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Part 3 of the 5-part origin story of the Mingworthys.


Tropes for this episode include...

  • Abusive Parents: The Sacred One's (her named revealed to be Melissa) parents were this up to eleven. She tried to please them by cleaning and cooking for them, only for them to yell at her. They ruin the dinner she made them to count their stolen loot and call her selfish when she is understandably upset by this. When she decides to move away, they express shock that she had packed a running away suitcase, only to get defensive when she points out that they were the ones who packed it for her. This certainly explains everything from her Obsessively Normal standards towards families and Ax-Crazy disposition.
  • Bank Robbery: The first thing the Queen has the Mingworthys do when they get back is rob the nearest bank. They accomplish this with knives and Venetian masks (because guns "aren't British") and steal a million yen (which is only around 5,000 in American dollars) because the Queen doesn't want a trail leading back to her. Ironically, she has them land a career in finance and experience a robbery on the other side with Sam holding the up with a gun.
  • Continuity Nod: A third of the way into the video, we see Bryce Tankthrust performing the Jan. 6th Insurrection in "Madam Ex President (NOT FOR KIDS)" as a background event.
  • Crime Spree Montage: Queen Elizabeth II has the Mingeworthys do various things that she is too "chicken-shit" to do herself. The list includes robbing the nearest bank, kidnap a baby, putting that baby in danger (which they interpret as giving it back to its mother), stiffing a medical bill, getting an Uber-driver fired, landing a career in finance, steal a work of art, derail a train, pour acid on children, pollute the water supply, fart, sit on the elderly, and kidnap and Fed-Exing Bobby Worst so that the Queen could hold him hostage. While this is going on, there is a Running Gag where the orphans sent to pretend to be their children keep getting killed (usually by them) and replaced.
  • Death by Irony: Mrs. Frontbottom takes Lord Mingworthy's gun because "they're not British and they're dangerous" right before she drops it and accidentally shoots herself in the head with the stray bullet.
  • Fan Disservice: While the Queen's face is certainly old and ugly, she is played by the young Georgina Leahy and we see her (censored) naked body. This is then followed by her squirting breastmilk (or as she calls it, "tit-piss") into their tea-cups when they ask for milk in their tea, even squirting it into Mrs. Frontbottom's open mouth.
  • I Lied: After the Mingworthys return Elizabeth's ring, she then reveals that the contract they agreed to essentially makes them her slaves for life, forced to do whatever she wants them to with the threat of blowing their heads off with bombs implanted in their necks.
  • Incredibly Obvious Bug: The Mingworthys immediately notice the mic taped to Mrs. Stencil's chest. When they point it out, she immediately threatens them with sexual harassment charges for staring at her chest as a deflection.
  • Reckless Gun Usage: Played for Laughs. When Sam sticks up the Clamville bank, he accidentally kills two random people with stray bullets when he waves his gun around.
  • Sitcom Arch-Nemesis: Apparently Bobby Worst thinks of Greta Thunberg as his "Worst Nightmare."
  • They Killed Kenny Again: A Running Gag in the episode is when the orphans Queen Elizabeth sends the Mingworthys keep getting killed and replaced during their stay.
  • Understatement: When Helen is asked what it was like being keld hostage by Bobby Worst for 6 months, she simply said that it sucked.
  • Wham Episode: The episode ends with Bryce Tankthrust and Donovan breaking into the Mingworthy's house, their search for Bobby having led them there.

Episode can be viewed on YouTube here.

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