History Series / ThievesOfTheWood

* AristocratsAreEvil: Iron Simon sees himself as king of the beggars and insists on being addressed as Lord.

* SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Vagrancy is illegal in the 1700s, and the homeless are rounded up and forced to build roads and canals for the Mayor.

* CoolGuns: TheHighwayman Jan carries an assortment of flintlock pistols. One of his followers is armed with a crossbow.

* LoveableRogue: Jan is seen as the Belgian equivalent of RobinHood.

* LawfulNeutral: The Walloon general is not on the side of the LawfulEvil Mayor or the ChaoticGood Jan, until he is provoked by the killing of two of his soldiers.

* AristocratsAreEvil: CorruptHick Iron Simon sees himself as king of the beggars and insists on being addressed as Lord.

* GreyAndGreyMorality: The ChaoticGood robber Jan who gives his loot to the poor versus the LawfulGood AntiVillain Baru who opposes torture and demands the {{Main/Outlaw}} receives a fair trial.

* NiceHat: Jan wears a cocked hat with a BadassLongcoat.

* ThenLetMeBeEvil: Baru tried hard to strike a fair deal with Jan and the robbers and provide two vulnerable young girls with an education, but everything goes wrong. He is eventually pushed too far and undergoes a FaceHeelTurn after the Mayor is murdered and he is given a KlingonPromotion.

* AbusiveParents: Simon slaps Squint Eyes repeatedly and mocks him for crying, despite him having received a fractured skull from a beating by Tinker.

* AgentPeacock: When Tinker is put in charge of a high class brothel he starts wearing frilly shirts and velvet suits.

* BreakTheCutie: Barrow is initially an idealist who opposed torture and wants to reform criminals through education, but in the final episode he becomes a KnightTemplar LawmanGoneBad out of frustration at Jan's continued defiance and rejection by Anne Marie.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: When Jan is recaptured after surviving his initial hanging, Barrow decides to have him crushed to death on the wheel, to make sure he is dead this time.

* DirtyCop: Many of the watchmen are corrupt and take bribes. Barrow puts a lot of effort into stopping this behavior and push his BadCopIncompetentCop department to maximum efficiency.

* EvilWearsBlack: The Mayor wears a black suit. So does Barrow when he is put in charge after the Mayor's death.

* GreyAndGreyMorality: The ChaoticGood robber Jan who gives his loot to the poor versus the LawfulGood AntiVillain Barrow who opposes torture and demands the {{Main/Outlaw}} receives a fair trial.
* GenreSavvy: Barrow doesn't believe in silly peasant superstitions like ghosts or curses, but after Dean Peck is killed he insists on being heavily guarded at all times because he suspects that Jan has somehow survived the hanging and returned for revenge.

* HeelRealization: Butcher is horrified at being forced to hang the innocent Van Erkens, and decides to make amends by saving Jan.

* IWantGrandkids: The mother of SissyVillain Nikolai encourages him to force himself upon his unwilling bride.

* KillItWithFire: Anne Marie covers the Mayor with tar and feathers, and burns him to death.
* JustLikeRobinHood: Jan robs the Mayor's minions so the vagrants under his protection can survive in the forest.
* TheLancer: Tinker is DangerousDeserter Jan's sidekick.
* LeadDetective: SympatheticInspectorAntagonist Barrow has the misfortune of being born 200 years too early. His modern methods of police investigation are regarded with disdain and suspicion by the watchmen under his command.

* MayDecemberRomance: Between the bailiff Barrow and the young hooker Anne Marie.

* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Tinker gives Squint Eyes a fractured skull and disfigured face after he is caught harassing a prostitute.
* OldSoldier: HeroAntagonist Barrow is a retired army officer who becomes captain of the city watchmen.
* ParentalSubstitute: Barrow sees himself as a father figure to Anne Marie's HeartWarmingOrphan sister.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: The Mayor regularly hosts depraved orgies with the local nobility where they prey upon vulnerable orphan girls.

* SpoiledBrat: Anne Marie snubs Barrows' offer of marriage and taunts him for his cowardice.

* SinisterMinister: TheVicar Peck preaches sermons upholding the mayor's corrupt regime, and gets perverse pleasure out of disciplining Nikolai's wife.

* TooDumbToLive: Although Barrow is an OfficerAndAGentleman, he is not a nobleman. The Mayor and Peck see him as a social inferior and fail to take his warnings seriously about being targeted for assassination.
* TheBadGuysAreCops: Although Barrow is a decent man, his subordinates oppress the poor and uphold the mayor's tyrannical regime.
* ThievesGuild: Iron Simon is TheDon of a criminal gang paid by the Mayor to enslave homeless people.
* TortureIsIneffective: The tramp Van Erkens is a cripple who needs crutches to walk, but when he is brought before the Mayor and accused of robbery he remains DefiantToTheEnd and refuses to implicate Jan.
* ThenLetMeBeEvil: Barrow tried hard to strike a fair deal with Jan and the robbers and provide two vulnerable young girls with an education, but everything goes wrong. He is eventually pushed too far and undergoes a FaceHeelTurn after the Mayor is murdered and he is given a KlingonPromotion.

* YouAllMeetInAnInn: Jan and Tinker find the rest of the gang at a brothel/pub called the Yellow Prick.

* TheDungAges: Like every Dutch town of the 18th century, the streets are filthy and there are no paved roads.

* AFatherToHisMen: The French general is unusually caring by 18th century standards, and has vowed to bring home as many of his men as possible.

* LawfulNeutral: The French general is not on the side of the LawfulEvil Mayor or the ChaoticGood Jan, until he is provoked by the killing of two of his soldiers.
* LoveableRogue: Jan is seen as the Dutch equivalent of RobinHood.

''Thieves of the Wood'' is a 2020 Dutch television series about the adventures of the HistoricalDomainCharacter Jan de Licht and his band of robbers during the early 18th century.

* GoodColorsEvilColors: The Dutch city guards wear black coats and orange waistcoats. Jan and his followers wear grey and brown to reflect their grey morality.

* KnifeNut: Tinker's preferred weapon is a large dagger.

* TooDumbToLive: Although Barrow is AnOfficerAndAGentleman, he is not a nobleman. The Mayor and Peck see him as a social inferior and fail to take his warnings seriously about being targeted for assassination.

Thieves of the Wood is a 2020 Dutch television series about the adventures of the HistoricalDomainCharacter Jan de Licht and his band of robbers during the early 18th century.

* NotSoDifferent: Barrow and Simon are, respectively, a modern detective and crime boss born two centuries too early.
** Similarly, Barrow and Jan are both outsiders not of noble birth who believe in social justice and want to change society. The difference is that Barrow wants to reform the legal system, while Jan wants to redistribute wealth by force.

* BreakTheCutie: Barrow is initially an idealist who opposed torture and wants to reform criminals through education, but in the final episode he becomes a KnightTemplar out of frustration at Jan's continued defiance and rejection by Anne Marie.

* GreyAndGreyMorality: The ChaoticGood robber Jan who gives his loot to the poor versus the LawfulGood AntiVillain Barrow who opposes torture and demands TheOutlaw receives a fair trial.

* TheLancer: Tinker is Jan's sidekick.

* ParentalSubstitute: Barrow sees himself as a father figure to Anne Marie's orphaned sister.

* SelfMadeOrphan: Squint Eyes becomes one after Simon gives him a brutal TheReasonYouSuck speech and strips him of his position of authority within in the gang.

* YouAllMeetInAnInn: Jan and Tinker find the rest of the gang at a brothel/pub called the Yellow Prick

* GoodColorsEvilColors: The Dutch city guards wear black coats and orange waistcoats. Jan and his followers wear grey and brown to reflect their grey morality.

* GenreSavvy: Barrow doesn't believe in silly peasant superstitions like ghosts or curses, but after Dean Peck is killed he suspects that Jan has somehow survived the hanging and returned for revenge.

* VillainTeamUp: The Mayor pays Iron Simon and his DragonWithAnAgenda the Spaniard to bring him slaves to work on the road, and they work together to capture Jan.

* BlackAndGreyMorality: The Mayor is clearly the BigBad, but Jan is a fugitive murderer.

* GenreSavvy: Barrows doesn't believe in silly peasant superstitions like ghosts or curses, but after Dean Peck is killed he suspects that Jan has somehow survived the hanging and returned for revenge.

* OldSoldier: HeroAntagonist Barrows is a retired army officer who becomes captain of the city watchmen.