It Ain't Half Hot, Mum/Characters

The cast of the hillarious war-time sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum.

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Ranji

• Boomerang Bigot
• Catch Phrase: "You know, there is an old Hindu proverb which say...", "Damn natives!", "Don't be such clever dickie!"
• Hypocritical Humour
• Once an Episode: Would say his catchphrase at the end of each episode, and each time ending it with different punchlines relating to the events of the episode.

Sergeant Major Williams

• Big "Shut Up!": He's pretty much the master of these
• Catch Phrase: "SHUT UP!", "My Lovely Boy(s)", "Oh dear. How sad. Never mind", "Mr La-di-da Gunner Graham"
• Deadpan Snarker
• Drill Sergeant Nasty
• Hair-Trigger Temper
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold
• Large Ham

Colonel Charles Reynolds

• British Stuffiness
• Reasonable Authority Figure: Most of the time.
• Stiff Upper Lip

Captain Jonathan Ashwood

• British Stuffiness
• Catch Phrase: "That's rather a tricky one, sir ...", "Oh dear, I am a fool!"
• Reasonable Authority Figure: Most of the time.
• Upper Class Twit

Bombardier Solomons

• Loveable Rogue

Gunner/Bombardier Beaumont

• Attention Whore: As Gunner Graham puts it, Beaumont would do anything to get his face in front of a camera.
• Crossdresser: Always the leading lady in all the concert party's productions. Ginger Rogers being one of his favourites.
• Screams Like a Little Girl

Gunner "Lofty" Sugden

• Beware the Nice Ones: In the episode: "Monsoon Madness"
• Butt Monkey
• Cloudcuckoolander
• The Short Guy with Glasses

Gunner Parkins

• Dumb Is Good: Not too bright, but a friendly sort.
• Nice Guy

Gunner "Paderewski" Graham

• Deadpan Snarker
• The Smart Guy
• Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness
• Straight Man

Gunner "Atlas" Mackintosh

• The Big Guy
• Violent Glaswegian

Gunner "Nobby" Clark

• Generic Guy
• Hey, It's That Guy!: It's Mike from Only Fools and Horses!

Gunner "Nosher" Evans

• Big Eater
• Cloudcuckoolander

Mohammed

• Butt Monkey
• Catch Phrase: "Jolly good!"

Rumzan

• The Unintelligible: Always spoke in Urdu with just a few words in English at the end.

Ah Syn

• Suspiciously Similar Substitute: The only one in the show, replacing Rumzan for the final series.

Mrs Daphne Waddilove-Evans

• British Stuffiness
• Damsel in Distress: Occasionally.
• Shallow Love Interest: To Reynolds
• Your Cheating Heart: Married but having an affair with Reynolds.