Basil the Rat
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Basil the Rat is the final episode of the British sitcom *Fawlty Towers*, known for its chaotic storyline involving a health inspector and a loose pet rat in the hotel.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Basil the Rat canonical | 3 |
| Basil the rat (Manuel’s pet) | 1 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Fawlty Towers episode
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television episode ⓘ |
| basedOn | characters created by John Cleese and Connie Booth ⓘ |
| centralPlotElement |
health inspection at Fawlty Towers hotel
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loose pet rat in the hotel ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| episodeNumberInSeason | 6 ⓘ |
| featuresAnimal | pet rat ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Major Gowen
ONNED1
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Terry the chef ⓘ health inspector ⓘ |
| featuresRunningGag |
Basil’s hostility toward guests and officials
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miscommunication between Basil and Manuel ⓘ |
| genre | sitcom episode ⓘ |
| hasAntagonist | health inspector ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Basil Fawlty
NERFINISHED
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Manuel ⓘ Polly Sherman NERFINISHED ⓘ Sybil Fawlty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasProtagonist | Basil Fawlty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
attempts to conceal health violations
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conflict with authority figures ⓘ incompetence in hotel management ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter |
Basil the Rat
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Basil the rat (Manuel’s pet)
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| isFinalEpisodeOf | Fawlty Towers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| narrativeResolution | hotel narrowly avoids disaster during inspection ⓘ |
| notableFor |
chaotic storyline involving a health inspector
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farce involving attempts to hide a rat ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originallyBroadcastOn | BBC television NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | BBC2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Fawlty Towers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | 12 ⓘ |
| producer | BBC ⓘ |
| seriesNumber | 2 ⓘ |
| setting | Fawlty Towers hotel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry | England ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Torquay ⓘ |
| tone |
black comedy
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farce ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Basil the rat (Manuel’s pet)