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Start with one cup(pa) tea. Mix in a hearty helping of posh, formal, excessively polite-sounding Received Pronunciation accent, or at least how you think it is pronounced. No one (except those pesky normal Brits) will notice. Add some Stock British Phrases for seasoning, wot, wot. Add an Eton, Cambridge, or Oxford education. Stir in past military service as an officer for the Crown, preferably in a strife-torn colony of the British Empire. Blend in an interest in posh hobbies like equine sports. Throw it all in a top hat and stir with a monocle over low heat for the 1000+ years in the history of The British Empire. Turn it out carefully, give him a Preppy Name like "Sir Nigel Featherstonehaugh-Smythe"note "Featherstonehaugh" pronounced "Fanshawe", or possibly "Thomas", add a fancy prefix or suffix such as "the (Most) Honourable", "III" or "Esquire", and Bob's your uncle, you have yourself the Britishiest British man to ever "cheerio" his way into the media-viewing-public's home. And no one (except those pesky British people) will be any the wiser that you're mixing dialectal phrases willy-nilly or throwing British slang around like Frisbees. Such characters are generally English in style, since the defining characteristics are not usually seen as typical of the Scots, Welsh or Northern Irish. The Quintessential British Gentleman is a Stock Character commonly found in decidedly not-so-British works, who encapsulates everything that non-Brits (most commonly Americans) think of when they think of that funny little island across the pond. Much like the Eaglelander is a Flanderized American, this chap is the Flanderized Brit. Common characteristics include: A top hat or bowler ("derby") and a High-Class Glass. A morning coat and striped trousers, or (if on his country estate) a tweed suit, usually with matching flat cap and possibly with plus-fours instead of slacks. Is a Gentleman and a Scholar who loves intellectual pursuits, often Adventurous Archaeology and joining scholarly societies. Lots of tea, and occasionally crumpets. Being a member of an exclusive men's club with leather armchairs and wood-panelled library, where white-gloved waiters serve fine port. Enjoy posh activities such as equine sports and fox hunting on a country estate. Being either extremely polite, even-tempered and gentlemanly, or so snobbish, pompous and arrogant only the equally snobby can stand him. Using archaic phrases such as "pip pip," "cheerio," and "guv'nor," even though these combine expressions from completely different dialects and from opposite ends of the class spectrum. A Distinguished Gentleman's Pipe, often in the Calabash style (the style that erroneous stereotypes of Sherlock Holmes made famousnote The calabash connection originated with William Gillette's portrayal of Holmes on stage, as the straight clay pipes Holmes actually smoked were not as visible or useful for stage business). A crazy mustache, ideally waxed at the tips. If other facial hair is present, it will be a short and well-trimmed beard. Making lots of references to the Queen (God Save Her!), or the King (God Save Him!), as appropriate (or most comically anachronistic) for the time period. An autoharp, harpsichord or piano playing Classical music in the background. A cane or umbrella, preferably with a fancifully shaped silver (or silvery) head, which will often be held in the crook of an arm. Robbers should watch out; that walking stick may be a Sword Cane, or he may use the heavy metal ball in the handle to dispatch muggers. He is driven around in town in a Rolls-Royce. If he drives himself, its a sporty V12 Jaguar Sovereign. On the country estate, he has a Range Rover with four wheel drive. He's not always a product of lack of research. Sometimes, just as an Eaglelander is a gentle poking-fun-at of Americans, so too might this fellow be a humorous, good-natured jab at the English (because this stereotype is, more precisely speaking, English rather than British) — and done well, of course, even the Brits find it funny. In fact, many of the works listed were created by Britons, casually playing with their own stereotypes. (Britons, generally speaking, are good at Self-Deprecation.) Some Britons really do act like this, if not in everyday life, then at least recreationally. Because it's funny. Compare with that Hawaiian-Shirted Tourist from Eagleland, and that bush-hatted fellow from the Land Down Under. By the way, has nothing to do with the Lord British Postulate, but plenty to do with Stiff Upper Lip. The Q.B.G is probably helpless without The Jeeves. See also the Gentleman Snarker, which is what the Quintessential British Gentleman probably was in his wild youth. Real British Gentlemanly behaviour is more subtle than speech or dress, involving the virtues of hospitality, rationality and temperance, the avoidance of irrational extremes, devotion to 'things held dear', rebellion against corruption, and courageous composure in the face of adversity. (However, some of these - like extreme composure - are sometimes seen in trope form). The fact that old-school British upper-class men were expected to be athletic while young, and highly competitive or even domineering, is usually left out of fictional descriptions of the type. Female examples are likely to be an English Rose. |
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Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi: Uncle Andrew and Grandfather Frank both dress and talk like this. | |
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The Scotland Yard police captain in The Inspector "London Derriere" cartoon: Lampooned ruthlessly by the episode, in which the Captain lets his clothes be shot off by a hail of bullets, but when the Inspector fires his own gun, the Captain strikes him over the head with an umbrella and reminds him "No shooting, please." He even takes a punctual 5 o'clock tea break before breaking down the door. |
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This was done quite a bit on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. For example, in one episode where Geoffrey's long-lost comes to visit (who claims that he has plans to attend Butler School) Carlton becomes fascinated to the point where he begins to imitate the British Gentleman stereotype, bowler hat, pip pips, and all. | |
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The last boss, Sir Richard Rose, in the 1991 side-scrolling action game Sunset Riders. His two lines of dialogue are "Cheerio, old chap!" and "I say, bit of bad luck." | |
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Sidney Nettleson from Jagged Alliance. His bio in Jagged Alliance 2 reads: "Whether sharing a tea with English bluebloods or putting a .38 slug into an unwanted nuisance, Sidney does everything with poise and dignity. Sidney combines the mannerisms of the upper crust with the lightning quickness of a Wild West gunslinger. Years of avid cricket-playing have also given him a much-feared throwing-arm." Scope Sterling from the sequel is his Distaff Counterpart. While Scope is less of a walking stereotype, she scatters her speech with Britishisms, speaks with an outrageously plummy RP accent, and displays a relentlessly Stiff Upper Lip. |
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In the Redwall series, some hares fall underneath this classification, especially the Long Patrol. The author is British though, so this isn't as Flanderized as some other examples. | |
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Major Bently Royce on F Troop | |
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Jonathan Quayle Higgins in Magnum, P.I., played by the very Texan John Hillerman. | |
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Borderlands 2 has Sir Hammerlock, a comically anachronistic Gentleman Adventurer. | |
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Dawn of War 2 gives us Lord General Castor, an Officer and a Gentleman who hunts Tyranids for sport, wages bloody wars that end in the death of thousands of Guardsmen, and has a mustache that could conquer a subcontinent. | |
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My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (IDW): In "Chaos Theory", Accord's design and personality are largely rooted in this archetype, of which he has the fitted coat, curling mustache, silver-headed cane, even temper, and studiously gentlemanly politeness. | |
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Our Miss Brooks: A Quintessential British public school principal visits Madison High in the episode "Hello Mr. Chips." Miss Brooks uses him to make Mr. Boynton jealous. | |
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Sir Henry Vining in Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962) is an upper class twit/snob version. | |
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Mr. Herriman from Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends has a top hat, monocle, AND a mustache. However, being imaginary, he's not really British. | |
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Warden Chandler of The Dresden Files, in addition to being a bonafide badass (he single-handedly guards a door usually protected by five people), is an English Sharp-Dressed Man and Deadpan Snarker fond of tea and wields a Classy Cane rather than the usual staff. He once wrote Harry (an American wizard) a letter and randomly capitalized several letters, stating in a postscript, "The language is English. I am English. Therefore, I can do with it what I want, colonial heathen." | |
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Whateley Universe example: Fey's magic tutor Sir Wallace Westmont, who's virtually a Shout-Out to John Steed, down to the bowler and accent. He even has an Action Girl accompanying him to Whateley Academy. | |
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Anti-Cosmo from The Fairly Oddparents speaks in a British Accent, is intellectual, wears a monocle and derby hat, and loves sipping tea. Of course, being an anti-fairy, he's not British. Plus he's doing things For the Evulz. | |
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Arlon the Serene from Kid Icarus: Uprising, complete with mustache and monocle. | |
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In Potion Permit, Myer, the mayor of Moonbury, has the appearance of a kindly British upperclassman. He has gray hair and a mustache, wears a top hat, monocle, and tuxedo, and walks around with a cane. He's a hardworking leader who ensures that his town runs smoothly. | |
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Parodied/deconstructed with Englishman, who is in some ways the stereotypical British gentleman as imagined by Americans (he lives in the USA, and fights crime), but the series is written by two Britons. Also, he embodies the darker side of the British upper classes as well, cheerfully trading in slaves, shooting foreigners, and so on. | |
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John Oliver (himself British) from the The Daily Show finds one in Britain while covering the royal wedding. | |
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England from Scandinavia and the World. BIG suprise. He's a bit more silly than this trope usually goes, but he's proud of his children. | |
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Sir Leigh Teabing from The Da Vinci Code. Not that it stopped him from being evil Teabing? "Teabing" is an anagram of "Baigent." The Authors of Holy Blood, Holy Grail, Michael Baigent and Richard Liegh (notice anything?) sued Dan Brown for ripping off a theory presented in the afore-mentioned book by them for use in The Da Vinci Code. They lost. | |
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Twisp in the Penny Arcade strips. A version that only says one word at a time. | |
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Major Zero in the Metal Gear series is a slightly less blatant example, only hitting a few of the above traits. Subverted, ironically, when he becomes the leader of the Patriots. | |
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The Spiffing Brit invokes this trope often, inviting his viewers to have a nice cup of tea while watching and even mentioning the Empire at several moments. | |
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Captain Ash, from the Timesplitters series. | |
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The Adventures of Slim Goodbody: Inspector Thiamin qualifies: polite, speaking with a British accent—even his haircut screams "British gentleman". | |
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Retsupurae's take on ElectricalBeast whose accent is so exaggerated it seems fake. "Even British people are saying 'I can't believe how British this guy sounds'." | |
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Sub-Lieutenant Clivedon on McHale's Navy | |
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The Umbrella Academy (2019): Sir Reginald Hargreeves looked and sounded the part. He wore a monocle and formal wear, had dignified facial hair, was titled Sir, spoke in a posh British accent, and had a Stiff Upper Lip that extended to emotional distance from his children. He was also a wealthy Gentleman Adventurer, inventor, and philanthropist who enjoyed the finer things in life. So naturally it's eventually revealed that he's an alien. | |
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God Help the Outcasts: While he doesn't look like one, Dr. Cockroach is the most polite and cultured of the monsters. At one point, he evens makes a promise to Susan by giving his word "as an English gentleman". | |
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In Wonder Woman (2017) has Sir Patrick Morgan, the Reasonable Authority Figure among the British High Command, with his cane, suit, and flustered politeness. This becomes somewhat dissonant when he's revealed to be Ares but keeps looking like that, including in the flashback to Ancient Greece. Even when he reshapes molten metal into armor so he looks like the classic comic book version of Ares, his huge mustache is still visible beneath the helm. | |
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In Barber Black Sheep, Lord Issac Harrington is portrayed as such. | |
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Lord Peter Wimsey from the Dorothy L. Sayers books about him. | |
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NTom64 of Hellfire Commentaries, as described in the page quote above, is basically MADE of this trope. | |
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Sir Henry Merrivale, from the Carter Dickson books which spoof Lord Peter Wimsey by creating an aristocrat who is nothing like Lord Peter, except for the 'brilliant detective' part. | |
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In A Bridge Too Far, a German officer walks up to the beleaguered British paratroopers under a flag of truce, and says "Be reasonable, gentlemen. Things cannot carry on like this. We need to discuss surrender terms." A British officer spurns him with contempt. "Absolutely not! We simply do not have the facilities to take you all prisoner!" | |
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Ferb's grandpa on Phineas and Ferb, albeit with that show, it's more like a parody of the stereotype than anything else. He has this to say on the trope in the episode "Just Desserts" (while exaggerating his accent): | |
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The Mrs. Hawking play series has Nathaniel, and of course his uncle Reginald upon whom he's modeling himself, though the latter is in many ways a Deconstruction of the trope. | |
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Col. Rodney Crittendon on Hogan's Heroes | |
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In Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1973), Jekyll's friends are curious about whatever he's up to in his lab but are far too polite to ask, and can only assume it's a good thing. | |
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Major Ross in the episode "Tea and Empathy" of M*A*S*H | |
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Lord Monty Fisk from Kim Possible fits the trope to a T in his first appearance before his Face–Heel Turn. | |
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Arcanum: Of Steamworks & Magick Obscura (set in a Fantasy Counterpart Culture to Victorian-era England) has some characters played up as this to various extent. Franklin Payne is a Gentleman Adventurer with a monocle; Perriman Smythe is a young Gentleman Wizard using a bit of Stock British Phrases, and Garfield Thelonius Remington III, a.k.a. Gar the World's Smartest "Orc" is a Cultured Badass. All three have a fondness of the Earl Grey tea. | |
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In Slipstream 5000, Eddy Royce is (or presents himself) as this. Unlike most of the other drivers, he's supposed to be a firm believer in etiquette and civility (although that isn't the same thing as never attacking anyone — that's just part of the game). | |
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One and Two from The Men from the Ministry fit this trope to a T, with their bowler hats, pinstripe trousers, umbrellas, and love for tea. | |
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Averted by, of all people, Chris Adams since, although he was British and did use "Gentleman" as his Red Baron, he did not affect any of the mannerisms associated with this trope. | |
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Hetalia: Axis Powers: England does act this way sometimes, but he also has a short temper, foul mouth, and drinks, although it should be pointed out that being a gentleman doesn't necessarily equal amiability and huge amounts of tolerance — many a gentleman is also a Gentleman Snarker, and not suffering fools gladly goes hand in hand with this trope. Even the most impeccable gentleman will still occasionally pepper his dialogue with a few well-placed "bloody's" and "buggers!". One of his image songs is called "Absolutely Invincible British Gentleman", which is ironically a very modern rock song, complete with Epic Riffs. | |
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Hellsing: There are composed and polite gentlemen in expensive suits around the table as the enemies close in on them... in the end, Sir Integra proved to be the strongest gentleman of them all. | |
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Leo's father seems to be one of these in VG Cats. BOLLY! | |
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Jade Empire: Sir Roderick Ponce von Fontlebottom the Magnificent Bastard is here to educate all of you heathens in the proper manner of wearing trousers, drinking tea, debating, and shooting off overpowered flintlock rifles. His clothing and armor, however, are more Spanish in style. | |
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Super Mario Odyssey has all of the hat spirits populating the Cap Kingdom, including Cappy, speak like upper-class Britons and use quintessentially British turns of phrase (an NPC in Bonneton remarks that "you've got to keep a stiff upper brim"). Even Cappy's Voice Grunting has an "eh wot?" tone to it, and he sits down with Mario for a cuppa when traveling between worlds. As an added bonus, male hat spirits are shaped like top hats and females are shaped like derbies (except for Cappy's sister Tiara, who's shaped like... well, a tiara). | |
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My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: The character Fancypants in the episode "Sweet and Elite". While all of the other upper-class ponies in Canterlot appear to be snobby and elitist, he is revealed to be a very kind, and polite gentleman. He even appreciates Rarity's less-than-fancy friends and the simplistic dress that she made for Twilight Sparkle. | |
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The Doctor was always noticeably British (or at least Anglophile) in his tastes and attitudes, but it's arguably the Eighth Doctor from the (American-made) Made-for-TV Movie who comes closest to this trope ("He's... British." "Yes, I suppose I am!"). The Third Doctor, especially when his exile was lifted, also reveled in the trope. Peter Davison described the Doctor as being alien, but also an honorary Englishman, which is one of the reasons he settled on a cricket sweater as part of his attire; what could be more English than cricket? |
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Asterix: In Asterix and the Britons, every Briton in an Iron Age version of this, complete with rowing skills, manicured lawns, wearing tweed and magnificent mustaches for their Stiff Upper Lips, and of course decrying the fact that their adversaries are decidedly not gentlemen. That's just the original French version; the English translation takes it up a notch by having every sentence end in "wot?" and other Self-Deprecation jokes. | |
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Captain Isambard Smith of the Space Captain Smith series of books by Toby Frost is placed neatly between this trope and Richard Sharpe, with a healthy dose of buffoonery thrown in for good measure. | |
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Many sketches from Monty Python's Flying Circus parodied the stuffy British stereotype that their parents' generation more closely embodied. | |
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The be-monocled Ronald (or Rupert) Psmith is a recurring character in the comedies of P. G. Wodehouse. A refined gent of wit and eloquence: an eccentric of the first water. (The 'p' is silent, as in 'pshrimp'.) In fact, just about any of the older male characters in Wodehouse's work fit this trope. Bertie Wooster, while still rather young in the books, is a perfect example. | |
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Fossil Fighters: Champions has Professor Scatterly, who seems determined to out-British anyone who tries to British his way. (He even sneaks in a few naughty British words.) There's also Rupert, who, while preteen, is on his way to being this. | |
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Sting's song "Englishman in New York" is basically this trope: the musical. With lyrics like "I don't drink coffee I take tea my dear", "A walking cane here at my side, I take it everywhere I walk" and "Modesty, propriety can lead to notoriety". (Although the song was based on Quentin Crisp, who in Real Life was a touch more of the British eccentric than this trope usually covers.) | |
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Captain Cameron of The Alice Network is a Scotsman who habitually wears tweed and smokes pipes. Eve even lampshades this, calling him a Quintessential British Gentleman. He's also a gold-star gentleman: He's honorable, kind, and wouldn't take advantage of Eve unless she tried really, really hard... | |
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League of Legends has the champion Cho'Gath, The Terror of the Void. This horrific monstrosity has a skin that turns him into this. Gentleman Cho'Gath has a top hat, monocle, and a high-class British accent. | |
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Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure: Taken to comical extremes with monocle-wearing, mustache-bearing, tea-guzzling Adventurer Archaeologist protagonist. When he drinks tea, he summons a giant robot to help him as the background briefly changes to an enormous British flag. Yep, this is a Quirky Work, all right... The Speaking Simlish voice natter that accompanies his dialogue is literally nothing but an endless series of 'pip-pip, cheerio'-style sounds. No words, just raw unadulterated Britishness. The rest of the cast encompasses the various variations on this trope; his archnemesis, for instance, is a Steampunk Willy Wonka lookalike who uses a giant mechanical top hat as his vehicle. Henry's sidekick has three legible words in his voice natter. The words are "guv'na", "righto" and "jimeney". The game doesn't just embrace the trope, it dances a waltz with it. |
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Spelljammer: As the giff (a race of large, humanoid hippopotamuses]] are routinely depicted dressed in 19th Century British military uniforms, monocle and pipe included, they're regularly portrayed as psuedo-British gentlemen in personality as well. Particularly their officers. | |
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Granted, he's only around college age, but Arthur Deering in Along The Winding Road is even described as "too British for [his] own good." | |
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Version from the UK itself: John Steed from The Avengers, though only after the series was tweaked in an attempt to make it more appealing to American audiences. | |
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Giles and Wesley from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and any number of visiting English Watchers. Giles lampshades it right away: | |
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Prior to him, there was Phileas Fogg from 1972’s Around the World in Eighty Days. | |
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Negi Springfield of Negima! Magister Negi Magi is a proto-version of this (at least at first), complete with tea. He seems to be drifting in a different direction. After becoming more of a Shonen hero (though not quite a standard one), however, he will still turn a diplomatic talk into a duel of honor between him and The Dragon over an argument about tea. | |
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Every non-real-life-celebrity British character on Family Guy. Props for also depicting their very real pervy side, though. Notably taken up a notch with The New Yorker employees in "Brian Goes Back To College" through covering pretty much every variety of this trope in a matter of seconds: | |
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Although Sherlock Holmes himself does not really fit this trope, a few of the supporting characters from his stories do, particularly the clients he takes among the upper classes (such as the Duke in "The Adventure of the Priory School"). | |
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The Street Fighter series has two (of its three male British characters in the series; Birdie is more of a stereotypical British punk): Eagle from the original Street Fighter, some ports of Street Fighter Alpha 3 and Capcom vs. SNK 2 is a man wearing a dress shirt and suspenders with a moustache who attacks with two clubs. Dudley from Street Fighter III wears a similar costume except with a bow tie and boxing gloves. He is very much like a mixture of Eagle and Balrog in that he is a gentlemanly Brit, but is also a black boxer. With his curly moustache and neat hair, he is definitely the more stereotypical of the two...and he can also somehow drink tea while wearing boxing gloves. | |
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Lord Steven Regal/William Regal. While in WCW as Lord Steven, he had a manager/valet in 1995-1996 who was even named Jeeves. | |
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Professor Layton: Layton is actually fairly tame... but he is very polite and smart, and he does love his tea. He also stresses — frequently — the correct behavior expected of a gentleman. Luke covers the areas of Britishness that Layton can't as well. |
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Anything Goes's Evelyn Oakleigh. Or Sir Evelyn Oakleigh, in the 1962 version. Or LORD Evelyn Oakleigh in the 1987 version. | |
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Nobledark Imperium: Nemesor Zahndrekh behaves like a polite, cultured and posh British noble, largely due to him being crazy. He once asked the Imperium for help because of "A spot of trouble with a group of insectoid life forms", before contact was broken... which for those who read between the lines, means that he was under attack by a Tyranid Hive Fleet. | |
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