Roderick Spode
Fictional character in P. G. Wodehouse stories / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Roderick Spode, 7th Earl of Sidcup, often known as Spode or Lord Sidcup, is a recurring fictional character in the Jeeves novels of English comic writer P. G. Wodehouse. In the first novel in which he appears, he is an "amateur dictator" and the leader of a fictional fascist group in London called the Saviours of Britain, also known as the Black Shorts. He leaves the group after he inherits his title.
Roderick Spode | |
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Jeeves character | |
First appearance | The Code of the Woosters (1938) |
Last appearance | Much Obliged, Jeeves (1971) |
Created by | P. G. Wodehouse |
Portrayed by | James Villiers John Turner Jack Klaff and others |
In-universe information | |
Gender | Male |
Title | 7th Earl of Sidcup |
Occupation | Fascist politician and designer of ladies' lingerie, later Earl of Sidcup |
Relatives | Mrs. Wintergreen (aunt) Colonel H. H. Wintergreen (uncle) (deceased) 6th Earl of Sidcup (uncle) (deceased) |
Nationality | British |
He has a low opinion of Jeeves's employer Bertie Wooster, whom he believes to be a thief. A large and intimidating figure, Spode is protective of Madeline Bassett to an extreme degree and is a threat to anyone who appears to have wronged her, particularly Gussie Fink-Nottle.