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== Poetry == |
== Poetry == |
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* Alfred Noyes' ''[[wikipedia:The Highwayman (poem)|The Highwayman]]''. |
* Alfred Noyes' ''[[wikipedia:The Highwayman (poem)|The Highwayman]]''. |
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| ⚫ | * Dick Turpin was a real highwayman who became famous for his mostly-fictional exploits, often being given the Robin Hood treatment. [[The Alleged Car|Alleged cars]] are sometimes named Dick Turpin, because they hold up traffic. (One example: Newt's car in ''[[Good Omens]]''.) Your choice whether or not you think that's relevant. His modern reputation is a major [[Historical Hero Upgrade]], as while lots of highwaymen were known as gentlemanly in their own time, his contemporary reputation was as a [[Complete Monster|cut-throat.]] |
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| ⚫ | * In a similar vein to Turpin was [[Multiple Choice Past|William/John/James]] Nevison, a seventeenth-century highwayman who was probably nearer to a [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type 4 anti-hero]] but was later [[Historical Hero Upgrade|upgraded]] to being [[Just Like Robin Hood]]. Although Turpin is credited with the famous [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|ride from London to York]], it seems more likely that Nevison actually achieved this feat, and it was later ascribed to Turpin by the latter's biographer. |
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| ⚫ | * Claude Duval certainly earned the gentlemanly part of the trope. Known for being exceedingly polite to his victims (always tipping his hat to the ladies and once returning a silver bottle to a baby who was crying) he was visited by many ladies upon his capture. He also had the words [[The Charmer|"Here lies Du Vail, reader, if male thou art, Look to thy purse; if female, to thy heart Much havoc hath he made of both; for all Men he made stand, and women he made fall." inscribed on his tombstone.]] |
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== [[Western Animation]] == |
== [[Western Animation]] == |
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* The [[Classic Disney Short]] ''The Robber Kitten'' is about a kitten who dreams of being a highwayman. He runs away from home and finds out the hard way how unglamorous and dangerous it is to be one. |
* The [[Classic Disney Short]] ''The Robber Kitten'' is about a kitten who dreams of being a highwayman. He runs away from home and finds out the hard way how unglamorous and dangerous it is to be one. |
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| ⚫ | * Dick Turpin was a real highwayman who became famous for his mostly-fictional exploits, often being given the Robin Hood treatment. [[The Alleged Car|Alleged cars]] are sometimes named Dick Turpin, because they hold up traffic. (One example: Newt's car in ''[[Good Omens]]''.) Your choice whether or not you think that's relevant. His modern reputation is a major [[Historical Hero Upgrade]], as while lots of highwaymen were known as gentlemanly in their own time, his contemporary reputation was as a [[Complete Monster|cut-throat.]] |
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| ⚫ | * In a similar vein to Turpin was [[Multiple Choice Past|William/John/James]] Nevison, a seventeenth-century highwayman who was probably nearer to a [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type 4 anti-hero]] but was later [[Historical Hero Upgrade|upgraded]] to being [[Just Like Robin Hood]]. Although Turpin is credited with the famous [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|ride from London to York]], it seems more likely that Nevison actually achieved this feat, and it was later ascribed to Turpin by the latter's biographer. |
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| ⚫ | * Claude Duval certainly earned the gentlemanly part of the trope. Known for being exceedingly polite to his victims (always tipping his hat to the ladies and once returning a silver bottle to a baby who was crying) he was visited by many ladies upon his capture. He also had the words [[The Charmer|"Here lies Du Vail, reader, if male thou art, Look to thy purse; if female, to thy heart Much havoc hath he made of both; for all Men he made stand, and women he made fall." inscribed on his tombstone.]] |
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