@@ArkanthrallThey are both really good, Ciaphas Cain is more like a comedy action and Gaunts Ghost is Band of Brothers, more serious, so choose what you would prefer
Warhammer 40K is based on British culture, and opinions & stereotypes about other cultures. Along with Cain being based on Blackadder, there are two Imperial Guard characters based on Richard Sharpe and Patrick Harper from the Sharpe series of books and films, Colonel Straken and Sergeant Harker. Then you have the Orks, which are based on English football hooligans (probably Milwall fans), and Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka, the Mag Uruk Thraka bit (even though GW deny it) being named after Margaret Thatcher. You've also got the Praetorian Guard, which are a guard faction styled after the British Army in the Zulu wars.
Blackadder Warhammer special is something I did not realise I needed in life but need it I do. “Make a note of it Darling.” Imagine the Blackadder Chapter, nothing but a bunch of witty and ascerbic Space Marines to busy mocking the Chaos gods to ever fall foul of their machinations. The Inquisition however would not take kindly to their darkly comedic ways. It really could work.
Chapter Master Blackadder: "Let me tell you about the battle for Delegour, a planet suffering a full scale manifestation of the forces of Nurgle. The Imperiums own mighty Astartes of the Space Wolfs, decided for some reason, it would be very heroic, to enter a bunch of little metal boxes, the ubiquitous drop pods and then start cleaving the forces of Nurgle apart with their chainswords. In that totally missing the point, that this is the kind of Nurgles one thing. Death and rebirth and spreading around all the diseases. And let me tell you, chainswords are really good at making a real mess and spreading bodily fluids everywhere around. So after they did their Space Wolf thing, and by that, helped Nurgle doing his thing, we arrived and did what we could to help the situation. Chapter Serf Baldrick: "And what was that, Sir?" Chapter Master Blackadder:"Cyclonic warheads."
@@vertigo4236 To be fair, if the planet is overrun by Nurgle's foul disease, cyclonic warheads would be a blessing in the skies: It would finally be over and you could at least *die*. (I know it's a blessing in disguise, but it's funnier to write in the skies in this instance.)
Hugh Laurie as War Master Horus 'No -one will ever call me shorty greasy spot-spot again! I will wreak my rewengeee!' th-cam.com/video/bY41eD4lS28/w-d-xo.html
Is that man questioning the tactics of his superior? What a fool! Clearly he does not understand this superior's line of reasoning. The enemy won't be expecting them to send their men over the top an 18th time in a single day! It's brilliant!
Inquisitor Darling: "A Heretic in the ranks is giving away every one of our battle plans." Chapter Master Melchett: "You look surprised Commissar." Commissar Blackadder: "I certainly am sir. I wasn't aware we had any battle plans." Chapter Master Melchett: "Well of course we have! How else do you think our battles are directed?" Commissar Blackadder: "Our battles are directed?" Chapter Master Melchett: "Of course they are Commissar, directed according to the Emperor's Grand Plan." Commissar Blackadder: "Would that be the plan to continue with total slaughter until everyone's dead except for the Emperor, Primarch Guilliman, and his pet Custodes, Kitten?" Chapter Master Melchett: "By Terra! Even you know it!"
Baldrick: Permission to ask a question, sir? Blackadder: Permission granted, Baldrick, as long as it's not the one about where cherubs come from. Baldrick: No. The thing is, the way I see it, these days everybody knows about the Horus Heresy, right? And ages ago, they didn't know about the Heresy, right? So, there must've been a moment when there not being a Horus Heresy went away, and there having been a Horus Heresy came along. So, what I wanna know is, how did we go from the one case of affairs to the other case of affairs? Blackadder: ...Do you mean "How did the Horus Heresy happen?" Baldrick: ...Yea. George: The Heresy started because of the vile xenos and their villainous empire-building. Blackadder: George, the Imperium of Man at present covers over half of the galaxy, while the T'au empire consists of a small dairy farm on the Eastern Fringe. I hardly think we can be entirely absolved from blame on the imperialistic front. George: Uhh, no. No, sir! Absolutely not. ᴹᵃᵈ ᵃˢ ᵃ ᶜᵃᵗᵃᶜʰᵃⁿ Baldrick: I heard that it started when a bloke named Horus Heresy bombed some lorikeets out of his van. Blackadder: I think you mean it started when Horus Luprecal virus bombed the loyalist Astartes at Istvaan. Baldrick: No, there was definitely a van involved, sir. Blackadder: Well, possibly.
Reminds me of an analogy I made up in history class back in college: If you consider how slow trench warfare was, it would be like you had the war take place in Great Falls MT (where I was in college) and had to fight block by block to go from west to east for about four years or so
@@smilingkira2632 the flashman connection is obvious, but it never occurred to me to find bits of blackadder in the character of cain, even though i immediately identified jurgen as Space Baldrick.
"So, it's maximum security, is that clear?" "Quite clear, sir, only myself, and the rest of the High and Low-Gothic speaking Imperium is to know." "Good man."
In WH40k (no idea about nu41k, and I can't say I care) nobody actually speaks High Gothic, outside of perhaps church officials carrying out sermons and the like. It's basically what Latin is to us today (or perhaps more appropriately, in the medieval era).
His wits, as sharp as lightning claws His tongue, more poison than plutonium His soul, as black as a black hole His heart is harder than neutronium Blackadder, Blackadder He bears the Emperor's seal Blackadder, Blackadder 'Til he finds a better deal
Perturabo: "The idea was to create a huge distance between two sides of the loyalist Legions and then rush to Terra and take out the Emperor. However, there was a tiny flaw in the plan." Mortarion: "Whats that sir?" Perturabo: "It was B O L L O C K S."
The really badass part in the lore is that the attack on Terra was because the Lion and his legion had neutralized the Night Lords and other Marines left to slow them and were coming. They were so powerful that the traitors’ entire force threw themselves at Terra. The lore objective? To get behind its defenses _and hope the Angels of Death wouldn’t kill them._
The fact that General Melchett is cognisant enough to acknowledge that the mass slaughter of his soldiers is having a deleterious psychological impact on his remaining troops ironically makes him one of the most competent Imperial Guard commanders in the entire Galaxy.
He's actually somewhat aware of the existence of morale that DOESN'T involve threatening and/or shooting a guardsman in the face for a perceived slight. You've got to be a little bit impressed.
It was field marshal Haig who had this reveletion, which is why his termination was immediately suggested. Can't have people getting ideas. Dats only fer der boyz and smashin.
Tbh, if Baldrick would ever be made into a 40K tabletop model, he would have a 3+ Invul save against Psychic attacks like Sisters of Silence do, because his mind is pretty much Blank😂
Thousand Son: "Ah, a Space Wolf! Finally the two greatest Chapters meet again! How often I have rehearsed this moment of destiny in my dreams. The valor we two encapsulate, the unspoken nobility of our comradeship..." :Space Wolf shoots him: Space Wolf: "WHAT A POOF!"
"Baldrick, eternity in the company of Slaneesh, and all their incomporable instruments of sweet agony will be a picnic compared to five minutes with me, and this 'flashlight'"
Ciaphas: don't worry we should crash land on our side of the lines! Jurgen: Let's hope we fall on something soft! Ciaphas : Fine, I'll try and aim between Fyodor Karamazovs ears!
*some time later* Ciaphus: I don't believe it... an Ork Prison Cell, this whole time the greenskin army has been about as likely to move as a Daemonette living next door to a brothel... then yesterday the WAAGHH advances a mile and we land on the wrong side... Jurgen: I've heard tales of these Orks Mr Cain they say they'll krump anything of woman born. Ciaphus: well in that case Jurgen you're quite safe.
Melchett: "We are here today for the court-martial of Captain Edmund Blackadder, the ARMAGEDDON PTERASQUIRREL MURDERER! Who is accused of vilely, cruelly and with malice aforethought, shooting and eating my pet pterasquirrel... oh, and disobeying some orders as well. Oh, Commissar, can you hand me your boltgun, I'll be needing that in a minute... " Blackadder:"I love a fair trial."
Chapter master melchett: we will give those space marines a good licking, won't we blackadder. Inquisitor darling: no sir, the space marines are on our side, it's the heretics that we will give a good licking. Chapter master melchett: don't be so revolting Inquisitor darling, I wouldn't lick a heretic if he was glazed in the sacred oil
Governor-Militant Melchett: "At ease everyone, now where's my map, come on, thank you...by the Emperor it's a barren, featureless desert out there, isn't it?" Inquisitor Darling: (turns the screen on)
_Lieutenant George:_ "The War started, Baldrick, because of the vile T'au and their empire-building" _Captain Blackadder:_ "George, the Imperium of Mankind at present encompasses over half the known galaxy, while the T'au Empire merely contains the population of a smaller hive-city. I don’t think we can be entirely absolved on the imperialistic front" _George:_ "Uh... No, of course not sir" _to himself:_ "mad as a Cultist"
"Well you see George I did like it, back in the old days when the prerequisite for an imperial campaign was that the enemy should under no circumstances carry guns. Even spears made us think twice. The kind of people we liked to fight were two feet tall and armed with dry grass." "Oh, now come off it sir! What about the umboto gorge for emperor's sake!" "Yes, that was a bit of a nasty one. 10,000,000 feral orks armed to the teeth with kiwi fruit and guava halves. After the battle, instead of taking prisoners we simply made a huge fruit salad. No, when I joined up I never imagined anything as awful as this war. I’d had one hundred fifty years of military experience, perfecting the art of ordering a pink gyn and saying “Do you do it doggy-doggy?” in Aeldari, and then suddenly four-and-a-half billion heavily armed T'au hoped into view. That was a shock, I can tell you."
@@overlordpichu5577 Off topic but that's literally how I ended up invading Iraq. Several years of doing nothing with the British Army except travel to Germany, Cyprus, Canada, and Belize to enjoy heavy drinking, local women, and sometimes training. You can imagine my surprise after coming in from a squad boot march that some religious nutters had flown civilian aircraft into the twin towers and demolished them. Suddenly we're expected to do some actual combat... (I'd joined up to play football, do a spot of boxing, and enjoy the perks of cheap travel, housing, booze, and fuel that serving in the military can offer, while being paid well for it.)
@paulleach3612 That's the military for you, and why European ones are so small, 90% of the time you aren't needed, but you'll be glad to have them the last 10 percent lol.
We like to think that our armies aren't small at all, they're perfectly average, thank you very much. And if yours happens to be bigger, we reserve the right to make snide remarks about overcompensating.
Guardsman Baldrick: I thought this all started because the Emperor found out Horus was eating Herseys Commissar Blackadder: I think you mean this all started because the Emperor found out about Horus' heresy Guardsman Baldrick: nope there was a Hersey bar there
Anyone see Kate as a Space Marine recruit? "... Seeing the Emperors Finest at work, I wanted that so badly!" "Well you came to the right place. The Emperors Finest haven't fought this badly since Olaf the Red, chapter master of the Rain of Blood, shot a thousand drop-pods to the enemy with the marines on the outside.
Given what I know of 40K, I'd give someone of Blackadder's disposition maybe five minutes before some higher-up decided to shoot him for not being fanatical enough 😏
Canonically, the higher ups in 40k made the expy of Blackadder into the HERO OF THE IMPERIUM and determined that, since he cheated death so many times (read, he was recorded as dead so many times because 'nobody could survive that' and still showed up later. Usually after doing something immensely heroic), that he was always to be kept on active service. This specifically included after he died from natural causes. For more information about him and his antics, his first main story was when he was 'reconning the rear' (read getting as far away from the fighting as possible) when he stumbled into an enemy sneak attack and called artillery on himself since it would provide enough cover for him to return to base.
nah, the rank and file oftens knows they are fucked up. Someone mentioned ciaphas, but read gaunts ghosts and youll fine plenty random guardsmen going "so we are gonna charge in the same are they will be carpet bombing? great plan guys!"
"Commissar Blackadder, sir?" "Yes, Guardsman Baldrick?" "I have a cunning plan to deal with the Tyranids..." "Well? Out with it." "You see, you weave a giant net, the size of a planet --" "Oh, Emperor save me, he wants to trap them in a net. These are not butterflies, Baldrick, they're Tyranids. The odds of them becoming trapped in a planet-sized net are about as good as the odds are of you becoming a Primarch." "But it would be a really strong net, sir, made of ceramite fibres and string!" "Well, then, I have a cunning plan of my own that even you can appreciate, Baldrick. You can weave your net, and when the Tyranids next assault our position, we'll let you cast it."
"Interesting thought, make a note of it Darling" Love the raised eyebrow of "Not sure what amuses me the most, the fact that he took me seriously or the fact that they'll *actually* make a note of it"
I’d heard everywhere that Alpharius was an imbecile, whereas his servant Alpharius was respected about the hive. Now that I discover the truth I’m inclined to beat you to death! TANNA!!!
Primaris Lieutenant George: Brother Captain, if we should tread on a mine, what should we do?" Company Captain Blackadder: Well, normal codex procedure, lieutenant, is to leap 100 meters into the air, and scatter yourself over a wide area.
You could do a similar vid with the scene where Melchett is asking Baldrick "ARE YOU EXCITED FOR THE BIG PUSH?!" "NO, SIR, I'M ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED" "HAHAHAHA, classic cockney wit!" And then he just punches Baldrick's lights out.
"Fine body of men you've got out there..." "Yes sir shortly to become fine bodies of men" (There hasn't been a war run this badly since Olaf the hairy, King of all the Vikings, ordered 80,000 battle helmets with the horns on the inside!)
In case you are not aware, the Ciaphas Cain novels are generally considered to be a mix of Blackadder Goes Forth and The Flashman Papers thrown into 40k.
From all the mash ups I have watched so far, this feels like it was made for the W40k Universe... It seems the british empire was the real inspiration.
Such a fucking hilarious yet crushingly depressing show. The previous seasons (minus the first) were all about a line of smug pricks slowly losing their social standing, but that final episode of Blackadder Goes Forth is chilling melancholy at the end, with a couple of tragic final gags.
I never thought I'd see the day Blackadder would be reimagined in the 40k universe. But oh my god commissar Melchett is something special. Please spend the rest of the year making Blackadder 40k crossovers PLEASE PLEASE!
The best (fight me) 40k book series is already based HEAVILY on Blackadder: Ciaphas Cain. By Sandy Mitchell's own admission, Blackadder was one of the main inspirations for the character of Cain, and it is absolutely GLORIOUS.
Lol. This reminds of that Blackadder/40K fic I've read. Not a crossover but 40K being the future of the Blackadder setting. In the fic, Blackadder is the reincarnation of the first Blackadder who tricked his fellow shamans into suicide to create a gestalt of sorts and stole their stuff while using the ritual to reincarnate himself and a peasant called Baldrick. The side-effect/punishment of his actions was to be reincarnated but not remember who he is.
well, that would work with regular imperial army squads but it would depress the hell out of death corps troups. as far as i understand they are clones that get into extasy when dying for the emperor. just take the role of a commissar: regular troops - kill your own soldiers to uplift morale Deathcorps - make sure that your squad does not get wiped because they march towards the enemy in formation while making happy sqeaky noises
i do feel the last blackadder series does seem a lot like what the imperial guard go through -if i played them id make a unit of them look like blackadder -along with a commisar that looks like zap branigan from futurama
I always imagined Ciaphas Cain looking like Blackadder from "Blackadder goes forth!" He clearly was one of the sources of inspiration for Sandy Mitchell.
So there is a version of Blackadder in 40k, goes by the name Caine i believe. Even has his own Baldrick and a few similar versions of Bob and such. Havent read the books in a while though and this has given me an urge to dig them out again :)
the imperial guardsman is actually not doing that bad. considering when they fight they are usually outnumbered 10:1 and they have flashlights and sometimes just as they are about to win some stupid-ass cryaon-eating space marines swoop in and steal their glory.
Oh boy, this is a potential goldmine.
Ikr
This is definitely going to work. It is a good combo.
I look forward to this development.
Only surprise there is it hasn't been done to death already
it just fits so bloody well
If you like this, the Ciaphas Cain novels are pretty much Blackadder in the 40k universe, well worth checking out.
Thanks for the recommendation. I've been waiting to hear of such a thing
@@MegaKnight2012the Caiphas Cain series is great. Would also recommend Gaunt's Ghosts.
Right up to a comparison of Jurgen and Baldric as their repulsive sidekicks. 😂
@@SableTwoSeven Which should I read first?
@@ArkanthrallThey are both really good, Ciaphas Cain is more like a comedy action and Gaunts Ghost is Band of Brothers, more serious, so choose what you would prefer
It's amazing how we already have a character in Warhammer 40K, Caiaphas Cain, who emulates Edmund Blackadder in a lot of ways.
Don't forget his smelly, weird, and repulsive sidekick..
He is actuallly partially based on Blackadder.
Warhammer 40K is based on British culture, and opinions & stereotypes about other cultures. Along with Cain being based on Blackadder, there are two Imperial Guard characters based on Richard Sharpe and Patrick Harper from the Sharpe series of books and films, Colonel Straken and Sergeant Harker.
Then you have the Orks, which are based on English football hooligans (probably Milwall fans), and Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka, the Mag Uruk Thraka bit (even though GW deny it) being named after Margaret Thatcher. You've also got the Praetorian Guard, which are a guard faction styled after the British Army in the Zulu wars.
Even Baldrick is identical to Cain's own aid, Jürgen.
Blackadder Warhammer special is something I did not realise I needed in life but need it I do.
“Make a note of it Darling.” Imagine the Blackadder Chapter, nothing but a bunch of witty and ascerbic Space Marines to busy mocking the Chaos gods to ever fall foul of their machinations. The Inquisition however would not take kindly to their darkly comedic ways.
It really could work.
Chapter Master Blackadder: "Let me tell you about the battle for Delegour, a planet suffering a full scale manifestation of the forces of Nurgle.
The Imperiums own mighty Astartes of the Space Wolfs, decided for some reason, it would be very heroic, to enter a bunch of little metal boxes, the ubiquitous drop pods and then start cleaving the forces of Nurgle apart with their chainswords.
In that totally missing the point, that this is the kind of Nurgles one thing. Death and rebirth and spreading around all the diseases.
And let me tell you, chainswords are really good at making a real mess and spreading bodily fluids everywhere around.
So after they did their Space Wolf thing, and by that, helped Nurgle doing his thing, we arrived and did what we could to help the situation.
Chapter Serf Baldrick: "And what was that, Sir?"
Chapter Master Blackadder:"Cyclonic warheads."
@@vertigo4236
To be fair, if the planet is overrun by Nurgle's foul disease, cyclonic warheads would be a blessing in the skies: It would finally be over and you could at least *die*.
(I know it's a blessing in disguise, but it's funnier to write in the skies in this instance.)
Chapter Master Blackadder of the Black Adders Chapter.
Hugh Laurie as War Master Horus 'No -one will ever call me shorty greasy spot-spot again! I will wreak my rewengeee!' th-cam.com/video/bY41eD4lS28/w-d-xo.html
Is that man questioning the tactics of his superior? What a fool! Clearly he does not understand this superior's line of reasoning. The enemy won't be expecting them to send their men over the top an 18th time in a single day! It's brilliant!
Blackadder still being a bloody masterpiece.
I don't care if he's been rogering Abaddon the Despoiler with a prize winning leek!
Just put a pair of power-armour shoulder-pads on your head, stick two chainswords up your nose and say "wibble"
I love Black Adder!
Inquisitor Darling: "A Heretic in the ranks is giving away every one of our battle plans."
Chapter Master Melchett: "You look surprised Commissar."
Commissar Blackadder: "I certainly am sir. I wasn't aware we had any battle plans."
Chapter Master Melchett: "Well of course we have! How else do you think our battles are directed?"
Commissar Blackadder: "Our battles are directed?"
Chapter Master Melchett: "Of course they are Commissar, directed according to the Emperor's Grand Plan."
Commissar Blackadder: "Would that be the plan to continue with total slaughter until everyone's dead except for the Emperor, Primarch Guilliman, and his pet Custodes, Kitten?"
Chapter Master Melchett: "By Terra! Even you know it!"
You beat me to quoting the best line summing up the insanity of WWI
God-tier.
This is beyond god tier OP. You have broken the Meme continuum
Very nice work OP, very nice work indeed sir. I salute thee.
One of of favourite Blackadder quotes.
Baldrick: Permission to ask a question, sir?
Blackadder: Permission granted, Baldrick, as long as it's not the one about where cherubs come from.
Baldrick: No. The thing is, the way I see it, these days everybody knows about the Horus Heresy, right? And ages ago, they didn't know about the Heresy, right? So, there must've been a moment when there not being a Horus Heresy went away, and there having been a Horus Heresy came along. So, what I wanna know is, how did we go from the one case of affairs to the other case of affairs?
Blackadder: ...Do you mean "How did the Horus Heresy happen?"
Baldrick: ...Yea.
George: The Heresy started because of the vile xenos and their villainous empire-building.
Blackadder: George, the Imperium of Man at present covers over half of the galaxy, while the T'au empire consists of a small dairy farm on the Eastern Fringe. I hardly think we can be entirely absolved from blame on the imperialistic front.
George: Uhh, no. No, sir! Absolutely not. ᴹᵃᵈ ᵃˢ ᵃ ᶜᵃᵗᵃᶜʰᵃⁿ
Baldrick: I heard that it started when a bloke named Horus Heresy bombed some lorikeets out of his van.
Blackadder: I think you mean it started when Horus Luprecal virus bombed the loyalist Astartes at Istvaan.
Baldrick: No, there was definitely a van involved, sir.
Blackadder: Well, possibly.
This needs to be higher up. 🤣
This made me die laughing. Good work sir!
Fucking genius
Dammit I read Baldrick's lines in his voice
'orus 'eresy
Awesome
‘What is the actual scale of this map, Darling?’
‘Umm, 1:1 sir’
So you see young Blackadder didn’t die horribly in vain after all!
It's incredibly detailed, look there's a little worm!
That's the spirit! If nothing else a complete and total pig-headedness to look facts in the face will see us through.
‘God it’s a barren, featureless desert out there isn’t it’
‘Other side, sir’
@@STSBP LOL im dying
Oh my god, you could put the entire show in their
Like how did the war start, with the Horus Heresy
A heron killed an umpire
@@GivenForver And the poor Ostriche died for nothing...
A Death Korps poem about the war:
Boom, boom, boom, boom
Boom, boom, boom
Boom, boom, boom, boom
Boom, boom, boom!
Orks: "Iz simply too much trouble not to havva WAAAGH!"
Just like WWI, the Horus Heresy became a family squabble at the expense of millions of lives
I never thought I would need a blackadder style guardsmen show so much
@@D9Valentine The Author Sandy Mitchell did state that the character Ciaphas Cain was inspired both by Harry Flashman and Edmund Blackadder
@@smilingkira2632 There is even the christmas episode where his decendants is an imperial navy admiral.
i want the minis
Reminds me of an analogy I made up in history class back in college:
If you consider how slow trench warfare was, it would be like you had the war take place in Great Falls MT (where I was in college) and had to fight block by block to go from west to east for about four years or so
@@smilingkira2632 the flashman connection is obvious, but it never occurred to me to find bits of blackadder in the character of cain, even though i immediately identified jurgen as Space Baldrick.
"So, it's maximum security, is that clear?"
"Quite clear, sir, only myself, and the rest of the High and Low-Gothic speaking Imperium is to know."
"Good man."
In WH40k (no idea about nu41k, and I can't say I care) nobody actually speaks High Gothic, outside of perhaps church officials carrying out sermons and the like. It's basically what Latin is to us today (or perhaps more appropriately, in the medieval era).
@@Luckmann Do be quiet, Darling.
Please do more black adder mash ups, this was 12/10
Bumping this one!
His wits, as sharp as lightning claws
His tongue, more poison than plutonium
His soul, as black as a black hole
His heart is harder than neutronium
Blackadder, Blackadder
He bears the Emperor's seal
Blackadder, Blackadder
'Til he finds a better deal
@alphawolf621Its him in the Imperal Army, continually trying to join chaos but fails all the time.
Hero of the Imperium!
One eye on the shadows, protecting his fellows, from sunup to the moon on his back...
40K Blackadder could have the potential to be spectacular. Maybe make him a Rogue Trader so he's more likely to get away with being, well, him. XD
You win. You win Internet
Perturabo: "The idea was to create a huge distance between two sides of the loyalist Legions and then rush to Terra and take out the Emperor. However, there was a tiny flaw in the plan."
Mortarion: "Whats that sir?"
Perturabo: "It was B O L L O C K S."
I heard there was a squid named Harvey kraken got blasted because he was hungry.
Not a "tiny flaw", just "one small PROBLIM"...
@@vladislavdonchev1271 what was that, sir?
The really badass part in the lore is that the attack on Terra was because the Lion and his legion had neutralized the Night Lords and other Marines left to slow them and were coming. They were so powerful that the traitors’ entire force threw themselves at Terra. The lore objective? To get behind its defenses _and hope the Angels of Death wouldn’t kill them._
Fulgrim: "So, a poor old ostrich died for nothing!"
The fact that General Melchett is cognisant enough to acknowledge that the mass slaughter of his soldiers is having a deleterious psychological impact on his remaining troops ironically makes him one of the most competent Imperial Guard commanders in the entire Galaxy.
He's actually somewhat aware of the existence of morale that DOESN'T involve threatening and/or shooting a guardsman in the face for a perceived slight. You've got to be a little bit impressed.
It was field marshal Haig who had this reveletion, which is why his termination was immediately suggested. Can't have people getting ideas. Dats only fer der boyz and smashin.
By god he's right...
@@OrkznGravy-lv9wt Clearly what must be done.
I smell heresy.
"GLORY TO THE FIRST MAN TO DIE!" some Commisar.
Harrow master Solomon Akura of the alpha legion would like to know your location
I will have someone's head for this
I leave now... DO. NOT. FAIL ME
IF YOU WILL NOT SERVE IN COMBAT YOU SHALL SERVE ON THE FIRING LINE!
guardsman: way ahead of you *(blows their brains out)*
Baldrick is the embodiment of the saying "Blessed is the mind too small for doubt." 😂
His mind is so small he's immune to psykers
Hes got the right mind for an Ogryn
@@niklasdahlgren7641 at least the warp can't make him go insane
He's literally Jurgen - Commissar Cain's loyal let disgusting blank aid.
Tbh, if Baldrick would ever be made into a 40K tabletop model, he would have a 3+ Invul save against Psychic attacks like Sisters of Silence do, because his mind is pretty much Blank😂
Lord flashheart is so a space wolf Whuff
He would be a perfect Volpone officer, with his massive ego, lmao😂
Thousand Son: "Ah, a Space Wolf! Finally the two greatest Chapters meet again! How often I have rehearsed this moment of destiny in my dreams. The valor we two encapsulate, the unspoken nobility of our comradeship..."
:Space Wolf shoots him:
Space Wolf: "WHAT A POOF!"
Nah, he'd be tempestus or some high-tech world guardsman.
Meanwhile, Blackadder comes form some shit world....
"Baldrick, eternity in the company of Slaneesh, and all their incomporable instruments of sweet agony will be a picnic compared to five minutes with me, and this 'flashlight'"
Ciaphas: don't worry we should crash land on our side of the lines!
Jurgen: Let's hope we fall on something soft!
Ciaphas : Fine, I'll try and aim between Fyodor Karamazovs ears!
*some time later*
Ciaphus: I don't believe it... an Ork Prison Cell, this whole time the greenskin army has been about as likely to move as a Daemonette living next door to a brothel... then yesterday the WAAGHH advances a mile and we land on the wrong side...
Jurgen: I've heard tales of these Orks Mr Cain they say they'll krump anything of woman born.
Ciaphus: well in that case Jurgen you're quite safe.
@@taloscal you joke, that's almost literally the plot of one of the novels.
Melchett: "We are here today for the court-martial of Captain Edmund Blackadder, the ARMAGEDDON PTERASQUIRREL MURDERER! Who is accused of vilely, cruelly and with malice aforethought, shooting and eating my pet pterasquirrel... oh, and disobeying some orders as well. Oh, Commissar, can you hand me your boltgun, I'll be needing that in a minute... "
Blackadder:"I love a fair trial."
Blackadder is going to be a goldmine for content.
I cannot wait for the Guard's cunning plans 😂
''as cunning as a fox that's just been appointed as professor of cunning at Oxford university?''
Lord Flasheart has to be a primarch
@@throwback19841Sanguinius: Eat knuckle Horus!
@Mirvra Or as cunning as a pack of Space Wolves that graduated from Cambridge, perhaps?
Chapter master melchett: we will give those space marines a good licking, won't we blackadder.
Inquisitor darling: no sir, the space marines are on our side, it's the heretics that we will give a good licking.
Chapter master melchett: don't be so revolting Inquisitor darling, I wouldn't lick a heretic if he was glazed in the sacred oil
Governor-Militant Melchett: "At ease everyone, now where's my map, come on, thank you...by the Emperor it's a barren, featureless desert out there, isn't it?"
Inquisitor Darling: (turns the screen on)
_Lieutenant George:_ "The War started, Baldrick, because of the vile T'au and their empire-building"
_Captain Blackadder:_ "George, the Imperium of Mankind at present encompasses over half the known galaxy, while the T'au Empire merely contains the population of a smaller hive-city. I don’t think we can be entirely absolved on the imperialistic front"
_George:_ "Uh... No, of course not sir"
_to himself:_ "mad as a Cultist"
"Well you see George I did like it, back in the old days when the prerequisite for an imperial campaign was that the enemy should under no circumstances carry guns. Even spears made us think twice. The kind of people we liked to fight were two feet tall and armed with dry grass."
"Oh, now come off it sir! What about the umboto gorge for emperor's sake!"
"Yes, that was a bit of a nasty one. 10,000,000 feral orks armed to the teeth with kiwi fruit and guava halves. After the battle, instead of taking prisoners we simply made a huge fruit salad. No, when I joined up I never imagined anything as awful as this war. I’d had one hundred fifty years of military experience, perfecting the art of ordering a pink gyn and saying “Do you do it doggy-doggy?” in Aeldari, and then suddenly four-and-a-half billion heavily armed T'au hoped into view. That was a shock, I can tell you."
@@overlordpichu5577 Off topic but that's literally how I ended up invading Iraq. Several years of doing nothing with the British Army except travel to Germany, Cyprus, Canada, and Belize to enjoy heavy drinking, local women, and sometimes training. You can imagine my surprise after coming in from a squad boot march that some religious nutters had flown civilian aircraft into the twin towers and demolished them. Suddenly we're expected to do some actual combat...
(I'd joined up to play football, do a spot of boxing, and enjoy the perks of cheap travel, housing, booze, and fuel that serving in the military can offer, while being paid well for it.)
@paulleach3612 That's the military for you, and why European ones are so small, 90% of the time you aren't needed, but you'll be glad to have them the last 10 percent lol.
We like to think that our armies aren't small at all, they're perfectly average, thank you very much. And if yours happens to be bigger, we reserve the right to make snide remarks about overcompensating.
@@drageveilertsen2509 Its not the size of your military that really matters, its where you stick it
Massive respect for the struggle that rotoing 80's footage can be :P
Guardsman Baldrick: I thought this all started because the Emperor found out Horus was eating Herseys
Commissar Blackadder: I think you mean this all started because the Emperor found out about Horus' heresy
Guardsman Baldrick: nope there was a Hersey bar there
Anyone see Kate as a Space Marine recruit?
"... Seeing the Emperors Finest at work, I wanted that so badly!"
"Well you came to the right place. The Emperors Finest haven't fought this badly since Olaf the Red, chapter master of the Rain of Blood, shot a thousand drop-pods to the enemy with the marines on the outside.
Is it any surprise that Ciaphas Cain is essentially 40K's Blackadder?
Given what I know of 40K, I'd give someone of Blackadder's disposition maybe five minutes before some higher-up decided to shoot him for not being fanatical enough 😏
Canonically, the higher ups in 40k made the expy of Blackadder into the HERO OF THE IMPERIUM and determined that, since he cheated death so many times (read, he was recorded as dead so many times because 'nobody could survive that' and still showed up later. Usually after doing something immensely heroic), that he was always to be kept on active service.
This specifically included after he died from natural causes.
For more information about him and his antics, his first main story was when he was 'reconning the rear' (read getting as far away from the fighting as possible) when he stumbled into an enemy sneak attack and called artillery on himself since it would provide enough cover for him to return to base.
I'll just say two words, Ciaphus Cain. Additionally, the future you is welcome.
@@cp1cupcake the sentence "He died from natural causes" sounds simple in any other context, but in the 40k universe, it's an achievement.
nah, the rank and file oftens knows they are fucked up. Someone mentioned ciaphas, but read gaunts ghosts and youll fine plenty random guardsmen going "so we are gonna charge in the same are they will be carpet bombing? great plan guys!"
@@cp1cupcake Buried with body with full military funeral. And still considered in active service... You know, you don't just change standing orders...
Oooh my god, blackadder has so much potential for more content
"Commissar Blackadder, sir?"
"Yes, Guardsman Baldrick?"
"I have a cunning plan to deal with the Tyranids..."
"Well? Out with it."
"You see, you weave a giant net, the size of a planet --"
"Oh, Emperor save me, he wants to trap them in a net. These are not butterflies, Baldrick, they're Tyranids. The odds of them becoming trapped in a planet-sized net are about as good as the odds are of you becoming a Primarch."
"But it would be a really strong net, sir, made of ceramite fibres and string!"
"Well, then, I have a cunning plan of my own that even you can appreciate, Baldrick. You can weave your net, and when the Tyranids next assault our position, we'll let you cast it."
It's already been said in other comments, but the whole series is untapped gold for this video format. Keep them coming!
"Interesting thought, make a note of it Darling"
Love the raised eyebrow of
"Not sure what amuses me the most, the fact that he took me seriously or the fact that they'll *actually* make a note of it"
"So, you're ready to give the Imperial guard a good licking?"
"Sir... it's the Orks we should be licking, sir."
"DON'T BE REVOLTING!"
"I wouldn't lick an ork if he was bathed in honey!"
@@flyboy6392 That would be too cruel a punishment, even for an ork.
I think there are very few groups in 40k that anyone would want to lick.
Maybe if you like the taste of blueberry...
I’d heard everywhere that Alpharius was an imbecile, whereas his servant Alpharius was respected about the hive. Now that I discover the truth I’m inclined to beat you to death! TANNA!!!
"Commissar Blackadder, I have a cunning plan."
"Does it involve my face getting pulverized by that Greenskin?"
"How did you know?"
4 series of of Blackadder plus a Christmas special. Loads of content. This will be great.
Primaris Lieutenant George: Brother Captain, if we should tread on a mine, what should we do?"
Company Captain Blackadder: Well, normal codex procedure, lieutenant, is to leap 100 meters into the air, and scatter yourself over a wide area.
the fact that Luetin's THE DEATH KORPS OF KRIEG is the next recommended video makes this so much more funny
Can I just say, Melchett looks too damn perfect in this?
Holy shit, this might be the most lore accurate Warhammer spoof video lmao
I love Blackadder. Its such a good show.
You could do a similar vid with the scene where Melchett is asking Baldrick "ARE YOU EXCITED FOR THE BIG PUSH?!"
"NO, SIR, I'M ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED"
"HAHAHAHA, classic cockney wit!"
And then he just punches Baldrick's lights out.
"Fine body of men you've got out there..."
"Yes sir shortly to become fine bodies of men"
(There hasn't been a war run this badly since Olaf the hairy, King of all the Vikings, ordered 80,000 battle helmets with the horns on the inside!)
Black Adder and Imperial Guard is an inspired choice. Hope to see more!
In case you are not aware, the Ciaphas Cain novels are generally considered to be a mix of Blackadder Goes Forth and The Flashman Papers thrown into 40k.
Oh wow. I recall a fantastic Blackadder themed 40k greentext on /tg/ a long time ago. The two fit surprisingly well together.
Baldric’s turnip garden in the minefield
From all the mash ups I have watched so far, this feels like it was made for the W40k Universe... It seems the british empire was the real inspiration.
didnt know mr bean sounds like that in his normal voice
Such a fucking hilarious yet crushingly depressing show. The previous seasons (minus the first) were all about a line of smug pricks slowly losing their social standing, but that final episode of Blackadder Goes Forth is chilling melancholy at the end, with a couple of tragic final gags.
When you know exactly which skit it's going to be :D
I never thought I'd see the day Blackadder would be reimagined in the 40k universe. But oh my god commissar Melchett is something special. Please spend the rest of the year making Blackadder 40k crossovers PLEASE PLEASE!
The best (fight me) 40k book series is already based HEAVILY on Blackadder: Ciaphas Cain.
By Sandy Mitchell's own admission, Blackadder was one of the main inspirations for the character of Cain, and it is absolutely GLORIOUS.
General Melchet fits the cliche imperial general so well
I would just like to say, Lord Flashheart would make a great Cato Sicarious...
Lol. This reminds of that Blackadder/40K fic I've read. Not a crossover but 40K being the future of the Blackadder setting.
In the fic, Blackadder is the reincarnation of the first Blackadder who tricked his fellow shamans into suicide to create a gestalt of sorts and stole their stuff while using the ritual to reincarnate himself and a peasant called Baldrick.
The side-effect/punishment of his actions was to be reincarnated but not remember who he is.
The Commissar Cain books have a heavy Blackadder vibe to them. :)
Nice, bring more Black adder XD this is gold
Krieger blackadder isnt something i knew i needed in my life until now...
Resignation and soo-ey-side.
"What is, How to fix Congress for $100, Alex."
A warhammer comedy show is exactly what I need
I would donate my left ball to charity if they made Rowan Atkinson a commissar in the new Warhammer 40k show featuring Henry Cavill
Bless the Emperor!
Abadon the despoiler is about to launch another gargantuan crusade to move his drinking cabinet six inches closer to Terra.
What do you see yourself five years from now be like: 0:29
Black adder is a going to be a gold mine for 40k clips
Next: "... are we the baddies?"
"We're losing so many guys, the Commisser has began executing enemies to give examples"
- a meme I saw
"Field Marshall Hague is worried that this may be depressing the men a tad"
Meanwhile the death korps:
*happily dies for the emperor*
well, that would work with regular imperial army squads but it would depress the hell out of death corps troups.
as far as i understand they are clones that get into extasy when dying for the emperor.
just take the role of a commissar: regular troops - kill your own soldiers to uplift morale
Deathcorps - make sure that your squad does not get wiped because they march towards the enemy in formation while making happy sqeaky noises
OMP. I fracking love Melchett and Darling. Gotta watch this epic show again. You hit a gold mine here.
I can't stop watching this.
Especially the last 1 second. His face expression is gold.
And now i want a Monthy Python show of the 40k universe.
i do feel the last blackadder series does seem a lot like what the imperial guard go through -if i played them id make a unit of them look like blackadder -along with a commisar that looks like zap branigan from futurama
Glad to see Commisar Cain offering sound strategic advice.
"Now the real reason for starting the war was because it was too much effort NOT to have a war."
It’s funny how Rowan Atkinson was most known for playing the only smart guy among idiots, then later for playing the only idiot among normal people
To those who care, hello and have a good day! 👋❤️
Good news, Commissar Blackadder! That transfer you requested just came through. You'll be assigned to a Catachan unit....
The only commissar to survive being attached to a catachan regiment.
If even 1 person finds awesomeness of black adder trough this i think youve done your finest creation
Make sure this is copied in more places than TH-cam, this is truly art, it needs to survive long after we pass from this earth.
I always imagined Ciaphas Cain looking like Blackadder from "Blackadder goes forth!" He clearly was one of the sources of inspiration for Sandy Mitchell.
Yeah, he openly said so himself
So there is a version of Blackadder in 40k, goes by the name Caine i believe. Even has his own Baldrick and a few similar versions of Bob and such. Havent read the books in a while though and this has given me an urge to dig them out again :)
Blackadder was the prequel of W40K all along xD
This fits so great.
Maybe they could get Imperial Navy squadron commander Lord Flasheart to drop in to the lines to cheer up the the troops with his awesomeness!
The 6 minute club works well in the 40k universe.
@@nilsniemeier5345 20* minuters
the imperial guardsman is actually not doing that bad. considering when they fight they are usually outnumbered 10:1 and they have flashlights and sometimes just as they are about to win some stupid-ass cryaon-eating space marines swoop in and steal their glory.
More Blackadder/40K mashups!! It works perfectly!
I am absolutely here for more blackadder in other franchises
commissar blackadder: i am in charge of bolstering the men's moral and doing whatever is needed to maintain it
I clearly see this conversation happening in 40k.
Pure. Bloody. Gold. Two of my favorite nerd-doms smashed together.
I am dying you have the greatest channel ever. You are helping my depression
i have no idea about warhammer 40k lore but i am a big blackadder fan, this is gold
love the eyebrow raise he did at the end like he was happy they took his joke into consideration
I don't know. If they're from the Death Korps, their only complaint would be the charge speed.
I love blackadder
Why didn't anybody think of this before? The Imperial Guard are very WW I.
Good job!