Basil Fawlty

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comedy character fictional character television character

Basil Fawlty is the snobbish, short-tempered hotel owner and central comedic character from the British sitcom "Fawlty Towers."

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Label Occurrences
Basil Fawlty canonical 8
Basil Fawlty attempts to host an upscale gourmet dinner at the hotel that descends into chaos 1
Basil Fawlty is central to most scenes 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf comedy character ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
television character ⓘ
appearsIn Fawlty Towers ⓘ
catchphrase Don’t mention the war ⓘ
characterTrait class-conscious ⓘ
cowardly ⓘ
rude ⓘ
sarcastic ⓘ
short-tempered ⓘ
snobbish ⓘ
socially aspirational ⓘ
xenophobic ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
creator Connie Booth ⓘ
John Cleese ⓘ
employer Fawlty Towers Hotel ⓘ
firstAppearance A Touch of Class ⓘ
firstAppearanceInSeries Fawlty Towers ⓘ
surface form: Fawlty Towers series 1
genre sitcom character ⓘ
humorStyle farce ⓘ
slapstick ⓘ
verbal wit ⓘ
inspiredBy real hotel owner in Torquay ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
maritalStatus married ⓘ
medium television ⓘ
narrativeRole central comedic character ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
networkOfOriginalBroadcast BBC Two ⓘ
notableEpisode The Germans ⓘ
notableInteraction Major Gowen ⓘ
Manuel ⓘ
Polly Sherman ⓘ
occupation hotel manager ⓘ
hotel owner ⓘ
partOf British television comedy ⓘ
portrayedBy John Cleese ⓘ
primaryComicConflict class anxiety ⓘ
incompetent hotel management ⓘ
relationshipWithGuests often hostile ⓘ
relationshipWithSybilFawlty acrimonious ⓘ
residence Fawlty Towers Hotel ⓘ
seriesDebutYear 1975 ⓘ
setting Torquay ⓘ
spouse Sybil Fawlty ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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John Cleese → portrayedCharacter → Basil Fawlty ⓘ
Fawlty Towers → mainCharacter → Basil Fawlty ⓘ
Fawlty Towers → characterPortrayedBy → Basil Fawlty ⓘ
this entity surface form: Basil Fawlty – John Cleese
John → notableRole → Basil Fawlty ⓘ
subject surface form: John Cleese
Manuel → worksFor → Basil Fawlty ⓘ
Manuel → relationshipWith → Basil Fawlty ⓘ
Polly Sherman → employer → Basil Fawlty ⓘ
Polly Sherman → helpsCharacter → Basil Fawlty ⓘ
Sybil Fawlty – Prunella Scales → spouse → Basil Fawlty ⓘ
subject surface form: Sybil Fawlty
A Touch of Class → plotSummary → Basil Fawlty ⓘ
this entity surface form: Basil Fawlty is impressed by a guest calling himself Lord Melbury and fawns over him while neglecting other guests.
Gourmet Night → mainPlot → Basil Fawlty ⓘ
this entity surface form: Basil Fawlty attempts to host an upscale gourmet dinner at the hotel that descends into chaos
The Kipper and the Corpse → screenTimeCharacter → Basil Fawlty ⓘ
this entity surface form: Basil Fawlty is central to most scenes