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** There is a [[Recycled in Space|having Portugal as the setting]] of ''Madame Bovary'' named ''Primo Basílio'',<ref>''Cousin Bazilio''</ref> written by Eça de Queirós, that has almost the same plot. But the ending is very different: {{spoiler|the Madame Bovary's expy, Luísa, is blackmailed by her own servant who threatened to reveal to her husband and is driven to get a stress-induced disease. She deeply regrets having betrayed her husband, has to shave her head, which in an Brazilian TV-adaptation was considered one of the most tearjerking moments of the history of Brazilian TV, and ultimately dies. There is no [[Power of Love]] to save her, there is no [[Black Comedy]] like the original, only pure [[Tear Jerker]]. In the last scene, Basílio, the eponymous adulterer is shown that he didn't care with Luísa and he should have brought "Alphonsine", making him THE biggest [[Jerkass]] [[Karma Houdini]] of the entire Portuguese-language literature.}} |
** There is a [[Recycled in Space|having Portugal as the setting]] of ''Madame Bovary'' named ''Primo Basílio'',<ref>''Cousin Bazilio''</ref> written by Eça de Queirós, that has almost the same plot. But the ending is very different: {{spoiler|the Madame Bovary's expy, Luísa, is blackmailed by her own servant who threatened to reveal to her husband and is driven to get a stress-induced disease. She deeply regrets having betrayed her husband, has to shave her head, which in an Brazilian TV-adaptation was considered one of the most tearjerking moments of the history of Brazilian TV, and ultimately dies. There is no [[Power of Love]] to save her, there is no [[Black Comedy]] like the original, only pure [[Tear Jerker]]. In the last scene, Basílio, the eponymous adulterer is shown that he didn't care with Luísa and he should have brought "Alphonsine", making him THE biggest [[Jerkass]] [[Karma Houdini]] of the entire Portuguese-language literature.}} |
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* Happened pleasingly often in the ''[[Redwall|Redwall Series]]''. For instance, in the climax of ''Martin The Warrior'', {{spoiler|where the [[Big Bad]] slams the [[The Lancer|Lancer]] [[The Chick|Chick]] Rose into a wall when she attempts to jump him. She is immediately ''dead'' as it broke her neck. Likewise, when Martin disarms said [[Big Bad]], he wastes no further time on him and kills him while he is still on the ground.}} |
* Happened pleasingly often in the ''[[Redwall|Redwall Series]]''. For instance, in the climax of ''Martin The Warrior'', {{spoiler|where the [[Big Bad]] slams the [[The Lancer|Lancer]] [[The Chick|Chick]] Rose into a wall when she attempts to jump him. She is immediately ''dead'' as it broke her neck. Likewise, when Martin disarms said [[Big Bad]], he wastes no further time on him and kills him while he is still on the ground.}} |
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** However, the original novel also has its moments, like when the [[Anti-Villain]] Sela The Vixen comes to sell intelligence to the Redwallers outside the castle walls. {{spoiler|She is, however, not greeted by the Abbot coming out of the side gate with the required payment, but by his aide-de-camp, Constance The Badger. The transaction is over right and there, with Constance nonchalantly knocking Sela out and taking the papers with her. Have I mentioned that Constance and the Abbot are the ''good'' guys (which is subverted quite a few times for reality's sake, especially considering that they caused Sela's death)}}... |
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** Or in ''Mattimeo'', where a gang of slave traders disguise themselves as entertainers to sneak into Redwall Abbey and abduct the children (for underground mining labour). {{spoiler|At an ensuing festival inside the abbey grounds, they manage to spike all of the partygoers' drinks, and get them to drink them at the same time by calling out a toast.}} All seems to be working according to plan. |
** Or in ''Mattimeo'', where a gang of slave traders disguise themselves as entertainers to sneak into Redwall Abbey and abduct the children (for underground mining labour). {{spoiler|At an ensuing festival inside the abbey grounds, they manage to spike all of the partygoers' drinks, and get them to drink them at the same time by calling out a toast.}} All seems to be working according to plan. |
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