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''The Scarlet Pimpernel'' is a 1982 TV movie based on the ''[[The Scarlet Pimpernel (
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* [[Agent Peacock]]: Sir Percy.
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* [[Batman Gambit]]: The Scarlet Pimpernel is fond of these.
* [[Blue Blood]]
* [[Burn, Baby, Burn]]: One of the Pimpernel's associates tries to burn his instructions to prevent Marguerite reading them, and Baron de Batz twice attempts to dispose of compromising documents in fireplaces, with varying degrees of success.
* [[Catapult Nightmare]]: Armand, following a nightmare that he and Marguerite will become victims of the Revolution.
* [[Clark Kenting]]
* [[Color Character]] [[Character Title|Title]]
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Sir Percy
* [[Dating Catwoman]]: Sir Percy, leader of the aristocrats' proverbial Secret Service, marries a French republican. He distances himself from his wife when he is told of her (unwitting, but he's not told that) contribution to the execution of the Marquis de St. Cyr.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Sir Percy
* [[Dressing
* [[Flynning]]: During the duel between Chauvelin and the Pimpernel.
* [[The French Revolution]]
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* [[I Have Your Wife]]: The French have Marguerite's brother.
* [[Implausible Fencing Powers]]: Demonstrated by the Scarlet Pimpernel in the climactic duel.
* [[
* [[Lady of Adventure]]: Marguerite
* [[Master of Disguise]]: The Pimpernel himself.
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: Marguerite
* [[
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* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]
* [[Produce Pelting]]: The crowd around the guillotine throw vegetables at the aristos.
* [[Promoted to Love Interest]]/[[Green
* [[Pseudo Crisis]]: It seems many times that the Pimpernel or the people he's rescuing are on the verge of capture, but many of these "crises" were actually built into his rescue plans.
* [[Redemption Quest]]: For Marguerite.
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* [[Swashbuckler]]: Particularly at the climax.
* [[Sword Cane]]: Sir Percy has one.
* [[Two Aliases, One Character]]
* [[When the Clock Strikes Twelve]]: A dramatic sequence revolves around Chauvelin knowing that the Pimpernel will be in a particular place at midnight. In the book, it's a less troperiffic one o'clock.
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