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7	''Let Them Eat Cake'' was a 1999 British comedy series set in 1782 in the Palace of Versailles, as a helpful title card points out every episode, during the reign of UsefulNotes/LouisXVI and UsefulNotes/MarieAntoinette. Lasting a grand total of one [[BritishBrevity six-episode series]] in 1999, it starred Creator/JenniferSaunders as the amoral Colombine, Comtesse de Vache, with Creator/DawnFrench and Creator/AdrianScarborough as her maid Lisette and foppish manservant Bouffant, respectively.
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9	Idle and rich, Colombine spends her days cataloging the debaucheries of her fellow palace-mates for blackmail purposes, as she has not herself had the chance to debauch as of late and is always looking for a chance to get in good with the royals. Lisette's job is to keep the Comtesse going all hours of the day, only stepping out to have her own debaucherous relations with various men, noble, soldier, and peasant. Meanwhile, Bouffant's hard work keeps her at the forefront of gaudy French fashion, whether it be a dress or a large battleship-adorned wig appropriate for viewing public royal copulation. Unfortunately, those outside the palace walls are already starting to revolt.
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12	!!This show provides examples of:
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14	%%* BeleagueredAssistant: Lisette and Bouffant.
15	%%* BlackComedy
16	%%* BlackComedyRape: Apple. Banana. Thankfully, not a melon. But a cocky Lisette leaves a pineapple by her bed.
17	* BloodyHilarious: Twice in the episode "Murder"
18	** The first time is when the Comtesse, Lisette, and Bouffant enter the Marquise de Fufu's apartment only to find her brutally murdered. The walls are literally smeared with blood, though the Comtesse's reaction is rather nonchalant.
19	** The second is when [[spoiler: Bouffant's rival Coco Lebiche]] is executed. Blood sprays out on [[ThoseTwoGuys those aristocratic women]].
20	%%* BritishBrevity
21	%%* CampGay: Bouffant.
22	* CostumePorn: Though occasionally bordering on absurd, the aristocrats do wear a lot of fabulous period outfits.
23	* FrenchJerk ''Naturellement'', it's a BlackComedy set in late-18th century Versailles.
24	* FridgeLogic: In-universe – Bouffant & Lisette, both wonder how [[spoiler:Colombine could have opened so many doors to commit the deed in the episode ''Murder'', refusing to consider that she is innocent of the crime.]]
25	* GrandeDame: The Comtesse and Madame de Plonge at least make attempts at it.
26	* GratuitousFrench: Being a British series set in Versailles, gratuitous French abounds, in particular, where English and French share a word, the French pronunciation is used. However, when anything above the most basic French is used (''pour example: cherchez les documents''), the Comtesse won't understand it and will require a translation.
27	* LockedRoomMystery: Or a closed room mystery, at least, in the episode "Murder". Colombine '''must''' have done the deed, but it would require her to do an impossible task: [[spoiler:open (many, many) doors.]]
28	* UsefulNotes/MarieAntoinette: FunnyForeigner vith a very thick accent and a tendency to not know French (English) vords.
29	%%* MistakenForPregnant: It was just bad gas from the Voopee.
30	* ReallyGetsAround: ''Everyone'', more or less, though Lisette deserves a special mention for sleeping with an entire army barracks in one night.
31	* TheRival: Madame de Plonge, with whom Colombine is in a one-upsmanship contest in. The two frequently attempt to ruin one another's reputations, [[spoiler: until Colombine successfully get her exiled from the palace.]]
32	%%* ThoseTwoGuys: 1st and 2nd Aristocratic Woman.
33	%%* WackyCravings: Soap pudding.

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