Line #49 Characters/TheScarletPimpernel


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9	[[folder: Lady Marguerite Blakeney]]
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11	* AscendedFangirl: Fangirl-ing over The Scarlet Pimpernel, later realises she married him and joins his adventures.
12	* TheAtoner: The second half of the book is all about how she feels she must atone for betraying her husband.
13	%%* DamselInDistress
14	* {{Determinator}}: Follows Chauvelin's cart, barefoot, for ''miles.''
15	%%* HeelRealization
16	%%* HiddenDepths
17	* HighHeelFaceTurn: see AscendedFangirl. Blackmailed to find and expose the Scarlet Pimpernel, ends up as one of his sidekicks.
18	%%* IDidntMeanToKillHim
19	%%* LadyOfAdventure
20	* LovesMyAlterEgo: To her husband. Loves the Alter Ego while belittling his UpperClassTwit persona. Played with a bit, since it's suggested that deep down she genuinely does love her husband and is deeply hurt by the fact that he doesn't appear to reciprocate [[spoiler: after she confessed her role in the deaths of the Marquis de St. Cyr and his family]], causing her to lash out.
21	%%* ObfuscatingStupidity
22	* {{Ojou}}: A very classy and fashionable young lady of great repute.
23	%%* PluckyGirl
24	%%* RedemptionQuest
25	* SadisticChoice: Her brother will be executed or she will find her idol and put him in her brother's place in the hangman's noose.
26	%%* TenderTears
27	* WellExcuseMePrincess: She can be rather blunt concerning Sir Percy.
28	* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: The fashionable world can't see why, of all her suitors, she married an idiot like Sir Percy.
29	%%* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame
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32	[[folder: Sir Percy Blakeney (The Scarlet Pimpernel)]]
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34	* AgentPeacock: He dresses to outshine the girls, appears late at balls because he lost his time trying to tie his cravat just right, and generally dismissed as a fop. Has snagged the hottest redhead in Europe as his wife, and all the ladies fawn over him, his Camp posturing, and his slender white hands that are dainty enough to pass as a woman's. Also happens to be the ultra-badass secret vigilante who pulls off daring rescues of French aristocrats on a regular, if not daily, basis.
35	* BatmanGambit: Pulls these on Chauvelin at least once a book.
36	%%* CasualDangerDialogue
37	* ClarkKenting: How he disguises himself while abroad.
38	* ColorCharacter: The ''Scarlet'' Pimpernel
39	%%* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass
40	* DatingCatwoman: Essentially married Selina Kyle before she revealed she was Catwoman.
41	* DeadpanSnarker: Usually at Chauvelin's expense.
42	* DoggedNiceGuy: Towards his wife, more so in their BackStory.
43	* FamedInStory: Scarlet Pimpernel is a legendary figure in contemporary France and Britain. Sir Percy is rather famous as well -- as a member of British aristocracy.
44	* TheGadfly: Has his moments, such as when he pulls a pepper prank on Chauvelin, or a StealthHiBye. Also the time when he ''wrote and recited his own theme poem.''
45	* GeniusBruiser: It's often commented on that he's a very tall, well-built man, and the intelligence goes without saying.
46	* HiddenDepths: He acts foppish, but he's skilled in combats and he's extremely fit.
47	%%* LovedINotHonorMore
48	* MasterActor: Percy is able to pass as a soldier, (female) merchant, GentleGiant, or just about anything else.
49	* MasterOfDisguise: It's how he is able to save everyone.
50	* NervesOfSteel: He can hold his nerves and he stays calm even when he's in danger of being discovered.
51	* NonIdleRich: He plays Idle Rich, but he's actually an aristocrat who does important and heroic things.
52	%%* NotSoStoic
53	* ObfuscatingStupidity: He plays TheDitz to maintain his secret identity, but he's extremely intelligent.
54	%%* PaperThinDisguise
55	* SecretIdentity: He's the mysterious Scarlet Pimpernel.
56	* StealthHiBye: Probably the inspiration for Batman-certainly, he can pull these off nearly as well when he has to.
57	%%* TheStoic
58	* SuperHero: TropeCodifier if not the TropeMaker. Certainly, while he hasn't got actual superpowers the BadassNormal style of superhero such as Franchise/{{Batman}} owes the Pimpernel a great debt.
59	* UpperClassTwit: In order to cast off suspicion, he presents himself as an unintelligent man interested only in fashion. Though in this case there is some UnbuiltTrope in play; Lord Percy's foppishness isn't a mask, he actually is that vain and obsessed with fashion, and he isn't fighting for some higher cause, but only to satisfy his own need for excitement and stimulation.
60	* WarriorPoet: Wrote his own theme song (well, poem).
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63	[[folder: Sir Andrew Ffoulkes]]
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65	* BetaCouple: With Suzanne de Tournay.
66	* TheLancer: Pimpernel's second in command and Percy's best friend.
67	%%* NonIdleRich
68	* NumberTwo: In the League.
69	* RescueRomance: With Suzanne de Tournay.
70	* SecretKeeper: Along with the rest of the League of the Scarlet Pimpernel.
71	* {{Sidekick}}: Sir Percy's sidekick.
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74	[[folder: Chauvelin]]
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76	* ArchEnemy: For Pimpernel and his League.
77	%%* BadBoss
78	* {{Blackmail}}: How he forces Marguerite to act against her idol, Scarlet Pimpernel.
79	* DefectorFromDecadence: As he would see it, having renounced his title of Marquis and joined the revolutionaries.
80	%%* EvilGenius
81	* EvilLaugh: Does this a lot in Book 1.
82	* GenreBlind: Where do we start -- his insistence on [[IWantThemAlive capturing the Scarlet Pimpernel alive]] for a grand spectacle of an execution at the guillotine? Why not JustShootHim?
83	* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: The historical Marquis de Chauvelin was the deputy French ambassador to Britain in 1792. Chauvelin the character has almost nothing else in common with him.
84	%%* IHaveYouNowMyPretty
85	* ItsPersonal: His repeated failures to capture the Pimpernel mean that his power and influence steadily decrease through the series. This leads him to become increasingly obsessed with getting revenge on the Pimpernel.
86	%%* IWantThemAlive
87	* MoralityPet: His daughter Fleurette in ''Sir Percy Hits Back''
88	%%* NiceJobFixingItVillain
89	* PromotedToLoveInterest: For Marguerite in several adaptations.
90	%%* RightInFrontOfMe
91	* SadisticChoice: His specialty -- "either...or"
92	* SmugSnake: He's not without cunning, but he's frequently described as a rather weaselly, sneering sort with an almost permanent sarcastic expression and manner.
93	%%* TermsOfEndangerment
94	%%* UnwittingPawn
95	* VillainousBreakdown: In ''The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel''
96	%%* WellIntentionedExtremist
97	* YouHaveFailedMe For The Last Time: ''The Elusive Pimpernel''
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100	[[folder: Collot d'Herbois]]
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102	%%* BoringButPractical
103	* DeathTrap: Designed a particularly gruesome DrowningPit called the "Noyades."
104	%%* ForTheEvulz
105	%%* HypercompetentSidekick
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108	[[folder: Robespierre]]
109	Leader of post-Revolution French government which is self-dubbed as Reign of Terror.
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111	%%* BadBoss
112	%%* BigBad
113	%%* AGodAmI
114	%%* HistoricalVillainUpgrade
115	* HistoricalDomainCharacter: It is the only safe thing to be said about him.
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118	[[folder: Theresia Cabarrus]]
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120	* EvilCounterpart: To Marguerite
121	%%* FemmeFatale
122	* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Though the name of the historical figure is usually spelt 'Theresa', with no 'i'.
123	%%* HoneyTrap
124	%%* ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou
125	%%* LadyMacbeth
126	* SweetPollyOliver: When posing as a refugee, she arrives in Dover disguised as a soldier.
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