1 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gwhgo.jpg]] |
2 | Giles Wemmbley-Hogg! Two M's, two G's, from Budleigh-Salterton! |
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4 | Intrepid world-traveller, audio diarist, and upper-class twit documents his adventures around the globe. His enthusiasm is matched only by his naivety; he is well-meaning, but is definitely treated like the butt-monkey by those around him. |
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6 | Played by Marcus Brigstocke, based on a character he did doing stand-up comedy, written by Brigstocke, Jeremy Salsby, and Graeme Garden, and first broadcast on BBC Radio 2002-2011. |
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8 | !!Tropes that appear in this work include: |
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10 | * BaitAndSwitch: His trip to India episode starts with Giles at a market, lots of Indian voices calling out, Indian music playing, [[spoiler: only to reveal he's in Birmingham, before he leaves England.]] |
11 | * ButtMonkey: Giles is well meaning, but hamfisted, and is treated as a buffoon by other characters. |
12 | * CatchPhrase: When something goes awry, expect Giles to utter an exasperated: |
13 | --> ''Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.'' |
14 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: When asked what his ideal career is, Giles replies: |
15 | --> '''Giles''': Pudding Taster, Corduroy Model, or [[Music/NeilDiamond Neil Diamond]]! |
16 | --> '''conversant''': Is Neil Diamond a career?? |
17 | --> '''Giles''': Twenty-four/seven! |
18 | * ComicallyMissingThePoint: While in Thailand, he gets lost, only to find himself in the middle of a (very illegal) hemp plantation. |
19 | --> ''I didn't think there was much of a rope and sacking industry.'' |
20 | * FishOutOfWater: Whether taking a large amount of fishing gear to drought-ridden Sudan, getting stuck in a research station in the Arctic, or going on a student trip to Cuba, Giles never quite knows what he's getting himself in for. |
21 | * LocalReference: Giles often makes incongruous comparisons between things he encounters on his travels and things in his beloved hometown of Budleigh Salterton. |
22 | * MetaphorIsMyMiddleName: Comes up a couple of times. |
23 | --> ''Adventure is my middle name! Well, between St.John and Leonard.'' |
24 | * [[Music/NeilDiamond Neil Diamond]]: Giles and his family are big fans. |
25 | * NeverHeardThatOneBefore: Done a couple of times |
26 | --> When meeting the yogi (holy man) at an ashram in India: |
27 | ---> '''Yogi''': I am the resident yogi. |
28 | ---> '''Giles''': Then I'll be the resident [[WesternAnimation/YogiBear Boo-Boo]]! |
29 | ---> '''Yogi''': Pardon? |
30 | ---> '''Giles''': Nothing... |
31 | ---> '''Yogi''': Did you do the Yogi Bear joke? |
32 | ---> '''Giles''': ... Yes. |
33 | --> When in a spice market in Zanzibar |
34 | ---> '''Giles''': You must be a [[Music/SpiceGirls spice girl]]! |
35 | ---> '''Spice seller''': Yes, bwana, nice spices. |
36 | ---> '''Giles''': [[Music/SpiceGirls Well, I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want.]] |
37 | ---> '''Spice seller''' ''(now cross)'': And please don't ask for a zig-a-zig-ah. I don't sell them - I don't even know what they are. and I don't understand why every tourist thinks it's so funny to ask for them. |
38 | * NoodleIncident: Most of how Giles has managed to get himself wherever he is are these. |
39 | ** ''... One thing led to another, and here I am!'' |
40 | ** Recounting school: ''I did archery... Someone got hurt. So I did quilting... Someone got hurt. So I did sitting quietly... I got a B in that!'' |
41 | ** He's not allowed alone in his office, because the last time he was, there was an international incident. With the Dead Sea Scrolls. And some custard. |
42 | * ShoutOut: When shot at in the Thai hemp plantation: |
43 | --> ''Are you the farmer? I sound like [[Film/WithnailAndI Withnail]]...'' |
44 | * SnapBack: Several episodes end with Giles apparently facing certain death, only for him to be back to normal for the next episode, with no explanation or acknowledgement. |
45 | * ToiletHumour: Reference in his Thailand journey, where he goes for a journey of self-discovery. The listener is spared the details, except to be told about |
46 | --> ''...spending the night, squatting over a tiny hole, spraying pint after pint of boiling-hot magma down the back of your legs. ... Still, it should be easier to find myself, now that half of me has been liquidised and despatched down that...'' |
47 | * UpperClassTwit: Giles is this in spades. |
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