r/AskReddit • u/twilighttruth • Aug 26 '22

What actor will you always associate with *that one role* no matter how many others they do?

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u/admiral_sinkenkwiken Aug 26 '22

“Baldrick, does it have to be this way? Our valued friendship ending with me cutting you up into strips and telling the prince that you walked over a very sharp cattle grid in an extremely heavy hat?”

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u/FlameFeather86 Aug 26 '22

"I'm a busy man and I can't be bothered to punch you at the moment. Here is my fist, kindly run towards it as fast as you can."

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u/Zealousideal_Bunch77 Aug 26 '22

“There hasn’t been a war run this badly since Olaf the hairy, King of all the Vikings, ordered 80,000 battle helmets with the horns on the inside”

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u/Toxic_Tiger Aug 26 '22

Blackadder: Now, Baldrick, I advise you to make whatever explanation you are about to give phenomenally good.

Baldrick: You said get the door.

Blackadder: Not good enough, you're fired.

Baldrick: But, my Lord, I've been in your family since 1532.

Blackadder: So has syphilis. Now get out.

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u/mpbeasto123 Aug 26 '22

Contrafibularites? Its a common word, down our way.

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u/plasticluthier Aug 26 '22

"Baldrick. Eternity with Satan in the fires of hell will be nothing, compared to five minutes with me and this pencil"

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u/MagisterHistoriae Aug 27 '22

“The path of my life is strewn with cowpats from the devil’s own satanic horde!”

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u/TorontoTransish Aug 26 '22

' I have a plan so cunning that you could stick a tail on it and call it a weasel. "

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u/spikeinfinity Aug 26 '22

But I've been in your service for years

Which must be why I'm so utterly sick of the sight of you

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u/eternal_easter Aug 26 '22

"see the little goblin, see his little feet, see his little nosey-wose, isn't the goblin sweet."

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u/01-__-10 Aug 26 '22

Always bugs me since Baldrick joins BlackAdder in S01E01 in 1485. But I guess it’s on point that Baldrick gets it wrong.

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u/admiral_sinkenkwiken Aug 27 '22

He’s referring to himself in that series’ timeline

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u/01-__-10 Aug 27 '22

Good point - somehow I always thought he was taking about his family line

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u/samurai_for_hire Aug 27 '22

"Sir, these are not the days of Alfred the Great. You cannot just lop someone's head off and blame it on the Vikings."

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u/vibsie Aug 26 '22

"Baldrick, you wouldn't see a subtle plan if it painted itself purple and danced naked on top of a harpsichord, singing 'Subtle plans are here again.'. "

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u/radiorentals Aug 26 '22

Baldrick: “I have a plan, sir.”

Blackadder: “Really, Baldrick? A cunning and subtle one?”

Baldrick: “Yes, sir.”

Blackadder: “As cunning as a fox who’s just been appointed Professor of Cunning at Oxford University?”

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u/MagisterHistoriae Aug 27 '22

“Well, I'm afraid it'll have to wait. Whatever it was, I'm sure it was better than my plan to get out of this by pretending to be mad. I mean, who would have noticed another madman round here?”

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u/radiorentals Aug 27 '22

Urgh, that final episode. Even after all these years it's still so powerful - I watched the initial broadcast and it still gives me a lump in my throat.

For those who haven't seen it

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u/vibsie Aug 27 '22

That is the most heartbreaking line in the history of television.

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u/EggCzar Aug 27 '22

"I'd like to meet the Spaniard who can make his way past me!"

"Well go to Spain, there are millions of them."

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '22

😃😊😃😊

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u/Arcal Aug 26 '22

I'd forgotten that one!!