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	* '''[[UB40]] & [[Chrissie Hynde]]''': "[[I Got You Babe]]"		* '''[[UB40]] & [[Chrissie Hynde]]''': "[[I Got You Babe]]"
	* '''The Children Of [[Dunblane]]''': "[[Knockin' on Heaven's Door]]"		* '''The Children of [[Dunblane]]''': "[[Knockin' on Heaven's Door]]"
	* '''[[Dodgy (band)\|Dodgy]]''': "[[Good Enough (Dodgy song)\|Good Enough]]"		* '''[[Dodgy (band)\|Dodgy]]''': "[[Good Enough (Dodgy song)\|Good Enough]]"
	* '''[[Boyzone]]''': "[[Coming Home Now]]"		* '''[[Boyzone]]''': "[[Coming Home Now]]"

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{{other uses|Heroes and Villains (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox television episode
| series = [[Only Fools and Horses]]
| image = Only Fools Batman.jpg
| image_size = 250
| caption =
| series_no =
| episode = 13<br>(Christmas Special)
| writer = [[John Sullivan (writer)|John Sullivan]]
| director = [[Tony Dow (director)|Tony Dow]]
| producer = [[Gareth Gwenlan]]
| airdate = {{Start date|1996|12|25|df=yes}}
| length = 60 minutes
* 58:40 (DVD)
* 58:42 (iTunes)
| prev = [[Fatal Extraction]]
| next = [[Modern Men (Only Fools and Horses)|Modern Men]]
| episode_list = List of Only Fools and Horses episodes
}}

"'''Heroes and Villains'''" is the thirteenth [[Christmas]] special episode of the [[BBC]] [[sitcom]] ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]'', first broadcast on 25 December 1996 as the first part of the 1996 Christmas trilogy. It attracted a UK television audience of 21.3 million, at the time a record for the show. In the episode, Del and Rodney are invited to a [[fancy dress party]]. They arrive dressed as [[Batman]] and [[Robin (comics)|Robin]].

== Synopsis ==
The episode opens with [[Rodney Trotter|Rodney]] in a [[dystopia]]n [[nightmare]], in which [[Damien Trotter|Damien]], head of the now [[Multinational corporation|multinational]] ''Trotters Independent Traders'', apparently rules the [[Western world]] in the year 2026, forcing [[Keanu Reeves|President Keanu Reeves]] to declare war on [[China]], claiming that "war is good". [[Del Boy]] (who is now Lord of [[Peckham]]) and [[Raquel Turner|Raquel]] live in a lavish high-rise building, ''Trotter Towers'', but Rodney himself is merely an old messenger, [[Cassandra Trotter|Cassandra]] is a maid (after Damien took over her bank and fired her), and [[Uncle Albert]]'s body has been preserved (all he can say is his trademark phrase "During the war..." on a constant loop).

Rodney wakes up back in the present day on his birthday, on which he receives an identity bracelet from Del with the name "''Rooney''". Del's application for a council grant has been rejected, and Raquel receives a letter from her estranged parents, who want to meet her again. It emerges that Rodney and Cassandra have been trying for a baby, which leads to an unsuspecting Uncle Albert drinking one of Cassandra's urine specimens, believing it to be [[apple juice]]. Meanwhile, at Sid's café, [[Trigger (Only Fools and Horses)|Trigger]] is telling everyone about a medal he received from the local council for using the same broom for twenty years, despite the fact that it has actually had [[Ship of Theseus|17 new heads and 14 new handles]] in that time. Del buys tickets for himself and Rodney to attend a publican's [[Costume party|fancy dress]] birthday party, Cassandra goes to [[Spain]] with her mother, and Raquel and Damien visit her parents.

At Del's request, he and Rodney go to the party dressed as [[Batman]] and [[Robin (character)|Robin]] respectively, but their [[Reliant Regal]] van breaks down halfway there and they have to run the rest of the way. En route they interrupt an attempt to mug Councillor Murray, emerging from the fog dressed as Batman and Robin which scares away the thugs. Del and Rodney arrive at the party, unaware that the publican, Harry Malcolm, had in fact died the day before and the fancy dress has thus been cancelled in favour of a wake (a fact that [[Boycie]], who met them in the doorway, "forgot" to mention), and they burst into the main room humming the [[Batman (TV series)|''Batman'' theme tune]].

Del and Rodney are in the market the next day and see the gang of thieves again, this time robbing an elderly woman. Rodney gives chase, before one of the muggers then starts chasing him; Del eventually knocks the mugger unconscious with his suitcase. Del (though not Rodney, much to his frustration) receives a medal for apprehending the gang. While at the awards ceremony, he meets Councillor Murray again, who offers to do him a favour in return for saving her. That night Del announces that his application for a council [[Grant (money)|grant]] has now been approved, and Rodney reveals that Cassandra is pregnant.

==Episode cast==
{|
| valign="top" |
{| class="wikitable"
!Actor
!Role
|-
|[[David Jason]]
|[[Del Boy|Derek Trotter]]
|-
|[[Nicholas Lyndhurst]]
|[[Rodney Trotter]]
|-
|[[Buster Merryfield]]
|[[Uncle Albert|Albert Trotter]]
|-
|[[Tessa Peake-Jones]]
|[[Raquel Turner]]
|-
|[[Gwyneth Strong]]
|[[Cassandra Trotter]]
|-
|[[Roger Lloyd-Pack]]
|[[Trigger (Only Fools and Horses)|Trigger]]
|-
|[[John Challis]]
|[[Boycie]]
|-
|[[Kenneth MacDonald (English actor)|Kenneth MacDonald]]
|[[Mike Fisher (Only Fools and Horses)|Mike Fisher]]
|-
|[[Sue Holderness]]
|Marlene
|-
|[[Paul Barber (actor)|Paul Barber]]
|[[Denzil Tulser]]
|-
|[[Roy Heather]]
|Sid
|-
|[[Angela Bruce]]
|Councillor Murray
|}
| width="50" | 
| valign="top" |
{| class="wikitable"
!Actor
!Role
|-
|[[Douglas Hodge]]
|Old Damien
|-
|Jamie Smith
|[[Damien Trotter]]
|-
|Steve Weston
|Kenny
|-
|Scott Marshall
|Gary (mugger)
|-
|[[Dan Clark]]
|Scott (mugger)
|-
|Fuman Dar
|Kevin (mugger)
|-
|[[Sheree Murphy]]
|Dawn (mugger)
|-
|Bay White
|Old Lady
|-
|Robin Meredith
|Mayor
|-
|Richard Hicks
|Photographer
|-
|Ted Shepherd
|Tom (Commissionaire)
|}
|}

==Reception==
*In a 2001 poll, Heroes and Villains was voted the UK's favourite Christmas show of all time,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2001/dec/07/broadcasting.bbc1|title=Del Boy is Christmas number one|date=7 December 2001|work=The Guardian|access-date=21 November 2009 | location=London | first=Julia | last=Day}}</ref> receiving 35% of the vote in a survey of 1,500 viewers.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1697048.stm|title=Del tops Christmas TV poll|date=7 December 2001|work=BBC News|access-date=21 November 2009}}</ref>

==Popular culture==
The Batman and Robin scene from the episode was partially re-created by actors during the [[2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony]].
<ref name="telegraph2">{{cite news|title=London 2012 Closing Ceremony: here come the Spice Girls|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/news/9466698/London-2012-Closing-Ceremony-here-come-the-Spice-Girls.html | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=Anita|last=Singh|date=10 August 2012}}</ref>

==Music==
* '''[[M People]]''': "[[Sight for Sore Eyes]]"
* '''[[UB40]] & [[Chrissie Hynde]]''': "[[I Got You Babe]]"
* '''The Children Of [[Dunblane]]''': "[[Knockin' on Heaven's Door]]"
* '''[[Dodgy (band)|Dodgy]]''': "[[Good Enough (Dodgy song)|Good Enough]]"
* '''[[Boyzone]]''': "[[Coming Home Now]]"
* '''[[Spice Girls]]''': "[[2 Become 1]]"
* '''[[Neal Hefti]]''': "[[Batman Theme]]"
* '''Del Boy & Rodney Trotter''': "[[Three Lions]]"

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{BBC episode|id=b007b92n}}
* {{IMDb episode|0666553}}

{{Only Fools and Horses episodes}}

[[Category:1996 British television episodes]]
[[Category:1996 television specials]]
[[Category:British television specials]]
[[Category:British Christmas television episodes]]
[[Category:Only Fools and Horses special episodes]]

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