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* Marguerite's midnight journey to the coast, where she stalks Chauvelin with {{ninja}}-like stealth, remaining completely unnoticed by all his patrols, and her energy never fails despite her exhaustion and days of being unable to sleep or eat properly. The girl ''really'' [[YouGotSpunk has spunk]].
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* Marguerite's midnight journey to the coast, where she stalks Chauvelin with {{ninja}}-like stealth, remaining completely unnoticed by all his patrols, and her energy never fails despite her exhaustion and days of being unable to sleep or eat properly. The girl ''really'' [[YouGotSpunk has spunk]].spunk.
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* At the start of the film, Percy rescues Armand from Saint Cyr's men by shoving one into the river. Then, when he has the other by swordpoint:
-->T'would seem your friend is in distress. To the rescue. ''*pushes him into the water, then picks up the man's knife.'' Yours, I believe. ''tosses it aside.''
* Being the Scarlet Pimpernel, Percy is essentially a walking [=CMoA=], but one that particularly stands out comes after Chauvelin has used Armand to lure Percy into a trap, hoping to prevent him escaping with the Dauphin. He now has a pair of soldiers holding each of them while he gloats:
-->'''Chauvelin''': Good day, Sir Percy. I realize that your ''nobless oblige'' would not permit you to abandon one of your men.
-->'''Armand''': I'm sorry, Percy.
-->'''Percy''': (gives Armand a significant look, then turns to Chauvelin) Sink me, if you aren't right, for a change. But then, two no-account fellows like us, in exchange for one royal prince, would seem to be a fair exchange, don't you think? Amazing, how a mere lad can slip through your fingers so easily. I'll wager there'll be the devil to pay when your Committee of National Security discovers that he left the country.
-->'''Chauvelin''': Oh, has he left the country? I was under the impression that there was some ''problem'' in getting away.
-->'''Percy''': No, no, no. It is done...''like this''.
-->(Cue Percy and Armand punching the soldiers in the stomach and running away.)
* Another one comes earlier, when Percy reveals to Armand who he is. Armand, up to this point, has thought that Percy is an empty-headed, foppish dandy, albeit one with anti-Revolution sympathies.
-->'''Armand''': I will warn the de Tournay family and help them flee, if necessary.
-->'''Percy''': Now look here, my dear fellow. I did not save your neck from those thugs of St. Cyr's merely to see you lose your head at the guillotine.
-->'''Armand''': My mind's quite made up, Percy. There's no use trying to stop me.
-->'''Percy''': I have no intention of stopping you. Do you suppose you could get into the Temple prison, and see the Count...tonight?
-->'''Armand''': I--I think so. And for what purpose?
-->'''Percy''': I...have a plan.
-->'''Armand''': You...have a ''plan''? You, who are practically incapable of any thought entering into your head that is not...trivial...Oh, really, Percy, this is ''serious''.
-->'''Percy''': (drops his fop voice) So am I. Deadly serious. We must rescue the de Tournay family, without risking you. You can be far more valuable to us if you keep in with Chauvelin, and continue to work for the Committee.
-->'''Armand''': Useful to us? What on earth are you talking about?
-->'''Percy''': You must swear, by all you hold sacred, that what you are about to hear you will not repeat to anyone.
-->'''Armand''': Well, I...
-->'''Percy''': ''Not even Marguerite.''
-->'''Armand''': You must be quite mad!
-->'''Percy''': ''Do you swear?''
-->'''Armand''': Very well.
-->'''Percy''': (shows Armand the seal on his ring) Do you recognize that seal?
-->'''Armand''': It looks like a flower of some sort.
-->'''Percy''': Correct. It is a scarlet pimpernel.
* Of course, the best one of all is when Percy comes back from the "dead". The look on Chauvelin's face when he turns around and sees him standing there is absolutely priceless.
--> '''Percy''': My good fellow, I would never dream of depriving you of your moment of triumph. Alas, a moment was all I could spare.
-->T'would seem your friend is in distress. To the rescue. ''*pushes him into the water, then picks up the man's knife.'' Yours, I believe. ''tosses it aside.''
* Being the Scarlet Pimpernel, Percy is essentially a walking [=CMoA=], but one that particularly stands out comes after Chauvelin has used Armand to lure Percy into a trap, hoping to prevent him escaping with the Dauphin. He now has a pair of soldiers holding each of them while he gloats:
-->'''Chauvelin''': Good day, Sir Percy. I realize that your ''nobless oblige'' would not permit you to abandon one of your men.
-->'''Armand''': I'm sorry, Percy.
-->'''Percy''': (gives Armand a significant look, then turns to Chauvelin) Sink me, if you aren't right, for a change. But then, two no-account fellows like us, in exchange for one royal prince, would seem to be a fair exchange, don't you think? Amazing, how a mere lad can slip through your fingers so easily. I'll wager there'll be the devil to pay when your Committee of National Security discovers that he left the country.
-->'''Chauvelin''': Oh, has he left the country? I was under the impression that there was some ''problem'' in getting away.
-->'''Percy''': No, no, no. It is done...''like this''.
-->(Cue Percy and Armand punching the soldiers in the stomach and running away.)
* Another one comes earlier, when Percy reveals to Armand who he is. Armand, up to this point, has thought that Percy is an empty-headed, foppish dandy, albeit one with anti-Revolution sympathies.
-->'''Armand''': I will warn the de Tournay family and help them flee, if necessary.
-->'''Percy''': Now look here, my dear fellow. I did not save your neck from those thugs of St. Cyr's merely to see you lose your head at the guillotine.
-->'''Armand''': My mind's quite made up, Percy. There's no use trying to stop me.
-->'''Percy''': I have no intention of stopping you. Do you suppose you could get into the Temple prison, and see the Count...tonight?
-->'''Armand''': I--I think so. And for what purpose?
-->'''Percy''': I...have a plan.
-->'''Armand''': You...have a ''plan''? You, who are practically incapable of any thought entering into your head that is not...trivial...Oh, really, Percy, this is ''serious''.
-->'''Percy''': (drops his fop voice) So am I. Deadly serious. We must rescue the de Tournay family, without risking you. You can be far more valuable to us if you keep in with Chauvelin, and continue to work for the Committee.
-->'''Armand''': Useful to us? What on earth are you talking about?
-->'''Percy''': You must swear, by all you hold sacred, that what you are about to hear you will not repeat to anyone.
-->'''Armand''': Well, I...
-->'''Percy''': ''Not even Marguerite.''
-->'''Armand''': You must be quite mad!
-->'''Percy''': ''Do you swear?''
-->'''Armand''': Very well.
-->'''Percy''': (shows Armand the seal on his ring) Do you recognize that seal?
-->'''Armand''': It looks like a flower of some sort.
-->'''Percy''': Correct. It is a scarlet pimpernel.
* Of course, the best one of all is when Percy comes back from the "dead". The look on Chauvelin's face when he turns around and sees him standing there is absolutely priceless.
--> '''Percy''': My good fellow, I would never dream of depriving you of your moment of triumph. Alas, a moment was all I could spare.
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* At the start of the film, Percy rescues Armand from Saint Cyr's men by shoving one into the river. Then, when he has the other by swordpoint:
-->T'would seem your friend is in distress. To the rescue. ''*pushes him into the water, then picks up the man's knife.'' Yours, I believe. ''tosses it aside.''
* Being the Scarlet Pimpernel, Percy is essentially a walking [=CMoA=], but one that particularly stands out comes after Chauvelin has used Armand to lure Percy into a trap, hoping to prevent him escaping with the Dauphin. He now has a pair of soldiers holding each of them while he gloats:
-->'''Chauvelin''': Good day, Sir Percy. I realize that your ''nobless oblige'' would not permit you to abandon one of your men.
-->'''Armand''': I'm sorry, Percy.
-->'''Percy''': (gives Armand a significant look, then turns to Chauvelin) Sink me, if you aren't right, for a change. But then, two no-account fellows like us, in exchange for one royal prince, would seem to be a fair exchange, don't you think? Amazing, how a mere lad can slip through your fingers so easily. I'll wager there'll be the devil to pay when your Committee of National Security discovers that he left the country.
-->'''Chauvelin''': Oh, has he left the country? I was under the impression that there was some ''problem'' in getting away.
-->'''Percy''': No, no, no. It is done...''like this''.
-->(Cue Percy and Armand punching the soldiers in the stomach and running away.)
* Another one comes earlier, when Percy reveals to Armand who he is. Armand, up to this point, has thought that Percy is an empty-headed, foppish dandy, albeit one with anti-Revolution sympathies.
-->'''Armand''': I will warn the de Tournay family and help them flee, if necessary.
-->'''Percy''': Now look here, my dear fellow. I did not save your neck from those thugs of St. Cyr's merely to see you lose your head at the guillotine.
-->'''Armand''': My mind's quite made up, Percy. There's no use trying to stop me.
-->'''Percy''': I have no intention of stopping you. Do you suppose you could get into the Temple prison, and see the Count...tonight?
-->'''Armand''': I--I think so. And for what purpose?
-->'''Percy''': I...have a plan.
-->'''Armand''': You...have a ''plan''? You, who are practically incapable of any thought entering into your head that is not...trivial...Oh, really, Percy, this is ''serious''.
-->'''Percy''': (drops his fop voice) So am I. Deadly serious. We must rescue the de Tournay family, without risking you. You can be far more valuable to us if you keep in with Chauvelin, and continue to work for the Committee.
-->'''Armand''': Useful to us? What on earth are you talking about?
-->'''Percy''': You must swear, by all you hold sacred, that what you are about to hear you will not repeat to anyone.
-->'''Armand''': Well, I...
-->'''Percy''': ''Not even Marguerite.''
-->'''Armand''': You must be quite mad!
-->'''Percy''': ''Do you swear?''
-->'''Armand''': Very well.
-->'''Percy''': (shows Armand the seal on his ring) Do you recognize that seal?
-->'''Armand''': It looks like a flower of some sort.
-->'''Percy''': Correct. It is a scarlet pimpernel.
* Of course, the best one of all is when Percy comes back from the "dead". The look on Chauvelin's face when he turns around and sees him standing there is absolutely priceless.
--> '''Percy''': My good fellow, I would never dream of depriving you of your moment of triumph. Alas, a moment was all I could spare.
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-->T'would seem your friend is in distress. To the rescue. ''*pushes him into the water, then picks up the man's knife.'' Yours, I believe. ''tosses it aside.''
* Being the Scarlet Pimpernel, Percy is essentially a walking [=CMoA=], but one that particularly stands out comes after Chauvelin has used Armand to lure Percy into a trap, hoping to prevent him escaping with the Dauphin. He now has a pair of soldiers holding each of them while he gloats:
-->'''Chauvelin''': Good day, Sir Percy. I realize that your ''nobless oblige'' would not permit you to abandon one of your men.
-->'''Armand''': I'm sorry, Percy.
-->'''Percy''': (gives Armand a significant look, then turns to Chauvelin) Sink me, if you aren't right, for a change. But then, two no-account fellows like us, in exchange for one royal prince, would seem to be a fair exchange, don't you think? Amazing, how a mere lad can slip through your fingers so easily. I'll wager there'll be the devil to pay when your Committee of National Security discovers that he left the country.
-->'''Chauvelin''': Oh, has he left the country? I was under the impression that there was some ''problem'' in getting away.
-->'''Percy''': No, no, no. It is done...''like this''.
-->(Cue Percy and Armand punching the soldiers in the stomach and running away.)
* Another one comes earlier, when Percy reveals to Armand who he is. Armand, up to this point, has thought that Percy is an empty-headed, foppish dandy, albeit one with anti-Revolution sympathies.
-->'''Armand''': I will warn the de Tournay family and help them flee, if necessary.
-->'''Percy''': Now look here, my dear fellow. I did not save your neck from those thugs of St. Cyr's merely to see you lose your head at the guillotine.
-->'''Armand''': My mind's quite made up, Percy. There's no use trying to stop me.
-->'''Percy''': I have no intention of stopping you. Do you suppose you could get into the Temple prison, and see the Count...tonight?
-->'''Armand''': I--I think so. And for what purpose?
-->'''Percy''': I...have a plan.
-->'''Armand''': You...have a ''plan''? You, who are practically incapable of any thought entering into your head that is not...trivial...Oh, really, Percy, this is ''serious''.
-->'''Percy''': (drops his fop voice) So am I. Deadly serious. We must rescue the de Tournay family, without risking you. You can be far more valuable to us if you keep in with Chauvelin, and continue to work for the Committee.
-->'''Armand''': Useful to us? What on earth are you talking about?
-->'''Percy''': You must swear, by all you hold sacred, that what you are about to hear you will not repeat to anyone.
-->'''Armand''': Well, I...
-->'''Percy''': ''Not even Marguerite.''
-->'''Armand''': You must be quite mad!
-->'''Percy''': ''Do you swear?''
-->'''Armand''': Very well.
-->'''Percy''': (shows Armand the seal on his ring) Do you recognize that seal?
-->'''Armand''': It looks like a flower of some sort.
-->'''Percy''': Correct. It is a scarlet pimpernel.
* Of course, the best one of all is when Percy comes back from the "dead". The look on Chauvelin's face when he turns around and sees him standing there is absolutely priceless.
--> '''Percy''': My good fellow, I would never dream of depriving you of your moment of triumph. Alas, a moment was all I could spare.
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* There are two, in rapid succession: first, when Percy recites John of Gaunt's speech from [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare's]] ''Theatre/RichardII'' ("This blesséd plot, this earth, this realm -- this England"), and second, when he comes back for his hat. "[[NiceHat It's such a cursed good hat, you know.]]"
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* There are two, in rapid succession: first, when Percy recites John of Gaunt's speech from [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare's]] ''Theatre/RichardII'' ("This blesséd plot, this earth, this realm -- this England"), and second, when he comes back for his hat. "[[NiceHat It's "It's such a cursed good hat, you know.]]"
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* Sir Percy and Sir Andrew talking their way in to see the woman who's the local leader of the Revolution, telling her that they're Chauvelin and his assistant, getting her to bring in the captured Marguerite (who instantly understands what's happening and plays along), denouncing the ''real'' Chauvelin and his assistant as Sir Percy and Sir Andrew, having ''them'' arrested, and while Sir Andrew takes Marguerite to safety, Percy seduces the woman...then gags her, ties her up, and walks straight out past the guards, who assume that the grunting and moaning they just heard means something very different! RefugeInAudacity at its finest.
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* At the end, the Scarlet Pimpernel [[spoiler:attacking Héron, knocking him out, and successfully impersonating him, allowing him to dispose of all the guards in various ways and simply drive his wife and brother-in-law to safety]].
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* At the end, the Scarlet Pimpernel [[spoiler:attacking attacking Héron, knocking him out, and successfully impersonating him, allowing him to dispose of all the guards in various ways and simply drive his wife and brother-in-law to safety]].safety.
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* Being the Scarlet Pimpernel, Percy is essentially a walking [=CMoA=], but one that particularly stands out comes after Chauvelin has used Armand to lure Percy into a trap, hoping to prevent him escaping with [[spoiler: the Dauphin]]. He now has a pair of soldiers holding each of them while he gloats:
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* Being the Scarlet Pimpernel, Percy is essentially a walking [=CMoA=], but one that particularly stands out comes after Chauvelin has used Armand to lure Percy into a trap, hoping to prevent him escaping with [[spoiler: the Dauphin]].Dauphin. He now has a pair of soldiers holding each of them while he gloats:
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-->'''Percy''': (gives Armand a significant look, then turns to Chauvelin) Sink me, if you aren't right, for a change. But then, two no-account fellows like us, in exchange for [[spoiler: one royal prince]], would seem to be a fair exchange, don't you think? Amazing, how [[spoiler: a mere lad]] can slip through your fingers so easily. I'll wager there'll be the devil to pay when your Committee of National Security discovers that he left the country.
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-->'''Percy''': (gives Armand a significant look, then turns to Chauvelin) Sink me, if you aren't right, for a change. But then, two no-account fellows like us, in exchange for [[spoiler: one royal prince]], prince, would seem to be a fair exchange, don't you think? Amazing, how [[spoiler: a mere lad]] lad can slip through your fingers so easily. I'll wager there'll be the devil to pay when your Committee of National Security discovers that he left the country.
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* Of course, the best one of all is [[spoiler: when Percy comes back from the "dead"]]. The look on Chauvelin's face when he turns around and sees him standing there is absolutely priceless.
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* Of course, the best one of all is [[spoiler: when Percy comes back from the "dead"]]."dead". The look on Chauvelin's face when he turns around and sees him standing there is absolutely priceless.
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* Despite being the villain of the piece, Chauvelin proves that he's got some courage even though he's apparently just spent the last few weeks as a drunk. After his patrol is massacred and himself captured by the very people he is hunting, his response to having a gun pointed at his head is to [[DeathSeeker press his forehead against the barrel.]]
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* Percy's meeting with Chauvelin in the Chat Gris. It takes a true BadAss to make a PepperSneeze prank look so... [[ShapedLikeItself badass]].
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* Sir Percy and Lady Blakeney both get one when the latter visits him in prison. When her husband passes out in her arms, Marguerite [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend shields]] and [[MamaBear defends]] him from his latest round of interrogators. When Sir Percy hears his wife being threatened, he snaps back to consciousness and attacks every guard within reach as if he hasn't been starved and sleep-deprived for 10 days. ThePowerOfLove is BadAss, baby!
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* Sir Percy and Lady Blakeney both get one when the latter visits him in prison. When her husband passes out in her arms, Marguerite [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend shields]] and [[MamaBear defends]] him from his latest round of interrogators. When Sir Percy hears his wife being threatened, he snaps back to consciousness and attacks every guard within reach as if he hasn't been starved and sleep-deprived for 10 days. ThePowerOfLove is BadAss, badass, baby!
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* The Scarlet Pimpernel's climactic BatmanGambit, of course. No movie swashbuckling necessary!
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* The Scarlet Pimpernel's climactic BatmanGambit, of course.BatmanGambit. No movie swashbuckling necessary!
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* The Scarlet Pimpernel switching the damning letter he's been blackmailed into writing with his trademark poem and sign. This is not only awesome because he snatches Chauvelin's apparently guaranteed victory right from his grasp but because he pulls off the plan by [[HilariousInHindsight dousing the lights]] at just the right moment. So that's who {{Batman}} learned the trick from!
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* The Scarlet Pimpernel switching the damning letter he's been blackmailed into writing with his trademark poem and sign. This is not only awesome because he snatches Chauvelin's apparently guaranteed victory right from his grasp but because he pulls off the plan by [[HilariousInHindsight dousing the lights]] at just the right moment. So that's who {{Batman}} Franchise/{{Batman}} learned the trick from!
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* At the start of the film, Percy rescues Armand from Saint Cyr's men by shoving one into the river. Then, when he has the other by swordpoint:
-->T'would seem your friend is in distress. To the rescue. ''*pushes him into the water, then picks up the man's knife.'' Yours, I believe. ''tosses it aside.''
-->T'would seem your friend is in distress. To the rescue. ''*pushes him into the water, then picks up the man's knife.'' Yours, I believe. ''tosses it aside.''
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* There are two, in rapid succession: first, when Percy recites John of Gaunt's speech from [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare's]] ''Theatre/RichardII'' ("This blesséd plot, this earth, this realm -- this England"), and second, when he comes back for his hat.
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* There are two, in rapid succession: first, when Percy recites John of Gaunt's speech from [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare's]] ''Theatre/RichardII'' ("This blesséd plot, this earth, this realm -- this England"), and second, when he comes back for his hat.
hat. "[[NiceHat It's such a cursed good hat, you know.]]"
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* This is followed by Marguerite completely surprising the ManipulativeBastard Chauvelin who thinks he "knows human -- female -- nature" perfectly enough to predict her every move. You can almost hear her telling him "[[AvatarTheLastAirbender I love my husband more than I fear you]]."
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* This is followed by Marguerite completely surprising the ManipulativeBastard Chauvelin who thinks he "knows human -- female -- nature" perfectly enough to predict her every move. You can almost hear her telling him "[[AvatarTheLastAirbender "[[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender I love my husband more than I fear you]]."
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* There are two, in rapid succession: first, when Percy recites John of Gaunt's speech from [[WilliamShakespeare [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare's]] ''Theatre/RichardII'' ("This blesséd plot, this earth, this realm -- this England"), and second, when he comes back for his hat.
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!!!Film/TheScarletPimpernel (1934, Leslie Howard)
* There are two, in rapid succession: first, when Percy recites John of Gaunt's speech from [[WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare's]] ''RichardII'' ("This blesséd plot, this earth, this realm -- this England"), and second, when he comes back for his hat.
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-->'''Chauvelin''': Good day, Sir Percy. I realize that your ''nobless oblige'' would not permit you to abaondon one of your men.
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* In the recent Richard E. Grant version of ''TheScarletPimpernel'', Percy has just managed to talk a young woman who is convinced that her foppish lover is the Pimpernel and that Percy is a cowardly traitor who has just betrayed him to the French (when in fact the French have arrested her lover partly due to ''her'' conviction that he is the Pimpernel) out of shooting him. The woman calls Percy a coward. Percy points out that he unflinchingly talked her down with a loaded gun pointed at him, hardly a cowardly action. The woman sneers that she's knows that Percy would not have allowed a ''loaded'' gun to be pointed at him, and that she's aware that it's empty. Percy's response is to calmly pick up the gun, point it at a nearby candle and pull the trigger, which settles the matter; much to the woman's shock, it turns out the gun ''was'' loaded.
* In the 1934 [[Film/TheScarletPimpernel film]], there are two, in rapid succession: first, when Percy recites John of Gaunt's speech from [[WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare's]] ''RichardII'' ("This blesséd plot, this earth, this realm -- this England"), and second, when he comes back for his hat.
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* In the recent Richard E. Grant version of ''TheScarletPimpernel'', Percy has just managed to talk a young woman who is convinced that her foppish lover is the Pimpernel and that Percy is a cowardly traitor who has just betrayed him to the French (when in fact the French have arrested her lover partly due to ''her'' conviction that he is the Pimpernel) out of shooting him. The woman calls Percy a coward. Percy points out that he unflinchingly talked her down with a loaded gun pointed at him, hardly a cowardly action. The woman sneers that she's knows that Percy would not have allowed a ''loaded'' gun to be pointed at him, and that she's aware that it's empty. Percy's response is to calmly pick up the gun, point it at a nearby candle and pull the trigger, which settles the matter; much to the woman's shock, it turns out the gun ''was'' loaded.
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* Percy's meeting with Chauvelin in the Chat Gris. It takes a true BadAss to make a PepperSneeze prank look so... [[ShapedLikeItself badass]].
* The Scarlet Pimpernel's climactic BatmanGambit, of course. No movie swashbuckling necessary!
* Marguerite's midnight journey to the coast, where she stalks Chauvelin with {{ninja}}-like stealth, remaining completely unnoticed by all his patrols, and her energy never fails despite her exhaustion and days of being unable to sleep or eat properly. The girl ''really'' [[YouGotSpunk has spunk]].
* This is followed by Marguerite completely surprising the ManipulativeBastard Chauvelin who thinks he "knows human -- female -- nature" perfectly enough to predict her every move. You can almost hear her telling him "[[AvatarTheLastAirbender I love my husband more than I fear you]]."
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* The Scarlet Pimpernel switching the damning letter he's been blackmailed into writing with his trademark poem and sign. This is not only awesome because he snatches Chauvelin's apparently guaranteed victory right from his grasp but because he pulls off the plan by [[HilariousInHindsight dousing the lights]] at just the right moment. So that's who {{Batman}} learned the trick from!
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* Being the Scarlet Pimpernel, Percy is essentially a walking CMoA, but one that particularly stands out comes after Chauvelin has used Armand to lure Percy into a trap, hoping to prevent him escaping with [[spoiler: the Dauphin]]. He now has a pair of soldiers holding each of them while he gloats:
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* In the 1934 [[Film/TheScarletPimpernel film]], there are two, in rapid succession: first, when Percy recites John of Gaunt's speech from [[WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare's]] ''RichardII'' ("This blesséd plot, this earth, this realm -- this England"), and second, when he comes back for his hat.
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*In the 1934 [[Film/TheScarletPimpernel film]], there are two, in rapid succession: first, Jeanne Lange's performance when Héron comes to her apartment to arrest Armand. She's able to get rid of the former and save the latter!
* Chauvelin's successful manipulation of Héron in Part III to get him to go along with his plans to dishonor his ArchEnemy.
* Sir Percy's letter to the friend who betrayed him is one of the most awesome WhatTheHellHero moments ever.
* Shortly after showing the Scarlet Pimpernel that his wife is their latest hostage, the narrator casually comments that Héron had an unfortunate accident as his prisoner bumped into him while getting in their carriage, leading to a pretty bad fall and a pretty serious head wound...
* At the end, the Scarlet Pimpernel [[spoiler:attacking Héron, knocking him out, and successfully impersonating him, allowing him to dispose of all the guards in various ways and simply drive his wife and brother-in-law to safety]].
* Sir Percyrecites John and Lady Blakeney both get one when the latter visits him in prison. When her husband passes out in her arms, Marguerite [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend shields]] and [[MamaBear defends]] him from his latest round of Gaunt's interrogators. When Sir Percy hears his wife being threatened, he snaps back to consciousness and attacks every guard within reach as if he hasn't been starved and sleep-deprived for 10 days. ThePowerOfLove is BadAss, baby!
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* Sir Percy's CruelMercy speechfrom [[WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare's]] ''RichardII'' ("This blesséd plot, this earth, this realm -- this England"), and second, when he comes back for his hat.to Chauvelin at the very end of the book.
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* Chauvelin's successful manipulation of Héron in Part III to get him to go along with his plans to dishonor his ArchEnemy.
* Sir Percy's letter to the friend who betrayed him is one of the most awesome WhatTheHellHero moments ever.
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* In the 1934 [[Film/TheScarletPimpernel film]], there are two, in rapid succession: first, when Percy recites John of Gaunt's speech from [[WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare's]] ''RichardII'' ("This blesséd plot, this earth, this realm -- this England"), and second, when he comes back for his hat.
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* In the recent Richard E. Grant version of ''TheScarletPimpernel'', Percy has just managed to talk a young woman who is convinced that her foppish lover is the Pimpernel and that Percy is a cowardly traitor who has just betrayed him to the French (when in fact the French have arrested her lover partly due to ''her'' conviction that he is the Pimpernel) out of shooting him. The woman calls Percy a coward. Percy points out that he unflinchingly talked her down with a loaded gun pointed at him, hardly a cowardly action. The woman sneers that she's knows that Percy would not have allowed a ''loaded'' gun to be pointed at him, and that she's aware that it's empty. Percy's response is to calmly pick up the gun, point it at a nearby candle and pull the trigger, which settles the matter; much to the woman's shock, it turns out the gun ''was'' loaded.
* In the 1934 [[Film/TheScarletPimpernel film]], there are two, in rapid succession: first, when Percy recites John of Gaunt's speech from [[WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare's]] ''RichardII'' ("This blesséd plot, this earth, this realm -- this England"), and second, when he comes back for his hat.
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* Being the Scarlet Pimpernel, Percy is essentially a walking CMoA, but one that particularly stands out comes after Chauvelin has used Armand to lure Percy into a trap, hoping to prevent him escaping with [[spoiler: the Dauphin]]. He now has a pair of soldiers holding each of them while he gloats:
-->'''Chauvelin''': Good day, Sir Percy. I realize that your ''nobless oblige'' would not permit you to abaondon one of your men.
-->'''Armand''': I'm sorry, Percy.
-->'''Percy''': (gives Armand a significant look, then turns to Chauvelin) Sink me, if you aren't right, for a change. But then, two no-account fellows like us, in exchange for [[spoiler: one royal prince]], would seem to be a fair exchange, don't you think? Amazing, how [[spoiler: a mere lad]] can slip through your fingers so easily. I'll wager there'll be the devil to pay when your Committee of National Security discovers that he left the country.
-->'''Chauvelin''': Oh, has he left the country? I was under the impression that there was some ''problem'' in getting away.
-->'''Percy''': No, no, no. It is done...''like this''.
-->(Cue Percy and Armand punching the soldiers in the stomach and running away.)
* Another one comes earlier, when Percy reveals to Armand who he is. Armand, up to this point, has thought that Percy is an empty-headed, foppish dandy, albeit one with anti-Revolution sympathies.
-->'''Armand''': I will warn the de Tournay family and help them flee, if necessary.
-->'''Percy''': Now look here, my dear fellow. I did not save your neck from those thugs of St. Cyr's merely to see you lose your head at the guillotine.
-->'''Armand''': My mind's quite made up, Percy. There's no use trying to stop me.
-->'''Percy''': I have no intention of stopping you. Do you suppose you could get into the Temple prison, and see the Count...tonight?
-->'''Armand''': I--I think so. And for what purpose?
-->'''Percy''': I...have a plan.
-->'''Armand''': You...have a ''plan''? You, who are practically incapable of any thought entering into your head that is not...trivial...Oh, really, Percy, this is ''serious''.
-->'''Percy''': (drops his fop voice) So am I. Deadly serious. We must rescue the de Tournay family, without risking you. You can be far more valuable to us if you keep in with Chauvelin, and continue to work for the Committee.
-->'''Armand''': Useful to us? What on earth are you talking about?
-->'''Percy''': You must swear, by all you hold sacred, that what you are about to hear you will not repeat to anyone.
-->'''Armand''': Well, I...
-->'''Percy''': ''Not even Marguerite.''
-->'''Armand''': You must be quite mad!
-->'''Percy''': ''Do you swear?''
-->'''Armand''': Very well.
-->'''Percy''': (shows Armand the seal on his ring) Do you recognize that seal?
-->'''Armand''': It looks like a flower of some sort.
-->'''Percy''': Correct. It is a scarlet pimpernel.
* Of course, the best one of all is [[spoiler: when Percy comes back from the "dead"]]. The look on Chauvelin's face when he turns around and sees him standing there is absolutely priceless.
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* Being the Scarlet Pimpernel, Percy is essentially a walking CMoA, but one that particularly stands out comes after Chauvelin has used Armand to lure Percy into a trap, hoping to prevent him escaping with [[spoiler: the Dauphin]]. He now has a pair of soldiers holding each of them while he gloats:
-->'''Chauvelin''': Good day, Sir Percy. I realize that your ''nobless oblige'' would not permit you to abaondon one of your men.
-->'''Armand''': I'm sorry, Percy.
-->'''Percy''': (gives Armand a significant look, then turns to Chauvelin) Sink me, if you aren't right, for a change. But then, two no-account fellows like us, in exchange for [[spoiler: one royal prince]], would seem to be a fair exchange, don't you think? Amazing, how [[spoiler: a mere lad]] can slip through your fingers so easily. I'll wager there'll be the devil to pay when your Committee of National Security discovers that he left the country.
-->'''Chauvelin''': Oh, has he left the country? I was under the impression that there was some ''problem'' in getting away.
-->'''Percy''': No, no, no. It is done...''like this''.
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* Another one comes earlier, when Percy reveals to Armand who he is. Armand, up to this point, has thought that Percy is an empty-headed, foppish dandy, albeit one with anti-Revolution sympathies.
-->'''Armand''': I will warn the de Tournay family and help them flee, if necessary.
-->'''Percy''': Now look here, my dear fellow. I did not save your neck from those thugs of St. Cyr's merely to see you lose your head at the guillotine.
-->'''Armand''': My mind's quite made up, Percy. There's no use trying to stop me.
-->'''Percy''': I have no intention of stopping you. Do you suppose you could get into the Temple prison, and see the Count...tonight?
-->'''Armand''': I--I think so. And for what purpose?
-->'''Percy''': I...have a plan.
-->'''Armand''': You...have a ''plan''? You, who are practically incapable of any thought entering into your head that is not...trivial...Oh, really, Percy, this is ''serious''.
-->'''Percy''': (drops his fop voice) So am I. Deadly serious. We must rescue the de Tournay family, without risking you. You can be far more valuable to us if you keep in with Chauvelin, and continue to work for the Committee.
-->'''Armand''': Useful to us? What on earth are you talking about?
-->'''Percy''': You must swear, by all you hold sacred, that what you are about to hear you will not repeat to anyone.
-->'''Armand''': Well, I...
-->'''Percy''': ''Not even Marguerite.''
-->'''Armand''': You must be quite mad!
-->'''Percy''': ''Do you swear?''
-->'''Armand''': Very well.
-->'''Percy''': (shows Armand the seal on his ring) Do you recognize that seal?
-->'''Armand''': It looks like a flower of some sort.
-->'''Percy''': Correct. It is a scarlet pimpernel.
* Of course, the best one of all is [[spoiler: when Percy comes back from the "dead"]]. The look on Chauvelin's face when he turns around and sees him standing there is absolutely priceless.
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* In the 1934 [[Film/TheScarletPimpernel film]], there are two, in rapid succession: first, when Percy recites John of Gaunt's speech from [[WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare's]] ''RichardII'' ("This blesséd plot, this earth, this realm -- this England"), and second, when he comes back for his hat.