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** So who ''did'' kill the Red Fox? Whoever it was, he got away with it, and Alan and David took the blame.
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** So who ''did'' kill the Red Fox? Whoever it was, he got away with it, and Alan and David took the blame. (TruthInTelevision -- the historical gunman, whether he was Alan or someone else, was never brought to justice.)
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* TheScrooge: Ebenezer is in possession of the lucrative family estates that rightfully belong to David, but he still lives like a miser in the few habitable rooms of his BigFancyHouse.
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* BlindWithoutEm: Mr Rankeillor the lawyer claims that he can't recognise anyone without his spectacles -- and "accidentally" forgets them when going to meet Alan.
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* BlindWithoutEm: Mr Rankeillor the lawyer claims that he can't recognise anyone without his spectacles -- and "accidentally" forgets them when going to meet Alan.Alan, so that [[PlausibleDeniability he wouldn't recognise Alan as an outlaw, should anyone ask]].
* BorderCrossing: Alan and David's final obstacle is to cross the Firth of Forth at Queensferry. On the north side, under military rule, they're wanted men; on the south side, the government is civilian and David can call on help from his lawyer. Neither can swim, but Alan reckons he can find a way to borrow a boat...
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%%* GratuitousLatin: Mr. Rankeillor uses a ''lot'' of gratuitous Latin.
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%%* SpoiledBrat: Uncle Ebenezer's backstory.
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* BlindWithoutEm: Mr Rankeillor the lawyer claims that he can't recognise anyone without his spectacles -- and "accidentally" forgets them when going to meet Alan.
* EngineeredPublicConfession: Ebenezer is tricked by Alan into admitting that he paid for David to be kidnapped - while in the presence of reliable witnesses.
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%%* EvilUncle: Ebenezer.
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** Downplayed for Ebenezer, who faces no charges for selling his nephew to slavery, but is forced to pay David two thirds of his income yearly for the rest of his life.
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* BadassLongcoat: Alan wears one.
* BloodKnight: Alan, especially towards anyone with the name of Campbell.
* ChurchgoingVillain: Captain Hoseason.
* CompositeCharacter: Mr. Riach and Mr. Shaun in the 1960 film.
* BloodKnight: Alan, especially towards anyone with the name of Campbell.
* ChurchgoingVillain: Captain Hoseason.
* CompositeCharacter: Mr. Riach and Mr. Shaun in the 1960 film.
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* EvilUncle: Ebenezer.
* GratuitousLatin: Mr. Rankeillor uses a ''lot'' of gratuitous Latin.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Alan and David.
* GratuitousLatin: Mr. Rankeillor uses a ''lot'' of gratuitous Latin.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Alan and David.
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* NaiveNewcomer: David.
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* OddCouple[=/=]OddFriendship: David, a Whig who supports King George, and Alan, a [[UsefulNotes/HanoverStuartWars Jacobite]] who supports Prince Charles (and is a deserter from the royalist side).
* SpoiledBrat: Uncle Ebenezer's backstory.
* SpoiledBrat: Uncle Ebenezer's backstory.
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* OddCouple[=/=]OddFriendship: OddCouple: David, a Whig who supports King George, and Alan, a [[UsefulNotes/HanoverStuartWars Jacobite]] who supports Prince Charles (and is a deserter from the royalist side).
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* VitriolicBestBuds: Alan and David, at times.
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** A very grim version: Mr. Shuan [[spoiler: commits murder]] while under the influence of alcohol.
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** A very grim version: Mr. Shuan Shaun [[spoiler: commits murder]] while under the influence of alcohol.
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* {{Tuckerization}}: Stevenson named David in tribute to his mother Margaret, whose maiden name was Balfour.
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* {{Tuckerization}}: Stevenson named David in tribute to his mother Margaret, whose maiden name was Balfour. She was a member of Clan Balfour and had many distinguished ancestors.
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* {{Tuckerization}}: Stevenson named David in tribute to his mother Margaret, whose maiden name was Balfour.
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* AltumVidetur: Mr. Rankeillor uses a ''lot'' of gratuitous Latin.
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* TapOnTheHead: A sailor knocks David out from behind and he wakes up bound on the ship.
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* AgeLift: A minor example but historically Alan was forty in 1751 but the novel refers to him as being five years younger.
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* NoRangeLikePointBlankRange: An attacker tries to ambush them by [[TooDumbToLive jumping down directly in front of David's gun]]. David kills him in one shot.
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* TheseHandsHaveKilled: David is shaken after he kills for the first time, even though it was clearly in self defense. Alan is sympathetic and reassures him that [[IDidWhatIHadToDo he did what he had to do]].
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* NotSoRemote: OlderThanRadio, as it happens to David Balfour in Literature/{{Kidnapped}}. Unable to swim, David is stranded on the island of Earraid, off the coast of Scotland. He finds himself stranded and starving for over four days. Fortunately, some fishermen come near the shore and tell him that '''the island is connected to the mainland at low tide'''. David could have simply walked to shore long before.
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* NotSoRemote: OlderThanRadio, as it happens to David Balfour in Literature/{{Kidnapped}}. Unable to swim, David is stranded on the island of Earraid, off the coast of Scotland.Mull. He finds himself stranded and starving for over four days. Fortunately, some fishermen come near the shore and tell him that '''the island is connected to the mainland at low tide'''. David could have simply walked to shore the mainland long before.
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* NotSoRemote: OlderThanRadio, as it happens to David Balfour in Literature/{{Kidnapped}}. Unable to swim, David is stranded on the island of Earraid, off the coast of Scotland. He finds himself stranded and starving for over four days. Fortunately, some fishermen come near the shore and tell him that '''the island is connected to the mainland at low tide'''. David could have simply walked to shore long before.
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