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* IdentityImpersonator: Wears the Scarecrow costume if both the Scarecrow and Syn have to be seen together.



* ActionGirl: Dresses as the Scarecrow in order to take part in the smuggling at night. [[spoiler: It doesn't end well for her.]]

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* ActionGirl: [[CostumeCopycat Dresses as the Scarecrow Scarecrow]] in order to take part in the smuggling at night. [[spoiler: It doesn't end well for her.]]

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* AdaptationNameChange: It's spelt "Collier" in the credits of ''Film/CaptainClegg''. Funnily enough, he's probably based on an actual historical person by the name of John Collier, an eighteenth-century Riding Officer who features heavily in the historical accounts of smuggling that Russell Thorndike used as source material for the books.

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* AdaptationNameChange: It's A minor detail -- it's spelt "Collyer" in the novel and in the credits of the 1937 movie, but "Collier" in the credits of ''Film/CaptainClegg''. Funnily enough, he's probably based on an actual historical person by the name of John Collier, an eighteenth-century Riding Officer who features heavily in the historical accounts of smuggling that Russell Thorndike used as source material for the books.
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* LoveableRogue: Comes across as this before slipping into the antagonist role.

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* HeroAntagonist: He's a brave Navy officer tasked with defeating the smugglers.

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* HeroAntagonist: He's a brave Navy officer tasked with defeating the smugglers. Away from Dymchurch, he's said to have sunk the ''Lion d'Or'' in the mouth of the St Lawrence [[note]] a fictional incident which, given the location of the St Lawrence River, likely happened during the American War of Independence[[/note]] and is later killed in action fighting the French.



* WoodenShipsAndIronMen: Very much of this historical era of Navy officers. Away from Dymchurch, he's said to have sunk the ''Lion d'Or'' in the mouth of the St Lawrence [[note]] a fictional incident which, given the location of the St Lawrence River, likely happened during the American War of Independence[[/note]] and is later killed in action fighting the French.

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* WoodenShipsAndIronMen: Very much of this historical era of Navy officers. Away from Dymchurch, he's said to have sunk the ''Lion d'Or'' in the mouth of the St Lawrence [[note]] a fictional incident which, given the location of the St Lawrence River, likely happened during the American War of Independence[[/note]] and is later killed in action fighting the French.

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!! '''Allies'''
[[folder:Charlotte Cobtree]]
Sir Anthony's daughter, who falls in love with Doctor Syn in ''Doctor Syn Returns''.
* ActionGirl: Dresses as the Scarecrow in order to take part in the smuggling at night. [[spoiler: It doesn't end well for her.]]
* AgeGapRomance: He's ''her godfather'', although no-one seems to mind. In fact, her father seems to approve of the relationship.
* HotForPreacher: She's in love with the vicar.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: For all of his many faults, Black Nick genuinely loves his baby daughter. After his arrest, Doctor Syn is able to use this to his advantage, persuading Nick to confess to having been Captain Clegg in return for a promise to have the girl properly looked after. Nick, who is going to be hanged for murder anyway, agrees.

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* DefiantToTheEnd: Goes to the gallows unrepentant and cursing.
* EveryoneHasStandards: For all of his many faults, Black Nick genuinely loves his baby daughter.daughter Imogene. After his arrest, Doctor Syn is able to use this to his advantage, persuading Nick to confess to having been Captain Clegg in return for a promise to have the girl properly looked after. Nick, who is going to be hanged for murder anyway, agrees.
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* HeroAntagonist: He's a brave Navy officer tasked with defeating the smugglers.

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