a persistent feature among the baldricks is their lack of sexual preference, which is often played upon for comic effect. although baldrick likes women, he sometimes ends up having encounters with other men, such as a sailor in "money" ("blackadder ii") in exchange for sixpence and will scarlet (""). he also expresses interest in marrying male characters to increase his social status, such as blackadder in "bells", prince george in "amy and amiability" ("blackadder the third") and general melchett in "major star" ("blackadder goes forth"). nonetheless, baldrick also shows a degree of attraction to women, shown in his conversation with a prostitute in "money", and in "amy and amiability", when he expresses disappointment upon receiving a perfunctory kiss from blackadder (instead of the voluptuous lady sarah cheapside). each baldrick, at various points over the four series, is also willing—and at times eager—to indulge in crossdressing.