List of Blackadder characters - Revision history

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	Byrne later said that she was sometimes asked – in reference to a scene in the final episode of ''Blackadder II'' – whether she kept the cow costume in her wardrobe. She did not.<ref name="BlackadderInterviews">{{cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/blackadder/interviews/\|title=Blackadder interviews\|publisher=BBC\|access-date=2009-07-19\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022180854/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/blackadder/interviews/\|archive-date=22 October 2019\|url-status=live}}</ref>		Byrne later said that she was sometimes asked – in reference to a scene in the final episode of ''Blackadder II'' – whether she kept the cow costume in her wardrobe. She did not.<ref name="BlackadderInterviews">{{cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/blackadder/interviews/\|title=Blackadder interviews\|publisher=BBC\|access-date=2009-07-19\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022180854/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/blackadder/interviews/\|archive-date=22 October 2019\|url-status=live}}</ref>

	The real life basis for Nursie was [[Elizabeth I of England\|Queen Elizabeth's]] real governesses, [[Kat Ashley]], [[Margaret Bryan]] and [[Blanche Parry]].~~{{Citation needed \|date=May 2018}}~~		The real life basis for Nursie was [[Elizabeth I of England\|Queen Elizabeth's]] real governesses, [[Kat Ashley]], [[Margaret Bryan]] and [[Blanche Parry]].

	===Harry, Prince of Wales===		===Harry, Prince of Wales===

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	===Darling===		===Darling===
	~~{{Redirect\|Kevin Darling\|the bowls player\|Kevin Darling (bowls)}}~~
	Introduced in its fourth iteration, ''[[Blackadder Goes Forth]]'', Captain '''Kevin Darling''' ([[Tim McInnerny]]) is main character [[Captain Blackadder\|Captain Edmund Blackadder]] ([[Rowan Atkinson]])'s intellectual peer and bitter rival (just like Melchett was in season 2); while Blackadder reluctantly serves in [[World War I]] [[trench warfare\|trenches]], Darling is safely stationed some distance from the [[front line]]. Darling is the sycophantic [[adjutant]] to [[Stephen Fry]]'s General Melchett. The character was originally conceived as "Captain Cartwright"; writers [[Ben Elton]] and [[Richard Curtis]] were simply unable to think of a more amusing name for him. Eventually however, [[Stephen Fry]] suggested "Darling" would be a more comedic alternative; the series makes use of a recurring joke where his name is used or referred to for comedic effect.<ref>Hunt, James (2018). 12 things you might not know about ''Blackadder Goes Forth.'' Mental Floss UK. Retrieved 19 Sept. 2019. http://mentalfloss.com/article/91058/facts-about-blackadder-goes-forth-rowan-atkinson {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930044536/http://mentalfloss.com/article/91058/facts-about-blackadder-goes-forth-rowan-atkinson \|date=30 September 2019 }}</ref>		Introduced in its fourth iteration, ''[[Blackadder Goes Forth]]'', Captain '''Kevin Darling''' ([[Tim McInnerny]]) is main character [[Captain Blackadder\|Captain Edmund Blackadder]] ([[Rowan Atkinson]])'s intellectual peer and bitter rival (just like Melchett was in season 2); while Blackadder reluctantly serves in [[World War I]] [[trench warfare\|trenches]], Darling is safely stationed some distance from the [[front line]]. Darling is the sycophantic [[adjutant]] to [[Stephen Fry]]'s General Melchett. The character was originally conceived as "Captain Cartwright"; writers [[Ben Elton]] and [[Richard Curtis]] were simply unable to think of a more amusing name for him. Eventually however, [[Stephen Fry]] suggested "Darling" would be a more comedic alternative; the series makes use of a recurring joke where his name is used or referred to for comedic effect.<ref>Hunt, James (2018). 12 things you might not know about ''Blackadder Goes Forth.'' Mental Floss UK. Retrieved 19 Sept. 2019. http://mentalfloss.com/article/91058/facts-about-blackadder-goes-forth-rowan-atkinson {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930044536/http://mentalfloss.com/article/91058/facts-about-blackadder-goes-forth-rowan-atkinson \|date=30 September 2019 }}</ref>

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	[[File:Ba4.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|Main characters from ''Blackadder Goes Forth'': Darling (left), Melchett (centre), George Colthurst (right), Baldrick (bottom right), Blackadder (bottom left)]]		[[File:Ba4.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|Main characters from ''Blackadder Goes Forth'': Darling (left), Melchett (centre), George Colthurst (right), Baldrick (bottom right), Blackadder (bottom left)]]

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	===Lord Flashheart===		===Lord Flashheart===
			[[File:Lord Flashheart.jpg\|240px\|thumb\|right\|alt=Lord Flashheart\|Lord Flashheart]]
	'''Lord Flashheart''' ([[Rik Mayall]]) is the name of two characters. The first Lord Flashheart appeared in a scene of [[Bells (Blackadder)\|the first episode]] of the [[List of Blackadder episodes#Series 2: Blackadder II (1986)\|second series]] of ''Blackadder''. His descendant, '''Squadron Commander the Lord Flashheart''', appeared as a major character in the [[Blackadder Goes Forth\|fourth series]] in an episode called "[[Private Plane (Blackadder)\|Private Plane]]". In the credits of this episode the name '''Flashheart''' is spelled '''Flasheart'''.		'''Lord Flashheart''' ([[Rik Mayall]]) is the name of two characters. The first Lord Flashheart appeared in a scene of [[Bells (Blackadder)\|the first episode]] of the [[List of Blackadder episodes#Series 2: Blackadder II (1986)\|second series]] of ''Blackadder''. His descendant, '''Squadron Commander the Lord Flashheart''', appeared as a major character in the [[Blackadder Goes Forth\|fourth series]] in an episode called "[[Private Plane (Blackadder)\|Private Plane]]". In the credits of this episode the name '''Flashheart''' is spelled '''Flasheart'''.

	Lord Flashheart is boisterous and an arrogant womaniser, attractive to all the women he meets. He is extremely popular among his peers and becomes the centre of attention whenever he enters a room, usually by bursting through a door in a spectacular fashion. The two Flashhearts are stereotypes of a certain kind of hero (the [[Elizabethan era\|Elizabethan]] [[swashbuckler]] and the [[World War I]] [[flying ace]]), slanted to emphasise the negative qualities associated with such characters such as [[narcissism]], [[sexism]] and [[promiscuity]]. His [[catchphrase]]s are "Woof!" and "Let's do-oo-ooooo it!", while suggestively thrusting his pelvis. He commonly uses [[sexual innuendo]] in ordinary conversation, for example, "Am I pleased to see you, or did I just put [[erection\|a canoe in my pocket]]?" Rik Mayall later recalled, "I was surprised when they asked me. Very honouring that they asked me. 'Alright,' I said, 'I'll do it, as long as I get more laughs than Rowan.' "<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IlE66Qt1qM\|title=YouTube\|website=youtube.com\|access-date=25 September 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160520111103/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IlE66Qt1qM\|archive-date=20 May 2016\|url-status=live}}</ref>		Lord Flashheart is boisterous and an arrogant womaniser, attractive to all the women he meets. He is extremely popular among his peers and becomes the centre of attention whenever he enters a room, usually by bursting through a door in a spectacular fashion. The two Flashhearts are stereotypes of a certain kind of hero (the [[Elizabethan era\|Elizabethan]] [[swashbuckler]] and the [[World War I]] [[flying ace]]), slanted to emphasise the negative qualities associated with such characters such as [[w:narcissism\|narcissism]], [[w:sexism\|sexism]] and [[w:promiscuity\|promiscuity]]. His [[w:catchphrase\|catchphrase]]s are "Woof!" and "Let's do-oo-ooooo it!", while suggestively thrusting his pelvis. He commonly uses [[w:sexual innuendo\|sexual innuendo]] in ordinary conversation, for example, "Am I pleased to see you, or did I just put [[w:erection\|a canoe in my pocket]]?" Rik Mayall later recalled, "I was surprised when they asked me. Very honouring that they asked me. 'Alright,' I said, 'I'll do it, as long as I get more laughs than Rowan.' "<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IlE66Qt1qM\|title=YouTube\|website=youtube.com\|access-date=25 September 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160520111103/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IlE66Qt1qM\|archive-date=20 May 2016\|url-status=live}}</ref>

	The writing for Lord Flashheart seems to have been at least in part inspired by the fictional character created by [[George MacDonald Fraser]], [[Harry Flashman]].<ref name=Hallam>{{cite web\|url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/correspondents/2011/06/10/13453/the_unforgettable_flashheart\|title=The unforgettable Flashheart\|author=Chris Hallam\|publisher=Chortle.co.uk\|date=10 June 2011\|access-date=17 October 2015\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923203304/http://www.chortle.co.uk/correspondents/2011/06/10/13453/the_unforgettable_flashheart\|archive-date=23 September 2015\|url-status=live}}</ref>		The writing for Lord Flashheart seems to have been at least in part inspired by the fictional character created by [[George MacDonald Fraser]], [[Harry Flashman]].<ref name=Hallam>{{cite web\|url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/correspondents/2011/06/10/13453/the_unforgettable_flashheart\|title=The unforgettable Flashheart\|author=Chris Hallam\|publisher=Chortle.co.uk\|date=10 June 2011\|access-date=17 October 2015\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923203304/http://www.chortle.co.uk/correspondents/2011/06/10/13453/the_unforgettable_flashheart\|archive-date=23 September 2015\|url-status=live}}</ref>

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	===Bob===		===Bob===
	[[File:Gabrielle Glaister Bob\|240px\|thumb\|right\|alt=Gabrielle Glaister as Bob\|Gabrielle Glaister as Bob]]		[[File:Gabrielle Glaister Bob.jpg\|240px\|thumb\|right\|alt=Gabrielle Glaister as Bob\|Gabrielle Glaister as Bob]]
	'''Bob''' is a pseudonym used by two characters, both female, both pretending to be male and both played by [[Gabrielle Glaister]].		'''Bob''' is a pseudonym used by two characters, both female, both pretending to be male and both played by [[Gabrielle Glaister]].

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			[[File:Gabrielle Glaister Bob\|240px\|thumb\|right\|alt=Gabrielle Glaister as Bob\|Gabrielle Glaister as Bob]]
	'''Bob''' is a pseudonym used by two characters, both female, both pretending to be male and both played by [[Gabrielle Glaister]].		'''Bob''' is a pseudonym used by two characters, both female, both pretending to be male and both played by [[Gabrielle Glaister]].

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	===Nursie===		===Nursie===
			[[File:Patsy Byrne Nursie.jpg\|240px\|thumb\|right\|alt=Patsy Byrne as Nursie\|Patsy Byrne as Nursie]]
	'''Nursie''' ([[Patsy Byrne]]), real name "Bernard", appears in all six episodes of ''[[Blackadder II]]'' and two of the ''Blackadder'' specials; ''[[Blackadder's Christmas Carol]]'' and ''[[Blackadder: Back & Forth]]''. Once [[Queen Elizabeth I of England\|Queenie]]'s childhood [[Wet nurse\|nurse]], by the time of her appearances in ''Blackadder II'', Nursie is either [[senile]] or otherwise irreversibly stupid, but remains at court at the side of the Queen for unknown reasons (possibly being kept-on as a [[Lady's companion]], 'though her continued presence at "Queenie's" side reinforces her portrayal as 'childish'), as the Queen repeatedly treats Nursie with contempt. Nursie frequently embarrasses both the Queen and herself by openly recounting tales of the Queen's childhood, prompting Queenie's standard reply of "Shut up, Nursie." She is also known for her complete [[Non sequitur (literary device)\|non sequiturs]] in conversation. [[Edmund Blackadder\|Lord Blackadder]] describes her as "a sad, insane old woman with an [[udder]] fixation."<ref name="ChainsQuotes">{{cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/blackadder/epguide/two_chains.shtml\|title=Blackadder, Chains\|publisher=BBC\|access-date=2009-07-19\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022174057/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/blackadder/epguide/two_chains.shtml\|archive-date=22 October 2019\|url-status=live}}</ref> In the series' finale, she is killed by Prince Ludwig the Indestructible along with the entire main cast. In ''Blackadder's Christmas Carol'', a vision of the future depicts her as the silliest of Queen Asphyxia XIX's triple husbandoid.		'''Nursie''' ([[Patsy Byrne]]), real name "Bernard", appears in all six episodes of ''[[Blackadder II]]'' and two of the ''Blackadder'' specials; ''[[Blackadder's Christmas Carol]]'' and ''[[Blackadder: Back & Forth]]''. Once [[Queen Elizabeth I of England\|Queenie]]'s childhood [[Wet nurse\|nurse]], by the time of her appearances in ''Blackadder II'', Nursie is either [[senile]] or otherwise irreversibly stupid, but remains at court at the side of the Queen for unknown reasons (possibly being kept-on as a [[Lady's companion]], 'though her continued presence at "Queenie's" side reinforces her portrayal as 'childish'), as the Queen repeatedly treats Nursie with contempt. Nursie frequently embarrasses both the Queen and herself by openly recounting tales of the Queen's childhood, prompting Queenie's standard reply of "Shut up, Nursie." She is also known for her complete [[Non sequitur (literary device)\|non sequiturs]] in conversation. [[Edmund Blackadder\|Lord Blackadder]] describes her as "a sad, insane old woman with an [[udder]] fixation."<ref name="ChainsQuotes">{{cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/blackadder/epguide/two_chains.shtml\|title=Blackadder, Chains\|publisher=BBC\|access-date=2009-07-19\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022174057/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/blackadder/epguide/two_chains.shtml\|archive-date=22 October 2019\|url-status=live}}</ref> In the series' finale, she is killed by Prince Ludwig the Indestructible along with the entire main cast. In ''Blackadder's Christmas Carol'', a vision of the future depicts her as the silliest of Queen Asphyxia XIX's triple husbandoid.

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	===Lord Flashheart===		===Lord Flashheart===
			[[File:Lord Flashheart.jpg\|240px\|thumb\|right\|alt=Lord Flashheart\|Lord Flashheart]]
	'''Lord Flashheart''' ([[Rik Mayall]]) is the name of two characters. The first Lord Flashheart appeared in a scene of [[Bells (Blackadder)\|the first episode]] of the [[List of Blackadder episodes#Series 2: Blackadder II (1986)\|second series]] of ''Blackadder''. His descendant, '''Squadron Commander the Lord Flashheart''', appeared as a major character in the [[Blackadder Goes Forth\|fourth series]] in an episode called "[[Private Plane (Blackadder)\|Private Plane]]". In the credits of this episode the name '''Flashheart''' is spelled '''Flasheart'''.		'''Lord Flashheart''' ([[Rik Mayall]]) is the name of two characters. The first Lord Flashheart appeared in a scene of [[Bells (Blackadder)\|the first episode]] of the [[List of Blackadder episodes#Series 2: Blackadder II (1986)\|second series]] of ''Blackadder''. His descendant, '''Squadron Commander the Lord Flashheart''', appeared as a major character in the [[Blackadder Goes Forth\|fourth series]] in an episode called "[[Private Plane (Blackadder)\|Private Plane]]". In the credits of this episode the name '''Flashheart''' is spelled '''Flasheart'''.

	Lord Flashheart is boisterous and an arrogant womaniser, attractive to all the women he meets. He is extremely popular among his peers and becomes the centre of attention whenever he enters a room, usually by bursting through a door in a spectacular fashion. The two Flashhearts are stereotypes of a certain kind of hero (the [[Elizabethan era\|Elizabethan]] [[swashbuckler]] and the [[World War I]] [[flying ace]]), slanted to emphasise the negative qualities associated with such characters such as [[narcissism]], [[sexism]] and [[promiscuity]]. His [[catchphrase]]s are "Woof!" and "Let's do-oo-ooooo it!", while suggestively thrusting his pelvis. He commonly uses [[sexual innuendo]] in ordinary conversation, for example, "Am I pleased to see you, or did I just put [[erection\|a canoe in my pocket]]?" Rik Mayall later recalled, "I was surprised when they asked me. Very honouring that they asked me. 'Alright,' I said, 'I'll do it, as long as I get more laughs than Rowan.' "<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IlE66Qt1qM\|title=YouTube\|website=youtube.com\|access-date=25 September 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160520111103/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IlE66Qt1qM\|archive-date=20 May 2016\|url-status=live}}</ref>		Lord Flashheart is boisterous and an arrogant womaniser, attractive to all the women he meets. He is extremely popular among his peers and becomes the centre of attention whenever he enters a room, usually by bursting through a door in a spectacular fashion. The two Flashhearts are stereotypes of a certain kind of hero (the [[Elizabethan era\|Elizabethan]] [[swashbuckler]] and the [[World War I]] [[flying ace]]), slanted to emphasise the negative qualities associated with such characters such as [[w:narcissism\|narcissism]], [[w:sexism\|sexism]] and [[w:promiscuity\|promiscuity]]. His [[w:catchphrase\|catchphrase]]s are "Woof!" and "Let's do-oo-ooooo it!", while suggestively thrusting his pelvis. He commonly uses [[w:sexual innuendo\|sexual innuendo]] in ordinary conversation, for example, "Am I pleased to see you, or did I just put [[w:erection\|a canoe in my pocket]]?" Rik Mayall later recalled, "I was surprised when they asked me. Very honouring that they asked me. 'Alright,' I said, 'I'll do it, as long as I get more laughs than Rowan.' "<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IlE66Qt1qM\|title=YouTube\|website=youtube.com\|access-date=25 September 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160520111103/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IlE66Qt1qM\|archive-date=20 May 2016\|url-status=live}}</ref>

	The writing for Lord Flashheart seems to have been at least in part inspired by the fictional character created by [[George MacDonald Fraser]], [[Harry Flashman]].<ref name=Hallam>{{cite web\|url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/correspondents/2011/06/10/13453/the_unforgettable_flashheart\|title=The unforgettable Flashheart\|author=Chris Hallam\|publisher=Chortle.co.uk\|date=10 June 2011\|access-date=17 October 2015\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923203304/http://www.chortle.co.uk/correspondents/2011/06/10/13453/the_unforgettable_flashheart\|archive-date=23 September 2015\|url-status=live}}</ref>		The writing for Lord Flashheart seems to have been at least in part inspired by the fictional character created by [[George MacDonald Fraser]], [[Harry Flashman]].<ref name=Hallam>{{cite web\|url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/correspondents/2011/06/10/13453/the_unforgettable_flashheart\|title=The unforgettable Flashheart\|author=Chris Hallam\|publisher=Chortle.co.uk\|date=10 June 2011\|access-date=17 October 2015\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923203304/http://www.chortle.co.uk/correspondents/2011/06/10/13453/the_unforgettable_flashheart\|archive-date=23 September 2015\|url-status=live}}</ref>