History Film / CarryOnSeries

*** Creator/BarbaraWindsor is the most famous one that appeared in this role, but before her were Creator/ShirleyEaton and Creator/LizFraser. All three were [[EveryoneLovesBlondes blonde]] but the latter two were often smarter than her characters. The brunette versions were Amanda Barrie and Creator/AnitaHarris -- the former portrayed the villainous UsefulNotes/{{Cleopatra}} in ''Film/CarryOnCleo''.

* DrillSergeantNasty: There were several of these in the ArmedFarces movies, mostly ruling under a GeneralFailure that they despised. The original one was Eric Barker's captain in ''Carry On Sergeant'', along with [[ThoseTwoGuys his sidekick]] Bill Owen's corporal, who was just as bad as him. You could say that they were the UrExample of this trope for the entire film series.

*** Creator/BarbaraWindsor is the most famous one that appeared in this role, but before her were Creator/ShirleyEaton and Creator/LizFraser. All three were [[EveryoneLovesBlondes blonde]] but the latter two were often smarter than her characters. The brunette versions were Amanda Barrie and Anita Harris -- the former portrayed the villainous UsefulNotes/{{Cleopatra}} in ''Film/CarryOnCleo''.

* InvisibleHoles: Occurs in ''Follow That Camel'' (Kenneth Williams shot by Arabs), ''Carry On Up the Khyber'' (the {{almost dead|guy}} Peter Gilmore), ''Carry On Henry'' (Charles Hawtrey after being tortured in an iron maiden).

*** The men of these types were Creator/JimDale, Creator/LesliePhillips and Richard O'Callaghan. They were often the OnlySaneMan who either fell in love with a woman they meet or are a seemingly-HopelessSuitor, and occasionally trip over something.

** ReluctantFanserviceGirl Creator/AngelaDouglas appeared throughout most of the mid-60s' movies, mostly being the nice attractive blonde girl who often fell in love with Creator/JimDale. When it came to the early '70s, the attractive blonde Creator/JackiPiper would often fall in love with Richard O'Callaghan.

* AttractiveBentGender: Often accompanies DisguisedInDrag. For example, in ''Carry On Matron'', Kenneth Cope is disguised as a female nurse to case the hospital Sid James' gang are planning to rob. He promptly attracts the attention of a lecherous doctor played by Terry Scott.

*** Kenneth Cope. ''Film/CarryOnAtYourConvenience'' shows what could possibly happen if two pretty boys were in the same ''Carry On'' movie, in which he and O'Callaghan ''physically'' fought each other over the affections of Sid James' attractive daughter. When it came to ''Film/CarryOnMatron'' a year after, Cope was playing the stereotypes straight -- his character being like a hybrid of O'Callaghan and Creator/KennethConnor.

** When Creator/CharlesHawtrey was suspended from the cast for diva-like behaviour, comedian Lance Percival appeared in ''Film/CarryOnCruising'', portraying a socially-awkward chef that couldn't function on a cruise ship when he was seasick, and made a soup explode.

** ReluctantFanserviceGirl Angela Douglas appeared throughout most of the mid-60s' movies, mostly being the nice attractive blonde girl who often fell in love with Jim Dale. When it came to the early '70s, the attractive blonde Jacki Piper would often fall in love with Richard O'Callaghan.

Over the years, different actors would join or leave the ''Carry On'' gang, or just take a break for a film or two. Creator/KennethWilliams was the actor who appeared in the most ''Carry On'' movies, but some of the other actors who regularly appeared included Creator/JoanSims, Creator/CharlesHawtrey, Creator/SidneyJames, Creator/KennethConnor, Creator/PeterButterworth, Creator/BernardBresslaw, Creator/HattieJacques, Creator/JimDale, Creator/TerryScott, Creator/PatsyRowlands, and Creator/BarbaraWindsor. And many [[UsefulNotes/CarryOnActors others]].

** In some cases, the 6'4" Jack Douglas.

** The 6'7 Creator/BernardBresslaw was in the series for ten years. When the 6'4 Jack Douglas appeared, he would start to get bigger roles, whereas Bresslaw seemed to be getting demoted into background characters, eventually leaving the series for good in 1975.

Over the years, different actors would join or leave the ''Carry On'' gang, or just take a break for a film or two. Creator/KennethWilliams was the actor who appeared in the most ''Carry On'' movies, but some of the other actors who regularly appeared included Creator/JoanSims, Creator/CharlesHawtrey, Creator/SidneyJames, Creator/KennethConnor, Creator/PeterButterworth, Creator/BernardBresslaw, Creator/HattieJacques, Creator/JimDale, Creator/PatsyRowlands, and Creator/BarbaraWindsor. And many [[UsefulNotes/CarryOnActors others]].

*** This was often invoked by the production team. When Creator/JimDale proved unavailable, recurring actor Julian Holloway would be brought in to replace him.

* TallDarkAndHandsome: Jim Dale, Richard O'Callaghan and Jullian Holloway. Bernard Cribbins, to some extent.

Over the years, different actors would join or leave the ''Carry On'' gang, or just take a break for a film or two. Creator/KennethWilliams was the actor who appeared in the most ''Carry On'' movies, but some of the other actors who regularly appeared included Creator/JoanSims, Creator/CharlesHawtrey, Bill Maynard, Creator/SidneyJames, Creator/KennethConnor, Creator/PeterButterworth, Creator/BernardBresslaw, Creator/HattieJacques, Creator/JimDale, Peter Gilmore, Creator/PatsyRowlands, Creator/JackiPiper, Creator/MargaretNolan and Creator/BarbaraWindsor. And many [[UsefulNotes/CarryOnActors others]].

* ChristmasCake: Most of the actresses, sparing Creator/MargaretNolan, Valerie Leon and Barbara Windsor. [[InformedFlaw Characters]] that were this trope were often lampshaded. Take this scene from ''Carry On Dick'':

** The characters played by Creator/MargaretNolan, who were usually a [[EveryoneLovesBlondes blonde lusted by about every male]] (to put it in perspective, she was the curvacious woman who appears in the title sequence of the ''Film/JamesBond'' film ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}'', aside from appearing in the film itself as Bond's masseuse Dink) and Valerie Leon, who were usually {{Aloof Dark Haired Girl}}s before they [[LettingHerHairDown let their hair down]] (and who ''also'' appeared in a Bond film, two in fact: ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'' and the "unofficial" ''Film/NeverSayNeverAgain'') deserve special mention too.

*** Creator/BarbaraWindsor is the most famous one that appeared in this role, but before her were Creator/ShirleyEaton and Liz Fraser. All three were [[EveryoneLovesBlondes blonde]] but the latter two were often smarter than her characters. The brunette versions were Amanda Barrie and Anita Harris -- the former portrayed the villainous UsefulNotes/{{Cleopatra}} in ''Film/CarryOnCleo''.

Over the years, different actors would join or leave the ''Carry On'' gang, or just take a break for a film or two. Creator/KennethWilliams was the actor who appeared in the most ''Carry On'' movies, but some of the other actors who regularly appeared included Creator/JoanSims, Creator/CharlesHawtrey, Bill Maynard, Creator/SidneyJames, Creator/KennethConnor, Creator/PeterButterworth, Creator/BernardBresslaw, Creator/HattieJacques, Creator/JimDale, Peter Gilmore, Creator/PatsyRowlands, Creator/MargaretNolan, and Creator/BarbaraWindsor. And many [[UsefulNotes/CarryOnActors others]].

Over the years, different actors would join or leave the ''Carry On'' gang, or just take a break for a film or two. Creator/KennethWilliams was the actor who appeared in the most ''Carry On'' movies, but some of the other actors who regularly appeared included Creator/JoanSims, Creator/CharlesHawtrey, Bill Maynard, Creator/SidneyJames, Creator/KennethConnor, Creator/PeterButterworth, Creator/BernardBresslaw, Creator/HattieJacques, Creator/JimDale, Peter Gilmore, Creator/PatsyRowlands and Creator/BarbaraWindsor. And many [[UsefulNotes/CarryOnActors others]].

x ''Script/CarryOnEscaping'' (Written 1973) -- Unproduced script; UsefulNotes/WorldWarII prisoner of war camp.

** [[invoked]] Charles Hawtrey, sometimes, who managed to chase [[UnfortunateImplications terrified women around the room until they gave in to have sex with him.]] Some even [[SexGod come back for some more.]]

Over the years, different actors would join or leave the ''Carry On'' gang, or just take a break for a film or two. Creator/KennethWilliams was the actor who appeared in the most ''Carry On'' movies, but some of the other actors who regularly appeared included Creator/JoanSims, Creator/CharlesHawtrey, Bill Maynard, Creator/SidneyJames, Creator/KennethConnor, Creator/PeterButterworth, Creator/BernardBresslaw, Creator/HattieJacques, Creator/JimDale, Peter Gilmore, Creator/PatsyRowlands and Creator/BarbaraWindsor. [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters And many]] [[UsefulNotes/CarryOnActors others]].

* NakedFreakOut: Barbara Windsor got this in just about every ''Carry On'' movie she was in. Also Patsy Rowlands in ''Carry On Matron''. One of the many nurses in ''Carry On Nurse'' was stripped by the drunken men in her ward and tied to a bed.

** Near the end of ''Carry On at Your Convenience'', following an uncharacteristically wild party, W.C. Boggs (Kenneth Williams) wakes up in bed with his secretary (Patsy Rowlands). When he asks her, rather nervously, whether they... you know, she looks smug and says that if he doesn't remember, she's not going to tell him.

Over the years, different actors would join or leave the ''Carry On'' gang, or just take a break for a film or two. Creator/KennethWilliams was the actor who appeared in the most ''Carry On'' movies, but some of the other actors who regularly appeared included Creator/JoanSims, Creator/CharlesHawtrey, Bill Maynard, Creator/SidneyJames, Creator/KennethConnor, Creator/PeterButterworth, Creator/BernardBresslaw, Creator/HattieJacques, Creator/JimDale, Peter Gilmore, Patsy Rowlands and Creator/BarbaraWindsor. [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters And many]] [[UsefulNotes/CarryOnActors others]].

Over the years, different actors would join or leave the ''Carry On'' gang, or just take a break for a film or two. Creator/KennethWilliams was the actor who appeared in the most ''Carry On'' movies, but some of the other actors who regularly appeared included Creator/JoanSims, Creator/CharlesHawtrey, Bill Maynard, Creator/SidneyJames, Creator/KennethConnor, Creator/PeterButterworth, Creator/BernardBresslaw, Creator/HattieJacques, Creator/JimDale, Peter Gilmore, and Creator/BarbaraWindsor. [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters And many]] [[UsefulNotes/CarryOnActors others]].

* AccidentalPervert: Happens too many times to count, often occurring multiple times in a single film. A particular elaborate example happens to Dr Kilmore ''Carry On Doctor'', leading to his dismissal from the hospital.

* InnocentInnuendo: A staple of the films; for example, in ''Carry On Camping'', Barbara Windsor and Sid James (or possibly Bernard Bresslaw, or both) are heard saying things like "can you get it up?", "no, not there!", "is it in yet?", etc, to the horror of the men's girlfriends, who then discovers that the only thing that is being erected is a tent.

** 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 [[AuthorExistenceFailure death of Kenneth Williams and Charles Hawtrey]] within two years stopped production[[/note]].

* UnfortunateNames: Many examples throughout the series, though the most glaring example (and acknowledged as such in-universe) is Cpt. S. Melly from ''Carry On England''.

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[[caption-width-right:330:"[[ExactWords Now, really let's see those chests come out!]]"]]

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** ''Film/CarryOnUpTheKhyber'' is a parody of ''Film/{{Zulu}}''.

* TheFonzie: Sid James was the fans' (and maybe the producers') favourite regular ever since his first appearance as a supporting character in ''Carry On Constable''.