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!!!'''Dubbed by:''' Creator/MichelRoux (European French)
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* WetBlanketWife: She would feel ''much'' better if Emilio just stopped flying given how much times he's crashed. She even makes him promise to retire after the race is over, and brings him a heavy helmet when he tests Harry Popperwell's inventions.

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* WetBlanketWife: She would feel ''much'' better if Emilio just stopped flying given how much many times he's crashed. She even makes him promise to retire after the race is over, and brings him a heavy helmet when he tests Harry Popperwell's inventions.
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* TheCasanova: He always bumps into ladies of different nationalities who somehow have all the same face (that of actress Irina Demick, who played them all as a RunningGag). And bar the painter's model (DidTheyOrDidntThey might be at play here), he always ends up seducing them. He also briefly attempts to seduce Patricia, and gets quickly stopped at it by Lord Rawnsley.

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* TheCasanova: He always bumps into ladies of different nationalities who somehow have all the same face (that of actress Irina Demick, who played them all as a RunningGag). And bar the painter's model (DidTheyOrDidntThey might be at play here), he always ends up seducing them. He also briefly attempts to seduce Patricia, and gets quickly stopped at it in the effort by Lord Rawnsley.
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* TheCasanova: He always bumps into ladies of different nationalities who somehow have all the same face (that of actress Irina Demick, who played them all as a RunningGag). And bar the painter's model (DidTheyOrDidntThey might be at play here), he always ends up seducing them.

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* TheCasanova: He always bumps into ladies of different nationalities who somehow have all the same face (that of actress Irina Demick, who played them all as a RunningGag). And bar the painter's model (DidTheyOrDidntThey might be at play here), he always ends up seducing them. He also briefly attempts to seduce Patricia, and gets quickly stopped at it by Lord Rawnsley.
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!!!'''Played by:''' David Kaye

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!!!'''Played by:''' David Kaye
Creator/DavyKaye
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* SameLanguageDub: Yujiro Ishihara was dubbed by English actor James Villiers. This is a bit of a surprise since Ishihara spoke SurprisinglyGoodEnglish.

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* SameLanguageDub: Yujiro Ishihara was dubbed by English actor James Villiers. This is a bit of a surprise since Ishihara spoke SurprisinglyGoodEnglish.fluent English.
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* OverprotectiveDad: He absolutely forbids his daughter from riding in a plane, getting angry at anyone who even suggests it. Considering how primitive -- and ''dangerous'' -- planes were at this time, it's hard to blame him here.
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!!!'''Dubbed by:''' Creator/ClaudeBertrand (European French)
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Doesn't fit, he's not a jerkass


* FrenchJerk: Well, only to the Germans.
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* FrenchJerk: Well, only to the Germans.
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!!!'''Played by:''' Robert Morley

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!!!'''Played by:''' Robert Morley
Creator/RobertMorley
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* HadTheSillyThingInReverse: He sits in his final plane backwards and flies it... backwards all the way to Scotland during the race, and never seems to notice.
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* NiceHat: His white cowboy hat.



* NiceHat: Wears a straw boater when on the beach at Dover.
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!!'''Played By:''' Creator/JeremyLloyd

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!!'''Played !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/JeremyLloyd
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* ModestyTowel: Brigitte covers herself with a towel when Pierre Dubois flys over her and the painter she's the model of.

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* ModestyTowel: Brigitte covers herself with a towel when Pierre Dubois flys flies over her and the painter she's the model of.
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!!!'''Played by:''' Tony Hancock

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!!!'''Played by:''' Tony Hancock
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* SecondPlaceIsForWinners: [[spoiler:He ends up finishing third, but still receives a hero's welcome from his fellow French.]]

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* SecondPlaceIsForWinners: [[spoiler:He ends up finishing third, finishes the race in third place, but still receives a hero's welcome from his fellow French.]]



* KiteRiding: When we first see him in Japan, he is strapped to a kite and has to be pulled back on the ground to check the news about the air race.

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* KiteRiding: When we first see him in Japan, he is strapped to a kite in the sky and has to be pulled back on the ground to check the news about the air race.
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* GermanicEfficiency: Spoofed with his over-reliance on the manual of instructions. Following the manual of instructions and nothing else leads to much trouble for the Germans during the test/training phase before the race.

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* GermanicEfficiency: Spoofed with his over-reliance on the manual of instructions. Following the manual of instructions and nothing else ''nothing else'' actually leads to much trouble for the Germans German team during the test/training phase before the race.
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[[folder:Lieutenant Parsons]]
!!'''Played By:''' Creator/JeremyLloyd
A Royal Navy officer and dog lover.
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* HeroesLoveDogs: He's a good-natured military man who takes his dog with him while flying his homemade plane.
* NiceGuy: What little characterization he gets establishes him as a good sport who loves his dog.
* TheQuietOne: He has less dialogue than most to all of the other competitors.
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Modern eyes view this quite differently, but it is intended to be a mark of his British stuffiness and neuroses. He doesn't mind at the end because he's being a gentleman, another stereotype, albeit a positive one.


* AmbiguouslyGay: He's oddly hesitant to marry Patricia despite her being attractive, intelligent, upper class, and interested in him. He also notes how handsome Orvil is before Patricia... while talking to Patricia. [[spoiler:He doesn't mind her getting with Orvil at the end in the slightest.]]
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* SecondPlaceIsForWinners: [[spoiler:He ends up finishing third, but still receives a hero's welcome from his fellow French.]]

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* MsFanservice: Brigitte is a nude model for a painter. It's no wonder Dubois [[DistractedByTheSexy forgets about piloting his plane]] when seeing her and crashes into a bushy dune.

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* MsFanservice: All of them, but particularly Brigitte since she's a nude model for a painter.
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Brigitte is a nude model for a painter. It's no wonder Dubois [[DistractedByTheSexy forgets about piloting his plane]] when seeing her and crashes into a bushy dune.

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The perpetually worried wife of Count Emilio Ponticelli.

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The perpetually worried wife of Count Emilio Ponticelli. She accompanies him at the race, along with their large batch of children.



* WetBlanketWife: She would feel ''much'' better if Emilio just stopped flying given how much times he's crashed. She even makes him promise to retire after the race is over.

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* ProneToTears: She cries quite often.
* WetBlanketWife: She would feel ''much'' better if Emilio just stopped flying given how much times he's crashed. She even makes him promise to retire after the race is over.over, and brings him a heavy helmet when he tests Harry Popperwell's inventions.

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