Richard Bucket (Clive Swift)
Hyacinth's long-suffering Henpecked Husband. Working as a local government official, Richard is forced into early retirement and becomes a Reluctant Retiree. He is Hyacinth's Bumbling Sidekick, chauffeuring her around and is often pushed about by her, although they still love each other.
- Affectionate Nickname: Onslow calls him "Dicky."
- Archnemesis Dad: Seems this way with Sheridan, dreading every time his son makes a phone call, usually asking for money. This changes when Richard realises his son may be Ambiguously Gay.
- Awful Wedded Life: They compared his marriage to Hyacinth to being in the army. He said the army's better, since that's only for 20 years.
- Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: As maddening as Hyacinth is to be around, she genuinely loves her husband and he evidently loves her as he continues to live with her and supports her on her hairbrained schemes, albeit reluctantly.
- Beware the Nice Ones: When Richard loses his temper, even Hyacinth stops what she's doing and listens to him.
- Bumbling Sidekick: He only tends to be clumsy when Hyacinth puts him in over his head, such as when she gives him too much to carry for a picnic or assigns him to do electrical work that's more complex than he can really handle.
- Butt-Monkey: When Hyacinth unintentionally abuses him, you laugh.
- Deadpan Snarker: When he fires off a one-liner, it's with this tone.
- Henpecked Husband: Does pretty much everything Hyacinth asks, no matter how unreasonable.
- Heroic BSoD: Upon learning he is to become retired, he spends much of the episode in a daze.
- Just Eat Gilligan: At times, you wonder why he doesn't divorce Hyacinth. This was lampshaded by Emmet, to which Richard explained, he loves Hyacinth. He once loved her even more, both could be described as Sickeningly Sweethearts, before illusions of grandeur corrupted her.
- Nervous Wreck: He tends to be this only when he knows his wife is up to something. Seeing as how her antics once extended as far as grand theft auto, he's got a point.
- Nice Guy: To enduring degrees, even Rose refrains from seducing him given how humble and good he is, also probably why Hyacinth fell for him.
- No Accounting for Taste: One wonders how he got married to Hyacinth in the first place.
- Oh, Crap!: When he forgets the date of his wedding anniversary, and especially the wedding date as Hyacinth uses it for the four digit code of their new home security.
- Only Sane Man: Apart from the fact that he married Hyacinth, his nervousness, and reluctantly going along with some of Hyacinth's crazier schemes, Richard is perfectly sane. The fact that he can see the consequences of her schemes coming and she can't is a testament to that.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: You know Hyacinth's taking things too far when Richard loses his patience with her. The best part about it? Even Hyacinth herself is able to recognise it and drops whatever she's doing immediately.
- Rage Breaking Point: When Hyacinth refuses to stop interrupting a man who got into a phone box seconds before she could.
- Reluctant Retiree: Upon learning he is to be let go, Richard breaks down in tears. It is, however, not so much the thought of losing the job as it is the thought of spending more time with his wife...
- Women Are Wiser: Inverted.
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