History Literature / MyUncleOswald

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: The book contains [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Uncle_Oswald#Victims_of_Oswald.27s_plot_.28in_order_of_appearance_in_the_book.29 a laundry list]] of various real-world historical figures only to put them into silly sexual situations. They're all pretty much parodies of the genuine articles.

* ScienceMarchesOn: It is now known that [[spoiler:leprosy is not an STD]].

* PatrioticFervor: A {{Meta}} example of sorts. It is a much milder example than most, but it's hardly a coincidence that the only person who manages to totally foil our amoral protagonists in this novel by Anglo-Norwegian Roald Dahl is the King of Norway.

* MisplacedNationalism: Of sorts. It is a much milder example than most, but it is hardly a coincidence that the only person who manages to totally foil our amoral protagonists in this novel by Norwegian Roald Dahl is the King of Norway.

* NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization: Invoked and played with. Technically it's the ''victim'' who's being assaulted, since he didn't consent to being drugged into performing. However, the victim assumes he's acting on his own power and believes ''he's'' the one who committed rape upon Miss Howcomely...who of course not only expected this reaction, but has a grand old time herself. Since both parties ultimately enjoy the act, the matter of whether or not this counts as rape is glossed over in the text (although there are several moments when Oswald and Woresley rather jovially refer to it as rape).

* GroinAttack: Yasmin talks about having to hold onto Creator/GeorgeBernardShaw's "snozzberry" with all her might, and giving it a twist or two to keep him in line. Yes, the same snozzberry Willy Wonka has children lick.

* ForScience: The effects of Bitch are studied in an experiment with Biotte's female lab assistant being sprayed with the scent and having a young fit male boxer approach her, while Biotte and Oswald watch with noseplugs on, noting everything from the effective distance of the scent and the duration of time it affects the male test subject. Oswald calls Biotte a DirtyOldMan, and Biotte retorts that he's a scientist. The lab assistant herself willingly participates because it's for science, and eagerly asks for another dose when it's over.

** Henri Biotte because [[GoneHorriblyRight of his discovery]]. His lab assistant Simone accidentally causes his death when she uses up nearly all the doses of the Bitch formula on herself and surprises him, and he has a heart attack [[OutwithABang in the following chaos.]]

* ScienceMarchesOn: It is now known that [[spoiler:leprosy]] is not an STD.
* SurpriseHorrorStory: "The Visitor", the first story written yet the last chronologically, becomes one due to its WhamLine.
* WhamLine: After Oswald's host for the night escorts him away, the former reveals before he drives off that [[spoiler:he has another daughter living separately on another floor of his house. This is because she has leprosy, the kind that's almost impossible to cure. But he tells Oswald not to worry because it's only spread by the most ''intimate'' contact.]]

* SurpriseCreepy: "The Visitor", the first story written yet the last chronologically, becomes one due to its WhamLine.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Woresley used his own sperms when testing his freezer system, with which Oswald sympathizes deeply.

* DeathBySex:
** Henri Biotte because [[GoneHorriblyRight of his discovery]]. His lab assistant Simone accidentally causes his death when she uses up nearly all the doses of the Bitch formula on herself and surprises him, and he has a heart attack [[OutwithABang in the following chaos.]]
** Implied to be Oswald's fate [[spoiler:after contracting an incurable disease. He lasts many years yet though, and it's implied that he blew his fortune trying to find a cure in vain, leaving only his diaries to the narrator]].

* FramingDevice: The story is present as the {{diary}} of Oswald, left to his nephew and only seeing the light of day now because its contents were too explosive, etc.

** Henri Biotte because [[GoneHorriblyRight of his discovery]]. His lab assistant accidentally causes his death when she uses up nearly all the doses of the Bitch formula on herself and surprises him, and he has a heart attack in the following chaos.

* ZanyScheme: "Bitch", set after the novel, has Oswald and a perfume-maker/olfactory scientist conspire to isolate and synthesize the mating-instinct pheromone, still active in dogs for instance (hence the title). but which humans have long since evolved past. As in dogs, females should in theory produce it and males should in theory be attracted by it, but evolution has made these biological functions respectively weak and dormant. The scientist, Henri Biotte, manages to do it and amplify the scent a thousandfold, enough for human males to be affected again, causing them to fall into a mindless mating frenzy with the nearest female. Oswald calls the scent "Bitch", they discuss ways to profit from the discovery and Biotte even exclaims that they could rule the world.

** Henri Biotte when his discovery GoesHorriblyRight. His lab assistant accidentally causes his death when she uses up nearly all the doses of the Bitch formula on herself and surprises him, and he has a heart attack in the following chaos.

* ForScience: The effects of Bitch are studied in an experiment with Biotte's female lab assistant being sprayed with the scent and having a young fit male boxer approach her, while Biotte and Oswald watch with noseplugs on, noting everything from the effective distance of the scent and the duration of time it affects the male test subject. Oswald calls Biotte a DirtyOldMan, and Biotte retorts that he's a scientist. The lab assistant herself willingly participates because it's for science.

* CoitusUninterruptus: The Bitch formula causes this, with the test subject male ignoring orders to stop made at gunpoint, and even warning shots.

* ForScience: The effects of Bitch are studied in an experiment with Biotte's female lab assistant being sprayed with the scent and having a young fit male boxer approach her, while Biotte and Oswald watch with noseplugs on, recording everything from the effective distance of the scent and the duration of time it affects the male.

* ForScience: The effects of Bitch are studied in an experiment with Biotte's female lab assistant being sprayed with the scent and having a young fit male boxer approach her, while Biotte and Oswald watch with noseplugs on, recording everything from the effective distance of the scent and the duration of time it affects the male.*
aPeopleAreFunny: After the effect of the Bitch scent wears off, the males affected don't remember what they did, including ripping their clothes off.

* ContinuityNod: The Oswald stories were written in AnachronicOrder and presented as the narrator selecting specific episodes from his uncle's multi-volume diary. The novel thus contains references to details established in the previous two stories [[CallForward which have yet to happen.]]

''My Uncle Oswald'' is a satirical softcore pornographic novel written by Creator/RoaldDahl (yes, ''that'' one) in 1979. It follows two short stories also starring the title character, "The Visitor" (1965) and "Bitch" (1974), both published in ''Magazine/{{Playboy}}''.

''My Uncle Oswald'' is a satirical softcore pornographic novel written by Creator/RoaldDahl (yes, ''that'' one) in 1979.

The second part, set in TheRoaringTwenties, returns to a slightly older but no less randy Oswald, who plans to use his newly-acquired aphrodisiac to steal and sell the sperm of the greatest men of 1920s Europe, with the help of Arthur Woresley, a biology professor, and Yasmin Howcomely, [[TheVamp a nymphomaniac secretary]] who is all too eager to help seduce a variety of famous figures--all in the name of Science, of course.