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3->''"Eat hot lead, Fritz!"''
4-->-- '''Winston Churchill'''
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6June 1940 -- England's darkest hour. The [[AlternateHistory entire British army has surrendered at Dunkirk]]. A demoralised UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill is planning to retire in a few days. Chris the farm labourer can't join the army because [[DistinguishingMark his hands are too big]] to fit inside a trigger guard, and TheVicar is keeping his [[LoveInterest beautiful daughter Daisy]] at arms length. Meanwhile ThoseWackyNazis have an EvilPlan -- dig a tunnel under the English Channel to London, capture Churchill and end the war in one stroke! Mustering what little forces he has, Churchill orders a retreat to Scot Land -- a wild and uncivilised country populated by [[BraveScot savage warriors]] with huge hands, lead by the legendary Film/{{Braveheart}}. As Churchill's RagtagBandOfMisfits HoldTheLine at Hadrian's Wall, Chris must go on a lone quest to seek out England's last hope, and the reason for his massive mitts.
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8Unfortunately any story this epic has to be scaled down, say to about 1/6 size. That's right -- this is the UK's answer to ''Film/TeamAmericaWorldPolice''. Your Mileage May Vary over whether it matches that movie for laughs, but it has its moments particularly if you're a fan of British UsefulNotes/WorldWarII movies. Or if you're Scottish.
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11!!''Jackboots on Whitehall'' provides examples of:
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13* ActorAllusion:
14-->'''Chris:''' We need your help, and your Film/{{lethal weapon}}s!\
15'''[[Creator/MelGibson Braveheart]]:''' Would that be [[Film/LethalWeapon 1]], [[Film/LethalWeapon2 2]], [[Film/LethalWeapon3 3]] or [[Film/LethalWeapon4 4]]?
16* AmazonBrigade: The FANY's, and that "wild pack of bloody Bavarian bitches!"
17* AnachronismStew: The German army that attacks Hadrian's Wall advance in Roman ''testudo'' formation and have motorbike-mounted {{Battering Ram}}s. Their opponents make use of catapults, Napoleonic uniforms and muskets, German weapons captured by LaResistance, and a WWI biplane.
18* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Listing every instance would be an exercise in futility.
19* ApatheticCitizens: Chris makes a RousingSpeech and calls on everyone to help save Churchill. They want to go to the pub instead.
20* BattleCry: The Scots shout "[[AsLongAsItSoundsForeign Och aye!]]" as they're charging the Nazis.
21* BiggerIsBetterInBed: A DoubleEntendre implies Chris "big hands" also translate to being big elsewhere.
22-->'''Daisy:''' Those big hands are going to make me the happiest woman in England!
23* BigNo: Fiske shouts this when the brave Brit rushing to start his plane gets killed.
24* BlatantLies: Loudspeakers declare "THE GERMAN ARMY IS YOUR FRIEND!" as said army guns down civilians in Trafalgar Square.
25* BoomHeadshot: Bet you never thought you'd see one happen to a puppet!
26%%* BreakOutTheMuseumPiece: See AnachronismStew.
27* BritishTeeth: Seen on General Montgomery, among others.
28* CommieNazis: [[EagleSquadron US volunteer pilot]] Fiske appears to be generally confused as to which ideology he's fighting. He also thinks Mr Churchill is a President and his PraetorianGuard are Indians. [[UsefulNotes/IndiansWithIglas Which they are, actually]].
29* DoubleEntendre: Loads of 'em
30-->'''Monty:''' ''[after the tunnel opens]'' "The Nazis are coming right up our behind!"
31* DragQueen: UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler dressed as UsefulNotes/QueenVictoria. Wielding a [[BlingBlingBang diamond-covered Luger]], no less.
32* DreadZeppelin: The Hindenburg makes an appearance, apparently [[ZeppelinsFromAnotherWorld none the worse for having exploded]]. It's [[ImmuneToBullets armoured now however]].
33* DrillTank: Literally -- it's a panzer with a drill stuck to its front.
34* FakeBrit: InUniverse; it is rumored that legendary Scottish warrior Braveheart is [[Creator/MelGibson actually Australian]].
35%%* FakeUltimateHero: Suggested with Captain England.
36* FunWithAcronyms: The letters on the sides of the Spitfires are "UFO" (the O being the RAF roundel) and, on Fiske's plane "[[UnusualEuphemism UFOK]]". The FANY's are the butt of several jokes, but this is true even of the real [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Aid_Nursing_Yeomanry First Aid Nursing Yeomanry]].
37* GasmaskMooks: Who breathe like [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]].
38* GondorCallsForAid: [[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing Beacon fires are lit]] [[AnachronismStew to signal the invasion]].
39%%* {{Gorn}}: Yes, it is possible to do this with marrionettes.
40* GrimUpNorth: Scot Land is an uncivilised place full of murky woods, the wreckage of {{Lost Roman Legion}}s, [[DeadGuyOnDisplay impaled skeletons]], and bloodthirsty blue-faced savages with huge hands.
41* HereThereBeDragons: The excessive detail of the map of Britain stops abruptly at the Scottish border, which shows no towns or roads at all.
42* HindenburgIncendiaryPrinciple: Billy Fiske kamikazes the Hindenberg, causing the armoured zeppelin to burst into flame.
43* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Many. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Fiske Billy Fiske]] was a real RAF pilot, although he was likely less of a CloudCuckoolander in real life.
44* IAmTheNoun: Chris bemoans the fact that he's not allowed to join the military because the government says his hands are too big. Winston Churchill declares "I am the government!"
45* InkSuitActor: Chris looks an awful lot like Ewan [=McGregor=].
46* KickTheDog: The evil zeppelin commander flies past Captain England and targets a baby carriage instead. [[ImprobableInfantSurvival Fortunately a gust of wind deflects the bomb]] onto Captain England anyway.
47* LaResistance: Gaston, who is [[EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench quite the ladies' man]].
48* LiquidCourage: When the Vicar gets drunk and starts insulting the advancing Germans, Churchill orders the barrel to be rolled out.
49-->'''Vicar:''' "Come and fight me -- my God against yours!"
50-->'''Soldier:''' "Sorry sir, he must have found his way back to the bottle."
51-->'''Churchill:''' "[[TheAlcoholic Good man]]."
52-->'''Vicar:''' "Sausage eating wankers! ''(echo)'' WANKERS! WANKERS! WANKERS!"
53-->'''Churchill:''' "Let us take example from the Church. Double the ale ration, two pints per man!"
54* NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalisation: A Scot drags a screaming German blonde into his tent.
55-->'''German:''' "Nein, nein, nein!"
56-->'''Scot:''' "Take that!"
57-->'''German:''' "Oh ja!"
58* ManInAKilt
59-->"So, the stories are true. Men in skirts!"
60* MeetTheNewBoss: [[spoiler:The Scots throw the Germans out of England, then take over the country themselves.]]
61* MillionMookMarch: The German army puts on a victory parade in London.
62* MonumentalDamage: Those German swine blow up Nelson's Column and the Cenotaph. And 10 Downing Street...[[ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy eventually]].
63* MosesInTheBulrushes: Chris as a baby.
64* MusicForCourage: Daisy starts singing the hymn "Jerusalem" as the German army advances.
65-->'''Churchill:''' "That's it: Sing! Sing!"
66-->'''Everyone:''' ''"And was Jerusalem builded here, upon those dark satanic mills..."''
67-->'''Vicar:''' "Yes those dark, [[SinisterMinister satanic mills!]]" ''(EvilLaugh)''
68* PraetorianGuard: Churchill's loyal Punjabi bodyguards are the only British army unit that wasn't captured at Dunkirk.
69* PuppetKing: Averted as the King of England is thrown in the Tower of London by the Nazis. Of course, you might say he was a puppet king in the first place.
70-->"You fools! Don't you know I'm ¾ German?"
71* RagtagBandOfMisfits: Elite Punjabi guards, gun-toting FANY's, an American volunteer in a biplane, and a HomeGuard made up of men of the land -- are all that's left between England and Nazi domination.
72%%* RammingAlwaysWorks: Especially against zeppelins.
73* {{Retraux}}: Presented in glorious Panzervision.
74* RousingSpeech: Frequently spoofed.
75-->'''Churchill:''' "Never, in the field of human conflict, was so much, ''buggered up'', by so few, for so many!"
76* ShoutOut: Spoofs StiffUpperLip war movies set in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and earlier, as well as more recent films like ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' and ''Film/{{Braveheart}}''. Also Churchill in a pin-stripe suit, wielding a drum-fed Thompson submachine gun, is from a famous [=WW2=] photo.
77* SoleSurvivor: Fiske is the last remaining member of The Few.
78%%* StiffUpperLip: They don't get any stiffer!
79* TheVicar, who's also a BadassPreacher with hints of SinisterMinister.
80* ZergRush: The German army when attacking Hadrian's Wall. But then again, it's difficult for marionettes to do anything else.

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