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	==Plot==		==Plot==
	[[Edmund Blackadder\|Edmund]] is disgusted with the English obsession over [[the Scarlet Pimpernel]], the masked [[vigilante]] who has saved so many [[French people\|French]] aristocrats from the [[French Revolution\|Revolution]]. After Edmund disparages the Pimpernel, two effete noblemen, Topper ([[Tim McInnerny]]) and Smedley ([[Nigel Planer]]), bet him a thousand [[Guinea (coin)\|guineas]] that he cannot go to [[~~France\|~~France]], rescue an aristocrat and present him at the French Embassy Ball. He accepts, but instead of actually going to France, he takes the far safer course of going to [[Mrs. Miggins]]' [[coffee house\|coffee house]] to find a French aristocrat willing to pretend he has been rescued. He convinces a French [[~~dandy\|~~dandy]], Le Comte de Frou Frou, to pose as his "rescued" aristocrat, in exchange for 50 guineas and an invitation to the Ball. Le Comte agrees, but laments "If only I had brought my mongoose costume!"		[[Edmund Blackadder\|Edmund]] is disgusted with the English obsession over [[the Scarlet Pimpernel]], the masked [[vigilante]] who has saved so many [[French people\|French]] aristocrats from the [[French Revolution\|Revolution]]. After Edmund disparages the Pimpernel, two effete noblemen, Topper ([[Tim McInnerny]]) and Smedley ([[Nigel Planer]]), bet him a thousand [[Guinea (coin)\|guineas]] that he cannot go to [[France]], rescue an aristocrat and present him at the French Embassy Ball. He accepts, but instead of actually going to France, he takes the far safer course of going to [[List of Blackadder characters#Mrs_Miggins\|Mrs. Miggins]]' [[coffee house\|coffee house]] to find a French aristocrat willing to pretend he has been rescued. He convinces a French [[dandy]], Le Comte de Frou Frou, to pose as his "rescued" aristocrat, in exchange for 50 guineas and an invitation to the Ball. Le Comte agrees, but laments "If only I had brought my mongoose costume!"

	When they arrive at the embassy, however, they are arrested by a revolutionary ([[Chris Barrie]]) who has assassinated the ambassador. Blackadder, Frou Frou, and Baldrick are put in a cell. Frou Frou offers each of them a suicide pill, before he is taken away to be tortured. Later, "Madam [[Guillotine]]," a mad Frenchwoman, comes to torture Blackadder and Baldrick. Blackadder tricks her into drinking wine spiked with the suicide pill, before she dramatically reveals that she was Smedley, the true identity of the Scarlet Pimpernel, come to rescue them. After a sequence of absurd side effects from the pill, Smedley dies. Seeing that he left the cell door open, Blackadder and Baldrick escape, bumping into Frou Frou on the way out.		When they arrive at the embassy, however, they are arrested by a revolutionary ([[Chris Barrie]]) who has assassinated the ambassador. Blackadder, Frou Frou, and Baldrick are put in a cell. Frou Frou offers each of them a suicide pill, before he is taken away to be tortured. Later, "Madam [[Guillotine]]," a mad Frenchwoman, comes to torture Blackadder and Baldrick. Blackadder tricks her into drinking wine spiked with the suicide pill, before she dramatically reveals that she was Smedley, the true identity of the Scarlet Pimpernel, come to rescue them. After a sequence of absurd side effects from the pill, Smedley dies. Seeing that he left the cell door open, Blackadder and Baldrick escape, bumping into Frou Frou on the way out.

	Blackadder returns to the Prince with Frou Frou, offering a spectacular account of the rescue, including being shipwrecked, tortured, and breaking into [[Maximilian Robespierre]]'s bedroom to leave him "a small box of chocolates, and an insulting note." After the story, Frou Frou reveals himself to be Topper in disguise, and that he and the "mysteriously missing" Smedley are together the Scarlet Pimpernel. Moments away from exposing Blackadder's treachery, Topper accepts Blackadder's offer of a glass of wine, spiked with Frou Frou's other suicide pill, and also dies. Blackadder convinces the [[George (Blackadder)\|Prince]] that ''he'' is the Scarlet Pimpernel, and collects an "enormous [[~~postal order\|~~postal order]]" intended for the hero.		Blackadder returns to the Prince with Frou Frou, offering a spectacular account of the rescue, including being shipwrecked, tortured, and breaking into [[Maximilian Robespierre]]'s bedroom to leave him "a small box of chocolates, and an insulting note." After the story, Frou Frou reveals himself to be Topper in disguise, and that he and the "mysteriously missing" Smedley are together the Scarlet Pimpernel. Moments away from exposing Blackadder's treachery, Topper accepts Blackadder's offer of a glass of wine, spiked with Frou Frou's other suicide pill, and also dies. Blackadder convinces the [[George (Blackadder)\|Prince]] that ''he'' is the Scarlet Pimpernel, and collects an "enormous [[postal order]]" intended for the hero.

	==External links==		==External links==

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	"'''Nob and Nobility'''" is the third episode of the [[~~BBC\|~~BBC]] sitcom ''[[Blackadder the Third]]'', the third series of ''[[Blackadder]]''.		"'''Nob and Nobility'''" is the third episode of the [[BBC]] sitcom ''[[Blackadder the Third]]'', the third series of ''[[Blackadder]]''.

	==Plot==		==Plot==
	Edmund is disgusted with the English obsession over [[the Scarlet Pimpernel]], the masked [[vigilante]] who has saved so many [[French people\|French]] aristocrats from the [[French Revolution\|Revolution]]. After Edmund disparages the Pimpernel, two effete noblemen, Topper ([Tim McInnerny]]) and Smedley ([[Nigel Planer]]), bet him a thousand [[Guinea (coin)\|guineas]] that he cannot go to [[France\|France]], rescue an aristocrat and present him at the French Embassy Ball. He accepts, but instead of actually going to France, he takes the far safer course of going to [[Mrs. Miggins]]' [[coffee house\|coffee house]] to find a French aristocrat willing to pretend he has been rescued. He convinces a French [[dandy\|dandy]], Le Comte de Frou Frou, to pose as his "rescued" aristocrat, in exchange for 50 guineas and an invitation to the Ball. Le Comte agrees, but laments "If only I had brought my mongoose costume!"		[[Edmund Blackadder\|Edmund]] is disgusted with the English obsession over [[the Scarlet Pimpernel]], the masked [[vigilante]] who has saved so many [[French people\|French]] aristocrats from the [[French Revolution\|Revolution]]. After Edmund disparages the Pimpernel, two effete noblemen, Topper ([[Tim McInnerny]]) and Smedley ([[Nigel Planer]]), bet him a thousand [[Guinea (coin)\|guineas]] that he cannot go to [[France\|France]], rescue an aristocrat and present him at the French Embassy Ball. He accepts, but instead of actually going to France, he takes the far safer course of going to [[Mrs. Miggins]]' [[coffee house\|coffee house]] to find a French aristocrat willing to pretend he has been rescued. He convinces a French [[dandy\|dandy]], Le Comte de Frou Frou, to pose as his "rescued" aristocrat, in exchange for 50 guineas and an invitation to the Ball. Le Comte agrees, but laments "If only I had brought my mongoose costume!"

	When they arrive at the embassy, however, they are arrested by a revolutionary ([[Chris Barrie]]) who has assassinated the ambassador. Blackadder, Frou Frou, and Baldrick are put in a cell. Frou Frou offers each of them a suicide pill, before he is taken away to be tortured. Later, "Madam [[~~Guillotine\|~~Guillotine]]," a mad Frenchwoman, comes to torture Blackadder and Baldrick. Blackadder tricks her into drinking wine spiked with the suicide pill, before she dramatically reveals that she was Smedley, the true identity of the Scarlet Pimpernel, come to rescue them. After a sequence of absurd side effects from the pill, Smedley dies. Seeing that he left the cell door open, Blackadder and Baldrick escape, bumping into Frou Frou on the way out.		When they arrive at the embassy, however, they are arrested by a revolutionary ([[Chris Barrie]]) who has assassinated the ambassador. Blackadder, Frou Frou, and Baldrick are put in a cell. Frou Frou offers each of them a suicide pill, before he is taken away to be tortured. Later, "Madam [[Guillotine]]," a mad Frenchwoman, comes to torture Blackadder and Baldrick. Blackadder tricks her into drinking wine spiked with the suicide pill, before she dramatically reveals that she was Smedley, the true identity of the Scarlet Pimpernel, come to rescue them. After a sequence of absurd side effects from the pill, Smedley dies. Seeing that he left the cell door open, Blackadder and Baldrick escape, bumping into Frou Frou on the way out.

	Blackadder returns to the Prince with Frou Frou, offering a spectacular account of the rescue, including being shipwrecked, tortured, and breaking into [[Maximilian Robespierre]]'s bedroom to leave him "a small box of chocolates, and an insulting note." After the story, Frou Frou reveals himself to be Topper in disguise, and that he and the "mysteriously missing" Smedley are together the Scarlet Pimpernel. Moments away from exposing Blackadder's treachery, Topper accepts Blackadder's offer of a glass of wine, spiked with Frou Frou's other suicide pill, and also dies. Blackadder convinces the [[George (Blackadder)\|Prince]] that ''he'' is the Scarlet Pimpernel, and collects an "enormous [[postal order\|postal order]]" intended for the hero.		Blackadder returns to the Prince with Frou Frou, offering a spectacular account of the rescue, including being shipwrecked, tortured, and breaking into [[Maximilian Robespierre]]'s bedroom to leave him "a small box of chocolates, and an insulting note." After the story, Frou Frou reveals himself to be Topper in disguise, and that he and the "mysteriously missing" Smedley are together the Scarlet Pimpernel. Moments away from exposing Blackadder's treachery, Topper accepts Blackadder's offer of a glass of wine, spiked with Frou Frou's other suicide pill, and also dies. Blackadder convinces the [[George (Blackadder)\|Prince]] that ''he'' is the Scarlet Pimpernel, and collects an "enormous [[postal order\|postal order]]" intended for the hero.

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	==Plot==		==Plot==
	~~[[Mr. E. Blackadder\|~~Edmund]] is disgusted with the English obsession over [[~~the Scarlet Pimpernel\|~~the Scarlet Pimpernel]], the masked [[vigilante]] who has saved so many [[French people\|French]] aristocrats from the [[French Revolution\|Revolution]]. After Edmund disparages the Pimpernel, two effete noblemen, Topper ([Tim McInnerny]]) and Smedley ([[Nigel Planer]]), bet him a thousand [[Guinea (coin)\|guineas]] that he cannot go to [[France\|France]], rescue an aristocrat and present him at the French Embassy Ball. He accepts, but instead of actually going to France, he takes the far safer course of going to [[Mrs. Miggins]]' [[coffee house\|coffee house]] to find a French aristocrat willing to pretend he has been rescued. He convinces a French [[dandy\|dandy]], Le Comte de Frou Frou, to pose as his "rescued" aristocrat, in exchange for 50 guineas and an invitation to the Ball. Le Comte agrees, but laments "If only I had brought my mongoose costume!"		Edmund is disgusted with the English obsession over [[the Scarlet Pimpernel]], the masked [[vigilante]] who has saved so many [[French people\|French]] aristocrats from the [[French Revolution\|Revolution]]. After Edmund disparages the Pimpernel, two effete noblemen, Topper ([Tim McInnerny]]) and Smedley ([[Nigel Planer]]), bet him a thousand [[Guinea (coin)\|guineas]] that he cannot go to [[France\|France]], rescue an aristocrat and present him at the French Embassy Ball. He accepts, but instead of actually going to France, he takes the far safer course of going to [[Mrs. Miggins]]' [[coffee house\|coffee house]] to find a French aristocrat willing to pretend he has been rescued. He convinces a French [[dandy\|dandy]], Le Comte de Frou Frou, to pose as his "rescued" aristocrat, in exchange for 50 guineas and an invitation to the Ball. Le Comte agrees, but laments "If only I had brought my mongoose costume!"

	When they arrive at the embassy, however, they are arrested by a revolutionary ([[Chris Barrie]]) who has assassinated the ambassador. Blackadder, Frou Frou, and Baldrick are put in a cell. Frou Frou offers each of them a suicide pill, before he is taken away to be tortured. Later, "Madam [[Guillotine\|Guillotine]]," a mad Frenchwoman, comes to torture Blackadder and Baldrick. Blackadder tricks her into drinking wine spiked with the suicide pill, before she dramatically reveals that she was Smedley, the true identity of the Scarlet Pimpernel, come to rescue them. After a sequence of absurd side effects from the pill, Smedley dies. Seeing that he left the cell door open, Blackadder and Baldrick escape, bumping into Frou Frou on the way out.		When they arrive at the embassy, however, they are arrested by a revolutionary ([[Chris Barrie]]) who has assassinated the ambassador. Blackadder, Frou Frou, and Baldrick are put in a cell. Frou Frou offers each of them a suicide pill, before he is taken away to be tortured. Later, "Madam [[Guillotine\|Guillotine]]," a mad Frenchwoman, comes to torture Blackadder and Baldrick. Blackadder tricks her into drinking wine spiked with the suicide pill, before she dramatically reveals that she was Smedley, the true identity of the Scarlet Pimpernel, come to rescue them. After a sequence of absurd side effects from the pill, Smedley dies. Seeing that he left the cell door open, Blackadder and Baldrick escape, bumping into Frou Frou on the way out.

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	\| guests = [[~~w:Tim McInnerny\|~~Tim McInnerny]]<br/>[[~~w:Nigel Planer\|~~Nigel Planer]]<br/>[[~~w:Chris Barrie\|~~Chris Barrie]]		\| guests = [[Tim McInnerny]]<br/>[[Nigel Planer]]<br/>[[Chris Barrie]]
	\| prev = [[Ink and Incapability]]		\| prev = [[Ink and Incapability]]
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	"'''Nob and Nobility'''" is the third episode of the [[w:BBC\|BBC]] sitcom ''[[Blackadder the Third]]'', the third series of ''[[Blackadder]]''.		"'''Nob and Nobility'''" is the third episode of the [[BBC\|BBC]] sitcom ''[[Blackadder the Third]]'', the third series of ''[[Blackadder]]''.

	==Plot==		==Plot==
	[[w:Mr. E. Blackadder\|Edmund]] is disgusted with the English obsession over [[w:the Scarlet Pimpernel\|the Scarlet Pimpernel]], the masked [[~~w:vigilante\|~~vigilante]] who has saved so many [[w:French people\|French]] aristocrats from the [[w:French Revolution\|Revolution]]. After Edmund disparages the Pimpernel, two effete noblemen, Topper ([~~[w:Tim McInnerny\|~~Tim McInnerny]]) and Smedley ([[~~w:Nigel Planer\|~~Nigel Planer]]), bet him a thousand [[w:Guinea (coin)\|guineas]] that he cannot go to [[w:France\|France]], rescue an aristocrat and present him at the French Embassy Ball. He accepts, but instead of actually going to France, he takes the far safer course of going to [[Mrs. Miggins]]' [[w:coffee house\|coffee house]] to find a French aristocrat willing to pretend he has been rescued. He convinces a French [[w:dandy\|dandy]], Le Comte de Frou Frou, to pose as his "rescued" aristocrat, in exchange for 50 guineas and an invitation to the Ball. Le Comte agrees, but laments "If only I had brought my mongoose costume!"		[[Mr. E. Blackadder\|Edmund]] is disgusted with the English obsession over [[the Scarlet Pimpernel\|the Scarlet Pimpernel]], the masked [[vigilante]] who has saved so many [[French people\|French]] aristocrats from the [[French Revolution\|Revolution]]. After Edmund disparages the Pimpernel, two effete noblemen, Topper ([Tim McInnerny]]) and Smedley ([[Nigel Planer]]), bet him a thousand [[Guinea (coin)\|guineas]] that he cannot go to [[France\|France]], rescue an aristocrat and present him at the French Embassy Ball. He accepts, but instead of actually going to France, he takes the far safer course of going to [[Mrs. Miggins]]' [[coffee house\|coffee house]] to find a French aristocrat willing to pretend he has been rescued. He convinces a French [[dandy\|dandy]], Le Comte de Frou Frou, to pose as his "rescued" aristocrat, in exchange for 50 guineas and an invitation to the Ball. Le Comte agrees, but laments "If only I had brought my mongoose costume!"

	When they arrive at the embassy, however, they are arrested by a revolutionary ([[~~w:Chris Barrie\|~~Chris Barrie]]) who has assassinated the ambassador. Blackadder, Frou Frou, and Baldrick are put in a cell. Frou Frou offers each of them a suicide pill, before he is taken away to be tortured. Later, "Madam [[w:Guillotine\|Guillotine]]," a mad Frenchwoman, comes to torture Blackadder and Baldrick. Blackadder tricks her into drinking wine spiked with the suicide pill, before she dramatically reveals that she was Smedley, the true identity of the Scarlet Pimpernel, come to rescue them. After a sequence of absurd side effects from the pill, Smedley dies. Seeing that he left the cell door open, Blackadder and Baldrick escape, bumping into Frou Frou on the way out.		When they arrive at the embassy, however, they are arrested by a revolutionary ([[Chris Barrie]]) who has assassinated the ambassador. Blackadder, Frou Frou, and Baldrick are put in a cell. Frou Frou offers each of them a suicide pill, before he is taken away to be tortured. Later, "Madam [[Guillotine\|Guillotine]]," a mad Frenchwoman, comes to torture Blackadder and Baldrick. Blackadder tricks her into drinking wine spiked with the suicide pill, before she dramatically reveals that she was Smedley, the true identity of the Scarlet Pimpernel, come to rescue them. After a sequence of absurd side effects from the pill, Smedley dies. Seeing that he left the cell door open, Blackadder and Baldrick escape, bumping into Frou Frou on the way out.

	Blackadder returns to the Prince with Frou Frou, offering a spectacular account of the rescue, including being shipwrecked, tortured, and breaking into [[Maximilian Robespierre]]'s bedroom to leave him "a small box of chocolates, and an insulting note." After the story, Frou Frou reveals himself to be Topper in disguise, and that he and the "mysteriously missing" Smedley are together the Scarlet Pimpernel. Moments away from exposing Blackadder's treachery, Topper accepts Blackadder's offer of a glass of wine, spiked with Frou Frou's other suicide pill, and also dies. Blackadder convinces the [[George (Blackadder)\|Prince]] that ''he'' is the Scarlet Pimpernel, and collects an "enormous [[w:postal order\|postal order]]" intended for the hero.		Blackadder returns to the Prince with Frou Frou, offering a spectacular account of the rescue, including being shipwrecked, tortured, and breaking into [[Maximilian Robespierre]]'s bedroom to leave him "a small box of chocolates, and an insulting note." After the story, Frou Frou reveals himself to be Topper in disguise, and that he and the "mysteriously missing" Smedley are together the Scarlet Pimpernel. Moments away from exposing Blackadder's treachery, Topper accepts Blackadder's offer of a glass of wine, spiked with Frou Frou's other suicide pill, and also dies. Blackadder convinces the [[George (Blackadder)\|Prince]] that ''he'' is the Scarlet Pimpernel, and collects an "enormous [[postal order\|postal order]]" intended for the hero.

	==External links==		==External links==

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	\| prev = [[Ink and Incapability]]		\| prev = [[Ink and Incapability]]
	\| next = [[Sense and Senility]]		\| next = [[Sense and Senility]]
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	"'''Nob and Nobility'''" is the third episode of the [[BBC]] sitcom ''[[Blackadder the Third]]'', the third series of ''[[Blackadder]]''.		"'''Nob and Nobility'''" is the third episode of the [[w:BBC\|BBC]] sitcom ''[[Blackadder the Third]]'', the third series of ''[[Blackadder]]''.

	==Plot==		==Plot==
	[[Mr. E. Blackadder\|Edmund]] is disgusted with the English obsession over [[the Scarlet Pimpernel]], the masked [[vigilante]] who has saved so many [[French people\|French]] aristocrats from the [[French Revolution\|Revolution]]. After Edmund disparages the Pimpernel, two effete noblemen, Topper ([[Tim McInnerny]]) and Smedley ([[Nigel Planer]]), bet him a thousand [[Guinea (coin)\|guineas]] that he cannot go to [[France]], rescue an aristocrat and present him at the French Embassy Ball. He accepts, but instead of actually going to France, he takes the far safer course of going to [[Mrs. Miggins]]' [[coffee house]] to find a French aristocrat willing to pretend he has been rescued. He convinces a French [[dandy]], Le Comte de Frou Frou, to pose as his "rescued" aristocrat, in exchange for 50 guineas and an invitation to the Ball. Le Comte agrees, but laments "If only I had brought my mongoose costume!"		[[w:Mr. E. Blackadder\|Edmund]] is disgusted with the English obsession over [[w:the Scarlet Pimpernel\|the Scarlet Pimpernel]], the masked [[w:vigilante\|vigilante]] who has saved so many [[w:French people\|French]] aristocrats from the [[w:French Revolution\|Revolution]]. After Edmund disparages the Pimpernel, two effete noblemen, Topper ([[w:Tim McInnerny\|Tim McInnerny]]) and Smedley ([[w:Nigel Planer\|Nigel Planer]]), bet him a thousand [[w:Guinea (coin)\|guineas]] that he cannot go to [[w:France\|France]], rescue an aristocrat and present him at the French Embassy Ball. He accepts, but instead of actually going to France, he takes the far safer course of going to [[Mrs. Miggins]]' [[w:coffee house\|coffee house]] to find a French aristocrat willing to pretend he has been rescued. He convinces a French [[w:dandy\|dandy]], Le Comte de Frou Frou, to pose as his "rescued" aristocrat, in exchange for 50 guineas and an invitation to the Ball. Le Comte agrees, but laments "If only I had brought my mongoose costume!"

	When they arrive at the embassy, however, they are arrested by a revolutionary ([[Chris Barrie]]) who has assassinated the ambassador. Blackadder, Frou Frou, and Baldrick are put in a cell. Frou Frou offers each of them a suicide pill, before he is taken away to be tortured. Later, "Madam [[Guillotine]]," a mad Frenchwoman, comes to torture Blackadder and Baldrick. Blackadder tricks her into drinking wine spiked with the suicide pill, before she dramatically reveals that she was Smedley, the true identity of the Scarlet Pimpernel, come to rescue them. After a sequence of absurd side effects from the pill, Smedley dies. Seeing that he left the cell door open, Blackadder and Baldrick escape, bumping into Frou Frou on the way out.		When they arrive at the embassy, however, they are arrested by a revolutionary ([[w:Chris Barrie\|Chris Barrie]]) who has assassinated the ambassador. Blackadder, Frou Frou, and Baldrick are put in a cell. Frou Frou offers each of them a suicide pill, before he is taken away to be tortured. Later, "Madam [[w:Guillotine\|Guillotine]]," a mad Frenchwoman, comes to torture Blackadder and Baldrick. Blackadder tricks her into drinking wine spiked with the suicide pill, before she dramatically reveals that she was Smedley, the true identity of the Scarlet Pimpernel, come to rescue them. After a sequence of absurd side effects from the pill, Smedley dies. Seeing that he left the cell door open, Blackadder and Baldrick escape, bumping into Frou Frou on the way out.

	Blackadder returns to the Prince with Frou Frou, offering a spectacular account of the rescue, including being shipwrecked, tortured, and breaking into [[Maximilian Robespierre]]'s bedroom to leave him "a small box of chocolates, and an insulting note." After the story, Frou Frou reveals himself to be Topper in disguise, and that he and the "mysteriously missing" Smedley are together the Scarlet Pimpernel. Moments away from exposing Blackadder's treachery, Topper accepts Blackadder's offer of a glass of wine, spiked with Frou Frou's other suicide pill, and also dies. Blackadder convinces the [[George (Blackadder)\|Prince]] that ''he'' is the Scarlet Pimpernel, and collects an "enormous [[postal order]]" intended for the hero.		Blackadder returns to the Prince with Frou Frou, offering a spectacular account of the rescue, including being shipwrecked, tortured, and breaking into [[Maximilian Robespierre]]'s bedroom to leave him "a small box of chocolates, and an insulting note." After the story, Frou Frou reveals himself to be Topper in disguise, and that he and the "mysteriously missing" Smedley are together the Scarlet Pimpernel. Moments away from exposing Blackadder's treachery, Topper accepts Blackadder's offer of a glass of wine, spiked with Frou Frou's other suicide pill, and also dies. Blackadder convinces the [[George (Blackadder)\|Prince]] that ''he'' is the Scarlet Pimpernel, and collects an "enormous [[w:postal order\|postal order]]" intended for the hero.

	==External links==		==External links==

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| series = [[Blackadder]]
| image = Nob and Nobility.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption = Title card, illustrating the French Revolution theme of the episode.
| series_no = 3
| episode = 3
| writer = Ben Elton, Richard Curtis
| director =
| airdate = {{Start date|1987|10|01|df=yes}}
| guests = [[Tim McInnerny]]<br/>[[Nigel Planer]]<br/>[[Chris Barrie]]
| prev = [[Ink and Incapability]]
| next = [[Sense and Senility]]
}}

"'''Nob and Nobility'''" is the third episode of the [[BBC]] sitcom ''[[Blackadder the Third]]'', the third series of ''[[Blackadder]]''.

==Plot==
[[Mr. E. Blackadder|Edmund]] is disgusted with the English obsession over [[the Scarlet Pimpernel]], the masked [[vigilante]] who has saved so many [[French people|French]] aristocrats from the [[French Revolution|Revolution]]. After Edmund disparages the Pimpernel, two effete noblemen, Topper ([[Tim McInnerny]]) and Smedley ([[Nigel Planer]]), bet him a thousand [[Guinea (coin)|guineas]] that he cannot go to [[France]], rescue an aristocrat and present him at the French Embassy Ball. He accepts, but instead of actually going to France, he takes the far safer course of going to [[Mrs. Miggins]]' [[coffee house]] to find a French aristocrat willing to pretend he has been rescued. He convinces a French [[dandy]], Le Comte de Frou Frou, to pose as his "rescued" aristocrat, in exchange for 50 guineas and an invitation to the Ball. Le Comte agrees, but laments "If only I had brought my mongoose costume!"

When they arrive at the embassy, however, they are arrested by a revolutionary ([[Chris Barrie]]) who has assassinated the ambassador. Blackadder, Frou Frou, and Baldrick are put in a cell. Frou Frou offers each of them a suicide pill, before he is taken away to be tortured. Later, "Madam [[Guillotine]]," a mad Frenchwoman, comes to torture Blackadder and Baldrick. Blackadder tricks her into drinking wine spiked with the suicide pill, before she dramatically reveals that she was Smedley, the true identity of the Scarlet Pimpernel, come to rescue them. After a sequence of absurd side effects from the pill, Smedley dies. Seeing that he left the cell door open, Blackadder and Baldrick escape, bumping into Frou Frou on the way out.

Blackadder returns to the Prince with Frou Frou, offering a spectacular account of the rescue, including being shipwrecked, tortured, and breaking into [[Maximilian Robespierre]]'s bedroom to leave him "a small box of chocolates, and an insulting note." After the story, Frou Frou reveals himself to be Topper in disguise, and that he and the "mysteriously missing" Smedley are together the Scarlet Pimpernel. Moments away from exposing Blackadder's treachery, Topper accepts Blackadder's offer of a glass of wine, spiked with Frou Frou's other suicide pill, and also dies. Blackadder convinces the [[George (Blackadder)|Prince]] that ''he'' is the Scarlet Pimpernel, and collects an "enormous [[postal order]]" intended for the hero.

==External links==
* {{BBC episode|p00bf6ch}}
* {{IMDb episode|0526725}}

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