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The Scarlet Pimpernel
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_3'); })The Scarlet Pimpernel is a classic action-adventure story written by Baroness Emmuska Orczy and turned into a play in 1903-05. This wildly popular tale is set during The French Revolution, an era when peasants rose up against the aristocracy and began slaughtering them wholesale. (Madame la Guillotine was a very busy woman at this time.) It seemed there would be no hope for the French Nobs, until a dashing hero arrived on the scene to snatch those destined for death from the hands of the bloodthirsty and fanatical Revolutionary government. This hero was a mysterious masked figure known only as The Scarlet Pimpernel (a small flower with five petals), and together with his small band of followers, he managed to spirit many a doomed aristocrat safely to England.But who is this "Scarlet Pimpernel"?Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_2'); })The beautiful expatriate French actress, Marguerite Blakeney, doesn't know. But she's recently discovered that her brother, Armand, is one of his band of followers. Unfortunately, Armand's been revealed to the Revolutionaries. And if Marguerite doesn't help Citizen Chauvelin, the slimy agent of the French Republic, discover the Pimpernel's true identity, Armand will be executed.To whom can Marguerite turn for help? Certainly not her foppish, empty-headed dandy of a husband, Percy. He barely has the brain cells to choose what outrageous outfit he'll wear to their next social function. He surely couldn't be of any use in finding out who the Pimpernel really is.The Scarlet Pimpernel is a notable work of Western literature, which would go on to influence popular culture throughout the generations. It's an early precursor to the Spy Drama genre of fiction, and the Pimpernel himself can be counted as a Proto-Superhero. The book arguably created the modern concept of the Secret Identity. Like Batman (or that other early "superhero", Zorro), the Pimpernel is a wealthy personage who hides behind a foppish face by day and performs dashing and heroic deeds under the cover of darkness. Like Superman, he hides his intellect and intentions behind a mask of clueless ignorance. He also uses an iconic symbol (the Pimpernel flower) to denote his identity. Truly, modern-day movies and comic books owe a lot to this character. Even Anime seems to have been influenced a bit by him, judging by the number of series (like Trigun and Trinity Blood) which feature seemingly dorky — yet secretly competent — heroes who often wear red.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_1'); })The Scarlet Pimpernel would go on to spawn a series of sequel books, operettas, musicals, movies and TV adaptations. The third sequel novel, Eldorado, has often been drawn on to spice up adaptations of the original novel, as it has a high-stakes plot in which the League of the Scarlet Pimpernel goes to the aid of a surviving member of the French royal family.The Pink Carnation book series by Lauren Willig features characters who took up where the original Pimpernel left off (i.e. the Carnation, and prior to that, the Purple Gentian). In 1941 the lore was even updated and remade as Pimpernel Smith to be about rescuing Jews from Nazi Germany. | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_1036c075 | type |
Forceful Kiss | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_1036c075 | comment |
Forceful Kiss: When Pierre Adet is introduced in Lord Tony's Wife, he has a legitimate grievance against the Duc de Kernoghan. But to make sure the reader has no sympathy with him, Orczy has him forcefully kiss the Duc's teenage daughter, gloating about how she'll never be able to forget it. | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_12040009 | type |
No Accounting for Taste | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_12040009 | comment |
No Accounting for Taste: The world can't understand why the intellectual Marguerite St. Just fell for the ditzy Sir Percy. | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_149f7447 | type |
Rescue Romance | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_149f7447 | comment |
Rescue Romance: Armand and Jeanne both decide they're in love (less than 24 hours after they first met) after Jeanne saves him from Héron. | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_15385326 | type |
You Can't Thwart Stage One | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_15385326 | comment |
You Can't Thwart Stage One: In Lord Tony's Wife, the Pimpernel knows the antagonists' plan from the beginning, but still doesn't manage to stop them taking their intended victim to France. | |
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Dressing as the Enemy | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_18dd6739 | comment |
Dressing as the Enemy: A ruse often used by the Pimpernel and his associates. | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_1994ba0b | type |
Gone Horribly Right | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_1994ba0b | comment |
Gone Horribly Right: Marguerite denounces the Marquis de St Cyr as revenge for attacking her brother; as a result, the Marquis and his entire family are sent to the guillotine, to Marguerite's horror. | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_1c445e86 | type |
Poor Communication Kills | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_1c445e86 | comment |
Poor Communication Kills: In The Elusive Pimpernel, Marguerite bids Sir Percy a tearful farewell as he heads to France on his latest mission. Despite ample opportunity, she neglects to mention the important conversation she's just had with Desiree Candeille, and therefore falls straight into Chauvelin's latest trap. | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_1c5002bc | type |
The Stoic | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_1c5002bc | comment |
The Stoic: Sir Percy's mask of choice for when alone with his wife. | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_1cd602ef | type |
Calling Card | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_1cd602ef | comment |
Calling Card: After a French aristocrat makes good his escape, the Revolutionary authorities will often find a note bearing the symbol of a small red star-shaped flower. The note might as well say "The Scarlet Pimpernel strikes again!" | |
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Reality Ensues | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_1d9a2764 | comment |
Reality Ensues: In Lord Tony's Wife, two separate characters attempt to use a Tap on the Head to put someone briefly out of action. One victim ends up in hospital, the other in the cemetery. | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_22cf536c | type |
Chekhov's Gun | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_22cf536c | comment |
Chekhov's Gun: In Lord Tony's Wife, Carrier's habit of having a fast coach on 24-hour standby in case he needs to make a quick getaway. | |
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No-Holds-Barred Beatdown | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_25524784 | comment |
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: Ordered by Chauvelin on their Jewish prisoner after the Scarlet Pimpernel escapes their surveillance. Sir Percy had to let them do it so they would leave him behind with his wife afterwards. | |
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Camp Straight | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_27c09b00 | comment |
Camp Straight: Percy is effiminate even by the standards of the time, but he's also got a reputation as a rake. Many aristocratic male characters also qualify, but Percy stands out the most. | |
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Violently Protective Girlfriend | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_2c437b06 | comment |
Violently Protective Wife: Marguerite. | |
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Hidden Depths | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_2dc0d2bf | comment |
Hidden Depths: Both Marguerite and her husband, which they both wish they'd discovered long ago. | |
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Author Catchphrase | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_3079b64 | comment |
Author Catchphrase: Read the unabridged version and count how many times Chauvelin's "fox-like face" is mentioned. Or Marguerite Blakeney's "tiny" feet and hands. | |
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Even Evil Has Standards | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_319e4a2f | comment |
Even Evil Has Standards: Even the Committee of Public Safety think Carrier's mass executions at Nantes are taking things a bit far. | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_34f8042a | type |
Gratuitous French | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_34f8042a | comment |
Gratuitous French: Just to remind the reader that the scene is laid in France, Orczy sprinkles the dialogue with phrases like ci-devant, citoyen, and Sacres aristos! even when the rest of a given Frenchman's speech is translated. | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_38d02d44 | type |
Batman Gambit | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_38d02d44 | comment |
Batman Gambit: The Scarlet Pimpernel is fond of these. No, seriously. The entire final rescue of the first book hinges on the French's hatred of the Jews. | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_40c57041 | type |
Manipulative Bastard | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_40c57041 | comment |
Manipulative Bastard: Chauvelin, even moreso in the sequels. | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_4160410d | type |
Damsel in Distress | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_4160410d | comment |
Damsel in Distress: Chauvelin switches tactics from giving Marguerite the Sadistic Choice to making her the hostage in her husband's Sadistic Choices. | |
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The Guards Must Be Crazy | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_4508b16b | comment |
The Guards Must Be Crazy: Chauvelin has his men so scared to disobey him, they ignore Common Sense in favor of following his orders to the letter. | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_46f464b | type |
Well, Excuse Me, Princess! | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_46f464b | comment |
Well, Excuse Me, Princess!: Lady Marguerite "smartest-woman-in-Europe" Blakeney | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_474e3977 | type |
You Have Failed Me | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_474e3977 | comment |
You Have Failed Me: Robespierre gives Chauvelin this ultimatum in The Elusive Pimpernel. Inverted at the end of The Way of the Scarlet Pimpernel. Chauvelin is theoretically under Citizen Chabot's command, but by the end it's Chauvelin who has Chabot sent to the guillotine for his bungling. | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_4a852053 | type |
The Hero's Journey | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_4a852053 | comment |
The Hero's Journey: For Marguerite, complete with "Night Sea Voyage." | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_4cacfcc3 | type |
Honey Trap | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_4cacfcc3 | comment |
Honey Trap: The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel — Theresia first asks her would-be employers if they're not worried about her Becoming the Mask. | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_4e6e4dc7 | type |
The Coroner Doth Protest Too Much | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_4e6e4dc7 | comment |
The Coroner Doth Protest Too Much: In The Way of the Scarlet Pimpernel, Bastien de Croissy is found dead in his ransacked office, an iron bar lying beside his body. Since no money is missing, and the police chief doesn't want to consider any political motive, he closes the case as an obvious suicide. | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_52aa0c4a | type |
The Caligula | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_52aa0c4a | comment |
The Caligula: Carrier in Lord Tony's Wife is obsessed with mass executions, and paranoid about assassination attempts. | |
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Not What It Looks Like | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_52d1f46e | comment |
Not What It Looks Like: When Marguerite and Sir Andrew show up in disguise at the Fishermen's Rest inn, Mr. Jellyband and his daughter naturally assume they're running away together. | |
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Artistic License – History | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_56515a39 | comment |
Artistic License – History: Baroness Orczy was not particularly interested in presenting an accurate, well-researched portrayal of the French Revolution. One example — the beginning of the first novel is set in September 1792, and it is clearly stated that the Committee of Public Safety is responsible for the executions of the aristocratic class. Except that the Committee wasn't formed until April 1793. Furthermore, while the Revolution had not been free of bloodshed up to that point, the description of hundreds of aristos being beheaded on daily (even hourly) basis was a heavy exaggeration. | |
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Police Are Useless | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_59907e4f | comment |
Police are Useless: The Paris police in The Way of the Scarlet Pimpernel — see The Coroner Doth Protest Too Much. | |
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It's All My Fault | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_5ad80bf8 | comment |
It's All My Fault: Percy's guilt over what Marguerite suffers as the Scarlet Pimpernel's wife features prominently in Eldorado. | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_6201e8b0 | type |
I Have Your Wife | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_6201e8b0 | comment |
I Have Your Wife: The French have Marguerite's brother. She frequently finds herself on the other end of this trope in the sequels, being taken hostage by Chauvelin to force Sir Percy's hand. | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_64edb99c | type |
Always Save the Girl | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_64edb99c | comment |
Always Save the Girl: Armand for Jeanne Lange in Eldorado. Tragedy ensues. | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_66dfe36a | type |
Missing Mom | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_66dfe36a | comment |
Missing Mom: Sir Percy Hits Back states that Fleurette's mother is dead. No more information about her whatsoever is shared, not even her name. | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_68068108 | type |
Evil Laugh | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_68068108 | comment |
Evil Laugh: Inverted — Sir Percy's laugh is perfectly pleasant, but it gives Chauvelin an Oh, Crap! moment whenever he hears it. | |
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At the Opera Tonight | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_694da243 | comment |
At the Opera Tonight: Chapter 10. Marguerite is attending the opera when Chauvelin pays a visit to her box to propose an arrangement of mutual benefit. | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_6b05b601 | type |
Jerkass Has a Point | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_6b05b601 | comment |
Jerkass Has a Point: While the author can hardly be accused of being too favourably disposed to the French revolutionaries, there are several passages where the narration does acknowledge that the aristocracy could be needlessly cruel and oppressive. In particular, both Marguerite and her brother Armand are committed (albeit more moderate) Republicans who are nevertheless treated sympathetically, and their backstory involves a nobleman who ordered the low-born Armand viciously beaten after he dared express romantic interest in one of the nobleman's daughters. The point is clear that it's not exactly a mystery why the French lower classes had enough and decided to rebel, even if they took it a bit too far. | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_6b05b601 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel | hasFeature |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_6b05b601 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_6bdf39ae | type |
Master Actor | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_6bdf39ae | comment |
Master Actor: The Pimpernel impersonates several known French people, authority figures, civil servants and grimy tramps alike. At one point, he reflects that he plays the part of Rateau (a coal-heaver he often impersonates) more convincingly than Rateau himself. | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_6bdf39ae | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_6bdf39ae | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel | hasFeature |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_6bdf39ae | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_6c0cefcd | type |
Pepper Sneeze | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_6c0cefcd | comment |
Pepper Sneeze: During a confrontation with Chauvelin, the Pimpernel sneaks some pepper into his snuff box; the consequent sneezing fit gives the Pimpernel an opportunity to escape. | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_6c0cefcd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_6c0cefcd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel | hasFeature |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_6c0cefcd | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_6c1cc4b | type |
Everyone Looks Sexier if French | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_6c1cc4b | comment |
Everyone Looks Sexier If French: English gentlemen seem to have a thing for Parisian beauties and are very eager to marry them. Poor English gals, they are doomed to die old spinsters at that rate. | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_6c1cc4b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_6c1cc4b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel | hasFeature |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_6c1cc4b | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_6c71ab1d | type |
I Want Them Alive! | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_6c71ab1d | comment |
I Want Them Alive: Which, naturally, proves to be Chauvelin's undoing. Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!! | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_6c71ab1d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_6c71ab1d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel | hasFeature |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_6c71ab1d | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_711714da | type |
Opposites Attract | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_711714da | comment |
Opposites Attract: Pondered by Armand — the graceful, witty Marguerite and her husband, the ditzy dandy. Of course, his ditzyness is all just an act, turning this into Birds of a Feather. | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_711714da | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_711714da | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel | hasFeature |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_711714da | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_7141f5cd | type |
I Didn't Mean to Kill Him | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_7141f5cd | comment |
I Didn't Mean to Kill Him: Marguerite with the Marquis de St. Cyr, in her Backstory. | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_7141f5cd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_7141f5cd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel | hasFeature |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_7141f5cd | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_71bc0919 | type |
Burn Baby Burn | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_71bc0919 | comment |
Burn Baby Burn: One of the Pimpernel's associates tries to burn his instructions to prevent Marguerite reading them. It doesn't work. | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_71bc0919 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_71bc0919 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel | hasFeature |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_71bc0919 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_740f59b4 | type |
ColorCodedForYourConvenience | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_740f59b4 | comment |
Color-Coded for Your Convenience: Unless he's disguised, Chauvelin always wears black ("sable"), even in the sequels. | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_740f59b4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_740f59b4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel | hasFeature |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_740f59b4 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_76db0ef5 | type |
Slobs Versus Snobs | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_76db0ef5 | comment |
Slobs vs. Snobs: On a national level: Scruffy revolutionary France against well-ordered, aristocratic England. There's also an element of it among the French government: | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_76db0ef5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_76db0ef5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel | hasFeature |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_76db0ef5 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_7754d378 | type |
Shut Up and Save Me! | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_7754d378 | comment |
Shut Up and Save Me!: Yeah, Margot, honey, I'm glad to see you, too, but how about we talk after you untie me? | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_7754d378 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_7754d378 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel | hasFeature |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_7754d378 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_7d163c9c | type |
Dating Catwoman | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_7d163c9c | comment |
Dating Catwoman: Sir Percy, leader of the aristocrats' proverbial Secret Service, marries a French republican. He distances himself from his wife when she confesses her (unwitting) contribution to the execution of the Marquis de St. Cyr. | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_7d163c9c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_7d163c9c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel | hasFeature |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_7d163c9c | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_7de3aec2 | type |
What Does She See in Him? | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_7de3aec2 | comment |
What Does She See in Him?: Everyone wonders, what did the smartest woman in Europe see in the foppish Sir Percy Blakeney? | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_7de3aec2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_7de3aec2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel | hasFeature |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_7de3aec2 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_7eb49b31 | type |
Almost Kiss | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_7eb49b31 | comment |
Almost Kiss: Sir Percy desperately wants to kiss Marguerite after she asks him to save her brother, but he doesn't trust her, so he stops himself. | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_7eb49b31 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_7eb49b31 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel | hasFeature |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_7eb49b31 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_808cbaeb | type |
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_808cbaeb | comment |
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: Sir Percy lists the methods of Chauvelin and his colleagues: "Murder, outrage, abduction... and wearing breeches the cut of which would provoke a saint to indignation!" | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_808cbaeb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_808cbaeb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel | hasFeature |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_808cbaeb | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_8411ab92 | type |
Red Oni, Blue Oni | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_8411ab92 | comment |
Red Oni, Blue Oni: Chauvelin, a coldly intellectual patriot, often has to team up with a passionate revolutionary such as Collot d'Herbois or Martin-Roget. They invariably can't stand each other. | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_8411ab92 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_8411ab92 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel | hasFeature |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_8411ab92 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_842426f3 | type |
Grande Dame | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_842426f3 | comment |
Grande Dame: The Comtesse de Tournay is a stiffly dignified old lady, implacably opposed to Marguerite — but forced by the Prince Regent to acknowledge her nonetheless. | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_842426f3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_842426f3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel | hasFeature |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_842426f3 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_85debad9 | type |
Plucky Girl | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_85debad9 | comment |
Plucky Girl: Josette Gravier in The Way of the Scarlet Pimpernel. | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_85debad9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_85debad9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel | hasFeature |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_85debad9 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_86f4f393 | type |
Stating the Simple Solution | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_86f4f393 | comment |
Stating the Simple Solution: Chauvelin's Hypercompetent Sidekick Collot d'Herbois wonders why they don't just shoot the Pimpernel in The Elusive Pimpernel. In Lord Tony's Wife, it's Chauvelin who points out to Martin-Roget that it would be simpler to have the de Kernogans quickly executed than put them through an elaborate Fate Worse than Death, followed by death. The longer they're alive, he reasons, the more chance the Pimpernel has to rescue them. | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_86f4f393 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_86f4f393 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel | hasFeature |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_86f4f393 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_8a6284d1 | type |
Swashbuckler | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_8a6284d1 | comment |
Swashbuckler: Hovers near the edge of this genre. The Pimpernel tends to use his wits rather than weaponry. | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_8a6284d1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_8a6284d1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel | hasFeature |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_8a6284d1 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_8a9eb844 | type |
Perspective Flip | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_8a9eb844 | comment |
Perspective Flip: Several novels focus more on the rescuees than on the League of the Scarlet Pimpernel. | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_8a9eb844 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_8a9eb844 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel | hasFeature |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_8a9eb844 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_8c55e307 | type |
Ultimate Job Security | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_8c55e307 | comment |
Ultimate Job Security: Chauvelin's persistent failure to catch the Pimpernel would have had him dismissed from his job if not executed — were it not that he's the only man in the French government who knows the Pimpernel's secret identity. He's careful to keep things that way. | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_8c55e307 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_8c55e307 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel | hasFeature |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_8c55e307 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_90d44f44 | type |
Karmic Death | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_90d44f44 | comment |
Karmic Death: Sir Percy predicts that as one of Robespierre's henchmen, Chauvelin will share the fate he inflicted on so many others: a show trial followed by the guillotine. | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_90d44f44 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_90d44f44 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel | hasFeature |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_90d44f44 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_9591377d | type |
Heel Realization | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_9591377d | comment |
Heel Realization: Marguerite and her brother, just prior to the start of the novel. | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_9591377d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_9591377d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel | hasFeature |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_9591377d | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_973d4e8 | type |
Loved I Not Honor More | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_973d4e8 | comment |
Loved I Not Honor More: Comes up in just about every one but is discussed most prominently in Eldorado. | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_973d4e8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_973d4e8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel | hasFeature |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_973d4e8 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_9a1d239e | type |
Been There, Shaped History | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_9a1d239e | comment |
Been There, Shaped History: In The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel, it's Sir Percy who brings about the arrest of Theresia Cabarrus, thus starting the chain of events leading to the fall of Robespierre. | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_9a1d239e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_9a1d239e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel | hasFeature |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_9a1d239e | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_9cbf01d6 | type |
Stay in the Kitchen | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_9cbf01d6 | comment |
Stay in the Kitchen: Blink and you'll miss it — Sir Andrew tries to dissuade Marguerite from chasing after her husband because "this is man's work." And that one sentence is the first and last time he tries. | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_9cbf01d6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_9cbf01d6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel | hasFeature |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_9cbf01d6 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_9d3b4703 | type |
This Is Reality | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_9d3b4703 | comment |
This Is Reality: Chauvelin tells himself this at one point, when he catches himself speculating that the Pimpernel's ability to evade capture may have some supernatural source. | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_9d3b4703 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_9d3b4703 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel | hasFeature |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_9d3b4703 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_9f970427 | type |
Secret-Keeper | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_9f970427 | comment |
Secret Keeper: The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel, as well as Percy's butler Frank, all know his Secret Identity. | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_9f970427 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_9f970427 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel | hasFeature |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_9f970427 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_9fda81a7 | type |
The Summation | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_9fda81a7 | comment |
The Summation: Percy explains exactly what he did to save everyone as he sits on the beach with Marguerite after it's all over. | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_9fda81a7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_9fda81a7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel | hasFeature |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_9fda81a7 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_a2e887be | type |
Secondary Character Title | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_a2e887be | comment |
Secondary Character Title: Adaptations would do well to remember that Marguerite is the protagonist here. | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_a2e887be | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_a2e887be | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel | hasFeature |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_a2e887be | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_a7e47a11 | type |
Your Approval Fills Me with Shame | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_a7e47a11 | comment |
Your Approval Fills Me with Shame: The revolutionists hail Marguerite as a heroine for turning in the Marquis de St. Cyr. | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_a7e47a11 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_a7e47a11 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel | hasFeature |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_a7e47a11 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_a859f080 | type |
Agent Peacock | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_a859f080 | comment |
Agent Peacock: Sir Percy, in this and just about every adaptation ever made except the A&E miniseries. Special note is taken of his hands, which are lily white and slender enough to pass as a woman's hands (on multiple occasions), and which the ladies at court fawn over. | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_a859f080 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_a859f080 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel | hasFeature |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_a859f080 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_ac560dc4 | type |
Save the Villain | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_ac560dc4 | comment |
Save the Villain's Daughter: Sir Percy Hits Back Sir Percy seems almost tempted to try it with Chauvelin himself: "But no one will free you from the guillotine when the time comes, unless I myself... a pleasant conceit—what? I'll think on it, I promise you!" | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_ac560dc4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_ac560dc4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel | hasFeature |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_ac560dc4 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_af3ea0e3 | type |
Face–Heel Turn | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_af3ea0e3 | comment |
The residents of Laragne attribute "citizen Armand's" sudden change in personality to the death of his wife in childbirth. This is most likely not true, given that the narrator calls his daughter the only person he's ever loved. | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_af3ea0e3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_af3ea0e3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel | hasFeature |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_af3ea0e3 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_b09c818 | type |
"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_b09c818 | comment |
"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word: When Chauvelin blackmails Marguerite into spying on her peers to learn the identity of the Scarlet Pimpernel: | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_b09c818 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_b09c818 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel | hasFeature |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_b09c818 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_b1346878 | type |
Fate Worse than Death | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_b1346878 | comment |
In Lord Tony's Wife, it's Chauvelin who points out to Martin-Roget that it would be simpler to have the de Kernogans quickly executed than put them through an elaborate Fate Worse than Death, followed by death. The longer they're alive, he reasons, the more chance the Pimpernel has to rescue them. | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_b1346878 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_b1346878 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel | hasFeature |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_b1346878 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_b14ca7ba | type |
Two Aliases, One Character | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_b14ca7ba | comment |
Two Aliases, One Character: The Scarlet Pimpernel and his everyday identity are treated as two separate characters until Marguerite realises who the latter is, a considerable distance into the novel. | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_b14ca7ba | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_b14ca7ba | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel | hasFeature |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_b14ca7ba | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_b352e864 | type |
Sexless Marriage | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_b352e864 | comment |
Sexless Marriage: Marguerite and her husband have apartments as far apart in their mansion as possible. | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_b352e864 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_b352e864 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel | hasFeature |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_b352e864 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_b9fc31d3 | type |
Victoria's Secret Compartment | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_b9fc31d3 | comment |
Victoria's Secret Compartment: In Eldorado, Marguerite smuggles letters from the Scarlet Pimpernel to his League out of prison in her kerchief... or, as her husband puts it, "... on your exquisite bosom where I so love to pillow my head." In Sir Percy Hits Back, the Scarlet Pimpernel sends a secret message to Fleurette, his latest rescuee, by slipping it into her Victoria's Secret Compartment... while disguised as her prison warden, which freaked the poor girl out. | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_b9fc31d3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_b9fc31d3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel | hasFeature |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_b9fc31d3 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_ba557643 | type |
Terms of Endangerment | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_ba557643 | comment |
Terms of Endangerment: Chauvelin towards Marguerite; adaptations have run with this and promoted him to a past love interest. | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_ba557643 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_ba557643 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel | hasFeature |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_ba557643 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_babc974 | type |
Sadistic Choice | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_babc974 | comment |
Sadistic Choice: Chauvelin gives one to Marguerite — either your brother or your husband. He specializes in his "either — or" tactic. | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_babc974 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_babc974 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel | hasFeature |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_babc974 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_bc74ef27 | type |
Berserk Button | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_bc74ef27 | comment |
Berserk Button: Threatening Sir Percy's wife is not a good idea, Chauvelin... | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_bc74ef27 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_bc74ef27 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel | hasFeature |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_bc74ef27 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_bdfb5a83 | type |
YouGotSpunk | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_bdfb5a83 | comment |
You Got Spunk: Citizen Merri in the short story The Cabaret de la Liberté likes a wench with spirit. | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_bdfb5a83 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_bdfb5a83 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel | hasFeature |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_bdfb5a83 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_bfad4265 | type |
I Have You Now, My Pretty | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_bfad4265 | comment |
I Have You Now, My Pretty: Chauvelin's treatment of Marguerite at the Opera and when he captures her on the beach. | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_bfad4265 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_c0d598fe | type |
Evil Gloating | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_c0d598fe | comment |
Evil Gloating: Chauvelin indulges a lot in the last act of the first book... and he pays for it. | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_c0d598fe | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_c271fe08 | type |
Machiavelli Was Wrong | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_c271fe08 | comment |
Machiavelli Was Wrong: The Pimpernel's men follow him out of devotion, Chauvelin's out of fear. | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel | hasFeature |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_c271fe08 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_c35d837f | type |
Loves My Alter Ego | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_c35d837f | comment |
Loves My Alter Ego: Marguerite swoons over the Pimpernel while unhappy in her marriage with Percy. Most of England falls in this trope, too, loving the daring and romance of the mysterious Pimpernel. | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_c35d837f | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_c435ec5d | type |
Aesop Amnesia | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_c435ec5d | comment |
Aesop Amnesia: Chauvelin repeatedly continues to underestimate his Arch-Enemy and to use the I Have Got Your Wife Sadistic Choice no matter how many times it backfires on him. | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_c435ec5d | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_c4c4a411 | type |
Baddie Flattery | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_c4c4a411 | comment |
Baddie Flattery: Chauvelin towards Marguerite, particularly in Eldorado. | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_c4c4a411 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_c9e5a0db | type |
Legacy Character | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_c9e5a0db | comment |
Legacy Character: The Pimpernel is the descendent of a hero of The Cavalier Years, as shown in The Laughing Cavalier and The First Sir Percy. His own Identical Grandson appears in Pimpernel and Rosemary. | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_c9e5a0db | featureApplicability |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel | hasFeature |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_c9e5a0db | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_cdd676a3 | type |
Hyper-Competent Sidekick | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_cdd676a3 | comment |
Chauvelin's Hypercompetent Sidekick Collot d'Herbois wonders why they don't just shoot the Pimpernel in The Elusive Pimpernel. | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_cdd676a3 | featureApplicability |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_cdd676a3 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_cf92fea8 | type |
Cassandra Truth | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_cf92fea8 | comment |
Cassandra Truth: In The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel, Theresia has the vanishingly rare ability to recognise Sir Percy when he is disguised. She spots him while being dragged away by Chauvelin's men, and points him out as the Pimpernel. Nobody believes her. | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_cf92fea8 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_d39e327f | type |
What the Hell, Hero? | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_d39e327f | comment |
What the Hell, Hero?: Two in Eldorado. First, Armand accuses Percy of not understanding what it means to love; Percy thoroughly agrees with him (Marguerite, however, doesn't) and spends a good subsequent portion of the novel condemning himself for what he puts his wife through. Later, Percy sends Armand a letter to this effect after his brother-in-law betrays him. | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_d39e327f | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_d45c0b86 | type |
Refuge in Audacity | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_d45c0b86 | comment |
Refuge in Audacity: Percy wins at the end of the original novel by... dressing up as a Jew and relying on the French's rampant anti-Semitism to make them overlook him. It comes as quite a surprise to modern students who have to read the book for English class... | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_d45c0b86 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_d48c0702 | type |
That's What I Would Do | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_d48c0702 | comment |
That's What I Would Do: In The Way of the Scarlet Pimpernel, Sir Percy and Chauvelin both come up with the idea of making a copy of the McGuffin and substituting it for the original (Sir Percy's version includes his signature rhyme, of course). Sir Percy notes the similarity: | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_d48c0702 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_d515fe86 | type |
Pseudo-Crisis | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_d515fe86 | comment |
Pseudo Crisis: It seems many times that the Pimpernel or the people he's rescuing are on the verge of capture, but many of these "crises" were actually built into his rescue plans. | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_d515fe86 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_d53ecfe3 | type |
Not-So-Safe Harbor | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_d53ecfe3 | comment |
Not-So-Safe Harbor: The port area of Nantes in Lord Tony's Wife, with warehouses repurposed by the authorities as disease-ridden prisons, and unpaved streets where hollow-eyed urchins roam. Plus the delightfully-named Bad-Guy Bar, the Rat Mort. | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_d53ecfe3 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_dc057cf3 | type |
Adaptation Name Change | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_dc057cf3 | comment |
Adaptation Name Change: In Jonathan Holloway's adaptation for Radio 4, Chauvelin has the forename Henri, rather than Armand (as in the books) or Bernard-François (the historical figure). | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_dc057cf3 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_e069fae8 | type |
Bad Guy Bar | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_e069fae8 | comment |
Bad-Guy Bar: The Cabaret de la Liberté in the short story of the same name. Sir Percy, in his persona of Citizen Rateau, is a frequent drinker there. | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_e069fae8 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_e116fedc | type |
Play-Along Prisoner | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_e116fedc | comment |
Play-Along Prisoner: The Pimpernel, at one point, to be in position to aid another prisoner. | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_e116fedc | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_e16217f8 | type |
Historical Villain Upgrade | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_e16217f8 | comment |
Historical Villain Upgrade: Robespierre, though he didn't need too much alteration to make him into a larger-than-life Evil Overlord. | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_e16217f8 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_e19e68 | type |
Cruel Mercy | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_e19e68 | comment |
Cruel Mercy: Percy's revenge on Chauvelin in Sir Percy Hits Back is sparing his life, which Chauvelin considers a Fate Worse than Death. | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_e19e68 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_e34400ab | type |
Ambiguously Gay | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_e34400ab | comment |
Ambiguously Gay: Jean-Baptiste Carrier, governor of Nantes in Lord Tony's Wife, and his aide Jacques Lalouët. | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_e34400ab | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_e596f27b | type |
Star-Crossed Lovers | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_e596f27b | comment |
Star-Crossed Lovers: In his Backstory, Armand St. Just fell in love with the aristocrat Angèle de St. Cyr. He ended up beaten within an inch of his life as punishment for sending her a love letter. | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_e596f27b | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_eb28ab57 | type |
Bound and Gagged | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_eb28ab57 | comment |
Bound and Gagged: Well, Percy gets bound, and Marguerite gets gagged in the climax. | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_eb28ab57 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_edeafb2e | type |
Malicious Misnaming | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_edeafb2e | comment |
Malicious Misnaming: Sir Percy constantly deliberately mispronounces Chauvelin's name as things like "Chaubertin" and "Chambertin." | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_edeafb2e | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_ee7a60e9 | type |
One-Steve Limit | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_ee7a60e9 | comment |
One Steve Limit: Marguerite's brother and Chauvelin share the first name Armand, but Chauvelin's first name is very infrequently mentioned (and if Armand St Just is in the book, never). | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_ee7a60e9 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_f12d9d83 | type |
Promotion to Parent | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_f12d9d83 | comment |
Promotion to Parent: After being hinted in The Scarlet Pimpernel, established in Eldorado, which reveals that Armand's name for Marguerite is "little Mother." | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_f12d9d83 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_f288cf3 | type |
Innocent Innuendo | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_f288cf3 | comment |
Innocent Innuendo: Chauvelin claims he has the remedy to Marguerite's boredom and disappointment in her marriage... helping him track down the Scarlet Pimpernel. | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_f288cf3 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_f3f1a9e2 | type |
Not My Driver | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_f3f1a9e2 | comment |
Not My Driver: In The Way of the Scarlet Pimpernel — the substitute driver is, of course, the Pimpernel. | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_f3f1a9e2 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_f6624c30 | type |
Together in Death | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_f6624c30 | comment |
Together in Death: Marguerite constantly steels herself for this fate. Fortunately, they both Earn Your Happy Ending. | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_f6624c30 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_f69a5d0 | type |
Good People Have Good Sex | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_f69a5d0 | comment |
Good People Have Good Sex: Just short of stated outright for the Blakeneys, whenever Sir Percy can take a break from his heroics, that is. (They have a year of lost time to make up for, after all...) | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_f69a5d0 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_f788b2c5 | type |
Love Makes You Evil | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_f788b2c5 | comment |
Love Makes You Evil: The residents of Laragne attribute "citizen Armand's" sudden change in personality to the death of his wife in childbirth. This is most likely not true, given that the narrator calls his daughter the only person he's ever loved. Devinne in Sir Percy Leads The Band is infatuated with an aristocrat's daughter, and turns traitor in the hope of sending his rival for her to the guillotine. | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_f788b2c5 | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_f8e010ce | type |
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_f8e010ce | comment |
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: Chauvelin is repeatedly guilty of this. Prime examples are Eldorado, where he believes his current Sadistic Choice plot has been foiled because he doesn't in the least expect the Scarlet Pimpernel to consider giving his life or honor for the "friend" who betrayed him, and Sir Percy Hits Back, where he thoroughly believes his daughter is doomed because surely the Scarlet Pimpernel wouldn't lift a finger to save his Arch-Enemy's daughter. | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_f8e010ce | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_fd53ff9f | type |
Heroes Want Redheads | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_fd53ff9f | comment |
Heroes Want Redheads: Marguerite is a redhead, shading towards strawberry blonde. | |
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The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_fd53ff9f | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_fd7267dd | type |
Master of Disguise | |
The Scarlet Pimpernel / int_fd7267dd | comment |
Master of Disguise: The Pimpernel himself. Even his own wife can't recognise him when he's dressed up. His wife?! Not even Chauvelin recognises him, more than once! | |
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