Princess Principal/Recap/S1/E07 Case 18 Rouge Morgue

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Case 18 Rouge Morgue
A story from Princess Principal
Preceded by: Case 16 Loudly Laundry
Followed by: Broadcast: Case 11 Pell-mell Duel
Chronological: Case 20 Ripper Dipper
Original release date: August 13, 2017
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Quoting from Wikipedia: "Dorothy is given a mission by Control to infiltrate London's morgue and recover a code cipher hidden in the body of a deceased Kingdom agent. Dorothy asks why she was chosen specifically, and it is revealed that the man tasked by the Duke of Normandy to find the agent's body is Danny MacBean, Dorothy's father. Dorothy (whose real name is revealed to be Daisy), has a tense reunion with her father, who has become an angry and unpleasant man due to the loss of his right hand. She confides to Beatrice that Danny used to be brilliant steam engineer before losing his hand in an accident, and began taking out his anger on everybody around him, including Dorothy, which caused her to run away from home. In a drunken stupor, Danny tells Dorothy how to find the body. She and Beatrice find the body and copy the cipher both so the Duke of Normandy won't be aware of its theft and so that Danny can pay off the loan sharks. While Danny goes to deliver the cipher, the loan sharks attempt to kidnap Dorothy and Beatrice but are easily defeated by Dorothy, and she finds out how far her father was willing to go to protect her from the loan sharks. Meanwhile, Danny attempts to negotiate more money from Gazelle to give to Dorothy, but is killed instead. As Danny's body is taken to the morgue, Dorothy and Beatrice wait for him at his favorite pub."

Tropes used in Rouge Morgue include:
  • A Day in the Limelight: This episode is Dorothy's time to shine.
  • Irony: Specifically, Tragic Irony when Dorothy complains that her father is late for a meeting, while his body is being wheeled into the morgue.