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[[File:aisgdy_895.jpg|frame|[[Dark Is Evil|I wonder which one is the villain.]]]]

 

 

* D'Artagnan (Tobias Mehler), the [[I Am Not My Father|son of the D'Artagnan]] made famous by [[The Three Musketeers (novel)|Alexandre Dumas]];

* Ramon Montalvo Francisco de la Cruz (Zak Santiago), a [[Badass Spaniard|Spanish]] [[Cultured Warrior|poet]];

Has an [[Young Blades/Recap|episode recap page]].

 

 

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* [[Accidental Innuendo]]: Pointed out in-universe in "Enchanted," when Ramon is off having sex and Duval asks where he is.

(Suppressed laughter by Jacqueline and Siroc.) }}

* [[Acting for Two]]: In "The Chameleon," Karen Cliche plays Jacqueline (as a woman) and the Chameleon disguised as Jacques Leponte in the same scene.

* [[All There in the Manual]]: The official website's bio of Siroc identified him as a former slave, but this piece of information never appeared up in the show.

* [[Anachronism Stew]]: Primarily for comic effect.

* [[Analogy Backfire]]: When D'Artagnan says that a woman wears his compliments "like silk," Jacqueline points out that silk is spun by worms.

* [[And Starring]]: "With Bruce Boxleitner and [[Michael Ironside]]."

** Sheena Easton also gets a "with" credit in later episodes.

* [[Arranged Marriage]]: Between Louis and Tatiana in "The Girl from Upper Gaborski." Louis seems okay with it, although mostly just glad to have someone around who has to listen to him, while Tatiana complains for the whole episode. Leads to a very funny scene where Queen Anne and Cardinal Mazarin give her marital advice:

'''Anne:''' Eat your vegetables in public, dear, but have your dessert in private. }}

* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: When Jacqueline destroys {{spoiler|Notung}}:

'''Ramon:''' And it's so impressive with the ladies! A man with that trophy could have the pick of Paris! }}

** Louis' description of Cromwell:

** Also see [[Side Effects Include]] below.

* [[Arson, Murder, and Lifesaving]]: At the end of "Secrets of the Father":

{{spoiler|'''D'Artagnan:'''}} Well, nobody's perfect. }}

* [[Artistic License Geology]]: the plot twist of "The Girl from Upper Gaborski" rests on the idea that {{spoiler|[[wikipedia:Quartzite|quartzite]]}} can be mistaken for {{spoiler|diamonds}}. Even if they meant {{spoiler|quartz}}, it's a stretch.

* [[Blasting It Out of Their Hands]]: Jacqueline does this in "The Exile," D'Artagnan in "Secrets of the Father." Both times, the guy holding the gun is completely uninjured.

* [[Blatant Lies]]: When Jacqueline loses her shirt, Gerard justifies throwing her a new one with "he's ashamed of his belly button."

* [[Call Back]]: In "The Exile," when Jacqueline says that killing the guard who killed her father is not murder, Charles replies, "No; it's satisfaction." In "Secrets," when {{spoiler|Jacqueline kills Bernard after he kills her brother}}, his last words are, "You have your satisfaction."

* [[Calling Your Attack]]: D'Artagnan could have gotten a sneak attack in before throwing off his disguise in {{spoiler|"To Heir is Human"}}, but he alerts his opponents instead.

* [[Concussions Get You High]]: At the end of "Rub-a-Dub Sub," Snout gets an anchor dropped on his head. The episode tag features him in a dungeon, delirious and spouting random nonsense.

* [[Comically Missing the Point]]: When it's revealed that Jacqueline is a traitor and a murderer:

** In "The Invincible Sword," when Jacqueline suggests that Mazarin is a traitor:

'''Louis:''' I’m afraid I do. ([[Beat]]) No more Thursday ravioli nights! }}

* [[Connect the Deaths]]: In "Enchanted," Siroc maps out the sites of several kidnappings and uses their shape to figure out where the victims are being held.

* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: In the first episode, Louis threatens to have Mazarin executed for being mildly annoying. (He changes his mind when Mazarin reminds him of how many boring and tedious things he'd have to do himself if Mazarin weren't around.)

** Also see [[Verb This]] below.

* [[Door Step Baby]]: Drives the plot in "Four Musketeers and a Baby."

* [[Dreadful Musician]]: King Louis spends the majority of "Da Vinci's Notebook" playing various musical instruments ''very'' ineptly. He eventually settles on the drum because there aren't any "bad notes" on it. He still manages to play it very badly, though.

* [[Dual-Wielding]]: Jacqueline in "The Exile."

* [[Dying Declaration of Love]]: D'Artagnan to Jacqueline after {{spoiler|she fatally wounds him in "The Invincible Sword." Both his death and the declaration, however, turn out to be [[All Just a Dream]].}}

* [[Funny Background Event]]: Siroc's static electricity machine in "Coat of Arms."

* [[Gadgeteer Genius]]: Siroc's bizarre and improbable contraptions quite often save the day. His inventions include a flying machine, a submarine, a machine gun, a metal detector, and a ''watermelon bomb''. Often [[Played for Laughs]]; for example:

'''Siroc:''' A man can dream, can't he? }}

** Probably the funniest example is his static electricity machine, which involves artificial feet covered in socks and attached to a conveyor belt, which he turns with a crank so the socks rub against a static-generating material. A huge step up from running in socks on a fake treadmill (which he does earlier in the season).

* [[Gasshole]]: Ramon pretends to be one in order to cover for a hidden baby.

'''Duval:''' You may need a priest. }}

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: In "The Exile":

'''Charles:''' Or two. (smirk) }}

* [[Girls with Moustaches]]: Jacqueline wears a fake mustache and beard to infiltrate a gang in the episode "Rub-a-Dub Sub." Halfway through the series, she permanently augments her male disguise with a fake goatee.

** It even gets banned, with the royal doctor suggesting that people "indulge in some harmless stimulant like tobacco" instead.

* [[Gross Up Close-Up]]: Oliver Cromwell's fabled mole. So hideous it virtually gives the King a panic attack and causes him to be haunted by some very surreal nightmares.

* [[The Highwayman]]: Appears in "Four Musketeers and a Baby."

* [[Historical Domain Character]]:

** He even leaves the Musketeers in order to raise his child because his father prioritized the Musketeers over him.

* [[If You Die, I Call Your Stuff]]: Ramon does this to D'Artagnan:

'''D'Artagnan:''' Yes, but don't eat him. }}

* [[If You Kill Him You Will Be Just Like Him]]: Said by Jacqueline in "Secrets."

* [[Ignore the Disability]]: After having nightmares about Cromwell's ugly wart in "The Exile," Louis accidentally greets him with, "Welcome to France, Monsieur Cromwart!" When Mazarin gives him a dirty look, he doesn't seem to realize he said anything wrong.

* [[I'll Take Two Beers, Too!]]: Variation in "Da Vinci's Notebook":

'''D'Artagnan:''' And if you two find ladies of your own, you're welcome to join us. }}

* [[The Immodest Orgasm]]: Ramon thinks this is happening in "The Girl from Upper Gaborski," when in reality it's {{spoiler|Louis getting kidnapped}}.

* [[Improvised Weapon]]: In her first duel with D'Artagnan, Jacqueline trips over some melons, then impales one on her sword and flings it at him. Later, she falls next to a conveniently placed cow and squirts him in the eyes with its milk.

** Louis knocks out an attacker with a metal tray in "The Girl From Upper Gaborski."

* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: In "Enchanted," when D'Artagnan announces that Ramon's new love is a poetess, Louis asks if she "has good lines," making an hourglass shape in the air. He continues to ask if [[Don't Explain the Joke|everyone gets it]] as they all look awkward or roll their eyes.

** In "The Invincible Sword":

'''Jacqueline:''' I'll give you no tongue. }}

* [[Insane Troll Logic]]: In "The Chameleon," Louis reads part of a book from India saying that the Master of Changing Light, after years of intense study and training, can make himself look like other people. He tries concentrating for a few seconds and then gives up. Leads to this scene later in the episode:

'''D'Artagnan & Duval:''' ([[Stunned Silence]]) }}

* [[It Will Never Catch On]]: Many characters' attitude towards coffee, particularly at the idea that it's made from beans.

'''D'Artagnan:''' And he calls himself an inventor! }}

** Also their attitude towards Siroc's suggestion that one could make a profit selling fake diamonds to people who can't afford real ones.

* [[Last-Second Word Swap]]:

** Ramon, at the end of the extended version of "Da Vinci's Notebook," finishing a poem about how everyone gets a girl except him:

** Again in the extended version of "Coat of Arms":

If D'Artagnan tries, he can go to -- *stabs* [[Curse Cut Short|well...]] }}

** In "Rub-a-Dub Sub":

** In "The Invincible Sword," Jacqueline tells Louis that she will "sleep across [his]... doorway every night," although this is probably an unintentional case.

** In a deleted scene from "Four Musketeers and a Baby," when women are swooning over the Highwayman:

'''Siroc & Ramon:''' *confused looks* }}

* [[Least Rhymable Word]]: When writing a poem about "The" D'Artagnan's exploits, Ramon struggles to find a rhyme for "Constantinople." Rejected ideas: "hope will," "mopeful," and "pope toll."

* [[The Mistress]]: Leads to the plot of "To Heir is Human."

* [[Mixed Metaphor]]: A mild case in "The Girl from Upper Gaborski":

* [[Mood Swinger]]: King Louis, although in a relatively benign and ineffectual way. While he is often charming and pleasant, he is sometimes whiny, petulant and volatile and has [[Spoiled Brat|tantrums over nothing]]. Mostly justified in that he ''is'' meant to be a teenager.

* [[Mood Whiplash]]: The ending of "The Invincible Sword." In a nutshell: {{spoiler|the darkest, angstiest episode in the series is all a dream, and the villain they fought in the beginning is actually an escaped mental patient who is rescued by a tiny nun.}} Even the ''characters'' think it's [[Mood Whiplash]], judging from Jacqueline and Louis' expressions in particular.

** Inverted in "The Chameleon," where D'Artagnan says he was suspicious of the Chameleon disguised as Jacques because he was "too masculine."

** [[Lampshaded]] somewhat in the first episode: Captain Duval reassures Jacqueline that although the other men might make fun of her high voice, that doesn't mean she won't make a good soldier.

** Sort of averted in "Four Musketeers and a Baby" when [[King Incognito|Louis dresses up as a highwayman]] as part of a scheme to get girls to like him, but is recognised instantly despite his disguise being arguably better than any other featured on the show -- at least he looked radically different without his wig, which is more than can be said for any of the others.

* [[Parental Abandonment]]: D'Artagnan has some ''major'' [[Dark and Troubled Past|daddy issues]], stemming from the fact that his famous musketeer father was never there for him, even when his mother passed away. He is shown coming to terms with this, however, and he and his father do reconcile somewhat in "Secrets of the Father."

* [[Precision F-Strike|Precision D Strike]]: Siroc's "it is, damn you" in "Da Vinci's Notebook." It's one of two swears that appears in the series and was actually quite significant on [[PAX]], which [[The Moral Substitute|removed mild swears like hell and damn]] from its reruns of ''[[Remington Steele]]''.

* [[Pre-Mortem One-Liner]]: Jacqueline gets to spout one of these in the prologue after Mazarin's guards kill her father:

* [[Profiling]]: When a Spaniard attempts to assassinate Louis in "The Invincible Sword," all Spaniards are rounded up and investigated, {{spoiler|including the badly injured Ramon. Used to show Jacqueline's transformation into a [[Complete Monster]].}}

** And then Mazarin comes under suspicion not because of any of the things he's done so far in the series, but because "how different is an Italian from a Spaniard?" Possibly justified, as {{spoiler|Jacqueline was trying to convince [[The Ditz|King Louis]].}}

** Not to mention her getting angry at Charles for wanting to avenge his own father's death by killing Cromwell. (Although partly justified, as she's concerned that Cromwell's death would be bad for France.)

* [[Pun-Based Title]]: "To Heir is Human."

* [[Purely Aesthetic Glasses]]: While investigating crime scene evidence in "Secrets of the Father," Siroc wears glasses with a magnifying lens mounted to one side.

** D'Artagnan tries them on for a scene in "Coat of Arms," for no discernible reason other than they're awesome.

* [[Series Continuity Error]]: When Jacqueline meets The Great D'Artagnan in "Secrets of the Father," she excitedly goes on about how she used to swordfight with her brother while pretending to be The Great D'Artagnan. D'Artagnan (the younger) clearly hears this and doesn't seem to be surprised or care. In "Secrets," Jacqueline is suddenly very embarrassed about pretending to be The Great D'Artagnan and doesn't want D'Artagnan to know about it. When he overhears, he teases her about it. Neither of them seem to recall him finding out about it before.

* [[Shaped Like Itself]]: In the first episode:

'''D'Artagnan:''' Exactly. }}

* [[Sheet of Glass]]: Carried past a swordfight in the street in "Coat of Arms." It ends [[Played Straight|predictably]].

* [[Shirtless Scene]]: D'Artagnan in particular gets a lot of these. Hard to [[Fan Service|imagine why...]]

* [[Side Effects Include]]: Combined with [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]] when Siroc describes his [[Love Potion]]:

'''Siroc:''' Just kidding. }}

* [[Sinister Minister]]: Cardinal Mazarin, naturally.

* [[Something Only They Would Say]]: In "The Chameleon":

'''Siroc:''' Yeah, that's the Captain. }}

* [[Spell My Name with a "The"]]: Characters differentiate D'Artagnan (the main character) from his famous father by referring to the latter as "''The'' D'Artagnan." Leads to D'Artagnan clarifying, in the first episode, that he's "the son of the ''the.''"

* [[Stern Teacher]]: Captain Duval.

* [[Subverted Rhyme Every Occasion]]: Ramon's poem at the end of "Da Vinci's Notebook," possibly to emphasize the badness of his game, or maybe because Jacques kind of rhymes with [[Precision F-Strike|something else]], [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|if you squint]].

* [[Take Off Your Clothes]]: Charles demands this of Jacqueline (whom he thinks is her identical brother, Jacques) so he can use the Musketeer uniform in a [[Dressing as the Enemy]] ploy. She distracts him with the apparent [[Non Sequitur]] "would you speak to my sister like that?"

* [[Theme Tune Cameo]]: From Louis' court musicians.

* [[Tin Can Telephone]]: A variation: Siroc invents a tin can telephone-like device using metal cups and some string, which he uses to eavesdrop on the Cardinal's Guards.

* [[Title Drop]]: In Ramon's poem at the end of "Wanted":

* [[Tone Shift]] / [[Early Installment Weirdness]]: Although there are still funny moments, the comedy and silliness is played down and the drama and fantasy are played up beginning in the third episode ("Enchanted").

* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Ramon has more than once noted his love for chicken. Also, val de bleu cheese.

* [[Unfortunate Name]]: A sadistic torturer named Bon Bon.

* [[Urine Trouble]]: In "Rub-a-Dub Sub," D'Artagnan rescues a baby from a runaway cart, and the baby pees in his face. Used to set up an [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]:

'''Jacqueline:''' So is he. }}

* [[Verb This]]: Gerard's response to "Kneel and kiss the dust [Mazarin] might deign to tread" is "Kiss this." Leads to him getting arrested and his father getting murdered in a stunning display of [[Disproportionate Retribution]].

* [[Window Pain]]: Siroc gets a note this way in "Da Vinci's Notebook."

* [[Worst Aid]]: When Ramon is badly injured, the doctor declares that he is [[wikipedia:Humorism#Four humors|sanguine]], refuses to let anyone give him water, and bleeds him. [[Truth in Television]] for the period.

'''Doctor:''' Whatever for? }}

* [[Writers Cannot Do Math]]: In the first episode, Louis is stated to be 15 years old, as Mazarin refers to him being crowned "next year, when you’re 16." However, the date given at the beginning of "Da Vinci's Notebook" is 1652. Since Louis XIV was born on September 5, 1638, he would be either 13 or 14 in 1652.

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