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I put a note in my diary today. It simply says..."bugger".
— Blackadder ‧ 1983
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Blackadder's sneering tormentor, finally stripped of his desk, gives the finale its one proper laugh before the ending. A man who has spent four episodes sneering at Blackadder sums up the whole war in a single swear word, and gets agreement. It is the line fans quote for how Blackadder can make something blackly funny just before it breaks your heart.
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In context
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In "Goodbyeee...", the finale of Blackadder Goes Forth (BBC, 2 November 1989, written by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton), the desk-bound Captain Darling is sent to the front. General Melchett, who has always thought of Darling as a son, means it as a treat and hands him a front-line commission. Darling arrives in the trench dejected, his feud with Blackadder forgotten, and admits he expected to get through the whole war, go home and marry Doris. Then he reveals his last entry in his diary, and Blackadder agrees with it. Minutes later the men go over the top.
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- Blackadder Wiki: Goodbyeee...Infobox and Plot, scenes at General HQ and the trenchReference checked
- Wikiquote: Blackadder Goes Forth (series 4)Goodbyeee... section (search snippet)Reference checked
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