History Podcast / MyDadWroteAPorno

* UngratefulBastard: Sir James almost fires Belinda at the end of Book 6 for asking for her old position back. He justifies this by saying that Belinda missed valuable trading time in her absence, ignoring the fact that Belinda had just saved Steels, had brought been an exemplary (for Steels) employee thus far, and that her absence was barely 3 days whilst acting on behalf of COCK which was under his orders.

After reading it at a Christmas party, Jamie ended up looping in his colleague James Cooper and Radio 1 DJ Alice Levine to provide discourse on "Rocky Flintstone"'s erotic masterpiece, ''Belinda Blinked''. Commentary on strange sexual encounters, stranger sexual metaphors, and kink as interpreted at 60-degree angles ensued. Together, these three brave readers pore over the continuing sexual adventures of Belinda, as she gets ahead in the high-stakes world of pots and pans sales through sex mazes, erotic tombolas, riding gear, and business trips to Amsterdam. The podcast is now into the fifth book, with seven written so far.

* UnusualEuphamism: “Gentleman woof” for a fart. It’s even the name of the chapter.

* ItsAWonderfulPlot: The 2020 Christmas special takes this format, called 'It's a Blinking Life'. After wishing she was dead, Belinda discovers that [[spoiler:Bisch has bought out Steele's, the Pentra is now a 'porn-free environment', Peter and Christina Rouse are struggling with infertility, Bella died in the bomb blast that ended Book Four, and the Duchess was stripped of her titles and sent to live on a council estate.]] Jamie mentions that the original film is a Flintstone family favourite at Christmas.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Belinda adores turkey sandwiches, gin and tonics, and chardonnay, especially Chilean or Australian chardonnay.

* The Footnotes episode “Understanding the Timeline” points out many of the (numerous) inconsistencies, among them the fact that Belinda has only been employed at Steele’s for a couple of ''months'', which is an absurdly short time for the events of the series to have occurred.

** Completely goes out the window in Book 3, with references to Facebook, ''Series/GameOfThrones'', and ''Series/BreakingBad''.

* AttractivenessDiscrimination: Enforced by the narrative. If the main characters ocnsider someone to be unattractive, there's a high chance that that person will be evil.

* GoingCommando: Belinda does this from time to time, such as the meeting with Andy Millstone in Yorkshire, although Rocky mistakenly calls it 'bareback'. Belinda's acting coach at RADS, Geremimah St Frostfirst, implies that all the best actresses don't wear knickers.

* BiggerIsBetterInBed: Everything to do with Jim Sterling shows this trope is in full effect. In his first appearance, his micropenis makes for a terrible experience when he has sex with Belinda. [[spoilers:When he gets his penis transplant, Belinda finds their sex much more enjoyable.]]

* GoodAdulteryBadAdultery: Zig-zagged to say the least. Tony seems content for Giselle to service three men simultaneously for the sake of Steele's business, though on her hen night she eagerly propositions at least two men. The only character to express irritation over infidelity is the Duchess, who subsequently gets involved with Belinda and, in the Christmas specials, Bella.

-->-- '''The exchange at the beginning of each episode, right after the ContentWarning.'''

* AmbiguousTimePeriod: Ostensibly set during TheEighties, but various elements (such as the O2 Arena, or as Rocky calls it, the "Millennium Dome Building") suggest it's set anytime between TheSeventies and TheNewTens.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The hosts freak out when Rocky describes The Duchess's nipples as "3 inches long, the same length as the rivets that so famously held the ''Titanic'' together." Later, they point out that said rivets were actually the size of a kitchen table.

* CoitusEnsues: Most episodes, naturally.

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/7dfapyl.jpg]][[caption-width-right:350:"Erotic literature."[[note]]From left to right, James Cooper, Jamie Morton, and Alice Levine.[[/note]]]]

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/7dfapyl.jpg]][[caption-width-right:350:"Erotic literature."[[note]]From left to right, James Cooper, Jamie Morton, and Alice Levine.[[/note]]]]

** And ''then'' there's the end of Book 5: [[spoiler: Giselle goes back over to the side of good, Spooner ''dies'', Belinda is dragged away by Herr Bish, and a heretofore unmentioned birthmark of Belinda's body proves that she and Herr Bish ''are family''.]]

* AmbiguousDisorder: Giselle has some sort of ill-described disease that makes her hair fall out whenever she has really good sex.

** In "Zachariah's Magic Wand" from Book 4, the trio can't even piece together what's ''supposed'' to be happening, but they're pretty sure it's impossible.
* AntiClimax: Several times, cliffhangers are discarded or revealed to be a RedHerring.
* AnythingThatMoves: Belinda is pots-and-pansexual.

* BigBeautifulWoman: Mistress Sweetjuice.
* BiggerIsBetterInBed: Everything to do with Jim Sterling shows this trope is in full effect.

* BodyguardBabes: Bella in book 5 (although, being [[TheDitz Bella]], she's not the most effective bodyguard.)

* CoolHorse: The Ducthess's "soul sister stallion," Toffee Apple Chew (also known as [[InSeriesNickname "Taccy.")
* CoveredInGunge: The "sex maze" sequence focuses on Belinda getting covered in mud in... strange ways.
* CringeComedy: Oh. ''Yes''.
* DirtyOldMan: Several, notably Sir James Godwin and Doctor Robbins. Herr Bisch provides a villainous, and consequently even more repulsive, example.

* DirtyOldWoman: The Duchess and the Countess, both of whom lead very wild sexual lives with much younger partners.

* EagleLand: The most prominent American character, Jim Sterling, is an ugly slob prone to wearing cowboy hats. One chapter is called "Texas, USA."
* EroticEating: Every scene featuring [[BigBeautifulWoman the feeder fetishist domme, Mistress Sweetjuice.]]

* EverybodyHasLotsOfSex: Of course.
* Expy: Bisch Bosch.
* FanDisservice: Part of the fascination is the extent to which this is deliberate.

* GettingHotInHere: Played unsuccessfully for sexiness in Doctor Robbins' office.
* GirlOnGirlIsHot: Belinda has a number of scenes with an older woman with a taste for riding gear, known only as "The Duchess."
** To say nothing of the desultory encounters she has with colleagues Giselle and Bella/Donna and the occasional random other. EvenTheGirlsWantHer is in full effect throughout the series.

* TheMafiya: Grigor and Zara might not actually be criminals, but everything else about them clearly invokes this trope.

* TheNudifier: Spooner has a laser cufflink that he uses to cut Belinda's dress off. How it doesn't damage her skin is anyone's guess.

* OneSteveLimit: Averted. There's Jim Thompson and Jim Sterling, and James Spooner and Sir James Godwin. And if you factor in the fact that Jim is just a diminutive of James, there's four characters with the same name. And ''then'' there's the fact that the male hosts are called Jamie and James...
* OutWithABang: Finally, inevitably happens in Book 5, when [[spoiler:Giselle accidentally suffocates Slintz with her vagina in an attempt at torture]].
* ParentalSexualitySquick: A big part of the series' humour, naturally. That said, it's often downplayed more than not, with Jamie mostly having visceral reactions when his father's writing really crosses the line. In season four, he goes into a long denial over the fact that his father wrote a rimming scene. Alice and James spend the rest of the season trying to get Jamie to admit that "my dad knows about anal play."

* RememberTheNewGuy: Particularly with the guest at Tony and Giselle's wedding.

* SexierAlterEgo: Belinda Blumenthol's spy alter ego Belinda Smith ("Smiffy") is portrayed as if she's this. She really isn't that different from normal Belinda, though.

* ShoePhone: Being an {{expy}} of Sean Connery-era James Bond, Spooner has a few of these, mostly ''utterly ridiculous''. In addition to his clothes-destroying laser cufflink, he also has a leather charm bracelet that somehow turns into a pair of binoculars with a packet of wet wipes inside.

* TeamWorkSeduction: The Glee Team on multiple occasions.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Turkey sandwiches and gin and tonic.

** And *then* there's the end of Book 5: [[spoiler: Giselle goes back over to the side of good, Spooner ''dies'', Belinda is dragged away by Herr Bisch, and a heretofore unmentioned birthmark of Belinda's body proves that she and Herr Bisch ''are family''.]]

** And *then* there's the end of Book 5: [[spoiler: Giselle goes back over to the side of good, Spooner ''dies'', and a heretofore unmentioned birthmark of Belinda's body proves that she and Herr Bisch ''are family''.]]

** [[spoiler: Belinda brings all her trusted coworkers, friends, and allies together to form a society that will countermand whatever Bish has planned... and then a car bomb goes off in Tony's Jag as they leave the building, with Belinda not knowing who's dead and who's alive.]]