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1	!!The books
2	* WriteWhoYouKnow:
3	** Wodehouse said in a 1955 letter that Aunt Agatha was inspired by his maternal aunt [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Bathurst_Deane Mary Bathurst Deane]], "who was the scourge of my childhood".
4	** As a boy Wodehouse lived with his grandmother and four unmarried aunts (including Aunt Mary). This inspired the setting of ''The Mating Season'', where Bertie finds himself staying in a house infested by five aunts.
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6	!!The series
7	* HeyItsThatPlace: Totleigh Towers, home of the Basset family, is Series/DowntonAbbey.
8	* TheOtherDarrin: Over four seasons, two different actors play Gussie, three different actors play Madeline, two play Agatha, two Barmy, ''four'' Dahlia, two Claude, two Eustace, and two Bingo - just to name a few. Even Bartholomew changes: in his first appearances, he's a Scottish terrier (black). When he comes back, he's a Westie (white).
9	** Reaches MindScrew levels when you realize that the first Madeline ''comes back'' as the ''[[YouLookFamiliar second Florence.]]'' Especially bizarre in the last episode where the two characters ''actually share scenes.''
10	* UncreditedRole: Creator/RosalindKnight as a hotel proprietress in "Will Anatole Return to Brinkley Court? (or, the Matchmaker)".
11	* YouLookFamiliar:
12	** Francesca Folan originally played Madeline Bassett in Season 1, but then returned to play Florence Craye in Season 4.
13	** Richard Braine played Steggles in Season 1, then played Gussie in Seasons 3 and 4.
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15	!!Other trivia
16	* In ''Bertie In Love'', Jeeves identifies Aunt Agatha's dog Macintosh as an Aberdeen Terrier. The animal on screen is actually a West Highland Terrier, a related but distinct breed.

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