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* MustacheDePlume: Discussed and inverted. Edmund says all the female writers are actually males. He too, gives himself a female pseudonym.
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* MustacheDePlume: Discussed and inverted. Edmund says writes ''Edmund: A Butler's Tale'' under the name Gertrude Perkins, because everyone wants books by women nowadays. He claims that Ann Radcliffe, Jane Austen, and Dorothy Wordsworth are all men, Austen being an "a huge Yorkshireman with a beard like a rhododendron bush". "James Boswell is the female writers are actually males. He too, gives himself a female pseudonym.only real woman writing at the moment, and that's just because she wants to get inside [Samuel] Johnson's britches."
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Prince George is sick of everyone thinking he's an idiot. So to boost his credibility, he decides to patronize Dr. Creator/SamuelJohnson's new book, The English Dictionary. Blackadder thinks this a ridiculous idea (though he is biased against Dr. Johnson since he submitted Johnson a novel entitled ''Edmund: A Butler's Tale'', under the name Gertrude Perkins, and never heard back from him. But unfortunately, the prince is too dumb to be persuaded. Dr. Johnson comes over, and the prince, being himself, fails to understand what exactly a dictionary is, and insults Dr. Johnson, who storms out, but not before saying that the only book he ever read that was better than his own was "Edmund: A Butler's Tale," and if the prince weren't so stupid, he could patronize that book as well. Realizing this might be his chance to have his novel published, Edmund tries to convince Dr. Johnson to give the prince another chance, and let Edmund convince him to patronize the book. Dr. Johnson agrees, and after remembering he left the dictionary in the prince's room, tells Edmund to give it to him later at Mrs. Miggins' Pie Shop. Edmund manages to convince the prince to patronize the book, but runs into a worse problem; Baldrick has burned the dictionary in a fire, and there are no other copies.
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Prince George is sick of everyone thinking he's an idiot. So to boost his credibility, he decides to patronize Dr. Creator/SamuelJohnson's new book, The English Dictionary. Blackadder thinks this a ridiculous idea (though he is biased against Dr. Johnson since he submitted Johnson a novel entitled ''Edmund: A Butler's Tale'', under the name Gertrude Perkins, and never heard back from him. But unfortunately, the prince is too dumb to be persuaded. Dr. Johnson comes over, and the prince, being himself, fails to understand what exactly a dictionary is, and insults Dr. Johnson, who storms out, but not before saying that the only book he ever read that was better than his own was "Edmund: A Butler's Tale," and if the prince weren't so stupid, he could patronize that book as well. Realizing this might be his chance to have his novel published, Edmund tries to convince Dr. Johnson to give the prince another chance, and let Edmund convince him to patronize patronise the book. Dr. Johnson agrees, and after remembering he left the dictionary in the prince's room, tells Edmund to give it to him later at Mrs. Miggins' Pie Shop. Edmund manages to convince the prince to patronize the book, but runs into a worse problem; Baldrick has burned the dictionary in a fire, and there are no other copies.
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* AxCrazy: The poets and Doctor Johnson. The former evidently on account of being high as kites (combined with suffering from syphilis in Lord Byron's case), the later because of several years spent writing his dictionary.
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* AxCrazy: The poets and Doctor Johnson. The former evidently on account of being high as kites (combined with suffering from syphilis in Lord Byron's case), the later because of several the ten years he spent writing his dictionary.Dictionary.
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* TruthInTelevision: Dr. Johnson really did leave aardvark out of his dictionary.
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* TruthInTelevision: Dr. Johnson really did leave aardvark the word 'aardvark' out of his dictionary.Dictionary, although he did include 'sausage'.
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* AnachronismStew: Dr. Johnson actually published his dictionary in 1755, seven years before Prince George was born. In addition, Johnson died fourteen years before the Battle of the Nile.
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* AnachronismStew: Dr. Samuel Johnson actually published his dictionary in 1755, seven years before Prince George was born. In addition, Johnson died fourteen 27 years before the Battle of the Nile.Regency was declared.
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* AxCrazy: The poets and Doctor Johnson. The former evidently on account of being high as kites, the later because of several years spent writing his dictionary.
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* AxCrazy: The poets and Doctor Johnson. The former evidently on account of being high as kites, kites (combined with suffering from syphilis in Lord Byron's case), the later because of several years spent writing his dictionary.
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Prince George is sick of everyone thinking he's an idiot. So to boost his credibility, he decides to patronize Dr. Creator/SamuelJohnson's new book, The Dictionary. Blackadder thinks this a ridiculous idea (though he is biased against Dr. Johnson since he submitted Johnson a novel entitled ''Edmund: A Butler's Tale'', under the name Gertrude Perkins, and never heard back from him. But unfortunately, the prince is too dumb to be persuaded. Dr. Johnson comes over, and the prince, being himself, fails to understand what exactly a dictionary is, and insults Dr. Johnson, who storms out, but not before saying that the only book he ever read that was better than his own was "Edmund: A Butler's Tale," and if the prince weren't so stupid, he could patronize that book as well. Realizing this might be his chance to have his novel published, Edmund tries to convince Dr. Johnson to give the prince another chance, and let Edmund convince him to patronize the book. Dr. Johnson agrees, and after remembering he left the dictionary in the prince's room, tells Edmund to give it to him later at Mrs. Miggins' Pie Shop. Edmund manages to convince the prince to patronize the book, but runs into a worse problem; Baldrick has burned the dictionary in a fire, and there are no other copies.
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Prince George is sick of everyone thinking he's an idiot. So to boost his credibility, he decides to patronize Dr. Creator/SamuelJohnson's new book, The English Dictionary. Blackadder thinks this a ridiculous idea (though he is biased against Dr. Johnson since he submitted Johnson a novel entitled ''Edmund: A Butler's Tale'', under the name Gertrude Perkins, and never heard back from him. But unfortunately, the prince is too dumb to be persuaded. Dr. Johnson comes over, and the prince, being himself, fails to understand what exactly a dictionary is, and insults Dr. Johnson, who storms out, but not before saying that the only book he ever read that was better than his own was "Edmund: A Butler's Tale," and if the prince weren't so stupid, he could patronize that book as well. Realizing this might be his chance to have his novel published, Edmund tries to convince Dr. Johnson to give the prince another chance, and let Edmund convince him to patronize the book. Dr. Johnson agrees, and after remembering he left the dictionary in the prince's room, tells Edmund to give it to him later at Mrs. Miggins' Pie Shop. Edmund manages to convince the prince to patronize the book, but runs into a worse problem; Baldrick has burned the dictionary in a fire, and there are no other copies.
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* HoYay: "I love you, Doctor Johnson, and I want to have your babies." Even if it is in a dream.
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* ArtisticLicenceLinguistics: When trying to rewrite the dictionary, Blackadder refers to "a" as an "impersonal pronoun"; the grammatically correct term is "indefinite article".
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* ArtisticLicenceLinguistics: When trying to rewrite the dictionary, Blackadder refers to "a" as an "impersonal pronoun"; the pronoun". The grammatically correct term is "indefinite article".
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* ArtisticLicenceLinguistics: When trying to rewrite the dictionary, Blackadder refers to "a" as an "impersonal pronoun"; the grammatically correct term is "indefinite article".
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* ArtisticLicenceLinguistics: When trying to rewrite the dictionary, Blackadder refers to "a" as an "impersonal pronoun"; it's actually the "indefinite article".
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* ArtisticLicenceLinguistics: When trying to rewrite the dictionary, Blackadder refers to "a" as an "impersonal pronoun"; it's actually the grammatically correct term is "indefinite article".
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* ArtisticLicenceLinguistics: When trying to rewrite the dictionary, Blackadder refers to "a" as an "impersonal pronoun"; it's actually the "indefinite article".
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-->'''Blackadder''': "AB". What starts with "AB"?
-->'''Baldrick''': Honey? Honey starts with a bee.
-->'''Baldrick''': Honey? Honey starts with a bee.
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-->'''Blackadder''': "AB". What starts with "AB"?
-->'''Baldrick''':"AB"?\\
'''Baldrick''': Honey? Honey starts with a bee.
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'''Baldrick''': Honey? Honey starts with a bee.
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->'''George''': "Medium-sized insectivore with protruding nasal implement." ''[beat]'' Doesn't sound much like a bee to me.
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-->'''George''': "Medium-sized insectivore with protruding nasal implement." ''[beat]'' Doesn't sound much like a bee to me.
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-->'''Blackadder''': "AB". What starts with "A, B"."AB"?
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Most Baldrick and George's efforts to help Blackadder rewrite the dictionary:
-->'''Blackadder''': What starts with "A, B".
-->'''Baldrick''': Honey? Honey starts with a bee.
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-->'''George''': "Medium-sized insectivore with protruding nasal implement." ''[beat]'' Doesn't sound much like a bee to me.
-->'''Blackadder''': What starts with "A, B".
-->'''Baldrick''': Honey? Honey starts with a bee.
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-->'''George''': "Medium-sized insectivore with protruding nasal implement." ''[beat]'' Doesn't sound much like a bee to me.
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* HoYay: "I love you, Doctor Johnson, and I want to have your babies." Even if it is in a dream.
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** Baldrick's novel (or "Magnificent Octopus") also has elements of this: "Once upon a time there was a lovely little sausage called Baldrick, [[spoiler: who lived happily ever after]]."* HotGypsyWoman: Dr. Johnson says that Edmund's novel is "crammed with sizzling gypsies".
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** Baldrick's novel (or "Magnificent Octopus") also has elements of this: "Once upon a time there was a lovely little sausage called Baldrick, [[spoiler: who lived happily ever after]]."* HotGypsyWoman: Dr. Johnson says that Edmund's novel is "crammed with sizzling gypsies"."
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* HaveAGayOldTime: A somewhat subtle example: Blackadder says that "The Prince cannot wait to patronise your dictionary." At the time, "patronise" meant "to be a patron of; to bankroll", which is what Doctor Johnson is looking for. Of course, to modern audiences, "patronise" means "to sarcastically insult", which is closer to what the regent actually does to the dictionary.
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* HaveAGayOldTime: A somewhat subtle example: Blackadder says that "The Prince prince cannot wait to patronise your dictionary." At the time, "patronise" meant "to be a patron of; to bankroll", which is what Doctor Johnson is looking for. Of course, to modern audiences, "patronise" means "to sarcastically insult", which is closer to what the regent actually does to the dictionary.
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* HaveAGayOldTime: A somewhat subtle example: Blackadder says that "The Prince cannot wait to patronise your dictionary." At the time, "patronise" meant "to be a patron of; to bankroll", which is what Doctor Johnson is looking for. Of course, to modern audiences, "patronise" means "to sarcastically insult", which is closer to what the regent actually does to the dictionary.
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* {{Neologizer}}: Blackadder becomes one for a short while in order to confuse Doctor Johnson, who is boasting about having written the first English dictionary and that he has taken care to include every English word.
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* MagnumOpus: Blackadder spends seven years writing ''Edmund: A Butler's Tale'', "a giant rollercoaster of a novel in four hundred sizzling chapters, a searing indictment of domestic servitude in the eighteenth century, with some hot gypsies thrown in," and describes it as his magnum opus. (Followed immediately by a parody in which Baldrick produces his "magnificent octopus": "Once upon a time, there was a lovely little sausage called Baldrick, and he lived happily ever after." Baldrick doesn't like long books, y'see.) And Samuel Johnson agrees that Blackadder's book is a masterpiece, pronouncing it the only book superior to his dictionary. A pity he's the only person besides Blackadder who ever gets to read it before a misunderstanding leads Baldrick to throw it on the fire...
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* LifesWorkRuined: DoubleSubverted in a very odd way. [[spoiler: It turns out that Dr Johnson's dictionary was never burned at all, despite what Blackadder and Baldrick spent most of the episode believing; the book that was burned was in fact ''Blackadder's'' novel, which both he and Johnson thought was a masterpiece]]. The dictionary then [[spoiler: gets burned by Baldrick while he's making a fire]].
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* HopeSpot: When Samuel Johnson tells Edmund that he wasn't happy with the dictionary and is glad that it was destroyed. Shame it's AllJustADream.
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* HerCodeNameWasMarySue: Both Edmund and Baldrick's novels seem to be like this.
* HotGypsyWoman: Dr. Johnson says that Edmund's novel is "crammed with sizzling gypsies".
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* HerCodeNameWasMarySue: Both Edmund and HerCodeNameWasMarySue:
** Blackadder's novel ''Edmund: A Butler's Tale'' sounds like this, based on what he tells Baldrick about it.
** Baldrick'snovels seem to be like this.
*novel (or "Magnificent Octopus") also has elements of this: "Once upon a time there was a lovely little sausage called Baldrick, [[spoiler: who lived happily ever after]]."* HotGypsyWoman: Dr. Johnson says that Edmund's novel is "crammed with sizzling gypsies".
** Blackadder's novel ''Edmund: A Butler's Tale'' sounds like this, based on what he tells Baldrick about it.
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* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: "Baldrick, believe me. Eternity in the company of Beelzebub, and ''all'' his hellish instruments of death, will be a ''picnic'' compared to five minutes with me... and ''this pencil''... if we cannot replace this dictionary."
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Prince George is sick of everyone thinking he's an idiot. So to boost his credibility, he decides to patronize Dr. Creator/SamuelJohnson's new book, The Dictionary. Blackadder thinks this a ridiculous idea (though he is biased against Dr. Johnson since he submitted Johnson a novel entitled "Edmund: A Butler's Tale," under the name Gertrude Perkins, and never heard back from him. But unfortunately, the prince is too dumb to be persuaded. Dr. Johnson comes over, and the prince, being himself, fails to understand what exactly a dictionary is, and insults Dr. Johnson, who storms out, but not before saying that the only book he ever read that was better than his own was "Edmund: A Butler's Tale," and if the prince weren't so stupid, he could patronize that book as well. Realizing this might be his chance to have his novel published, Edmund tries to convince Dr. Johnson to give the prince another chance, and let Edmund convince him to patronize the book. Dr. Johnson agrees, and after remembering he left the dictionary in the prince's room, tells Edmund to give it to him later at Mrs. Miggins' Pie Shop. Edmund manages to convince the prince to patronize the book, but runs into a worse problem; Baldrick has burned the dictionary in a fire, and there are no other copies.
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Prince George is sick of everyone thinking he's an idiot. So to boost his credibility, he decides to patronize Dr. Creator/SamuelJohnson's new book, The Dictionary. Blackadder thinks this a ridiculous idea (though he is biased against Dr. Johnson since he submitted Johnson a novel entitled "Edmund: ''Edmund: A Butler's Tale," Tale'', under the name Gertrude Perkins, and never heard back from him. But unfortunately, the prince is too dumb to be persuaded. Dr. Johnson comes over, and the prince, being himself, fails to understand what exactly a dictionary is, and insults Dr. Johnson, who storms out, but not before saying that the only book he ever read that was better than his own was "Edmund: A Butler's Tale," and if the prince weren't so stupid, he could patronize that book as well. Realizing this might be his chance to have his novel published, Edmund tries to convince Dr. Johnson to give the prince another chance, and let Edmund convince him to patronize the book. Dr. Johnson agrees, and after remembering he left the dictionary in the prince's room, tells Edmund to give it to him later at Mrs. Miggins' Pie Shop. Edmund manages to convince the prince to patronize the book, but runs into a worse problem; Baldrick has burned the dictionary in a fire, and there are no other copies.
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* BigNo: Blackadder when they learn it was ''his'' novel that got burnt.
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* BigNo: [[spoiler:They didn't burn the dictionary as they thought. They burnt Blackadder's book, a novel that would have made him a millionaire.]] When Baldrick reveals this, Blackadder when they learn it was ''his'' novel that got burnt.
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* AllJustADream: Blackadder wakes up to find that Dr. Johnson is about to arrive and find out his dictionary has been burned. Then Dr. Johnson comes in an announces that he didn't like the dictionary after all and that he is ''glad'' to find out it has been destroyed. Things start getting surreal when Blackadder's aunt appears out of nowhere and Baldrick starts wearing a dog mask, until Blackadder realises that "It's all a bloody dream!" Cut to Blackadder waking up and finding out that Dr. Johnson is still arriving and the dictionary has still been burned.
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* GroinAttack: "The booted bony thing with 5 toes will soon connect sharply with the soft dangly collection of objects in your trousers."
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Dr. Johnson actually published his dictionary in 1755, seven years before Prince George was born.
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* ShoutOut: The plot of the episode is inspired by a real alleged incident from the 1830s, when the only manuscript of Thomas Carlyle's ''The French Revolution'' was burned by a servant of John Stuart Mill, who mistook it for waste paper.
