History Film / DontLoseYourHead

* SmugSnake: Citizen Camembert, like most antagonists played by Kenneth Williams, has a comicly high opinion of himself in spite of sucessive failiures. Most of his wicked schemes fail due to his own arrogance, incompedence, Sir Rodney's cunning or a combination of all three.

* EurekaMoment: At Ffing House, Bidet brings up the locket to Camembert, reminding Camembert that he has it and giving Camembert the idea to use it to find out who the Black Fingernail is, by getting Désirée to wear it and see who recognises it. It works.

* IfIDoNotReturn: Part of a gambit set up by Camembert against the Black Fingernail. Before leaving for England, he gives orders for Jacqueline (imprisoned in the Bastille at the time) to be sent to the guillotine if he does not return to France within the week. Luckily for Sir Rodney, Désirée tells him this, so he doesn't fall victim to it.

* RevengeByProxy: Attempted. Knowing the Black Fingernail may try to kill him if he discovers Camembert's identity, Camembert leaves orders for Jacqueline to be executed if he (Camembert) doesn't make it back to France within the week. Thanks to Désirée, the gambit fails as she warns Sir Rodney of this.
* RightForTheWrongReasons: Citizen Bidet tells Citizen Camembert that he thinks he is making a big mistake by letting the woman in his office leave, because of how he (Citizen Bidet) thinks the woman is an aristocrat. He turns out to be right in Citizen Camembert making a big mistake, but the actual reason is because the woman turns out to have been the Black Fingernail in disguise.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Lord Darcy, along working with Sir Rodney.

* SkewedPriorities: At the beginning, Camembert calls the third execution we see disgusting, not because of the execution itself, but because the aristocrat who was executed had terrible scurf (dandruff).

** At the Châteauneuf, Citizen Bidet attempts to lock the double doors to prevent Sir Rodney's escape, and is slammed behind one of them as Lord Darcy and Duc de Pommfrit come to Sir Rodney's aid. When he recovers, he tries again, and is slammed behind the other door as Duc de Pommfrit re-enters the fight.

* DumbassHasAPoint: Citizen Bidet says that after Citizen Camembert has the Black Fingernail in his office disguised as a woman ([[UnsettlingGenderReveal after they realize it]]), that if they're quick, they can catch him before he can get out of the city, to which Citizen Camembert agrees. Offset by the Black Fingernail disguising himself as their coachman to get through the roadblocks.

* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Although more than two-thirds of the cast are playing French characters, only Jacqueline (played by the French actress Dany Robin) actually speaks with a French accent.

* EurekaMoment: At Ffing House, Bidet brings up the locket to Camembert, reminding Camembert that he has it and giving Camembert to use it to find out who the Black Fingernail is, by getting Désirée to wear it and see who recognises it.

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Citizen Camembert and Citizen Bidet (though Citizen Camembert is the bigger asshole of the two) [[LaserGuidedKarma getting their comeuppance]] at the end.]]

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Citizen Robespierre does this when he warns Citizen Camembert that if he fails to capture the Black Fingernail, he will be sent to the guillotine.
** When it looks like Sir Rodney has reneged on his bargain with Désirée, Citizen Bidet says it looks like she's just lost her newfound love. She responds by angrily smacking him in the face and knocking him into the cesspit with Citizen Camembert.

* AllThereInTheScript: We don't get to know Désirée's last name, but the back of the DVD in "The Complete ''Film/CarryOn'' Collection" boxset gives it as "Dubarry".

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: All the French characters that are implied to be born and raised in France, manage to have full blown conversations with perfect grammar with all the English characters. Unless, they [[MindScrew are speaking French (although you are hearing them in English), but the English characters are really good at talking French...]]

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* ReturningTheHandkerchief: Désirée Dubarry tries this to get close to Duc de Pommfrit, except he picks it up and throws it away. When she tells him she dropped her hankerchief he refers to it as a smelly old thing.

* PunnyName: Sir Rodney '''Ffing''' -- probably adding to the Fingernail's trademark of [[FlippingTheBird showing two fingers to the working class]]. Also, his name is pronounced "[[TWordEuphemism Effing]]".

* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: Sir Rodney and Lord Darcy, who hear of the news of French aristocrats being executed and decide to rescue them. Before that, they were rich men in a fancy mansion in the countryside that spent their spare time womanizing, having fancy parties, and fishing with beautiful women.