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[[File:FatherBrown.jpg|frame|"The little priest was so much the essence of those Eastern flats; he had a face as round and dull as a Norfolk dumpling; he had eyes as empty as the North Sea; he had several brown paper parcels, which he was quite incapable of collecting."]]
[[File:FatherBrown.jpg|frame|"The little priest was so much the essence of those Eastern flats; he had a face as round and dull as a Norfolk dumpling; he had eyes as empty as the North Sea; he had several brown paper parcels, which he was quite incapable of collecting."]]


'''Father Brown''' is a fictional detective created by [[GK Chesterton|G.K. Chesterton]]. To be exact, he is called Father J. Brown, though we are never told what the initial stands for, and is originally presented as the parish priest of Cobhole in [[Home Counties|Essex]], though he is found in parishes as far afield as Italy and South America. In appearance he is undistinguished, small and dumpy, short-sighted and not particularly intelligent; dressed in shabby clerical black, and carrying an umbrella as dumpy and shabby as himself.
'''Father Brown''' is a fictional detective created by [[G. K. Chesterton]]. To be exact, he is called Father J. Brown, though we are never told what the initial stands for, and is originally presented as the parish priest of Cobhole in [[Home Counties|Essex]], though he is found in parishes as far afield as Italy and South America. In appearance he is undistinguished, small and dumpy, short-sighted and not particularly intelligent; dressed in shabby clerical black, and carrying an umbrella as dumpy and shabby as himself.


The ''Father Brown'' [[Mystery Fiction|mysteries]] generally appeared first as independent short stories in various magazines; (most of) the stories were eventually collected in a series of five books:
The ''Father Brown'' [[Mystery Fiction|mysteries]] generally appeared first as independent short stories in various magazines; (most of) the stories were eventually collected in a series of five books:
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* [[Confessional]]: Is very often Father Brown's goal for the criminals he detects.
* [[Confessional]]: Is very often Father Brown's goal for the criminals he detects.
* [[Criminal Mind Games]]: "The Insoluble Problem"
* [[Criminal Mind Games]]: "The Insoluble Problem"
* [[Deal With the Devil]]: Invoked in "The Dagger With Wings."
* [[Deal with the Devil]]: Invoked in "The Dagger With Wings."
* [[Depth Deception]]: Referenced in "The Song of the Flying Fish."
* [[Depth Deception]]: Referenced in "The Song of the Flying Fish."
* [[Driven to Suicide]]: Not uncommon in the ''Father Brown'' stories, as for instance, in "The Secret Garden": "...and on the blind face of the suicide was all the pride of Cato."
* [[Driven to Suicide]]: Not uncommon in the ''Father Brown'' stories, as for instance, in "The Secret Garden": "...and on the blind face of the suicide was all the pride of Cato."
* [[Duel to The Death]]: In "The Duel of Dr. Hirsch," the eponymous doctor issues is a party in a duel that does not quite come off.
* [[Duel to the Death]]: In "The Duel of Dr. Hirsch," the eponymous doctor issues is a party in a duel that does not quite come off.
* [[Everyone Is a Suspect]]: "The Arrow of Heaven" is a good example.
* [[Everyone Is a Suspect]]: "The Arrow of Heaven" is a good example.
* [[Evil-Detecting Dog]]: Subverted heavily
* [[Evil-Detecting Dog]]: Subverted heavily
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* [[Malicious Slander]]
* [[Malicious Slander]]
* [[Mistaken for Servant]]: Used in at least two of the stories, "The Queer Feet" and "The Strange Crime of John Boulnois."
* [[Mistaken for Servant]]: Used in at least two of the stories, "The Queer Feet" and "The Strange Crime of John Boulnois."
* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: Discussed [[In Universe|in-universe]] in "The Sign of the Broken Sword". Being a greedy and corrupted traitor? Not okay. Killing the one who found out about that? Real bad. ''Killing everyone else so that no one would ever find his corpse?'' There we go.
* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: Discussed [[In-Universe]] in "The Sign of the Broken Sword". Being a greedy and corrupted traitor? Not okay. Killing the one who found out about that? Real bad. ''Killing everyone else so that no one would ever find his corpse?'' There we go.
* [[Needle in A Stack of Needles]]: "The Sign of the Broken Sword":
* [[Needle in a Stack of Needles]]: "The Sign of the Broken Sword":
{{quote| Where would a wise man hide a leaf? In the forest. If there were no forest, he would make a forest. And if he wished to hide a dead leaf, he would make a dead forest. }}
{{quote| Where would a wise man hide a leaf? In the forest. If there were no forest, he would make a forest. And if he wished to hide a dead leaf, he would make a dead forest. }}
* [[Nice to The Waiter]]: "The Actor and the Alibi"
* [[Nice to the Waiter]]: "The Actor and the Alibi"
* [[Never Suicide]]: Subverted in "The Three Tools of Death" when {{spoiler|Sir Aaron Armstrong commits suicide and everyone thinks it's murder.}}
* [[Never Suicide]]: Subverted in "The Three Tools of Death" when {{spoiler|Sir Aaron Armstrong commits suicide and everyone thinks it's murder.}}
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: Father Brown appears to be a simple, not-too-bright parish priest at first glance, and sometimes plays this up to get criminals to drop their guard around him.
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: Father Brown appears to be a simple, not-too-bright parish priest at first glance, and sometimes plays this up to get criminals to drop their guard around him.
* [[Off With His Head]]: "The Secret Garden"
* [[Off with His Head]]: "The Secret Garden"
* [[Path of Inspiration]]: "The Eye of Apollo"
* [[Path of Inspiration]]: "The Eye of Apollo"
* [[Pepper Sneeze]]: In "The Salad of Colonel Cray," a key clue to the mystery is some unexplained sneezes heard near the scene of the crime. It is eventually explained that the criminal sneezed when throwing away to the dustbin the pepper that could have been used to counter the action of the poison he was planning to use.
* [[Pepper Sneeze]]: In "The Salad of Colonel Cray," a key clue to the mystery is some unexplained sneezes heard near the scene of the crime. It is eventually explained that the criminal sneezed when throwing away to the dustbin the pepper that could have been used to counter the action of the poison he was planning to use.
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* [[White Magic]]: Invoked, and debunked, in "The Dagger with Wings" -- and re-invoked.
* [[White Magic]]: Invoked, and debunked, in "The Dagger with Wings" -- and re-invoked.
* [[Who Dunnit to Me?]]?: In "The Resurrection of Father Brown."
* [[Who Dunnit to Me?]]?: In "The Resurrection of Father Brown."
* [[Writer On Board]]: Father Brown is a fairly accurate mouthpiece for Chesterton's views.
* [[Writer on Board]]: Father Brown is a fairly accurate mouthpiece for Chesterton's views.


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