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Personally, Robespierre was a slight, somewhat fastidious man who maintained immaculate dress and cleanliness at all times, although said dress was perpetually worn and out of fashion. His nickname was "The Incorruptible," and it was not ironic in any way. One biography of Robespierre is entitled "Fatal Purity."
A highly controversial person, the level of sympathy allotted to him depends on the work. Compare with [[
It's worth noting that many of the morality tropes listed here differ in different works/character representations.
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* [[French Revolution]]: Obviously.
* [[Full-Circle Revolution]]: His downfall was related to one.
* [[Hoist
* [[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
** More generally, his actions throughout his revolutionary career were directed at creating a just society and preserving a nation in crisis. He jumped off the slope (according to some) by using terror to achieve this.
* [[Just the First Citizen]]: deputy and Member of the Committee of Public Safety
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* [[Moe]]: Especially in fanart.
* [[My Name Is Not Durwood]]: at the beginning of his political career, journalists chronicling the goings-on at the National Assemby called him everything from Robespierrot to Robests-piesse, Robertz-Pierre to Rabesse-Pierre.
* [[Off
* [[Overly Long Name]]: see Unfortunate Names below.
* [[Pure Is Not Good]]
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=== Works featuring this character: ===
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* ''[[The Scarlet Pimpernel (
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* ''A Place of Greater Safety''
* ''The Black Book''
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* ''[[The Sandman (Comic Book)|The Sandman]]'', "Thermidor"
* The ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "The Reign of Terror"
* ''[[
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