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The Springheel Saga is a fantasy-adventure audio series which follows the exploits of Victorian policeman, Jonah Smith, in his lifelong quest to capture the infamous bogeyman, Spring-Heeled Jack. Released between 2011 and 2016, it was written by Jack Bowman and Robert Valentine, and produced by The Wireless Theatre Company.The first three-part series, The Strange Case of Springheel'd Jack (2011), is set during the Winter of 1837 and concerns Constable Jonah Smith's investigation into the mysterious phantom attacker.The second series, The Legend of Springheel'd Jack (2013), is set in 1845 and sees Smith – now a Detective Inspector with Scotland Yard – pursuing Spring-Heeled Jack through the demi-monde of Victorian showbusiness.The third and final series, The Secret of Springheel'd Jack (released over 2015 and 2016), follows Smith – by now a retired and reclusive alcoholic – as he's dragged by Her Majesty's Government into a final, deadly hunt for the legendary monster.The entire nine-episode saga can be found here: http://www.wirelesstheatrecompany.co.uk/product-category/the-springheel-saga/ |
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Dying Clue |
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Dying Clue: Charlotte's final words to Smith are a particularly cryptic clue to the mystery. |
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Secret Identity |
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Secret Identity: As well as being a magician's assistant, Lizzie is also 'Dreadful Penny', the leader of London's most infamous gang of pickpockets. |
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Retired Badass |
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Retired Badass: Smith at the start of Series 3. |
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Anyone Can Die |
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Anyone Can Die: Hooks in Series 1. Charlotte's murder is the Cliffhanger at the end of the first episode of Series 2. |
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The Call Knows Where You Live |
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The Call Knows Where You Live: Smith turns down spymaster Anstruther's request for help, and promptly gets kidnapped by the Prussians. Ironically, Anstruther did warn him he was probably already a target whether he liked it or not. |
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No Celebrities Were Harmed |
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No Celebrities Were Harmed: Lord Wayland is an Evil Counterpart of the real-life 'Mad' Marquis of Waterford. In-universe, Waterford makes a brief appearance at Wayland's masquerade ball where it's acknowledged that he is Wayland's distant cousin, "several times removed". Jeremey Stockwell, who plays theatre impresario Oscar Snitterfield, based his vocal performance on cult actor/writer/director Ken Campbell. |
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Plot-Triggering Death |
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Plot-Triggering Death: The murder of Maria Davis at Folly Ditch. |
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Unreliable Narrator |
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Unreliable Narrator: Although Rymer assures us that his story is true, he is not present during many of the events he relays, and even when he is he often exaggerates his own importance and/or bravery in the proceedings. |
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Religion of Evil |
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Religion of Evil: Lord Wayland and his Satanic followers are a blatantly evil cult, fully aware of their own wickedness. |
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Title Drop |
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Title Drop: Rymer drops the title of Series 2 in the very final moments of his closing narration: |
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The Sociopath |
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The Sociopath: Hopcraft, although he describes himself as a 'principled amoralist'. Whatever the hell his principles are he never actually explains. |
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The Brute |
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The Brute: D'Urberville. |
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The Cameo |
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The Cameo: Queen Victoria briefly appears, played by former Doctor Who companion, Katy Manning. The distinctive voice of 'Mission Control' in the 1977 epilogue belongs to Shane Rimmer, who is most famous for voicing Scott Tracy in Thunderbirds, playing B-52 co-pilot, Capt. Ace Owens, in Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove and appearing in several early James Bond films, most notably The Spy Who Loved Me. |
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Wicked Cultured |
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Wicked Cultured: Lord Wayland is an aristocratic example, fond of quoting mystical English poet William Blake. Hopcraft is a working-class, auto-didactic variant who favours quoting Montaigne and showing off to Smith how far he has travelled in his quest for knowledge. |
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Framing Device |
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Framing Device: Series 2 begins and ends (and is occasionally interrupted by) the old James M. Rymer, recalling the events of his 'one true story' from the cosy fireside of a London pub. |
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Ominous Latin Chanting |
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Ominous Latin Chanting: During Wayland's black mass, although the chant of "Ave Satana!" is certainly both ominous and Latin (meaning 'Hail Satan'), the rest of the incantation - "B'mal elttil a'dah y'ram!" - is actually just 'Mary had a little lamb' intoned backwards. |
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Mistaken for Murderer |
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Mistaken for Murderer: This happens to Smith in Series 2, sending him on a mission to Clear My Name. |
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The Dreaded |
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The Dreaded: The memory of seeing Springheel Jack as a child haunts Jonah Smith's dreams, with Jack being indirectly responsible for Smith's parents deaths in the Scratch Row fire. Smith's realisation that Springheel Jack is more than a mere figment of his imagination is what drives his obsession to capture him. |
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Psycho for Hire |
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Psycho for Hire: Hopcraft, in his role as British secret agent 'Cheshire Cat', claims that Her Majesty's Goverment employ him because "a talent for languages and a healthy disregard for the law are qualities they look for, apparently". |
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Doomy Dooms of Doom |
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Doomy Doomsof Doom: The final episode of Series 2 is The Engine of Doom. |
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Mugged for Disguise |
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Mugged for Disguise. Hopcraft does this to the Train Guard in Series 2 in order to hijack to locomotive. Considering Smith refuses to explain to Rymer why he himself is dressed like a docker, it's likely Smith has done the same thing. |
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Sword Cane |
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Sword Cane: Hopcraft wields a sword-cane in Series 3, and in Series 2 he carries one that's actually a high-powered air-gun. |
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The Münchausen |
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The Münchausen: Rymer. He's made his career as a spinner of tall tales, but he claims that The Legend of Springheel'd Jack is his "one true story". Despite this, some of the events that take place are at odds with his narration of them. |
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Character Development |
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Character Development: Over the course of the three series, Smith evolves from an idealistic 25-year-old PC to an obsessed, hard-drinking DI in his mid-thirties, to a despondent and tubercular 65-year-old man given one last shot at redemption. His greatest single moment of character development occurs in Series 2 when he is confronted by Springheel Jack in his attic lair and realises that the strange being is friendly and frightened rather than hostile. From that moment, Smith becomes his ally instead of his hunter. |
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Runaway Train |
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Runaway Train: The climax of Series 2 takes place aboard one. |
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WronglyAccused |
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Wrongly Accused. Smith in Series 2. |
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Old-Fashioned Copper |
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Old-Fashioned Copper: As the Metropolitan Police Force was a new invention when Smith and all his colleagues become officers, they are all unavoidably examples of this trope. Smith is the most competent but he's nevertheless fits the profile. |
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Hostage for MacGuffin |
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Hostage for MacGuffin: Lord Wayland makes Charlotte an offer to trade the captive Smith for the Burning Truth. |
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Flashback Nightmare |
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Flashback Nightmare: The Action Prologue of Series 1. |
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God Guise |
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God Guise: The devil-worshipping Lord Wayland believes Springheel Jack to be Lucifer himself. |
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Worthy Opponent |
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Worthy Opponent: Jaeger and Sadesky both expect Smith to be a worthy opponent but are highly disappointed when they finally meet him. He quickly proves himself to be one, however, and both villains relish the challenge... at first. |
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Cliffhanger Copout |
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Cliffhanger Copout: The resolution to the Series 1, Episode 2 cliffhanger is something of a cheat. Although the cliffhanger makes it sound like Smith is crushed by the giant stone door right before their eyes, the resolution has Hooks and Charlotte pull him clear in time. |
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The Atoner |
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The Atoner: Hopcraft becomes this in the final episode of Series 3 as a direct result of his transformative encounter with Springheel Jack, the previously psychopathic Hopcraft develops empathy and a conscience. Wracked with remorse, he waits twenty-seven years for Smith to return in Springheel Jack's spaceship. |
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Auction of Evil |
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Auction of Evil: Sadesky and Jaeger's primary scheme is to hold one of these between Russia, Germany and Britain. |
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Drowning My Sorrows |
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Drowning My Sorrows: Smith is quite deliberately drinking himself to death at the start of Series 3. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_52488c54 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_52488c54 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
hasFeature |
The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_52488c54 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_537dd8fe |
type |
Affably Evil |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_537dd8fe |
comment |
Affably Evil: Hopcraft... at least where Smith is concerned. He's Faux Affably Evil with absolutely everyone else. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_537dd8fe |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_537dd8fe |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
hasFeature |
The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_537dd8fe |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_53f5119f |
type |
The Dragon |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_53f5119f |
comment |
The Dragon: Jaeger. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_53f5119f |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_53f5119f |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
hasFeature |
The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_53f5119f |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_551c5b1a |
type |
Dime Novel |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_551c5b1a |
comment |
Dime Novel: The young Rymer is the author of penny dreadfuls Ada the Betrayed, The Black Monk and Varney the Vampire (which Smith has heard of but not actually read). During the events of Series 2, he tells Smith he's working on a new book, The Leaping Shadow, or The Adventures of Spring-Heeled Jack, but decides to abandons it after the experience of their real-life adventure. However, Rymer doesn't leave the story empty-handed: while taking shelter with the other good guys in a nearby pub, he's inspired to write the tale which the Old Rymer says would finally make his fortune: The String of Pearls, or the tale of Sweeney Todd, the demon barber of Fleet Street. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_551c5b1a |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_551c5b1a |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
hasFeature |
The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_551c5b1a |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_5989e3b6 |
type |
Enemy Mine |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_5989e3b6 |
comment |
Enemy Mine: Smith reluctantly joins forces with a decidedly enthusiastic Hopcraft, purely because the Countess de Sadesky presents a far greater threat. Nevertheless, it does lead to him gaining a better understanding of – and even generate some sympathy for – his bitterest enemy. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_5989e3b6 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_5989e3b6 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
hasFeature |
The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_5989e3b6 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_5c99b642 |
type |
War for Fun and Profit |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_5c99b642 |
comment |
War for Fun and Profit: Sadesky and Jaeger's scheme is entirely this trope. They plan to weaponize Springheel Jack's extraterrestrial technology and hold an Auction of Evil to the highest bidder. If the Great Powers don't cooperate they will arm all sides equally and allow them to destroy each other, creating a One World Order out of the ashes. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_5c99b642 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_5c99b642 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
hasFeature |
The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_5c99b642 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_5c9af195 |
type |
Framed Clue |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_5c9af195 |
comment |
Framed Clue: The framed group painting of the Harlequin Players leads Lizzie to realise that the Copycat Jack who murdered Maria must be one of the troupe. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_5c9af195 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_5c9af195 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
hasFeature |
The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_5c9af195 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_61356a74 |
type |
Almost Dead Guy |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_61356a74 |
comment |
Almost Dead Guy: Charlotte. She lives just long enough to give Smith a Dying Clue. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_61356a74 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_61356a74 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
hasFeature |
The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_61356a74 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_61996785 |
type |
Sacrificial Lamb |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_61996785 |
comment |
Sacrificial Lamb: Hooks and Charlotte. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_61996785 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_61996785 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
hasFeature |
The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_61996785 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_62ac3f93 |
type |
Sinister Subway |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_62ac3f93 |
comment |
Sinister Subway: The abandoned Scratch Row tube station is a particularly sinister section of The London Underground. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_62ac3f93 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_62ac3f93 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
hasFeature |
The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_62ac3f93 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_6439de78 |
type |
Heroic Sacrifice |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_6439de78 |
comment |
Heroic Sacrifice: Cuthbert in Series 2. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_6439de78 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_6439de78 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
hasFeature |
The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_6439de78 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_69e4f7b7 |
type |
Historical Fantasy |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_69e4f7b7 |
comment |
Historical Fantasy: The Springheel Saga takes place largely between 1837 and 1904 (spanning the entire Victorian era) and deals with the real-life Spring-Heeled Jack phenomenon, as well as the apocryphal reports and speculative theories associated with his urban legend. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_69e4f7b7 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_69e4f7b7 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
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The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_69e4f7b7 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_6bda9a30 |
type |
Meaningful Name |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_6bda9a30 |
comment |
Meaningful Name: Jonah Smith is a stand-in for real-life Victorian detective and former Bow Street Runner, James Lea. Lea's name in some sources is erroneously recorded as Jonas Lea, hence Jonah S(mith). The war-loving Countess de Sadesky shares her name with the Soviet ambassador Alexei de Sadesky in Cold War black comedy, Dr. Strangelove. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_6bda9a30 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_6bda9a30 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
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The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_6bda9a30 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_707ee167 |
type |
Secret Circle of Secrets |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_707ee167 |
comment |
Secret Circle of Secrets: The Satanists in Series 1, and the Bavarian Illuminati in Series 3. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_707ee167 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_707ee167 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
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The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_707ee167 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_716d9138 |
type |
Bar Brawl |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_716d9138 |
comment |
Bar Brawl: Lizzie instigates one in the Fighting Cocks Inn by punching an unruly patron when he interrupts the magic act. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_716d9138 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_716d9138 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
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The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_716d9138 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_77414bc2 |
type |
Action Prologue |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_77414bc2 |
comment |
Action Prologue: Series 1 opens with Young Jonah getting rescued by his father from a huge tenement fire. Series 3 kicks off with Springheel Jack making a daring raid on Aldershot Barracks. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_77414bc2 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_77414bc2 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
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The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_77414bc2 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_7ac1f1e5 |
type |
Sympathetic Inspector Antagonist |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_7ac1f1e5 |
comment |
Sympathetic Inspector Antagonist: Although Inspector Garrick is determined to capture Smith, he takes absolutely no pleasure in the task whatsoever. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_7ac1f1e5 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_7ac1f1e5 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
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The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_7ac1f1e5 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_7eebe99c |
type |
The Alcoholic |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_7eebe99c |
comment |
The Alcoholic: Mr Peewit is an unhelpful witness until a glass or two of sherry loosens his tongue. By Series 3, Smith has developed a serious drinking problem. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_7eebe99c |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_7eebe99c |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
hasFeature |
The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_7eebe99c |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_86000262 |
type |
WilhelmScream |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_86000262 |
comment |
Wilhelm Scream: In the carriage chase following Smith's rescue from the German embassy, Hopcraft causes the pursuing carriage of German mooks to crash into the Serpentine River. The crash is accompanied by two variants of the Wilhelm Scream. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_86000262 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_86000262 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
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The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_86000262 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_87e661e8 |
type |
Absurdly Spacious Sewer |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_87e661e8 |
comment |
Absurdly-Spacious Sewer: The sewers beneath Scratch Row even include a risky jump over the subterranean River Effra. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_87e661e8 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_87e661e8 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
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The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_87e661e8 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_8c732f20 |
type |
Time Dilation |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_8c732f20 |
comment |
Time Dilation: Hopcraft waits 27 years for Smith to return in Springheel Jack's spaceship, and when he does he hasn't aged, having only been gone for a month from his point of view. Smith then does his best to explain the concept of space-time to Hopcraft: |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_8c732f20 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_8c732f20 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
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The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_8c732f20 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_8cb4ea46 |
type |
By-the-Book Cop |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_8cb4ea46 |
comment |
By-the-Book Cop: Jonah Smith starts out as an idealistic, straight-arrow Police Constable who doesn't drink on duty. By Series 2 he's swigging from a hip-flask at crime scenes. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_8cb4ea46 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_8cb4ea46 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
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The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_8cb4ea46 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_8f746311 |
type |
Cargo Cult |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_8f746311 |
comment |
Cargo Cult: Hopcraft directly invokes this trope when discussing the Box of Emet: |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_8f746311 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_8f746311 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
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The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_8f746311 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_90d44f44 |
type |
Karmic Death |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_90d44f44 |
comment |
Karmic Death: The Countess de Sadesky is disintegrated by a Death Ray aboard Springheel Jack's spaceship, a victim of the very technology she hoped to weaponize. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_90d44f44 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_90d44f44 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
hasFeature |
The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_90d44f44 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_936b8c22 |
type |
Victorian London |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_936b8c22 |
comment |
Victorian London: The Springheel Saga takes place earlier in the 19th century than we're used to seeing it in many comparable works, making it closer in tone to Oliver Twist than 'Sherlock Holmes'' or Jack the Ripper. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_936b8c22 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_936b8c22 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
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The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_936b8c22 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_953a8ee8 |
type |
Age Cut |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_953a8ee8 |
comment |
Age Cut: The opening Flashback Nightmare cuts from Young Jonah crying out for his lost parents to the adult Jonah waking up. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_953a8ee8 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_953a8ee8 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
hasFeature |
The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_953a8ee8 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_957e5fc2 |
type |
Villainous Breakdown |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_957e5fc2 |
comment |
Villainous Breakdown: Lord Wayland suffers one of these after he's tempted to use the Burning Truth against Springheel Jack, his supposed 'master'. When the ploy fails, the usually coolly authoritative villain is so overcome with shame that he ignites his vat of boiling oil, causing the entire place to explode. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_957e5fc2 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_957e5fc2 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
hasFeature |
The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_957e5fc2 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_95b7c400 |
type |
Faux Affably Evil |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_95b7c400 |
comment |
Faux Affably Evil: Lord Wayland. He's initially charming to Smith on their first meeting, and a fine host to his guests at the masquerade ball, but as soon as he's alone the facade drops and he's revealed to be a cruel and heartless monster, more than happy to frame, intimidate or eliminate anyone who gets in his way. On top of that, he's the high priest of a Satanic cult that ritually decimates its new intake of acolytes to give the Devil his due. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_95b7c400 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_95b7c400 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
hasFeature |
The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_95b7c400 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_96144372 |
type |
Aristocrats Are Evil |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_96144372 |
comment |
Aristocrats Are Evil: Lord Wayland and the Countess de Sadesky are both prime examples. Averted in the case of The Duke of Wellington, who's just a silly old blowhard. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_96144372 |
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-1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_96144372 |
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| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
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The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_96144372 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_970c790a |
type |
Big Bad |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_970c790a |
comment |
Big Bad: Lord Wayland in Series 1, Hopcraft in Series 2, and the Countess de Sadesky in Series 3. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_970c790a |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_970c790a |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
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The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_970c790a |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_985e118a |
type |
Odd Couple |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_985e118a |
comment |
Odd Couple: Smith and Hopcraft when they join forces. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_985e118a |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_985e118a |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
hasFeature |
The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_985e118a |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_9b54d536 |
type |
Evil Counterpart |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_9b54d536 |
comment |
Lord Wayland is an Evil Counterpart of the real-life 'Mad' Marquis of Waterford. In-universe, Waterford makes a brief appearance at Wayland's masquerade ball where it's acknowledged that he is Wayland's distant cousin, "several times removed". |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_9b54d536 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_9b54d536 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
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The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_9b54d536 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_9b86a4f8 |
type |
Nostalgic Narrator |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_9b86a4f8 |
comment |
Nostalgic Narrator: Rymer is a prime example of this trope. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_9b86a4f8 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_9b86a4f8 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
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The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_9b86a4f8 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_9dd84122 |
type |
Occult Detective |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_9dd84122 |
comment |
Occult Detective: Jonah Smith. Charlotte and Hopcraft also qualify. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_9dd84122 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_9dd84122 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
hasFeature |
The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_9dd84122 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_9e86e227 |
type |
The End... Or Is It? |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_9e86e227 |
comment |
The End... Or Is It?: In a post-credits epilogue set on Barnes Common in 1977, Springheel Jack (or another member of the same alien species) attacks a pair of hapless Spies In a Van. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_9e86e227 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_9e86e227 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
hasFeature |
The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_9e86e227 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_a6c69bd |
type |
MacGuffin |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_a6c69bd |
comment |
MacGuffin: The Burning Truth (a mystical pendant) and the Box of Emet (a box with magical properties), which both also happen to be misidentified pieces of alien technology. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_a6c69bd |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_a6c69bd |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
hasFeature |
The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_a6c69bd |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_a7defafd |
type |
Code Name |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_a7defafd |
comment |
Code Name: Anstruther is fond of issuing Lewis Carroll-themed code-names: Hopcraft is 'Cheshire Cat', Sadesky is 'The Queen of Hearts' and Springheel Jack is 'The Jabberwock'. Smith, however, refuses to answer to his given code-name of 'Dormhouse'. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_a7defafd |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_a7defafd |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
hasFeature |
The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_a7defafd |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_a80ad52c |
type |
Hanging Judge |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_a80ad52c |
comment |
Hanging Judge: Mr. Hardwick, the magistrate at Lambeth Street Court, threatens to have Tom Millbank hanged for contempt of court. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_a80ad52c |
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| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
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The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_a80ad52c |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_a8826e1e |
type |
Giant Mook |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_a8826e1e |
comment |
Giant Mook: D'Urberville, aka "The Bermondsey Lurker" is a garrote-wielding mook of giant proportions. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_a8826e1e |
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| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_a8826e1e |
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| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
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The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_a8826e1e |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_b1b5081b |
type |
Sapient Ship |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_b1b5081b |
comment |
Sapient Ship: Springheel Jack's spaceship seems to be able to communicate telepathically with Smith. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_b1b5081b |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_b1b5081b |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
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The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_b1b5081b |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_b214c6e1 |
type |
Tunnel Network |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_b214c6e1 |
comment |
Tunnel Network: Smith and Hopcraft brave one of these in the middle episode of Series 3, The Tunnels of Death. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_b214c6e1 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_b214c6e1 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
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The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_b214c6e1 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_b2d8059f |
type |
Innocent Aliens |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_b2d8059f |
comment |
Innocent Aliens: Springheel Jack turns out to be just that. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_b2d8059f |
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| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_b2d8059f |
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| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
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The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_b2d8059f |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_b5e63cc4 |
type |
Shadow Archetype |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_b5e63cc4 |
comment |
Shadow Archetype: Hopcraft not only fits this archetype perfectly in relation to Smith, but he's Genre Savvy enough to be fully aware of the fact. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_b5e63cc4 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_b5e63cc4 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
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The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_b5e63cc4 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_bc3cb7ff |
type |
Clear My Name |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_bc3cb7ff |
comment |
Clear My Name: Smith's primary goal for most of Series 2. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_bc3cb7ff |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_bc3cb7ff |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
hasFeature |
The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_bc3cb7ff |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_be8416ea |
type |
Shrouded in Myth |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_be8416ea |
comment |
Shrouded in Myth: No two descriptions of Springheel Jack are alike, and all the characters have their own theories and beliefs about his true nature and the veracity of his exploits. Smith becomes mythologised by association with him, leading Anstruther to remark: |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_be8416ea |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
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The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_be8416ea |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_c00484eb |
type |
Accent Relapse |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_c00484eb |
comment |
Accent Relapse: Hopcraft, who affects an RP accent for most of the story, briefly slips back into a South London accent not unlike Smith's. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_c00484eb |
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| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
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The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_c00484eb |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_c66cb5a9 |
type |
Human Sacrifice |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_c66cb5a9 |
comment |
Human Sacrifice: In this case, the willing self-sacrifice of an acolyte at a Satanic black mass. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_c66cb5a9 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_c66cb5a9 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
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The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_c66cb5a9 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_c6b8d37a |
type |
Cliffhanger |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_c6b8d37a |
comment |
Cliffhanger: The Springheel Saga boasts multiple examples: Series 1, Episode 1: D'Urberville chokes Smith with his garrote. Series 1, Episode 2: A huge stone door blocks off the heroes' escape from the crypt, seemingly crushing Smith. Series 2, Episode 1: Shot by a mystery assailant, Charlotte dies in Smith's arms and he is mistaken for her killer. Series 2, Episode 2: Cornered by the police on London Bridge, Smith leaps over the edge and plunges into the Thames. Series 3, Episode 1: Captured by the Prussians and tied to a chair, Vecht bids Smith goodbye and someone gets stabbed. Series 3, Episode 2: Trapped underground, surrounded by enemies, and with only one bullet left in his pistol, Smith causes a cave-in that buries them all together. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_c6b8d37a |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
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The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_c6b8d37a |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_c75df49a |
type |
Shout-Out |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_c75df49a |
comment |
Shout-Out: The opening scene of Series 3, where sentries Private Bernard and Private Francis await a visitation by the ghostly 'Night Terror', is directly lifted from Act 1, Scene 1 of Hamlet. Wayland's black mass incantation name-checks Lucifer's 'dark angels' Mocata (the villain in The Devil Rides Out) and Azal (the ancient alien menace in Doctor Who S8E5 "The Dæmons"). |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_c75df49a |
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| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_c75df49a |
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| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
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The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_c75df49a |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_c93ae7fc |
type |
High-Dive Escape |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_c93ae7fc |
comment |
High-Dive Escape: Smith's plunge from London Bridge into the Thames. Hopcraft's leap from the Runaway Train into Slough Weir. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_c93ae7fc |
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1.0 |
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| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
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The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_c93ae7fc |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_cddc1b7 |
type |
MacGuffin Melee |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_cddc1b7 |
comment |
MacGuffin Melee: At Bartholomew Fair, both Springheel Jack and the fire-breathing Copycat are drawn to the Box of Emet at the same moment, and chaos ensues. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_cddc1b7 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_cddc1b7 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
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The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_cddc1b7 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_d264e7d4 |
type |
Bullet Catch |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_d264e7d4 |
comment |
Bullet Catch: Cuthbert and Lizzie perform the bullet-catch trick at Bartholomew Fair. Oscar later attempts to use Lizzie's pistol against Springheel Jack, only to realise it's loaded with blanks. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_d264e7d4 |
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| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_d264e7d4 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
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The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_d264e7d4 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_d64c3cd4 |
type |
Living MacGuffin |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_d64c3cd4 |
comment |
Living MacGuffin: Springheel Jack himself. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_d64c3cd4 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_d64c3cd4 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
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The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_d64c3cd4 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_d9cf40fa |
type |
Screw This, I'm Outta Here |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_d9cf40fa |
comment |
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: When they realise the game is up at the end of Series 1, Chough and D'Urberville flee the scene and never return to the story again. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_d9cf40fa |
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| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_d9cf40fa |
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| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
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The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_d9cf40fa |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_d9d864e2 |
type |
Stage Magician |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_d9d864e2 |
comment |
Stage Magician: Cuthbert Leach, aka "The Great Majesto" is the Harlequin Players' doddery illusionist. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_d9d864e2 |
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| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_d9d864e2 |
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| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
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The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_d9d864e2 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_d9d8fd35 |
type |
Battle Butler |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_d9d8fd35 |
comment |
Battle Butler: Wayland's manservant, Blackaby. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_d9d8fd35 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_d9d8fd35 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
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The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_d9d8fd35 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_dae5c997 |
type |
Action Girl |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_dae5c997 |
comment |
Action Girl: Aristocratic adventuress, Charlotte Fitzrandolph; criminal gang-leader and magician's assistant, Lizzie Coombe; and Prussian spymistress, the Countess de Sadesky. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_dae5c997 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_dae5c997 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
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The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_dae5c997 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_db38d6ca |
type |
Torture Technician |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_db38d6ca |
comment |
Torture Technician: For a diplomat, Vecht is highly confident that with a little knife-work he will extract all the information the villains need from Smith 'in a matter of minutes'. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_db38d6ca |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_db38d6ca |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
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The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_db38d6ca |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_e069fae8 |
type |
Bad Guy Bar |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_e069fae8 |
comment |
Bad Guy Bar: The Morgan Arms public house is at the centre of Wayland's frame-up job on Thomas Millbank, and the Fighting Cocks Inn is an extremely rough dive where a Bar Brawl breaks out. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_e069fae8 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_e069fae8 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
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The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_e069fae8 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_e49686 |
type |
The Hero |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_e49686 |
comment |
The Hero: Jonah Smith. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_e49686 |
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| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_e49686 |
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The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_e49686 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_e4b69188 |
type |
Very Loosely Based on a True Story |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_e4b69188 |
comment |
Very Loosely Based on a True Story: Although highly fictionalised and given a science-fantasy twist, most of the key events of the story are based on historical fact. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_e4b69188 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_e4b69188 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
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The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_e4b69188 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_e66e9bfb |
type |
New Era Speech |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_e66e9bfb |
comment |
New Era Speech: The Countess de Sadesky and Jaeger give one of these between them. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_e66e9bfb |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_e66e9bfb |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
hasFeature |
The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_e66e9bfb |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_e899b102 |
type |
Sidekick |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_e899b102 |
comment |
Sidekick: Toby Hooks in Series 1, James Malcolm Rymer in Series 2, Hopcraft in Series 3. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_e899b102 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_e899b102 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
hasFeature |
The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_e899b102 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_e90b789a |
type |
Lovely Assistant |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_e90b789a |
comment |
Lovely Assistant: "Lovely Lizzie" Coombe is magical assistant to The Great Majesto, but as magical assistants go she's more pugnaciously pugilistic than most. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_e90b789a |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_e90b789a |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
hasFeature |
The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_e90b789a |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_ea0d06f0 |
type |
Bookcase Passage |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_ea0d06f0 |
comment |
Bookcase Passage: Smith, Charlotte and Hooks discover a variant of this trope in the Scratch Row church. By pressing the eye of a stone grotesque, a Secret Underground Passage is revealed, leading to the crypt. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_ea0d06f0 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_ea0d06f0 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
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The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_ea0d06f0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_eb8856 |
type |
The X of Y |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_eb8856 |
comment |
The X of Y: Not only do each of the three series titles employ variants of the 'X of Y' structure, but so do all nine episode titles as well. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_eb8856 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_eb8856 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
hasFeature |
The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_eb8856 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_ed61457c |
type |
The Illuminati |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_ed61457c |
comment |
The Illuminati: The Countess de Sadesky and Jaeger reveal themselves to be the leaders of a secret society called the Order of Perfectibilists – better known as the Bavarian Illuminati. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_ed61457c |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_ed61457c |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
hasFeature |
The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_ed61457c |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_ef20d7bc |
type |
A Minor Kidroduction |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_ef20d7bc |
comment |
A Minor Kidroduction: We're first introduced to Jonah Smith as a child on the night he first encountered Springheel Jack. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_ef20d7bc |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_ef20d7bc |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
hasFeature |
The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_ef20d7bc |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_f0f60e54 |
type |
Spring-Heeled Jack |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_f0f60e54 |
comment |
Spring-Heeled Jack: The focus of the series details the exploits of Jonah Smith, a Victorian policeman, hunting for the creature over the course of his career. Some of the events in the series are in fact based on "real" historical sightings of Spring-heeled Jack. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_f0f60e54 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_f0f60e54 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
hasFeature |
The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_f0f60e54 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_f2d8e3c2 |
type |
Evil Plan |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_f2d8e3c2 |
comment |
Evil Plan: The Countess de Sadesky's plan to weaponize Springheel Jack's technology threatens the entire world. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_f2d8e3c2 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_f2d8e3c2 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
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The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_f2d8e3c2 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_f55d739f |
type |
The Baroness |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_f55d739f |
comment |
The Baroness: The Countess de Sadesky. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_f55d739f |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_f55d739f |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
hasFeature |
The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_f55d739f |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_f7b32015 |
type |
Sufficiently Advanced Alien |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_f7b32015 |
comment |
Sufficiently Advanced Alien: Springheel Jack is sufficiently advanced to cure Hopcraft of his psychopathy with a single touch. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_f7b32015 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_f7b32015 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
hasFeature |
The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_f7b32015 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_fa4064bd |
type |
Secret Government Warehouse |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_fa4064bd |
comment |
Secret Government Warehouse: The Box of Emet is commandeered by the military and taken to Aldershot barracks where it's locked away forever... until Springheel Jack smashes his way inside to reclaim it. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_fa4064bd |
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1.0 |
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| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
hasFeature |
The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_fa4064bd |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_fed93e1b |
type |
Dark and Troubled Past |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_fed93e1b |
comment |
Dark and Troubled Past: Smith and Hopcraft share one but Hopcraft is too deranged from the experience to realise that there's anything dark or troubled about it. |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_fed93e1b |
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1.0 |
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1.0 |
| | The Springheel Saga (Podcast) |
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The Springheel Saga (Podcast) / int_fed93e1b |
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