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* InsideJob: The only reason Prince George is bankrupt is because he has to keep replacing the socks Blackadder is implied to be stealing from him. For once in his life, the Prince is surprisingly on the mark...

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* InsideJob: TheHelpHelpingThemselves: The only reason Prince George is bankrupt is because he has to keep replacing the socks Blackadder is implied to be stealing from him. For once in his life, the Prince is surprisingly on the mark...
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** Pitt the Younger's real-life younger brother, James Pitt, also died before he came to power, meaning that there wouldn't have been a "Pitt the Even Younger" to run in the by-election. He did have an older brother, John Pitt, who was alive during the events of this episode, but he was a member of the House of Lords at the time.[[note]](well, that and having a "Pitt the Slightly Less Younger" competing against Baldrick probably wouldn't have been as funny)[[/note]]

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** Pitt the Younger's real-life younger brother, James Pitt, also died before he came to power, meaning that there wouldn't have been a "Pitt the Even Younger" to run in the by-election. He did have an older brother, John Pitt, Earl of Chatham, who was alive during the events of this episode, but he was a member of the House of Lords at the time.[[note]](well, that and having a "Pitt the Slightly Less Younger" competing against Baldrick probably wouldn't have been as funny)[[/note]]
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When he was a child, Baldrick would go up to people and introduce himself, and was told "Yes, we know. Sod off, Baldrick". Which he interpreted as them saying "Yes we know, Sod Off Baldrick", in that they were saying his first name was "Sod Off".

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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When he was a child, Baldrick would go up to people and introduce himself, and was told "Yes, we know. Sod off, Baldrick". Which he interpreted as them saying "Yes we know, Sod Off Baldrick", in that they were saying his first name was "Sod Off".
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** Also at the judiciary, when Blackadder and the Prince are discussing how the can bribe Sir Talbot into supporting them:

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** Also at the judiciary, when Blackadder and the Prince are discussing how the they can bribe Sir Talbot into supporting them:

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