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3 | ->''"Eat hot lead, Fritz!"'' |
4 | -->-- '''Winston Churchill''' |
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6 | June 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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8 | Unfortunately 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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