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* RedheadInGreen: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in that Flavia only wears green outfits in a couple of relatively short scenes in the middle of the movie; she's more often seen in [[WomanInBlack black]] or, during pretty much the entire last third of the film, [[WomanInWhite white]].
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* WomanInWhite: Demure, blonde EnglishRose Isabel wears [[VirginInAWhiteDress virginal]], high-necked white silk and lace dresses in every scene she appears in.
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* WomanInWhite: Demure, blonde EnglishRose Isabel wears [[VirginInAWhiteDress virginal]], high-necked white silk and lace dresses in every scene she appears in.in.
** Flavia wears a fancy white ballgown for pretty much the entire last half-hour of the film.
** Flavia wears a fancy white ballgown for pretty much the entire last half-hour of the film.
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* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: [[BattleBallgown White-gowned]], [[OperaGloves white-gloved]], [[EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry bejeweled]] Flavia goes toe-to-toe with Boldini [[spoiler:and punches him out with a mighty roundhouse swing!]]
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* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: [[BattleBallgown [[GorgeousPeriodDress White-gowned]], [[OperaGloves white-gloved]], [[EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry bejeweled]] Flavia goes toe-to-toe with Boldini [[spoiler:and punches him out with a mighty roundhouse swing!]]
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* FlatWhat: While Flavia doesn't actually say this, she delivers expressions in several scenes (usually when reacting to particularly stupid actions by other characters) that are perfect silent representations of the expression. If the movie were a manga, she'd have [[VisibleSilence that little balloon with the ellipsis in it]] over her head at those times!
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* WomanInWhite: Demure, blonde EnglishRose Isabel wears virginal, high-necked white silk and lace dresses in every scene she appears in.
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* WomanInWhite: Demure, blonde EnglishRose Isabel wears virginal, [[VirginInAWhiteDress virginal]], high-necked white silk and lace dresses in every scene she appears in.
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* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: [[GorgeousPeriodDress White-gowned]], [[OperaGloves white-gloved]], [[EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry bejeweled]] Flavia goes toe-to-toe with Boldini [[spoiler:and punches him out with a mighty roundhouse swing!]]
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* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: [[GorgeousPeriodDress [[BattleBallgown White-gowned]], [[OperaGloves white-gloved]], [[EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry bejeweled]] Flavia goes toe-to-toe with Boldini [[spoiler:and punches him out with a mighty roundhouse swing!]]
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* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: [[GorgeousPeriodDress White-gowned]], [[OperaGloves white-gloved]], [[EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry bejeweled]] Flavia goes toe-to-toe with Boldini [[spoiler:and punches him out with a mighty roundhouse swing!]]
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* DeathBySex: Sir Hector is stricken while making love to Flavia; [[spoiler:however, he takes almost the entire movie to actually die]].
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* PimpedOutDress: Flavia's GorgeousPeriodDress is always highly elaborate, as befitting the high fashion of the [[LaBelleEpoque ''Belle Epoque'']] and [[EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry positively dripping with jewelry]]; in one scene, her black OperaGloves even have diamond ''mousquetaire'' buttons!
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* PimpedOutDress: Flavia's GorgeousPeriodDress is always highly elaborate, as befitting the high fashion of the [[LaBelleEpoque ''Belle Epoque'']] Belle Epoque]] and [[EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry positively dripping with jewelry]]; in one scene, her black OperaGloves even have diamond ''mousquetaire'' buttons!
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* PimpedOutDress: Flavia's GorgeousPeriodDress is always highly elaborate elaborate, as befitting the high fashion of the [[LaBelleEpoque ''Belle Epoque'']] and {{EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry [[EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry positively dripping with jewelry}}; jewelry]]; in one scene, her black OperaGloves even have diamond ''mousquetaire'' buttons!
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* PimpedOutDress: Flavia's GorgeousPeriodDress is always highly elaborate and {{EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry positively dripping with jewelry}}; in one scene, her black OperaGloves even have diamond ''mousquetaire'' buttons!
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* VoiceoverLetter: Spoofed when Digby and Isabel discover Beau's letter; they literally hear Beau's disembodied voice reciting the contents of the letter, and Digby holds the document up to his ear to hear it better.
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* WickedStepmother: Flavia lusts after the priceless Blue Water sapphire as well as she does after Beau, but that's about as far as her wickedness actually goes; [[spoiler:and in the end, she gives up the Blue Water in favor of having Beau instead]].
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* WickedStepmother: Flavia lusts after the priceless Blue Water sapphire as well as she does after Beau, but that's about as far as her wickedness actually goes; [[spoiler:and in the end, she gives up the Blue Water in favor of having Beau instead]].instead]].
* WomanInWhite: Demure, blonde EnglishRose Isabel wears virginal, high-necked white silk and lace dresses in every scene she appears in.
* WomanInWhite: Demure, blonde EnglishRose Isabel wears virginal, high-necked white silk and lace dresses in every scene she appears in.
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The action pauses at one point for a spoof of used-car commercials (hawking used camels).
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* HoYay: In the ball scene, Flavia thinks she's being invited to dance by General Pecheur and holds out her white-gloved hand with an inviting smile...only to find Pecheur reaching over her to take Sergeant Markov's hand and lead him out onto the dance floor. She's left standing there looking tolerably nonplussed.
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* OfCorsetsSexy: When the Blue Water diamond is stolen, Flavia is shown stripped down to her black corset and red silk drawers at one point when the light is turned off and then on again. She's later seen reclining on a bed, again corset-clad, during a tryst with General Pecheur.
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* OfCorsetsSexy: When the Blue Water diamond sapphire is stolen, Flavia is shown stripped down to her black corset and red silk drawers at one point when the light is turned off and then on again. She's later seen reclining on a bed, again corset-clad, during a tryst with General Pecheur.
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* WellDoneSonGuy: Digby, who Sir Hector pretty much was forced to take when he adopted Beau, always has to struggle for Sir Hector's respect or even to be noticed at all by him.
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* WellDoneSonGuy: Digby, who Sir Hector pretty much was forced to take when he adopted Beau, always has to struggle for Sir Hector's respect or even to be noticed at all by him.him.
* WickedStepmother: Flavia lusts after the priceless Blue Water sapphire as well as she does after Beau, but that's about as far as her wickedness actually goes; [[spoiler:and in the end, she gives up the Blue Water in favor of having Beau instead]].
* WickedStepmother: Flavia lusts after the priceless Blue Water sapphire as well as she does after Beau, but that's about as far as her wickedness actually goes; [[spoiler:and in the end, she gives up the Blue Water in favor of having Beau instead]].
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* ShotAtDawn: Digby is stood up in front of a firing squad near the end of the movie. [[spoiler:He gets reprieved.]]
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* GoodBadGirl/ReallyGetsAround: Flavia gets it on with Sir Hector Geste, the prison governor and General Pecheur - but the man she really wants [[spoiler:and eventually gets]] is Beau Geste.
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* GoodBadGirl/ReallyGetsAround: GoodBadGirl / ReallyGetsAround: Flavia gets it on with Sir Hector Geste, the prison governor and General Pecheur - but the man she really wants [[spoiler:and eventually gets]] is Beau Geste.
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The action pauses at one point for a spoof of used-car commercials (hawking used camels).
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* MsFanservice: Flavia's GorgeousPeriodDress, from her elegant peach-and-black evening gown near the beginning of the film to her skimpy (by 1890's standards) blue-and-white bathing costume at the end, is tailored to show off her shapely figure, usually with a generous helping of decolletage.
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* LegCannon: In addition to his scar collection, Sergeant Markov has an entire closet of prosthetic legs. His regular one is an actual cannon. Another one has a built-in rapier.
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* LegCannon: In addition to his scar collection, Sergeant Markov has an entire closet of prosthetic legs. His regular one is an actual cannon. Another one has a built-in rapier. rapier.
* OfCorsetsSexy: When the Blue Water diamond is stolen, Flavia is shown stripped down to her black corset and red silk drawers at one point when the light is turned off and then on again. She's later seen reclining on a bed, again corset-clad, during a tryst with General Pecheur.
* OfCorsetsSexy: When the Blue Water diamond is stolen, Flavia is shown stripped down to her black corset and red silk drawers at one point when the light is turned off and then on again. She's later seen reclining on a bed, again corset-clad, during a tryst with General Pecheur.
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* SiblingRivalry: Firmly averted - Beau and Digby have a loving, mutually supportive relationship from beginning to end.
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** There's a running gag involving the butler and several similar tropes, including a scene with the Exploding Calendar, where the butler is desperately trying to stop the pages from flying off the calendar.
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* WellDoneSonGuy: Digby, who Sir Hector pretty much was forced to take when he adopted Beau, always has to struggle for Sir Hector's respect or even to be noticed at all by him.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Digby, who Sir Hector pretty much was forced to take when he adopted Beau, always has to struggle for Sir Hector's respect or even to be noticed at all by him.
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* OldRetainer: Crumble, the Geste family's faithful butler, is positively antediluvian, with his gray beard hanging almost literally down to his knees.
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* SpinningPaper: When a spinning newspaper is delivered to the Geste family's doorstep, the paper continues spinning even as butler Spike Milligan attempts to pick it up. He has to keep circling around the spinning newspaper so that he can read the headline.
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* SpinningPaper: When a spinning newspaper is delivered to the Geste family's doorstep, the paper continues spinning even as butler Spike Milligan Crumble attempts to pick it up. He has to keep circling around the spinning newspaper so that he can read the headline.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes/Rescued: The movie didn't see release on DVD for over a decade after the format was introduced until Universal added it to its "Archive Series". Even now, the "director's cut" mentioned above still hasn't surfaced.
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* RealityChangingMiniature: At one point, a hand pointing at Africa on a globe transforms into a gigantic finger poking into the desert sands.
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* HoYay: In the ball scene, Flavia thinks she's being invited to dance by General Pecheur and holds out her white-gloved hand with an inviting smile...only to find Pecheur reaching over her to take Sergeant Markov's hand and lead him out onto the dance floor. She's left standing there looking tolerably nonplussed.
* LegCannon: In addition to his scar collection, Sergeant Markov has an entire closet of prosthetic legs. His regular one is an actual cannon. Another one has a built-in rapier.
* LegCannon: In addition to his scar collection, Sergeant Markov has an entire closet of prosthetic legs. His regular one is an actual cannon. Another one has a built-in rapier.
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* GoodBadGirl/ReallyGetsAround: Flavia gets it on with Sir Hector Geste, the prison governor and General Pecheur - but the man she really wants [[spoiler:and eventually gets]] is Beau Geste.
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* HeroesWantRedheads: Beau is smitten by copper-tressed Flavia from the moment they first meet when she's brought home as the new stepmother of the family by Sir Hector...and Flavia is equally attracted to Beau.
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* GorgeousPeriodDress: Flavia dresses to the nines in the ''haute couture'' of ''LaBelleEpoque'' in all her scenes.
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* ScarsAreForever: {{SubvertedTrope Subverted}} by Sergeant Markov, who has an extensive collection of scar designs that he changes every day according to his whim.
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* GoodScarsEvilScars: Markov has a huge collection of villainous-looking scars (also see the ScarsAreForever entry).
* OperaGloves: Flavia, as befits a fashionable lady of the 1890's, wears gloves (usually over-the-elbow length) in almost every scene she appears in - except when she's in bed with someone.
* ScarsAreForever: {{SubvertedTrope Subverted}} by Sergeant Markov, who has an extensive collection of scar designs that he changes every day according to his whim.
* OperaGloves: Flavia, as befits a fashionable lady of the 1890's, wears gloves (usually over-the-elbow length) in almost every scene she appears in - except when she's in bed with someone.
* ScarsAreForever: {{SubvertedTrope Subverted}} by Sergeant Markov, who has an extensive collection of scar designs that he changes every day according to his whim.
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''The Last Remake of Beau Geste'' was a 1977 comedy starring (and directed by) Creator/MartyFeldman, and also featured Michael York, Ann-Margret, Peter Ustinov, Terry-Thomas, Spike Milligan, Avery Schreiber and Creator/JamesEarlJones. It's a {{Parody}} of the classic adventure novel Literature/BeauGeste and the movies based on it. The movie was [[ExecutiveMeddling severely cut before its release]]; Michael York has commented in interviews that Feldman's original version was much funnier than the released version.
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!!This film provides examples of the following tropes:
* SpinningPaper: When a spinning newspaper is delivered to the Geste family's doorstep, the paper continues spinning even as butler Spike Milligan attempts to pick it up. He has to keep circling around the spinning newspaper so that he can read the headline.
** There's a running gag involving the butler and several similar tropes, including a scene with the Exploding Calendar, where the butler is desperately trying to stop the pages from flying off the calendar.
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!!This film provides examples of the following tropes:
* SpinningPaper: When a spinning newspaper is delivered to the Geste family's doorstep, the paper continues spinning even as butler Spike Milligan attempts to pick it up. He has to keep circling around the spinning newspaper so that he can read the headline.
** There's a running gag involving the butler and several similar tropes, including a scene with the Exploding Calendar, where the butler is desperately trying to stop the pages from flying off the calendar.
