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''The Scarlet Pimpernel'' is a 1982 TV movie based on the ''[[The Scarlet Pimpernel (Literature)|Scarlet Pimpernel]]'' novels by Baroness Orczy, particularly the first, ''The Scarlet Pimpernel'', and the fourth, ''Eldorado''. It stars [[Anthony Andrews]] as Sir Percy, Jane Seymour as Marguerite, and [[Ian McKellen]] as Chauvelin.
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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
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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.
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* [[Lady of Adventure]]: Marguerite
* [[Master of Disguise]]: The Pimpernel himself.
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: Marguerite
* [[Near Villain Victory]]: Followed by the Pimpernel revealing that he's been in control of the situation for quite some time, and was merely letting things progress in order to be polite.
{{quote| "My dear chap! I never would have dreamt of depriving you of your moment of triumph. Alas, a moment was all I could spare."}}
* [[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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