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* CoolGuns: Danny and Peachy smuggled around twenty Martini-Henrys to arm their soldiers to take over Kafiristan.
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* GodGuise: The villagers hail Daniel as a god after an arrow gets [[PocketProtector stuck in the bandolier under his jacket]]. Penny convinces him to roll with it because it will make conquering the country easier. When he arrives at a temple though, the priests want to [[GodTest see if he can duplicate the feat for them]]. They are convinced of his divinity after seeing the Masonic emblem he wears, which echoes Alexander the Great (who they believe was divine, and hail Daniel as his heir).

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* GodGuise: The villagers hail Daniel as a god after an arrow gets [[PocketProtector stuck in the bandolier under his jacket]]. Penny Peachy convinces him to roll with it because it will make conquering the country easier. When he arrives at a temple though, the priests want to [[GodTest see if he can duplicate the feat for them]]. They are convinced of his divinity after seeing the Masonic emblem he wears, which echoes Alexander the Great (who they believe was divine, and hail Daniel as his heir).
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Billy Fish: Peachy, is Danny NOT a god ?
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Billy Fish: Peachy, is Danny NOT a god ?
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* GutturalGrowler: Peachy's voice is as rough as his manners.
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* ZergRush: When Danny is revealed to be just a man and the villagers riot, said villagers are only armed with their bare hands to the rifles of the Englishmen and the few loyal troops they have left. But said villagers number somewhere short of a few thousand and are all full of fanatically murderous rage. The battle lasts only five minutes, tops, [[spoiler:with Peachy the SoleSurvivor.]]
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-->'''Kipling:''': To whom shall I give the message?

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-->'''Kipling:''': -->'''Kipling:''' (''satisfied'') To whom shall I give is the message?

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* OnlyTheKnowledgableMayPass: When the straight-laced Kipling first meets the roguish Peachy, the atmosphere is awkward. But then they identify each other as Freemasons by a exchange of ritual phrases, and Kipling is compelled to help Peachy as a fellow Freemason.

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* OnlyTheKnowledgableMayPass: When the straight-laced Kipling first meets the roguish Peachy, the atmosphere is awkward. awkward, particularly as Peachy suddenly asks him for a favor, to pass on a message (to Danny, it turns out). But then they identify each other as Freemasons by a exchange of ritual phrases, and Kipling is then compelled to help Peachy as a fellow Freemason.Freemason. Peachy already knows Kipling is also a Freemason because he'd stolen his watch with a Masonic fob design on it.


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-->'''Peachy:''' Traveling Lodge 3276, Fore and Fit. The Queen’s Own Royal Loyal Light Infantry. Regimental District 329A.
-->'''Kipling:''': To whom shall I give the message?
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* ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex: The reason why Roxane doesn't want to marry Daniel is she thinks this trope will happen. This causes her to lash out at him in fear during their wedding, biting his face and causing him to bleed, exposing Daniel as an imposter.

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* ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex: The reason why Roxane Roxanne doesn't want to marry Daniel is she thinks this trope will happen. This causes her to lash out at him in fear during their wedding, biting his face and causing him to bleed, exposing Daniel as an imposter.
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* ForWantOfANail: Even if opposed, Danny still could use his GodGuise and do as he please. If only Roxanne didn't bite him...
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* BrotherhoodOfFunnyHats: [[UsefulNotes/{{Freemasons}} Freemasonry]] is depicted as a benign fraternal secret society that apparently [[Ancient tradition goes back millennia,]] as Alexander the Great was somehow part of it and left Masonic imagery behind, and Peachy and Danny's lives are only saved because they are Masons too, with the priests hailing Danny as Alexander's heir. The oldest and head priest reveals an ancient secret carving Alexander had left that almost exactly matches Danny's Masonic pendant (really Kipling's watch fob), which until then was only known to him and his predecessors.

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* BrotherhoodOfFunnyHats: [[UsefulNotes/{{Freemasons}} Freemasonry]] is depicted as a benign fraternal secret society that apparently [[Ancient tradition [[AncientTradition goes back millennia,]] as Alexander the Great was somehow part of it and left Masonic imagery behind, and Peachy and Danny's lives are only saved because they are Masons too, with the priests hailing Danny as Alexander's heir. The oldest and head priest reveals an ancient secret carving Alexander had left that almost exactly matches Danny's Masonic pendant (really Kipling's watch fob), which until then was only known to him and his predecessors.
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* BrotherhoodOfFunnyHats: [[UsefulNotes/{{Freemasons}} Freemasonry]] is depicted as a benign fraternal secret society that apparently goes back millennia, as Alexander the Great was somehow part of it and left Masonic imagery behind, and Peachy and Danny's lives are only saved because they are Masons too, with the priests hailing Danny as Alexander's heir. The oldest and head priest reveals an ancient secret carving Alexander had left that almost exactly matches Danny's Masonic pendant (really Kipling's watch fob), which until then was only known to him and his predecessors.

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* BrotherhoodOfFunnyHats: [[UsefulNotes/{{Freemasons}} Freemasonry]] is depicted as a benign fraternal secret society that apparently [[Ancient tradition goes back millennia, millennia,]] as Alexander the Great was somehow part of it and left Masonic imagery behind, and Peachy and Danny's lives are only saved because they are Masons too, with the priests hailing Danny as Alexander's heir. The oldest and head priest reveals an ancient secret carving Alexander had left that almost exactly matches Danny's Masonic pendant (really Kipling's watch fob), which until then was only known to him and his predecessors.
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* BrotherhoodOfFunnyHats: [[UsefulNotes/{{Freemasons}} Freemasonry]] is depicted as a benign fraternal secret society that apparently goes back millennia, as Alexander the Great was somehow part of it and left Masonic imagery behind, and Peachy and Danny's lives are only saved because they are Masons too, with the priests healing Danny as Alexander's heir. The oldest and head priest reveals an ancient secret carving Alexander had left that almost exactly matches Danny's Masonic pendant (really Kipling's watch fob), which until then was only known to him and his predecessors.

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* BrotherhoodOfFunnyHats: [[UsefulNotes/{{Freemasons}} Freemasonry]] is depicted as a benign fraternal secret society that apparently goes back millennia, as Alexander the Great was somehow part of it and left Masonic imagery behind, and Peachy and Danny's lives are only saved because they are Masons too, with the priests healing hailing Danny as Alexander's heir. The oldest and head priest reveals an ancient secret carving Alexander had left that almost exactly matches Danny's Masonic pendant (really Kipling's watch fob), which until then was only known to him and his predecessors.
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* BrotherhoodOfFunnyHats: UsefulNotes/{{Freemasonry}} is depicted as a benign fraternal secret society that apparently goes back millennia, as Alexander the Great was somehow part of it and left Masonic imagery behind, and Peachy and Danny's lives are only saved because they are Masons too, with the priests healing Danny as Alexander's heir. The oldest and head priest reveals an ancient secret carving Alexander had left that almost exactly matches Danny's Masonic pendant (really Kipling's watch fob), which until then was only known to him and his predecessors.

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* BrotherhoodOfFunnyHats: UsefulNotes/{{Freemasonry}} [[UsefulNotes/{{Freemasons}} Freemasonry]] is depicted as a benign fraternal secret society that apparently goes back millennia, as Alexander the Great was somehow part of it and left Masonic imagery behind, and Peachy and Danny's lives are only saved because they are Masons too, with the priests healing Danny as Alexander's heir. The oldest and head priest reveals an ancient secret carving Alexander had left that almost exactly matches Danny's Masonic pendant (really Kipling's watch fob), which until then was only known to him and his predecessors.
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* BrotherhoodOfFunnyHats: UsefulNotes/{{Freemasonry}} is depicted as a benign fraternal secret society that apparently goes back millennia, as Alexander the Great was somehow part of it and left Masonic imagery behind, and Peachy and Danny's lives are only saved because they are Masons too, with the priests healing Danny as Alexander's heir. The oldest and head priest reveals an ancient secret carving Alexander had left that almost exactly matches Danny's Masonic pendant (really Kipling's watch fob), which until then was only known to him and his predecessors.

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