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Bob (Blackadder Character)Bob is a name taken by two characters in the sitcom Blackadder, both female and played by Gabrielle Glaister. Bob (or rather, Kate) is one of the first characters to appear in Blackadder II. She is a somewhat naive young woman (she is convinced her mother is dead, despite her father's insistence that she ran off with his brother). Her insane father tells her he can no longer afford to keep her so, despite his pleas that she should become a prostitute ("oh please go on the game, it's a good job, and you'd be working from home") she decides to disguise herself as a boy, and seek her fortune in London. Her Father points out the futility in walking to London when she could make a fortune lying on her back. Upon arrival in London, she is hired by Lord Blackadder as his manservant, (Baldrick is casually kicked onto the streets), however, when Blackadder questions a why this boy is called "Kate", she quickly covers claiming it is short for "Bob". However Blackadder becomes increasingly concerned about the attraction he feels to the boy. Eventually he learns the truth, and several seconds later they become engaged. The wedding is officiated by Lord Melchett, with Baldrick acting as brides maid (Kate was too poor to afford girl-friends). Blackadder pays Kates father 10 to go away, much to her dismay. Blackadders promise to have Baldrick beat him up and retrieve the money does little to comfort her. Unfortunately Blackadder asks Lord Flashheart to be the best man. Flash and Kate decide to run off together (although, as Kate has discovered she prefers wearing boys' clothes, and Flash feels more comfy in a dress, they swap outfits first), leaving Blackadder jilted at the altar. In the Blackadder Goes Forth episode "Major Star" we meet General Melchett's driver, Bob Parkhurst. This time Captain Blackadder recognises Bob's gender immediately, saying she's "a girl with as much talent for disguise as a giraffe in dark glasses trying to get into a polar bears only golf club". She explains that all her brothers have signed up, and she wants to see how a war is fought so badly (and as Blackadder says, this war is indeed being fought badly, as badly in fact as the time that "Olaf the Hairy, High Chief of all the Vikings ordered 80,000 battle helmets with the horns on the inside"). While Blackadder isn't fooled Lieutenant George is, failing to spot the truth even when she emerges from the shower with only a towel around her waist. So is General Melchett, who, while attracted to the singer Gorgeous Georgina (utterly failing to recognise Lieutenant George), is outraged when she is replaced by what he perceives as a drag act involving Bob. Driver Parkhurst also appears in the following episode, "Private Plane", once more involved with Lord Flashheart. Apparently she has become more open about her gender, and is now calling herself by the unisex "Bobby".
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