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The Man Who Would be King

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The Man Who Would be King	comment	The Man Who Would Be King is a 1975 film, directed by John Huston and starring Sean Connery, Michael Caine and Christopher Plummer, about the glorious and awful sides of European Imperialism. It follows Daniel Dravot (Connery) and Peachy Carnehan (Caine), two former non-commissioned officers of the British Raj, on a journey into the wilds beyond the Khyber Pass and into the lands of Kafiristan on a mission to become kings—or die trying.Based on a Novelette by Rudyard Kipling (played by Plummer here).Not to be confused with The Man Born to Be King, Dorothy L. Sayers' set of radio plays about the life of Jesus.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_1235f055	type	Dirty Coward
The Man Who Would be King / int_1235f055	comment	Dirty Coward: Ootah, a Kafiri chieftain. How he attained this leadership position in a tribal society is anyone's guess.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_125eb76c	type	This Is My Boomstick
The Man Who Would be King / int_125eb76c	comment	This Is My Boomstick: Rifles, masonic talismans and a lucky hit with an arrow convince the Kushians that Daniel is the reincarnation of the demigod Iskander (Alexander the Great).
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The Man Who Would be King / int_13556074	type	Brotherhood of Funny Hats
The Man Who Would be King / int_13556074	comment	Brotherhood of Funny Hats: Freemasonry is depicted as a benign fraternal secret society that apparently goes back millennia, as Alexander the Great was somehow part of it and left Masonic imagery behind, and Peachy and Danny's lives are only saved because they are Masons too, with the priests hailing Danny as Alexander's heir. The oldest and head priest reveals an ancient secret carving Alexander had left that almost exactly matches Danny's Masonic pendant (really Kipling's watch fob), which until then was only known to him and his predecessors.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_14780a0b	type	I Don't Pay You to Think
The Man Who Would be King / int_14780a0b	comment	I Don't Pay You to Think:
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The Man Who Would be King / int_15b2cab3	type	Tempting Fate
The Man Who Would be King / int_15b2cab3	comment	Tempting Fate: Danny. This is invoked three times by Peachy.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_185e498d	type	Chased by Angry Natives
The Man Who Would be King / int_185e498d	comment	Chased by Angry Natives: After the wedding.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_1b7d59b6	type	Death by Materialism
The Man Who Would be King / int_1b7d59b6	comment	Death by Materialism: Subverted; if Danny and Peachy had just taken the loot and run, they would have survived and ended up filthy rich. It's Danny's desire to rise above mere criminality that sinks them.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_1dacdb4f	type	Senseless Sacrifice
The Man Who Would be King / int_1dacdb4f	comment	Senseless Sacrifice: Gurung's attempt at You Shall Not Pass! was made purely out of Honor Before Reason and gets him torn apart by an angry crowd in three seconds, tops. Danny and Peachy don't even get any further in their escape even for just a few moments, since they just stand there speechless and watch him die.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_1dfbbf31	type	Heterosexual Life-Partners
The Man Who Would be King / int_1dfbbf31	comment	Heterosexual Life-Partners: Peachy and Danny.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_1e1afc1b	type	Framing Device
The Man Who Would be King / int_1e1afc1b	comment	Framing Device: Peachy enters Kipling's office and tells him his story in flash-backs.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_1effdd6b	type	White Man's Burden
The Man Who Would be King / int_1effdd6b	comment	White Man's Burden: One of the main themes; the author of the original short story also coined the term in another of his works, and examining it was a big theme in Kipling's work generally. Danny gets high on it after being crowned.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_1f19f198	type	Back-to-Back Badasses
The Man Who Would be King / int_1f19f198	comment	Back-to-Back Badasses: In the end, Peachy and Danny are surrounded by the angry natives, without any bullets left. They stand back-to-back ready to fight.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_1fdaf8ff	type	Ominous Latin Chanting
The Man Who Would be King / int_1fdaf8ff	comment	Ominous Latin Chanting: Not quite, but omnious tribal music during the wedding sequence lets the audience know something is up...
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The Man Who Would be King / int_20016429	type	Experienced Protagonist
The Man Who Would be King / int_20016429	comment	Experienced Protagonist: Peachy and Daniel are both former noncommissioned officers of the British Army with years of experience in combat as well as in training soldiers. These skills come in handy as they begin conquering Kafiristan and forming small armies of loyal followers.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_21af9165	type	Heroic Vow
The Man Who Would be King / int_21af9165	comment	Heroic Vow: The Contract, pledging mutual loyalty and forswearing women and drink.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_23473ae7	type	Adaptation Expansion
The Man Who Would be King / int_23473ae7	comment	Adaptation Expansion: The original story is barely 20 pages long, while the adaptation is an epic film, greatly expanding on backstory, character traits and showing all the effort it took for both conmen to achieve their ends, rather than just rolling into Kafiristan one day and taking it over. The God Guise is greatly downplayed in the source material.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_23568a2a	type	Adaptational Job Change
The Man Who Would be King / int_23568a2a	comment	Adaptational Job Change: Billy Fish is an ex-Gurkha soldier, the sole survivor of an expedition, rather than a native chief loyal to the Englishmen.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_2612a967	type	It Has Been an Honor
The Man Who Would be King / int_2612a967	comment	It Has Been an Honor: Peachy and Danny stuck in the Hindu Kush, where they think they will freeze to death. And Billy Fish, refusing his chance to escape.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_33faa25	type	Thwarted Escape
The Man Who Would be King / int_33faa25	comment	Thwarted Escape: The end of the film - their loyal troops get surrounded and killed by angry villagers, most of the treasure is lost and eventually both conmen are captured once they are out of ammo. All of this in a very quick succession.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_34dcfc96	type	Kick the Dog
The Man Who Would be King / int_34dcfc96	comment	Kick the Dog: Peachy throws an friendly, eager-to-please Indian out of a moving train at the start of the film, just to cover the theft of the pocket watch.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_3842ff26	type	Short-Lived Leadership
The Man Who Would be King / int_3842ff26	comment	Short-Lived Leadership: Danny Dravot, being corrupted by his power, claims Kafiristan his kingdom. He even dares to begin a hereditary monarchy, but his bride inflicts a bleeding wound that exposes him as mortal. Dravot is given a Disney Villain Death, while his partner is given a crucifixion, which he somehow survives, and lives to tell the tale. Danny's ascension and reign all transpire in one season, so less than one hundred days total.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_392372f9	type	Actor Allusion
The Man Who Would be King / int_392372f9	comment	Actor Allusion: Michael Caine wears a uniform similar to the one he wore in Zulu.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_396e1c2a	type	Face Death with Dignity
The Man Who Would be King / int_396e1c2a	comment	Face Death with Dignity: Facing certain death through his own stupidity, Daniel Dravot asks for (and receives) forgiveness from his best friend, then walks proudly to his death, singing. Billy Fish also qualifies, showing no fear, wishing his companions the best of luck before before charging head-on and being mobbed to death.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_41dd77d	type	Zerg Rush
The Man Who Would be King / int_41dd77d	comment	Zerg Rush: When Danny is revealed to be just a man and the villagers riot, said villagers are only armed with their bare hands to the rifles of the Englishmen and the few loyal troops they have left. But said villagers number somewhere short of a few thousand and are all full of fanatically murderous rage. The battle lasts only five minutes, tops, with Peachy the Sole Survivor.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_43b154c9	type	Not Even Bothering with the Accent
The Man Who Would be King / int_43b154c9	comment	Not Even Bothering with the Accent: Danny Dravot speaks with Sean Connery's natural Scottish accent despite being explicitly identified as an Englishman. This is per the norm for a Connery character, though.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_44606d14	type	Becoming the Mask
The Man Who Would be King / int_44606d14	comment	Becoming the Mask: Danny is only interested in imitating a god to facilitate robbing the villagers blind. Quickly, however, he takes an interest in governing "his" people and ultimately decides to stay and rule rather than return to Britain.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_44cdd259	type	War Is Glorious
The Man Who Would be King / int_44cdd259	comment	War Is Glorious: Danny and Peachy enjoy combat and seem to have nothing but good memories of war, even the gory parts. Their big battle is accompanied by happy, almost comical music. During the fighting, Danny is so excited to join the fray that that he leads a premature cavalry charge.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_44fc28e8	type	Honor Before Reason
The Man Who Would be King / int_44fc28e8	comment	Honor Before Reason: "Billy Fish" is a former member of the Gurkha regiments of the British Indian Army, a unit notorious for its uncompromising warrior ethos. True to form, at the end he prefers to charge into a lynching mob, instead of taking the chance to flee unscathed.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_45cec696	type	God Guise
The Man Who Would be King / int_45cec696	comment	God Guise: The villagers hail Daniel as a god after an arrow gets stuck in the bandolier under his jacket. Peachy convinces him to roll with it because it will make conquering the country easier. When he arrives at a temple though, the priests want to see if he can duplicate the feat for them. They are convinced of his divinity after seeing the Masonic emblem he wears, which echoes Alexander the Great (who they believe was divine, and hail Daniel as his heir).
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The Man Who Would be King / int_49d59be9	type	Scenery Porn
The Man Who Would be King / int_49d59be9	comment	Scenery Porn: The remote region of Kafiristan.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_5313c266	type	Bookends
The Man Who Would be King / int_5313c266	comment	Book Ends: An early scene has Danny and Peachy visiting the office of Kipling's newspaper. Peachy comes back at the end, with only Danny's head.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_56b8b4f1	type	Lean and Mean
The Man Who Would be King / int_56b8b4f1	comment	Lean and Mean: The High Priest of Kafiristan.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_59c3b4cd	type	Undead Author
The Man Who Would be King / int_59c3b4cd	comment	Undead Author: The main characters are venturing into the unknown, following the records of a mapping expedition some years earlier. They come across a member of that mapping expedition, who says that he was stranded from civilization by a landslide that killed all of the others. This raises the question of how that map that got Daniel and Peachy that far made it back to civilization in the first place. Presumably either someone else did survive but was stranded on the other side of the landslide, or they'd sent back a courier with what they'd mapped already prior to the disaster. Or of course, there had been some earlier expedition, and/or a non-British one, that had survived, other than the rather more unfortunate one under Colonel Robertson.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_5a40d6a	type	Adaptation Distillation
The Man Who Would be King / int_5a40d6a	comment	Adaptation Distillation: The film boils down an awful lot of stuff about Lodges and the Craft and secret handshakes into a single Masonic pendant.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_5c99b642	type	War for Fun and Profit
The Man Who Would be King / int_5c99b642	comment	War for Fun and Profit: Subverted. As Danny and Peachy find first-hand, a poor, desolated and remote region of Afganistan isn't exactly a place where war loot is going to be anything but worthless junk. If not for Alexander's treasure, Danny and Peachy would never even see a single golden item.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_5d1cdda9	type	God Test
The Man Who Would be King / int_5d1cdda9	comment	Peachy steals a pocket watch from Kipling at a train station. Peachy sees the watch fob is a Masonic emblem and, being a Mason himself, "has" to return the watch. Later as they leave for this adventure, in an impulsive gesture Kipling gives the watch fob to Dravot, and it saves his life when the priests tear open his shirt to stab him as a God Test.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_5db7301f	type	Prophetic Names
The Man Who Would be King / int_5db7301f	comment	Prophetic Names: Roxanne, who shares the name of one of the wives of Alexander the Great.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_5dc04c4e	type	Brownface
The Man Who Would be King / int_5dc04c4e	comment	Brownface: Peachy and Danny use this in-universe to cross the border, posing as fakirs.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_5e032315	type	One-Book Author
The Man Who Would be King / int_5e032315	comment	One-Book Author: Karroom Ben Bouih, who played the high priest Kafu-Selim, was 103 years old when he made his first and only film appearance. When he saw some of the footage, he declared that now he would live on forever.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_61b576af	type	I Take Offense to That Last One
The Man Who Would be King / int_61b576af	comment	I Take Offense to That Last One: Danny and Peachey's record has them guilty of everything from smuggling to swindling to receiving stolen goods to bare-faced blackmail. Peachey objects to the charge of blackmail.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_658854ee	type	I'm a Doctor, Not a Placeholder
The Man Who Would be King / int_658854ee	comment	Upon being offered a chance to flee on a donkey, Billy responds, "Gurkha foot soldier, not cavalry! Rifleman Majendra Bahadur Gurung wishing you many good lucks!" and charges into the crowd with his kukri, where he takes out one or two men before dying horribly.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_663b22d9	type	Dying as Yourself
The Man Who Would be King / int_663b22d9	comment	Dying as Yourself: Billy Fish addresses himself by his birth name, Majendra Bahadur Gurung, instead of his English nickname, right before he attacks the Kafiris by himself and dies.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_6682d6e4	type	Dying Moment of Awesome
The Man Who Would be King / int_6682d6e4	comment	Dying Moment of Awesome: After his loyal subjects discover that he's not a god or a devil, but only a man, Daniel and Peachy are overwhelmed by an angry mob. Faced with certain death, Daniel asks for Peachy's forgiveness, then sets his crown upon his head and walks proudly to his doom, singing "The Son of God Goes Forth to War" and yelling mocking encouragement to his executioners. Upon being offered a chance to flee on a donkey, Billy responds, "Gurkha foot soldier, not cavalry! Rifleman Majendra Bahadur Gurung wishing you many good lucks!" and charges into the crowd with his kukri, where he takes out one or two men before dying horribly.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_67d947a3	type	Nubile Savage
The Man Who Would be King / int_67d947a3	comment	Nubile Savage: Roxanne and a woman who attempts to seduce Peachy at one point in the film.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_6a3c49f	type	Direct Line to the Author
The Man Who Would be King / int_6a3c49f	comment	Direct Line to the Author: Kipling, the author, heard the story from Peachy.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_6fc21d06	type	Fiction 500
The Man Who Would be King / int_6fc21d06	comment	Fiction 500: Peachy and Danny were members, for a while.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_7276d0de	type	Mugging the Monster
The Man Who Would be King / int_7276d0de	comment	Mugging the Monster: Five bandits cross paths with the two conmen and decide to help themselves to the conmen's possessions. Unfortunately for them, their victims are battle-hardened soldiers.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_72ce3f54	type	Adaptation Relationship Overhaul
The Man Who Would be King / int_72ce3f54	comment	Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: Dravot is smitten by Roxanne's beauty, and then decides to marry her, rather than first seeing her at their wedding.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_73d1a356	type	The Noun Who Verbed
The Man Who Would be King / int_73d1a356	comment	The Noun Who Verbed: The title.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_7453bc5b	type	Spared by the Adaptation
The Man Who Would be King / int_7453bc5b	comment	Spared by the Adaptation: Peachy dies after giving Danny's severed head to the author in the original book, but this is cut out of the film, so he's alive last time we see him.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_7881f335	type	Chekhov's Armoury
The Man Who Would be King / int_7881f335	comment	Chekhov's Armoury: There are enough guns to fill an armoury. Peachy steals a pocket watch from Kipling at a train station. Peachy sees the watch fob is a Masonic emblem and, being a Mason himself, "has" to return the watch. Later as they leave for this adventure, in an impulsive gesture Kipling gives the watch fob to Dravot, and it saves his life when the priests tear open his shirt to stab him as a God Test. The Badass Bandolier The rope bridge Peachy and Danny are smuggling enough rifles to field a few platoons - they might as well have had a literal armoury.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_79ba6777	type	Pocket Protector
The Man Who Would be King / int_79ba6777	comment	Pocket Protector: Danny's bandolier beneath his coat stops an arrow. All the villagers who see it assume that he's impervious to harm and worship him as a god. This gives Peachy the idea of using the God Guise trick.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_7ae40f90	type	Manly Facial Hair
The Man Who Would be King / int_7ae40f90	comment	Manly Facial Hair: Danny Dravot has magnificent mustache, combined with Hot Blooded Sideburns. He also has balls out of pure brass, fears nothing, laughs in the face of death and ends up commanding deity-level of following. Nobody questions his God Guise.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_87ede6fc	type	That Man Is Dead
The Man Who Would be King / int_87ede6fc	comment	That Man Is Dead: Peachy has come to think of his past self as this by the end of the film, as shown by his Third-Person Person tendencies.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_898ff050	type	Villain Protagonist
The Man Who Would be King / int_898ff050	comment	Villain Protagonist: Both Danny and Peachy could be considered villainous people given that they are con men who are simply out to swindle a race of people who they feel are inferior. Never mind the fact that not only had they planned to steal from them, but they planned several Curb-Stomp Battle's in order to conquer the various tribes under one banner. Not very nice men.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_8ace85ef	type	Audience Surrogate
The Man Who Would be King / int_8ace85ef	comment	Audience Surrogate: Kipling, who listens to Peachy's story and asks additional questions.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_8b4f491c	type	Villainy-Free Villain
The Man Who Would be King / int_8b4f491c	comment	Villainy-Free Villain: The High Priest is the greatest threat to Danny and Peachy's plan, but they're con-men trying to exploit his religion to steal his temple's riches. He's totally justified in rooting out their lies.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_8cb844c6	type	Mr. Exposition
The Man Who Would be King / int_8cb844c6	comment	Mr. Exposition: Kipling explains about Freemasons, then Kafiristan and Alexander the Great, early in the movie. Once arrived in Kafiristan, Billy Fish becomes this, due to being a Cunning Linguist.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_8f050175	type	Only the Knowledgable May Pass
The Man Who Would be King / int_8f050175	comment	Only the Knowledgable May Pass: When the straight-laced Kipling first meets the roguish Peachy, the atmosphere is awkward, particularly as Peachy suddenly asks him for a favor, to pass on a message (to Danny, it turns out). But then they identify each other as Freemasons by a exchange of ritual phrases, and Kipling is then compelled to help Peachy as a fellow Freemason. Peachy already knows Kipling is also a Freemason because he'd stolen his watch with a Masonic fob design on it.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_92264449	type	Jabba Table Manners
The Man Who Would be King / int_92264449	comment	Jabba Table Manners: The otherwise friendly Indian who Kipling and Peachy meet on the train eats a watermelon on his seat, then resorts to spitting the seeds out on the floor. Peachy escorts him over to the window so he can spit out of there instead- then throws him off the train.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_954ad71c	type	Evil Colonialist
The Man Who Would be King / int_954ad71c	comment	Evil Colonialist: Peachy Carnehan and Daniel Dravot, who plan to use their British military training and a supply of smuggled arms to take over the tribes of Kafiristan (now a part of Afghanistan). They are openly racist and treat locals with (often undeserved) contempt.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_961518ca	type	Mid-Battle Tea Break
The Man Who Would be King / int_961518ca	comment	Mid-Battle Tea Break: Priests walk across the battle field and the war stops, with all combatants dropping on their faces.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_966da803	type	Defiant to the End
The Man Who Would be King / int_966da803	comment	Defiant to the End: Once their ruse is no longer effective, Peachy, Danny and Billy try to fight their way through. When they end up surrounded and without any bullets left, they still are eager to attack anyone who even dares getting close. Danny eventually Faces Death with Dignity when he's put on the bridge he ordered to build and thrown into the ravine below.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_9919369d	type	Con Man
The Man Who Would be King / int_9919369d	comment	Con Man: Both of the protagonists, who are remorseless thieves and cheats.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_a00c13e0	type	Awesome Moment of Crowning
The Man Who Would be King / int_a00c13e0	comment	Awesome Moment of Crowning: Danny gets a very humble one, despite being considered a god.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_a0d9c2f3	type	Final Speech
The Man Who Would be King / int_a0d9c2f3	comment	Final Speech: At the end of the film, as they face death, the protagonists join together in singing a rousing Protestant hymn, "The Son of God Goes Forth to War", which is sung to the tune of "Minstrel Boy".
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The Man Who Would be King / int_a5439ea9	type	Cool Crown
The Man Who Would be King / int_a5439ea9	comment	Cool Crown: The crown Danny is given after he is named king of Kafiristan and wears to his death.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_a5d92fce	type	Celibate Hero
The Man Who Would be King / int_a5d92fce	comment	Celibate Hero: Inverted and ultimately subverted—Daniel and Peachy are doubtlessly as sly with women as they are with men's money and trust, but both make a pact not to dabble in matters of the opposite sex until their quest to become kings is achieved. Despite their unscrupulous nature, they stick to this surprisingly well until Danny lets godhood get to his head and he demands a wife..
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The Man Who Would be King / int_a679184b	type	Due to the Dead
The Man Who Would be King / int_a679184b	comment	Due to the Dead: One of the Kafiri customs is to take the head of a defeated enemy or a fallen chieftain and use it as the ball in a game similar to polo. Peachy recovers Danny's crowned head after his death to spare it from this fate.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_a7850fbf	type	Only Known by Their Nickname
The Man Who Would be King / int_a7850fbf	comment	Only Known by Their Nickname: Peachy and Daniel dub their Gurkha sidekick "Billy Fish" because he reminds him of an Army friend of the same name.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_a7aef9ff	type	Obfuscating Stupidity
The Man Who Would be King / int_a7aef9ff	comment	Obfuscating Stupidity: Danny masquerades as a 'poor, harmless priest' in order to gain safe passage through Afghanistan.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_aa30e350	type	Sole Survivor
The Man Who Would be King / int_aa30e350	comment	Sole Survivor: Billy Fish of a mapping expedition years before Danny and Peachy set out. Peachy becomes this when all their troops are wiped out and Danny is killed.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_ac09dc0f	type	Alas, Poor Villain
The Man Who Would be King / int_ac09dc0f	comment	Alas, Poor Villain: Peachy had to live through being crucified between two trees, then carry his dead friend's head (now little more than a skull) all the way back to India with him.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_acd599b6	type	Con Men Hate Guns
The Man Who Would be King / int_acd599b6	comment	Con Men Hate Guns: Averted. While Peachy and Danny use their wits constantly, they are also former NCOs and don't shy from gunning down opposition.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_add931af	type	I Choose to Stay
The Man Who Would be King / int_add931af	comment	I Choose to Stay: Subverted. Danny becomes convinced he truly was meant to become the King of Kafiristan and plans to remain when Peachy leaves for India, but he's forced to attempt an escape when his God Guise finally collapses.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_b09c818	type	"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word
The Man Who Would be King / int_b09c818	comment	"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word: During the meeting with the District Commissioner:
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The Man Who Would be King / int_b2cb7993	type	Brains and Brawn
The Man Who Would be King / int_b2cb7993	comment	Brains and Brawn: Downplayed. Both protagonists are quick-witted battle-hardened veterans of the British Army, who can hold their own in a fight. But Peachy is smarter and more likely to solve a confrontation by means of his ingenuity and wit. Among other examples, he devises the ruse by which they manage to cross Afghanistan incognito and reach Kafiristan, he is the one to see that they can use the fact that the locals have mistaken Daniel for a god to their advantage and he is quick to understand that they cannot refuse the high priestâ€™s summon to the holy city of Sikandergul under penalty of losing face with their followers. He has also enough good sense to advise Danny to get out of the country with their booty as soon as possible before their deception is discovered. Conversely, Danny is more quick-tempered and impulsive. He also has difficulties with basic math.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_b34ae206	type	Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex
The Man Who Would be King / int_b34ae206	comment	Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex: The reason why Roxanne doesn't want to marry Daniel is she thinks this trope will happen. This causes her to lash out at him in fear during their wedding, biting his face and causing him to bleed, exposing Daniel as an imposter.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_b60f7d43	type	Badass Bandolier
The Man Who Would be King / int_b60f7d43	comment	The Badass Bandolier
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The Man Who Would be King / int_b707726f	type	Hypocritical Humor
The Man Who Would be King / int_b707726f	comment	Hypocritical Humor: Peachy throws an innocent Indian off the train, blaming him for stealing the watch that he'd actually stolen himself. Danny and Peachy incite a tribe to attack a rival village, who among other sins are accused of urinating upstream from their village. Once defeated they enlist this new tribe into their army as well, inciting them to attack the next village up the river, whose inhabitants have also been pissing upstream...
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The Man Who Would be King / int_beb9a361	type	Anti-Hero
The Man Who Would be King / int_beb9a361	comment	Anti-Hero: Our protagonists are unscrupulous conmen and soldiers of fortune out for their own gain, but they remain sympathetic throughout the film.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_bfc5fed3	type	All-Natural Gem Polish
The Man Who Would be King / int_bfc5fed3	comment	All-Natural Gem Polish: Averted. The rubies shown are rough and uncut.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_bff6c493	type	Crazy Homeless People
The Man Who Would be King / int_bff6c493	comment	Crazy Homeless People: Peachy appears to be one at the start of the film, until he properly introduces himself to Kipling.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_c4942576	type	Cunning Linguist
The Man Who Would be King / int_c4942576	comment	Once arrived in Kafiristan, Billy Fish becomes this, due to being a Cunning Linguist.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_c960826	type	Supporting Protagonist
The Man Who Would be King / int_c960826	comment	Supporting Protagonist: Peachy is the main character and the narrator of the story, but it's ultimately Danny's story, as the title suggests.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_d013cd12	type	Lovable Rogue
The Man Who Would be King / int_d013cd12	comment	Lovable Rogue: The protagonists manage to be this despite being extremely racist and greedy conmen who don't see anything wrong with starting out a tribal conflict for their own profit.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_d02a0c91	type	There Are No Coincidences
The Man Who Would be King / int_d02a0c91	comment	There Are No Coincidences: After getting so many lucky breaks, Danny starts to think that he really was destined to become a god or at least a ruler.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_d7c3ba61	type	Race Lift
The Man Who Would be King / int_d7c3ba61	comment	Race Lift: In the short story, Billy Fish is one of the chiefs of the region instead of a Gurkha.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_dd60caca	type	Severed Head Sports
The Man Who Would be King / int_dd60caca	comment	Severed Head Sports: People in Kaffiristan are shown playing polo with the head in a bag of a chieftain who was deposed. Part of the reason the narrator takes his friend's severed head with him, is so that he avoids his dishonor. This is based on real life polo-like game called Buzkashi popular in Afghanistan. The modern version of the game is played with the carcass of a goat or a calf, but earlier versions were reputed to involve corpses of vanquished enemies.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_e24de818	type	Cool, Clear Water
The Man Who Would be King / int_e24de818	comment	Danny and Peachy incite a tribe to attack a rival village, who among other sins are accused of urinating upstream from their village. Once defeated they enlist this new tribe into their army as well, inciting them to attack the next village up the river, whose inhabitants have also been pissing upstream...
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The Man Who Would be King / int_e4b69188	type	Very Loosely Based on a True Story
The Man Who Would be King / int_e4b69188	comment	Very Loosely Based on a True Story: Aside from the original short story, the film is also partly based on the travels of American adventurer Josiah Harlan and James Brooke, the English "white Raja" of Sarawak in Borneo.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_e6b5d22f	type	Catchphrase
The Man Who Would be King / int_e6b5d22f	comment	Catchphrase: "By God's Holy Trousers!"
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The Man Who Would be King / int_e9e35e8f	type	Exact Words
The Man Who Would be King / int_e9e35e8f	comment	Exact Words: The Contract is null and void when any of the men became a king...
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The Man Who Would be King / int_efc1cb35	type	Kukris Are Kool
The Man Who Would be King / int_efc1cb35	comment	Kukris Are Kool: Billy Fish, an actual Gurkha soldier, has one and uses it in his final stand.
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The Man Who Would be King / int_f373d5e	type	Powder Keg Crowd
The Man Who Would be King / int_f373d5e	comment	Powder Keg Crowd: Near the climax, Dravot's guise as the god-king Sikander is foiled by his would-be-bride, as she scratches him in front of the high priests during their wedding ceremony, making it evident he bleeds like a mortal man. Dravot and Peachy try to make their getaway, but the high priests soon whip up the entire city into a frenzy and go after the men- not even their loyal trained riflemen and their Gurkha manservant can stem the tide of angry zealots set to kill the men for masquerading as their god.
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