Jeeves

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Jeeves is the famously unflappable and supremely competent valet who serves as the central comic foil and problem-solver in P. G. Wodehouse’s stories about Bertie Wooster.

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Jeeves canonical 83
Jeeves universe 5
Bertie Wooster stories 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
gentleman’s personal gentleman
valet
adaptedIn Jeeves and Wooster (TV series)
stage adaptations of Wodehouse’s Jeeves stories
appearsIn Carry On, Jeeves
Jeeves in the Offing
Jeeves stories
Joy in the Morning
Much Obliged, Jeeves
Right Ho, Jeeves
Ring for Jeeves
Thank You, Jeeves
The Code of the Woosters
The Inimitable Jeeves
Very Good, Jeeves
associatedWith Drones Club stories
surface form: Drones Club circle

London, England
surface form: London
characterTrait discreet
intelligent
resourceful
supremely competent
unflappable
creator P. G. Wodehouse
employer Bertie Wooster
surface form: Bertram Wilberforce Wooster
firstAppearance Extricating Young Gussie
firstAppearanceYear 1915
gender male
influenced Ask Jeeves (search engine brand name)
inspiredTerm jeeves (as a synonym for a resourceful assistant)
languageOfWork English
literaryGenre comic fiction
literaryUniverse Wooster stories
surface form: P. G. Wodehouse Jeeves and Wooster universe
medium literature
nationality British
notableAbility manipulating situations subtly
solving social and romantic entanglements
occupation valet
role comic foil
problem-solver
seriesTitle Jeeves and Wooster
serves Bertie Wooster
settingOfActivity early 20th-century England

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Much Obliged, Jeeves fictionalUniverse Jeeves
this entity surface form: Jeeves universe
Aunt Agatha fictionalUniverse Jeeves
this entity surface form: Jeeves universe
Very Good, Jeeves series Jeeves
Clustering Round Young Bingo fictionalUniverse Jeeves
this entity surface form: Jeeves universe
Edwin Craye associatedWith Jeeves