History Recap / BlackadderS3E1DishAndDishonesty

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: The prince regent's chief expenses are banqueting, perfume and socks.

* ShoutOut: the "Standing at the back dressed stupidly and looking stupid party" reminds one a lot of the "Very Silly" candidates in Monty Python's election night special sketch.

** The Standing at the back dressed stupidly and looking stupid Party's main policies are the compulsory serving of asparagus at breakfast, free corsets for children under 5 and the abolition of slavery (though they do note they only wrote the last one in for a joke).

-->'''Hanna:''' Fair enough, none of my business, really.

** They're actually based on the Monster Raving Loony Party, a genuine political party who, in general, stand at the back dressed stupidly and look stupid. And, as in real British elections, the returning officer is put in the ridiculous situation of being forced to take them seriously.

Edmund Blackadder, now a butler to the Prince Regent is not happy. Despite the usual problems of dealing with all the idiots around him, Prince George's extravagant sock habit is bankrupting the country, and the parliament is trying to cut him off. The only way to stop Prince George being utterly bankrupted is to tip the vote in their favour, which means getting one of their own elected to Parliament, but who? A man without a will of his own, a puppet, purely under their control. One might almost say, a man without a brain.

Baldrick gets elected to Parliament after an outrageously rigged election. However, Baldrick is so stupid he votes for the wrong side and the bill passes, moving on to the House of Lords. Blackadder uses this as an opportunity to swindle a fortune and a peerage out of the Prince Regent, but he's a bit too subtle about it and the Prince gives the rewards to Baldrick instead. Baldrick promptly spends the money on his lifelong dream, a priceless turnip.

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* TheCoronerDothProtestTooMuch: The returning officer and lone voter in Dunny-on-the Wold apparently died, respectively, from accidentally brutally cutting his head off while combing his hair, and accidentally brutally stabbing himself in the stomach while shaving.
* CreditsGag: Vicent Hanna plays "His Own Great-great-great grandfather"

* {{Malaproper}}: This episode introduces this aspect of Baldrick's charecter.

** They're actually based on the Monster Raving Loony Party, a genuine political party who, in general, stand at the back dressed stupidly and look stupid.

* LandslideElection: Baldrick wins the election, 16,472 to 0

'''Blackadder''': Oh, come on, Baldrick, you're going to be an MP for God's sake.

Edmund Blackadder, now a butler to the Prince Regent is not happy. Despite the usual problems of dealing with all the idiots around him, Prince George's extravagent sock habit is bankrupting the country, and the parliment is trying to cut him off. The only way to stop Prince George being utterly bankrupted is to tip the vote in their favour, which means getting one of their own elected to Parliament, but who? A man without a will of his own, a puppet, purely under their control. One might lamost say, a man without a brain.

Baldrick gets elected to Parliament.

[[BeyondTheImpossible Baldrick gets elected to Parliament.]]

'''Baldrick''': Well, I think it might be Sod Off."\\

->'''Blackadder''' (''filling out an MP application form''): First name?\\

* LastNameBasis: Baldrick has not had a first name until this episode. Now it seems to be Sod Off, but even he's not sure

* [[ Malaproper ]]: This episode introduces this aspect of Baldrick's charecter.

* [[Malaproper]]: This episode introduces this aspect of Baldrick's charecter.

Baldrick gets elected to Parliament.

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: The prince regent's chief expenses are banqueting, perfume and socks.