YMMV / C. Auguste Dupin

• Magnificent Bastard: Le Chevalier C. Auguste Dupin himself is the eccentric originator of the Great Detective archetype. Ever seeking a challenge for his intellect, in his first tale Dupin observes the grisly scene of a mother and daughter beaten to death. Deducing a terrified "Ourang-Outang" was responsible for the murders, Dupin threatens its captor into admitting the truth before letting both off, happy just to solve the mystery. After the body of a young woman is found years later in the river, Dupin uses only a series of largely incorrect newspaper and eye witness reports to discover and report the murderer to the police. In his final outing, Dupin outwits a cunning Minister blackmailing the Queen by examining his behavior, stealing back the letter the Minister was using as leverage, only passing it on to the police after being paid handsomely and leaving a fake with the Minister to enjoy the downfall of the man who once wronged him.
• Memetic Mutation: WE! DO NOT! TALK ABOUT! THE ORANGUTAN!^Explanation The killer in "Murders in the Rue Morgue" is an orangutan. What the orangutan represents is notorious as a conversation-ruiner among Poe scholars. The meme comes from a Tumblr post where a user recounts one of their professors being told the above by a frightened moderator at a Poe discussion panel.