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Rowan Atkinson's awesome British "toilet humor" sitcom, starring Rowan as an anti-hero character known as "Black Adder". There have been no fewer than four runs of Black Adder. In each of the series our hero finds himself in a different situation, where his ambitions are doomed to failure time and again.
Hugh Laurie from "House" portrayed Black Adder's bitch in all of the Black Adder series.
black adder by Alfie The Horndog September 4, 2005
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Black Adder 

The 1st season of Rowan Atkinson's awesome British "toilet humor" sitcom, starring Rowan as an anti-hero character known as "Black Adder". It became "Blackadder" from 2nd season onward. There have been no fewer than four runs of Black Adder. In each of the series our hero finds himself in a different situation, where his ambitions are doomed to failure time and again.

black adder 

Grammatically Incorrect Spelling of Blackadder ,A Fantastic British Sitcom Spanning the ages Starring Rowan Atkinson
Alfie: Hey black adder is on!
Me: Don't you Mean Blackadder? Fool!

Blackadder 

The funnest thing that Rowan Atkinson has ever been in.
An English comedy starring Rowan Atkinson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Miranda Richardson, Patsy Byrne, Tony Robinson and a lot of other awesome British actors.
Truly hilarious.
Written by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton.
The best series is generally considered to be Blackadder II.
Blackadder II. Episode: Bells.
Queen Elizabeth I:Bob?thats an odd name for a girl.Girls should be called Elizabeth....Or Mary.
Nursie: Or Basil.
QEI: Mouth is open Nursie, should be shut.
Nursie: I had three sisters and they were called Donald, Eric and Basil.
QEI: Why are you Nusie then?
Nursie:That ain't my real name.
QEI: What is it?
Nursie: Bernard.
QEI:Suits you actually.
Blackadder by Blackadder roxs!!!! XD November 13, 2005

Blackadder ending 

The above definition is not quite true. A Blackadder ending refers to the final sequence of events from the fourth series (Blackadder Goes Forth), a comedy set in the trenches of World War I, where the mood of a consistently comedic show unexpectedly switches to become utterly bleak.

In the original example, the final ten minutes of the series sees the main characters (in the trenches) change from joke-spewing, two-dimensional caricatures to emotional, terrified 'real' people. The commanding officers, until now cliche bumbling, upper-class idiots totally unsuited to their positions, are suddenly suggested to be not only totally aware they're sending millions to be slaughtered but also utterly at peace with it. The direction of the jokes shift, with the focus suddenly being on the futility of charging towards machines guns with revolvers/sticks and allusions to the pre-war lives they left behind.

It ends with four flawed but ultimately sympathetic characters charging over the top to their inevitable death and a fade out to the present day, their personal sacrifice ultimately forgotten. Sad music, slow-motion, tears.
'That Mitchell and Webb Look' had a Blackadder ending, it felt like a kick to the gut.
Blackadder ending by mutteringly October 23, 2015

blackadder 

Blackadder (the comedy show) is genius, sheer unadulterated genius.

Blackadder II (the character) sums up all that is great about being English. Nasty, sarcastic, Euro-racist and doesn't suffer fools...
(During an archery practice)
Percy: Sorry I'm late.
Edmund (Blackadder): No, don't bother apologizing. I'm sorry you're alive.
Percy: Oh good, I see the target is ready. (Picks up the bow) I'd like to see the Spaniard who could make his way past me.
Edmund: Well, go to Spain. There are millions of them.
Percy: I'll advise them to stay there then. Keep their hands off our women.
Edmund: Oh God, who is she this time?
Percy: I don't know what you mean. Aah, ouch, aah. (Edmund succeeds in pilfering a letter from Percy)
Edmund: Aah, and who is Jane?
Percy: I'm sworn to secrecy. Torture me, kill me, you shall never know. Ooh, ouch... Jane Herrington. We're very much in love, my lord.
Edmund: This is the Jane Herrington?
Percy: Yes.
Edmund: Jane - bury-me-in-a-Y-shaped-coffin - Herrington.
Percy: I.., I think maybe there are two Jane Herringtons.
Edmund: No... Tall, blond, elegant?
Percy: Right, that's right.
Edmund: Goes like a privy door when the plague is in town? Come on, get on with your shot. You'll get over her... I did...
blackadder by Lord Flashheart November 6, 2006

Blackadder 

Blackadder by GutterSlut August 26, 2003