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* PetTheDog: Once Poirot works out that the AssholeVictim in [[spoiler: ''The King of Clubs'']] died by accident (after being punched and then falling and hitting his head), he decides not to solve the case and quietly lets it drop to save the attacker's reputation, who was being blackmailed.
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* NothingLeftToDoButDie: At the end of ''Cards on the Table'' Poirot postulates that their host, Mr. Shaitana [[spoilers: arranged the opportunity for his own murder, because he had grown tired of life and wished to create a mystery no one could solve]], a strong possibility given his macabre personality.
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* NothingLeftToDoButDie: At the end of ''Cards on the Table'' Poirot postulates that their host, Mr. Shaitana [[spoilers: [[spoiler: arranged the opportunity for his own murder, because he had grown tired of life and wished to create a mystery no one could solve]], a strong possibility given his macabre personality.
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*NothingLeftToDoButDie: At the end of ''Cards on the Table'' Poirot postulates that their host, Mr. Shaitana [[spoilers: arranged the opportunity for his own murder, because he had grown tired of life and wished to create a mystery no one could solve]], a strong possibility given his macabre personality.
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** He tries this in ''Problem At Sea'' with less success, feigning forgetfulness over whether Colonel Clapperton left with two young ladies while talking to Ellie, who is quite attracted to him herself. She isn't fooled.
-->''"They're not children, monsieur Poirot. Nor am I.""
* OhCrap: The murderer in ''Problem At Sea'' gets a massive case of this when Poirot outs [[spoiler: his trick of using ventriloquism to deceive witnesses into thinking his wife was still alive]]. His face freezes in shock, as a series of [[WhamShot wham shots]] are intercut to show him and the audience flashing back.
-->''"They're not children, monsieur Poirot. Nor am I.""
* OhCrap: The murderer in ''Problem At Sea'' gets a massive case of this when Poirot outs [[spoiler: his trick of using ventriloquism to deceive witnesses into thinking his wife was still alive]]. His face freezes in shock, as a series of [[WhamShot wham shots]] are intercut to show him and the audience flashing back.
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** In ''The Clocks'', [[PoliceAreUseless Hardcastle]] keeps brushing off Nora after she [[SpottingTheThread spots the thread]] at the inquest. This [[SheKnowsTooMuch does not end well for Nora]].
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** In ''The Clocks'', [[PoliceAreUseless Hardcastle]] keeps brushing off Nora after she [[SpottingTheThread spots the thread]] at the inquest. This [[SheKnowsTooMuch [[HeKnowsTooMuch does not end well for Nora]].
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--> '''Poirot:''' (''in the Lagonda'') Not too fast, mind.
--> '''Hastings:''' Don't worry, I won't go over eighty.
--> '''Poirot:''' Kilometres?
--> '''Hastings:''' Miles.
--> '''Hastings:''' Don't worry, I won't go over eighty.
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--> '''Hastings:''' Miles.
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--> '''Hastings:''' (Discussing Japp's sleep-talking) I can't take much more of it, Poirot. [And] I've been through three days of a Jerry barrage.\\
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--> '''Hastings:''' (Discussing Japp's sleep-talking) I can't take much more of it, Poirot. [And] I've been through three days of a Jerry barrage.\\
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** Notably at the end of ''The Third Floor Flat'', Poirot has recovered and [[BlatantLies claims that the great Poirot is never sick]].
--> '''Miss Lemon:''' "But ''yesterday'' you were-"
--> '''Poirot:''' "Miss Lemon. Yesterday was yesterday!"
--> '''Miss Lemon:''' "But ''yesterday'' you were-"
--> '''Poirot:''' "Miss Lemon. Yesterday was yesterday!"
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* SickEpisode: ''The Third Floor Flat'', ''The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge'' (for Poirot), ''How Does Your Garden Grow?'' and ''The Million Dollar Bond Robbery'' (for Hastings), ''Wasps' Nest'' (for Japp).
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* SickEpisode: ''The Third Floor Flat'', ''The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge'' (for Poirot), ''How Does Your Garden Grow?'' and ''The Million Dollar Bond Robbery'' (for Hastings), ''Wasps' Nest'' (for Japp).Japp), ''Hallowe'en Party'' (for Ariadne Oliver).
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* SickEpisode: ''The Third Floor Flat'', ''The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge'' (for Poirot), ''How Does Your Garden Grow?'' and ''The Million Dollar Bond Robbery'' (for Hastings).
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* SickEpisode: ''The Third Floor Flat'', ''The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge'' (for Poirot), ''How Does Your Garden Grow?'' and ''The Million Dollar Bond Robbery'' (for Hastings).Hastings), ''Wasps' Nest'' (for Japp).
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* SickEpisode: ''The Third Floor Flat'', ''The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge'' (for Poirot), ''How Does Your Garden Grow?'' and ''The Million Dollar Bond Robbery''(for Hastings).
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(''Poirot braces himself.'')
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--> '''Poirot:''' (''in the Lagonda'') Not too fast, mind.
--> '''Hastings:''' Don't worry, I won't go over eighty.
--> '''Poirot:''' Kilometres?
--> '''Hastings:''' Miles.
--> '''Hastings:''' Don't worry, I won't go over eighty.
--> '''Poirot:''' Kilometres?
--> '''Hastings:''' Miles.
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* SpeedDemon: As a car fanatic, Hastings has a decided love of fast driving; his DrivesLikeCrazy tendencies were often employed for the purpose of dramatic CarChase finales in the early seasons. Typically, Poirot does not approve.
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* UnwantedGiftPlot: A minor example in ''The ABC Murders''. Poirot and Hastings joyfully reunite after the latter spends several months adventuring in South America. Poirot is unimpressed by 'Cedric,' a stuffed caiman Hastings shot on the Orinoco. However, when Hastings reveals that he brought Cedric back for Poirot, the detective puts on a brave face.
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* UnwantedGiftPlot: A minor example in ''The ABC Murders''. Poirot and Hastings joyfully reunite after the latter spends several months adventuring in South America. Poirot is unimpressed by 'Cedric,' a stuffed caiman Hastings shot on the Orinoco. However, when Hastings reveals that he brought Cedric back for Poirot, the detective puts on a brave face.
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* UnwantedGiftPlot: A minor example in ''The ABC Murders''. Poirot and Hastings joyfully reunite after the latter spends several months adventuring in South America. Poirot is unimpressed by 'Cedric,' a stuffed caiman Hastings shot on the Orinoco. However, when Hastings reveals that he brought Cedric back for Poirot, the detective puts on a brave face.
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** Largely averted with Hastings. He rose to the rank of Captain at the Front, earned an OBE, and was eventually invalided home through injury. However, with the exception of a nightmare that wakes him up in ''The Mysterious Affair at Styles'', there doesn't seem to be much evidence of PTSD throughout the series.
--> '''Hastings:''' (Discussing Japp's sleep-talking) I can't take much more of it, Poirot. [And] I've been through three days of a Jerry barrage.\\
** Largely averted with Hastings. He rose to the rank of Captain at the Front, earned an OBE, and was eventually invalided home through injury. However, with the exception of a nightmare that wakes him up in ''The Mysterious Affair at Styles'', there doesn't seem to be much evidence of PTSD throughout the series.
--> '''Hastings:''' (Discussing Japp's sleep-talking) I can't take much more of it, Poirot. [And] I've been through three days of a Jerry barrage.\\
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* SickEpisode: ''The Third Floor Flat'', ''The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge'' (both for Poirot), ''How Does Your Garden Grow?'' (for Hastings).
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* SickEpisode: ''The Third Floor Flat'', ''The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge'' (both for (for Poirot), ''How Does Your Garden Grow?'' (for and ''The Million Dollar Bond Robbery''(for Hastings).
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* OverprotectiveDad: In ''The Plymouth Express'', Gordon Halliday attempts to drive away his daughter Florence's estranged husband Rupert from visiting her, and even goes as far as to hire Poirot to vet Florence's new lover to see if he's just as unsavory. [[spoiler:He's proven horrifically right later in the story as his daughter's found murdered on a train.]]
* PoirotSpeak: Poirot, obviously. (Though this is actually something of a subversion -- see ObfuscatingStupidity.)
* PoirotSpeak: Poirot, obviously. (Though this is actually something of a subversion -- see ObfuscatingStupidity.)
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* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Done in-universe in ''Elephants Can Remember''. [[spoiler: Marie passes herself off as from Boston, but Poirot catches some pronunciation slips that indicate that she's actually Canadian.]]
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** In ''Elephants Can Remember'', the piano piece that Desmond Burton-Cox is playing is Music/JohannSebastianBach's ''Goldberg Variations'', and the song that plays in the end credits is Music/FryderykChopin's ''Nocturne No. 7''.
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* TwoLinesNoWaiting: Ariadne Oliver's and Poirot's respective investigations in ''Elephants Can Remember,'' leading up to a HalfwayPlotSwitch when it becomes clear that the murders are linked.
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* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: CanonForeigner [[spoiler:Mary Jarrow from ''Elephants Can Remember'']], the daughter of [[spoiler:Dorothea, the murderess from the original book]]. Embittered and traumatised by her mother's death and blaming her mental instability on her treatment at the Willoughby Institute, she spent her life saving up to move back to England so that she could take murderous revenge.
