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1* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: There's a particular scene early on wherein Dorine reports Elmire's (Orgon's wife) failing health to him and Orgon is noticeably more concerned with Tartuffe and how he's doing. [[DeadpanSnarker Dorine's]] final response can best be summed up as "I'll be sure to tell your wife about how ''[[SarcasmMode incredibly worried]]'' you were for her."
2* MemeticMutation: The word "tartuffe" had entered the (contemporary) French and English languages as a synonym to hypocrite, especially a religious hypocrite. It seems to have made an impact in German as well—or on one German at any rate: Creator/FriedrichNietzsche was rather fond of using the term "tartuffery" to mean hypocrisy.
3* HoYay: Orgon towards Tartuffe. Dorine says he ''treats him like a lover'', Cléante calls him out on being so ''enchanted by a man'' he forgets everything else, and when Tartuffe threatens him with leaving, he exclaims: "''I won't survive if you leave me''".

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