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{{quote|''"Eat hot lead, Fritz!"''
|'''Winston Churchill'''}}

June 1940: England's darkest hour. The [[Alternate History|entire British army has surrendered at Dunkirk]]. A demoralised [[Winston Churchill]] is planning to retire in a few days. Chris the farm labourer can't join the army because [[Distinguishing Mark|his hands are too big]] to fit inside a trigger guard, and [[The Vicar]] is keeping his [[Love Interest|beautiful daughter Daisy]] at arms length. Meanwhile [[Those Wacky Nazis]] have an [[Evil Plan]]: dig a tunnel under the English Channel to London, capture Churchill and end the war in one stroke! Mustering what little forces he has, Churchill orders a retreat to Scot Land -- a wild and uncivilised country populated by [[Brave Scot|savage warriors]] with huge hands, lead by the legendary [[Braveheart]]. As Churchill's [[Ragtag Band of Misfits]] [[Hold the Line]] at Hadrian's Wall, Chris must go on a lone quest to seek out England's last hope, and the reason for his massive mitts.

Unfortunately any story this epic has to be scaled down, say to about 1/6 size. That's right; this is the UK's 2010 answer to ''[[Team America: World Police]]''. It matches that movie for laughs, but it has its moments particularly if you're a fan of British [[World War II]] movies. Or if you're Scottish.

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* [[Actor Allusion]]
{{quote|'''Chris:''' "We need your help, and your [[Lethal Weapon|lethal weapons]]!" 
'''[[Mel Gibson|Braveheart]]:''' "Would that be 1, 2, 3 or 4?" }}
* [[Amazon Brigade]]: The FANY's, and that "wild pack of bloody Bavarian bitches!"
* [[Anachronism Stew]]: The German army attacking Hadrian's Wall advance in Roman ''testudo'' formation and have motorbike-mounted [[Battering Ram|Battering Rams]]. Their opponents make use of catapults, Napoleonic uniforms and muskets, German weapons captured by [[La Résistance]], and a WWI biplane.
* [[Artistic Licence History]]: Listing every instance would be an exercise in futility.
* [[Apathetic Citizens]]: Chris makes a [[Rousing Speech]] and calls on everyone to help save Churchill. They want to go to the pub instead.
* [[Battle Cry]]: The Scots shout "[[As Long as It Sounds Foreign|Och aye!]]" as they're charging the Nazis.
* [[Biggus Dickus]]: It's implied that not only Chris' hands are big...
* [[Big No]]: Fiske shouts this when the brave Brit rushing to start his plane gets killed.
* [[Blatant Lies]]: Loudspeakers declare "THE GERMAN ARMY IS YOUR FRIEND!" as said army guns down civilians in Trafalgar Square.
* [[Boom! Headshot!]]: Bet you never thought you'd see one happen to a puppet!
* [[Break Out the Museum Piece]]
* [[British Teeth]]: Seen on General Montgomery, among others.
* [[Commie Nazis]]: [[Eagle Squadron|US volunteer pilot]] Fiske appears to be generally confused as to which ideology he's fighting. He also thinks Mr Churchill is a President and his [[Praetorian Guard]] are Indians. [[Indians With Iglas|Which they are, actually]].
* [[Day of the Jackboot]]: Obviously.
* [[Double Entendre]]: Loads of 'em
{{quote|'''Monty:''' ''(after the tunnel opens)'' "The Nazis are coming right up our behind!"}}
* [[Drag Queen]]: [[Adolf Hitler]] dressed as [[Queen Victoria]]. Wielding a [[Bling Bling Bang|diamond-covered Luger]], no less.
* [[Drill Tank]]: Literally -- it's a panzer with a drill stuck to its front.
* [[In Vino Veritas|Dutch Courage]]: When the Vicar gets drunk and starts insulting the advancing Germans, Churchill orders the barrel to be rolled out.
{{quote|'''Vicar:''' "Come and fight me -- my God against yours!"
'''Soldier:''' "Sorry sir, he must have found his way back to the bottle."
'''Churchill:''' "[[The Alcoholic|Good man]]." 
'''Vicar:''' "Sausage eating wankers! ''(echo)'' WANKERS! WANKERS! WANKERS!" 
'''Churchill:''' "Let us take example from the Church. Double the ale ration, two pints per man!" }}
* [[Fake Brit|Fake Scot]]: It is rumored that legendary Scottish warrior Braveheart is [[Mel Gibson|actually Australian]].
* [[Fake Ultimate Hero]]: Suggested with Captain England.
* [[Fun with Acronyms]]: The letters on the sides of the Spitfires are [[UFO]] (the O being the RAF roundel) and, on Fiske's plane [[Unusual Euphemism|UFOK]]. The FANY's are the [[Incredibly Lame Pun|butt]] of several jokes, but this is true even of the real [[wikipedia:FANY|First Aid Nursing Yeomanry]].
* [[Gas Mask Mooks]]: Who breathe like [[Star Wars|Darth Vader]].
* [[Gondor Calls for Aid]]: [[The Lord of the Rings|Beacon fires are lit]] [[Anachronism Stew|to signal the invasion]].
* [[Gorn]]: Yes, it is possible to do this with marrionettes.
* [[Grim Up North]]: Scot Land is an uncivilised place full of murky woods, the wreckage of [[Lost Roman Legion|Lost Roman Legions]], [[Dead Guy on Display|impaled skeletons]], and bloodthirsty blue-faced savages with huge hands.
* [[Here There Be Dragons]]: The excessive detail of the map of Britain stops abruptly at the Scottish border, which shows no towns or roads at all.
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: The Nazis jump out of the Hindenburg [[Cold Equation|when it starts falling]].
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Ewan McGregor, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant, Timothy Spall, Richard O'Brien and Richard Griffiths.
* [[Historical Domain Character]]: Many. Billy Fiske was a real RAF pilot, although he was likely less of a [[Cloudcuckoolander]] in real life.
* [[I Am the Noun]]: Chris bemoans the fact that he's not allowed to join the military because the government says his hands are too big. Winston Churchill declares "I am the government!" 
* [[Ink Suit Actor]]: Chris looks an awful lot like Ewan McGregor.
* [[Kick the Dog]]: The evil zeppelin commander flies past Captain England and targets a baby carriage instead. [[Infant Immortality|Fortunately a gust of wind deflects the bomb]] onto Captain England anyway.
* [[La Résistance]]: Gaston, who is [[Everyone Looks Sexier If French|quite the ladies' man]].
* [[Man in a Kilt]]
{{quote|"So, the stories are true. Men in skirts!"}}
* {{spoiler|[[Meet the New Boss]]: The Scots throw the Germans out of England, then take over the country themselves.}}
* [[Million Mook March]]: The German army puts on a victory parade in London.
* [[Monumental Damage]]: Those German swine blow up Nelson's Column and the Cenotaph. And 10 Downing Street...[[Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy|eventually]].
* [[Moses in the Bulrushes]]: Chris as a baby.
* [[Music for Courage]]: Daisy starts singing the hymn "Jerusalem" as the German army advances.
{{quote|'''Churchill:''' "That's it: Sing! Sing!"
'''Everyone:''' ''"And was Jerusalem builded here, upon those dark satanic mills..."''
'''Vicar:''' "Yes those dark, [[Sinister Minister|satanic mills!]]" ''([[Evil Laugh]])'' }}
* [[Praetorian Guard]]: Churchill's loyal Punjabi bodyguards are the only British army unit that wasn't captured at Dunkirk.
* [[Puppet King]]: Averted as the King of England is thrown in the Tower of London by the Nazis. Of course, you might say he was a [[Incredibly Lame Pun|puppet king in the first place]].
{{quote|"You fools! Don't you know I'm ¾ German?"}}
* [[Ragtag Band of Misfits]]: Elite Punjabi guards, gun-toting FANY's, an American volunteer in a biplane, and a [[Home Guard]] made up of men of the land -- are all that's left between England and Nazi domination. 
* [[Ramming Always Works]]
* [[Rape Is Love]]: A Scot drags a screaming German blonde into his tent.
{{quote|'''German:''' "Nein, nein, nein!"
'''Scot:''' "Take that!"
'''German:''' "Oh ja!" }}
* [[Retraux]]: Presented in glorious Panzervision.
* [[Rousing Speech]]: Frequently spoofed.
{{quote|'''Churchill:''' "Never, in the field of human conflict, was so much, ''buggered up'', by so few, for so many!"}}
* [[Shout-Out]]: Spoofs [[Stiff Upper Lip]] war movies set in [[World War II]] and earlier, as well as more recent films like ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' and ''[[Braveheart]]''. Also Churchill in a pin-stripe suit, wielding a drum-fed Thompson submachine gun, is from a [https://web.archive.org/web/20111015211855/http://www.auto-ordnance.com/AO-3M.html famous WW2 photo].
* [[Sole Survivor]]: Fiske is the last remaining member of The Few.
* [[Stiff Upper Lip]]: They don't get any stiffer!
* [[Supermarionation]]
* [[The Vicar]], who's also a [[Badass Preacher]] with hints of [[Sinister Minister]].
* [[X Meets Y]]: Described as "''[[Team America: World Police|Team America]]'' crashing headfirst into ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]''."
* [[Zeppelins from Another World]]: The Hindenburg makes an appearance, apparently none the worse for having exploded. It's [[Immune to Bullets|armoured now however]].
* [[Zerg Rush]]: The German army when attacking Hadrian's Wall. But then again, it's difficult for marionettes to do anything else.

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