Recap / Spitting Image S 2 E 11 The Man With No Title

Provides examples of:

• Author Filibuster: Parodied when Dustin Hoffman turns to the camera to say that the real disaster movie unfolding right now is Thatcher's Britain.
• Crossdresser: Leon Brittan is shown dressing up in women's lingerie in his hotel room. The rest of the Tory party all dress up as stereotypical Dutch milkmaids.
• Boom, Headshot!: Clint Eastwood seems to fire a shot at Thatcher that sprays the wall with blood, but it turns out one it was just one of Leon Brittan's spots bursting at an inopportune moment.
• Exiled to the Couch: Charles gets kicked out of his hotel room by Diana, leaving him to wander into the bar in his pyjamas.
• Genre Savvy: Dustin Hoffman realises that the diversity of the guests in the hotel bar means that that they must be in a Disaster Movie.
• Leatherman: Geoffrey Howe turns up to the secret Cabinet meeting leather gear because he thought he was supposed to come in "butch national dress" rather than Dutch national dress.
• Let's Meet the Meat: The fish and the lamb in the restaurant try to act as disgusting as possible so that they don't get eaten.
• The Magazine Rule: Dimbleby can be seen reading a copy of Closed Circuit TV Times.
• The Mole: Heseltine calls a Cabinet meeting to reveal his discovery that Margaret Thatcher is a Communist mole.
• Take That!: The episode takes place at a Horrible Inn
• Silly Prayer: The Pope's half-hearted edition of the last rites turning into Scatting.
• Special Edition Title: The episode opens with a cinematic opening credits sequence.
• Spy Speak: Leon Brittan struggles to get the hang of Heseltine's coded messages.
• Shout-Out:
  • The episode title is based on the ''The Man with No Name"
  • Donald Sinden is serving on a jury where he's the only juror insisting that the accused is innocent.
  • "Night on Bald Mountain" plays while Newman and Dimbleby chase Lord Lucan.
• Surprisingly Happy Ending: The real Margaret Thatcher is realised from captivity and repairs all the damage done by her evil Communist robot counterpart.
• Textual Celebrity Resemblance: Mark Thatcher is said to look like Richard Chamberlain.
• Uncomfortable Elevator Moment: Newman and Dimbleby wait awkwardly with Lord Lucan when all three of them end up in a lift mid-chase.