History Film / JackbootsOnWhitehall

* ShoutOut: Spoofs StiffUpperLip war movies set in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and earlier, as well as more recent films like ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' and ''Film/{{Braveheart}}''. Also Churchill in a pin-stripe suit, wielding a drum-fed Thompson submachine gun, is from a famous WW2 photo.

'''[[Creator/MelGibson Braveheart]]:''' Would that be 1, [[Film/LethalWeapon2 2]], [[Film/LethalWeapon3 3]] or [[Film/LethalWeapon4 4]]?

!!The movie contains the following tropes:

-->'''Chris:''' We need your help, and your Film/{{lethal weapon}}s!
-->'''[[Creator/MelGibson Braveheart]]:''' Would that be 1, [[Film/LethalWeapon2 2]], [[Film/LethalWeapon3 3]] or [[Film/LethalWeapon4 4]]?

* FunWithAcronyms: The letters on the sides of the Spitfires are {{UFO}} (the O being the RAF roundel) and, on Fiske's plane [[UnusualEuphemism UFOK]]. The FANY's are the [[IncrediblyLamePun butt]] of several jokes, but this is true even of the real [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FANY First Aid Nursing Yeomanry]].

* CommieNazis: [[EagleSquadron US volunteer pilot]] Fiske appears to be generally confused as to which ideology he's fighting. He also thinks Mr Churchill is a President and his PraetorianGuard are Indians. [[IndiansWithIglas Which they are, actually]].

* MosesInTheBullrushes: Chris as a baby.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Ewan [=McGregor=], Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant, Timothy Spall, Richard O'Brien and Richard Griffiths.

Unfortunately any story this epic has to be scaled down, say to about 1/6 size. That's right -- this is the UK's answer to ''TeamAmericaWorldPolice''. Your Mileage May Vary over whether it matches that movie for laughs, but it has its moments particularly if you're a fan of British UsefulNotes/WorldWarII movies. Or if you're Scottish.
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* BreakOutTheMuseumPiece

* RammingAlwaysWorks

* ShoutOut: Spoofs StiffUpperLip war movies set in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and earlier, as well as more recent films like ''Film/LordOfTheRings'' and ''Film/{{Braveheart}}''. Also Churchill in a pin-stripe suit, wielding a drum-fed Thompson submachine gun, is from a famous WW2 photo.

* {{Supermarionation}}

-->'''Chris:''' "We need your help, and your Film/{{lethal weapon}}s!"
-->'''[[Creator/MelGibson Braveheart]]:''' "Would that be 1, 2, 3 or 4?"

* [[InVinoVeritas Dutch Courage]]: When the Vicar gets drunk and starts insulting the advancing Germans, Churchill orders the barrel to be rolled out.
-->'''Vicar:''' "Come and fight me -- my God against yours!"
-->'''Soldier:''' "Sorry sir, he must have found his way back to the bottle."
-->'''Churchill:''' "[[TheAlcoholic Good man]]."
-->'''Vicar:''' "Sausage eating wankers! ''(echo)'' WANKERS! WANKERS! WANKERS!"
-->'''Churchill:''' "Let us take example from the Church. Double the ale ration, two pints per man!"

* [[FakeBrit Fake Scot]]: It is rumored that legendary Scottish warrior Braveheart is [[Creator/MelGibson actually Australian]].

* ActorAllusion

June 1940 -- England's darkest hour. The [[AlternateHistory entire British army has surrendered at Dunkirk]]. A demoralised WinstonChurchill is planning to retire in a few days. Chris the farm labourer can't join the army because [[DistinguishingMark his hands are too big]] to fit inside a trigger guard, and TheVicar is keeping his [[LoveInterest beautiful daughter Daisy]] at arms length. Meanwhile ThoseWackyNazis have an EvilPlan -- dig a tunnel under the English Channel to London, capture Churchill and end the war in one stroke! Mustering what little forces he has, Churchill orders a retreat to Scot Land -- a wild and uncivilised country populated by [[BraveScot savage warriors]] with huge hands, lead by the legendary Film/{{Braveheart}}. As Churchill's RagtagBandOfMisfits HoldTheLine at Hadrian's Wall, Chris must go on a lone quest to seek out England's last hope, and the reason for his massive mitts.

* DragQueen: UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler dressed as QueenVictoria. Wielding a [[BlingBlingBang diamond-covered Luger]], no less.

* DragQueen: AdolfHitler dressed as QueenVictoria. Wielding a [[BlingBlingBang diamond-covered Luger]], no less.

* AnachronismStew: The German army attack Hadrian's Wall advance in Roman ''testudo'' formation and have motorbike-mounted {{Battering Ram}}s. Their opponents make use of catapults, Napoleonic uniforms and muskets, German weapons captured by LaResistance, and a WWI biplane.

Unfortunately any story this epic has to be scaled down, say to about 1/6 size. That's right -- this is the UK's answer to ''TeamAmericaWorldPolice''. Your Mileage May Vary over whether it matches that movie for laughs, but it has its moments particularly if you're a fan of British WorldWarII movies. Or if you're Scottish.

* GondorCallsForAid: [[TheLordOfTheRings Beacon fires are lit]] [[AnachronismStew to signal the invasion]].

* ShoutOut: Spoofs StiffUpperLip war movies set in WorldWarII and earlier, as well as more recent films like ''LordOfTheRings'' and ''Film/{{Braveheart}}''. Also Churchill in a pin-stripe suit, wielding a drum-fed Thompson submachine gun, is from a famous WW2 photo.

* XMeetsY: Described as "''TeamAmerica'' crashing headfirst into ''InglouriousBasterds''."

* AnachronismStew: The German army attacking Hadrian's Wall advance in Roman ''testudo'' formation and have motorbike-mounted {{Battering Ram}}s. Their opponents make use of catapults, Napoleonic uniforms and muskets, German weapons captured by LaResistance, and a WWI biplane.

* ArtisticLicenceHistory: Listing every instance would be an exercise in futility.

* RapeIsLove: A Scot drags a screaming German blonde into his tent.
-->'''German:''' "Nein, nein, nein!"
-->'''Scot:''' "Take that!"
-->'''German:''' "Oh ja!"

June 1940 -- England's darkest hour. The [[AlternateHistory entire British army has surrendered at Dunkirk]]. A demoralised WinstonChurchill is planning to retire in a few days. Chris the farm labourer can't join the army because [[DistinguishingMark his hands are too big]] to fit inside a trigger guard, and TheVicar is keeping his [[LoveInterest beautiful daughter Daisy]] at arms length. Meanwhile ThoseWackyNazis have an EvilPlan -- dig a tunnel under the English Channel to London, capture Churchill and end the war in one stroke! Mustering what little forces he has, Churchill orders a retreat to Scot Land -- a wild and uncivilised country populated by [[BraveScot savage warriors]] with huge hands, lead by the legendary {{Braveheart}}. As Churchill's RagtagBandOfMisfits HoldTheLine at Hadrian's Wall, Chris must go on a lone quest to seek out England's last hope, and the reason for his massive mitts.

* IAmTheNoun: Chris bemoans the fact that he's not allowed to join the military because the government says his hands are too big. Winston Churchill declares "I am the government!"

* {{Moses in the Bullrushes}}: Chris as a baby.

* RagtagBandOfMisfits: Elite Punjabi guards, gun-toting FANY's, an American volunteer in a biplane, and a HomeGuard made up of men of the land -- are all that's left between England and Nazi domination.

* ShoutOut: Spoofs StiffUpperLip war movies set in WorldWarII and earlier, as well as more recent films like ''LordOfTheRings'' and ''{{Braveheart}}''. Also Churchill in a pin-stripe suit, wielding a drum-fed Thompson submachine gun, is from a famous WW2 photo.

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Many. Billy Fiske was a real RAF pilot, although he was likely less of a CloudCuckoolander in real life.

* ShoutOut: Spoofs StiffUpperLip war movies set in WorldWarII and earlier, as well as more recent films like ''LordOfTheRings'' and ''{{Braveheart}}''. Also Churchill in a pin-stripe suit, wielding a drum-fed Thompson submachine gun, is from a [[http://www.auto-ordnance.com/AO-3M.html famous WW2 photo]].

Unfortunately any story this epic has to be scaled down, say to about 1/6 size. That's right -- this is the UK's answer to ''TeamAmericaWorldPolice''. It matches that movie for laughs, but it has its moments particularly if you're a fan of British WorldWarII movies. Or if you're Scottish.

* InkSuitActor: Chris looks an awful lot like Ewan McGregor.

-->'''Chris:''' "We need your help, and your {{lethal weapon}}s!"

Unfortunately any story this epic has to be scaled down, say to about 1/6 size. That's right -- this is the UK's answer to ''TeamAmericaWorldPolice''. {{YMMV}} as to whether it matches that movie for laughs, but it has its moments particularly if you're a fan of British WorldWarII movies. Or if you're Scottish.

-->'''[[MelGibson Braveheart]]:''' "Would that be 1, 2, 3 or 4?"

* [[FakeBrit Fake Scot]]: It is rumored that legendary Scottish warrior Braveheart is [[MelGibson actually Australian]].