History WMG / Blackadder

* Are...are you suggesting Back and Forth Blackadder is the [[Literature/{{Dune}} Kwizatz Haderach]]?

After assuming the role of the Prince of Wales, Blackadder began to indulge in everything he couldn't get as a lowly butler- fine wines, good food, opium, sexy girls, etc. As time went on, he became less and less cunning and functionally indistinguishable from the BrilliantButLazy AdiposeRex that history remembers King "George" IV as.

[[WMG: Prince Blackadder ended up BecomingTheMask.]]
After assuming the role of the Prince of Wales, Blackadder began to indulge in everything he couldn't get as a butler- wine, good food, opium, sex girls, etc. As time went on, he became the BrilliantButLazy AdiposeRex that history remembers King "George" IV as.

* How does this account for the Roman General Melchett who also says "Baaaah" (or rather, [[CanisLatinicus "Baaaah-us"]])

** And before anyone suggests that he was actually ''Spanish'' based on the Inquisition torture scenes: The Inquisition was all over the Holy Roman Empire (of which most of modern day Germany was part of).

...CiaphasCain, a man with Captian Blackadder's views of war and Flasheart's flair for capturing the hearts of the soldiers.

* [[BigDamnHeroes They were rescued by]] [[ChekhovsArmy the Royal Women's Auxiliary Balloon Corps]].

* He was evidently General Melchetts clerk throughout 1917, but he has no actual reason not to be in the trenches. However, the twitch could be caused by a trauma caused earlier in the war. It could be that he was in the same position as Blackadder but something terrible happened while inthe trenches (enemy attack, surviving going over the top etc.) leaving him with a twitch and trauma, causing him to become a pencil-pusher for Melchett due to him being incapable of fighting. [[spoiler:Of course, this doesn't save him in the end though...]]

Think about it. Evil master who fails at his goals and has a moustache? Check. Shirt bumbling sidekick who screws up every task and is constantl beat up as retribution.

Thus, the fourth is more balanced, having the snarkiness and cleverness of 2 and 3, but isn't nearly as nasty as either of them. We don't know whether 4 survived WorldWarI or not, but the well-off and fairly likable time traveler Blackadder is likely his descendent, which shows some reward for 4's relative goodness.

"Ned" can be short for "Edmund", the family name could have been changed by the ancestor who [[strike:fled]] emigrated to America, Ned ''is'' good at [[HighSchoolHustler playing the system]], and his general lack of JerkAss -ness could be explained by anything from [[GenreSavvy self-awareness]] and personal effort, to the laid-back [[{{Fanon}} California]] lifestyle, or simply the idealism of youth (every other Blackadder we've seen has been at least 30), and going from the WWI British officer class in 1918 to being an apparently middle class kid in the American public school system in 2005-07 is about average for the long, slow Blackadder decline.

The season end mentions that that episode is set in 1916, HOWEVER the Charlie Chaplin episode states at the end that the U.S. has just entered the war, an event that didn't happen untill 1917 therefore the Charlie Chaplin episode happened after and they all servived going over the top.

*** They survived of course! Just as they went over the top, Baldrick shouts his cunning plan, which is actually a real doozy. The whole gang escapes, giving Melchitt a bloody nose on their way out. Blackadder reasons that the war was pointless, and stupid, and has since been operating behind the wings to make sure world war 3 never occurs.

[[WMG: Black Adder really IS the Scarlet Pimpinel]]
Afterall, only the REAL scarlet pimpinell would criticize himself so thoroughly to throw everyone off the trail!

Will is descended from Edmund, though his more cunning qualities are diluted. Neil is a descendant of Baldrick. Jay has his roots in Lord Flasheart (though, obviously, Flash's qualities are absent). Simon is harder to pin down, but displays some of George's haplessness when it comes to women.
[[WMG: General Melchitt is part sheep]]
Now before you decide this is insane remember that each of the characters is descended directly from previous incarnations, Melchitt in Blackadder 2 was a member of the clergy and presumably took vows of chastity. Also the only thing Melchitt was ever sexually involved with was a sheep (although actually prince Ludwig in disguise)Presuming this was not a once in a life time event the only thing Melchitt may have ever had sex with were sheep.
Secondly General Melchitt say's "Baaaah" quite often for no determinable reason.

After all, Amy seems to retain many of Queenie's cookoolander traits, and her casual attitude towards violence and Nurse Mary retains the soppyness-hiding-deviousness of Amy. And of course, this would eventually lead to the Elizabeth of Back and Forth