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* [[Animated Adaptation]]: The [[Popeye]] short "Popeye Meets William Tell", although in this adaptation William's son (who was apparently a Middle Ages version of [[The Marx Brothers|Groucho Marx]]) was already killed, and Popeye has to stand in for him. |
* [[Animated Adaptation]]: The [[Popeye]] short "Popeye Meets William Tell", although in this adaptation William's son (who was apparently a Middle Ages version of [[The Marx Brothers|Groucho Marx]]) was already killed, and Popeye has to stand in for him. |
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* [[Anti-Hero]]: Tell cements himself as a Type IV by the end. After he escaped, he could have let Gessler go free, and fled the country with his son. Instead, he took his revenge; understandable, but immoral nonetheless. |
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* [[Anti-Hero]]: Tell. |
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* [[Cruel Mercy]]: Gessler agrees to spare Tell's and Walter's lives, but only if the father puts his son's life in grave danger. |
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* [[Feudal Overlord]]: |
* [[Feudal Overlord]]: Gessler. |
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* [[Folk Hero]] |
* [[Folk Hero]] |
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* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]: Tell's skill with a crossbow is his most famous attribute. |
* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]: Tell's skill with a crossbow is his most famous attribute. |
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* [[Offing the Offspring]]: What would've happened if Tell ever missed. |
* [[Offing the Offspring]]: What would've happened if Tell ever missed. |
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* [[Papa Wolf]]: Tell. |
* [[Papa Wolf]]: Tell. |
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* [[Save the Villain]]: |
* [[Save the Villain]]: [[Subverted]]. Tell took control of the watercraft to save his own life, and killed Gessler soon afterward. |
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* [[Weapon of Choice]]: The crossbow. |
* [[Weapon of Choice]]: The crossbow. |
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* [[William Telling]]: The most famous episode from the legend. |
* [[William Telling]]: The most famous episode from the legend. |
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