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The Blonde Hurricane
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A 1939 comical adventure-thriller novel written by prolific Hungarian pulp author Jenő Rejtő (and one of the few of his works to be translated into English), The Blonde Hurricane (A szőke ciklon) tells the tale of one Evelyn Weston, an impoverished English girl who suddenly finds herself in the possession of a diamond worth one million pounds... if she can find it, that is.The diamond in question belonged to Jim Hogan, an old convict spending a life sentence in Dartmoor Penitentiary, who got it as a gift from a Russian prince for smuggling him across the Polish border during the Russian Civil War. As his only rightful possession, he hastily hid the diamond inside a clay Buddha statue adorning a toiletries box just before he was arrested by the Scotland Yard. Before his death in prison, he wills the diamond to Evelyn, the daughter of his old schoolmate and the only person who cared for him after Mr. Weston died. The only problem is that the Buddha statue, made by a ceramics manufacturer, was sold to somewhere sixteen years ago, and thus it's near impossible to find it.As Evelyn begins the search for the Buddha, she ends up trampling all over the life of the dour Lord Bannister, a celebrated scientist who she pulls into her adventure, and accidentally stumbles into an international case of espionage involving the disgraced Lieutenant Brandes and an undiscovered oil field in North Africa. Meanwhile, an escaped, ruthless criminal, Charles Gordon also attempts to get his hand on the diamond by tailing Evelyn with his cronies, and Eddy Rancing, a young man with a hopeless crush on her, attempts to secure the diamond for himself to earn her love by giving it to her personally, ending up in the backwater Swiss town of Mügli am See by following a false clue. Thus begins a dash for the diamond from London through Paris to Morocco. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_12dd5755 | type |
Pursued Protagonist | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_12dd5755 | comment |
Pursued Protagonist: Evelyn, for the majority of the story. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_16ccd84b | type |
The Old Convict | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_16ccd84b | comment |
The Old Convict: Jim Hogan, the old criminal who willed the diamond to Evelyn before dying in prison. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_17a45ff5 | type |
Misplaced Wildlife | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_17a45ff5 | comment |
Misplaced Wildlife: Eddy Rancing regains consciousness in the Sahara desert to a hyena licking his face. Hyenas don't live in the Sahara, only in the sub-Saharan region. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_17d44dcc | type |
Do You Want to Haggle? | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_17d44dcc | comment |
Do You Want to Haggle?: An obligatory haggling scene occurs between Holler and an Arab salesman in Marrakech when he buys desert wear for Evelyn. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_18d15922 | type |
Title Drop | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_18d15922 | comment |
Title Drop: Lord Bannister likens Evelyn to a "blonde hurricane" at one point for her repeated tendencies to turn his life on its head. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_1ea248b4 | type |
Neat Freak | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_1ea248b4 | comment |
Neat Freak: Lord Bannister hates being unshaven, to the point where Evelyn accuses him of valuing cleanliness above any noble cause. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_1f799027 | type |
Obstructive Bureaucrat | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_1f799027 | comment |
Obstructive Bureaucrat: The Marrakech colonial offices are full of these, and Evelyn nearly loses Lt. Brandes' trail while trying to get his whereabouts from them. | |
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Chekhov's Gun | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_22cf536c | comment |
Chekhov's Gun: Lord Bannister's shaving kit which ends up saving Eddy Rancing's life when he's dying in the desert. It also happens to have contained the Buddha statue all along. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_2af161b1 | type |
Take That, Us | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_2af161b1 | comment |
Take That Us: When Adams the spy describes how Wilmington got hold of the orange dossier, Wilmington says he should write spy fiction books with such a vivid imagination. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_2b851bd4 | type |
The Scrooge | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_2b851bd4 | comment |
The Scrooge: Eddy Rancing's uncle, Arthur is filthy rich, but he's unwilling to pay 2000 pounds to Mr. Wollishoff to secure a diamond worth one million pounds. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_2d6f00e4 | type |
Psycho for Hire | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_2d6f00e4 | comment |
Psycho for Hire: Gordon, Adams and their cronies hire 30 Arab murderers to wait for Evelyn in the Sahara and later besiege Mahrbuk Oasis. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_3266ed59 | type |
Incredibly Obvious Tail | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_3266ed59 | comment |
Incredibly Obvious Tail: Corned-Beef tails Evelyn across Paris while dressed in a garishly colorful coat and a monocle. Evelyn spots him almost immediately. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_3667bfa1 | type |
Hastily Hidden MacGuffin | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_3667bfa1 | comment |
Hastily Hidden MacGuffin: With the authorities closing in on him, Jim Hogan had to think fast as resorted to hiding the diamond in a Buddha statue, which is then sold to France. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_40d15d7a | type |
Spoiler Cover | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_40d15d7a | comment |
Spoiler Cover: The cover of the audiobook version◊ spoils that the Buddha was in Lord Bannister's shaving kit all along. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_44fc28e8 | type |
Honor Before Reason | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_44fc28e8 | comment |
Honor Before Reason: Lord Bannister initially bears his run-ins with Evelyn with resigned stoicism, but eventually throws himself into incredible peril to protect her, mostly out of chivalry but eventually out of love. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_455f6a91 | type |
Long-Lost Relative | |
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Long-Lost Relative: Lt. Brandes turns out to be Lord Bannister's brother. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_461038e6 | type |
Mistaken for Spies | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_461038e6 | comment |
Mistaken for Spies: Adams mistakes Evelyn and Gordon (who both try to find the Buddha statue in Wilmington's house) for intelligence agents working for some foreign power, because they were accidentally present when he discussed the orange dossier with Wilmington. Later on, Evelyn is trumpeted as a spy in the newspapers for being present at the shootout on Rue Mazarin and taking the orange dossier. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_46290b93 | type |
Manic Pixie Dream Girl | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_46290b93 | comment |
Manic Pixie Dream Girl: Evelyn becomes this to Lord Bannister, mostly by accident, when she hides from Gordon in his cabin, and later on pulls him along her search for the diamond. At one point he notes that she exists in either of three states: she either flees from pursuers, cries or sleeps. | |
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I Have a Family | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_4aa24ad9 | comment |
I Have a Family: When Gordon threatens to kill Mr. Knickerbock, he says: "I have a family to support... I support my aunt who lives at Birkham in Sussex..." (In reality, he hadn't spoken to his aunt in eight years.) | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_4ae690ca | type |
Laughing Mad | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_4ae690ca | comment |
Laughing Mad: Eddy Rancing's reaction to finding the Dreaming Buddha while dying of thirst in the Sahara desert. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_4e7c4536 | type |
Wham Line | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_4e7c4536 | comment |
Wham Line: Lord Bannister's declaration that the Buddha is in his shaving kit, which Evelyn threw away into the desert. | |
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Good Scars, Evil Scars | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_4efc4fae | comment |
Good Scars, Evil Scars: Gordon is instantly recognizable from the massive scar deforming his nose. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_53407671 | type |
Action Survivor | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_53407671 | comment |
Action Survivor: For an ordinary girl from London, Evelyn quickly takes to crawling around on rooftops during a shootout or evading criminals following her. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_54547f2e | type |
Phantom Thief | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_54547f2e | comment |
Phantom Thief: Mercilessly parodied with Eddy Rancing's attempts to steal the Buddha from Grete. Every attempt he makes at sneakily burgling the statue turns into an Epic Fail. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_5889ca1d | type |
Mineral MacGuffin | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_5889ca1d | comment |
Mineral MacGuffin: Once again, the diamond. | |
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Intrepid Reporter | |
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Intrepid Reporter: Editor Holler, Lord Bannister's annoyingly nosy acquaintance. | |
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Lurid Tales of Doom | |
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Lurid Tales of Doom: Holler wildly misinterprets the effects of sleeping sickness in his articles for the sake of sensation, much to Lord Bannister's chagrin. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_643659d4 | type |
Spit Take | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_643659d4 | comment |
Spit Take: Lord Bannister's reaction to reading the newspaper which call Evelyn a spy. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_684496c7 | type |
ComicRelief | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_684496c7 | comment |
Comic Relief: The (relatively) more serious episodes about Evelyn's adventures are interspersed with sequences of Eddy Rancing trying to find the (wrong) Buddha in Mügli am See. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_744e3311 | type |
Police Brutality | |
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Police Brutality: The police hold a raid on Rue Mazarin to capture Adams and Wilmington, and kill and beat up several innocents in the process. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_7464705c | type |
Arc Words | |
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Arc Words: "Roughly one million pounds sterling" is a phrase that pops up often when the diamond is talked about. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_74b49e17 | type |
Price on Their Head | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_74b49e17 | comment |
Price on Their Head: A bounty of 100 000 francs is put on Evelyn's head after she takes the dossier. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_7813e9c4 | type |
The Fall Guy | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_7813e9c4 | comment |
The Fall Guy: Holm, Lt. Brandes' beloved younger brother was set up as the thief of the orange dossier so that Brandes would take the blame to protect him. Thus, Holm was the fall guy towards Brandes, and Brandes towards the rest of the world. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_7ae994c5 | type |
Delivery Guy Infiltration | |
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Delivery Guy Infiltration: Evelyn impersonates a delivery maid at one point to gain access to Wilmington's house where she suspects the diamond to be. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_8a295a46 | type |
Cool Car | |
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Cool Car: Lord Bannister's brand new, large black Alpha Romeo. That is, until Evelyn reduces it to The Alleged Car. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_8d4799d1 | type |
Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_8d4799d1 | comment |
Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl: Lord Bannister and Evelyn, respectively. | |
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Dumb Blonde | |
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Dumb Blonde: Downplayed. Evelyn is indeed blonde, and somewhat of The Ditz, but she's far from dumb. | |
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Crazy Cat Lady | |
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Crazy Cat Lady: Grete owns a truly absurd amount of cats. None of them are nice. | |
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Big Bad Duumvirate | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_978a82e6 | comment |
Big Bad Duumvirate: Gordon and Adams team up to hunt down Evelyn, who is the key to both their objectives (the Buddha statue and the orange dossier). | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_9c6ba43a | type |
Values Dissonance | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_9c6ba43a | comment |
Values Dissonance: Lord Bannister's research is implied to concern scientific racism, as it's mentioned that he has written papers on the racial effects of trypanosomiasis. Then again it's possible that said papers argue against racism, as their contents aren't described. | |
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Foreshadowing | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_9d12bbc1 | comment |
Foreshadowing: In Marrakech, Holler mentions to Evelyn that "Bannister" is not his real name, it was only granted to Lord Bannister by the lordship. Later it turns out that his real name is Henry Brandes and he's Lt. Brandes' brother. | |
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Artistic License – Religion | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_a27c0c2c | comment |
Artistic License – Religion: Buddha is referred to as "a Hindu deity" at one point. He's actually a Buddhist figure, and not a deity at all. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_a27da813 | type |
Stern Chase | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_a27da813 | comment |
Stern Chase: Evelyn is pursued across most of Europe and North Africa by Gordon, Adams and their cronies in search of both the diamond and the orange dossier. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_a4c37cbe | type |
Mood Whiplash | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_a4c37cbe | comment |
Mood Whiplash: Rainer is the master of derailing conspiratorial meetings between the criminals with mind-bogglingly trivial questions, such as asking if the restaurant where they covertly meet has good coffee. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_a6c69bd | type |
MacGuffin | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_a6c69bd | comment |
MacGuffin: The "Dreaming Buddha" statue, containing the diamond of Prince Radzovill. Also the orange dossier containing the map to an oil field in North Africa. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_a8896b94 | type |
Leave No Witnesses | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_a8896b94 | comment |
Leave No Witnesses: Adams attempts to pull this on Evelyn and Gordon after they eavesdrop on him discussing the orange dossier with Wilmington. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_a9de87d2 | type |
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_a9de87d2 | comment |
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: The picky, Neat Freak Lord Bannister turns out to have served in the war, and knows his way around a rifle, as it turns out during the siege of Mahrbuk Oasis. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_a9de87d2 | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_acecb17d | type |
Chekhov's Skill | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_acecb17d | comment |
Chekhov's Skill: Eddy Rancing's ability to communicate in Morse code using light signals saves everyone when he warns Mahrbuk Oasis of Adams' coming with a flashlight and Lord Bannister's shaving mirror. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_ae3d6438 | type |
Deadpan Snarker | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_ae3d6438 | comment |
Deadpan Snarker: Lord Bannister relates to Evelyn repeatedly pulling him along on several chases with dry sarcasm. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_b5c47a93 | type |
A Degree in Useless | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_b5c47a93 | comment |
A Degree in Useless: Evelyn studied philosophy in university, and found herself in poverty in short order. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_b5c47a93 | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_b8ba9b1f | type |
Crossing the Desert | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_b8ba9b1f | comment |
Crossing the Desert: Evelyn and Lord Bannister have to cross the Sahara on camelback to reach the oasis where Lt. Brandes is stationed. Gordon and his company follow them as well. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_b8ba9b1f | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_b8f8de7d | type |
Treasure Is Bigger in Fiction | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_b8f8de7d | comment |
Treasure Is Bigger in Fiction: Specifically, a diamond the size of a walnut, which used to adorn the crown of the old czars. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_b8f8de7d | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_bc74ef27 | type |
Berserk Button | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_bc74ef27 | comment |
Berserk Button: Evelyn absolutely hates Lord Bannister's shaving kit. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_bc74ef27 | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_c514c2c4 | type |
Gentleman and a Scholar | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_c514c2c4 | comment |
Gentleman and a Scholar: Lord Bannister, the refined researcher of sleeping sickness/trypanosomiasis. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_c514c2c4 | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_c819533b | type |
Rage Breaking Point | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_c819533b | comment |
Rage-Breaking Point: Evelyn eventually gets fed up with Lord Bannister's shaving kit and cuts it off his camel, leaving it in the desert. It ends up saving Eddy Rancing's life when he finds it dying of thirst and drinking the mouthwash. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_c819533b | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_c9eb478e | type |
Satchel Switcheroo | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_c9eb478e | comment |
Satchel Switcheroo: Before the flight to Morocco, Evelyn accidentally switches the bag containing the orange dossier with Lord Bannister's shaving kit. Later she does it again before departing to the desert. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_c9eb478e | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_cc8109ab | type |
Mistaken for Romance | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_cc8109ab | comment |
Mistaken for Romance: Lord Bannister's illustrious friends mistake Evelyn for his wife... which is unfortunate, since he's just divorced his actual wife in utmost secret. They eventually end up getting actually married. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_cc8109ab | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_d7b34c31 | type |
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_d7b34c31 | comment |
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": Corned-Beef, one of Gordon's lackeys, apparently named so because he's "cold and dumb". | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_d7b34c31 | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_d839c530 | type |
The Unfettered | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_d839c530 | comment |
The Unfettered: Gordon will stop at nothing to get the diamond, even if it means riding into the Moroccan desert or teaming up with an international spy. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_d839c530 | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_d9e9ad7e | type |
The Cavalry | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_d9e9ad7e | comment |
The Cavalry: Holler ends up saving Evelyn and Lord Bannister by leading Moroccan Spahis to liberate Mahrbuk Oasis from Adams' men. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane | hasFeature |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_d9e9ad7e | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_dbca2c99 | type |
Red Herring | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_dbca2c99 | comment |
Red Herring: Eddy Rancing follows a completely different Buddha statue which has no diamond inside it but was also sold by Longson & North, and thus ends up in the backwater Swiss town of Mügli am See. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_dbca2c99 | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_dc579c91 | type |
Contrived Coincidence | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_dc579c91 | comment |
Contrived Coincidence: Evelyn just so happens to attempt her Delivery Guy Infiltration when Wilmington and Adams discuss the fate of Lieutenant Brandes and the orange dossier. Later she escapes from the house and just so happens to run into Lord Bannister. Eddy Rancing finds Lord Bannister's dropped shaving kit in the desert, completely by accident. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_dc579c91 | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_de02afbc | type |
No MacGuffin, No Winner | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_de02afbc | comment |
No MacGuffin, No Winner: Almost. Evelyn throws away Lord Bannister's hated shaving kit into the desert, which turns out to have contained the Buddha statue all along. Thankfully, Eddy Rancing finds it on their trail. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_de02afbc | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_df4edb04 | type |
Corrupt Bureaucrat | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_df4edb04 | comment |
Corrupt Bureaucrat: Mr. Knickerbock, the paper-pusher who handles the sales logs of the Longson & North ceramics manufacturer, accepts a bribe of 50 pounds from Evelyn and her mother to sell them the 1922 sales log which contains a clue to the Buddha's location. Later Eddy Rancing further bribes him with 400 pounds to sell him the same sales log, at which point he gives him a different log with the 1922 label glued on. When Gordon also wants the 1922 log from him, he's forced to admit the fraud. Gordon promptly takes the 450 pounds from him and beats him up. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_df4edb04 | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_e542d80a | type |
Gonk | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_e542d80a | comment |
Gonk: Everyone in Mügli am See; the narration describes the supreme ugliness of the inhabitants of the small Swiss town with loving detail. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_e542d80a | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_eae41a | type |
The Vamp | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_eae41a | comment |
The Vamp: An exotic dancer called Ethel Ardfern seduced Lieutenant Brandes' younger brother as part of the orange dossier's theft. He was pinned as the thief and later killed. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_eae41a | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_ebb3c390 | type |
Crash-Into Hello | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_ebb3c390 | comment |
Crash-Into Hello: Lord Bannister accidentally crashes into Evelyn while boarding a ship across the La Manche Channel, their first meeting out of many to come. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_ebb3c390 | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_f237981e | type |
The Alleged Car | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_f237981e | comment |
The Alleged Car: Due to Evelyn's questionable driving skills, Lord Bannister's expensive Alpha Romeo is reduced to a barely-functioning trash heap on the highway from Paris to Lyon. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_f237981e | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_f25493f4 | type |
Nothing Exciting Ever Happens Here | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_f25493f4 | comment |
Nothing Exciting Ever Happens Here: Mügli am See is such a boring hole that the populace gathers on the streets to gawk when the fire department mobilizes to get Eddy Rancing off the roof. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane | hasFeature |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_f25493f4 | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_f64a9cf7 | type |
Earn Your Happy Ending | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_f64a9cf7 | comment |
Earn Your Happy Ending: And they indeed do. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_f64a9cf7 | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_f6b2bfb7 | type |
Gold Digger | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_f6b2bfb7 | comment |
Gold Digger: Rare Male Example. Out of options, Eddy attempts to secure the Buddha by marrying Grete. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_f6b2bfb7 | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_f96f188c | type |
Drives Like Crazy | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_f96f188c | comment |
Drives Like Crazy: The "Paris-Lyon highway" sequence is essentially a long set of jokes centered around Evelyn's terrible driving. | |
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The Blonde Hurricane / int_f9f2c33 | type |
Running Gag | |
The Blonde Hurricane / int_f9f2c33 | comment |
Running Gag: Lord Bannister likes to keep himself tidy and clean, and his continous insistence to shave eventually becomes a Berserk Button for Evelyn. | |
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