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* [[Did Not Get the Girl]]
* [[Dirty Coward]]: Cyrano considers himself one because he [[Cannot Spit It Out]].
* [[Don't You Dare Pity Me!]]: Please don’t dare. Seriously, don’t.
* [[Duels Decide Everything]]
* [[Establishing Character Moment]]
* [[Excuse Me While I Multitask]]:
* [[Expy]]: Of Crisóstomo, a character from ''[[
* [[Fatal Flaw]]: Vanity, as Cyrano admits in his final scene
* [[Gag Nose]]
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* [[Screw the Money, I Have Rules]]
* [[Secret Stab Wound]]
* [[Small Name, Big Ego]] [[In
* [[Starving Artist]]
* [[Stepford Smiler]]: Type A
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* [[The Ace]]
* [[Arranged Marriage]]: Intended with De Valvert, invoked with Christian.
* [[Expy]]: Of Marcela, a character of ''[[
* [[Hidden Depths]] ('''Cyrano:''' A heroine? Our intellectual?)
* [[In the Blood]]
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* [[Ojou]]
* [[Plucky Girl]]: Act IV
* [[Spell My Name
* [[Well, Excuse Me, Princess!]]
* [[You Go, Girl!]]: Again, Act IV
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* [[Romantic False Lead]]
* [[Samaritan Syndrome]]
* [[Shipper
== Count de Guiche ==
* [[
* [[Aristocrats Are Evil]]
* [[Arranged Marriage]]: with Roxane.
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: Against Ligniere and all the Gascon Cadets.
* [[Don't You Dare Pity Me!]]: Against the Cadets who offer him food when he is starving.
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: He will never abandon a lady in peril.
* [[Foil]]: For Cyrano
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* [[No True Scotsman|No True Gascon]]
* [[Pride]]
* [[Stalker
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== Le Bret ==
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Expy]]: Of Ambrosio, a character from ''[[
* [[Odd Friendship]]: With Cyrano
* [[Simpleminded Wisdom]]
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* [[Bullying a Dragon]]
* [[Lame Comeback]]
* [[What Happened to
* [[Writers Suck]]:
* [[You Fight Like a Cow]]: played straight by Cyrano but averted with De Valvert, so busy fighting for his life to quip.
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Cyrano de Bergerac
- Badass Boast
- Beast and Beauty: In Cyrano's eyes, at least, but without the beast being made beautiful, as he lampshades.
- Berserk Button: His nose.
- Be Yourself: Tragically averted.
- Birds of a Feather: With Roxane.
- Boisterous Bruiser
- Broken Ace
- Bullying a Dragon: A frequent "victim" of this ploy.
- But for Me It Was Tuesday
- Buy Them Off
- Cannot Spit It Out
- Deadpan Snarker
- Caustic Critic
- Conspicuous Consumption
- Did Not Get the Girl
- Dirty Coward: Cyrano considers himself one because he Cannot Spit It Out.
- Don't You Dare Pity Me!: Please don’t dare. Seriously, don’t.
- Duels Decide Everything
- Establishing Character Moment
- Excuse Me While I Multitask:
- Expy: Of Crisóstomo, a character from Don Quixote.
- Fatal Flaw: Vanity, as Cyrano admits in his final scene
- Gag Nose
- Genius Bruiser
- Gentleman Snarker
- The Grotesque
- Grumpy Bear
- Heartbroken Badass
- Honor Before Reason
- Heartbroken Badass: After Act II Scene VI.
- I Can't Believe A Girl Like You Would Notice Me
- Impoverished Patrician
- I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
- The Last DJ
- Manly Tears
- One-Man Army:
- Proud Warrior Race Guy
- Renaissance Man
- Screw the Money, I Have Rules
- Secret Stab Wound
- Small Name, Big Ego In-Universe
- Starving Artist
- Stepford Smiler: Type A
- Team Dad
- Unlucky Childhood Friend
- Warrior Poet
Madeleine "Roxane" Robin
- The Ace
- Arranged Marriage: Intended with De Valvert, invoked with Christian.
- Expy: Of Marcela, a character of Don Quixote.
- Hidden Depths (Cyrano: A heroine? Our intellectual?)
- In the Blood
- It's All My Fault
- Loves My Alter Ego
- Meaningful Rename: Madeleine Robin renamed herself Roxane (Persian for "Beautiful Woman") after joining Les Precieuse.
- Ojou
- Plucky Girl: Act IV
- Spell My Name with an "S": "Roxana" in the Anthony Burgess translation.
- Well, Excuse Me, Princess!
- You Go, Girl!: Again, Act IV
Baron Christian de Neuvillette
- Be Yourself
- Brainless Beauty: Played Straight and Defied.
- Hidden Depths
- Hurricane of Puns: He administers one to Cyrano.
- I Can't Believe A Girl Like You Would Notice Me
- I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
- Let Them Die Happy
- Naive Newcomer
- New Meat
- Romantic False Lead
- Samaritan Syndrome
- Shipper on Deck: Deconstructed: He forces Cyrano to admit his feelings hoping Roxanne will choose him.
Count de Guiche
- 0% Approval Rating
- Aristocrats Are Evil
- Arranged Marriage: with Roxane.
- Disproportionate Retribution: Against Ligniere and all the Gascon Cadets.
- Don't You Dare Pity Me!: Against the Cadets who offer him food when he is starving.
- Even Evil Has Standards: He will never abandon a lady in peril.
- Foil: For Cyrano
- Heel Face Turn: Act IV
- Hidden Depths
- Lust
- Jerkass: To everyone before his Heel Face Turn.
- No True Gascon
- Pride
- Stalker with a Crush
Ragueneau
- Attention Whore
- Chef of Iron
- Giftedly Bad: His poem about a recipe in verse.
- Hero Worshipper: Towards Cyrano.
- Hidden Depths
- Interrupted Suicide
- Plucky Comic Relief
- Supreme Chef
Le Bret
- Deadpan Snarker
- Expy: Of Ambrosio, a character from Don Quixote.
- Odd Friendship: With Cyrano
- Simpleminded Wisdom
- Straight Man
- The Watson
Captain Carbon de Castel-Jaloux
- The Captain
- Composite Character: With Le Bret in the Anthony Burgess version.
- A Father to His Men: Deconstructed: He tries to protect his men and ends in a Last Stand with them.
- Proud Warrior Race Guy
Viscount De Valvert
- Aristocrats Are Evil
- Arranged Marriage: Intended with Roxane.
- The Beard
- Bullying a Dragon
- Lame Comeback
- What Happened to the Mouse?: Does Viscount de Valvert survive his Sword Fight with Cyrano in Act I Scene IV or not?
- Writers Suck:
- You Fight Like a Cow: played straight by Cyrano but averted with De Valvert, so busy fighting for his life to quip.
The Gascon Cadets
- Aristocrats Are Evil: All of them are Barons who enjoy giving Disproportionate Retribution against those not Of the People.
- Cool Loser
- Bullying a Dragon: Their charming Initiation Ceremony for those not Of the People.
- Culture Clash
- Idiot Hero
- Impoverished Patrician
- Martyrdom Culture
- Of the People
- Outdated Outfit
- Overly Long Name
- The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything
- Poirot Speak
- Proud Warrior Race Guy: Truth in Television.