Incredibly Lame Pun: Teaching the boys about the Roman Lex Canuleia (which enabled plebeians to marry patricians), Chips tells them that if an aristocrat thereafter told a commoner he couldn't marry her, she could reply, "Oh, yes, you Can-You-Liar.".He then jokingly asks if the boy was thinking of joining up, not knowing that by the time the war grinds to its conclusion the same boy will have joined up and died in action.
Chips says he thinks the Germans are already beaten and just don't know it yet, and that the whole thing will be over by Christmas.
Home by Christmas: Early in the Great War, one of the new students asks Chips if he thinks it will last long. Historical Domain Character: Prime Minister David Lloyd George appears in one chapter as a visiting dignitary. Fired Teacher: Ralston attempts to force Chips into retirement for refusing to adopt modern methods (such as adopting the New Pronunciation of Latin and placing emphasis on high marks rather than on character development), however as a young student overhears this conversation it leads to various students and their parents rallying to back Chips over Raltson. Death by Childbirth: Kathie is revealed to have passed away in childbirth. Chips is seen to regard it as a deterrent punishment he recalls giving a thrashing to a boy who tried a risky stunt that could have led to his death, in the hope of discouraging similar behaviour in future. Corporal Punishment: Was used at Brookfield during Chips's time, as it commonly was in British schools in those days. The phrase "young enough to be his daughter" is used by the narrator. 
Age-Gap Romance: Chips is 48 and Kathie is 25 when they fall in love.Has been adapted to the screen and television. It tells the story of an aging school master at a wonderful English school and his recollections of his own past and current life experiences.
Goodbye, Mr Chips is a novelette written by James Hilton in 1934.
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