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* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: Sharpe has plenty, obviously, but also anything involving UsefulNotes/TheDukeOfWellington. Let's list 'em:
** The entire sequence with Colonel [=McCandless=] in ''Sharpe's Tiger'', when he uses his claymore that was carried for Charles Stuart at Culloden.
** Sharpe walking away after the flogging, an astonishing feat given the damage received.
** Sharpe bluffing his way through the Tipoo's "initiation", especially when he realizes that the rifle won't fire.
** Sharpe and Lawford blowing the mine at the end of ''Sharpe's Tiger''. Notably an example for Lawford - while Sharpe goes to kill and rob the Tipoo Sultan, Lawford goes to defend a brothel from rapey redcoats.
** Sharpe's field promotion in ''Sharpe's Triumph''. After years of third-hand accounts, that scene did ''not'' disappoint.
** Sharpe ripping his way through the Gawilghur fortress, especially when he and the Highlanders storm the ramparts, and he kills Dodd.
** Sharpe and Harper storming the ramparts of Badajoz.
** Sharpe taking command of his old South Essex regiment one last time at Waterloo, and driving back the Imperial Guard at a critical moment.
** Achmed's HeroicSacrifice.
** The entire sequence with Colonel [=McCandless=] in ''Sharpe's Tiger'', when he uses his claymore that was carried for Charles Stuart at Culloden.
** Sharpe walking away after the flogging, an astonishing feat given the damage received.
** Sharpe bluffing his way through the Tipoo's "initiation", especially when he realizes that the rifle won't fire.
** Sharpe and Lawford blowing the mine at the end of ''Sharpe's Tiger''. Notably an example for Lawford - while Sharpe goes to kill and rob the Tipoo Sultan, Lawford goes to defend a brothel from rapey redcoats.
** Sharpe's field promotion in ''Sharpe's Triumph''. After years of third-hand accounts, that scene did ''not'' disappoint.
** Sharpe ripping his way through the Gawilghur fortress, especially when he and the Highlanders storm the ramparts, and he kills Dodd.
** Sharpe and Harper storming the ramparts of Badajoz.
** Sharpe taking command of his old South Essex regiment one last time at Waterloo, and driving back the Imperial Guard at a critical moment.
** Achmed's HeroicSacrifice.
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* HilariousInHindsight: In "Sharpe's Eagle", Sharpe gets into a fistfight with Lt. Berry, played by a young Creator/DanielCraig, so we have future Bond villain [[Film/GoldenEye Alec Trevalyen]] sparring against a future Film/JamesBond, respectively.
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* HilariousInHindsight: HilariousInHindsight:
** In "Sharpe's Eagle", Sharpe gets into a fistfight with Lt. Berry, played by a young Creator/DanielCraig, so we have future Bond villain [[Film/GoldenEye Alec Trevalyen]] sparring against a future Film/JamesBond,respectively.respectively.
** In "Sharpe's Battle", Sharpe's adversary, General Loup, has an {{Animal Motif}} of a wolf. Then Sean Bean plays a nobleman, [[Series/GameOfThrones Eddard Stark]], whose family has a wolf as their {{Animal Motif}}.
** In "Sharpe's Eagle", Sharpe gets into a fistfight with Lt. Berry, played by a young Creator/DanielCraig, so we have future Bond villain [[Film/GoldenEye Alec Trevalyen]] sparring against a future Film/JamesBond,
** In "Sharpe's Battle", Sharpe's adversary, General Loup, has an {{Animal Motif}} of a wolf. Then Sean Bean plays a nobleman, [[Series/GameOfThrones Eddard Stark]], whose family has a wolf as their {{Animal Motif}}.
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** Emily Mortimer as "Lass" in ''Sharpe's Sword.''
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* RetroactiveRecognition: To give a few:
** Creator/DanielCraig is Lt. Berry in ''Sharpe's Eagle''.
** Creator/MarkStrong is Colonel Brand in ''Sharpe's Mission.''
** Creator/PaulBettany is the Prince of Orange in ''Sharpe's Waterloo.''
** Creator/DanielCraig is Lt. Berry in ''Sharpe's Eagle''.
** Creator/MarkStrong is Colonel Brand in ''Sharpe's Mission.''
** Creator/PaulBettany is the Prince of Orange in ''Sharpe's Waterloo.''
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* RealityIsUnrealistic: Major Blas Vivar carries a strange object which looks like a pistol without a barrel, and at one point uses it to set a piece of paper on fire. The object is in fact a flintlock lighter, of a type that was the height of fashion among tobacco smokers during the NapoleonicWars.
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* RealityIsUnrealistic: Major Blas Vivar carries a strange object which looks like a pistol without a barrel, and at one point uses it to set a piece of paper on fire. The object is in fact a flintlock lighter, of a type that was the height of fashion among tobacco smokers during the NapoleonicWars.UsefulNotes/TheNapoleonicWars.
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* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: Sharpe has plenty, obviously, but also anything involving UsefulNotes/TheDukeOfWellington.
** Let's list 'em:
** Let's list 'em:
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* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: Sharpe has plenty, obviously, but also anything involving UsefulNotes/TheDukeOfWellington.
**UsefulNotes/TheDukeOfWellington. Let's list 'em:
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** In the books, it's Major Hogan, Wellington's spymaster, who provided most of the Magnificent Bastardry. He appears in the first two episodes of the series, played near-perfectly by Brian Cox, before having to be replaced by a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute or two and leaving Wellington to pick up the MagnificentBastard role. Numerous exchanges in the books have Wellington as more the uptight one and Hogan as a sly, cunning SOB, only for the TV adaptations to swap the roles and have the spymaster-of-the-week be the stuffy one while Wellinton acts like... well, like a MagnificentBastard.
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** In the books, it's Major Hogan, Wellington's spymaster, who provided most of the Magnificent Bastardry. He appears in the first two episodes of the series, played near-perfectly by Brian Cox, before having to be replaced by a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute or two and leaving Wellington to pick up the MagnificentBastard role. Numerous exchanges in the books have Wellington as more the uptight one and Hogan as a sly, cunning SOB, only for the TV adaptations to swap the roles and have the spymaster-of-the-week be the stuffy one while Wellinton Wellington acts like... well, like a MagnificentBastard.
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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Sharpe has plenty, obviously, but also anything involving UsefulNotes/TheDukeOfWellington.
** Let's list 'em:
** The entire sequence with Colonel [=McCandless=] in ''Sharpe's Tiger'', when he uses his claymore that was carried for Charles Stuart at Culloden.
** Sharpe walking away after the flogging, an astonishing feat given the damage received.
** Sharpe bluffing his way through the Tipoo's "initiation", especially when he realizes that the rifle won't fire.
** Sharpe and Lawford blowing the mine at the end of ''Sharpe's Tiger''. Notably an example for Lawford - while Sharpe goes to kill and rob the Tipoo Sultan, Lawford goes to defend a brothel from rapey redcoats.
** Sharpe's field promotion in ''Sharpe's Triumph''. After years of third-hand accounts, that scene did ''not'' disappoint.
** Sharpe ripping his way through the Gawilghur fortress, especially when he and the Highlanders storm the ramparts, and he kills Dodd.
** Sharpe and Harper storming the ramparts of Badajoz.
** Sharpe taking command of his old South Essex regiment one last time at Waterloo, and driving back the Imperial Guard at a critical moment.
** Achmed's HeroicSacrifice.
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Just about everything General Calvet says to Sharpe after taking him prisoner, but in particular his version of NotSoDifferent:
--> For a change, Englishman, you and I will be on the same side. We are allies. Except that I am a General of Imperial France and you are a piece of English toadshit, which means that I give the orders and you obey them like a lilywhite-arsed conscript. So stop gawping like a novice nun in a gunners' bath-house and tell me where we're going!
** Let's list 'em:
** The entire sequence with Colonel [=McCandless=] in ''Sharpe's Tiger'', when he uses his claymore that was carried for Charles Stuart at Culloden.
** Sharpe walking away after the flogging, an astonishing feat given the damage received.
** Sharpe bluffing his way through the Tipoo's "initiation", especially when he realizes that the rifle won't fire.
** Sharpe and Lawford blowing the mine at the end of ''Sharpe's Tiger''. Notably an example for Lawford - while Sharpe goes to kill and rob the Tipoo Sultan, Lawford goes to defend a brothel from rapey redcoats.
** Sharpe's field promotion in ''Sharpe's Triumph''. After years of third-hand accounts, that scene did ''not'' disappoint.
** Sharpe ripping his way through the Gawilghur fortress, especially when he and the Highlanders storm the ramparts, and he kills Dodd.
** Sharpe and Harper storming the ramparts of Badajoz.
** Sharpe taking command of his old South Essex regiment one last time at Waterloo, and driving back the Imperial Guard at a critical moment.
** Achmed's HeroicSacrifice.
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Just about everything General Calvet says to Sharpe after taking him prisoner, but in particular his version of NotSoDifferent:
--> For a change, Englishman, you and I will be on the same side. We are allies. Except that I am a General of Imperial France and you are a piece of English toadshit, which means that I give the orders and you obey them like a lilywhite-arsed conscript. So stop gawping like a novice nun in a gunners' bath-house and tell me where we're going!
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* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: Just about everything General Calvet says to Sharpe after taking him prisoner, but in particular his version of NotSoDifferent:
--> For a change, Englishman, you and I will be on the same side. We are allies. Except that I am a General of Imperial France and you are a piece of English toadshit, which means that I give the orders and you obey them like a lilywhite-arsed conscript. So stop gawping like a novice nun in a gunners' bath-house and tell me where we're going!
--> For a change, Englishman, you and I will be on the same side. We are allies. Except that I am a General of Imperial France and you are a piece of English toadshit, which means that I give the orders and you obey them like a lilywhite-arsed conscript. So stop gawping like a novice nun in a gunners' bath-house and tell me where we're going!
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* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: Sharpe has plenty, obviously, but also anything involving UsefulNotes/TheDukeOfWellington.
** Let's list 'em:
** The entire sequence with Colonel [=McCandless=] in ''Sharpe's Tiger'', when he uses his claymore that was carried for Charles Stuart at Culloden.
** Sharpe walking away after the flogging, an astonishing feat given the damage received.
** Sharpe bluffing his way through the Tipoo's "initiation", especially when he realizes that the rifle won't fire.
** Sharpe and Lawford blowing the mine at the end of ''Sharpe's Tiger''. Notably an example for Lawford - while Sharpe goes to kill and rob the Tipoo Sultan, Lawford goes to defend a brothel from rapey redcoats.
** Sharpe's field promotion in ''Sharpe's Triumph''. After years of third-hand accounts, that scene did ''not'' disappoint.
** Sharpe ripping his way through the Gawilghur fortress, especially when he and the Highlanders storm the ramparts, and he kills Dodd.
** Sharpe and Harper storming the ramparts of Badajoz.
** Sharpe taking command of his old South Essex regiment one last time at Waterloo, and driving back the Imperial Guard at a critical moment.
** Achmed's HeroicSacrifice.
** Let's list 'em:
** The entire sequence with Colonel [=McCandless=] in ''Sharpe's Tiger'', when he uses his claymore that was carried for Charles Stuart at Culloden.
** Sharpe walking away after the flogging, an astonishing feat given the damage received.
** Sharpe bluffing his way through the Tipoo's "initiation", especially when he realizes that the rifle won't fire.
** Sharpe and Lawford blowing the mine at the end of ''Sharpe's Tiger''. Notably an example for Lawford - while Sharpe goes to kill and rob the Tipoo Sultan, Lawford goes to defend a brothel from rapey redcoats.
** Sharpe's field promotion in ''Sharpe's Triumph''. After years of third-hand accounts, that scene did ''not'' disappoint.
** Sharpe ripping his way through the Gawilghur fortress, especially when he and the Highlanders storm the ramparts, and he kills Dodd.
** Sharpe and Harper storming the ramparts of Badajoz.
** Sharpe taking command of his old South Essex regiment one last time at Waterloo, and driving back the Imperial Guard at a critical moment.
** Achmed's HeroicSacrifice.
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* HilariousInHindsight: In "Sharpe's Eagle", Sharpe gets into a fistfight with Lt. Berry, played by a young Creator/DanielCraig, so we have a future Film/JamesBond sparring with a future Bond villain.
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* HilariousInHindsight: In "Sharpe's Eagle", Sharpe gets into a fistfight with Lt. Berry, played by a young Creator/DanielCraig, so we have a future Film/JamesBond sparring with a future Bond villain.villain [[Film/GoldenEye Alec Trevalyen]] sparring against a future Film/JamesBond, respectively.
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* HilariousInHindsight: In "Sharpe's Eagle", Sharpe gets into a fistfight with Lt. Berry, played by a young Creator/DanielCraig, so we have a future Film/JamesBond sparring with a future Bond villain.
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* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Captain Leroy, one of the only two competent officers on [[GeneralFailure Sir Henry Simmerson's]] staff, and Sharpe's advocate in ''Sharpe's Eagle'', is also a man whose money is derived from the slave trade.
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* RealityIsUnrealistic: Major Blas Vivar carries a strange object which looks like a pistol without a barrel, and at one point uses it to set a piece of paper on fire. The object is in fact a flintlock lighter, of a type that was the height of fashion among tobacco smokers during the NapoleonicWars.
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* RealityIsUnrealistic: Major Blas Vivar carries a strange object which looks like a pistol without a barrel, and at one point uses it to set a piece of paper on fire. The object is in fact a flintlock lighter, of a type that was the height of fashion among tobacco smokers during the NapoleonicWars.NapoleonicWars.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Cornwell himself has stated that he regrets [[spoiler: killing off Hakeswill, as he's had difficulty coming up with an equally depraved and personal arch-nemesis for Sharpe]].
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Cornwell himself has stated that he regrets [[spoiler: killing off Hakeswill, as he's had difficulty coming up with an equally depraved and personal arch-nemesis for Sharpe]].
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** Sharpe ripping his way through the Gawilghur fortress, especially when he and the Highlander's storm the ramparts, and he kills Dodd.
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** Sharpe ripping his way through the Gawilghur fortress, especially when he and the Highlander's Highlanders storm the ramparts, and he kills Dodd.Dodd.
** Sharpe and Harper storming the ramparts of Badajoz.
** Sharpe taking command of his old South Essex regiment one last time at Waterloo, and driving back the Imperial Guard at a critical moment.
** Sharpe and Harper storming the ramparts of Badajoz.
** Sharpe taking command of his old South Essex regiment one last time at Waterloo, and driving back the Imperial Guard at a critical moment.
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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Sharpe has plenty, obviously, but also anything involving TheDukeOfWellington.
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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Sharpe has plenty, obviously, but also anything involving TheDukeOfWellington.UsefulNotes/TheDukeOfWellington.
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* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Just about everything General Calvet says to Sharpe after taking him prisoner, but in particular his version of NotSoDifferent:
--> For a change, Englishman, you and I will be on the same side. We are allies. Except that I am a General of Imperial France and you are a piece of English toadshit, which means that I give the orders and you obey them like a lilywhite-arsed conscript. So stop gawping like a novice nun in a gunners' bath-house and tell me where we're going!
--> For a change, Englishman, you and I will be on the same side. We are allies. Except that I am a General of Imperial France and you are a piece of English toadshit, which means that I give the orders and you obey them like a lilywhite-arsed conscript. So stop gawping like a novice nun in a gunners' bath-house and tell me where we're going!
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Please present all Complete Monster candidates in this thread.
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* CompleteMonster:
** [[ArchEnemy Obadiah Hakeswill]] brutalises the men under his command, has raped numerous women (starting when he was ''[[EnfantTerrible twelve]]'' and murdered at least one, and has killed at least three British officers for no good reason as well as goodness knows how many other friendlies, helpless opponents, and civilians.
** Colonel De L'Eclin from Sharpe's Rifles is quite happy to let his men murder and rape the Spanish peasants. His companion, Tomas [[spoiler: Vivar]] is little better, although Tomas's aims are slightly more sympathetic to modern audiences (he genuinely thinks that Spain will be better off in alliance with France).
** [[ArchEnemy Obadiah Hakeswill]] brutalises the men under his command, has raped numerous women (starting when he was ''[[EnfantTerrible twelve]]'' and murdered at least one, and has killed at least three British officers for no good reason as well as goodness knows how many other friendlies, helpless opponents, and civilians.
** Colonel De L'Eclin from Sharpe's Rifles is quite happy to let his men murder and rape the Spanish peasants. His companion, Tomas [[spoiler: Vivar]] is little better, although Tomas's aims are slightly more sympathetic to modern audiences (he genuinely thinks that Spain will be better off in alliance with France).
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* AwardBaitSong: The official soundtrack features [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErewG3rPCEk Broken Hearted I Will Wander]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjQzmriHn5I The Spanish Bride]].
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** Lord Fenner skirts the penumbra of this trope. His beautiful schemes and effortless charm are certainly worthy of this trope. On the other hand, his [[spoiler: disgusting treatment of Lady Camoynes]], which ultimately ruins him, does not befit a true MB.
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** Lord Fenner skirts the penumbra of this trope. His beautiful schemes and effortless charm are certainly worthy of this trope. On the other hand, his [[spoiler: disgusting treatment of Lady Camoynes]], which ultimately ruins him, does not befit a true MB.[[spoiler: Lady Camoynes herself outdoes him in the end.]]
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** The entire sequence with Colonel McCandless in ''Sharpe's Tiger'', when he uses his claymore that was carried for Charles Stuart at Culloden.
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** The entire sequence with Colonel McCandless [=McCandless=] in ''Sharpe's Tiger'', when he uses his claymore that was carried for Charles Stuart at Culloden.
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* MoralEventHorizon: Hakeswill murdering [[spoiler: McCandless after the Battle of Assaye was over.]] All so he could 'arrest' Sharpe.
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* MoralEventHorizon: Hakeswill murdering [[spoiler: McCandless [=McCandless=] after the Battle of Assaye was over.]] All so he could 'arrest' Sharpe.
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* MoralEventHorizon: Hakeswill murdering [[spoiler: McCandless after the Battle of Assaye was over.]] All so he could 'arrest' Sharpe.
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* MoralEventHorizon: Hakeswill murdering [[spoiler: McCandless after the Battle of Assaye was over.]] All so he could 'arrest' Sharpe.Sharpe.
* RealityIsUnrealistic: Major Blas Vivar carries a strange object which looks like a pistol without a barrel, and at one point uses it to set a piece of paper on fire. The object is in fact a flintlock lighter, of a type that was the height of fashion among tobacco smokers during the NapoleonicWars.
* RealityIsUnrealistic: Major Blas Vivar carries a strange object which looks like a pistol without a barrel, and at one point uses it to set a piece of paper on fire. The object is in fact a flintlock lighter, of a type that was the height of fashion among tobacco smokers during the NapoleonicWars.
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* MemeticBadass: Sharpe is already ridiculously badass, but any discussion of his abilities on forums will inevitably result in all agreeing that the English and Spanish didn't really need the rest of their armies, they could have just sent Sharpe himself and had done with it.
-->Richard Sharpe: The man so badass being played by Sean Bean couldn't kill him.
-->Richard Sharpe: The man so badass being played by Sean Bean couldn't kill him.
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** [[ArchEnemy Obadiah Hakeswill]] brutalises the men under his command, has raped numerous women (starting when he was ''[[EnfantTerrible twelve]]'' and murdered at least one, and has killed at least three British officers for no good reason as well as goodness knows how many other friendlies, helpless opponents, and civilians.
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** Lord Fenner skirts the penumbra of this trope. His beautiful schemes and effortless charm are certainly worthy of this trope. On the other hand, his [[spoiler: disgusting treatment of Lady Camoynes]], which ultimately ruins him, does not befit a true MB.
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** Lord Fenner skirts the penumbra of this trope. His beautiful schemes and effortless charm are certainly worthy of this trope. On the other hand, his [[spoiler: disgusting treatment of Lady Camoynes]], which ultimately ruins him, does not befit a true MB.MB.
* MoralEventHorizon: Hakeswill murdering [[spoiler: McCandless after the Battle of Assaye was over.]] All so he could 'arrest' Sharpe.
* MoralEventHorizon: Hakeswill murdering [[spoiler: McCandless after the Battle of Assaye was over.]] All so he could 'arrest' Sharpe.
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** Lord. Pumphrey. He's practically a one-man GovernmentConspiracy, and would probably rub along well with Varys of ''ASongOfIceAndFire'' fame. There is ''nothing'' he won't do to protect British interests, but he cements his status in ''Sharpe's Fury'': Not only does he fight alongside Sharpe and Harper (and quite well too), when Sharpe discovers Lord Pumphrey's killing of [[spoiler: Astrid]], Pumphrey mocks him to his face and saunters away scot-free.
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** Lord. Pumphrey. He's practically a one-man GovernmentConspiracy, and would probably rub along well with Varys of ''ASongOfIceAndFire'' fame. There is ''nothing'' he won't do to protect British interests, but he cements his status in ''Sharpe's Fury'': Not only does he fight alongside Sharpe and Harper (and quite well too), when Sharpe discovers Lord Pumphrey's killing of [[spoiler: Astrid]], Pumphrey mocks him to his face and saunters away scot-free.scot-free.
** Lord Fenner skirts the penumbra of this trope. His beautiful schemes and effortless charm are certainly worthy of this trope. On the other hand, his [[spoiler: disgusting treatment of Lady Camoynes]], which ultimately ruins him, does not befit a true MB.
** Lord Fenner skirts the penumbra of this trope. His beautiful schemes and effortless charm are certainly worthy of this trope. On the other hand, his [[spoiler: disgusting treatment of Lady Camoynes]], which ultimately ruins him, does not befit a true MB.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Did Lord Pumphrey really think [[spoiler: Astrid and Skovgaard]] were a threat to British interests, or did he want to murder a potential romantic rival for Sharpe?
** Let's list 'em:
** The entire sequence with Colonel McCandless in ''Sharpe's Tiger'', when he uses his claymore that was carried for Charles Stuart at Culloden.
** Sharpe walking away after the flogging, an astonishing feat given the damage received.
** Sharpe bluffing his way through the Tipoo's "initiation", especially when he realizes that the rifle won't fire.
** Sharpe and Lawford blowing the mine at the end of ''Sharpe's Tiger''. Notably an example for Lawford - while Sharpe goes to kill and rob the Tipoo Sultan, Lawford goes to defend a brothel from rapey redcoats.
** Sharpe's field promotion in ''Sharpe's Triumph''. After years of third-hand accounts, that scene did ''not'' disappoint.
** Sharpe ripping his way through the Gawilghur fortress, especially when he and the Highlander's storm the ramparts, and he kills Dodd.
** Achmed's HeroicSacrifice.
** The entire sequence with Colonel McCandless in ''Sharpe's Tiger'', when he uses his claymore that was carried for Charles Stuart at Culloden.
** Sharpe walking away after the flogging, an astonishing feat given the damage received.
** Sharpe bluffing his way through the Tipoo's "initiation", especially when he realizes that the rifle won't fire.
** Sharpe and Lawford blowing the mine at the end of ''Sharpe's Tiger''. Notably an example for Lawford - while Sharpe goes to kill and rob the Tipoo Sultan, Lawford goes to defend a brothel from rapey redcoats.
** Sharpe's field promotion in ''Sharpe's Triumph''. After years of third-hand accounts, that scene did ''not'' disappoint.
** Sharpe ripping his way through the Gawilghur fortress, especially when he and the Highlander's storm the ramparts, and he kills Dodd.
** Achmed's HeroicSacrifice.
* HoYay: In universe, invoked and discussed with relation to Pumphrey and Sharpe:
-->'''Sharpe''': He's not...stuck up.
-->'''Hogan''': Richard, there is nothing Lord Pumphrey would like more than to be stuck up with you.
-->'''Sharpe''': He's not...stuck up.
-->'''Hogan''': Richard, there is nothing Lord Pumphrey would like more than to be stuck up with you.
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** General Calvet and Chef du Battalion Dubreton as well.
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** General Calvet and Chef du Battalion Dubreton as well.well.
** Lord. Pumphrey. He's practically a one-man GovernmentConspiracy, and would probably rub along well with Varys of ''ASongOfIceAndFire'' fame. There is ''nothing'' he won't do to protect British interests, but he cements his status in ''Sharpe's Fury'': Not only does he fight alongside Sharpe and Harper (and quite well too), when Sharpe discovers Lord Pumphrey's killing of [[spoiler: Astrid]], Pumphrey mocks him to his face and saunters away scot-free.
** Lord. Pumphrey. He's practically a one-man GovernmentConspiracy, and would probably rub along well with Varys of ''ASongOfIceAndFire'' fame. There is ''nothing'' he won't do to protect British interests, but he cements his status in ''Sharpe's Fury'': Not only does he fight alongside Sharpe and Harper (and quite well too), when Sharpe discovers Lord Pumphrey's killing of [[spoiler: Astrid]], Pumphrey mocks him to his face and saunters away scot-free.
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Obadiah Hakeswill has been cut from the Complete Monster list as per a discussion on the clean up thread. Jane\'s a bitch, but her actions don\'t measure up to those of Hakeswill and De L\'Eclin
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** Obadiah Hakeswill. When he's not setting Sharpe up to be arrested, killed and/or flogged, he's raping anyone that moves, stealing from the company stores, and just generally being a bastard.
** Jane Sharpe, neé Gibbons. [[spoiler: Not only does she run away and steal all of Sharpe's fortune, she also gets herself a "proper gentleman" lover. Before she convinces said lover to try and kill Sharpe because he apparently is such a bummer.]].
** Jane Sharpe, neé Gibbons. [[spoiler: Not only does she run away and steal all of Sharpe's fortune, she also gets herself a "proper gentleman" lover. Before she convinces said lover to try and kill Sharpe because he apparently is such a bummer.]].
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** Colonel De L'Eclin from Sharpe's Rifles is quite happy to let his men murder and rape the Spanish peasants. His companion, Tomas [[spoiler: Vivar]] is little better, although Tomas's aims are slightly more sympathetic to modern audiences (he genuinely thinks that Spain will be better off in alliance with France).
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** In the books, it's Major Hogan, Wellington's spymaster, who provided most of the Magnificent Bastardry. He appears in the first two episodes of the series, played near-perfectly by Brian Cox, before having to be replaced by a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute or two and leaving Wellington to pick up the MagnificentBastard role. Numerous exchanges in the books have Wellington as more the uptight one and Hogan as a sly, cunning SOB, only for the TV adaptations to swap the roles and have the spymaster-of-the-week be the stuffy one while Wellinton acts like... well, like a MagnificentBastard.
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** In the books, it's Major Hogan, Wellington's spymaster, who provided most of the Magnificent Bastardry. He appears in the first two episodes of the series, played near-perfectly by Brian Cox, before having to be replaced by a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute or two and leaving Wellington to pick up the MagnificentBastard role. Numerous exchanges in the books have Wellington as more the uptight one and Hogan as a sly, cunning SOB, only for the TV adaptations to swap the roles and have the spymaster-of-the-week be the stuffy one while Wellinton acts like... well, like a MagnificentBastard.MagnificentBastard.
** General Calvet and Chef du Battalion Dubreton as well.
** General Calvet and Chef du Battalion Dubreton as well.
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* EarWorm: "[[www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBwXvW11gDc Over the Hills and Far Away]]" - also a {{Leitmotif}}, IronicNurseryTune, DoItYourselfThemeTune and SourceMusic.
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* EarWorm: "[[www."[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBwXvW11gDc Over the Hills and Far Away]]" - also a {{Leitmotif}}, IronicNurseryTune, DoItYourselfThemeTune and SourceMusic.
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* EarWorm: "Over the Hills and Far Away" - also a {{Leitmotif}}, IronicNurseryTune, DoItYourselfThemeTune and SourceMusic.
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* EarWorm: "Over "[[www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBwXvW11gDc Over the Hills and Far Away" Away]]" - also a {{Leitmotif}}, IronicNurseryTune, DoItYourselfThemeTune and SourceMusic.
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* CompleteMonster: Obadiah Hakeswill. When he's not setting Sharpe up to be arrested, killed and/or flogged, he's raping anyone that moves, stealing from the company stores, and just generally being a bastard.
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* CompleteMonster: CompleteMonster:
** Obadiah Hakeswill. When he's not setting Sharpe up to be arrested, killed and/or flogged, he's raping anyone that moves, stealing from the company stores, and just generally being abastard.bastard.
** Jane Sharpe, neé Gibbons. [[spoiler: Not only does she run away and steal all of Sharpe's fortune, she also gets herself a "proper gentleman" lover. Before she convinces said lover to try and kill Sharpe because he apparently is such a bummer.]].
** Obadiah Hakeswill. When he's not setting Sharpe up to be arrested, killed and/or flogged, he's raping anyone that moves, stealing from the company stores, and just generally being a
** Jane Sharpe, neé Gibbons. [[spoiler: Not only does she run away and steal all of Sharpe's fortune, she also gets herself a "proper gentleman" lover. Before she convinces said lover to try and kill Sharpe because he apparently is such a bummer.]].
