History Characters / BlazingSaddles

* CatchPhrase: "That's ''Hedley''!"

* BreathWeapon: During the big fight scene, Gabby Johnson the grizzled drunk mountain man grabs a bad guy by the collar and exhales in his face, knocking him out.
* MountainMan: He's never explicitly labeled as this, but he fits all the standard parameters.

* SaltAndPepper: With the Waco Kid.

* SaltAndPepper: With Bart.

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Oddly, he doesn't show as much blatant bigotry as his henchmen, Mr. Taggart and Lyle. He doesn't show as much racism as the InnocentBystanders that the black sheriff is protecting! When hiring outlaws the BigBad advertises himself as an [[EqualOpportunityEvil Equal Opportunity Employer]] and specifically mentions in his famous LongList that he wants criminals of many different races and backgrounds working for him. [[ZigZaggingTrope On the other hand]], he doesn't hesitate to [[WouldHitAGirl slap Lily around]] and insult her [[AcceptableTargets German ancestry]] when she does a HighHeelFaceTurn, and he disapproves of Taggert's plan to kill every first born child in Rock Ridge as it's "Too Jewish". Hedley is also in charge of appropriating land in Colorado from the local Indians, justifying this by claiming "they're such children."

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: In getting Bart to become the new sheriff of Rock Ridge, he ended up creating his biggest obstacle to getting the town after Bart's heroics proved stronger the villagers' prejudices.

** Why exactly did he shoot Tagger in the foot? Because he advises for a cliché that Hedley hates.

-->'''Governor [=LePetomane=]:''' ''[eye—to—cleevage with her breasts]'' Hello boys, have a good night's rest? I missed you...!

!!Bart (Creator/CleavonLittle)

!!Jim The Waco Kid (Creator/GeneWilder)

!!Hedley Lamarr (Creator/HarveyKorman)

!!Taggart (Slim Pickens)

!!Lili Von Schtupp (Creator/MadelineKahn)

!!Governor William J. Le Petomane (Creator/MelBrooks)

!!Mongo (Alex Karras)

!!Lyle (Burton Gilliam)

!!Charlie (Charles [=McGregor=])

!!Olson Johnson (Creator/DavidHuddleston)

!!Harriet Johnson (Carol Arthur)

!!Gabby Johnson (Jack Starrett)

!!Miss Stein (Robyn Hilton)

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-->'''Governor [=LePetomane=]:''' ''[eye-to-eyes with her breasts]'' Hello boys, have a good night's rest? I missed you...!

-->'''Bart:''' Excuse me while I whip this out.
-->(reaches into waistline as crowd gasps and screams; Bart pulls out paper, they sigh with relief or disappointment)

-->'''Bart''': A man [[TheAlcoholic drinks like that]] and he don't eat, he is going to ''die''.\\
'''The Waco Kid''': ''(appallingly hopeful)'' When?

--->'''Hedley''': "Daddy love Froggy. Froggy love Daddy?"
--->'''Froggy''': *Squeek Squeek*

* EvilChancellor: To the governor,
* EvilIsPetty:

--> ''"Piss on you! I'm workin' for MEL BROOKS!"''

* DumbMuscle: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]], he might be brighter than he lets on.

-->'''Gabby Johnson''': You get back hayurr, you payass, candy-ass sidewinder! Ain't no way that nobody's gonna leave this town! Hail, I was born harr, I was raised harr, and dad gum it, I'm gonna die harr! And no sidewindin', bushwhackin', hornswogglin cracker-crucker is gonna rull may bishencutter!
-->'''Olson N. Johnson''': Now who can argue with ''that?''
-->'''Gabby Johnson''': Rerrit!

* ShesGotLegs: Another similarity to Dietrich, showing off her legs. This was an element Mel Brooks was looking for in casting Madeline Kahn, which he recalled created a moment of awkwardness before clarifying the Dietrich likeness he was looking for.

* TheChanteuse: Old West version.

* MsFanservice: She seems to be appealing enough to draw crowds despite her poor singing ability, and she calls out an audience member holding his hat over his crotch during her number.

!!Olson Johnson (David Huddleston)

!!Bart (Cleavon Little)

* IShallTauntYou: He says "Hey, WhereDaWhiteWomenAt" to distract some [[TheKlan Klanamen]] in order to [[MuggedForDisguise knock them out and steal their robes]].

* IShallTauntYou: He says "Hey, WhereDaWhiteWomenAt?" to distract some [[TheKlan Klanamen]] in order to [[MuggedForDisguise knock them out to steal their costumes]].

* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: He's the TropeNamer, saying this line to distract some [[TheKlan Klansmen]] and [[MuggedForDisguise knock them out to steal their costumes]]. And then there's his [[BlackIsBiggerInBed one night stand]] with Lili von Schtupp.

* HostageSituation: When the townspeople begin cocking guns in a threatening manner during Bart's inauguration speech as Sheriff, he defuses the situation by taking ''himself'' hostage, invoking both UncleTomfoolery and ScaryBlackMan behavior. Amazingly, it ''works''.

* IShallTauntYou: "Hey, where da white women at?"

* DirtyCoward: Prefers to run away rather that stay and fight. Taken UpToEleven as he flees [[NoFourthWall right off the movie set]]. And even then, once he sees Bart closing in on him, he starts to run away again, and tries to cheat rather than face him in an honorable duel.

* NiceHat: Sports a cool, black Stetson.

* NiceHat: Is sporting a derby when we next see him after he has left the railroad.

* CoolHat: Rocks a stylish white Stetson cowboy hat.

* ApologeticAttacker: During the climactic brawl, he apologizes after kneeing a guy in the nuts.

* HorseofaDifferentColor: Befitting his hulking size, Mongo rides a white bull around instead of a horse.

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* BiggusDickus: As discovered by Lili von Schtupp, but the scene was originally going to be subverted when Bart told Lily that she was sucking on his elbow.

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