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** At the start of the show, Sharpe saves Wellesley from French soldiers. Wellesley rewards him with a field commission, describing it such:
-->'''Wellesley''': You've done me a good turn, [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished now I'm doing you a bad one.]]

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** After the Battle at Val de la Casa, Sharpe's very anxious about reporting to Wellington, pacing nonstop in the foyer. Harper tries to calm him down.

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** After the Battle at Val de la Casa, Sharpe's very anxious about reporting to Wellington, Wellesley, pacing nonstop in the foyer. Harper tries to calm him down.


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** To cap it all off, we don't even get to see how Sharpe reports to Wellesley. He's already concluded that Simmerson was responsible for everything going pear-shaped, based on Hogan's report, so Sharpe doesn't even need to put his word against Simmerson's.
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** Sharpe is not interested in signing on to go on this mission under Simmerson's command. Hogan talks him into it by pointing out that he might run into [[ActionGirl Comandante Teresa]] again.

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* During the final battle of ''[[Recap/SharpeS1E1SharpesRifles Sharpe's Rifles]]'', this [[CasualDangerDialogue exchange]] from Cooper and Harris while trading fire with French troops.

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* In ''[[Recap/SharpeS1E1SharpesRifles Sharpe's Rifles]]'' and later on, Hogan occasionally takes hits of what is probably snuff tobacco, but given some of his antics (like secretly shadowing Sharpe on his mission across contested Spain), modern audiences could be forgiven for assuming he just snorts cocaine during meetings.
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During the final battle of ''[[Recap/SharpeS1E1SharpesRifles Sharpe's Rifles]]'', this [[CasualDangerDialogue exchange]] from Cooper and Harris while trading fire with French troops.



* In ''[[Recap/SharpeS1E2SharpesEagle Sharpe's Eagle]]'', Hogan is trying to talk casually to Sharpe, who's a little on edge.

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* In ''[[Recap/SharpeS1E2SharpesEagle Sharpe's Eagle]]'', Harper is mothering Sharpe, dressing a leg wound and helping him shave. Sharpe gives off the impression that Harper was less annoying when he was trying to lead a mutiny against him.
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Hogan is trying to talk casually to Sharpe, who's a little on edge.
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** The Tipu has a wooden contraption, a mechanical tiger that paws at a facsimile of a bloodied British soldier, with simulated growls and groans to complete the macabre presentation. It is presented as being a quite grim thing, but after the British take the city, a gaggle of British officers are seen to be playing with it, laughing in amusement at the faux British soldier being mauled.

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* In ''Sharpe's Tiger'', the visual of Sergeant Hakeswell marching into combat carrying every weapon he could strap onto himself provides some levity [[HateSink at the character's expense,]]

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* In ''Sharpe's Tiger'', Sharpe is informed that he's being sent on a secret mission, where he'll be allowed to desert in order to infiltrate the Tipu's stronghold. He reckons it's the ideal chance for him to desert for real and get one in on the Army, [[OhCrap until he learns]] he'll also have to look after his unit's EnsignNewbie along the way.
** Lawford is mortified when he realizes that Sharpe is going to immediately take full advantage of the mission and its secrecy, bringing along his girlfriend and conning a General into giving him money to buy a lockpick he already secretly owns. [[GenreSavvy General Baird]], for his part, assumed Sharpe already had the lockpick but respected [[RefugeInAudacity the ballsiness of the attempt to con him out of a guinea.]]
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visual of Sergeant Hakeswell marching into combat carrying every weapon he could strap onto himself provides some levity [[HateSink at the character's expense,]]
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* In ''Sharpe's Tiger'', the visual of Sergeant Hakeswell marching into combat carrying every weapon he could strap onto himself provides some levity [[HateSink at the character's expense,]]
** [=McCandless=] repeatedly reprimands Sharpe for blasphemy, but after Sharpe fights the tiger and let's out a [[PrecisionFStrike curse mixed with the Lord's name]], the Colonel doesn't correct him, because he knows a prayer when he hears one.
** Sharpe, Lawford, and [=McCandless=] escape the Tipu's prison, and while [=McCandless=] is taken to Appah Rau's house, Sharpe suggests he and Lawford hide out at their favorite brothel, suggesting that one of the girls there is soft enough on Lawford that she'd take them in. Besides, Sharpe had already promised her he'd keep her safe when the assault happened. Lawford is ''really'' curious about when ''that'' conversation must have happened but decides not to press the issue.
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** The reading of the letter detailing his promotion to Major is also hilarious.
--->'''Major Nairn:''' "George III, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, [[BlahBlahBlah et cetera et cetera et cetera]], to our trusty and well-beloved Richard Sharpe, Esquire; greetings. We do by these present constitute and appoint you to be Major, in our army now in Portugal and in Spain and blah blah blah blah."
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-->'''Harper''': Aye, [[TookALevelInKindness but if Simmerson can change], there's hope for us all.

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-->'''Harper''': Aye, [[TookALevelInKindness but if Simmerson can change], change]], there's hope for us all.
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* The ending of ''[[Recap/SharpeF2SharpesPeril Sharpe's Peril]]'' as Sharpe and Harper prepare to leave after Sharpe has parted on good terms with [[TheNeidermeyer Simmerson]].
-->'''Harper''': Well I have now seen it all. Simmerson calling you "Richard" and shaking you by the hand.
-->'''Sharpe''': [[WeWantOurJerkBack I think I'd sooner the bastard he were]].
-->'''Harper''': Aye, [[TookALevelInKindness but if Simmerson can change], there's hope for us all.
-->'''Sharpe''': Buggered if I'm changing! Nothing wrong with me.
-->'''Harper''': [[ServileSnarker Amen to that]].

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* During the final battle of ''[[Recap/SharpeS1E1SharpesRifles Sharpe's Rifles]]'', this exchange from Cooper and Harris while trading fire with French troops.

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* During the final battle of ''[[Recap/SharpeS1E1SharpesRifles Sharpe's Rifles]]'', this exchange [[CasualDangerDialogue exchange]] from Cooper and Harris while trading fire with French troops.



-->'''Cooper''': Left, three o'clock! ''[Cooper and Harris [[NoKillLikeOverkill both shoot the Frenh trooper responsible]]. Cooper nods in satisfaction]'' That'll teach him!

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-->'''Cooper''': Left, three o'clock! ''[Cooper and Harris [[NoKillLikeOverkill both shoot the Frenh French trooper responsible]]. Cooper nods in satisfaction]'' That'll teach him!him!
** Also, Sharpe and Harper ducking into a church, and [[ReligiousBruiser Harper stopping to genuflect before the altar before rejoining the fight]].
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* During the final battle of ''[[Recap/SharpeS1E1SharpesRifles Sharpe's Rifles]]'', this exchange from Cooper and Harris while trading fire with French troops.
-->'''Cooper''': ''[dodging an enemy bullet]'' Cheeky bastard!
-->'''Harris''': Which one, Cooper?
-->'''Cooper''': Left, three o'clock! ''[Cooper and Harris [[NoKillLikeOverkill both shoot the Frenh trooper responsible]]. Cooper nods in satisfaction]'' That'll teach him!

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** Upon his promotion to Major, Sharpe pits Perkins against Frederickson's best marksman, who proves his skill by shooting a hat thrown in the air several hundred yards away. When Perkins misses the same shot, Sharpe quickly covers by saying that Perkins is clearly the better shot - he shot through the hole the first shot made.



* Sharpe pits Perkins against Frederickson's best marksman, who proves his skill by shooting a hat thrown in the air several hundred yards away. When Perkins misses the same shot, Sharpe quickly covers by saying that Perkins is clearly the better shot - he shot through the hole the first shot made.
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** After the Battle at Talavera, Sharpe's very anxious about reporting to Wellington, pacing nonstop in the foyer. Harper tries to calm him down.

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** After the Battle at Talavera, Val de la Casa, Sharpe's very anxious about reporting to Wellington, pacing nonstop in the foyer. Harper tries to calm him down.

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** After the Battle at Talavera, Sharpe's very anxious about reporting to Wellington, pacing nonstop in the foyer. Harper tries to calm him down.
--->'''Harper:''' Sir?\\
'''Sharpe:''' [''pacing around''] Yes?\\
'''Harper:''' Permission to speak freely, sir?\\
'''Sharpe:''' Yes, go ahead.\\
'''Harper:''' Would you accept an order from me, sir?\\
'''Sharpe:''' [''at wits end''] Well go on, Pat, spit it out!\\
'''Harper:''' Would ya for the love o' Jesus stand easy, sir?



--> '''Simmerson:''' I have been in that fort many times under a flag of truce,and I categorically state that they have no cannon.

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--> '''Simmerson:''' I have been in that fort many times under a flag of truce,and truce, and I categorically state that they have no cannon.
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*Harper's wedding in [[Recap/SharpeS3E3SharpesSword Sharpe's Sword]]. The priest has been getting on at him to marry his lover Ramona all episode. During the battle at the episode's climax, Harper takes a knock and the priest tells him he will die and asks if he has any last wishes. After expressing his regrets that he never married Ramona, Harper is given a battlefield wedding. The priest slaps Harper on the shoulder and tells him to get up and kiss the bride. When Harper protests that he was going to die, the priest tells him "we're all going to die, Patrick" with a roll of the eyes. Cue laughter from Sharpe and the others.
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* Just about everything General Calvet says to Sharpe after taking him prisoner in ''[[Recap/SharpeS5E1SharpesRevenge Sharpe's Revenge]]'', but in particular his version of NotSoDifferent:

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* Just about everything General Calvet says to Sharpe after taking him prisoner in ''[[Recap/SharpeS5E1SharpesRevenge Sharpe's Revenge]]'', but in particular his version of NotSoDifferent:a NotSoDifferentRemark:

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--> '''Simmerson:''' I have been in that fort many times under a flag of truce,and I categorically state that they have no cannon. (Cue cannon shell being fired from the fort and exploding near them)

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--> '''Simmerson:''' I have been in that fort many times under a flag of truce,and I categorically state that they have no cannon. (Cue
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cannon shell being fired from the fort and exploding near them)them)''
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--> "Have they got cannon?"
--> "I have been in that fort many times under a flag of truce,and I categorically state that they have no cannon." (Cue cannon shell being fired from the fort and exploding near them)

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--> "Have '''Berkley:''' Have they got cannon?"
cannon?
--> "I '''Simmerson:''' I have been in that fort many times under a flag of truce,and I categorically state that they have no cannon." cannon. (Cue cannon shell being fired from the fort and exploding near them)
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** Also, the part where a lady ejects Simmerson from the library at gunpoint while Harris, on his way in doesn't seem to notice as he's too busy reading a book.
** Then there is this exchange
--> "Have they got cannon?"
--> "I have been in that fort many times under a flag of truce,and I categorically state that they have no cannon." (Cue cannon shell being fired from the fort and exploding near them)
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-->'''Hogan:''' [Bellows out to a Simmerson] GOOD SHOW, SIR HENRY!

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-->'''Hogan:''' [Bellows out to a Simmerson] GOOD SHOW, SIR HENRY!



* In ''[[Recap/SharpeS3E3SharpesSword Sharpe's Sword]]'', Harris is in the library looking for a book that could serve as a key for a message he's trying to decode. When Sir Henry Simmerson asks him what he's doing, Harris replies that he's looking for a book to wipe his bum with. Simmerson just tells him not use anything British and suggests that he uses some French writing.

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* In ''[[Recap/SharpeS3E3SharpesSword Sharpe's Sword]]'', Harris is in the library looking for a book that could serve as a key for a message he's trying to decode. When Sir Henry Simmerson asks him what he's doing, Harris replies that he's looking for a book to wipe his bum with. Simmerson just tells him not to use anything British and suggests that he uses some French writing.



* Sharpe pits Hagman against Frederickson's best marksman, who proves his skill by shooting a hat thrown in the air several hundred yards away. When Hagman misses the same shot, Sharpe quickly covers by saying that Hagman is clearly the better shot - he shot through the hole the first shot made.

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* Sharpe pits Hagman Perkins against Frederickson's best marksman, who proves his skill by shooting a hat thrown in the air several hundred yards away. When Hagman Perkins misses the same shot, Sharpe quickly covers by saying that Hagman Perkins is clearly the better shot - he shot through the hole the first shot made.
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*** Then he and Harper eat their words when it turns out the barrage was a ''little'' more noisy and barn-rattling than it seemed from first glance...
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* Sharpe pits Hagman against Frederickson's best marksman, who proves his skill by shooting a hat thrown in the air several hundred yards away. When Hagman misses the same shot, Sharpe quickly covers by saying that Hagman is clearly the better shot - he shot through the hole the first shot made.

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* In ''Sharpe's Eagle'' Hogan is trying to talk casually to Sharpe, who's a little on edge.

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* In ''Sharpe's Eagle'' ''[[Recap/SharpeS1E2SharpesEagle Sharpe's Eagle]]'', Hogan is trying to talk casually to Sharpe, who's a little on edge.



* Just about everything General Calvet says to Sharpe after taking him prisoner, but in particular his version of NotSoDifferent:

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* In ''[[Recap/SharpeS3E3SharpesSword Sharpe's Sword]]'', Harris is in the library looking for a book that could serve as a key for a message he's trying to decode. When Sir Henry Simmerson asks him what he's doing, Harris replies that he's looking for a book to wipe his bum with. Simmerson just tells him not use anything British and suggests that he uses some French writing.
* Just about everything General Calvet says to Sharpe after taking him prisoner, prisoner in ''[[Recap/SharpeS5E1SharpesRevenge Sharpe's Revenge]]'', but in particular his version of NotSoDifferent:



* In ''Sharpe's Waterloo'', Sharpe being apologetic to a young officer who'd been on the Prince of Orange's staff and had called the Prince 'a silk-stocking full of shit' after his latest cock-up had got a battalion killed - ''again''. He'd asked Sharpe to intercede for him after telling him what had happened, then Sharpe tells him that he'll sort the Prince out... cut to a few scenes later, where Sharpe comes back, all apologetic, and explains that unfortunately, he only managed to shoot the Prince in the shoulder, rather than anywhere lethal.

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* In ''Sharpe's Waterloo'', ''[[Recap/SharpeS5E3SharpesWaterloo Sharpe's Waterloo]]'', Sharpe being apologetic to a young officer who'd been on the Prince of Orange's staff and had called the Prince 'a silk-stocking full of shit' after his latest cock-up had got a battalion killed - ''again''. He'd asked Sharpe to intercede for him after telling him what had happened, then Sharpe tells him that he'll sort the Prince out... cut to a few scenes later, where Sharpe comes back, all apologetic, and explains that unfortunately, he only managed to shoot the Prince in the shoulder, rather than anywhere lethal.
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--->'''Lt. Gilliand:''' [[AskAStupidQuestion Does that mean you will not be able to find a use for us, sir?

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--->'''Lt. Gilliand:''' [[AskAStupidQuestion Does that mean you will not be able to find a use for us, sir?sir?]]
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** Later still, a rocket fails to leave its launch ramp properly, forcing everyone to take cover.
--->'''Lt. Gilliand:''' [[AskAStupidQuestion Does that mean you will not be able to find a use for us, sir?
--->''(Sharpe slowly turns to [[DeathGlare glare at Gilliand.]])''
--->'''Sharpe:''' [[TranquilFury Oh, I'll find a use for you, Lieutenant.]] [[FalseReassurance Don't you worry about that.]]
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-->'''Sharpe''': Very consistent, Lieutenant. Ten salvos, and none of them hit.

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-->'''Sharpe''': Very consistent, Lieutenant. Ten salvos, and none of them hit.you've missed every time.

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-->'''Calvet''': For a change, Englishman, you and I will be on the same side. We are allies. Except that I am a General of Imperial France and you are a piece of English toadshit, which means that I give the orders and you obey them like a lilywhite-arsed conscript. So stop gawping like a novice nun in a gunners' bath-house and tell me where we're going

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-->'''Calvet''': For a change, Englishman, you and I will be on the same side. We are allies. Except that I am a General of Imperial France and you are a piece of English toadshit, which means that I give the orders and you obey them like a lilywhite-arsed conscript. So stop gawping like a novice nun in a gunners' bath-house and tell me where we're goinggoing.
* In ''Sharpe's Waterloo'', Sharpe being apologetic to a young officer who'd been on the Prince of Orange's staff and had called the Prince 'a silk-stocking full of shit' after his latest cock-up had got a battalion killed - ''again''. He'd asked Sharpe to intercede for him after telling him what had happened, then Sharpe tells him that he'll sort the Prince out... cut to a few scenes later, where Sharpe comes back, all apologetic, and explains that unfortunately, he only managed to shoot the Prince in the shoulder, rather than anywhere lethal.
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* In ''Sharpe's Eagle'' Hogan is trying to talk casually to Sharpe, who's a little on edge.
-->'''Hogan:''' Sit down, man, sit down. You seem edgy, damned edgy.
-->'''Sharpe:''' [begins to sit on a stool]
-->'''Hogan:''' [Bellows out to a Simmerson] GOOD SHOW, SIR HENRY!
-->'''Sharpe:''' [Startled, immediately stands up again]
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* The [[MacrossMissileMassacre Rocket]] [[ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy Troop]] in ''[[Recap/SharpeS2E2SharpesEnemy Sharpe's Enemy]]'' spend the entire morning firing at an abandoned barn. The result?
-->'''Sharpe''': Very consistent, Lieutenant. Ten salvos, and none of them hit.
** After that, Sharpe decides to go to the one place where he can have peace and quiet. The barn.
* Just about everything General Calvet says to Sharpe after taking him prisoner, but in particular his version of NotSoDifferent:
-->'''Calvet''': For a change, Englishman, you and I will be on the same side. We are allies. Except that I am a General of Imperial France and you are a piece of English toadshit, which means that I give the orders and you obey them like a lilywhite-arsed conscript. So stop gawping like a novice nun in a gunners' bath-house and tell me where we're going
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