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* [[Affably Evil]]: While whether he was good, evil, or somewhere in between has been widely debated for a long time, just about everyone agrees that he was always a genuinely pleasant man. |
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* [[Alternate Character Interpretation]]: in different works. |
* [[Alternate Character Interpretation]]: in different works. |
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* [[Everyone Went to School Together]]: Robespierre and his friend-turned-political-enemy Camille Desmoulins were schoolmates, and even classmates. Robespierre then had Camille Desmoulins' head off. Napoleon and Robes' younger brother Augustin were friends, as well. |
* [[Everyone Went to School Together]]: Robespierre and his friend-turned-political-enemy Camille Desmoulins were schoolmates, and even classmates. Robespierre then had Camille Desmoulins' head off. Napoleon and Robes' younger brother Augustin were friends, as well. |
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** In fact Robespierre served as best man at Desmoulin's wedding. |
** In fact Robespierre served as best man at Desmoulin's wedding. |
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** Also, he was the best Latin student at his school. This meant he was supposed to give a welcoming speech to the newly crowned....King Louis XVI |
** Also, he was the best Latin student at his school. This meant he was supposed to give a welcoming speech to the newly crowned.... King Louis XVI |
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* [[God Is Dead]]: He took part to the dechristianisation of France when he tried to establish the ''Cult of Reason and the Supreme Being''. It didn't work, because of France's strong Catholic roots. |
* [[God Is Dead]]: He took part to the dechristianisation of France when he tried to establish the ''Cult of Reason and the Supreme Being''. It didn't work, because of France's strong Catholic roots. |
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* [[He Who Fights Monsters]]: He was actually against death penalty in his younger ages but during the French Revolutionary Wars, he began to use the guillotine against France's enemies, including the royal family. [[It Got Worse]] when Marat was murdered by a royalist. |
* [[He Who Fights Monsters]]: He was actually against death penalty in his younger ages but during the French Revolutionary Wars, he began to use the guillotine against France's enemies, including the royal family. [[It Got Worse]] when Marat was murdered by a royalist. |
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* [[Historical Domain Character]] - [[Historical Villain Upgrade]] in most works. |
* [[Historical Domain Character]] - [[Historical Villain Upgrade]] in most works. |
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* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: He was eventually executed via guillotine, the fate he and his regime assigned to so many others. |
* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: He was eventually executed via guillotine, the fate he and his regime assigned to so many others. |
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* [[Jumping Off the Slippery Slope]]: Going from 'lawyer highly respected by the common people' to 'main figure in a [[Reign of Terror]] who winds up being [[Hoist by His Own Petard|Hoisted By His Own Petard]]' would be bad enough, but a little bit of [[Verbal Irony|irony]] makes it [[It Got Worse|worse]]: in the early phases of the Revolution, Robespierre wrote a little pamphlet about ''how the death penalty is wrong, and should not be used''.<ref>He went very quickly from 'maybe it can be justified, in certain extreme circumstances' to 'it is a useful tool', thus ''Jumping Off'' The Slippery Slope</ref> |
* [[Jumping Off the Slippery Slope]]: Going from 'lawyer highly respected by the common people' to 'main figure in a [[Reign of Terror]] who winds up being [[Hoist by His Own Petard|Hoisted By His Own Petard]]' would be bad enough, but a little bit of [[Verbal Irony|irony]] makes it [[It Got Worse|worse]]: in the early phases of the Revolution, Robespierre wrote a little pamphlet about ''how the death penalty is wrong, and should not be used''.<ref>He went very quickly from 'maybe it can be justified, in certain extreme circumstances' to 'it is a useful tool', thus ''Jumping Off'' The Slippery Slope</ref> |