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* BlackSheep: Rodger Baskerville, the youngest of Sir Charles' brothers, was mentioned to be a reprobate in the same vein as the infamous Sir Hugo. He made such a mess of things that he fled to South America where he died.



* CrimeConcealingHobby: Stapleton is an amateur entomologist, forever going on long expeditions into the moor to hunt butterflies. [[spoiler:It is also a good way to go to the abandoned mine where he is keeping the giant hound with which to terrify Sir Henry.]] Holmes tells Watson that Stapleton really is an entomologist, having even discovered a new species of moth under one of his previous identities.



* CrimeConcealingHobby: Stapleton is an amateur entomologist, forever going on long expeditions into the moor to hunt butterflies. [[spoiler:It is also a good way to go to the abandoned mine where he is keeping the giant hound with which to terrify Sir Henry.]] Holmes tells Watson that Stapleton really is an entomologist, having even discovered a new species of moth under one of his previous identities.
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** Played straight with the Selden case. Not only was he arrested by Holmes and not by the police years before the novel began, while Selden is described as dumber than average. But in add, he escaped from his penitentiary, and none of the policemen or soldiers sent to capture him succeed.
** The opinion of Mr Frankland who is annoyed that the police didn’t prevent the burning of effigies of him. Given how litigious he was, the police likely shared the attitudes of the burners.

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** Played straight Zigzagged with the Selden case. Not only Selden was he arrested caught by the police, not by Holmes and not by who only took an interest in the police years before the novel began, while case, though Selden is described as dumber more of a vicious animal than average. a master criminal. But in add, spite of this, he escaped from his penitentiary, and none of the policemen or soldiers sent to capture him succeed.
** The opinion of Mr Frankland who is annoyed that the police didn’t prevent the burning of effigies of him. Given how litigious he was, the police likely shared the attitudes of the burners.

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* WorthyOpponent: Holmes calls the villain like this. Considering that the villain outsmarted Sherlock Holmes himself several times during the first third of the novel, and he almost succeeded in his plan to kill Henry without leaving any evidence acceptable by a court -–failing only because Selden was wearing Henry's clothes, something on what nether him, Holmes or Watson planned-– we can understand how and why even Holmes is impressed.

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* WorthyOpponent: Holmes calls the villain like this. Considering that the villain outsmarted Sherlock Holmes himself several times during the first third of the novel, and he almost succeeded in his plan to kill Henry without leaving any evidence acceptable by a court -–failing only because Selden was wearing Henry's Henry Baskerville's clothes, something on what nether him, neither he, Holmes or nor Watson planned-– we can understand how and why even Holmes is impressed. impressed.
-->'''Holmes''': ''(after the villain evades him in London by claiming to '''be''' him)'' A touch, Watson—an undeniable touch! I feel a foil as quick and supple as my own. He got home upon me very prettily that time.
-->'''Holmes''': ''(after finally defeating the villain)''I said it in London, Watson, and I say it again now, that never yet have we helped to hunt down a more dangerous man than he who is lying yonder.
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* RemittanceMan: Given that Sir Henry had been a farmer in Canada before inheriting the family title, it's possible that he, or at least his father, had been one. Stapleton may have been a less savory example in Central America.
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* AttackAnimal: The Hound.
* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Stapleton is a murderous villain who had chained, clearly mistreated and practically starved his own hound to death in order to make it an effective AttackAnimal, he even feeds Dr. Mortimer’s pet spaniel to the hound, luckily he meets his well deserved fate in the mire.

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* AttackAnimal: The Hound.
Hound turns out to be a real dog trained to find and attack members of the Baskerville family and painted with phosphorous to make it glow in the dark.
* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Stapleton Among Stapleton's many, ''many'' crimes is what he did to create the titular ScoobyDooHoax; he took a murderous villain who had chained, clearly mistreated real hound and practically abused and starved his own hound to death in order to make it an effective AttackAnimal, he even feeds Dr. Mortimer’s pet spaniel to until the hound, luckily he meets his well deserved fate in poor thing was willing to attack anyone, then trained it to go after the mire.Baskervilles.



* SwampsAreEvil: The whole region surrounding the Grimpen Mire is talked about with much dread from most characters, be it because of the legend, the mysterious prehistorical settlements, the escaped killer (and the penitentiary he escaped from, which is said to be nearby) or the deadly mire itself. The narration itself loves talking about how gloomy and miserable-looking the place is.

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* SwampsAreEvil: The whole region surrounding the Grimpen Mire is talked about with much dread from most characters, be it because of the legend, the mysterious prehistorical settlements, the escaped killer (and the penitentiary he escaped from, which is said to be nearby) or the deadly mire itself.mundane but ''very real'' danger of drowning in the treacherous swamp. The narration itself loves talking about how gloomy and miserable-looking the place is.
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** The Hammer Horror version, which starred Creator/PeterCushing as Holmes and his old partner Creator/ChristopherLee as Sir Henry, added a poisonous tarantula, which wasn't in the book.
** The Hammer film also begins with an extended prologue involving Hugo Baskerville and the vile acts he commits to (supposedly) bring a curse down upon the family.



* AdaptationalNationality: In the Hammer version, Sir Henry goes from being Canadian to being South African so Christopher Lee could use his natural accent instead of a North American one.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Beryl (renamed Cecile) becomes Stapleton's much more willing accomplice in the Hammer film, intentionally luring both Sir Henry (and before him, Sir Charles) to death.



* CharacterTics: In the Hammer version, Creator/PeterCushing's Holmes had a habit of raising his finger in exclamation. Creator/ChristopherLee would often tease him about it.



** In the 1959 version, Cecile (who is the film's version of Beryl and [[AdaptationalVillainy is Stapleton's willing accomplice]]) perishes by being sucked into the Great Grimpen Mire.
* DestinationDefenestration: The 1959 version opens with Sir Hugo Baskerville throwing a hapless servant through a window at Baskerville Hall.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: In the Hammer version's prologue, Sir Hugo's entourage of drunken jerks are horrified when he calls for his hounds to be loosed upon the girl they intended to rape, who has escaped; apparently even boozed-up would-be rapists draw the line at having someone ripped to pieces by dogs (making the maniacal Hugo irredeemably evil by comparison).



** This is also the fate of [[spoiler:Cecile]] in the Creator/PeterCushing version made by Hammer.
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''The Hound of the Baskervilles'' has been adapted and parodied many times, in nearly every possible medium, the most famous ones being the [[Film/TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles 1939 film]] which was the first to star Creator/BasilRathbone as Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Watson, as well as the 1959 film starring Creator/PeterCushing as Holmes, André Morell as Watson and Creator/ChristopherLee as Sir Henry Baskerville. There is also a 1972 MadeForTVMovie starring Creator/StewartGranger as Holmes and Creator/WilliamShatner as George Stapleton, and a 1983 [[Creator/TheBBC BBC]] adaptation starring Creator/TomBaker as Holmes and Terence Rigby as Watson. The [[Series/SherlockHolmes Jeremy Brett series]] adapted it as a feature-length episode in 1988. For the ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' episode, go [[Recap/SherlockS02E02TheHoundsOfBaskerville here.]]

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''The Hound of the Baskervilles'' has been adapted and parodied many times, in nearly every possible medium, the most famous ones being the [[Film/TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles 1939 film]] which was the first to star Creator/BasilRathbone as Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Watson, as well as [[Film/TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles1959 the 1959 film film]] starring Creator/PeterCushing as Holmes, André Morell as Watson and Creator/ChristopherLee as Sir Henry Baskerville. There is also a 1972 MadeForTVMovie starring Creator/StewartGranger as Holmes and Creator/WilliamShatner as George Stapleton, and a 1983 [[Creator/TheBBC BBC]] adaptation starring Creator/TomBaker as Holmes and Terence Rigby as Watson. The [[Series/SherlockHolmes Jeremy Brett series]] adapted it as a feature-length episode in 1988. For the ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' episode, go [[Recap/SherlockS02E02TheHoundsOfBaskerville here.]]
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: Dr Mortimer is skull obsessed, absent minded, constantly accompanied by his spaniel, and has yellow nicotine stained fingers -- but he is also a skilled surgeon of high esteem.

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Dr Mortimer is skull obsessed, absent minded, constantly accompanied by his spaniel, and has yellow nicotine stained fingers -- but he is also a skilled surgeon of high esteem.esteem.
** Mr Frankland is a lawyer notorious for FrivolousLawsuit abuse, who is often either being praised or burned in effigy. He was motivated just for the thrill of the ridiculous nature.
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* AdvertisedExtra: For some reason, the 1950s [[note]](1956 being the date of the current Bernard Tourville's ''Le Chien des Baskerville'' French translation.)[[/note]] to 1990s French Livre de Poche's editions used the anonymous letter as [[https://fr.shopping.rakuten.com/photo/2515805918.jpg cover]], while it is only a minor and non-iconic element of the plot. It was not until the 2000s, when several publishing houses also obtained the rights of ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'', that covers appeared highlighting the titular Hound and/or Sherlock Holmes and/or the mansion (including the newer Livre de Poche editions).

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* AdvertisedExtra: For some reason, the 1950s [[note]](1956 being the date of the current Bernard Tourville's ''Le Chien des Baskerville'' French translation.)[[/note]] to 1990s French Livre de Poche's editions used the anonymous letter as [[https://fr.shopping.rakuten.com/photo/2515805918.jpg cover]], while it is only a minor and non-iconic element of the plot. It was not until the 2000s, when several French-speaking publishing houses also obtained the rights of ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'', that covers appeared highlighting the titular Hound and/or Sherlock Holmes and/or the mansion (including the newer Livre de Poche editions).
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* AdvertisedExtra: For some reason, the 1950s [[note]](1950 being the date of the current Bernard Tourville's ''Le Chien des Baskerville'' french translation.)[[/note]] to 1990s French Livre de Poche's editions used the anonymous letter as [[https://m.media-amazon.com/images/W/IMAGERENDERING_521856-T1/images/I/91KnlHMoVuL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg cover]], while it is only a minor and non-iconic element of the plot. It was not until the 2000s, when several publishing houses also obtained the rights of ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'', that covers appeared highlighting the titular [[https://media.gibert.com/media/catalog/product/cache/926507dc7f93631a094422215b778fe0/c/_/c_9788366116023-9788366116023_1.jpg Hound]] and/or [[https://media.gibert.com/media/catalog/product/cache/926507dc7f93631a094422215b778fe0/c/_/c_9782210772564-9782210772564_1.jpg Sherlock Holmes]] and/or the [[https://media.gibert.com/media/catalog/product/cache/926507dc7f93631a094422215b778fe0/c/_/c_9782035850874-9782035850874_1.jpg mansion]] (including the [[https://www.livredepoche.com/sites/default/files/styles/manual_crop_269_435/public/images/livres/couv/9782253003144-001-T.jpeg?itok=CGAsJLaF newer]] [[https://media.gibert.com/media/catalog/product/cache/926507dc7f93631a094422215b778fe0/c/_/c_9782253003144-9782253003144_1.jpg Livre de Poche]] [[https://media.gibert.com/media/catalog/product/cache/c687aa7517cf01e65c009f6943c2b1e9/c/_/c_9782013225496-9782013225496_1.jpg editions]]).

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* AdvertisedExtra: For some reason, the 1950s [[note]](1950 [[note]](1956 being the date of the current Bernard Tourville's ''Le Chien des Baskerville'' french French translation.)[[/note]] to 1990s French Livre de Poche's editions used the anonymous letter as [[https://m.media-amazon.com/images/W/IMAGERENDERING_521856-T1/images/I/91KnlHMoVuL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_.[[https://fr.shopping.rakuten.com/photo/2515805918.jpg cover]], while it is only a minor and non-iconic element of the plot. It was not until the 2000s, when several publishing houses also obtained the rights of ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'', that covers appeared highlighting the titular [[https://media.gibert.com/media/catalog/product/cache/926507dc7f93631a094422215b778fe0/c/_/c_9788366116023-9788366116023_1.jpg Hound]] Hound and/or [[https://media.gibert.com/media/catalog/product/cache/926507dc7f93631a094422215b778fe0/c/_/c_9782210772564-9782210772564_1.jpg Sherlock Holmes]] Holmes and/or the [[https://media.gibert.com/media/catalog/product/cache/926507dc7f93631a094422215b778fe0/c/_/c_9782035850874-9782035850874_1.jpg mansion]] mansion (including the [[https://www.livredepoche.com/sites/default/files/styles/manual_crop_269_435/public/images/livres/couv/9782253003144-001-T.jpeg?itok=CGAsJLaF newer]] [[https://media.gibert.com/media/catalog/product/cache/926507dc7f93631a094422215b778fe0/c/_/c_9782253003144-9782253003144_1.jpg newer Livre de Poche]] [[https://media.gibert.com/media/catalog/product/cache/c687aa7517cf01e65c009f6943c2b1e9/c/_/c_9782013225496-9782013225496_1.jpg editions]]).Poche editions).

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