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Gentleman Detective
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Subtrope of Great Detective. A sleuth who is known to belong to the higher strata of society - to have been raised in a privileged environment, and shows it, even if they have since rejected their background. Will tend to be some form of polymath, possibly autodidactic, at the least being very well-educated and well-read. Probably multilingual to boot, and often has notable eccentricities or unusual hobbies. Frequently a competent musician. Like the Great Detective, this was first instantiated in the form of Edgar Allan Poe's C. Auguste Dupin, and popularised by Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. The Other Wiki has a page on this trope. See also Mystery Fiction and Detective Fiction. Surprisingly few of these ever cross paths with a Gentleman Thief. |
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Millionaire LAPD Captain Amos Burke on Burke's Law. | |
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S. S. Van Dine's Philo Vance is a private investigator and member of the upper crust of New York society. He's an expert in many fields, including art, music, fencing and racing. He also wears a monocle and affects an English accent. | |
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Discworld: In The Truth, William de Worde is a cross between this and Intrepid Reporter. He is estranged from his rich family though. The Ankh-Morpork City Watch technically has a couple of these among its ranks, though they tend to be rather more grubby than most examples of this trope. And in the Watch it doesn't matter how gilded you are, Sam Vimes will see to it you're copper to the core. Angua may be a werewolf, but she's also the daughter of a baron. She had an elder brother who would have inherited the title, but he dies during the events of The Fifth Elephant, leaving her the presumed heir. Sally von Humpeding, like basically all Discworld vampires, has a full name and title that takes up several pages. She still prefers being a copper though. |
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Detective Inspector Thomas "Tommy" Lynley, 8th Earl of Asherton. He is counterbalanced by his partner, the working-class Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers. She is not impressed by his wealth, title or police rank, and lets him know this at every opportunity. | |
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The Hildibrand questline of Final Fantasy XIV centers upon Hildibrand Helidor Maximilian Manderville, who tries to be this. He definitely goes extra-strength on the "gentleman" part, always conducting himself in a polite and cordial manner no matter the situation, but he's far too much of The Ditz and a Cloud Cuckoolander to accomplish the "detective" part (as much as he himself believes otherwise). This puts him in sharp contrast with Consulting Inspector Briardien from the ARR questline, who is much more a much more successful detective and much less gentlemanly. | |
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Nero Wolfe plays with this trope. He fits this trope to a tee on the surface: he lives a luxurious lifestyle in a classy Manhattan townhouse, has a reputation for being a gourmet, and only leaves his house rarely and under protest—notably, once for a show involving his favorite hobby, growing orchids. However, his assistant Archie Goodwin frequently notes that he needs to charge outrageously expensive fees to support his lifestyle, implying that he has no independent wealth outside of what he earns, and what hints we do get of his background suggest a life of poverty and struggle in Montenegro before finding success after emigrating to America, implying that he's closer to a Self-Made Man than an aristocrat. | |
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Arsène Lupin is not only a Gentleman Thief, but also a detective from time to time. Including getting nominated as the head of the French police! He was almost pitted against Sherlock Holmes (until the Doyle estate complained), so he ended up crossing paths with a Mr/ Herlock Sholmes instead. | |
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While he's a police inspector instead of a private detective, Ninzaburou Shiratori from Case Closed has the rest down to a T. He's Tall, Dark, and Handsome, comes from a rich background, is very much a Sharp-Dressed Man, and he's quite the gentleman towards women and specially to his Victorious Childhood Friend, Sumiko Kobayashi. | |
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Gosford Park: Inspector Thompson is a deconstruction. As part of the upper class, he immediately dismisses the house staff as suspects under the belief that none of them could have had a motive to kill the victim, a member of the landed gentry. The worlds of upstairs and downstairs are just too separate to even consider it. It's Thompson's working-class underling who knows better and solves the mystery. | |
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In The Truth, William de Worde is a cross between this and Intrepid Reporter. He is estranged from his rich family though. | |
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Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child's Aloysius Pendergast comes from an Old Money New Orleans family. He wears custom Italian suits, rides in a 1959 Silver Wraith, and has an apartment at The Dakota. | |
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Forever: While working with Jo, Henry often fills this role. Henry was a gentleman, in the days when that still meant something. He is highly educated, being a medical doctor as well as having gained over two centuries of extra knowledge and experience. He has perfect pitch and appreciates opera and classical music. He speaks several languages and has traveled extensively. He also dresses more formally than expected for someone who works for the City of New York. | |
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A female version appears in Dempsey and Makepeace, as DS Harry Makepeace is more properly Lady Harriet Makepeace. | |
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Professor Layton. The titular character is actually an archaeologist by trade, not a detective, but his "notable eccentricities or unusual hobbies" as mentioned in the intro are puzzles, meaning he gets into some mysteries. He also makes it a point to be a proper gentleman to everyone he meets. | |
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