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* MockGuffin: Much of the plot is driven by characters misinterpreting a laundry list and a really bad love poem as secret coded messages, and acting upon what they think these 'messages' are telling them to do.

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* BoyfriendBlockingDad: D'Artagnan spends much of the movie objecting to Quentin's project to marry his daughter. Éloïse instantly weaponizes that attitude by threatening to do just that.



* OverprotectiveDad: D'Artagnan with Éloïse once she comes back at him. He doesn't take Quentin's project to marry her very well.
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* BilingualBonus: Mazarin frequently speaks Italian and he is not translated.

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* BilingualBonus: Mazarin UsefulNotes/CardinalMazarin frequently speaks Italian and he is not translated.
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In the year 1654 in France, an African slave escapes in the woods and ends up in a convent. The slavers, the Duke of Crassac (played by Claude Rich) and his mysterious henchwoman the "Lady in Red", chase the slave there and one of their goons ends up killing the mother superior. The young Éloïse D'Artagnan (Creator/SophieMarceau), daughter of the legendary musketeer (Creator/PhilippeNoiret), witnesses the murder, and thinks Crassac conspires to assassinate the young king UsefulNotes/LouisXIV.

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In the year 1654 in France, an African slave escapes in the woods and ends up in a convent. The slavers, the Duke of Crassac (played by Claude (Claude Rich) and his mysterious henchwoman the "Lady in Red", chase the slave there and one of their goons ends up killing the mother superior. The young Éloïse D'Artagnan (Creator/SophieMarceau), daughter of the legendary musketeer (Creator/PhilippeNoiret), witnesses the murder, and thinks Crassac conspires to assassinate the young king UsefulNotes/LouisXIV.
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* BackStab: [[spoiler:D'Artagnan ends up [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice skewering]] Crassac in the back with his sword. [[AdultFear Crassac was about to kill Éloïse]] so [[PapaWolf he had to do something]], and even {{apolog|etic attacker}}izes to Crassac for that unsportsmanlike action.]]

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* BackStab: [[spoiler:D'Artagnan ends up [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice skewering]] Crassac in the back with his sword. [[AdultFear Crassac was about to kill Éloïse]] Éloïse so [[PapaWolf he had to do something]], and even {{apolog|etic attacker}}izes to Crassac for that unsportsmanlike action.]]
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In the year 1654 in France, an African slave escapes in the woods and ends up in a convent. The slavers, the Duke of Crassac (played by Claude Rich) and his mysterious henchwoman the "Lady in Red", chase the slave there and one of their goons ends up killing the mother superior. The young Éloïse D'Artagnan (played by Creator/SophieMarceau), daughter of the legendary musketeer (played by Philippe Noiret), witnesses the murder, and thinks Crassac conspires to assassinate the young king UsefulNotes/LouisXIV.

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In the year 1654 in France, an African slave escapes in the woods and ends up in a convent. The slavers, the Duke of Crassac (played by Claude Rich) and his mysterious henchwoman the "Lady in Red", chase the slave there and one of their goons ends up killing the mother superior. The young Éloïse D'Artagnan (played by Creator/SophieMarceau), (Creator/SophieMarceau), daughter of the legendary musketeer (played by Philippe Noiret), (Creator/PhilippeNoiret), witnesses the murder, and thinks Crassac conspires to assassinate the young king UsefulNotes/LouisXIV.
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In the year 1654 in France, an African slave escapes in the woods and ends up in a convent. The slavers, the Duke of Crassac (played by Claude Rich) and his mysterious henchwoman the "Lady in Red", chase the slave there and one of their goons ends up killing the mother superior. The young Éloïse D'Artagnan (played by Creator/SophieMarceau), daughter of the legendary musketeer (played by Philippe Noiret), witnesses the murder, and thinks Crassac conspires to assassinate King UsefulNotes/LouisXIV.

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In the year 1654 in France, an African slave escapes in the woods and ends up in a convent. The slavers, the Duke of Crassac (played by Claude Rich) and his mysterious henchwoman the "Lady in Red", chase the slave there and one of their goons ends up killing the mother superior. The young Éloïse D'Artagnan (played by Creator/SophieMarceau), daughter of the legendary musketeer (played by Philippe Noiret), witnesses the murder, and thinks Crassac conspires to assassinate King the young king UsefulNotes/LouisXIV.
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''La Fille de D'Artagnan'' (literally ''The Daughter of D'Artagnan'' -- the title ''Revenge of the Musketeers'' is used in some English speaking countries. Others used ''Dartagnan's Daughter'') is a 1994 French {{swashbuckler}} film directed by Bertrand Tavernier. It is an original story that borrows elements to both the novel ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'' and its sequel, ''Twenty Years After'', by Creator/AlexandreDumas.

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''La Fille de D'Artagnan'' (literally ''The Daughter of D'Artagnan'' -- the title ''Revenge of the Musketeers'' is used in some English speaking countries. Others countries, others used ''Dartagnan's Daughter'') is a 1994 French {{swashbuckler}} film directed by Bertrand Tavernier. It is an original story that borrows elements to both the novel ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'' and its sequel, ''Twenty Years After'', by Creator/AlexandreDumas.
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* ApopheniaPlot: Much of the chaos in the film stems from two pieces of paper that are circulating: a laundry list and really bad romantic poem. However, because the various factions involved are already paranoid and looking for hidden messages, they keep interpreting these documents to mean all kinds of things that they don't.
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* OhWaitThisIsMyGroceryList: A series of mix-ups and misunderstandings by the heroes and the villains have both looking for (and finding) coded messages in a laundry list and a really bad love poem. Neither contain any coded messages and are, in fact, a laundry list and a really bad love poem.

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* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: Athos, Porthos, Aramis and D'Artagnan team up again to save the king after splitting up many years before.


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* RetiredBadassRoundup: Athos, Porthos, Aramis and D'Artagnan team up again to save the king after splitting up many years before.
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* WomanScorned: Crassac neglects Églantine de Rochefort for Éloïse. Églantine betrays him and foils his conspiracy.

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* WomanScorned: Crassac neglects Églantine de Rochefort for Éloïse. Églantine betrays him and foils his conspiracy.conspiracy as a result.
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* StormingTheCastle: {{Subverted|Trope}}. D'Artagnan, Porthos and Aramis storm Crassac's castle to free Éloïse, but the castle is empty. They just meet an agent of Mazarin.

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* StormingTheCastle: {{Subverted|Trope}}. D'Artagnan, Porthos and Aramis storm Crassac's castle to free Éloïse, Éloïse... [[YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle but the castle is empty.empty]]. They just meet an agent of Mazarin.
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''La Fille de D'Artagnan'' (literally ''The Daughter of D'Artagnan'' -- the title ''Revenge of the Musketeers'' is used in English speaking countries) is a 1994 French {{swashbuckler}} film directed by Bertrand Tavernier. It is an original story that borrows elements to both the novel ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'' and its sequel, ''Twenty Years After'', by Creator/AlexandreDumas.

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''La Fille de D'Artagnan'' (literally ''The Daughter of D'Artagnan'' -- the title ''Revenge of the Musketeers'' is used in some English speaking countries) countries. Others used ''Dartagnan's Daughter'') is a 1994 French {{swashbuckler}} film directed by Bertrand Tavernier. It is an original story that borrows elements to both the novel ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'' and its sequel, ''Twenty Years After'', by Creator/AlexandreDumas.
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* BadassGrandpa: D'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis are old now, but they're still capable of kicking ass left and right.

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* {{Swashbuckler}}: The film is set during the TheCavalierYears (in 1654) and it features numerous sword fights.



* {{Swashbuckler}}: The film is set during the TheCavalierYears (in 1654) and it features numerous sword fights.
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* MadeASlave: Éloïse and the nuns are sold as slaves by Églantine. Crassac does not want to sell Éloïse because he wants to keep her for himself.
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* ProtagonistTitle: The original French title, ''La Fille de D'Artagnan'', i.e. "the daughter of D'Artagnan'', refers to Éloïse, the protagonist.


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* RevengeOfTheSequel: The English title is ''Revenge of the Musketeers''.
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* BarBrawl: One happens in an inn when Éloïse has left the convent and is on the way to Paris to meet her father.


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* ConservationOfNinjutsu: Éloïse, her father D'Artagnan and his fellow musketeers can take out large groups of henchmen, as showed for example in the scene where they attack the boat.


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* {{Swashbuckler}}: The film is set during the TheCavalierYears (in 1654) and it features numerous sword fights.
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* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:Athos]] faked his own death. He is now an agent of Mazarin.
* GilliganCut: Porthos refuses to follow d'Artagnan and he repeats "no" several times in front of Planchet. Cut to Porthos repeating "yes" in a coach with d'Artagnan, his daughter and Planchet. He seems to have been persuaded by the food brought by Planchet for the trip.


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* StormingTheCastle: {{Subverted|Trope}}. D'Artagnan, Porthos and Aramis storm Crassac's castle to free Éloïse, but the castle is empty. They just meet an agent of Mazarin.
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* AshFace: D'Artagnan enters the king's bedroom through the chimney. His face is covered with ash and Louis XIV thinks that he is a black man.
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* BilingualBonus: Mazarin frequently speaks Italian and he is not translated.
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* DesignatedGirlFight: The only girl in the group of heroes (Éloïse) and the only girl in the group of villains (Églantine) fight each other when they meet in the convent.

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* ActionGirl: Éloïse is very good at fencing. After the final confrontation with the conspirators, her father congratulates her because she defeated several skilled fighters.
* ActionGirlfriend: Quentin La Misère was poet and a pamphleteer. He meets Éloïse, an ActionGirl, and he follows her in her adventures.


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* DamselOutOfDistress: Éloïse is Crassac's prisoner. She manages to escape on her own: she persuades Églantine to free her.


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* HatesWearingDresses: Éloïse does not like wearing dresses. She prefers wearing pants. Her father insists that she should wear dresses.
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* ClimbingClimax: The final confrontation between Crassac and Éloïse happens on the roof of a church.


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* LadyInRed: The sexy villainess Églantine always wears a red dress. She is even nicknamed the Lady in Red.


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* VillainousCrush: Crassac falls for Éloïse.

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''La Fille de D'Artagnan'' (literally ''The Daughter of D'Artagnan'' -- the title ''Revenge Of The Musketeers'' is used in English speaking countries) is a 1994 French {{swashbuckler}} film directed by Bertrand Tavernier. It is an original story that borrows elements to both the novel ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'' and its sequel, ''Twenty Years After'', by Creator/AlexandreDumas.

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''La Fille de D'Artagnan'' (literally ''The Daughter of D'Artagnan'' -- the title ''Revenge Of The of the Musketeers'' is used in English speaking countries) is a 1994 French {{swashbuckler}} film directed by Bertrand Tavernier. It is an original story that borrows elements to both the novel ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'' and its sequel, ''Twenty Years After'', by Creator/AlexandreDumas.



* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: Églantine de Rochefort wants to sell Éloïse as a slave. Crassac intervenes and says that he wants to keep her for himself. Later, he announces to the conspirators that he will marry her.
* AssassinationAttempt: Crassac plans to kill King Louis XIV during his coronation ceremony.



* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: The murder of a mother superior is not a minor crime in itself, but the conspiracy against the king is a much bigger thing. Éloïse's guess after the murder turns out to be true.

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* HighHeelFaceTurn: In the end, Églantine de Rochefort betrays Crassac and frees Éloïse.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: The Musketeers themselves are (very loosely) based in historical characters. More famous historical characters appear in the film: UsefulNotes/LouisXIV and Mazarin.
* HistoricalInJoke: The scene where Mazarin gives UsefulNotes/LouisXIV some advice suggests that many policies of the king (like the creation of the Palace of Versailles) was inspired by Mazarin. When Mazarin leaves the king's bedroom, he realizes that he forgot to tell not to revoke the Edict of Nantes (that Louis XIV actually revoked in 1685).
* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: The murder of a mother superior is not a minor crime in itself, but the conspiracy against the king is a much bigger thing. Éloïse's guess after the murder turns out to be true. true.
* MsFanservice: Éloïse d'Artagnan (Creator/SophieMarceau), who is showed topless in two scenes (when she tries to seduce a sleeping Quentin and when Églantine de Rochefort wants to sell her as a slave).



* RightForTheWrongReasons: Éloïse d'Artagnan finds a laundry list and she thinks that it is a coded message about a conspiracy. She is wrong: the list is just a laundry list, but there is really a conspiracy to murder to king.



* SpannerInTheWorks: Crassac's conspiracy against the king is ruined because one of the slaves he owns escaped and because Éloïse D'Artagnan saw one of his men kill the mother superior.

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* SpannerInTheWorks: Crassac's conspiracy against the king is ruined because one of the slaves he owns escaped and because Éloïse D'Artagnan d'Artagnan saw one of his men kill the mother superior.


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* SweetPollyOliver: When she leaves the convent, Éloïse disguises herself as a man to travel alone safely.


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* WomanScorned: Crassac neglects Églantine de Rochefort for Éloïse. Églantine betrays him and foils his conspiracy.
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* BackStab: [[spoiler:D'Artagnan ends up [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice skewering]] Crassac in the back with his sword. [[AdultFear Crassac was about to kill Éloïse]] so [[PapaWolf he had to do something]], and even [[ApologeticAttacker apologizes]] to Crassac for that unsportsmanlike action.]]

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* BackStab: [[spoiler:D'Artagnan ends up [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice skewering]] Crassac in the back with his sword. [[AdultFear Crassac was about to kill Éloïse]] so [[PapaWolf he had to do something]], and even [[ApologeticAttacker apologizes]] {{apolog|etic attacker}}izes to Crassac for that unsportsmanlike action.]]

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* BackStab: [[spoiler:D'Artagnan ends up [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice skewering]] Crassac in the back with his sword. [[AdultFear Crassac was about to kill Éloïse]] so [[PapaWolf he had to do something]], and even [[ApologeticAttacker apologizes]] to Crassac for that unsportsmanlike action.]]



* InTheBack: [[spoiler:D'Artagnan ends up [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impaling]] Crassac in the back with his sword. [[AdultFear Crassac was about to kill Éloïse]] so [[PapaWolf he had to do something]], and even [[ApologeticAttacker apologizes]] to Crassac for that unsportsmanlike action.]]
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* SpinOffspring: The film gives D'Artagnan a daughter, and puts her front and center. He says her mother's name is Constance, heavily implying it's Constance Bonacieux, who died without giving him any child in the original novel.

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* SpinOffspring: The film gives D'Artagnan a daughter, and puts her front and center. He says her mother's name is Constance, heavily implying it's Constance Bonacieux, who died without giving him having any child in the original novel.
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* AgeLift: The RealLife Charles de Batz de Castelmore aka D'Artagnan was around 40 in 1654. Philippe Noiret was 63 when the movie was filmed. Then again, it's still in line with the numerous anachronisms in Alexandre Dumas' novels.

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* AgeLift: The RealLife Charles de Batz de Castelmore aka D'Artagnan was around 40 in 1654. Philippe Noiret was 63 when the movie was filmed. Then again, it's still in line with the numerous anachronisms AnachronismStew in Alexandre Dumas' novels.

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