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* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: Topper, who (when disguised as Frou Frou) gives Blackadder two suicide pills -- which Blackadder subsequently used to murder Smedley and (later) Topper himself.
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* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: Topper, who (when disguised as Frou Frou) gives Blackadder two suicide pills -- which Blackadder subsequently used uses to murder kill Smedley and (later) Topper himself.
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* SequentialSymptomSyndrome: Smedley takes a suicide pill and recites his own symptoms as he experiences them. Hilariously, he didn't realise that he had taken it, and was completely unaware that he was displaying the symptoms as he described them. It was probably the forgetfulness.
* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Played with at the end, when after killing the two men who comprise the Scarlet Pimpernel (the first inadvertently, the second deliberately), and upon learning that George was planning on rewarding the Pimpernel with a lot of money, Edmund claims that if the Pimpernel were to be asked if he was indeed the Pimpernel, he would say that he isn't. An astonished George asks Edmund if he is the Scarlet Pimpernel, Edmund smirks and replies: "Absolutely ''not'', sir."
* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Played with at the end, when after killing the two men who comprise the Scarlet Pimpernel (the first inadvertently, the second deliberately), and upon learning that George was planning on rewarding the Pimpernel with a lot of money, Edmund claims that if the Pimpernel were to be asked if he was indeed the Pimpernel, he would say that he isn't. An astonished George asks Edmund if he is the Scarlet Pimpernel, Edmund smirks and replies: "Absolutely ''not'', sir."
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* SequentialSymptomSyndrome: Smedley takes a suicide pill and recites his own symptoms as he experiences them. Hilariously, he didn't doesn't realise that he had taken it, has been poisoned, and was is therefore completely unaware that he was he's displaying the symptoms as he described describes them. It was probably must be the forgetfulness.
* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Played with at the end, when after killing the two men who comprise the Scarlet Pimpernel (the first inadvertently, the second deliberately), and upon learning that George was planning on rewarding the Pimpernel with a lot of money, Edmund claims that if the Pimpernel were to be asked if he was indeed the Pimpernel, he would say that he isn't. An astonished George asks Edmund if he is
-->'''Prince''': Wait a minute. Blackadder, you've just been to France and rescued an aristocrat! Blackadder, are you the ScarletPimpernel, Edmund smirks and replies: "Absolutely Pimpernel?
-->'''Blackadder''': ''[smirks]'' Absolutely ''not'',sir."sir.
-->''[A starstruck Prince hands Blackadder the envelope full of money that he wanted to give to the Scarlet Pimpernel as a reward. Baldrick cheers. Cue the closing credits.]''
* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Played with at the end, when after killing the two men who comprise the Scarlet Pimpernel (the first inadvertently, the second deliberately), and upon learning that George was planning on rewarding the Pimpernel with a lot of money, Edmund claims that if the Pimpernel were to be asked if he was indeed the Pimpernel, he would say that he isn't.
-->'''Prince''': Wait a minute. Blackadder, you've just been to France and rescued an aristocrat! Blackadder, are you the Scarlet
-->'''Blackadder''': ''[smirks]'' Absolutely ''not'',
-->''[A starstruck Prince hands Blackadder the envelope full of money that he wanted to give to the Scarlet Pimpernel as a reward. Baldrick cheers. Cue the closing credits.]''
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He finds a suitable aristocrat, le Comte de Frou Frou, but when they go to the French Embassy they are captured by an evil revolutionary who has just killed the ambassador and taken over. Worse, he and plans to have Edmund, Baldrick and Frou Frou tortured by Madame Guillotine herself. Frou Frou gives them suicide pills, but before he can take them, he is removed for torture. Edmund, armed with the suicide pills, slips one into the Madame Guillotine's drink, but she then reveals herself as Smedley, who is the Scarlet Pimpernel! But he's already consumed the suicide pill, and after a prolonged death scene, he dies.
Edmund and Baldrick escape with Frou Frou, go to the palace and relate a completely made-up story of rescue to the Prince, who, needless to say, is impressed. But Edmund's triumph doesn't last long; Frou Frou reveals himself to be Topper in disguise, and reveals that HE is the Scarlet Pimpernel, a role he shares with Smedley who has mysteriously disappeared. But before Edmund's ruse can be revealed, he remembers he has one more suicide pill ... which he puts in Topper's wine, thus killing ''both '' of the men who have been rescuing French aristos under the guise of the Scarlet Pimpernel. Prince George thinks it's a shame that the Pimpernel is dead, as has an envelope full of money to give him. Edmund cuts in and says that Topper was actually NOT the Scarlet Pimpernel, as the true Scarlet Pimpernel would be someone who denied his identity, and when asked "Are you the Scarlet Pimpernel?" would reply "Absolutely not." Having revealed himself to be the Pimpernel, Topper had (according to Blackadder) done the one thing the Pimpernel would never do -- ergo, Topper wasn't the Pimpernel. "Blackadder, are you the Scarlet Pimpernel?" George asks. "Absolutely ''not'', sir." Edmund replies, happily accepting the money.
Edmund and Baldrick escape with Frou Frou, go to the palace and relate a completely made-up story of rescue to the Prince, who, needless to say, is impressed. But Edmund's triumph doesn't last long; Frou Frou reveals himself to be Topper in disguise, and reveals that HE is the Scarlet Pimpernel, a role he shares with Smedley who has mysteriously disappeared. But before Edmund's ruse can be revealed, he remembers he has one more suicide pill ... which he puts in Topper's wine, thus killing ''both '' of the men who have been rescuing French aristos under the guise of the Scarlet Pimpernel. Prince George thinks it's a shame that the Pimpernel is dead, as has an envelope full of money to give him. Edmund cuts in and says that Topper was actually NOT the Scarlet Pimpernel, as the true Scarlet Pimpernel would be someone who denied his identity, and when asked "Are you the Scarlet Pimpernel?" would reply "Absolutely not." Having revealed himself to be the Pimpernel, Topper had (according to Blackadder) done the one thing the Pimpernel would never do -- ergo, Topper wasn't the Pimpernel. "Blackadder, are you the Scarlet Pimpernel?" George asks. "Absolutely ''not'', sir." Edmund replies, happily accepting the money.
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He finds a suitable aristocrat, le Comte de Frou Frou, but when they go to the French Embassy embassy they are captured by an evil revolutionary who has just killed the ambassador and taken over. Worse, he and plans to have Edmund, Baldrick and Frou Frou tortured by Madame Guillotine herself. Frou Frou gives them suicide pills, but before he can take them, he is removed for torture. Edmund, armed with the suicide pills, slips one into the Madame Guillotine's drink, but she then reveals herself as Smedley, who is the Scarlet Pimpernel! But he's already consumed the suicide pill, and after a prolonged death scene, he dies.
Edmund and Baldrick escape with Frou Frou, go to the palace and relate a completely made-up story of rescue to the Prince, who, needless to say, is impressed. But Edmund's triumph doesn't last long; Frou Frou reveals himself to be Topper in disguise, and reveals that HE is the Scarlet Pimpernel, a role he shares with Smedley who has mysteriously disappeared. But before Edmund's ruse can be revealed, he remembers he has one more suicide pill ... which he puts in Topper's wine, thus killing''both '' ''both'' of the men who have been rescuing French aristos under the guise of the Scarlet Pimpernel. Prince George thinks it's a shame that the Pimpernel is dead, as has an envelope full of money to give him. Edmund cuts in and says that Topper was actually NOT the Scarlet Pimpernel, as Pimpernel -- because the true Scarlet Pimpernel would be someone who denied his identity, and when would, if asked "Are you whether he were the Scarlet Pimpernel?" would reply Pimpernel, reply: "Absolutely not." not". Having revealed himself to be the Pimpernel, Topper had (according to Blackadder) done the one thing the Pimpernel would never do -- ergo, Topper wasn't the Pimpernel. "Blackadder, are you the Scarlet Pimpernel?" George asks. "Absolutely ''not'', sir." Edmund replies, happily accepting the money.
Edmund and Baldrick escape with Frou Frou, go to the palace and relate a completely made-up story of rescue to the Prince, who, needless to say, is impressed. But Edmund's triumph doesn't last long; Frou Frou reveals himself to be Topper in disguise, and reveals that HE is the Scarlet Pimpernel, a role he shares with Smedley who has mysteriously disappeared. But before Edmund's ruse can be revealed, he remembers he has one more suicide pill ... which he puts in Topper's wine, thus killing
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** At the beginning, Mrs. Miggins outlines the items on her new French-themed menu -- one of which is a sausage that is in fact a horse's willy. When she identifies the le Comte to Blackadder, she points out he's so down on his luck he's made said item of food last all morning. This turns out to be because he's wondering if the suspicious-looking sausage he's been served is actually a horse's willy.
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** At the beginning, Mrs. Miggins outlines the items on her new French-themed menu -- one of which is a sausage that is in fact a horse's willy. When she identifies the le Comte Frou Frou to Blackadder, she points out he's so down on his luck he's made said item of food last all morning. This turns out to be because he's wondering if the suspicious-looking sausage he's been served is actually a horse's willy.
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* DisguisedInDrag: Literature/TheScarletPimpernel's assistant disguises himself as Madame Guillotine, a female French TortureTechnician, in order to rescue Edmund and Baldrick from French revolutionaries. This ends badly for him as Blackadder poisons him before finding out that he's an ally.
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* DisguisedInDrag: Literature/TheScarletPimpernel's assistant Smedley disguises himself as Madame Guillotine, a female French TortureTechnician, in order to rescue Edmund and Baldrick from French revolutionaries. This ends badly for him as Blackadder poisons him before finding out that he's an ally.
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* ExtremeOmnisexual: According to Edmund, any Frenchman would go to bed with the ''kitchen sink'' if it wore a tutu.
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* ExtremeOmnisexual: According to Edmund, any Frenchman would go to bed with the ''kitchen ''the kitchen sink'' if it wore a tutu.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** Topper and Smedley get awfully defensive when Blackadder makes fun of the Scarlet Pimpernel. It's later revealed that this is because they are him and his sidekick.
** Topper and Smedley get awfully defensive when Blackadder makes fun of the Scarlet Pimpernel. It's later revealed that this is because they are him and his sidekick.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}:
**{{Foreshadowing}}: Topper and Smedley get awfully defensive when Blackadder makes fun of the Scarlet Pimpernel. Literature/TheScarletPimpernel. It's later revealed that this is because they are him and his sidekick.''are'' him.
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* InsaneTrollLogic: After killing Topper, Blackadder uses this on the Prince to convince him that Topper actually was ''not'' the Scarlet Pimpernel because he had revealed his secret identity, which the real Pimpernel would never do. By subsequently denying that he himself is the Pimpernel, Blackadder is able to convince George that he ''is''.
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* InsaneTrollLogic: After killing Topper, Blackadder uses this on the Prince to convince him that Topper actually was ''not'' the Scarlet Pimpernel because he had revealed his secret identity, which the real Pimpernel would never do. By subsequently denying that he himself is the Pimpernel, Blackadder is able to convince George that he ''is''.''he'' is the Pimernel, thus claiming the envelope full of money that the Prince wanted to give to the Pimpernel.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Blackadder hadn't actually ''meant'' to kill Smedley. He thought he was just killing a crazed Frenchwoman planning on torturing him and Baldrick to death. His subsequent poisoning of Topper, on the other hand, is an act of cold-blooded murder committed in order to prevent him from being exposed as a fraud.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Blackadder hadn't actually ''meant'' to kill Smedley. He thought he was just killing a crazed an AxCrazy Frenchwoman planning on torturing him and Baldrick to death. His subsequent poisoning of Topper, on the other hand, is an act of cold-blooded murder committed in order to prevent him from being exposed as a fraud.
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* SequentialSymptomSyndrome: Smedley takes a suicide pill and recites his own symptoms as he experiences them. Hilariously, he didn't realise that he had taken it, and was completely unaware of the symptoms, himself. It was probably the forgetfulness.
* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Played with at the end, when after killing the two men who comprise the Scarlet Pimpernel (the first inadvertently, the second deliberately), and upon learning that George was planning on rewarding the Pimpernel with a lot of money, claims that if the Pimpernel were to be asked if he was indeed the Pimpernel, he would say that he isn't. An astonished George asks Edmund if he is the Scarlet Pimpernel, Edmund smirks and replies with "Absolutely ''not'', sir."
* TeenyWeenie: The Revolutionary, who's "hung like a baby carrot and a couple of petite pois."
* TooDumbToLive: As Blackadder points out, the Scarlet Pimpernel's aide falls for one of the oldest tricks in the book, being offered a poisoned drink and taking it without suspicion.
* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Played with at the end, when after killing the two men who comprise the Scarlet Pimpernel (the first inadvertently, the second deliberately), and upon learning that George was planning on rewarding the Pimpernel with a lot of money, claims that if the Pimpernel were to be asked if he was indeed the Pimpernel, he would say that he isn't. An astonished George asks Edmund if he is the Scarlet Pimpernel, Edmund smirks and replies with "Absolutely ''not'', sir."
* TeenyWeenie: The Revolutionary, who's "hung like a baby carrot and a couple of petite pois."
* TooDumbToLive: As Blackadder points out, the Scarlet Pimpernel's aide falls for one of the oldest tricks in the book, being offered a poisoned drink and taking it without suspicion.
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* SequentialSymptomSyndrome: Smedley takes a suicide pill and recites his own symptoms as he experiences them. Hilariously, he didn't realise that he had taken it, and was completely unaware of that he was displaying the symptoms, himself.symptoms as he described them. It was probably the forgetfulness.
* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Played with at the end, when after killing the two men who comprise the Scarlet Pimpernel (the first inadvertently, the second deliberately), and upon learning that George was planning on rewarding the Pimpernel with a lot of money, Edmund claims that if the Pimpernel were to be asked if he was indeed the Pimpernel, he would say that he isn't. An astonished George asks Edmund if he is the Scarlet Pimpernel, Edmund smirks andreplies with replies: "Absolutely ''not'', sir."
* TeenyWeenie: The Revolutionary, who's "hung like a baby carrot and a couple of petitepois."
pois".
* TooDumbToLive: As Blackadder points out,the Scarlet Pimpernel's aide falls Smedley fell for one of the oldest tricks in the book, being offered a poisoned drink by an enemy and taking it without suspicion.
* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Played with at the end, when after killing the two men who comprise the Scarlet Pimpernel (the first inadvertently, the second deliberately), and upon learning that George was planning on rewarding the Pimpernel with a lot of money, Edmund claims that if the Pimpernel were to be asked if he was indeed the Pimpernel, he would say that he isn't. An astonished George asks Edmund if he is the Scarlet Pimpernel, Edmund smirks and
* TeenyWeenie: The Revolutionary, who's "hung like a baby carrot and a couple of petite
* TooDumbToLive: As Blackadder points out,
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* WholePlotReference: To ''Literature/TheScarletPimpernel'', of course -- in which "that demmed, elusive Pimpernel" is a friend of the Prince Regent who hides behind the persona of an upper-class twit.
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* WholePlotReference: To ''Literature/TheScarletPimpernel'', of course -- in which "that demmed, elusive Pimpernel" is a friend of the Prince Regent who hides behind the persona of an upper-class twit. The main difference here is that the Pimernel is ''two'' friends of the Prince Regent who both hide behind upper-class twit personas.
