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* HeroesWantRedheads: His wife Marguerite has red hair.

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* LovesMyAlterEgo: To her husband. Loves the Alter Ego while belittling his RichIdiotWithNoDayJob 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.

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* LovesMyAlterEgo: To her husband. Loves the Alter Ego while belittling his RichIdiotWithNoDayJob 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.



* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: His [[PaperThinDisguise disguise]] to cast off suspicion. See AgentPeacock. 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.


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* 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.
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* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: His [[PaperThinDisguise disguise]] to cast off suspicion. See AgentPeacock.

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* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: His [[PaperThinDisguise disguise]] to cast off suspicion. See AgentPeacock. 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.
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: By ''The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel''

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* InformedAttractiveness: Marguerite is immensely beautiful -- she's the most beautiful woman in any room and she's basically the hottest redhead there ever was or will be.
-->''"There are many portraits and miniatures extant of Marguerite St. Just — Lady Blakeney as she was then — but it is doubtful if any of these really do her singular beauty justice. Tall, above the average, with magnificent presence and regal figure. (...) Marguerite Blakeney was then scarcely five-and-twenty, and her beauty was at its most dazzling stage. The large hat, with its undulating and waving plumes, threw a soft shadow across the classic brow with the aureole of auburn hair — free at the moment from any powder; the sweet, almost childlike mouth, the straight chiselled nose, round chin, and delicate throat, all seemed set off by the picturesque costume of the period."''

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!!Lady Marguerite Blakeney

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!!Lady
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[[folder: Lady
Marguerite Blakeney
Blakeney]]




!!Sir Percy Blakeney (The Scarlet Pimpernel)

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\n!!Sir [[/folder]]

[[folder: Sir
Percy Blakeney (The Scarlet Pimpernel)
Pimpernel)]]




!!Sir Andrew Ffoulkes

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\n!!Sir [[/folder]]

[[folder: Sir
Andrew Ffoulkes
Ffoulkes]]




!!Chauvelin

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[[folder: Chauvelin]]




!! Collot d'Herbois

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[[folder:
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!! Robespierre

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\n!! Robespierre[[/folder]]

[[folder: Robespierre]]




!! Theresia Cabarrus

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[[folder:
Theresia Cabarrus
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* InformedAttractiveness: Marguerite is immensely beautiful -- she's the most beautiful woman in any room and she's basically the hottest redhead there ever was or will be.
-->''"There are many portraits and miniatures extant of Marguerite St. Just — Lady Blakeney as she was then — but it is doubtful if any of these really do her singular beauty justice. Tall, above the average, with magnificent presence and regal figure. (...) Marguerite Blakeney was then scarcely five-and-twenty, and her beauty was at its most dazzling stage. The large hat, with its undulating and waving plumes, threw a soft shadow across the classic brow with the aureole of auburn hair — free at the moment from any powder; the sweet, almost childlike mouth, the straight chiselled nose, round chin, and delicate throat, all seemed set off by the picturesque costume of the period."''
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* BerserkButton: Threatening his wife.
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* HeroicRedhead: Is definitely heroic (from the second half of the first book onwards), as well as being a red-head.


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* GeniusBruiser: It's often commented on that he's a very tall, well-built man, and the intelligence goes without saying.

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%%* TheAtoner
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%%* {{Determinator}}
* TheAtoner: The second half of the book is all about how she feels she must atone for betraying her husband.
* {{Determinator}}: Follows Chauvelin's cart, barefoot, for ''miles.''



* HeroicRedhead: Is definitely heroic (from the second half of the first book onwards), as well as being a red-head.



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%%* BatmanGambit* BatmanGambit: Pulls these on Chauvelin at least once a book.



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%%* ClarkKenting* ClarkKenting: How he disguises himself while abroad.



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%%* DeadpanSnarker* DeadpanSnarker: Usually at Chauvelin's expense.



* 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.''



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* MasterActor: Percy is able to pass as a soldier, (female) merchant, GentleGiant, or just about anything else.
* MasterOfDisguise: It's how he is able to save everyone.



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%%* StealthHiBye* StealthHiBye: Probably the inspiration for Batman-certainly, he can pull these off nearly as well when he has to.



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%%* EvilLaugh* EvilLaugh: Does this a lot in Book 1.
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* SuperHero: TropeCodifier if not the TropeMaker.

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* 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.
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* LovesMyAlterEgo: To her husband. Loves the Alter Ego while belittling his RichIdiotWithNoDayJob persona.

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* LovesMyAlterEgo: To her husband. Loves the Alter Ego while belittling his RichIdiotWithNoDayJob 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.
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* 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.
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* ColorCharacter: The Scarlet Pimpernel

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* ColorCharacter: The Scarlet ''Scarlet'' Pimpernel
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%%* ColorCharacter* ColorCharacter: The Scarlet Pimpernel

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