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Keeping Up Appearances

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Keeping Up Appearances	comment	A classic Brit Com that aired on The BBC from 1990 to 1995.The show revolves around Hyacinth Bucket (Patricia Routledge) (apparently pronounced 'Bouquet', as she's often heard correcting people), social climber extraordinaire. Snobby, shallow, and blissfully unaware of how annoying she is, Hyacinth is desperately worried that she isn't upper-class enough. Which, considering her family, she definitely isn't.Obsessed with improving and showing off her social status, Hyacinth routinely rides roughshod over everyone unlucky enough to know her, assuming they are an admiring chorus who will do whatever she wants. Her Henpecked Husband, Richard (Clive Swift), is long-suffering verging on sainthood. Also frequently roped into her schemes are her patient but timid neighbour Elizabeth Warden (Josephine Tewson), who is prone to dropping Hyacinth's expensive crockery, Elizabeth's composer brother Emmet Hawksworth (David Griffin), who cannot stand Hyacinth, especially when she sings at him, as well as the local vicar (Jeremy Gittins) and his wife (Marion Barron). No matter how firmly they tell her "No," she only hears "Yes, my lady." She's also blind to the abundant evidence that her son is anything other than her idea of perfect. Her numerous schemes are often scuttled by her own lack of intelligent thought and planning as well as her increasingly panicked desperation whenever she loses control.Astonishingly, Patricia Routledge manages to present Hyacinth as a sympathetic and sometimes pitiable figure while still keeping her hilariously insufferable.Hyacinth's sisters, Daisy (Judy Cornwell) and Rose (Shirley Stelfox, then Mary Millar), are both much lower class, living in a council house with a junked car (and resident dog) permanently parked in their front garden. Their car stutters and belches out black smoke. Daisy is a down-to-earth type rather in awe of Hyacinth's pretensions; Rose is the local Hard-Drinking Party Girl whose sex-life provides much of the incidental comedy — especially her crush on Hyacinth's (very married) parish vicar. Daisy's husband, Onslow (Geoffrey Hughes), is a stereotypical Fat Slob who is perennially unemployed and completely ignores his wife's amorous advances, though there are hints that he is in fact very intelligent, in comic contrast to Hyacinth. He has a sort of survivor's bond with Richard, whom he occasionally tries to "rescue." The sisters' senile and lecherous elderly Daddy (George Webb), who is still fighting the Second World War, also lives with Daisy and Rose, and regularly causes havoc with his antics.Hyacinth has another sister Violet (Anna Dawson) who, in contrast to Daisy and Rose, is very wealthy. Hyacinth even boasts about her to guests when she is on the telephone with her ("It's my sister Violet! She's the one with the Mercedes, sauna, and room for a pony!") Despite this, Hyacinth tries to keep at bay the cross-dressing, prostitute-hiring antics of Violet's turf accountant (i.e., bookmaker) husband Bruce (John Evitts). At first an unseen character for most of the show, Violet physically appears a number of times in the last series.As well as running gags, the series employs a more subtle sliding scale to wealth, social status, and marital happiness - the poorest and unmarried sister, Rose, seems to be the happiest and also has the most active sex life. Daisy and Onslow seem to have a happy enough marriage despite their lack of social standing and Onslow's disinterest in sex. Hyacinth and Richard are middle-class, with a testy but caring relationship. And Violet and Bruce are the most wealthy, but have a terrible marriage. Similarly, the three husbands have a sliding scale of laziness, with Onslow the worst, then Richard, who blithely accepts his wife's decisions without protest, while Bruce works very hard, if only to buy nice dresses for himself.Came twelfth in Britains Best Sitcom.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_12040009	type	No Accounting for Taste
Keeping Up Appearances / int_12040009	comment	No Accounting for Taste: Hyacinth could more-than-conceivably have married Richard for the slight class upgrade, but what he thought he was getting is a mystery. Richard himself once lampshaded the fact by saying something to the effect of "you never know who you'll end up falling in love with." Of course, that comment went completely right over Hyacinth's head.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_1439161f	type	Heroic BSoD
Keeping Up Appearances / int_1439161f	comment	Heroic BSoD: The one time Richard ever dares to speak up to her, Hyacinth shuts down completely and mindlessly does what he asks without protest, even opening the door to her side of the car herself rather than wait for Richard to open it for her as she always does... for a little while. A bystander, who had been on the receiving end of her usual behaviour, suggested Richard deserved a medal.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_143ea829	type	Absurdly Long Stairway
Keeping Up Appearances / int_143ea829	comment	Absurdly Long Stairway: When Hyacinth is proud to be a part owner of a mansion, which is all anyone needs to know, all they own is actually a tiny apartment right up in the attic, reached by multiple stairways.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_149ff4b0	type	HilarityEnsues
Keeping Up Appearances / int_149ff4b0	comment	Hilarity Ensues: Hyacinth tricks Richard into stealing a car after conning a Rolls-Royce dealer into letting them go for a test drive (Richard is clearly nervous about driving a car that costs more than their house, but complies with Hyacinth's directions as usual), and then she blames him, but neither of them is known to suffer any legal consequence. As in this page's entry for Mood Whiplash, stuff blows up and a car chase happens, but no one is hurt or killed.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_16ad6f7f	type	"It" Is Dehumanizing
Keeping Up Appearances / int_16ad6f7f	comment	"It" Is Dehumanizing: Played with in that Hyacinth refers to a dog as a "thing".
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_18d15922	type	Title Drop
Keeping Up Appearances / int_18d15922	comment	Title Drop: In the Clip Show, Hyacinth's memoirs includes a section on "Keeping Up Appearances in Spite of One's Relations".
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_19df659c	type	Gone Horribly Wrong
Keeping Up Appearances / int_19df659c	comment	The episode will finish with Hyacinth's plan Gone Horribly Wrong and she'll probably end up falling in a river, getting covered in mud or being chased by something (or someone).
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_1a368bd5	type	Reluctant Retiree
Keeping Up Appearances / int_1a368bd5	comment	Reluctant Retiree: Richard Bucket, mostly because he'll then have to spend more time with his wife. One of the jokes in the pilot is people congratulating Richard on his upcoming retirement... only to then immediately switch to condolences as they realize what this'll mean for himnote This may also be why he was earmarked for early retirement, given Hyacinth's regular interruptions of his work day..
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_1a740946	type	Spelling for Emphasis
Keeping Up Appearances / int_1a740946	comment	Spelling for Emphasis: As well as frequently spelling out her surname "My name is Bouquet, B-U-C-K-E-T", Hyacinth once says to Richard "T-O-W-N, dear, town. It's that large thing with all the shops."
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_1ba17583	type	The Ghost
Keeping Up Appearances / int_1ba17583	comment	The Ghost: Hyacinth and Richard's son Sheridan is mentioned in almost every episode, and phones regularly to ask for money, yet is never actually seen. Elizabeth's husband, who is working in Saudi Arabia, which has led some in the KUA fandom to question whether or not Elizabeth even has a husband. She also has a daughter, Gail, who is away at university and lives with a fellow student named Harold; the fact that they are living together but not married attracts Hyacinth's disdain. Elizabeth herself, for her part, doesn't care either way. Hyacinth's other sister Violet, who is married to "turf accountant" Bruce, started out as a ghost but became an occasional on-screen character for the final season.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_1c751b35	type	The Vicar
Keeping Up Appearances / int_1c751b35	comment	The Vicar: Michael the vicar, who is terrified of both Hyacinth (for being loud and blustery) and Rose (for having a huge sexual appetite).
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_1c96f945	type	Wrong-Name Outburst
Keeping Up Appearances / int_1c96f945	comment	Wrong-Name Outburst: Inverted on the rare occasion that Hyacinth pronounces her surname properly: "You'll pay for this Richard Bucket! ...Bouquet!"
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_1d2400e9	type	Green-Eyed Monster
Keeping Up Appearances / int_1d2400e9	comment	Green-Eyed Monster: In "Sea Fever", Hyacinth becomes insanely jealous when she discovers that Daisy and Onslow have won a trip on the QE2, with a more luxurious cabin than they have and a place at the captain's table.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_1e98a5bc	type	Upper-Class Equestrian
Keeping Up Appearances / int_1e98a5bc	comment	Upper-Class Equestrian: Hyacinth often refers to her sister Violet who "has room for a pony", although she does not actually have a pony. In "Please Mind Your Head", Hyacinth and Richard wear riding gear to meet Elizabeth and Emmet, who are also in riding gear, having followed Hyacinth's instructions to "wear something tweedy". Hilarity ensues when Emmet insists they actually do ride horses, about which Hyacinth has no idea.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_1ea248b4	type	Neat Freak
Keeping Up Appearances / int_1ea248b4	comment	Neat Freak: Needless to say, the Bucket residence is always immaculate, and the Lady of the House presumably does the housekeeping herself (Richard doing "manly" tasks such as gardening, under his wife's gaze "My Goodness! Is that a dead leaf?", and polishing the car). When drinks are spilled by Elizabeth, Hyacinth is far more concerned for her new suite than anybody's comfort. Occasionally, Hyacinth tries to put other people's houses in order: she polishes the postman's badge, and in a cafe, she starts polishing the cutlery.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_1ec3eb0a	comment	Also, Daddy's discreetly off-screen (mostly) adventures.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_1f42a0d6	type	Scary Flashlight Face
Keeping Up Appearances / int_1f42a0d6	comment	Scary Flashlight Face: In "Let there be light", Richard has been volunteered by Hyacinth to mend the church hall's electrics. He reluctantly makes his way under the stage, in a dark space which is full of junk; and is suddenly startled by the presence of the vicar, who reveals himself by shining a torch to his face. The vicar claims he is meditating, as he always does before bring-and-buy sales, but it is most likely he is hiding from Hyacinth.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_237404cc	type	Ironic Echo
Keeping Up Appearances / int_237404cc	comment	Ironic Echo: When Hyacinth is choosing a country residence to buy, as well as their town house, Richard pleads with her to think small, and is horrified when he sees her outside a country mansion; but in a Bait-and-Switch moment, she has only bought one apartment. However, in the next episode, Richard repeatedly moans that the attic apartment is too small, and that he feels boxed in.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_25f0ed12	type	Hollywood Tone-Deaf
Keeping Up Appearances / int_25f0ed12	comment	Hollywood Tone-Deaf: Hyacinth. Patricia Routledge is actually a talented singer, but Hyacinth's loud, shrieking performances make every character within earshot wish they were many miles away.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_267ce120	type	Dirty Old Man
Keeping Up Appearances / int_267ce120	comment	Dirty Old Man: Hyacinth's father.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_27c09b00	comment	Camp Straight: Emmet. Catty, terribly fey, organises the local musicals... very appreciative of Rose's "friendly legs".
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_28a5213a	type	Small Name, Big Ego
Keeping Up Appearances / int_28a5213a	comment	Small Name, Big Ego: Hyacinth. In the final episode, she presumes to tell God how to pronounce her name, yelling to Richard, "Tell God it's 'Bouquet'!" She's this to a lesser degree in the Cruise Special. She gets paranoid if the crew somehow have left the captain stranded. Richard tells her it's unlikely they would have done that, she replies "they left me!!" Notice that she said "me" and not "us". Also in the Cruise Special, she telephones the ship when she is left behind. An officer suggests that she tries to "catch them up". Hyacinth replies "Important as I am in local circles, I have not risen to the level where I can walk on water".
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_29f510be	type	Auction
Keeping Up Appearances / int_29f510be	comment	Auction: Hyacinth attends an auction of the contents of a country mansion. Worrying about how much she might spend, Richard firmly vetoes many of the things she wants to bid on, ordering Hyacinth to sit on her hands. The only thing he allows her to bid on is a case of home-made gooseberry wine, on which Hyacinth gets very drunk.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_2a7e7af1	comment	Limited Wardrobe: Onslow, who (except for the odd occasion when Hyacinth or Daisy force him into a suit) apparently only has one outfit.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_2d7ef923	type	Mistaken for Cheating
Keeping Up Appearances / int_2d7ef923	comment	Mistaken for Cheating: This is how Emmet is introduced. Hyacinth sees a strange man wearing just towel come out of Elizabeth's house to get something off the porch. After Hyacinth spends several minutes fretting over what this will mean for the neighborhood and her reputation and dragging Richard into it, they find out the man is Elizabeth's brother.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_2dc0d2bf	type	Hidden Depths
Keeping Up Appearances / int_2dc0d2bf	comment	Hidden Depths: Look very carefully at the covers of the books Onslow is seen reading in bed in some of the later episodes. They are mostly graduate physics textbooks, implying he is more intelligent than he lets on (not that this makes him interested in pursuing steady employment). Hyacinth, which really shouldn't surprise anyone who pays attention to some details in her character. If one wants to look past the goofy, upper-crust pretenses Hyacinth has, they will see Hyacinth has a pretty serious strength of character that comes from an implied impoverished and rather dysfunctional childhood and that "Keeping Up Appearances" can also refer to a psychological compulsion to look more "normal", put-together and decent while the rest of her family members have very serious problems and have lives and living situations that no one would envy. Interestingly, unlike many other shallow, vain characters portrayed in media around this time, one thing that does not seem to bother Hyacinth is her age. Where other characters like her would like to pretend they're still young and attractive and be offended at being referred to as their real age, Hyacinth has relished the idea of she and Richard being in their golden years and Richard having retirement. In going with the entry listed above, you'll notice Hyacinth only wants to look classy and aristocratic, not conventionally attractive or beautiful. Hyacinth is also frequently active in volunteering to help the elderly a generation above her; not just her own dementia-ridden father (for whom Hyacinth appears to be the only person who treats him with any dignity), but members of her church and community without there being a strong or clear reward in it for her as well. And then there's Rose who... well, she has at least tried to become something other than an airheaded, middled-aged slut on a few occasions. She has tried to start a door-to-door jewelry selling business and more than once tried to swear off her debaucherous lifestyle and dedicate it purely to Christianity (even trying to become a nun at one point).
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_31a2a33c	comment	Stuff Blowing Up: A church blows up, and in another scene, the aftermath of a long-ago car repair session is treated as the aftermath of a recent silent explosion.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_34e1ef45	comment	Unnamed Parent: Hyacinth, Daisy, Rose, and Violet's father, who is only referred to as "Daddy" throughout the series and never given a name.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_35543514	comment	Just Eat Gilligan: For some reason, it's never an option to just refuse to do whatever Hyacinth says. When Hyacinth ignores a "No", the characters appear resigned to obey her. It gets turned into a running gag when Emmet tries to coach Liz into refusing coffee. She's. Just. That. Scary. Richard tried to put his foot down a few times during the series. Bless his heart, he does try. Hyacinth simply walks over him, literally in one case, as she uses him as a gangplank to board a boat.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_35b241c0	comment	Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping: When Hyacinth starts to get riled up, her affected upper-crust accent will tend to slip and her natural working-class accent will start to slip through.note Which is also Patricia Routledge's own accent; she was born to a haberdasher and his wife in Birkenhead and spent her childhood there before crossing the Mersey to Liverpool to study English at university.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_35e6593b	comment	Accidental Passenger: When Hyacinth is desperate not to be seen by Mrs Barker-Finch, she climbs on to an open-backed lorry. The driver gets in and drives off, completely unaware of Hyacinth's calls of "Driver, I wish to alight!"
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_37a6a66a	comment	Instrumental Theme Tune: A dainty piece.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_3c0a4666	comment	Noodle Incident: Hyacinth's Candlelight Suppers are never shown. Presumably the reason why they're so terrible and nobody actually likes going to them is because of the presence of Hyacinth herself.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_3f1aadeb	comment	Strictly Formula: Every episode is basically a series of Running Gags with a few details tweaked. A standard for all Roy Clarke works. Hyacinth will have a new scheme to help her climb the social ladder. Richard, Elizabeth and Emmet (and sometimes The Vicar) will be roped in to assist her. A neighbour/postman/milkman will approach the house and unsuccessfully try to avoid Hyacinth. Someone will pronounce Hyacinth's surname as it is spelt, and she will correct them with an air of martyred patience. Elizabeth will be invited to coffee (during which she will smash a cup). Hyacinth and Richard will go for a drive somewhere. Hyacinth will get a phone call. It will be from her son, one of her siblings or a wrong number. When Hyacinth mentions her (mostly unseen) sister Violet, she will mention the "sauna, swimming pool, room for a pony". At one point Elizabeth mouths this as Hyacinth says it; at another, Hyacinth says instead "sauna, swimming pool, and a musical bidet... classical, of course." There'll be a couple of scenes involving her Obnoxious In-Laws, who will later show up to embarrass Hyacinth. Rose will be infatuated with her latest boyfriend. Daddy will be up to his usual bizarre antics. The episode will finish with Hyacinth's plan Gone Horribly Wrong and she'll probably end up falling in a river, getting covered in mud or being chased by something (or someone).
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_4143f84f	type	Leg Focus
Keeping Up Appearances / int_4143f84f	comment	Leg Focus: Emmett's description of Rose: "The one with the friendly legs." Also:
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_41adcd34	type	The Three Certainties in Life
Keeping Up Appearances / int_41adcd34	comment	The Three Certainties in Life: One gag compared being invited to one of Hyacinth Buck... err... Bouquet's candlelight suppers to the inevitability of death and taxes.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_42372f87	type	White Glove Test
Keeping Up Appearances / int_42372f87	comment	White Glove Test: A test Hyacinth Bucket often does (yielding a very low success rate).
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_42839f8b	type	Sound-Effect Bleep
Keeping Up Appearances / int_42839f8b	comment	Sound-Effect Bleep: Discussed, when Hyacinth asks a television repair man to insert one of those little things that goes "bleep" over every expletive.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_45554ca2	type	"I Can't Look!" Gesture
Keeping Up Appearances / int_45554ca2	comment	"I Can't Look!" Gesture: Hyacinth when she hears how Daisy and Onslow came to be on the QE2.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_45eed9a5	type	Not This One, That One
Keeping Up Appearances / int_45eed9a5	comment	Not This One, That One: Hyacinth and Richard are borrowing a yacht, and she is delighted with the beautiful yacht she thinks it is. Then it turns out to be the floating nutshell next to it. Her solution? Let's move it a bit further, it will look better on its own. It would have helped if either she or Richard had actually known how to steer the thing.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_4632ff70	type	Body Bridge
Keeping Up Appearances / int_4632ff70	comment	Body Bridge: Played for laughs. In "What to wear when yachting", Richard ends up in an absurd situation of holding a boat with his feet, while lying flat over the side and clinging on to the river bank. Hyacinth boards by simply walking over him, using him as a bridge. Unfortunately, the boat then drifts off, leaving Hyacinth aboard, while Richard is on the bank.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_46ecc454	type	RapeAsComedy
Keeping Up Appearances / int_46ecc454	comment	Rape as Comedy: Hyacinth being not infrequently pawed and chased around by overly amorous men. Somehow manages to be funny because Hyacinth most certainly qualifies as an Asshole Victim. Hyacinth's father also occasionally pushes his skirt-chasing into this territory.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_46ee4d3	type	Eye Take
Keeping Up Appearances / int_46ee4d3	comment	Eye Take: When Hyacinth is desperate not to be seen by her neighbour Mrs Barker-Finch, she climbs on to an open-backed lorry, which then drives off. After pounding on the roof of the cab to attract the driver's attention, she does a massive eye take when she sees Mrs Barker-Finch staring at her.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_47541a7f	type	Skirts and Ladders
Keeping Up Appearances / int_47541a7f	comment	Skirts and Ladders: Invoked by Daisy in a Christmas Episode when she refuses to climb up a ladder to see a lifeboat on these grounds. However, this is averted in another episode, where Rose climbs a ladder wearing a very short skirt.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_4864031b	type	Informed Attractiveness
Keeping Up Appearances / int_4864031b	comment	Informed Attractiveness: An unusual number of men over the course of the series get the palm sweats over matronly, post-menopausal Hyacinth. It's usually Major Wilton Smythe, whose advances Hyacinth tolerates to some extent because he's very well-connected socially. Rule of Funny, really, and usually Lampshaded. Same goes for Onslow. His wife Daisy is unaccountably fascinated with his body. Even Onslow is at a loss to comprehend it.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_4a6e9fd9	type	Obnoxious In-Laws
Keeping Up Appearances / int_4a6e9fd9	comment	There'll be a couple of scenes involving her Obnoxious In-Laws, who will later show up to embarrass Hyacinth.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_4c1ae434	type	Compromising Memoirs
Keeping Up Appearances / int_4c1ae434	comment	Compromising Memoirs: Rose plans to write hers in one episode. She begins by asking Daisy and Onslow how to spell "memoirs." Later, she asks how to spell "virgin", and Onslow asks "are you going back that far?".
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_4c455537	type	Plot-Driven Breakdown
Keeping Up Appearances / int_4c455537	comment	Plot-Driven Breakdown: In the horse-riding episode, Hyacinth desperately wants to enter the bedroom to take care of her dreadful appearance before her guests arrive; but she cannot open the bedroom door. This matter is neither explained nor resolved.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_4f4372e9	type	Early-Installment Weirdness
Keeping Up Appearances / int_4f4372e9	comment	Early-Installment Weirdness: In the first series, Rose is played by Shirley Stelfox (she was replaced by the more familiar Mary Millar from series 2 onwards). Elizabeth's divorced brother Emmet does not move in with her until series 2. Richard is still working at the start of the series (he took early retirement in series 3 â€“ or more accurately had early retirement forced upon him, much to his chagrin).
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_50f66629	type	Crazy-Prepared
Keeping Up Appearances / int_50f66629	comment	Crazy-Prepared: Hyacinth goes so far as to set up a "NO PARKING - DELIVERY IMMINENT" sign in front of her house in anticipation of the delivery of a three-piece suite.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_51300dbf	type	Fat Bastard
Keeping Up Appearances / int_51300dbf	comment	Fat Bastard: Onslow a good deal of the time, though he often subverts this trope.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_565106b3	type	Women Are Wiser
Keeping Up Appearances / int_565106b3	comment	Women Are Wiser: Inverted; Richard is a lot nicer, more practical and likable than Hyacinth. He also has the common sense thing going on, while Hyacinth... not so much. The trend continues with Daisy and Rose, who have common sense but are often Distracted by the Sexy, and Michael-the-vicar's wife, who's having trouble understanding why everyone dreads Hyacinth (at first).
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_5714d5c	type	Sneakers of Sneaking
Keeping Up Appearances / int_5714d5c	comment	Sneakers of Sneaking: When Hyacinth is determined to catch the paper boy to check if his ears are clean, Richard comments that she'll find it difficult to catch him, because he'll be wearing trainers, and sneaking up quietly. When she does try to catch him, he takes advantage of his footwear to run away as fast as he can.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_5f49ac76	type	Single-Target Sexuality
Keeping Up Appearances / int_5f49ac76	comment	Single-Target Sexuality: Another interpretation of Daisy's attraction to Onslow: despite the odd flourish here and there, she never shows any indication that she even finds other men attractive let alone possessing the desire to leave her pretty neglectful husband.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_5f91efd9	type	Creative Closing Credits
Keeping Up Appearances / int_5f91efd9	comment	Creative Closing Credits: During the ending credits in each episode, Hyacinth is seen laying the table for a candlelight supper. At the very end, "produced and directed by" appears on the screen, and Hyacinth puts a nameplate underneath saying "Harold Snoad".
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_6306ceb6	type	Hat of Authority
Keeping Up Appearances / int_6306ceb6	comment	Hat of Authority: Hyacinth usually wears a hat when out of doors to reflect her self-perceived grand status, and usually makes Richard wear one as well. In "Rural Retreat", she makes Richard choose between two of her hats; when he completely fails to do so, she accuses him of being "unfaithful to her hats". When Elizabeth offers to help Hyacinth with directing drivers around the car park, Hyacinth's reply is:
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_663f35c0	type	Only One Name
Keeping Up Appearances / int_663f35c0	comment	Only One Name: Daisy, Onslow, Rose, and Michael the Vicar.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_66dfe36a	type	Missing Mom
Keeping Up Appearances / int_66dfe36a	comment	Missing Mom: Daddy is a widower - and that's all the info we get. Though he is pretty old, so natural causes are a good bet.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_67b9dd47	type	Repeating So the Audience Can Hear
Keeping Up Appearances / int_67b9dd47	comment	Repeating So the Audience Can Hear: Hyacinth's phone conversations.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_67edaf78	type	Gargle Blaster
Keeping Up Appearances / int_67edaf78	comment	Gargle Blaster: Lady Ursula's homemade gooseberry wine that Hyacinth samples in "Country Estate Sale". Intoxication Ensues.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_6c8ce33c	type	Lower Half Reveal
Keeping Up Appearances / int_6c8ce33c	comment	Lower Half Reveal: In "What to wear when yachting", Richard is alarmed by the sight of his own legs, as if he has never seen them before, when Hyacinth makes him wear shorts. In "Please mind your head", Hyacinth and Richard emerge from the door of where they live, wearing tweed outfits, with only the top half visible. Richard mutters that he prefers being dressed in his normal clothes; then it is revealed that they are both wearing riding gear. This becomes a Brick Joke when they are met by Elizabeth and Emmet, and Emmet gets out of the car to reveal his own riding gear.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_6f54cbdf	type	The Ditherer
Keeping Up Appearances / int_6f54cbdf	comment	The Ditherer: Hyacinth is normally extremely decisive. However, she has moments of being unable to make up her mind, while the long-suffering Richard panders to her ever-changing whim, especially in this scene when his husbandly duty includes opening the car door for Hyacinth, just before they offer a lift to an elderly lady whom Hyacinth is keen to impress.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_72852a93	type	Henpecked Husband
Keeping Up Appearances / int_72852a93	comment	Henpecked Husband: Poor Richard.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_76db0ef5	type	Slobs Versus Snobs
Keeping Up Appearances / int_76db0ef5	comment	Slobs Versus Snobs: Ambitious, uppity social climber Hyacinth on one side; slovenly, perennially unemployed Onslow and Daisy and voracious mantrap Rose on the other. The fact that Hyacinth, Daisy, and Rose's senile father lives with Daisy, Onslow, and Rose and yet Hyacinth remains devoted to him means their paths cross on a regular basis, and the three slobs are generally the ones who get the last laugh in such meetings.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_7997029e	type	No One Sees the Boss
Keeping Up Appearances / int_7997029e	comment	No One Sees the Boss: Played with. When Hyacinth travels on the QE2 cruise ship, she is desperate to meet the captain, and to dine at his table. When all her efforts to meet him fail, she then wonders if the crew have lost the captain.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_7a2d9301	type	Pop-Cultural Osmosis Failure
Keeping Up Appearances / int_7a2d9301	comment	Pop-Cultural Osmosis Failure: Onslow remarks that there's some good television on tonight and asks Hyacinth if she ever watches Neighbours. Hyacinth unsuprisingly says that she does, but only when they're in danger of letting the area down.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_7a54c458	type	Mock Millionaire
Keeping Up Appearances / int_7a54c458	comment	Mock Millionaire: Hyacinth wants to give the impression that she and Richard are much wealthier - and therefore much more cultured and upper-crust - than they appear. She coaxes Richard to steal a Rolls-Royce, drive it to a hotel, and make an appearance at its coffee shop just so she can show off to the Jaguar-driving Lydia Hawksworth, who made a disparaging remark at one of her candlelight suppers. This backfires spectacularly when the police catch up to her and arrest them just as Lydia drives up.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_7abba202	comment	Hyacinth's son, Sheridan, although he does eventually put in a brief and wordless appearance dressed in full motorcycle kit including face-concealing helmet. That could also count as The Faceless and The Ghost.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_7de3aec2	type	What Does She See in Him?
Keeping Up Appearances / int_7de3aec2	comment	What Does She See in Him?: Daisy and Onslow, according to Hyacinth. Even Onslow himself cannot fathom what Daisy sees in him. However, it's probably more applicable to Hyacinth's marriage to Richard, as an inversion. In Richard's case, one gets the impression that they fell in love and married before she began her social climbing in earnest. It's also suggested (and Clive Swift has said in interviews) that Richard is quite lazy, (but nothing like as bad as Onslow) and appreciates having decisions made for him. Patricia Routledge herself once emphasized this by stating that Hyacinth never fails to cook, clean and iron for her husband.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_8091a5fd	comment	Lethal Klutz: In "What to wear when yachting", Hyacinth tries to pull Richard on board their "yacht" (actually a tiny decrepit motor boat), after he has fallen in the river. She accidentally knocks the throttle lever, sending the boat racing forwards, with Richard hanging off the back, just above the propeller. As if emphasising the lethality of this situation, producer-director Harold Snoad noted that this was too dangerous to film, so the boat was towed by another one for this scene.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_82b4f38e	comment	Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist: Hyacinth, big time. She is snobby, self-obsessed, attention seeking and treats her husband like a glorified servant. She also has a complete lack of self-awareness; she perceives herself to be a local celebrity who is loved and admired by many, whereas in fact everyone beyond her family who knows her is terrified of her and will do anything to escape her company (to the point even her postman dreads having to put letters through her door). Her family may be lazy slobs, but next to Hyacinth they look comparitively normal.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_834e36d6	comment	Tunnel of Love: In the seaside funfair episode, Hyacinth rides a ghost train with Mr Farrini lusting after her, who handcuffs himself to her. In the same episode, Mr Cooper-Bassett takes his wife of twenty-five years on the same ghost train, because they did this when they first met. Once on the train, Hyacinth accosts him from the car in front, telling him she is still expecting him at one of her candlelight suppers.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_83a903f6	comment	Stepford Smiler: Hyacinth sort of... but not really. She constantly puts on a show of being idyllically happy in order to make people think they're high class, but she's never really shown to be particularly unhappy in any way. Just about everyone, but especially Emmet is this when Hyacinth is around.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_842426f3	comment	Grande Dame: What Hyacinth aspires to be.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_85bcc5a8	comment	Lampshaded Double Entendre: The promiscuous Rose has a moment of this with a new boyfriend.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_875615dd	comment	Truth in Television: During the time period when the show was originally filmed, it was not uncommon for women Hyacinth's age to turn as fretful as she does as they aged, so it's quite probable that she was far less insecure and desperate when Richard first married her.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_8797239c	comment	Bait-and-Switch: A minor example in the episode "Please Mind Your Head". As Hyacinth and Richard climb the stairs to their attic apartment, a second Hyacinth suddenly appears, revealing that she was in front of a huge ornate mirror, and the viewer was looking at her reflection.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_87b77870	comment	Forced into Their Sunday Best: Onslow once has to wear a jacket and a shirt with a tie for his grandchild's baptism. He keeps on fumbling with the tie and claims that he feels as if he were the first member of his family to be hanged. Hyacinth sometimes insists that Richard wears a suit or tie for manual tasks, such as gardening, or mending the church hall electrics.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_890d4ef2	comment	Humiliation Conga: Many of the episodes are basically set-ups for humiliation conga lines targeting Hyacinth.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_8bb316cf	type	Video Inside, Film Outside
Keeping Up Appearances / int_8bb316cf	comment	Video Inside, Film Outside: Averted; inside and outside, almost the entirety of the series was shot on video, with only occasional bursts of film.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_8d0785d5	type	Didn't Think This Through
Keeping Up Appearances / int_8d0785d5	comment	Didn't Think This Through: Hyacinth has the perfect answer to Elizabeth spilling drinks: a cup with a lid. This is followed moments later by Hyacinth's Plan B: a pink sippy cup. Which would technically have worked if not for Hyacinth's insistence that Elizabeth sticky tape the lid on, meaning she can't add sugar in her coffee.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_8ed5c6e4	type	Asshole Victim
Keeping Up Appearances / int_8ed5c6e4	comment	Hyacinth being not infrequently pawed and chased around by overly amorous men. Somehow manages to be funny because Hyacinth most certainly qualifies as an Asshole Victim.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_90b66e22	type	Femme Fatale
Keeping Up Appearances / int_90b66e22	comment	Femme Fatale: Rose
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_939de546	type	Copycat Mockery
Keeping Up Appearances / int_939de546	comment	Copycat Mockery: Hyacinth's phrases are sometimes mocked by the male characters. When she gives Richard an order (which she does frequently), Richard sometimes repeats it in a nasal voice. When Emmet is trying to teach the timid Elizabeth to refuse Hyacinth's invitations to coffee, he imitates her.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_94945ef	type	Punctuality Is for Peasants
Keeping Up Appearances / int_94945ef	comment	Punctuality Is for Peasants: Due to her own terrible map-reading (which she blames on Richard), Hyacinth is late for her cruise on the QE2, and is tearfully appalled that the ship does not wait for her, or turn back. When she is the hostess, she expects complete punctuality from her guests: if she invites them for coffee at ten forty-five, she expects them to appear just then, and not at ten forty-four or ten forty-six.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_94f41e7d	type	Mucking in the Mud
Keeping Up Appearances / int_94f41e7d	comment	Mucking in the Mud: In "Sea Fever", one of the many delays to Hyacinth and Richard boarding the QE2 cruise ship is driving down increasingly rural and narrow roads, until they end up in a boggy field. When their car gets stuck, Richard orders Hyacinth to get out and push the car, which she does, and ends up covered in mud.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_958d9c62	type	Short Cuts Make Long Delays
Keeping Up Appearances / int_958d9c62	comment	Short Cuts Make Long Delays: Hyacinth and Richard get stuck in a traffic jam on the way to their cruise on the QE2. Hyacinth works out an alternative route, saying it is a short cut, taking them on increasing rural roads, until they end up in a field. Richard notices that she has the atlas open at the wrong page, and predictably, they miss the ship.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_95b875b1	type	Not Me This Time
Keeping Up Appearances / int_95b875b1	comment	Not Me This Time: In "The Commodore", when Hyacinth has Elizabeth and Emmett over for tea, she hears the usual sound of china falling and breaking. She is in the middle of saying "Eliza..." when she stops and realizes it was Emmett who dropped the china this time. Elizabeth can't help but laugh at it happening to her brother for once.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_9723a8b8	type	Floral Theme Naming
Keeping Up Appearances / int_9723a8b8	comment	Floral Theme Naming: The four sisters are called Hyacinth, Daisy, Rose and Violet.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_973d220f	type	Never My Fault
Keeping Up Appearances / int_973d220f	comment	Never My Fault: Hyacinth has a habit of doing this when things go wrong, such as when she sends them in the wrong direction en route to the QE2.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_9ae8eea9	type	Character Tics
Keeping Up Appearances / int_9ae8eea9	comment	Character Tics: Characters on the show have a tendency to repeat phrases over and over. In fact, all Roy Clarke's characters tend to repeat phrases over and over. They do. They repeat things. Over and over.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_9af54b9d	type	Double Take
Keeping Up Appearances / int_9af54b9d	comment	Double Take: Elizabeth does a brief one in "Onslow's Birthday" when Hyacinth pronounces Ibiza with a voiceless alveolar sibilant (/s/) instead of a voiceless dental fricative (/Î¸/).
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_9b030fac	type	Repeated Rehearsal Failure
Keeping Up Appearances / int_9b030fac	comment	Repeated Rehearsal Failure: Hyacinth drills Richard in performing for people she wishes to impress, who rarely performs to her satisfaction. In the same episode, she makes Richard practise ringing the doorbell. Hyacinth also drills a policeman (making him remove his shoes, as with most visitors) who has visited to tell her that her daddy is at the police station. In the same episode, when Richard has the job of collecting daddy, she makes him wear dark glasses, and tells him that if anyone asks, he is on business. Elizabeth simply cannot say "no" to Hyacinth's daily invitation for coffee. Sometimes she rehearses doing this, on one occasion saying she has an appointment with her solicitor. When Hyacinth does call her, she bursts out with "I am soliciting".
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_a1fedb67	type	Parental Obliviousness
Keeping Up Appearances / int_a1fedb67	comment	Parental Obliviousness: Hyacinth in regards to Sheridan's sexuality. Some of Richard's reactions indicate that he does know (or at least think) Sheridan is gay.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_a36fb848	comment	Grand Staircase Entrance: At least, Hyacinth believes so. On entering their home, Hyacinth drawls "What an entrance! I can just picture their faces when they see this staircase." The staircase happens to be in a mansion, but she and Richard are going up to their tiny apartment on the attic floor, up several staircases.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_a3f1531b	comment	When Emmet plays the piano, he will often lean on the keyboard in despair when he hears he has been invited to Hyacinth's. He also heralds Hyacinth's arrival with the Standard Snippet Chopin's funeral march.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_a4c37cbe	type	Mood Whiplash
Keeping Up Appearances / int_a4c37cbe	comment	Mood Whiplash: Hyacinth shops for a second car. A crime thriller ensues. Hyacinth tries to help her sister fix her marriage. A foot chase ensues. Her father is often disoriented, playful, and prone to fainting, and once takes the Bucket car for a drive in the country. An enormous car chase ensues. Hyacinth goads Richard into repairing some electric circuits and babysits dogs. The dogs run away when the church is turned into a virtual war zone and explodes.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_a5cfe2ac	type	And There Was Much Rejoicing
Keeping Up Appearances / int_a5cfe2ac	comment	And There Was Much Rejoicing: A variation. The neighbors relish any time in which Hyacinth is away for an extended period, such as "Please Mind Your Head".
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_a60e3252	type	Rule of Funny
Keeping Up Appearances / int_a60e3252	comment	An unusual number of men over the course of the series get the palm sweats over matronly, post-menopausal Hyacinth. It's usually Major Wilton Smythe, whose advances Hyacinth tolerates to some extent because he's very well-connected socially. Rule of Funny, really, and usually Lampshaded.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_a6278d84	type	Wacky Parent, Serious Child
Keeping Up Appearances / int_a6278d84	comment	Wacky Parent, Serious Child: Daddy and (relatively speaking) Hyacinth respectively.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_a6c69bd	type	MacGuffin
Keeping Up Appearances / int_a6c69bd	comment	MacGuffin: The infamous "Candlelight Suppers" are never shown in all their glory underway. In a few episodes, we see Hyacinth preparing food and her dining room for them, but the actual event is never shown. Much of what drives Hyacinth's schemes and pestering up the social ladder revolve around inviting someone to one of these events.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_a6e8221e	type	Status Quo Is God
Keeping Up Appearances / int_a6e8221e	comment	Status Quo Is God: Rose continually says she'll stop pursuing married men, but it never lasts more than an episode.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_a91f07ee	type	"No Peeking!" Request
Keeping Up Appearances / int_a91f07ee	comment	"No Peeking!" Request: When Hyacinth tells somebody not to look for a surprise, they completely fail to see what she wants them to see afterwards: During their cruise on the QE2, Hyacinth makes Richard close his eyes for a long time, causing him to mutter "I'm in a cabin with a view, and here I am with my eyes closed". When she tells him to look, hoping that he will admire her new outfit, he does not even notice it, until she prompts him. He then asks irritably "have you changed again?". Hyacinth covers Elizabeth's eyes, before revealing a beautifully laid-out tea tray. When Elizabeth looks, her reaction is "you got the stain out from where I spilled the coffee".
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_a990828b	type	Holiday Volunteering
Keeping Up Appearances / int_a990828b	comment	Holiday Volunteering: The Christmas Special sees Richard forced to dress up as Father Christmas as he hands out gifts to the old people at the Church Hall. Only he gets drunk on sherry with Emmet and Elizabeth has to take over.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_acc861c	type	Big Honking Traffic Jam
Keeping Up Appearances / int_acc861c	comment	Big Honking Traffic Jam: Hyacinth and Richard are delayed on their way to the Q.E.2 by one of these, complete with the background sounding of horns.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_ad1db87c	type	Oh, Crap!
Keeping Up Appearances / int_ad1db87c	comment	Oh, Crap!: "It's that Bucket woman!" This is said by many people, especially the vicar, and Elizabeth and Emmet, sometimes when they have headed somewhere to get away from Hyacinth... and there she is. In an episode where Richard has forgotten their wedding anniversary, Richard's terror is palpable when he sees her on the phone complaining to the Post Office about Richard's surprise present to her not being delivered. In the same episode, she graciously allows him out for a drink with Emmet, when Richard managed to save the day by ordering a home security system just in time. The code to disarm is it the day, month, and last two digits of the year of their wedding. At the end of the episode:
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_ad641426	type	Trademark Favorite Food
Keeping Up Appearances / int_ad641426	comment	Trademark Favorite Food: Onslow and Daisy love Bacon Butties. Onslow is also partial to Beer and Crisps (potato chips).
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_adc34767	type	Serial Homewrecker
Keeping Up Appearances / int_adc34767	comment	Serial Homewrecker: A number of Rose's boyfriends are married, and at one point in the show she laments that "they always go back to their wives in the end".
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_adc73af3	type	Rich Language, Poor Language
Keeping Up Appearances / int_adc73af3	comment	Rich Language, Poor Language: Hyacinth works hard at her RP to cover her naturally Wirral accent, which nevertheless can slip through when she's flustered. Rose, particularly when played by Shirley Stelfox, would also sometimes put on an RP accent when trying to impress others.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_ae3d6438	type	Deadpan Snarker
Keeping Up Appearances / int_ae3d6438	comment	Deadpan Snarker: Onslow and Richard. Even Hyacinth herself occasionally, usually when referring to the dilapidated state of Daisy and Onslow's front garden.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_b01abe4f	comment	Catchphrase: Onslow's reaction to any sort of setback or remark at his expense is a sarcastic "Oh, nice!" Rose's riposte to Onslow snarking at her expense (often focusing on her love life) is to snap, "Bog off, our Onslow!" Hyacinth warmly inviting Elizabeth to sit anywhere she likes. "EXCEPT THERE!" Pronounce Hyacinth's name as it appears to be written, and she'll correct you with "It's 'Bouquet', dear." Whenever the vicar or his wife see Hyacinth, their reaction is always a terrified "The Bucket woman!" Hyacinth invariably answers the phone by loudly announcing "The Bou-quet residence! The lady of the house speaking!" Whenever Hyacinth gets a call from Violet, she says to anyone within earshot (usually Elizabeth), "It's my sister Violet. She's the one with a Mercedes, swimming pool, sauna, and room for a pony." Or, if it's Daisy on the phone, "It's my sister Daisy. She's not the one with a Mercedes, swimming pool, sauna, and room for a pony."
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_b0a529cb	comment	Extreme Doormat: Some say Richard is a saint. Others say he just lets himself be pushed around by his domineering wife, putting up only mild protests even when she is wasting money, since it's easier than taking any responsibility himself.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_b0bce7aa	comment	Selective Obliviousness: The source of much of the show's comedy. There are occasional hints that Hyacinth knows full well what other people think of her, or that her last name really is pronounced "Bucket" (Richard outright says this at one point), or that her son is gay, or that her father is nothing but a senile old lecher (who was also a perpetually drunken wastrel in his younger days) but just refuses to accept them due to her Pride. Hyacinth is a very British character in that respect. Arthur Lowe's iconic portrayal of Captain Mainwaring has a lot of that sort of self-conscious self-importance about him, but was actually quite brave when it came to it. David Jason's portrayal of Del-boy Trotter was mostly of a failure with ideas above his station, but with a strong sense of responsibility - he had mostly brought up Rodney due to their father's failures, and it never occurred to him to desert Raquel when she fell unexpectedly pregnant.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_b0e81c37	comment	A Simple Plan: Hyacinth's attempts at raising her social status.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_b5049d76	comment	Added Alliterative Appeal: Hyacinth pulls off a couple sentences with them. Plus,
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_b64ea263	comment	Westminster Chimes: The Buckets' doorbell plays the first notes of this tune. Upon hearing the doorbell, visitors inevitably roll their eyes as though they're thinking, "Good God, even Hyacinth's doorbell is pretentious!"
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_b707726f	comment	Hypocritical Humor: Whenever Hyacinth claims that she's not the sort of person who puts on airs or who boasts about her social connections or who orders people around. In fact, she has stated that she hates snobbery in several occasions.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_b9918c48	comment	Nobody Here but Us Statues: When Hyacinth wonders why Richard has not "rescued" Mrs Fortescue from Daisy and Onslow in a pub, she sees a window cleaner's stepladder near a high window, and climbs it to peer in, since she is above frequenting public houses. Suddenly she sees Mrs Barker-Finch approaching, and is desperate to hide. She puts on the window cleaner's white protective garment, and stands next to the ladder, with her legs splayed like sloping parts of the ladder.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_b9f8c6f8	comment	Sleeping Single: Hyacinth and Richard have to do to this in their country apartment (as it is too small to accommodate a double bed).
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_ba7a0da8	comment	Candlelit Ritual: Hyacinth's "candlelight suppers" are frequently mentioned, mostly by Hyacinth herself, but they never happen on-screen.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_bc6c6c90	comment	Drop-In Character: Variations of this happen in many episodes. Hyacinth's poorer relatives Daisy and Onslow have a habit of turning up and embarrassing Hyacinth, often in their old backfiring car, and Onslow wearing only a vest. When discussing unwelcome visitors (i.e. ghosts) with the vicar, Onslow implies that Hyacinth sometimes turns up unannounced. Hyacinth is this to her neighbours Elizabeth and Emmet. Although she rarely enters their house (believing her own residence to be superior), she frequently accosts them on the doorstep, and invites them in for coffee; they are too terrified of Hyacinth to refuse.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_be6f7ae7	comment	Brief Accent Imitation: When Hyacinth is at Daisy and Onslow's house (where she would not normally be seen dead), the high-class but unfriendly Mrs Nugent turns up, to return some minimal underwear which Rose had donated to the charity shop. Hyacinth imitates a very slurred, Germanic monotone when talking through the door to her:
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_bf1255fa	comment	Really Gets Around: Rose.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_bf7c7825	comment	Hyacinth's sister and brother-in-law, Violet and Bruce, are often mentioned during the first four series. However, Violet is seen only once, with her back to the camera and her head concealed by foliage, while Bruce makes occasional nonspeaking or minimal dialogue cameos, often doing something that embarrasses Hyacinth. This is averted in the final series when they become recurring characters.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_bfc2ec8a	type	That Makes Me Feel Angry
Keeping Up Appearances / int_bfc2ec8a	comment	That Makes Me Feel Angry: Elizabeth, who is extremely tense when the overbearing Hyacinth is offering her one thing after another.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_c00e1999	comment	Midnight Snack: When Richard has insomnia in their tiny ("old-world-bijou") attic apartment.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_c335b9ec	comment	Irony: All of Hyacinth's upper-class "friends" much prefer her poorer relatives to her.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_c45c9fcd	type	Ass Shove
Keeping Up Appearances / int_c45c9fcd	comment	Ass Shove: Hyacinth gets one from Richard early in the second episode, courtesy of a gardening tool.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_c479ee13	type	Helping Granny Cross the Street
Keeping Up Appearances / int_c479ee13	comment	Helping Granny Cross the Street: Played with when Hyacinth and Richard give a lift to the elderly and stick-bearing Mrs Fortescue. Hyacinth encourages Richard to take her by the elbow, and escort her to the car. However, the perfectly agile Mrs Fortescue (who tends to wave her stick around) is not impressed.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_c48667d9	comment	Backseat Driver: Hyacinth. A bad one at that.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_c5f0119c	type	Insane Troll Logic
Keeping Up Appearances / int_c5f0119c	comment	Insane Troll Logic: Hyacinth's social-climbing attempts and rationales can sometimes take on this edge. She once asked Richard to smile while doing the gardening so that if any people she was trying to impress happened to drop by they'd assume that they could afford a gardener but choose not to because Richard enjoyed it so much. Hyacinth applies endless troll logic to her planned new kitchen work surface. "I had to consult the vicar about the colour: I needed his confirmation that this is Angel Gabriel blue." When she goes to the shop to order it, she is at first dismayed that the colour has been discontinued, but when the shop keeper says they might be able to get it, she is delighted because "it won't be seen in many homes". While the shop keeper's back is turned, she then starts pouring various messy cooking materials over a nearby work surface, to see how well they cope with spillages. When the horrified shop keeper returns, she says "I may have to leave the fairy cake mixture until it sets, and then come back." When Hyacinth and Richard fly to Copenhagen to catch the QE 2, on learning that they are in Denmark Hyacinth becomes terrified of the locals, because of the actions of the Viking invaders in medieval England.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_c9e20e01	type	Unexpected Kindness
Keeping Up Appearances / int_c9e20e01	comment	Unexpected Kindness: In Season 5, Episode 3, Hyacinth is extremely lovely and nice to Richard for the first time, making him a full English breakfast and cuddling with him in bed. It turns out it's their anniversary, and Richard forgot to buy Hyacinth a present.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_ca81eae7	type	Hollywood Darkness
Keeping Up Appearances / int_ca81eae7	comment	Hyacinth will often have a flash of inspiration in the middle of the night, which she will excitedly wake Richard with. This is often preceded with enough Hollywood Darkness for the viewer to see the time on her alarm clock.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_ca87e3ec	comment	No Name Given: The Vicar's wife, despite the fact she is a recurring character during the entire run of the show. Also, to a lesser extent, the Major. Interestingly, his name actually appears in every single episode, as the RSVP card Hyacinth prepares in the title sequence is made out to "Major & Mrs. Wilton Smythe".
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_cd427ce1	type	A Man Is Always Eager
Keeping Up Appearances / int_cd427ce1	comment	A Man Is Always Eager: Very much averted by Onslow, who is too lazy and engrossed in his TV to have sexual relations with Daisy (or anyone else):
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_ce0b2b21	type	Monochrome Casting
Keeping Up Appearances / int_ce0b2b21	comment	Monochrome Casting: A VERY extreme example.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_d058677e	type	Amusement Park
Keeping Up Appearances / int_d058677e	comment	Amusement Park: In "The Senior Citizen's Outing" episode, Hyacinth takes some elderly people to one for 'charitable purposes'. You're not fooling anyone Hyacinth, one glimpse of you grinning on the merry-go-round and we've learned you actually love fun fairs.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_d06305ff	type	Talking with Signs
Keeping Up Appearances / int_d06305ff	comment	Talking with Signs: In an episode where Bruce and Violet are arguing loudly in their house, Hyacinth distracts the crowd outside by holding up signs telling them which songs to sing, to drown out the noise.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_d2b59903	type	Cool Old Lady
Keeping Up Appearances / int_d2b59903	comment	Cool Old Lady: Mrs Fortescue. Hyacinth is content to think of her as a frail old woman from family money, but she's also a Deadpan Snarker who likes a good joyride, a strong drink, a round of darts, and a sexual dish session.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_d397657d	type	Hoist by His Own Petard
Keeping Up Appearances / int_d397657d	comment	Hoist by His Own Petard: The Clip Show has Daisy and Onslow looking through Hyacinth's memoirs, with Onslow taking a lot of pleasure from reading the "Embarassing Moments" section. His amusement comes to an end when he learns that she's included the time she danced with him on the QE2.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_d46ddfa2	type	CloudCuckooLander
Keeping Up Appearances / int_d46ddfa2	comment	Cloud Cuckoolander: Hyacinth just has no idea how hard a time she's giving everyone, or that people generally either fear her or laugh at her, and most of all, that all of her efforts to appear upper-class only underline her very common standing. Emphasized even more in Young Hyacinth, where, while living with her father and three sisters she is constantly making up falsehoods and denying reality as it concerns her parents and situation.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_d4e9de59	type	Dreadful Musician
Keeping Up Appearances / int_d4e9de59	comment	Dreadful Musician: Hyacinth couldn't carry a tune in a bucket (er, bouquet). Not that she knows this, as Emmet repeatedly finds out to his cost when she tries to force herself into his musical productions.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_d5656fbe	type	The Unpronounceable
Keeping Up Appearances / int_d5656fbe	comment	The Unpronounceable: Rose's Polish fiancÃ©, whom Rose, Daisy, and Onslow settle to call "Mr. Whatsit." And Mrs. Thing.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_d5c3da0c	type	HouseWife
Keeping Up Appearances / int_d5c3da0c	comment	House Wife: Hyacinth, Elizabeth, Daisy, and Violet.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_d637e778	type	Lots of Luggage
Keeping Up Appearances / int_d637e778	comment	Lots of Luggage: Hyacinth takes mountains of "matching executive luggage, with the genuine leather embellishments and initials" on board the cruise liner, the QE2.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_d6787152	type	Help, I'm Stuck!
Keeping Up Appearances / int_d6787152	comment	Help, I'm Stuck!: Emmet gets stuck after accidentally putting his head through one of the low ceilings at Hyacinth and Richard's tiny country apartment.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_daa33a93	type	Wealthy Yacht Owner
Keeping Up Appearances / int_daa33a93	comment	Wealthy Yacht Owner: In the episode "What to wear when yachting", Hyacinth tells everybody that she and Richard are going "yachting", when actually all they are doing is spending a night on a moored boat, which turns out to be a very basic one.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_dcb9c541	type	Ship Tease
Keeping Up Appearances / int_dcb9c541	comment	Ship Tease: Richard and Elizabeth might have been much happier people if they'd married each other. The Christmas episode has Richard and Elizabeth kissing under the mistletoe and Richard gets reprimanded by Hyacinth for trying to go back in for seconds. Richard was very happy to help Rose out of the car when she was wearing a short skirt and she was happy when she had to be pressed into the back seat against Richard, who didn't mind it, either. There's some between Hyacinth and Onslow: When Onslow kisses Hyacinth, mistaking her for Elizabeth, Hyacinth's mood improves considerably. Then, on the QE2, Hyacinth leaves Richard sitting to go dance with Onslow.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_de80e030	type	Social Climber
Keeping Up Appearances / int_de80e030	comment	Social Climber: Hyacinth fits this trope to a T. She probably will not stop until she becomes queen, noting how fitting it is for her to act out a role as one in a play.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_deecc9eb	comment	Awful Wedded Life: Zigzagged. In Hyacinth's marriage to Richard; he puts up with a lot, used to her snobbish behaviour and expensive attempts to climb the social ladder. But they do seem to care for each other. However tiresome Richard may find Hyacinth, it's nothing to the painful marriage between Violet and Bruce, which is one step away from a messy divorce, with Bruce being a cross-dresser implied to be having an almost in-your-face affair. Downplayed for laughs with Daisy and Onslow, in that Onslow is simply too lazy to show Daisy any love, to buy her any jewellery, or even to be unfaithful to her. A running gag is that whenever Daisy hints at sex, Onslow replies "Don't start getting broody" or "I've got a headache".
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_dfbf8667	type	Right Under Their Noses
Keeping Up Appearances / int_dfbf8667	comment	Right Under Their Noses: Poor Richard, who cannot help at all when Hyacinth wants to know if he would notice some holiday brochures left casually lying around.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_e04c0759	type	Unstoppable Mailman
Keeping Up Appearances / int_e04c0759	comment	Unstoppable Mailman: Michael the postman - and if you think the feats he goes to deliver his mail aren't that difficult, wait until you see Hyacinth. Averted slightly when Michael becomes fed-up and actually pays a schoolboy a whole pound of his own money to give Hyacinth her mail for him.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_e20e7076	type	Newhart Phonecall
Keeping Up Appearances / int_e20e7076	comment	Newhart Phone Call: Whenever Hyacinth talks to Violet, Sheridan, or a person trying to call the Chinese Takeaway, we only get her side of the conversation, though Hyacinth does repeat snippets of what they say.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_e237e350	type	Tied Up on the Phone
Keeping Up Appearances / int_e237e350	comment	Tied Up on the Phone: Hyacinth sometimes gets tangled in the cable of her prized white Slimline telephone with recall facility, complete with absurdly long cord.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_e24b100d	type	Dramatic TV Shut-Off
Keeping Up Appearances / int_e24b100d	comment	Dramatic TV Shut-Off: When Onslow simply will not do anything about the fact that there is a strange man in Daddy's bed, and prefers to glue himself to the telly as usual, Daisy switches the set off, using Onslow's own Percussive Therapy method of banging it, causing Onslow to howl in dismay.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_e2d457	comment	The Ditz: Emmet and Elizabeth on occasion. In one episode, Emmet checks the temperature of a heating iron by touching it.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_e34400ab	comment	Ambiguously Gay: Hyacinth and Richard's son Sheridan, although the hints are so obvious this is almost certainly a case of Selective Obliviousness on Hyacinth's part.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_e3e4daab	type	There Will Be Toilet Paper
Keeping Up Appearances / int_e3e4daab	comment	There Will Be Toilet Paper: When Richard is shaving, several times Hyacinth grabs his arm when announcing her latest wild idea, causing him to cut himself.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_e52a0cac	comment	He Who Must Not Be Seen: Hyacinth's son, Sheridan, although he does eventually put in a brief and wordless appearance dressed in full motorcycle kit including face-concealing helmet. That could also count as The Faceless and The Ghost. Elizabeth's husband, who is said to be working in Saudi Arabia, and her daughter, Gail (whom Hyacinth looks down on for living with a man despite not being married to him). Hyacinth's sister and brother-in-law, Violet and Bruce, are often mentioned during the first four series. However, Violet is seen only once, with her back to the camera and her head concealed by foliage, while Bruce makes occasional nonspeaking or minimal dialogue cameos, often doing something that embarrasses Hyacinth. This is averted in the final series when they become recurring characters.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_e563bf09	comment	Insistent Terminology: It's not merely boating: it's "yachting".
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_e567510d	comment	Determinator: Give Hyacinth credit, she never fails from lack of effort. Give Richard credit too, for living with Hyacinth. Although you can't be sure if he's still with her out of determination or severe lack of such...
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_e6291d05	comment	The very manual control of Onslow and Daisy's TV.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_e9c022ea	comment	Secretly Wealthy: Hyacinth tries to pretend to a passing neighbour that Daisy and Onslow are actually wealthy, when they drive away from Hyacinth's house in their ancient backfiring car.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_e9e28bd7	comment	Sexy Priest: The new Vicar. His wife knows this, and has to remind him (and put up a sign) to keep away from the ladies. Of course, she always finds Rose wrapped around him.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_eb8ec7c8	comment	Jerkass: Hyacinth. She does veer into Jerk with a Heart of Gold territory, albeit very rarely. The 1991 Christmas Episode is a good example, in which she invites all her friends and family around for a party, regardless of their social status. And for all her oppressive treatment of Richard, she does at least mean well usually and treats him with an affectionate demeanor despite her demands. Naturally, this usually only came to bite Richard in the back; for example, she turned down a high potential job opportunity because she didn't have the heart to leave him at home all alone, leaving him coherently sobbing. She also is shown to have a resented love for her slobbish relatives.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_f329f2a2	comment	Got Volunteered: Hyacinth frequently volunteers Richard to perform disagreeable or dangerous tasks, such as repairing the church hall electrics, or climbing a ladder to an upstairs room at Daisy and Onslow's house. Having willingly volunteered for church cleaning, Hyacinth accidentally volunteers to clean the church hall toilet, desperate to be picked for something after being rejected for pew polishing, changing flowers, brassware, changing the altar cloth.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_f9f2c33	comment	Running Gag: It's safe to say that at least 50% of the entire show consists of running gags. They get Played With fairly often, too. Every time Hyacinth approaches Onslow's front door, the dog living in the car on the driveway startles her, and she falls into the hedge behind. In one episode she creeps past the car, expecting the dog, and it startles her from a front window of the house. People call Hyacinth's house to order Chinese food, thinking they called the Green Lotus Chinese Takeaway (they have the same number as Hyacinth's, but one digit removed). Naturally, this irritates Hyacinth, and, at one point, she has Richard call the Chinese embassy to force the Green Lotus to change their number, to no avail. Hyacinth is delighted when her son Sheridan calls her and he immediately asks for money. "Oh Sheridan, darling—(blinks incredulously) How much??" Hyacinth's seeming compulsion to constantly namedrop things, such as Sheridan's pearl button collection (which she thinks is wonderfully valuable), her Royal Doulton porcelain set with the handpainted periwinkles, her sister Violet, "the one with a Mercedes, swimming pool, sauna, and room for a pony", and perhaps most infamously, her "elegant candlelight suppers". Some items or connections appear only in single episodes—one such occasion was in "Country Estate Sale", where Hyacinth ends up buying Dowager Lady Ursula's homemade gooseberry wine, drinking the stuff, and getting the litany more and more wrong each time she mentions it again. Hyacinth insisting on singing, and the pained reactions of everyone else. Hyacinth is chased by varying amorous men and later ponders they haven't "seen an attractive woman for quite a long time." Someone will pronounce Hyacinth's surname as it is spelt, and she will correct them with an air of martyred patience. Hyacinth makes most visitors to her house leave their shoes outside, especially tradesmen. In one episode, she makes the vicar do so, and Richard as well. Emmet's suggestions for excuses when he wants Elizabeth to tell her he's not available. The very manual control of Onslow and Daisy's TV. Elizabeth breaking Hyacinth's china, later mugs, and the ways she tries to avoid this. Hyacinth's senile Daddy runs away to cause chaos at the worst of moments. Hyacinth constantly micromanaging Richard's driving, usually with "keep your eyes on the road, dear", just after she has told him to watch something else. Also, Daddy's discreetly off-screen (mostly) adventures. Hyacinth's habit of telling Richard what to do while he's driving, and her opinions on what things are worth a "For goodness' sake Richard, watch out". Daisy being in amorous mood, and Onslow being decidedly not. Rose's manifold romantic adventures, especially with men who should not be chasing skirts to begin with. Hyacinth turns every instance of her son or father doing something unsightly into virtues. Thusly, Daddy was riding a bike buck naked because he was practicing for the bi-annual Senior Bike Marathon when he encountered a poor homeless person and valiantly gave away all his clothes, and so on. Every time Onslow and Daisy park their old, run down car, its exhaust pipe explodes with clouds of smoke. Hyacinth will often have a flash of inspiration in the middle of the night, which she will excitedly wake Richard with. This is often preceded with enough Hollywood Darkness for the viewer to see the time on her alarm clock. The milkman or postman will attempt, unsuccessfully, to deliver to the Buckets' front door and leave before Hyacinth comes out. Although Hyacinth has great pride in her "white Slimline telephone with recall facility", and is sometimes seen polishing it, occasionally the characters use a phone booth; which is always a traditional red British telephone box. When Richard has forgotten their wedding anniversary, he sneaks to a phone box to order a present for Hyacinth. Daisy (accompanied by Onslow and Rose) calls Hyacinth from a phone box. Hyacinth loses her temper when somebody else gets into a phone box just ahead of her. Richard famously stands up to her in this scene. When Emmet plays the piano, he will often lean on the keyboard in despair when he hears he has been invited to Hyacinth's. He also heralds Hyacinth's arrival with the Standard Snippet Chopin's funeral march. Elizabeth and Emmet travel somewhere, saying it is such a relief to get out of the house, away from Hyacinth; only to find the woman herself at their destination. On one occasion, this realisation dawns when they hear Hyacinth's voice from afar, and they whisper in unison "Hyacinth!".
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_fbd285b7	comment	Comically Missing the Point: When Rose is having a massive hormonal crisis, the only thing Onslow cares about is that she has the bottle opener.
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Keeping Up Appearances / int_ff3f8c7c	comment	Pretentious Pronunciation: It's not 'Bucket', it's 'Bouquet', as Hyacinth will insistently claim. However, Richard claims "It was always Bucket until I met you," and Hyacinth herself, upset at the time, once pronounces it "Bucket" and fails to correct herself, suggesting this is a bit of Selective Obliviousness on her part. In an episode where Hyacinth is telling everybody she is going on holiday (when she isn't), she says "brochures" frequently, pronouncing the O as in "odd". In the same episode, she accidentally answers the phone with "The Brochure residence..."
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