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-->--Referee: "You are here on a matter of honor. I am here to see that you settle it honorably. There will be no back-stabbing, you will not throw your blades, nor will you use weapons other than those agreed. If quarter should be asked..."
-->--Rob Roy: "No quarter will be asked."
-->--Cunningham: "Or given."
-->--Referee: "Attend upon your weapons and commence upon my mark."
-->--Rob Roy: "No quarter will be asked."
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-->--Referee: "Attend upon your weapons and commence upon my mark."
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'''''Rob Roy''''' is a 1995 film (based vaguely on the 1817 novel by Sir Creator/WalterScott) starring Creator/LiamNeeson, TimRoth, Jessica Lange, BrianCox, Creator/TimRoth, Creator/JessicaLange, Creator/BrianCox, and Creator/JohnHurt. It tells the [[JustLikeRobinHood heavily fictionalized]] story of Scottish folk hero Robert Roy [=MacGregor=], and his part in the Jacobite Rising. While it was overshadowed by [[Film/{{Braveheart}} that other 1995 movie about Scottish rebellion against the English]], the climactic SwordFight is held up as one of the best in film.
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** ValuesDissonance strikes again; in that time and place, a cattle thief is a perfectly honorable thing to be, and being a ''successful'' cattle thief is a mark of the true {{Badass}}.
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* TheCoatsAreOff: Before the final duel, Roy removes his heavy jacket and Cunningham his opulent frock coat and to show he's taking this fight much more seriously than his earlier ones he also removes his heavy wig, forgoing vanity for not being encumbered by the hot and heavy item.
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* SingleStrokeBattle: Played with - the final duel is prolonged with many exchanges of attacks and parries, Roy being wounded several times. However it only takes a single blow of his to connect to kill Cunningham - which is understandable since Roys much heavier and broader blade cuts Cunningham almost in two from his shoulder to halfway down his torso.
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* TheWorfEffect: Guthrie. Again, and again, and again.
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** The former is actually TruthInTelevision: as an old man Rob was challenged to a duel by a young man out to prove himself. Rather than having to kill the boy Rob stated that the first person whose sword drew blood would win- the boy agreed. Rob then complimented the boy on his sword and asked to take a look at it: when the boy gave it over Rob ran his hand along the edge of the blade, cutting it open and declared the boy the winner of the duel. Unfortunately the wound became infected and Rob died a few weeks later.
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* SophisticatedAsHell: Montrose and Argyll can be appallingly...blunt, at times. Right out of the box, we get this conversational gem:
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* FatalFlaw: Arrogance.Pride, for both Roy and Cunningham; Rob's wife points out that his "honourable" refusal to support Montrose against Argyll (a man he doesn't know and to whom he owes nothing) is a case of pride in his own personal honour over the wellbeing of his family and clan. Cunningham's pride in his superb swordsmanship is his undoing when he passes up many opportunities to kill Rob cleanly.
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* UnderestimatingBadassery: Rob has only seen Cunningham act like a fop and not put himself in any sort of danger unless he has an army at his back, and as such he is taken completely by surprise when he turns out to be a MasterSwordsman. [[DramaticIrony The audience, however, has seen Cunningham's fight with Guthrie, so knows that Rob's in for one hell of a fight.]]
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* ChildByRape: Quite possibly the case with Mary's baby, although she can't say for sure whether Rob or her rapist is the father.
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* HonorBeforeReason: [=MacGregor=]. Lampshaded {{Lampshaded}} by his wife Mary, who doesn't want to tell him about her rape because she knows he'll go ballistic and do something stupid trying to avenge her, which is entirely the response Archie wanted in the first place.
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'''''Rob Roy''''' is a 1995 film (based vaguely on the 1817 novel by Sir Creator/WalterScott) starring LiamNeeson, Creator/LiamNeeson, TimRoth, Jessica Lange, BrianCox, and JohnHurt.Creator/JohnHurt. It tells the [[JustLikeRobinHood heavily fictionalized]] story of Scottish folk hero Robert Roy [=MacGregor=], and his part in the Jacobite Rising. While it was overshadowed by [[Film/{{Braveheart}} that other 1995 movie about Scottish rebellion against the English]], the climactic SwordFight is held up as one of the best in film.
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* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Played with. Argyll affects elements of Highland dress (the eagle-feather bonnet and tartan sash), as well as retaining a distinctive Scottish burr, to let the audience know that he would be more in sympathy with the Scottish people. Whereas Montrose wears full-on English fashions and sports an English accent to demonstrate the opposite.
* SophisticatedAsHell: Montrose and Argyll can be appallingly...blunt, at times. Right out of the box, we get this conversational gem:
-->'''Montrose:''' Archibald is sent to me by his mother, in the hope that our climate might cool the fever in his blood.
-->'''Argyll:''' So, Mr. Cunningham, what are these principal sins that distress your mother? Dice? Drink? Or are you a buggerer of boys?
-->'''Cunningham:''' It is ''years'', your Grace, since I buggered a boy--and, in my own defence, I must add I thought him a girl at the moment of entry.
-->'''Argyll:''' ''(laughs)'' What say you, Guthrie? That Archie could not tell arse from [[CountryMatters quim]]!
-->'''Guthrie:''' I've heard that many Englishmen have [[DepravedBisexual that same difficulty]]!
-->'''Montrose:''' Archibald is sent to me by his mother, in the hope that our climate might cool the fever in his blood.
-->'''Argyll:''' So, Mr. Cunningham, what are these principal sins that distress your mother? Dice? Drink? Or are you a buggerer of boys?
-->'''Cunningham:''' It is ''years'', your Grace, since I buggered a boy--and, in my own defence, I must add I thought him a girl at the moment of entry.
-->'''Argyll:''' ''(laughs)'' What say you, Guthrie? That Archie could not tell arse from [[CountryMatters quim]]!
-->'''Guthrie:''' I've heard that many Englishmen have [[DepravedBisexual that same difficulty]]!
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* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: Montrose gets this treatment when he is insolently too familiar with an angry Duke of Argyll. After getting ranked out in a very public place, Montrose fumingly lampshades the trope:
-->'''Montrose:''' What pride, to use a fellow peer in public so! Damn his pride! ''(controlling himself, to his friends)'' My pardon. Damn ''His Grace's'' pride!
* TooDumbToLive: Alastair Roy. Shooting at redcoats when you're in hiding? Not smart.
-->'''Montrose:''' What pride, to use a fellow peer in public so! Damn his pride! ''(controlling himself, to his friends)'' My pardon. Damn ''His Grace's'' pride!
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* ReminiscingAboutYourVictims: When he meets Rob, Cunningham [[PostRapeTaunt fondly recalls how good it felt to rape Mary]].
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->''"I shall think on you as dead until my husband makes you so. Then I shall think on you no more."''
-->-- '''Rob Roy's wife''' to the man who rapes her
''Rob Roy'' is a 1995 film (based vaguely on the 1817 novel by Sir Creator/WalterScott) starring LiamNeeson, TimRoth, Jessica Lange, BrianCox, and JohnHurt. It tells the [[JustLikeRobinHood heavily fictionalized]] story of Scottish folk hero Robert Roy [=MacGregor=], and his part in the Jacobite Rising. While it was overshadowed by [[Film/{{Braveheart}} that other 1995 movie about Scottish rebellion against the English]], the climactic SwordFight is held up as one of the best in film.
Robert Roy [=MacGregor=] is a chieftain in the Scottish Highlands. He borrows £1,000 from the Marquess of Montrose, but it's stolen by Montrose's protege, a deadly fop named Archibald Cunningham (played by Tim Roth, who earned an [[OscarBait Oscar nomination]]).
Montrose agrees to forgive the debt if [=MacGregor=] frames his enemy, the Duke of Argyll. He refuses, [[ItsPersonal has his farm burnt and his wife raped]], and is forced to go into hiding. He must find a way to clear his name in court, or failing that, war against those who come after him.
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!!These works contain the following tropes:
* AristocratsAreEvil: Montrose and Cunningham are sneeringly evil villains. The Duke of Argyll is the one exception, as a reasonably honourable guy.
* AsYouKnow: Montrose explains what a "Jacobite" is to Rob, though he probably considers Rob to be a country bumpkin who doesn't know what the term means.
* BarehandedBladeBlock: Rob delivers one [[spoiler:in the final duel, seriously slicing open his hand, but winning the fight nonetheless]].
* BastardBastard: Archibald is the bastard of a wealthy noblewoman. He's accustomed to living in court, but has no money or inheritance to support himself.
* BonnieScotland
* TheBrute: Guthrie
* CharacterTitle
* CoitusUninterruptus
* CombatPragmatist: Rob repeatedly uses tricky and surprising moves to win fights, which juxtaposes his otherwise honorable behavior.
* DefiledForever: Averted. Rob is plenty angry about Mary getting raped, but it's all directed at the rapist; toward Mary he is, if anything, more loving than before.
* DeliberateInjuryGambit: One of Rob's special moves, used twice: once to prevent a fight, and once to win a fight. [[spoiler:In the first example, he slices his own hand on Guthrie's blade to declare him the "winner" of their duel. In the final duel, Rob grabs onto Archibald's blade before dealing a death blow.]]
* TheDragon: Archibald to Montrose.
* DrivenToSuicide: Betty Sturrock.
* DuelToTheDeath: The final duel, with seconds and a referee.
* FatalFlaw: Arrogance.
* FakeNationality: LiamNeeson is actually Irish, and not Scottish. Jessica Lange and Eric Stolz are both American.
* FragileSpeedster: Cunningham is repeatedly out-muscled by his enemies, but is incredibly quick and skilled with a rapier.
* GoodIsNotNice: Argyll
* HideAndNoSeek: Rob does this.
* HonorBeforeReason: [=MacGregor=]. Lampshaded by his wife Mary, who doesn't want to tell him about her rape because she knows he'll go ballistic and do something stupid trying to avenge her.
* KarmaHoudini: Montrose. At least his plans are foiled.
* LeeroyJenkins: Alasdair.
* LetsFightLikeGentlemen:
** Humorously averted between [=MacGregor=] and a drunken Guthrie in a duel to "the first cut": [[spoiler:Rob cuts his hand on Guthrie's extended sword.]]
** Played straight between the two later when Guthrie stands in [=MacGregor=]'s way to Killearn. [[spoiler:Rob wins.]]
** And, of course, the climactic duel between [=MacGregor=] and Cunningham.
* LukeIAmYourFather: Montrose is strongly implied to be Archie's father. Well, he's definitely one of the top three contenders, anyway.
* ManInAKilt: Obviously.
* MasterSwordsman: Cunningham.
* NamesTheSame: [[{{Archie}} Archie and Betty]], eh?
* OhCrap: Rob gets a gradually increasing one during the final duel, where he begins to see that, despite seeming like a fop and a coward who will only fight with an army at his back, Cunningham is a superb swordsman. The {{OhCrap}}ness increases when he realises that Argyll was not exaggerating Cunningham's prowess with a sword, and that he is totally outmatched in skill.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Rob starts to sound noticeably Irish at several points throughout the film.
* ThePowerOfHate:
** Name-dropped when Archie musters up the voice to agree to the duel after being badly choked.
** Also invoked as the reason Mary will come out of the burning house to live and hate rather than proudly let herself burn with it.
* RapeAsDrama
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Argyll.
* ShownTheirWork: The swords used in the film are quite period-appropriate, with the English aristocrats favoring gentlemanly dueling smallswords and the Scottish men using the basket-hilted heavy claymores of the period.
* SissyVillain: Cunningham, the fop, whose motivation for his villainy is buying expensive clothes. However, his mincing behavior is mostly a ruse. In private, he behaves much differently.
* SmugSnake:
** Cunningham, who sneers and smirks throughout the movie, having apparently developed his personality from a serious case of inferiority complex, being a bastard at court.
** Montrose is also an example. Look at that smirk on his face whenever he's talking to Argyll.
* SwordDrag: Rob, at the end of the duel, when he's almost completely out of strength.
* SwordOverHead
* TooDumbToLive: Shooting at redcoats when you're in hiding? Not smart.
* TheWorfEffect: Guthrie. Again, and again, and again.
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->''"I shall think on you as dead until my husband makes you so. Then I shall think on you no more."''
-->-- '''Rob Roy's wife''' to the man who rapes her
''Rob Roy'' is a 1995 film (based vaguely on the 1817 novel by Sir Creator/WalterScott) starring LiamNeeson, TimRoth, Jessica Lange, BrianCox, and JohnHurt. It tells the [[JustLikeRobinHood heavily fictionalized]] story of Scottish folk hero Robert Roy [=MacGregor=], and his part in the Jacobite Rising. While it was overshadowed by [[Film/{{Braveheart}} that other 1995 movie about Scottish rebellion against the English]], the climactic SwordFight is held up as one of the best in film.
Robert Roy [=MacGregor=] is a chieftain in the Scottish Highlands. He borrows £1,000 from the Marquess of Montrose, but it's stolen by Montrose's protege, a deadly fop named Archibald Cunningham (played by Tim Roth, who earned an [[OscarBait Oscar nomination]]).
Montrose agrees to forgive the debt if [=MacGregor=] frames his enemy, the Duke of Argyll. He refuses, [[ItsPersonal has his farm burnt and his wife raped]], and is forced to go into hiding. He must find a way to clear his name in court, or failing that, war against those who come after him.
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!!These works contain the following tropes:
* AristocratsAreEvil: Montrose and Cunningham are sneeringly evil villains. The Duke of Argyll is the one exception, as a reasonably honourable guy.
* AsYouKnow: Montrose explains what a "Jacobite" is to Rob, though he probably considers Rob to be a country bumpkin who doesn't know what the term means.
* BarehandedBladeBlock: Rob delivers one [[spoiler:in the final duel, seriously slicing open his hand, but winning the fight nonetheless]].
* BastardBastard: Archibald is the bastard of a wealthy noblewoman. He's accustomed to living in court, but has no money or inheritance to support himself.
* BonnieScotland
* TheBrute: Guthrie
* CharacterTitle
* CoitusUninterruptus
* CombatPragmatist: Rob repeatedly uses tricky and surprising moves to win fights, which juxtaposes his otherwise honorable behavior.
* DefiledForever: Averted. Rob is plenty angry about Mary getting raped, but it's all directed at the rapist; toward Mary he is, if anything, more loving than before.
* DeliberateInjuryGambit: One of Rob's special moves, used twice: once to prevent a fight, and once to win a fight. [[spoiler:In the first example, he slices his own hand on Guthrie's blade to declare him the "winner" of their duel. In the final duel, Rob grabs onto Archibald's blade before dealing a death blow.]]
* TheDragon: Archibald to Montrose.
* DrivenToSuicide: Betty Sturrock.
* DuelToTheDeath: The final duel, with seconds and a referee.
* FatalFlaw: Arrogance.
* FakeNationality: LiamNeeson is actually Irish, and not Scottish. Jessica Lange and Eric Stolz are both American.
* FragileSpeedster: Cunningham is repeatedly out-muscled by his enemies, but is incredibly quick and skilled with a rapier.
* GoodIsNotNice: Argyll
* HideAndNoSeek: Rob does this.
* HonorBeforeReason: [=MacGregor=]. Lampshaded by his wife Mary, who doesn't want to tell him about her rape because she knows he'll go ballistic and do something stupid trying to avenge her.
* KarmaHoudini: Montrose. At least his plans are foiled.
* LeeroyJenkins: Alasdair.
* LetsFightLikeGentlemen:
** Humorously averted between [=MacGregor=] and a drunken Guthrie in a duel to "the first cut": [[spoiler:Rob cuts his hand on Guthrie's extended sword.]]
** Played straight between the two later when Guthrie stands in [=MacGregor=]'s way to Killearn. [[spoiler:Rob wins.]]
** And, of course, the climactic duel between [=MacGregor=] and Cunningham.
* LukeIAmYourFather: Montrose is strongly implied to be Archie's father. Well, he's definitely one of the top three contenders, anyway.
* ManInAKilt: Obviously.
* MasterSwordsman: Cunningham.
* NamesTheSame: [[{{Archie}} Archie and Betty]], eh?
* OhCrap: Rob gets a gradually increasing one during the final duel, where he begins to see that, despite seeming like a fop and a coward who will only fight with an army at his back, Cunningham is a superb swordsman. The {{OhCrap}}ness increases when he realises that Argyll was not exaggerating Cunningham's prowess with a sword, and that he is totally outmatched in skill.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Rob starts to sound noticeably Irish at several points throughout the film.
* ThePowerOfHate:
** Name-dropped when Archie musters up the voice to agree to the duel after being badly choked.
** Also invoked as the reason Mary will come out of the burning house to live and hate rather than proudly let herself burn with it.
* RapeAsDrama
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Argyll.
* ShownTheirWork: The swords used in the film are quite period-appropriate, with the English aristocrats favoring gentlemanly dueling smallswords and the Scottish men using the basket-hilted heavy claymores of the period.
* SissyVillain: Cunningham, the fop, whose motivation for his villainy is buying expensive clothes. However, his mincing behavior is mostly a ruse. In private, he behaves much differently.
* SmugSnake:
** Cunningham, who sneers and smirks throughout the movie, having apparently developed his personality from a serious case of inferiority complex, being a bastard at court.
** Montrose is also an example. Look at that smirk on his face whenever he's talking to Argyll.
* SwordDrag: Rob, at the end of the duel, when he's almost completely out of strength.
* SwordOverHead
* TooDumbToLive: Shooting at redcoats when you're in hiding? Not smart.
* TheWorfEffect: Guthrie. Again, and again, and again.
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