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** Note that in the original legend (and especially Zorrilla's play ''Don Juan Tenorio'', which is the one most Spaniards are familiar with), Don Juan is just as famous as a duelist as a, er, "seducer", so this also works as a sort of [[In the Blood]] for Alatriste.
* [[Fille Fatale]]: Angélica de Alquézar, becoming also a [[Rich Bitch]] as she grows up.
* [[First
* [[Historical Domain Character]]: Lots of them.
* [[Hitman With a Heart]]: Alatriste.
* [[Historical In-Joke]]: ''The Sun over Breda'' has one about how [
* [[Homage Shot]]: In the movie, the scene of the surrender of Breda is modelled after Velazquez's famous painting.
* [[Honor Before Reason]]: Many, many times.
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* [[It Got Worse]]: The movie is one long series of misfortunes for Alatriste and just about everybody connected with him.
* [[King Incognito]]: The point over what two of the books revolve {{spoiler|The Englishman that Alatriste is hired to kill in ''Captain Alatriste'' is the Prince of Walles and future king Charles I of England travelling in disguise, and Alatriste's rival for the actress' love in ''The Cavalier in the Yellow Doublet'' is none other but Philip IV of Spain.}}
* [[My Country, Right or Wrong]]: "Your king is your king" (even if he is a jackass).
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: María de Castro is a rather obvious stand-in for the real actress [
* [[Precision F-Strike]]: Several instances. It's also pointed out in the first book that sailors learn insults phonetically in other languages to shout at the opponent before the expected [[Boarding Party]].
* [[Screw the Money, I Have Rules]]: Alatriste is paid to slay two men but refuses when the first one he is about to kill begs him to spare ''his companion''. This makes him an enemy of the people who hired him.
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