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* ScoobyDooHoax: Twice in ''The Return of Bulldog Drummond''. Near the beginning, the villains stage a haunting in the form of a spectral woman (in reality, the villain's female accomplice) as part of the coverup of their murder. At the end, they are in turn terrified by a loathsome EldritchAbomination (in reality, Drummond) to distract them while their hostage is freed.
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* FilmFelons: The villain of ''The Return of Bulldog Drummond'' persuades a wealthy financier to star as himself in a film in which a wealthy financier is kidnapped. So no-one has the slightest suspicion when the financier is chloroformed and bundled off in a waiting car...
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* LighterAndSofter: ''The Return of Bulldog Drummond'', by comparison with the earlier books. Irma, with Drummond at her mercy, confines herself to playing a practical joke on him rather than taking an elaborate revenge.
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The series was popular in its time and influenced the development of the pulp thriller. It was so popular, it inspired parodies: Creator/PGWodehouse's ''[[Literature/{{Psmith}} Leave it to Psmith]]'' includes a protracted and not un{{affectionate parody}} of the first novel's opening, but it has aged badly because of its heroes' casual nationalist and racist bigotry. Modern references (as in ''Film/{{Bullshot}}'', ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'', and Creator/KimNewman's "[[Literature/{{Temps}} Pitbull Brittan]]") are most often [[TakeThat bitingly satirical]] in the vein of "They don't make 'em like that any more ''and the world is better for it''".
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The series was popular in its time and influenced the development of the pulp thriller. It was so popular, it inspired parodies: parodies (for instance, Creator/PGWodehouse's ''[[Literature/{{Psmith}} Leave it to Psmith]]'' includes a protracted and not un{{affectionate parody}} of the first novel's opening, opening), but it has aged badly because of its heroes' casual nationalist and racist bigotry. Modern references (as in ''Film/{{Bullshot}}'', ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'', and Creator/KimNewman's "[[Literature/{{Temps}} Pitbull Brittan]]") are most often [[TakeThat bitingly satirical]] in the vein of "They don't make 'em like that any more ''and the world is better for it''".
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Why Dont You Just Shoot Him is a disambiguation page. This example is already covered under Bond Villain Stupidity.
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* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: In the third book Peterson's henchman clubs Drummond and brings him, unconscious, to Peterson. When Peterson muses that Drummond needs to be killed, the henchman points out that they might as well do it there and then. Peterson, who by now has a highly [[ItsPersonal personal]] grudge against Drummond, rejects the idea out of hand. Which gives Drummond time to escape, and inflict some nasty injuries on the henchman too.
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The series was popular in its time and influenced the development of the pulp thriller. It was so popular, it inspired parodies: Creator/PGWodehouse's ''[[Literature/{{Psmith}} Leave it to Psmith]]'' includes a protracted and not un{{affectionate parody}} of the first novel's opening, but it has [[SocietyMarchesOn aged badly]] badly because of its heroes' casual nationalist and racist bigotry. Modern references (as in ''Film/{{Bullshot}}'', ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'', and Creator/KimNewman's "[[Literature/{{Temps}} Pitbull Brittan]]") are most often [[TakeThat bitingly satirical]] in the vein of "They don't make 'em like that any more ''and the world is better for it''".
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* DuelToTheDeath: At the end of the third novel, Drummond captures Peterson and informs him that the next morning they will travel to a lonely Swiss glacier, there to fight a final duel. [[spoiler:{{Subverted}} - Peterson pretends to go along with the plan, only to [[VillainExitStageLeft make his escape not only from Drummond, but the Swiss police as well.]]]]
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* CharacterTic: Peterson has an unconscious habit of drumming his fingers under tension which, in the first couple of books, allows Drummond to recognise him through an otherwise-impenetrable disguise. By the third book, Irma has realised this, and is attempting to break him of the habit.
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* ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine: Peterson's final defeat at Drummond's hands: [[spoiler: Drummond kills him with the deadly poison he'd been about to use to murder an airship full of innocent people.]]
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* ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine: Peterson's final defeat at Drummond's hands: [[spoiler: Drummond kills him with the deadly poison he'd been about to use to murder an airship full of innocent people.]]
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* ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine: Peterson's final defeat at Drummond's hands: [[spoiler: Drummond kills him with the deadly poison he'd been about to use to murder an airship full of innocent people.]]
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* CallBack: In ''The Final Count'', wanting to perform a burglary, Drummond pulls out the masks he and his colleagues had used in ''The Black Gang''.
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Phyllis is terrified of spiders.
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* BondVillainStupidity: Toward the end of the first novel, Drummond is captured by the villains. [[StatingTheSimpleSolution Peterson points out that he has a talent for getting out of hopeless situations, and is all for killing him on the spot]], but Lakington refuses to give him a quick and simple death, and insists on keeping him alive until they have time to subject him to something painful and drawn-out. Which of course gives Drummond time to escape.
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** Toward the end of the first novel, Drummond is captured by the villains. [[StatingTheSimpleSolution Peterson points out that he has a talent for getting out of hopeless situations, and is all for killing him on the spot]], but Lakington refuses to give him a quick and simple death, and insists on keeping him alive until they have time to subject him to something painful and drawn-out. Which of course gives Drummond time toescape.escape.
** In the third novel, Peterson takes a level in this: when presented with an unconscious Drummond and a henchman willing to pull the trigger, he instead insists on waiting until Drummond has recovered so that he can know defeat before dying. Which, of course...
** Toward the end of the first novel, Drummond is captured by the villains. [[StatingTheSimpleSolution Peterson points out that he has a talent for getting out of hopeless situations, and is all for killing him on the spot]], but Lakington refuses to give him a quick and simple death, and insists on keeping him alive until they have time to subject him to something painful and drawn-out. Which of course gives Drummond time to
** In the third novel, Peterson takes a level in this: when presented with an unconscious Drummond and a henchman willing to pull the trigger, he instead insists on waiting until Drummond has recovered so that he can know defeat before dying. Which, of course...
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* DirtyCommunists: Featured in ''The Black Gang''. Drummond takes this trope literally, routinely suggesting to Communists that they need to pay more attention to their personal hygiene.
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* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: In the third book Peterson's henchman clubs Drummond and brings him, unconscious, to Peterson. When Peterson muses that Drummond needs to be killed, the henchman points out that they might as well do it there and then. Peterson, who by now has a highly personal grudge against Drummond, rejects the idea out of hand.
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* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: In the third book Peterson's henchman clubs Drummond and brings him, unconscious, to Peterson. When Peterson muses that Drummond needs to be killed, the henchman points out that they might as well do it there and then. Peterson, who by now has a highly personal [[ItsPersonal personal]] grudge against Drummond, rejects the idea out of hand.hand. Which gives Drummond time to escape, and inflict some nasty injuries on the henchman too.
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* OhCrap: Peterson's reaction in the third book, when he learns that Drummond (who he hadn't realised was involved) has the [[McGuffin vital notes]] that Peterson needs.
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* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: In the third book Peterson's henchman clubs Drummond and brings him, unconscious, to Peterson. When Peterson muses that Drummond needs to be killed, the henchman points out that they might as well do it there and then. Peterson, who by now has a highly personal grudge against Drummond, rejects the idea out of hand.
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The series was popular in its time and influenced the development of the pulp thriller. It was so popular, it inspired parodies: Creator/PGWodehouse's ''[[Literature/{{Psmith}} Leave it to Psmith]]'' includes a protracted and not un{{affectionate parody}} of the first novel's opening, but it has aged badly because of its heroes' casual nationalist and racist bigotry. Modern references (as in ''Film/{{Bullshot}}'', ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'', and Creator/KimNewman's "[[Literature/{{Temps}} Pitbull Brittan]]") are most often [[TakeThat bitingly satirical]] in the vein of "They don't make 'em like that any more ''and the world is better for it''".
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The series was popular in its time and influenced the development of the pulp thriller. It was so popular, it inspired parodies: Creator/PGWodehouse's ''[[Literature/{{Psmith}} Leave it to Psmith]]'' includes a protracted and not un{{affectionate parody}} of the first novel's opening, but it has [[SocietyMarchesOn aged badly badly]] because of its heroes' casual nationalist and racist bigotry. Modern references (as in ''Film/{{Bullshot}}'', ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'', and Creator/KimNewman's "[[Literature/{{Temps}} Pitbull Brittan]]") are most often [[TakeThat bitingly satirical]] in the vein of "They don't make 'em like that any more ''and the world is better for it''".
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* FoeRomanceSubtext: At the end of the first book, Drummond receives a WeWillMeetAgain note from the BigBad. His wife jokingly asks if it's a love letter, to which he replies "not exactly."
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The novel had over a dozen sequels and inspired around two dozen films. (The 1929 film ''Film/BulldogDrummond'' was the talkie debut of actor Creator/RonaldColman.) The film series had its last gasp in the [[TheSixties 1960s]]; by then, it was transparently attempting to attract the audience of the [[Film/JamesBond Bond movies]]. Interestingly enough, Creator/IanFleming once stated in an interview that Bulldog Drummond was exactly the sort of character that he was trying to avoid when he was writing ''Literature/CasinoRoyale'', wanting to create a man in James Bond that was far more realistic in both his abilities and that of the diminishing power of his beloved Empire.
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The novel had over a dozen sequels and inspired around two dozen films. (The 1929 film ''Film/BulldogDrummond'' was the talkie debut of actor Creator/RonaldColman.) The film series had its last gasp in the [[TheSixties 1960s]]; by then, it was transparently attempting to attract the audience of the [[Film/JamesBond Bond movies]]. Interestingly enough, Creator/IanFleming once stated in an interview that Bulldog Drummond was exactly the sort of character that he was trying to avoid when he was writing ''Literature/CasinoRoyale'', wanting to create a man in James Bond that was far more realistic in both his abilities and that of the diminishing power of his beloved Empire.
Empire, but later admitted that Bond was "'Sapper' from the waist up."
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The series was popular in its time and influenced the development of the pulp thriller. It was so popular, it inspired parodies: Creator/PGWodehouse's ''[[Literature/{{Psmith}} Leave it to Psmith]]'' includes a protracted and not un{{affectionate parody}} of the first novel's opening. But opening, but it has aged badly because of its heroes' casual nationalist and racist bigotry. Modern references (as in ''Film/{{Bullshot}}'', ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'', and Creator/KimNewman's "[[Literature/{{Temps}} Pitbull Brittan]]") are most often [[TakeThat bitingly satirical]] in the vein of "They don't make 'em like that any more ''and the world is better for it''".
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* DarkMistress: IrmaIrma is probably this, although (at least in the first novel) she doesn't seem to actually do anything except lounge about on the villain's sofa being glamorous. Irma does more things in the later books, and in the fifth, ''The Female of the Species'', she becomes the Big Bad in her own right.
* KillerGorilla: Lakington lets one roam free in his grounds at night, to discourage people from trying to get in, or out, without permission.
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* MasterOfDisguise: PetersonPeterson uses several identities in the course of the novel (of which "Carl Peterson" is just one), each so distinct in appearance and body language that a person could meet two of them close together and never realise they were the same person. Drummond himself only spots the connection after noticing that they share an unconscious habit when impatient that Peterson himself is not aware of.
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* NoMrBondIExpectYouToDineNoMrBondIExpectYouToDine: The chapter "In Which He Spends A Quiet Night At The Elms" has Drummond spending a night as the guest of Peterson. The invitation is issued rather forcefully (he's abducted at gunpoint), but the rest of the event is one of at least surface civility, because Drummond has something Peterson wants.
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* PoisonedWeapons: In Paris investigating Peterson's plot, Drummond is attacked by "some sort of native" with a blowpipe and poisoned darts.
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* PoisonedWeapons: In Paris investigating Peterson's plot, Drummond is attacked by "some sort of native" with a blowpipe and poisoned darts. Later, he uses one of the confiscated darts to kill one of Peterson's henchmen.
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* SnarkToSnarkCombat: Drummond and Peterson both have the British dry humour, so their conversations can turn into this. At one point, after Drummond escapes a death trap in Lakington's grounds, Peterson informs him that he's the first person to go wandering around the grounds unattended at night and not be found dead the following morning. Drummond politely apologises for spoiling the record, and Peterson equally politely replies that he's not to worry, as there's plenty of time left till morning and his death might still be arranged.
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* ShoutOut: Drummond is a former officer of the fictional "Royal Loamshire Regiment". The "Loamshire Regiment" was the standard placeholder in official British Army documents when somebody wanted to give an example without naming a real regiment. (The county of Loamshire, which also doesn't exist, originated as the setting of Creator/GeorgeEliot's novel ''Literature/FelixHoltTheRadical''.)
* SnarkToSnarkCombat: Drummond and Peterson both have the British dry humour, so their conversations can turn into this. At one point, after Drummond escapes adeath trap KillerGorilla in Lakington's grounds, Peterson informs him that he's the first person to go wandering around the grounds unattended at night and not be found dead the following morning. Drummond politely apologises for spoiling the gorilla's record, and Peterson equally politely replies that he's not to worry, as there's plenty of time left till morning and his death might still be arranged.
* SnarkToSnarkCombat: Drummond and Peterson both have the British dry humour, so their conversations can turn into this. At one point, after Drummond escapes a
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Other tropes, such as Dark Mistress, fit Irma better. She lacks a key ingredient of the Femme Fatale, in that the hero never finds her tempting.
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* DirtyCoward: When Lakington realizes Drummond has gained the upper hand, he immediately collapses into a cowardly mess and offers Drummond half his ill-gained fortune if he's spared. It only makes Drummond more determined to finish him off.
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* VillainsWantMercy: When Lakington realizes Drummond has gained the upper hand, he immediately collapses into a cowardly mess and offers Drummond half his ill-gained fortune if he's spared. It only makes Drummond more determined to finish him off.
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* SnarkToSnarkCombat: Drummond and Peterson both have the British dry humour, so their conversations can turn into this. At one point, after Drummond escapes a death trap in Lakington's grounds, Peterson informs him that he's the first person to go wandering around the grounds unattended at night and not be found dead the following morning. Drummond politely apologises for spoiling the record, and Peterson equally politely replies that he's not to worry, as there's plenty of time left till morning and his death might still be arranged.
