Baldrick plan" made its first appearance in the pilot episode, but it is not regularly used until the third series; Blackadder had mentioned the phrase twice in the first series and Baldrick once. Baldrick had also claimed to have "a plan" in a "cunning" voice on one occasion in "Blackadder II". In the final episode of the last series, "Blackadder Goes Forth", Baldrick announces that he has a cunning plan to save the main characters from "going over the top", although it is never revealed what this plan might be (other than that it is "as cunning as a fox who's
Baldrick include cookery; his specialities include gourmet recipes involving rats. This Baldrick is also a poet, composing "The German Guns". During his time in the trenches, Baldrick also wrote a second poem. S. Baldrick also does a Charlie Chaplin impression (although some believe it to be a slug balancing act, and General Melchett mistook it for a feeble impression of Buster Keaton). Apart from during Blackadder's demonstration of slapstick comedy in the same episode, Baldrick generally does not get physically abused by Blackadder, although Blackadder frequently insults Baldrick and his family. The opening sequence to each episode of series 4 features