of ''Series/BritainsGotTalent'' in 2016 with her live singing act. 

* DotingGrandparent: Like Dakota, Pixie was encouraged and supported by her late grandmother, with her outfit for the makeover challenge inspired by her grandmother’s flower bushes. Pixie can’t help but tear up when describing this.

* DressesTheSame: Both her and Danny present Series/MrBlobby for their ''BBC 100th Anniversary Tribute'' runways, though while Danny's ClubKid version brings the weirdness, Peppa's is a smarter, more elevated take.
** Happens again for the makeover challenge where both Peppa and Danny use heavy white foundation for their drag sisters, and even facial hair (Peppa and her sister have painted-on curly moustaches, while Danny gives hers a fake pastel beard to match her own).

* StrongFamilyResemblance: For the ''Queen for a Day'' makeover challenge, in which the queens are tasked with making over members of the 'Queen Team' (the backstage production and wellbeing crew), Cheddar is teamed with Gemma, whom she initially (and brilliantly) dubs 'Mini-Cheddar'[[note]] after the popular cheese-flavoured crackers -- similar to Cheez-Its, for non-Brits[[/note]], but after she's made aware that the name is already in-use in the drag community, she goes with 'Brie Gorgeous' instead. They emerge onto the runway in identical draped outfits, Cheddar’s in amber and brown and Brie’s in blue and brown, looking like a pair of beautiful alien twins, with matching hoods, rolled hair, and Cheddar's signature gilded makeup. The judges love the pair's synergetic looks and the elegant theatricality of their performance, and Cheddar bags her third win of the competition.