* Baldrick discussing his family member who was an actor in a production of ''Macbeth''. To be precise, 'Second Codpiece.' Used only in the fight scenes ("So he was a stunt codpiece?"). What makes the scene hilarious is when Blackadder absolutely deadpans the following conversation.
-->'''Blackadder:''' Did he have a large part?\\
''Long pause, including a cut back to Blackadder to show just how deadpan he is, then finally back to Baldrick.''\\
'''Baldrick:''' Depends who was playing Macbeth.
* The scene between Blackadder and the actors [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h--HR7PWfp0 where one must only say]] [[TheScottishTrope The Scottish Play]] and not [[spoiler:Theatre/{{Macbeth}}]].
-->''(Blackadder enters with the actors after having spent the previous scene ignoring their knocking at the door)''\\
'''Blackadder:''' You should have knocked.\\
'''Keanrick:''' Our knocks, you impertinent butler, were loud enough to wake the hounds of Hell! ''(he and Mossop hand Blackadder their hats; Keanrick turns to Mossop)'' Lead on, Macduff.\\
'''Mossop:''' I shall. ''(as the actors move to the next room, Blackadder drops their hats on the floor and kicks them through the door before closing it)'' Lest you continue in your quotation, and mention the name of the Scottish Play.\\
'''Keanrick:''' ''(chuckles)'' Never fear, I shan't do that!\\
'''Blackadder:''' By "the Scottish Play", I assume you mean ''Macbeth''.\\
'''Keanrick, Mossop:''' AHH! ''(they begin making pat-a-cake motions)'' Hot potato, off the shores, Puck will make amends! ''(they finish by tweaking each other's noses)'' Ahh!\\
'''Blackadder:''' ... what was ''that?''\\
'''Keanrick:''' We were exorcising evil spirits. Being but a mere butler, you will not know the great theatre tradition that one does ''never'' speak the name of the Scottish play.\\
'''Blackadder:''' What, ''Macbeth''?\\
'''Keanrick, Mossop:''' AHH! ''(pat-a-cake motions)'' Hot potato, off the shores, Puck will make amends! ''(tweak)'' Ahh!\\
'''Blackadder:''' Good lord. You mean you have to do that every time I say "''Macbeth''"?\\
'''Keanrick, Mossop:''' AHH! ''(pat-a-cake motions)'' Hot potato, off the shores, Puck will make amends! ''(tweak)'' Ahh!\\
'''Mossop:''' Will you ''please'' stop saying that!... ''Always'' call it "the Scottish Play"!\\
'''Blackadder:''' So you want me to say "the Scottish Play".\\
'''Keanrick, Mossop:''' ''YES!''\\
'''Blackadder:''' Rather than "''Macbeth''".\\
'''Keanrick, Mossop:''' AHH! ''(pat-a-cake motions)'' Hot potato, off the shores, Puck will make amends! ''(tweak)'' Ahh!\\
'''Prince:''' ''(entering)'' I say, what is all this hullabaloo, all this shouting, and screaming, and yelling blue murder? ''(the actors bow deeply before him)'' Why, it was like that play we saw the other day, what was it called, er...\\
'''Blackadder:''' ''Macbeth'', sir?\\
'''Keanrick, Mossop:''' ''(still bent over bowing)'' AHH! ''(pat-a-cake motions, but now side by side rather than facing each other)'' Hot potato, off the shores, Puck will make amends! ''(this time, they tweak their own noses)'' Oooh!\\
'''Prince:''' ''(motions the actors to stand up again)'' No no no, it was, it was called ''Theatre/JuliusCaesar''.\\
'''Blackadder:''' Oh yes, of course. ''Julius Caesar''. ''({{Beat}})'' Not ''Macbeth''.\\
'''Keanrick, Mossop:''' AHH! ''(pat-a-cake motions)'' Hot potato, off the shores, Puck will make amends! ''(tweak)'' Ahh!

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* In the opening scene, Blackadder and Baldrick talking about their resepective ambitions:
-->'''Blackadder''': God, I'm wasted here. It's no life for a man of noble blood being servant to a master with the intellect of a jugged walrus and all the social graces of a potty.\\
'''Baldrick''': I'm wasted too. I've been thinking of bettering myself.\\
'''Blackadder''': Oh, really? How?\\
'''Baldrick''': I applied for the job of village idiot of Kensington.\\
'''Blackadder''': Oh. Get anywhere?\\
'''Baldrick''': I got down to the last two, but I failed the final interview.\\
'''Blackadder''': Oh, what went wrong?\\
'''Baldrick''': I turned up. The other bloke was such an idiot he forgot to.\\
'''Blackadder''': Yes, well I'm afraid my ambitions stretch slightly further than professional idiocy in West London. I want to be remembered when I'm dead. I want books written about me. I want songs sung about me. And then hundreds of years from now I want episodes from my life to be played out weekly at half past nine by some great heroic actor of the age.\\
'''Baldrick''': Yeah, and I could be played by some tiny tit in a beard.\\
'''Blackadder''': Quite.

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* In the opening scene, Blackadder and Baldrick talking about their resepective ambitions:
-->'''Blackadder''': God, I'm wasted here. It's no life for a man ofnoble blood being servant to a master with the intellect of a jugged walrus and all the social graces of a potty.
-->'''Baldrick''': I'm wasted too. I've been thinking of bettering myself.
-->'''Blackadder''': Oh, really? How?
-->'''Baldrick''': I applied for the job of village idiot of Kensington.
-->'''Blackadder''': Oh. Get anywhere?
-->'''Baldrick''': I got down to the last two, but I failed the final interview.
-->'''Blackadder''': Oh, what went wrong?
-->'''Baldrick''': I turned up. The other bloke was such an idiot he forgot to.
-->'''Blackadder''': Yes, well I'm afraid my ambitions stretch slightly further than professional idiocy in West London. I want to be remembered when I'm dead. I want books written about me. I want songs sung about me. And then hundreds of years from now I want episodes from my life to be played out weekly at half past nine by some great heroic actor of the age.
-->'''Baldrick''': Yeah, and I could be played by some tiny tit in a beard.
-->'''Blackadder''': Quite.

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