The Scarlet Pimpernel (novel)/Characters
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Characters from The Scarlet Pimpernel (novel) include:
Lady Marguerite Blakeney
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Tropes exhibited by this character include:
- Ascended Fangirl
- The Atoner
- Blue Eyes
- Determinator
- Damsel in Distress
- Heel Realization
- Hidden Depths
- I Didn't Mean to Kill Him
- Lady of Adventure
- Loves My Alter Ego
- Obfuscating Stupidity
- Ojou
- Plucky Girl
- Redemption Quest
- Redheaded Hero
- Sadistic Choice
- Tender Tears
- Well, Excuse Me, Princess!
- What Does She See in Him?
- You Got Spunk
- Your Approval Fills Me with Shame
Sir Percy Blakeney (The Scarlet Pimpernel)
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Tropes exhibited by this character include:
- Agent Peacock: Oh, yes.
- Badass
- Batman Gambit
- Berserk Button: Threatening his wife.
- Blue Eyes
- Casual Danger Dialogue
- Clark Kenting
- Color Character
- Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
- Dating Catwoman: Essentially married Selina Kyle before she revealed she was Catwoman.
- Deadpan Snarker
- Famed in Story
- Heroes Want Redheads
- Hidden Depths
- Duty First, Love Second
- Master of Disguise
- Nerves of Steel
- Non-Idle Rich
- Not So Stoic
- Obfuscating Stupidity
- The Ditz
- Dogged Nice Guy: Towards his wife, moreso in their Backstory.
- Paper-Thin Disguise
- Rich Idiot With No Day Job
- Secret Identity
- Stealth Hi Bye
- The Stoic
- Superhero: Trope Codifier if not the Trope Maker.
- Warrior Poet: Wrote his own theme song (well, poem).
Sir Andrew Ffoulkes
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Tropes exhibited by this character include:
- Beta Couple: With Suzanne de Tournay.
- The Lancer
- Non-Idle Rich
- Number Two
- Rescue Romance: With Suzanne de Tournay.
- Secret Keeper: Along with the rest of the League of the Scarlet Pimpernel.
- Sidekick
Chauvelin
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Tropes exhibited by this character include:
- Arch Enemy
- Bad Boss
- Blackmail
- Evil Genius
- Evil Laugh
- Eyes of Gold: Yellow and fox-like
- Foe Yay
- Genre Blind: Where do we start -- his insistence on capturing the Scarlet Pimpernel alive for a grand spectacle of an execution at the guillotine? Why not Just Shoot Him?
- Historical Villain Upgrade
- Inspector Javert
- I Have You Now, My Pretty
- It's Personal
- I Want Them Alive
- Morality Pet: His daughter Fleurette in Sir Percy Hits Back
- Nice Job Fixing It, Villain
- Promoted to Love Interest: For Marguerite in several adaptations.
- Right in Front of Me
- Sadistic Choice: His specialty -- "either...or"
- Terms of Endangerment
- Unwitting Pawn
- Villainous Breakdown: In The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel
- Well-Intentioned Extremist
- You Have Failed Me... For The Last Time: The Elusive Pimpernel
Collot d'Herbois
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Tropes exhibited by this character include:
- Boring but Practical
- Death Trap: Designed a particularly gruesome Drowning Pit called the "Noyades."
- For the Evulz
- Hypercompetent Sidekick
Robespierre
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Tropes exhibited by this character include:
- 0% Approval Rating: By The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel
- Bad Boss
- Big Bad
- A God Am I
- Historical Villain Upgrade
Theresias Cabarrus
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Tropes exhibited by this character include:
- Evil Counterpart: To Marguerite
- Femme Fatale
- Genre Savvy
- Honey Trap
- I Love You Because I Can't Control You
- Lady Macbeth
- Sweet Polly Oliver: Briefly.
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