History YMMV / Sharpe

* SignitureScene: Sir Arthur Wellesley's ''brutal'' [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech dressing down]] of Sir Henry Simmerson in ''Sharpe's Eagle'' is a commonly quoted scene.

* CantUnHearIt: It isn't possible to read any of the novels and not hear all Sharpe's dialogue in Creator/SeanBean's accent. Especially since Cornwell {{Ret Canon}}ed in that Sharpe grew up in Yorkshire.

** In ''Sharpe's Challenge'', Sharpe battles against the evil William Dodd, played by Creator/TobyStephens, meaning two villains from the [[Creator/PierceBrosnan Brosnan-era]] Franchise/JamesBond-films went head-to-head, with Alec Trevelyan coming out on top.

** From the series: "Now that's soldiering."

* FanPreferredCouple: The women of ''[[Recap/SharpeS3E1SharpesGold Sharpe's Gold]]'' (Ellie Nugent), ''[[Recap/SharpeS3E2SharpesBattle Sharpe's Battle]]'' (Lady Kiely) and ''[[Recap/SharpeS3E3SharpesSword Sharpe's Sword]]'' (Lass) are quite popular with viewers, preferring that Sharpe wound up with them instead of Jane Gibbons.

** Edward Atterton ([[Series/{{Firefly}} Atherton Wing, to most tropers]] plays Peter D'Alembord.

** Creator/PhilipGlenister, in his pre-[[Series/LifeOnMars Gene Hunt]] days, plays labor organizer Matthew Truman.

** ''[[Recap/SharpeS3E2SharpesBattle Sharpe's Battle]]'' with the death of young Perkins, after he is stabbed in the stomach by a supposed ally. Begging first for a tune from Dan, then for [[IWantMyMommy his mum]] and finally apologising to Sergeant Harper for not being a good enough soldier and letting him down. All whilst his hardened soldier comrades break into tears around him. Harper desperately tries to comfort him:

** ''[[Recap/SharpeS3E2SharpesBattle Sharpe's Battle]]'' with the death of young Perkins, after he is stabbed in the stomach by a supposed ally. Begging first for a tune from Dan, then for [[IWantMyMommy his mum]] and finally apologising to Sergeant Harper for not being a good enough soldier and letting him down. All the while his comrades try to comfort him.

** ''[[Recap/SharpeS2E1SharpesCompany Sharpe's Company]]'' & ''[[Recap/SharpeS2E2SharpesEnemy Sharpe's Enemy]]'': [[SerialRapist Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill]] lacks any of his book counterpart's redeeming qualities, however minor, while still maintaining his heinousness. Sharpe's ArchEnemy, Hakeswill was a SociopathicSoldier who was responsible for sentencing Sharpe to a [[ATasteOfTheLash flogging]] he knew would be a death sentence, before Sharpe was saved after receiving 200 lashes. An [[BadBoss abusive bully to his men]], Hakeswill regularly subjects soldiers to floggings to extort sexual favors from their wives and tries to rape Sharpe's wife Teresa. When Sharpe's best friend Harper stops him, Hakeswill [[FrameUp frames him for a theft]], resulting in his brutal flogging. Murdering one of his own soldiers to use his body as cover in the heat of battle, Hakeswill kills another soldier and tries to rape Teresa again. Hakeswill deserts the army before raping and murdering Sally Clayton, an innocent woman he's lusted after. Becoming the leader of a group of vicious bandits, Hakeswill waylays a group of noble women and is only stopped from raping them by warnings that it will damage the ransom value. When he learns Sharpe is bringing the ransom, Hakeswill doubles it at the last minute and allows his men to rape the non-noble women and tries to rape the nobles anyways. When Teresa stops him, Hakeswill fatally shoots her before being captured and facing the firing squad for his crimes.