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* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: Elizabeth. It's shown as early as the first scene with the speech therapist as she points out his very antiquated methods, then contrasts immediately with both calmness to Bertie's spontaneous temper and chill but accepting incredulity to Logue's eccentric ham. It's no wonder that Bertie frequently goes to her if he's having a problem as she can usually take and temper his emotions.
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* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: Elizabeth. It's shown as early as the first scene with the speech therapist as she points out his very antiquated methods, then contrasts immediately with both calmness to Bertie's spontaneous temper and chill but accepting incredulity to Logue's eccentric ham. It's no wonder that Bertie frequently goes to her if he's having a problem as she can usually take and temper his emotions. Also, unusually for a Helena Bonham-Carter character, she has little of the true ham many of the other major characters do (and minor; Timothy Spall's Churchill chews the scenery more often than her).
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* ChekhovsGag: When Lionel tries get Albert to bring up a topic to talk about, the latter responds: "Waiting for me to... commence a conversation, one can wait rather a long wait." Later, when [[spoiler:Albert returns to apologize to Lionel]], he tells him: "Waiting for a king to [[spoiler:apologize]], one can wait a long wait."
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* ChekhovsGag: ChekhovsGag:
** When Lionel tries get Albert to bring up a topic to talk about, the latter responds: "Waiting for me to... commence a conversation, one can wait rather a long wait." Later, when [[spoiler:Albert returns to apologize to Lionel]], he tells him: "Waiting for a king to [[spoiler:apologize]], one can wait a long wait.""
** One of the things that Logue finds out is that Bertie speaks clearer if angry or swearing; cue the ClusterFBomb described below as Logue convinces Bertie to actually use profanity to his advantage. In the rehearsal for the first wartime speech, Bertie is ''heard'' every once in a while dropping a particularly loud F-bomb while also dancing around. In the actual wartime speech where Bertie's live on the radio, both Logue and Bertie are ''seen'' mouthing F-bombs; Logue to remind Bertie of the trick and Bertie to keep his pacing.
** When Lionel tries get Albert to bring up a topic to talk about, the latter responds: "Waiting for me to... commence a conversation, one can wait rather a long wait." Later, when [[spoiler:Albert returns to apologize to Lionel]], he tells him: "Waiting for a king to [[spoiler:apologize]], one can wait a long wait.
** One of the things that Logue finds out is that Bertie speaks clearer if angry or swearing; cue the ClusterFBomb described below as Logue convinces Bertie to actually use profanity to his advantage. In the rehearsal for the first wartime speech, Bertie is ''heard'' every once in a while dropping a particularly loud F-bomb while also dancing around. In the actual wartime speech where Bertie's live on the radio, both Logue and Bertie are ''seen'' mouthing F-bombs; Logue to remind Bertie of the trick and Bertie to keep his pacing.
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* AffectionateNickname: "Bertie" for Albert. He first chafes at Lionel insisting on calling him that since it's reserved for his family, but once the two become friends as they work together, he no longer minds.
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* AffectionateNickname: "Bertie" for Albert. He first chafes at Lionel insisting on calling him that since it's reserved for his family, but once the two become friends as they work together, he no longer minds. Also downplayed a little bit because Bertie reveals David would sometimes use it as an insult for his stutter ("B-B-B-Bertie").
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* AlwaysSecondBest: Bertie to his father and brother. Neither has a speech impediment, to start.
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* AlwaysSecondBest: Bertie to his father and brother. Neither has a speech impediment, to start. Subverted slightly with regards to David/Edward, [[spoiler:as George V claimed on his bed he preferred Bertie to David and he doesn't like the idea of David on the throne dealing with the current politics. Bertie does end up doing better once Edward resigns and relinquishes the kingdom to Bertie/George VI.]]
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* JerkassHasAPoint: King George V's speech to Bertie after the Christmas address. He's stern and rather tough on Bertie but is very cognizant and aware of David's shirking off, Wallis' disposition, and national affairs including Hitler and Stalin's designs.
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* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: Elizabeth. It's shown as early as the first scene with the speech therapist as she points out his very antiquated methods, then contrasts immediately with both calmness to Bertie's spontaneous temper and chill but accepting incredulity to Logue's eccentric ham. It's no wonder that Bertie frequently goes to her if he's having a problem as she can usually take and temper his emotions.
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* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: George VI complains that he has no power as a King, except as being an inspiration for the people such as in giving public addresses, which he has no confidence doing so with his stammer. However, with Lionel Logue's help, he does that role marvelously. This is in contrast with his brother, David, who seems more interested in carrying on with his mistress than being a competent king. Furthermore, Bertie earned the rank of Commander in the [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships Royal Navy]], and even saw combat during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. The uniform he wears during the final speech is just that, the uniform he wore in the last war.
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* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: George VI complains that he has no power as a King, except as being an inspiration for the people such as in giving public addresses, which he has no confidence in doing so with because of his stammer. However, with Lionel Logue's help, he does that role marvelously. This is in contrast with his brother, David, who seems more interested in carrying on with his mistress than being a competent king. Furthermore, Bertie earned the rank of Commander in the [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships Royal Navy]], and even saw combat during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. The uniform he wears during the final speech is just that, the uniform he wore in the last war.
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** Elizabeth immediately calls out Wallis' faux-pas on her greeting Bertie and Elizabeth at Balmoral and showing them to where David is. No matter what stage of the relationship, Wallis still technically isn't royalty and ''David'' should have been the one introducing them to ''Wallis'' in accordance with Bertie and Elizabeth's position.
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** For extra context in how minor David actually is, it's also notable in that his speech is very much a GracefulLoser variety and, despite his earlier putting-down, concedes his abdication with nothing but well-wishes for George VI.
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* HardWorkMontage: The speech therapy exercises. Over a few years, Bertie and Lionel engage in exercises to help with his speech impediment while Elizabeth observes, intercut with a of Bertie trying to address a public audience.
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* HardWorkMontage: The speech therapy exercises. Over a few years, Bertie and Lionel engage in exercises to help with his speech impediment while Elizabeth observes, intercut with a of Bertie trying to address a public audience. Downplayed because Bertie is ''insistent'' his impediment is a physical problem while Logue has already sorted out it's more psychological, thus a HopeSpot moment in the middle of the montage where it seems like it's working only for it to fail because Logue's assumption is more to the ''actual'' problem.
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** Edward and Bertie had three younger siblings (Mary, Henry, George, and John -- the latter died a decade before the events of the movie). Mary never appears in the movie and isn't mentioned at all, while Henry and George only make a "blink and you'll miss it" appearance in the background of abdication scene. In real life, George was a personal aide-de-camp to Edward and Bertie during their respective reigns, while Bertie and Henry were very fond of each others. The original screenplay involved a conversation between Churchill and the Archbishop regarding the suitability of Henry and George as alternate kings, with them being dismissed as a DepravedBisexual and a dimwit respectively.
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** Edward and Bertie had three younger siblings (Mary, Henry, George, and John -- the latter died a decade before the events of the movie). Mary never appears in the movie and isn't mentioned at all, while Henry and George only make a "blink and you'll miss it" appearance in the background of abdication scene. In real life, George was a personal aide-de-camp to Edward and Bertie during their respective reigns, while Bertie and Henry were very fond of each others. The original screenplay involved a conversation between Churchill and the Archbishop regarding the suitability of Henry and George as alternate kings, with them being dismissed as a DepravedBisexual and a dimwit respectively.respectively (though in real life, Henry was the one seen as not very bright, while it was George who was rumored to be bisexual).
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* Establishing Character Moment: Bertie accedes to his daughters’ request to tell them a bedtime story. Someone as terrified of public speaking as he is might try to pass the duty to his wife, but the thought never crosses his mind. It's not that his stammer disappears when he's speaking in private - it's still there, albeit much better - it's that he loves his family so much that, unlike public addresses, he doesn't let his stammer stop him from showing them affection.
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* Establishing Character Moment: EstablishingCharacterMoment: Bertie accedes to his daughters’ request to tell them a bedtime story. Someone as terrified of public speaking as he is might try to pass the duty to his wife, but the thought never crosses his mind. It's not that his stammer disappears when he's speaking in private - it's still there, albeit much better - it's that he loves his family so much that, unlike public addresses, he doesn't let his stammer stop him from showing them affection.
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* Establishing Character Moment: Bertie accedes to his daughters’ request to tell them a bedtime story. Someone as terrified of public speaking as he is might try to pass the duty to his wife, but the thought never crosses his mind. It's not that his stammer disappears when he's speaking in private - it's still there, albeit much better - it's that he loves his family so much that, unlike public addresses, he doesn't let his stammer stop him from showing them affection.
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* MightMakesRight: Bertie, in his first wartime speech, describing Nazism as ''"stripped of all disguise, is surely the mere primitive doctrine that might is right."''
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* NobleBigot: George VI himself. He's a nice guy, but he's still a man of his time -- and the 1920s was a time when white Australians are still looked down upon as descendants of prisoners (even though by this time they are now far outnumbered by immigrants, and Lionel himself descended from an Irish brewer who moved in 1850).
-->'''Lionel:''' Would I lie to a prince of the realm to win twelve pennies?\\
-->'''Lionel:''' Would I lie to a prince of the realm to win twelve pennies?\\
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** George VI himself. He's a nice guy, but he's still a man of his time -- and the 1920s was a time when white Australians are still looked down upon as descendants of prisoners (even though by this time they are now far outnumbered by immigrants, and Lionel himself descended from an Irish brewer who moved in 1850).
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** George VI himself. He's a nice guy, but he's still a man of his time -- and the 1920s was a time when white Australians are still looked down upon as descendants of prisoners (even though by this time they are now far outnumbered by immigrants, and Lionel himself descended from an Irish brewer who moved in 1850).
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** Prime Minister Baldwin, reporting on Wallis Simpson's activities to the King: ''"it's not that she's an American, that's the least of it..."'' It may be the least of it, but it really shouldn't be anything at all.
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* BadassBoast:
** Lionel's very simple statement, ''"I can cure your husband."''
** After his accession, Elizabeth confides to Bertie that she never wanted to be a prince's consort, much less a queen, but now that they're both stuck, she intends to be a very good Queen indeed. [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfWindsor Most historians and royal biographers would agree she succeeded.]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Mrs. Simpson.
** Bertie thinks David is joking when the latter grouses that their father George is deliberately dying at the moment most calculated to make his son's life more difficult. Then David adds, entirely seriously, ''"Wallis explained. She's very clever about these sorts of things."''
**After George V's death, on their way to meet David and his paramour at Balmoral Castle, Elizabeth is upset to see that the staff are, on Mrs. Simpson's orders, cutting down hundred-year-old trees just to improve the view. ''"Who does she think she is?"'' Bertie reminds her that they all have to try to be nice.
** Lionel's very simple statement, ''"I can cure your husband."''
** After his accession, Elizabeth confides to Bertie that she never wanted to be a prince's consort, much less a queen, but now that they're both stuck, she intends to be a very good Queen indeed. [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfWindsor Most historians and royal biographers would agree she succeeded.]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Mrs. Simpson.
** Bertie thinks David is joking when the latter grouses that their father George is deliberately dying at the moment most calculated to make his son's life more difficult. Then David adds, entirely seriously, ''"Wallis explained. She's very clever about these sorts of things."''
**After George V's death, on their way to meet David and his paramour at Balmoral Castle, Elizabeth is upset to see that the staff are, on Mrs. Simpson's orders, cutting down hundred-year-old trees just to improve the view. ''"Who does she think she is?"'' Bertie reminds her that they all have to try to be nice.
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* BlatantLies: George V seems less appalled by his son David's affair with a married woman than the fact that David can look his father straight in the eye and swear up and down that they've never had ''"immoral relations"''.
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* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: Bertie has several such moments in the film, when he is stunned to realize that Logue's methods have helped him overcome his stammer.
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* ReallyGetsAround: Wallis Simpson, David's mistress. According to the Prime Minister, Scotland Yard has investigated and confirmed that she is "sharing her favors" between David and a used-car salesman. More troubling is the fact that the German ambassador, Ribbentrop, sends her flowers every day - either he is also partaking of her favors, or he believes that flattering her is the best way to get David, and England, on Germany’s side. Or both.
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* LanternJawOfJustice: Creator/ColinFirth has a rather nice one, and it was even worked into the minimalist version of the film's poster (see above).
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* LanternJawOfJustice: Creator/ColinFirth has a rather nice one, and it was even worked into [[https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzU5MjEwMTg2Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNzM3MTYxNA@@._V1_.jpg the minimalist version of the film's poster (see above).poster.]]
