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* AlienNonInterferenceClause: After Peggy defeats Phillip and the women unionize and sue him, Dale, who is dressed as a [[Franchise/StarTrek Starfleet officer]], claims that "the Prime Directive has been breached!" and that the women's civil rights movement happened about 400 years too soon.
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* AlienNonInterferenceClause: After Peggy defeats Phillip and the women unionize and sue him, Dale, who is dressed as a [[Franchise/StarTrek Starfleet officer]], uses this as an excuse for why he can't help Hank when it comes to his jousting challenge. After Peggy defeats Phillip and the women unionize and sue him, Dale panics and claims that "the Prime Directive has been breached!" and that the women's civil rights movement happened about 400 years too soon. soon, pretending to beam out afterwards.
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* FakeBrit: InUniverse. Phillip is actually Texan buts speaks in a British accent during the fair. Creator/AlanRickman uses something close to his natural speaking voice for most of the episode, but puts on a thick, warbling Texan drawl when the jig is up and he's been served with a lawsuit.
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* FakeBrit: InUniverse. Phillip is actually Texan buts Texan, but speaks in a British accent during the fair. Creator/AlanRickman uses something close to his natural speaking voice for most of the episode, but puts on a thick, warbling Texan drawl when the jig is up and he's been served with a lawsuit.
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* NoOSHACompliance: Of a more mundane sort. The renaissance faire skirts labor laws at every opportunity, at least when it comes to the women employed there. Peggy points out that the washing wenches make 70 cents on the dollar compared to their male counterparts, but the village idiot SignedUpForTheDental.
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* NoOSHACompliance: Of a more mundane sort. The renaissance faire fair skirts labor laws at every opportunity, at least when it comes to the women employed there. Peggy points out that the washing wenches make 70 cents on the dollar compared to their male counterparts, but the village idiot SignedUpForTheDental.
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* FakeBrit: InUniverse. Phillip is actually Texan buts speaks in a British accent during the fair. Creator/AlanRickman uses something close to his natural speaking voice for most of the episode, but puts on a thick, warbling Texan drawl when the jig is up and he's been served with a lawsuit.
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* FakeBrit: InUniverse. Phillip is actually Texan buts speaks in a British accent during the fair. Creator/AlanRickman uses something close to his natural speaking voice for most of the episode, but puts on a thick, warbling Texan drawl when the jig is up and he's been served with a lawsuit.
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* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: After Hank learns what an abusive asshole Phillip is, he's willing to end the potential propane deal for the sake of Peggy and her women co-workers.
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Creator/AlanRickman guest stars as a sexist MeanBoss who refuses to give his female workers equal pay and benefits — and Peggy the cleaning wench is the only one who can stop it.
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Creator/AlanRickman guest stars as a sexist MeanBoss MeanBoss, who styles himself king of the local RenaissanceFair. He refuses to give his female workers equal pay and benefits — and Peggy the cleaning wench is the only one who can stop it.
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* FakeBrit: InUniverse. Phillip is actually Texan buts speaks in a British accent during the fair.
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* AlienNonInterferenceClause: After Peggy defeats Phillip and the women unionize and sue him, Dale, who is dressed as a [[Franchise/StarTrek Starfleet officer]], claims that "the Prime Directive has been breached!" and that the women's civil rights movement happened about 400 years too soon.
* AnachronismStew: PlayedForLaughs. Dale tries to get a discount at the door for appearing in period costume, except that his choice of outfit resembles a Franchise/StarTrek uniform. He argues with the ticket guy that "the future" is a period and should count.
* AwesomeButImpractical: From a certain perspective. The fair's gigantic, metal fire-breathing dragon statue is powered by propane, and requires a thousand gallons a week to operate, at the expense of thousands of dollars. Still, the sight of it is enough to move Hank to stunned silence.
* BadBoss: Phillip regularly sexually harasses the women in his employ, assigns them the last lunch break after all the good food is gone, and criminally underpays them. When he encounters resistance, he waves it off as [[JustJokingJustification "tomfoolery"]] and by claiming that the labor laws he's breaking have not yet been written.
* FakeBrit: InUniverse. Phillip is actually Texan buts speaks in a British accent during the fair. Creator/AlanRickman uses something close to his natural speaking voice for most of the episode, but puts on a thick, warbling Texan drawl when the jig is up and he's been served with a lawsuit.
* FailedAttemptAtDrama: When some passing teenagers point at Phillip, he rises from the throne and makes a noble-sounding proclamation. The kids laugh at him.
--> '''Phillip:''' We wage war with France on the morrow!
--> [{{beat}}]
--> '''Teen:''' That is so gay.
* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: Hank is challenged by King Phillip to a joust over the future of Strickland's propane contract. While Hank, who has never ridden a horse before, fails spectacularly at this, Peggy, [[{{Rancher}} who grew up in Montana on a farm]], avenges Hank immediately afterwards.
* HumiliationConga: King Phillip gets knocked off his horse by Peggy, who's using a carpet beater in place of a jousting lance. Immediately after Peggy removes her helmet to gloat to his face, the other women he'd been mistreating serve him with a lawsuit, which finally get him to break character and lament that he's going to lose everything.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Peggy knocks Phillip off his horse with a carpet beater, representing the employees he'd been mistreating.
* NoOSHACompliance: Of a more mundane sort. The renaissance faire skirts labor laws at every opportunity, at least when it comes to the women employed there. Peggy points out that the washing wenches make 70 cents on the dollar compared to their male counterparts, but the village idiot SignedUpForTheDental.
* SeriousBusiness: Phillip never breaks character until the very last moments, conducting business transactions with Strickland as though he were dealing with a local guild. Hank and Peggy are stopped at the service entrance and made to change into period dress in order to even approach him.
* StrawMisogynist: Phillip's defining character trait. He abruptly ends a conversation with Peggy when she pushes back on his workplace practices, has her [[ProducePelting thrown in the stocks]] when she attempts to unionize, and sexually assaults his employees.
* AnachronismStew: PlayedForLaughs. Dale tries to get a discount at the door for appearing in period costume, except that his choice of outfit resembles a Franchise/StarTrek uniform. He argues with the ticket guy that "the future" is a period and should count.
* AwesomeButImpractical: From a certain perspective. The fair's gigantic, metal fire-breathing dragon statue is powered by propane, and requires a thousand gallons a week to operate, at the expense of thousands of dollars. Still, the sight of it is enough to move Hank to stunned silence.
* BadBoss: Phillip regularly sexually harasses the women in his employ, assigns them the last lunch break after all the good food is gone, and criminally underpays them. When he encounters resistance, he waves it off as [[JustJokingJustification "tomfoolery"]] and by claiming that the labor laws he's breaking have not yet been written.
* FakeBrit: InUniverse. Phillip is actually Texan buts speaks in a British accent during the fair. Creator/AlanRickman uses something close to his natural speaking voice for most of the episode, but puts on a thick, warbling Texan drawl when the jig is up and he's been served with a lawsuit.
* FailedAttemptAtDrama: When some passing teenagers point at Phillip, he rises from the throne and makes a noble-sounding proclamation. The kids laugh at him.
--> '''Phillip:''' We wage war with France on the morrow!
--> [{{beat}}]
--> '''Teen:''' That is so gay.
* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: Hank is challenged by King Phillip to a joust over the future of Strickland's propane contract. While Hank, who has never ridden a horse before, fails spectacularly at this, Peggy, [[{{Rancher}} who grew up in Montana on a farm]], avenges Hank immediately afterwards.
* HumiliationConga: King Phillip gets knocked off his horse by Peggy, who's using a carpet beater in place of a jousting lance. Immediately after Peggy removes her helmet to gloat to his face, the other women he'd been mistreating serve him with a lawsuit, which finally get him to break character and lament that he's going to lose everything.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Peggy knocks Phillip off his horse with a carpet beater, representing the employees he'd been mistreating.
* NoOSHACompliance: Of a more mundane sort. The renaissance faire skirts labor laws at every opportunity, at least when it comes to the women employed there. Peggy points out that the washing wenches make 70 cents on the dollar compared to their male counterparts, but the village idiot SignedUpForTheDental.
* SeriousBusiness: Phillip never breaks character until the very last moments, conducting business transactions with Strickland as though he were dealing with a local guild. Hank and Peggy are stopped at the service entrance and made to change into period dress in order to even approach him.
* StrawMisogynist: Phillip's defining character trait. He abruptly ends a conversation with Peggy when she pushes back on his workplace practices, has her [[ProducePelting thrown in the stocks]] when she attempts to unionize, and sexually assaults his employees.
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* FakeBrit: InUniverse. Phillip is actually Texan buts speaks in a British accent during the fair.
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* FakeBrit: InUniverse. Phillip is actually Texan buts speaks in a British accent during the fair.
