Les Misérables (novel)/Characters: Difference between revisions

* [[Buried Alive]]: Happens to him to get to the dying Fantine.

* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: The two candlesticks he steals from the Bishop of Digne lead him to turn his life around.

* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]

* [[Faking the Dead]]: Happens in the novel.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Especially in the book, though he sneaks a few lines into the musical as well.

* [[Determinator]]: Taken to the [[Implacable Man]] trope in some versions of the book.

* {{spoiler|[[Driven to Suicide]]: After Valjean spares his life twice in a row, Javert becomes confused by his enemy's kindness and his own beliefs, leading him to take a plunge into the Seine.}}

* [[Inspector Javert]]: [[Trope Namer]].

* [[Knight Templar]]

* [[Doting Parent]]

* [[Hair of Gold]]

* [[Ill Girl]]: Reduced to "a ghost of herself" before she dies.

* [[Mama Bear]]: She adores Cosette with her life.

** [[Sweet Polly Oliver]]

* [[Spoiled Brat]]: In her younger years.

* [[Taking the Bullet]]

* {{spoiler|[[Together in Death]]: The ''other'' possible interpretation as to why she took the bullet for Marius}}. The [[Flame War|Flame Wars]] that have erupted around this are ''legendary,'' and the debate was once considered notable enough to be once mentioned on [[The Other Wiki]].

* [[Pretty Boy]]

* [[The Revolution Will Not Be Vilified]]

 

=== Monsieur and Madame Thénardier ===

* [[Plucky Comic Relief]]: In the musical. Still creepy, though.

* [[Self-Serving Memory]]: Thénardier claims that he sold Cosette to Valjean for a pittance and tries to find a way to extort more after their paths cross again. In fact, Valjean paid him 1500 francs to get custody of Cosette, which was a lump sum worth considerably more than what Fantine would have been paying for him to raise Cosette in that time period, delivered in monthly payments of 10 francs.

* [[Unholy Matrimony]]

* [[Villain Song]]: "Master of the House," "Dog Eat Dog" and "Beggar At The Feast."

* [[Kid Appeal Character]]

* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}

* [[Satisfied Street Rat]]

* [[Street Urchin]]