!! The 2008 adaptation provide examples of:
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* AdaptationalBadass: Diane de Meridor was converted from a DistressedDamsel to a very competent BadassDamsel, fencing included.
* CatchPhrase: The duke of Anjou pick-up line: ''I thought I knew all the treasures of...''
* DeathByAdaptation: 
**[[spoiler: The baron of Meridor]] and the scene borders the category of HighOctaneNightmareFuel
** [[spoiler: Chicot]] died before he can do something to help Henry III.
** [[spoiler: Diane's mother]] see [[YouKilledMyFather You Killed My Mother]] below.
** [[spoiler: The Guises]] way before their time.
** [[spoiler: The duke of Anjou]], and he was spared once, but get it in the end.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Averted, and the duke of Anjou and considered it his first victory.
* GodCreatedCanonForeigner: Joyeuse is a character depicted on Les Quarante-Cinq, but in this adaptation he plays a more prominent role than the whole band of mignons. 
* InspiredBy: and the producers had the candor to put that on the title card
* StandardFemaleGrabArea: The duchesse de Guise was competent enough in intrigue and murder, until someone took her by the arm, but even there he could find a way out of the predicament.
* SweetPollyOliver: Done often by Diane as a means of escape.
* [[YouKilledMyFather You Killed My Mother]] and my lover is the excuse for make Diane settle accounts with some prince.

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