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Part 2 of the 5-part origin story of the Mingworthys.


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  • Britain Is Only England: While earlier videos implied that the Mingworthys were Ugly Americans living out a fetishization of British culture, here it's revealed that it's accurate to the Brandon Rogers Universe's version of Britain, the British people acting out the same stereotypes and Queen Elizabeth putting them through "Britishification" so that they act more like British people.
  • The Cameo: The Waitress is introduced doing a shake-weight workout to a video by Sam.
  • Disproportionate Retribution:
    • Queen Elizabeth has the Gallaghers kidnapped and turned into her agents under threat of death because Adrian punched her and stole her ring in the previous episode.
    • The Sacred One banish the Stensils from Clamville and threatens to shoot them for refusing to leave because their adopted daughter is dead and are thus "another finger-banging married couple", having specifically built Clamville for traditional family units.
  • Euphemistic Names: Apparently "private-part names" are common with British people.
  • Obsessively Normal: The Sacred One banishes (and threatens to kill) the Stensils because they no longer have a traditional family unit.
  • Sadistic Choice: Adrian and Everly are forced to choose between two options by the Queen: either become her agents and retrieve her ring, or be killed on the spot.
  • Shout-Out:
    • Part of their training involves putting the Sorting Hat on their heads, Adrian beating it up when it puts him in Hufflepuff.
    • The hammer Frontbottom chases the two with belongs to Harley Quinn.
  • Training Montage: The Gallaghers undergo "Britishification" where they are trained extensively to pass off as British, all to the tune of "Illuminati" by Onicks.

Episode can be viewed on YouTube here.

 
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Queen Elizabeth II is portrayed as a card-carryingly evil bitch that associates with the likes of Bryce Tankthrust and will often lord her power over others with the threat of death.

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