History Film / CarryOnSeries

** Recurring actor Julian Orchard (who appeared in about four movies in bit parts -- most memorably as the Duke de Ponsy in ''Carry On Henry'') also played this role. Whether he was actually gay in real life is unknown.

* BellyDancer:
** ''Carry On Columbus'': When the Sultan of Turkey summons Fatima to his presence, she enters the main hall performing a quick dance, charming the Sultan before being handed her mission to stop Columbus from discovering the Indies.
** ''Carry On Cruising'': During the cruise's stop over at North Africa, Gladys and Flo end up purchasing belly dancer costumes as souvenirs and take a picture together, cosplaying as "harem girls of the Sultan".
** ''Follow That Camel'': Bo, Simpson and Knocker join together to enjoy a night at the Cafe ZigZig, where CorkTip, the local belly dancer, seduces Bo and Knocker into being captured by CorkTip's master, the Sheik Abulbul.

The films ''Film/PleaseTurnOver'', ''Film/WatchYourStern'', ''Film/NoKidding'', ''Film/RaisingTheWind'', ''Twice Round the Daffodils'' (1962), ''Nurse on Wheels'' (1963), and ''The Big Job'' (1965) were all also directed by Gerald Thomas, produced by Peter Rogers and used the same writers and some of the same cast and crew of the ''Carry On'' films, but are not part of the ''Carry On'' series.

The films ''Film/PleaseTurnOver'', ''Film/WatchYourStern'', ''Film/NoKidding'', ''Raising the Wind'' (1961), ''Twice Round the Daffodils'' (1962), ''Nurse on Wheels'' (1963), and ''The Big Job'' (1965) were all also directed by Gerald Thomas, produced by Peter Rogers and used the same writers and some of the same cast and crew of the ''Carry On'' films, but are not part of the ''Carry On'' series.

The films ''Film/PleaseTurnOver'', ''Film/WatchYourStern'', ''No Kidding'' (1960), ''Raising the Wind'' (1961), ''Twice Round the Daffodils'' (1962), ''Nurse on Wheels'' (1963), and ''The Big Job'' (1965) were all also directed by Gerald Thomas, produced by Peter Rogers and used the same writers and some of the same cast and crew of the ''Carry On'' films, but are not part of the ''Carry On'' series.

** Sid James, mostly when he played charming GentlemanThief [[AllGirlsWantBadboys womanisers]], managed to get so many women falling for him. The possible fact that many of his admirers were [[AllWomenAreLustful sexually-frustrated]] [[AnythingThatMoves at the time]] could've played in his favour as well.

The films ''Film/PleaseTurnOver'', ''Watch Your Stern'' (1960), ''No Kidding'' (1960), ''Raising the Wind'' (1961), ''Twice Round the Daffodils'' (1962), ''Nurse on Wheels'' (1963), and ''The Big Job'' (1965) were all also directed by Gerald Thomas, produced by Peter Rogers and used the same writers and some of the same cast and crew of the ''Carry On'' films, but are not part of the ''Carry On'' series.

The films ''Please Turn Over'' (1959), ''Watch Your Stern'' (1960), ''No Kidding'' (1960), ''Raising the Wind'' (1961), ''Twice Round the Daffodils'' (1962), ''Nurse on Wheels'' (1963) and ''The Big Job'' (1965) were all also directed by Gerald Thomas, produced by Peter Rogers and used the same writers and some of the same cast and crew of the ''Carry On'' films, but are not part of the ''Carry On'' series.

There's a rather uncertain future for the film series. Despite the backlash from ''Film/CarryOnColumbus'' in 1992, a new ''Carry On'' movie, titled ''Carry On London''/''Carry On Bananas'' was announced in 2003, started pre-production in 2008, and didn't seem to be going anywhere after 2010, possibly due to the death of Gerald Thomas. Then in autumn 2015, it was announced during the Cannes Film Festival that ''Carry On Bananas'' would be back in the making, which was then followed by another announcement of a new movie the following year to be released in 2017 called ''Carry On Doctors''. Who knows what else is soon to come.

-- ''Script/CarryOnAgainNurse'' (Written 1988) -- Unproduced script; And again another Hospital

** Creator/SidJames was known in the series for mostly playing TheChessmaster and DirtyOldMan that were [[InformedAttractiveness weirdly sex gods]]. When he was busy with other media commitments, he was replaced by Creator/PhilSilvers and Harry H. Corbett (from ''Series/SteptoeAndSon'') for ''Film/FollowThatCamel'' and ''Film/CarryOnScreaming''. Like Sid James, both weren't conventionally attractive and were at least his age (50s) at the time (or close enough).

* UniversalAdaptorCast: The cast played the same character types, more or less, regardless of setting. In fact, if one of the regulars is absent from a film, it's invariably easy to guess which role was written with him or her in mind (just to name two examples, Sgt. Sidney Bung in ''Carry On Screaming!'' was written for Sid James but played by [[Series/SteptoeAndSon Harry H. Corbett]], while the foppish Professor Inigo Tinkle in ''Carry On Up the Jungle'' was written for Kenneth Williams but played by Creator/FrankieHowerd).

* AmbiguouslyJewish: Sid James, Bernard Bresslaw and Amelia Bayntun are Jewish, and sometimes played roles that fit with the stereotypes (Amelia being the [[JewishMother pushy housewife]], Bernard often being the NiceJewishBoy, and Sid was [[JewishAndNerdy quick-thinking]]), but their characters were never stated to be Jewish.

* ChristmasCake: Most of the actresses, sparing Creator/MargaretNolan, Creator/ValerieLeon and Barbara Windsor. [[InformedFlaw Characters]] that were this trope were often lampshaded. Take this scene from ''Carry On Dick'':
-->'''Lady Daley:''' [Dick Turpin] took my most treasured possession!\\
'''Captain Fancey:''' Come now, milady -- [[DeadpanSnarker surely that went long ago]].

* TheChick: Barbara Windsor was often this on a team. She was either the smartest in the group or the dumbest in the room.

** ''Film/CarryOnDoctor'' is a parody of ''Series/DoctorInTheHouse''.

** Everyone will be in a hospital at least once in their life which is why there's four medical comedies[[note]]A fifth medical movie was planned in the mid-1980s called ''Carry On Again, Nurse'', [[WhatCouldHaveBeen hoping to bring the series back to life]] after five-or-so years, but the [[DiedDuringProduction death of Kenneth Williams and Charles Hawtrey]] within two years stopped production[[/note]].

* AluminiumChristmasTrees: Being a long-running comedy series from the mid-20th century, it's unsurprising that this trope will occur in at least every movie. For example, bus conductors and buckets of water to put out fires (''Carry On Loving'').

--->'''Henry VIII''': Oh yes. [[{{Gainaxing}} I noticed that too.]]