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* [[A God Am I]]: Not literally, but the Count initially sees himself as an avenging angel, sent by God to reward the just (the Morrel family) and punish the wicked (Danglars, Villefort, Caderousse and Mondego). His hubris comes back to haunt him in the worst way possible.
* [[Affably Evil]]
* [[Anti
* [[Bad Habits]]: His disguise as Busoni
* [[British Teeth]]: In his Lord Wilmore persona, Dantes wears false teeth that are in bad condition, although his actual teeth are in good shape (which [[Fridge Logic]] would suggest wouldn't be the case after rotting in prison for over a decade).
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* [[Cultured Badass]]
* [[The Determinator]]
* [[Eerie Pale
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: No one remains unaffected by the Count when he wills it. No one.
* [[Omniglot]]: Thanks to Faria's teaching.
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* [[Hanging Judge]]
* [[Hypocrite]]
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: In an unusual twist, this trope is applied to Villefort at the ''start'' of the novel. He initially feels a terrible guilt at framing Dantes and sending him to prison, but he represses it and lets Dantes rot anyway. Even then, though, it's implied that his guilt doesn't go away so easily.
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: The most severe of any of Dantes' enemies. By the end of the book, {{spoiler|he's babbling nonsense and digging holes in his yard, completely insane}}.
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* [[Rags to Riches]]: At the start of the book, he's a poor fisherman. During Dantes's time in prison, he becomes rich and powerful.
* [[Rival Turned Evil]]: Pretty much everyone who betrayed Edmond counts, but Fernand is the strongest example, as he embarks upon a career built upon betrayal after this action.
* [[Self
=== Mercedes ===
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* {{spoiler|[[Death Equals Redemption]]: Dantes' revealing his identity causes him to realize the existence/goodness of God and pray for forgiveness as he dies}}
* [[Gold Fever]]
* [[Green
* [[Karmic Death]]: {{spoiler|Caderousse gets one of these when he's murdered by Benedetto after a botched attempt to rob Monte Cristo's house.}}
* [[Mr. Exposition]]: In disguise as the Abbe Busoni, one of the Count's first actions after his escape is to visit Caderousse, who by now is working as an innkeeper in a provincial town. Caderousse brings both the Count and the audience up to speed on what's been happening while the Count was in the Chateau d'If.
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* [[Enfante Terrible]]
* [[Evil Redhead]]: Benedetto has strawberry blond hair, and his adoptive father, Bertuccio, [[Lampshaded Trope|cites a proverb]] about redheads either being completely good or completely evil (Benedetto being the latter).
* [[Karma Houdini]]: Benedetto commits robbery, torture, and murder and although he is arrested and put on trial the verdict is not revealed to the readers following {{spoiler|the revelation that Villefort, his judge, is his own father who tried to bury him alive as a newborn}}. Considering that Dantes promised to Bertuccio that Benedetto will not go unpunished, and that Benedetto is rewarded by finally discovering who his father is, it is surprising that Benedetto's presumed execution it not made more explicit, may also be a case of [[What Happened to The Mouse?]].
* [[Kick the Son of A Bitch]]: {{spoiler|Murdering Caderousse}}. The Count considers this a sign from God that {{spoiler|Caderousse deserved it}}.
* [[Luke, You Are My Father]]: Twice. At first, he believes the Count is his father, since he supports him financially and provides him with a socially-acceptable "father" (an old Italian major who had lost his son long ago -- it takes Benedetto less than a page to realize that Major Cavalcanti is just as much a fraud as himself, albeit a ''titled'' fraud). Near the end, Bertuccio reveals the truth to him and he very cheerfully reveals {{spoiler|Villefort}} as his father at his own trial.
* [[Mock Millionaire]]
* [[Moses in The
* [[No Hero to His Valet]]: His rapid rise to prominence in Parisian society doesn't faze his old fellow prisoner {{spoiler|Caderousse}}, who still calls him Benedetto and more or less ignores his new status as a prince.
* [[Psycho Sidekick]]: The Count isn't exactly morally spotless himself, but Benedetto is a pretty bad guy and the Count is happy to use him to his ends. For his part, Benedetto is very loyal to the Count because of his generosity and because he thinks the Count is his true father.
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* [[Redemption Quest]]: Joins the army to escape the shame of his father's actions.
* [[Relative Button]]: Hearing his father accused of [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]].
* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]: [[Discussed]]. Albert is said to believe that any problem of logistics can be solved by application of money.
* [[Upperclass Twit]]: Has shades of this early on, though in the end he reveals himself to actually have a rather steadfast and noble character beneath it all. {{spoiler|At the end of the book he even denounces his father's name and riches after he finds out what the man did to Dantes, and joins the army to make his name and fortune on his own merits instead.}}
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* [[Acquired Poison Immunity]]: Noirtier helps her build up a resistance to brucine when he suspects she'll be the next victim of the poisoner.
* [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness]]
* [[
* {{spoiler|[[Faking the Dead]]}}
* [[The Caretaker]]: To Noirtier.
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* [[Costume Porn]]
* [[
* [[May
* [[Shiny Midnight Black]]
* [[You Killed My Father]]: {{spoiler|Mondego betrayed her father, Ali Pasha, leading to his death.}}
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* [[Arranged Marriage]]: To Albert. She's as disgusted with it as he is.
* [[Ice Queen]]
* [[Romantic Two
* [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]: Just about the point where everything is starting to go downhill, Eugenie decides to move to Italy. Which is wise.
* [[Sweet Polly Oliver]]: Disguises herself as a man to get out of the country.
=== Franz D'Epinay ===
* [[Exact
* [[Only Sane Man]]: Of his peers, Franz is the only one who seems to be a bit uneasy about the Count.
* [[You Killed My Father]]: {{spoiler|Noirtier killed his father. This discovery leads him to break off his engagement with Valentine.}}
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* [[Cool Old Guy]]
* [[Handicapped Badass]]: {{spoiler|[[Papa Wolf|Stopping an unhappy marriage for his beloved granddaughter]] that Villefort's family wanted put through by using ''his duel of the groom's father'' as the means. While paralyzed ''completely''.}}
* [[Let's Fight Like Gentlemen]]: His method of killing {{spoiler|Franz's father}} is in line with this. [[Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?|He could have easily just killed]] the guy on sight, since he was a royalist spy, but perhaps in deference to their shared aristocratic background, instead fought him honorably in a duel to the death.
* [[Nerves of Steel]]: After his son semi-hysterically informs him that the police are looking for a man exactly corresponding to his description, Noirtier calmly proceeds to shave his whiskers, change his coat, and then call for breakfast.
* [[Sword Cane]]
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* [[Unwitting Pawn]]
* [[Your Cheating Heart]]
** [[Is That What
=== Luigi Vampa ===
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