History Film / JohnnyEnglish

* VileVillainSaccharineShow: Despite the comedic tone of the film, Sauvage is taken quite seriously, as well as his right-hands Klaus & Dieter.He plans to turn all of England into a prison and his villainous breakdown is also a bit unnerving.

* VileVillainSaccharineShow: Despite the comedic tone of the film, Sauvage is taken quite seriously and plans to turn all of England into a prison. His villainous breakdown is also a bit unnerving.

** Furthermore, in real life a coronation takes at least several months to organise, rather than just days as this film suggests. Also, it seems unlikely that a monarch would be allowed to quietly slip away to a castle in France so soon before getting crowned.[[note]]It is traditional for the monarch to spend the night before in the Speaker's apartment of the Palace of Westminster.[[/note]]

* ForWantOfANail: Johnny giving Agent One incorrect information about his mission in Biarritz causes Agent One's death, which in turn leads to every agent except Johnny being blown up by a bomb planted at Agent One's funeral. If not for that first mistake, Johnny's role in the plot would never have been so prominent.

* RightForTheWrongReasons: Johnny's assertion that Pascal Sauvage is involved in the theft of the crown jewels is founded largely on his IrrationalHatred for the French (and Pascal himself in particular). It doesn't change the fact that Johnny is actually ''right'' and was the only one to correctly suspected him.

''Johnny English'' is a spy comedy film that was released on 11 April 2003, and directed by Peter Hewitt. The movie is considered an AffectionateParody of the spy movie genre, oftentimes [[LampshadeHanging hanging lampshades]] on several popular spy tropes, from DisposableLoveInterest characters to the [[MainCharacters protagonist]] being an overwhelmingly [[TheCharmer confident and suave]] badass. It features a hearty plateful of the RuleOfFunny, [[NoodleImplements a nice smattering of]] {{slapstick}}, and even a light pinch of SelfDeprecation. And Creator/RowanAtkinson.

** The bit where [[spoiler: all land in the country is technically the possession of the Crown and can be confiscated at will]] needs clarification (it would probably violate international human rights law/treaties), but the monarch has very little actual power, which is ''de facto'' exercised by their government. It also ignores historical precedent concerning what happens to [[UsefulNotes/CharlesI monarchs who try to exercise too much personal power]].

* AssPull: Why the ''hell'' Sauvage, who himself relies on an army of criminal thugs, is enlisting the help of the thirteen biggest players in world organized crime to imprison the entirety of the global criminal element in Britain is never explained. He's not even offering to wipe out their competition; while giving his presentation, Sauvage just comes off as an insane LawfulEvil, if a Type 2.
--> '''Pascal:''' What is the one commodity the world never seems to run out of? Criminals, gentlemen. Lawbreakers. Every nation in the world struggles with the issue of overcrowded prisons. So, what do we do with all these villains? Find the solution to that problem, and the governments of the world would pay you through their nose.

--> '''Sauvage:''' What is the one commodity the world never seems to run out of? Criminals, gentlemen, law breakers. Every nation in the world struggles with the issue of overcrowded prisons. So, what do we do with all these villains? Find the solution to that problem, and the governments of the world would pay you through their nose.

* AssPull: Why the ''hell'' Sauvage, who himself relies on an army of criminal thugs, is enlisting the help of the biggest player in world organized crime to imprison the entirety of the global criminal element in Britain is never explained.

''Johnny English'' is a spy comedy film that was released on 11 April 2003, and directed by Peter Howitt. The movie is considered an AffectionateParody of the spy movie genre, oftentimes [[LampshadeHanging hanging lampshades]] on several popular spy tropes, from DisposableLoveInterest characters to the [[MainCharacters protagonist]] being an overwhelmingly [[TheCharmer confident and suave]] badass. It features a hearty plateful of the RuleOfFunny, [[NoodleImplements a nice smattering of]] {{slapstick}}, and even a light pinch of SelfDeprecation. And Creator/RowanAtkinson.

''Johnny English'' is a comedy film that was released on 11 April 2003, and directed by Peter Howitt. The movie is considered an AffectionateParody of the spy movie genre, oftentimes [[LampshadeHanging hanging lampshades]] on several popular spy tropes, from DisposableLoveInterest characters to the [[MainCharacters protagonist]] being an overwhelmingly [[TheCharmer confident and suave]] badass. It features a hearty plateful of the RuleOfFunny, [[NoodleImplements a nice smattering of]] {{slapstick}}, and even a light pinch of SelfDeprecation. And Creator/RowanAtkinson.

* FunnyBackgroundEvent
** Johnny accidentally paralyzes a secretary, and talks to her unaware boss while she's being taken out of his office, and Johnny, of course, can see everything and ''does everything possible to make the guy not turn around''. When next we see her, she's in a wheelchair, and pauses to glare at him.
** The sequel uses this as well, except replace "tranquilizing your boss's secretary" with ''[[spoiler:nearly]] killing your boss's cat''.
-->'''Johnny''': ''[through the microphone]'' - nobody knows we are here.

** There's also the notion that Sauvage becomes King the moment the crown touches his head, and Johnny's accidental crowning therefore leads to him becoming King instead. A monarch's reign actually begins as soon as their predecessor's ends (hence the saying "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_king_is_dead,_long_live_the_king The king is dead, long live the king]]"). Pascal would technically be King as soon as the Queen abdicated. In practice Parliament would need to both ratify the Queen's abdication and formally recognise Sauvage's claim for him to actually take up the throne, but the crowning is just a ceremony.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: As England prepares for Sauvage's coronation, a radio announcer calls him "our first French king since the year 1066". The date was clearly chosen for being instantly recognisable as the date of the Norman conquest and the accession of UsefulNotes/WilliamTheConqueror. In reality, many kings since then have been French by birth, including three of William's four immediate successors. The first King of England whose native language was English rather than French was [[UsefulNotes/HenryTheFourth Henry IV]], crowned in 1399, and the last King to be French by birth was Edward IV, crowned in 1461.
* ArtisticLicensePolitics: Sauvage's coronation is treated as the moment that he is to become king, and [[spoiler:Johnny getting crowned instead likewise leads to ''him'' actually becoming king. Really the coronation is just the high point in the accession process. As soon as a monarch dies or abdicates, their successor takes their place. Sauvage would technically be king from the moment Elizabeth II abdicated (though in practice, Parliament would need to both ratify the Queen's abdication and formally recognise Sauvage's claim for him to actually take up the throne)]].
** The monarch's powers are also greatly exaggerated to facilitate Sauvage's EvilPlan. In practice the monarch has no actual power, and their role is purely ceremonial.

* HollywoodLaw: With respect to the (albeit unwritten) Constitution and the power of the Crown. In RealLife, you could ''not'' get the Queen to abdicate with the stroke of a pen,[[note]]It requires an Act of all Parliaments in nations where she is head of state.[[/note]] and whilst the bit where [[spoiler: all land in the country is technically the possession of the Crown and can be confiscated at will]] needs clarification,[[note]]It would probably violate international human rights law/treaties.[[/note]] the monarch has very little actual power, which is ''de facto'' exercised by their government. It also ignores historical precedent concerning what happens to [[UsefulNotes/CharlesI monarchs who try to exercise too much personal power]]. Of course all of this is (thankfully?) ignored in favor of RuleOfFunny and a good story (see below).
** There's also the notion that Sauvage becomes King the moment the crown touches his head. In reality the coronation is just a ceremony: when a monarch's reign ends that of the heir to the throne begins automatically (hence the saying "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_king_is_dead,_long_live_the_king The king is dead, long live the king]]"). Pascal would become King as soon as the abdication form was signed and Parliament has given consent.
** Furthermore, in real life a coronation takes more than a year to organize, rather than just days as this film suggests. Also, it seems unlikely that a monarch would be allowed to quietly slip away to a castle in France so soon before getting crowned.[[note]]It is traditional for the monarch to spend the night before in the Speaker's apartment of the Palace of Westminster.[[/note]]

** Johnny stubbornly goes to Sauvage's reception even though he's still suffering the after affects of the muscle relaxant drug. At one point he has a small spasm and ends up burying his face in the Foreign Secretary's bosom.

* ArtisticLicensePolitics: For some reason, Sauvage's coronation is treated as the moment that he is to become king, and [[spoiler:Johnny getting crowned instead likewise leads to ''his'' actually becoming king, when the coronation is actually just the high point in the accession process. As soon as a monarch dies or abdicates, their successor takes their place, so Sauvage was actually the king from the moment Elizabeth II signed her letter of abdication]].

* BaitAndSwitch: While infiltrating Sauvage's headquarters, Johnny accidentally hits a switch and hears Sauvage's voice say "English!", making him think he's been caught. Turns out it's just a DVD and Sauvage is talking about ''the'' English.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: As England prepares for Sauvage's coronation, a radio announcer calls him "our first French king since the year 1066". In fact, of the four kings that followed William the Conqueror, three were French by birth (the exception being Henry I, who was most likely born in Yorkshire). Indeed, the royal court remained culturally French for some time after this; it wouldn't be until 1399 that England had a king whose native language was English rather than French.

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* ArtisticLicensePolitics: For some reason, [[spoiler:Sauvage's coronation is treated as the moment that he is to become king, and Johnny getting crowned instead likewise leads to ''his'' actually becoming king, when the coronation is actually just the high point in the accession process. As soon as a monarch dies or abdicates, their successor takes their place, so Sauvage was actually the king from the moment Elizabeth II signed her letter of abdication]].

* ArtisticLicensePolitics: For some reason, [[spoiler:Sauvage's coronation is treated as the moment that he is to become king, and Johnny getting crowned instead likewise leads to ''his'' actually becoming king, when the coronation is actually just the high point in the accession process. As soon as a monarch dies or abdicates, their successor takes their place, so Sauvage was actually the king from the moment Elizabeth II signed her letter of abdication.