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Swashbuckler
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The swashbuckler is the most rigidly conventionalized of all the subgenres of the Adventure genre, and one with close affinities to the Historical Fiction and Romance genres as well. A descendant of the capa y espadanote "cape and sword" plays of the classical Spanish stage, it is nearly always set at some remote date, usually in the distant past (The Middle Ages and especially The Cavalier Years being favorites), generally either European or heavily Europeanized. Its buckler-swashing hero (rarely a heroine) will be a Gentleman Adventurer, in ethos if not in rank; character motivations will be simplified to the point of Black-and-White Morality, and the whole work will be heavily tilted toward the idealistic side of the Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism. Expect a lot of these heroes to be Chaotic Good; this genre practically codified that alignment. It will nearly always include a love-story as an important factor of its plot; despite the historical setting, the Rule of Cool will inevitably trump historical accuracy and Hollywood History. One may expect the hero to wear a sword for the inevitable Sword Fight. He may also display feats of acrobatics, such as a Chandelier Swing or a nimble climb through the rigging of a ship. Historical Hero Upgrading and Historical Villain Upgrading will also be along for the ride. The genre flourished most vigorously in the years in which the ideals of Romanticism dominated popular fiction, ca. 1830-1950. It found its original inspiration in the historical novels of Sir Walter Scott. The "juvenile historicals" of authors such as Harrison Ainsworth, G. A. Henty, Luise Mühlbach, Charlotte Yonge, and above all, Alexandre Dumas, père further defined the genre. The "penny dreadfuls" of the mid-Victorian era, very often adaptations of the adventures of Folk Heroes such as King Arthur and Robin Hood, contributed to the jettisoning of all the non-essential characterization and historicity of the stories, and when at the end of the period the genre was picked up by serious authors such as Richard Harding Davis, Anthony Hope, and Robert Louis Stevenson, it had essentially assumed the character it would bear throughout its future career, both in novels by authors such as John Buchan, Johnston McCulley, Stanley J. Weyman, and Rafael Sabatini, and supremely in the films (based, in theme if not in actual plot, on those novels) generally associated in the public mind with Douglas Fairbanks and Errol Flynn under the blanket of "Pirate movies." Swashbuckler tales can double as Sea Stories, piratical or otherwise, although they tend to eschew or downplay the Wooden Ships and Iron Men tone for a more romantic and idealistic vibe. The measure of a true swashbuckler lies precisely in its mixture of the Adventure, Historical Fiction, and Romance genres (which compare and contrast), combined with extreme simplification and stylization, particularly of the moral outlook. Since the swashbuckler is a mixture of other genres, its constituent elements will often be found in those genres. It can occasionally itself be mixed with other, less likely, genres, (as, say, The Court Jester is swashbuckler mixed with comedy, The Princess Bride is swashbuckler mixed with Fantasy, A Princess of Mars is swashbuckler mixed with Science Fiction, The Pirate and The Vagabond King are swashbucklers mixed with the Musical, and The Mask of Zorro and The Legend of Zorro are examples of a swashbuckler mixed with a Western ( Mask leaning more to the former and Legend more to the latter). Furthermore, the Superhero genre, partially inspired by Zorro itself, continues the Swashbuckler tradition in a usually contemporary setting with SF/Fantasy elements that can incorporate any genre with as much character and/or moral complexity as the artists desire. Curiously enough swashbuckling heroes rarely get depicted wielding an actual buckler, even when the story is set in a period when the sword-and-buckler combo was a common choice of armament. Compare with Wuxia and Jidaigeki, the genre's East Asian (Chinese and Japanese, respectively) counterparts. See also Picaresque. Do not confuse with Cloak and Dagger, which is the genre of modern spy fiction. |
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Nikolai Dante adds a sci-fi twist to the trope. Set in the 27th century in a resurgent Russian Empire, Dante is an archetypal swashbuckler based partly on Errol Flynn's portrayal of Robin Hood and partly on Flynn himself. Dante is a notorious thief, pirate, military officer, and ladies' man. | |
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The Sea Hawk — Though the 1940 film is an adaptation In Name Only. | |
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Puss in Boots of the Shrek franchise is a swashbuckling adventuring feline inspired by Zorro, even bringing in Zorro actor Antonio Banderas to do the voice. | |
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Le Vicomte de Bragelonne — More in its film adaptations (like The Man in the Iron Mask) than in the original novel. | |
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Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag is your standard Assassin's Creed plot (search for an ancient powerful artifact, kill people to find out information so you can get it) with The Golden Age of Piracy trappings. In fact, Ezio is himself quite a swashbuckler. So are Arno, Shay, and Aveline. In fact, many of the series' protagonists fit the swashbuckler bill whenever they fight with short/light swords and flintlock pistols. |
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The Cavalier is a Golden Age Superhero who dresses like a swashbuckler and wields a Royal Rapier to battle evil. | |
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The Dungeons & Dragons 3.5E supplement Complete Warrior adds a Swashbuckler base class, designed to fight with speed and agility rather than brute force. It's unfortunately extremely weak due to being dependent on critical hits. In 5th Edition it was turned into a subtype of the Rogue class. | |
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Cruz Diablo and its sequels. | |
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Red Steel (in Mystara). It's the setting which gave Dungeons & Dragons fencing rules. | |
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Touché Turtle is an Affectionate Parody of this genre using Funny Animals and Toon Physics. | |
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De Cape et de Crocs follows two swashbucklers and their increasingly improbable adventures (involving pirates, tropical islands, and moon travel), though it takes a lot of tropes from theater and classic literature as well. | |
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The Master of Ballantrae | |
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Delilah Dirk swashbuckles as hard as humanly possible. Selim tries valiantly to keep up. | |
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Pirate: An extremely common occupation for both the hero of the swashbuckler and his opponents. | |
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The Horatio Hornblower novels, as well as the series starring Ioan Gruffudd, present a more Lawful Good take on this, detailing the career of the title character, a brave, handsome, and capable British naval officer during the early 19th Century. The two other big Napoleonic War-era franchises it inspired, however, Sharpe and the Aubrey-Maturin books, don't quite qualify, having a more cynical tone and more moral ambiguity. | |
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Amalia features gentlemen dancing with swords against gauchos wearing knives and lances. | |
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Pirates of the Caribbean — Will Turner was an Errol Flynn expy. | |
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Lace & Steel is a Tabletop RPG designed to invoke the classic swashbuckling adventure, albeit in a more magical fantasy Adventure-Friendly World. | |
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Avez-vous déjà vu... ?, a French series, also parodies the genre with A swashbuckler made by flies. | |
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In fact, Ezio is himself quite a swashbuckler. So are Arno, Shay, and Aveline. In fact, many of the series' protagonists fit the swashbuckler bill whenever they fight with short/light swords and flintlock pistols. | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel and its film adaptations. | |
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Bound Adventures is an action adventure swashbuckling series with a dominatrix theme. | |
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Le Bossu by Paul Féval. See also its adaptations. | |
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Captain Blood: His Odyssey — Adapted into an Errol Flynn film. | |
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