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Any reason that they didnt name them Richie Richard and Eddie Hitler...?


Or just they just fall in love with the idea of a guy being named Twat, and didnt think that Eddie Hitler could hang out with anyone but Richie Richard. I mean, the only difference between the two sets of characters are their last name.



We can't stop here! This is Bat-country!

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i did often wonder that myself?
anybody else know the answer?

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I don't know the answer for sure, just an idea:- that they thought of some gags with the name Twat which they wanted to use?

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These aren't really the same characters as the ones in the series, Bottom. Look at Richie, for example - in the series he's actually quite upbeat. Here, we first see him as a very grumpy old snoring man. Maybe that's why the names changed.

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These charecters are Richard Richard and Eddie Hitler. Because they were behind on the rent at the flat (what with spending it on porn and nicking the neighbours gas supply), they changed their last names for tax reasons.

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Eddie's middle name in the series is Elizabeth, and in the movie it's still Elizabeth. They changed their names because they're trying to escape the IRS.

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They also fell off a Big Wheel 5 episodes before, so they must be indestructable!

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They die something like 5 times over the course of Bottom.

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I think so.

1. "Gas" - They get choked by Mr Rottweiler
2. "Burglary" - They get mouse-trapped in the groin
3. "Parade" - They get beaten by coppers
4. "Hole" - They fall off the Hand of God
5. "Carnival" - They are executed by the SAS after attempting to blackmail the PM

(Ending to "Gas")

RICHIE
Put it there, Eddie.

EDDIE
No.

RICHIE
Brains over brawn. We won't be seeing Mr Rottweiler for some time.

(Rottweiler chokes them from nowhere)

(Ending to "Burglary")

RICHIE
Eddie! This is outrageous! You can see my underpants! Where did these mousetraps come from! Don't move a muscle!

EDDIE
There's a note sellotaped to my knee.

RICHIE
What does it say?

EDDIE
"Sue Carpenter"

(The mousetraps go off, and they get snapped in the nads)

(Ending to "Parade")

RICHIE AND EDDIE (After pulling faces)
No! No! Help!

(They get beaten up)

(Ending to "Hole")

EDDIE
Richie?

RICHIE
What?

EDDIE
Although we, and indeed the whole BBC respect people's rights to believe in whatever they wish (To camera) because we don't want to get into the s h i t on this one, (To Richie) we don't actually believe in God, do we?

RICHIE
No!

RICHIE AND EDDIE (Together)
S H I T!

(The hand vanishes and they fall to their deaths)

(Ending to "Carnival")

RICHIE
Go A Squad!

EDDIE
"Go A Squad!"?

RICHIE
Go A Squad!

(The SAS busrst in with MP5s)

RICHIE AND EDDIE (Together)
Oh, s h i t!

(The SAS unload several full clips into their bodies and they die)

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Well obviously they felt twat was a funnier last name, they may have wrote the gag before anything else, nice quote, fear and loathing in las vegas of course

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I thought this film takes place after Bottom Live 3, they needed to change their name to get out of the trouble they caused in the Bottom Live 2 tour.

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They started playing these characters like 20 years ago and have evolved into what you see in GHP - Every now and again during their careers they changed their names when their character's personalities slightly evoled

DANGEROUS BROTHERS:-
(Richard Dangerous & Sir Adrian Dangerous)

MR JOLLY LIVES NEXT DOOR:-
(Dreamy Time Escorts)

FILTHY RICH & CATFLAP:-
(Richie Rich & Eddie Catflap)

BOTTOM:-
(Richard Richard & Eddie Hitler)

GUEST HOUSE PARIDISO:-
(Richie Twat & Eddie Ndingombaba)

There is an interview with Rik & Ade on The Big Breakfast and Liza Tarbuck asks if GHP is a BOTTOM movie as the characters names are different and Ade says something like "in case you haven't noticed we're been playing the these characters for 25 years, just occastionally we change their names"




WHO DARES GINS!

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Though I think it's funny they change names all the time, I prefer the Bottom names.

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