History Literature / ThankYouJeeves

A 1936 movie was made with the same title starring Creator/DavidNiven as Bertie and Arthur Treacher as Jeeves, but the plot bears no resemblance to the novel or indeed any of Wodehouse's works, and was made without any input from him.

* MinstrelShows: A troupe of {{blackface}} performers is discussed several times

* OverprotectiveDad: J. Washburn Stoker locks up Bertie on his yacht in an attempt to force a marriage between Bertie and Pauline.

* OverprotectiveDad: J. Washburn Stoker in spades; he locks up Bertie on his yacht in an attempt to force a marriage between Bertie and Pauline.

'''Thank You, Jeeves''' is a 1934 novel by Creator/PGWodehouse, the first full-length work starring his characters [[Literature/JeevesAndWooster Jeeves and Bertie Wooster]]. As our story opens, Bertie has succumbed to a overwhelming passion for playing the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjo_ukulele banjolele]], which leads to his enraged neighbors demanding his departure from his London flat and, far more momentously, Jeeves giving his notice. Undeterred, Bertie rents a country cottage from a land-rich but cash-poor pal of his, Lord "Chuffy" Chuffnell, and retires hence with his new valet Brinkley. Things of course do not go smoothly, with Bertie quickly becoming entangled in Chuffy's would-be romance with the American beauty Pauline Stoker, to whom Bertie was previously and very briefly engaged. Not to mention Pauline's formidable father, J. Washburn Stoker, the local overzealous police force, a battling pair of half-pint menaces named Dwight and Seabury, and once again, that preeminent loonie doctor Sir Roderick Glossop, who hopes to marry Chuffy's Aunt Myrtle. Fortunately, Chuffy has retained Jeeves' services, and so he is on hand to once again bring happy endings all around.

A 1936 movie was made with the same title starring Creator/DavidNiven as Bertie and Arthur Treacher as Jeeves, but the plot bears no resemblance to the novel or indeed any of Woodhouse's works, and was made without any input from him.

* EyePop: Chuffy upon seeing Pauline in Bertie's bedroom (and pajamas.)

* FireForgedFriends: This occurs between Bertie and [[spoiler: Sir Roderick.]] Their sudden matiness can be quite astounding to those who miss the relevant chapter of the Wooster memoirs!

* ManlyTears: Bertie comes jolly well close to shedding these when [[spoiler: Jeeves returns to working for him.]]

* StronglyWordedLetter: Bertie gives ''serious'' contemplation about threatening to write one of these when Sergent Voules once again bangs on his door in the middle of the night, but it turns out it's actually [[spoiler: Pa Stoker.]]

* AmicableExes: Bertie and Pauline were briefly engaged, and remained on good terms after breaking up.

* {{Blackface}}: A lengthy (and nowadays quite cringey) subplot wherein Bertie, who is being held prisoner on old man Stoker's yacht, disguises himself in this way in order to leave the yacht with a [[MinstrelShows minstrel troupe]]. This becomes a problem when he can't get the boot black off. Sir Glossop, who had also donned blackface to entertain Aunt Myrtle's young son Seabury, has the same problem.

* FireForgedFriends: This occurs between Bertie and [[spoiler: Sir Glossop.]] Their sudden matiness can be quite astounding to those who miss the relevant chapter of the Wooster memoirs!

* {{Blackface}}: A lengthy (and nowadays quite cringey) subplot wherein Bertie, who is being held prisoner on old man Stoker's yacht, disguises himself in this way in order to leave the yacht with a minstrel troupe. This becomes a problem when he can't get the boot black off. Sir Glossop, who had also donned blackface to entertain Aunt Myrtle's young son Seabury, has the same problem.

* KarmaHoudini: Brinkley evidently escapes any consequences for his erratic drunken rampage, despite committing part of it in the presence of a policeman.

'''Thank You, Jeeves''' is a 1934 novel by Creator/PGWodehouse, the first full-length work starring his characters [[Literature/JeevesAndWooster Jeeves and Bertie Wooster]]. As our story opens, Bertie has succumbed to a overwhelming passion for playing the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjo_ukulele banjolele]], which leads to his enraged neighbors demanding his departure from his London flat and, far more momentously, Jeeves giving his notice. Undeterred, Bertie rents a country cottage from a land-rich but cash-poor pal of his, Lord "Chuffy" Chufnell, and retires hence with his new valet Brinkley. Things of course do not go smoothly, with Bertie quickly becoming entangled in Chuffy's would-be romance with the American beauty Pauline Stoker, to whom Bertie was previously and very briefly engaged. Not to mention Pauline's formidable father, J. Washburn Stoker, the local overzealous police force, a battling pair of half-pint menaces named Dwight and Seabury, and once again, that preeminent loonie doctor Sir Roderick Glossop, who hopes to marry Chuffy's Aunt Myrtle. Fortunately, Chuffy has retained Jeeves' services, and so he is on hand to once again bring happy endings all around.

'''Thank You, Jeeves''' is a 1934 novel by Creator/PGWodehouse, the first full-length work starring his characters [[Literature/JeevesAndWooster Jeeves and Bertie Wooster]]. As our story opens, Bertie has succumbed to a overwhelming passion for playing the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjo_ukulele banjolele]], which leads to his enraged neighbors demanding his departure from his London flat and, far more momentously, Jeeves giving his notice. Undeterred, Bertie rents a country cottage from a land-rich but cash-poor pal of his, "Chuffy" Chuffnel, and retires hence with his new valet Brinkley. Things of course do not go smoothly, with Bertie quickly becoming entangled in Chuffy's would-be romance with the American beauty Pauline Stoker, to whom Bertie was previously and very briefly engaged. Not to mention Pauline's formidable father, J. Washburn Stoker, the local overzealous police force, a battling pair of half-pint menaces named Dwight and Seabury, and once again, that preeminent loonie doctor Sir Roderick Glossop, who hopes to marry Chuffy's Aunt Myrtle. Fortunately, Chuffy has retained Jeeves' services, and so he is on hand to once again bring happy endings all around.

* ActionGirl: Pauline. Bertie lists her rather impulsive dynamism is the main reason that he rapidly fell out of love with her.

'''Thank You, Jeeves''' is a 1934 novel by Creator/PGWodehouse, the first of several starring his characters [[Literature/JeevesAndWooster Jeeves and Bertie Wooster]], following a long string of short stories about the duo. In this one, Bertie succumbs to a sudden overwhelming passion for playing the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjo_ukulele banjolele]]. This in turn leads to his enraged neighbors demanding his departure from his London flat and, far more momentously, Jeeves giving his notice. Undeterred, Bertie rents a country cottage from a land-rich but cash-poor pal of his, "Chuffy" Chuffnel, and retires hence with his new valet Brinkley. Things of course do not go smoothly, with Bertie quickly becoming entangled in Chuffy's would-be romance with the American beauty Pauline Stoker, to whom Bertie was previously and very briefly engaged. Not to mention Pauline's formidable father, J. Washburn Stoker, the local overzealous police force, and once again, that preeminent loonie doctor Sir Roderick Glossop, who hopes to marry Chuffy's Aunt Myrtle. Fortunately, Chuffy has retained Jeeves' services, and so he is on hand to once again bring happy endings all around.

* AxCrazy: Brinkley, after he gets a snootful. At least some of the time, Bertie comments on what an erratic in-and-out performer his is in this department.

* LikeBrotherAndSister: Bertie still likes Pauline well enough, and openly comments on her beauty, but no longer has the slightest desire to marry her. Unfortunately, no one believes this, including Chuffy and Pa Stoker.

* MeddlesomePatrolman: Bertie suffers from a rural version of this trope with Sergent Voules.

* StronglyWordedLetter: Bertie gives ''serious'' contemplation about threatening to write one of these when the local police officer once again bangs on his door in the middle of the night, but it turns out it's actually [[spoiler: Pa Stoker.]]

--> "I've seen starers in my time, many of them, but never one that came within a mile of putting up the performance which Chuffy did then. The eyebrows had shot up, the jaw had fallen, and the eyes were protruding from one to two inches from their parent sockets."

* FleetingPassionateHobbies: Bertie and the banjolele. He gives it up at the end of the story, with the instrument now forever linked in his mind with the homicidal Brinkley. (Plus it [[spoiler:burned up when his cottage got set on fire.]]

-->"He pushed past me into the house, then turned and grabbed me by the shoulder.\\
'Now then!' he said.\\
I disengaged myself coldly. I had to wriggle out of my pyjama jacket to do so, but I managed it."

* StronglyWordedLetter: Bertie gives ''serious'' contemplation about threatening to write one of these when the local police constable once again bangs on his door in the middle of the night, but it turns out it's actually [[spoiler: Pa Stoker.]]

'''Thank You, Jeeves''' is a 1934 novel by Creator/PGWodehouse, the first of several starring his characters [[Literature/JeevesAndWooster Jeeves and Bertie Wooster]], following a string of short stories about the duo. In this one, Bertie succumbs to a sudden overwhelming passion for playing the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjo_ukulele banjolele]]. This in turn leads to his enraged neighbors demanding his departure from his London flat and, far more momentously, Jeeves giving his notice. Undeterred, Bertie rents a country cottage from a land-rich but cash-poor pal of his, "Chuffy" Chuffnel, and retires hence with his new valet Brinkley. Things of course do not go smoothly, with Bertie quickly becoming entangled in Chuffy's would-be romance with Bertie's former American fiancee Pauline Stoker. Not to mention Pauline's formidable father, J. Washburn Stoker, the local overzealous police force, and once again, that preeminent loonie doctor Sir Roderick Glossop, who hopes to marry Chuffy's Aunt Myrtle. Fortunately, Chuffy has retained Jeeves' services, and so he is on hand to once again bring happy endings all around.

* ActionGirl: Pauline. Her rather impulsive dynamism is the main reason Bertie rapidly fell out of love with her.

* ImpoverishedPatrician: Chuffy; his trying to sell his ancestral home to get some cash is a major plot-point.

'''Thank You, Jeeves''' is a 1934 novel by Creator/PGWodehouse, the first of several starring his characters [[Literature/JeevesAndWooster Jeeves and Bertie Wooster]], following a string of short stories about the duo. In this one, Bertie succumbs to a sudden overwhelming passion for playing the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjo_ukulele banjolele]]. This in turn leads to his enraged neighbors demanding his departure from his London flat and, far more momentously, Jeeves giving his notice. Undeterred, Bertie rents a country cottage from a land-rich but cash-poor pal of his, "Chuffy" Chuffnel, and retires hence with his new valet Brinkley. Things of course do not go smoothly, with Bertie quickly becoming entangled in Chuffy's would-be romance with Bertie's former American fiancee Pauline Stoker. Not to mention Pauline's formidable father, J. Washburn Stoker, the local overzealous police force, and once again, that preeminent loonie doctor Sir Roderick Glossop. Fortunately, Chuffy has retained Jeeve's services, and so he is on hand to once again bring happy endings all around.

* BrattyHalfPint: Two of them, whose personalities tend to clash.
* {{Blackface}}: A lengthy (and nowadays quite cringey) subplot wherein Bertie, who is being held prisoner on old man Stoker's yacht, disguises himself in this way in order to leave the yacht with a black minstrel troupe. This becomes a problem when he can't get the boot black off. Sir Roderick Glossop, who had also donned blackface to entertain Aunt Myrtle's young son Seabury, has the same problem.

* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Bertie tries to move along Chuffy and Pauline's romance by engaging in the usual OperationJealousy.

* EmbarrassingFirstName: Chuffy has gone his whole life [[KnownOnlyByTheirNickname concealing]] that his first name is "Marmaduke." Possibly Pa Stoker as well, since he goes by "J. Washburn".

* HeelFaceTurn: Glossop and Bertie finally bury the hatchet in the course of the novel.

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Chuffy pulls this act thinking that Pauline still wants to marry Bertie.
* KarmaHoudini: Brinkley evidently escapes any consequences for his drunken rampage.

* OverprotectiveDad: J. Washburn Stoker in spades.

* {{Blackface}}: A lengthy (and nowadays quite cringey) subplot involves both Bertie and Glossop engaging in this.

* ChekhovsGun: The troop of African-American musicians also visiting the area.