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=== Provides Examples Of... ===

* [[All Star Cast]]. '''Definitely'''.

* [[All-Star Cast]]. '''Definitely'''.

* [[Aristocrats Are Evil]]: Not ''evil'', as such, just vapid, brainless and arrogant.

* [[Asshole Victim]]: Sir William, obviously.

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* [[Cultural Stereotypes]]: The wealthy. Specifically, the ''titled'' wealthy; all but a handful of the Upstairs characters are absolutely awful people and dicks of the highest order (and those Upstairs characters who are more likable tend to also be of 'lower' station). That said, the Downstairs characters aren't exactly pure as driven snow, but we're clearly encouraged to sympathise with them a bit more.

* [[Dangerous Deserter]]: Completely averted with Jennings, who lives with shame because of it. When Dexter eventually finds out, he doesn't rub it in his face and tries to comfort him with something along the lines of "not everyone was born to fight a war".

* [[Deconstruction]]: Of [[~~Agatha Christie (Creator)|~~Agatha Christie]]-style murder mysteries which take place in grand, aristocratic circles and focus on very wealthy and important people. The plot prefers instead to focus on the relationships between these people and their servants and play with several of the common character types who appear in these stories, with the actual murder being more of a background event. {{spoiler|Also, the detective is a blundering incompetent who ignores or destroys important evidence; it's suggested that because of this, Sir William's murderer will never be identified.}}

* [[Deconstruction]]: Of [[Agatha Christie]]-style murder mysteries which take place in grand, aristocratic circles and focus on very wealthy and important people. The plot prefers instead to focus on the relationships between these people and their servants and play with several of the common character types who appear in these stories, with the actual murder being more of a background event. {{spoiler|Also, the detective is a blundering incompetent who ignores or destroys important evidence; it's suggested that because of this, Sir William's murderer will never be identified.}}

* [[Did You Think I Can't Feel]]

* [[Did You Think I Can't Feel?]]

* [[The Ditz]]: Anyone who knows how the police are supposed to inspect crimes should know that Inspector Thompson clearly does not know how to do his job. His assistant on the other hand...

* [[Dysfunctional Family]]: The [[Mc Cordles]] are one big happy family. Well, if you ignore {{spoiler|Sir William's affairs}}, {{spoiler|Lady Sylvia's affairs}}, and, for that matter, the likelihood that {{spoiler|their daughter is having an affair.}} Not to mention Lady Sylvia's contempt for her child.

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* [[No Hero to His Valet]]: Cleverly invoked and subverted, since Sir William's valet, Probert, just adores him.

* [[Not So Harmless]]: What Thompson thinks of the servants when he investigates. {{spoiler|Boy, was he wrong.}}

* [[Not Now Kiddo]]:

* [[Not Now, Kiddo]]:

{{quote| '''Constable Dexter:''' Sir, someone's traipsed a load of mud in down here.<br />

'''Inspector Thompson:''' Not now, Dexter, please. }}

* [[One Scene Wonder]]: Inspector Thompson

* [[One-Scene Wonder]]: Inspector Thompson

* [[Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping]]: Why Mary realizes that there's something off with {{spoiler|Denton.}}

* [[Parental Abandonment]]: {{spoiler|Mrs. Wilson, but under duress.}}

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[[Category:Films of the 2000s]]

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