Tommy and Tuppence: Difference between revisions

There was a live-action adaptation revolving around Tommy and Tuppence produced by London Weekend Television in 1983 of ''The Secret Adversary'' and several stories from ''Partners in Crime''. The series was released in the United States as part of the PBS anthology series ''Mystery!'' Other various live-action adaptions have been done as part of other Agatha Christie-based series such as ''Marple''.

 

* [[Americans Are Cowboys]]: Some [[Conversational Troping]] between Tommy and Tuppence in ''Partners in Crime'', where Tuppence wants to meet a handsome and rugged American man who can survive in the wild and rope a steer. Tommy asks her if he also wears chaps and a ten-gallon hat.

* [[Almost-Dead Guy]]: Referenced at the beginning of ''Partners in Crime'', when Tuppence wishes one would stagger through the door so she could have a mystery to solve.

* [[Dirty Communists]]: The bad guys who will ruin Britain with the missing document in ''The Secret Adversary''. Also appears to a lesser extent in ''Partners in Crime''.

* [[Disability Superpower]]: Tommy seems to have developed these in "Blindman's Buff". {{spoiler|He later reveals his shades are fake and he was playing a joke on Tuppence.}}

* [[Genteel Interbellum Setting]]: The period of the first two books, ''The Secret Adversary'' and ''Partners in Crime''.

* [[Girl Friday]]: Tuppence plays one in most of the stories in ''Partners in Crime''.

* [[Les Collaborateurs]]: Mr. Brown's organization in ''The Secret Adversary''.

* [[Loose Lips]]: Tuppence pretends to have them to try and lure out the moles in ''N or M?''

* [[Love At First Sight]]: Julius in ''The Secret Adversary''. From a mere picture of Jane.

* [[Magnificent Bastard]]: Mr. Brown in ''The Secret Adversary''. {{spoiler|Sir James had ''everyone'' fooled.}}

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