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Ladies of Spain"''
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->''"Aye, in that fatal moment of defeat and despair, they heard it, borne from afar through the night air on wings of hope and triumph – the gathering rumble of the [[Creator/WarnerBros Warner Brothers']] fanfare, and on its heels the stirring double flourish of the Korngold trumpet; [[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud woooomph-tara-tee, tan-tara, tan-tee-tan-tan-tarraaah!!]]"''
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->''"Aye, in that fatal moment of defeat and despair, they heard it, borne from afar through the night air on wings of hope and triumph – the gathering rumble of the [[Creator/WarnerBros Warner Brothers']] fanfare, and on its heels the stirring double flourish of the Korngold trumpet; [[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud woooomph-tara-tee, tan-tara, tan-tee-tan-tan-tarraaah!!]]"''
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->''"Farewell and adieu to you \\
Fine Spanish ladies, \\
Farewell and adieu to you \\
Ladies of Spain"''
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* YouGotSpunk: The pirates think this about Vanity after seeing her stand up to Sheba.
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* EverythingsEvenWorseWithSharks: At one point the pirates interrogate Avery by dangling him head-down over the side of a ship while offal is tipped into the water. He decides to bite the first shark to come at him.
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* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: At one point the pirates interrogate Avery by dangling him head-down over the side of a ship while offal is tipped into the water. He decides to bite the first shark to come at him.
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* FixingTheGame: Colonel Blood's troubles start when he is caught using special glasses and marked cards to cheat.
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* AmazonianBeauty: Sheba.
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* AmazonianBeauty: Sheba.Sheba is a tall, full-figured, and beautiful swordswoman.
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* {{Awesome McCoolname}}: Colonel Thomas Blood.
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* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler: Akbar the Damned]] bites it pretty early on in the story.
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* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler: Akbar [[spoiler:Akbar the Damned]] bites it pretty early on in the story.
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-->Six gorgeous feet she was, from the heels of her tight-fitting Italian thigh boots (from Gucci, undoubtedly) to the curling plume of her [[NiceHat picture hat]], breeched and shirted in crimson silk [[{{Stripperiffic}} that clung to her like a skin]], lithe and sleek and dangerous as a panther -- Sheba, the black pirate queen, looking like something out of [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel Comic]] with her lovely vicious face and voluptuous shape, her dark eyes flashing against her ebony skin, smouldering silently as she unsheathed her dainty rapier with its [[ProductPlacement Cartier]] hilt, and posed with the contemptuous grace of a burlesque star, indifferent to the ecstatic sighs and groans of her besotted followers.
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-->Six gorgeous feet she was, from the heels of her tight-fitting Italian thigh boots (from Gucci, undoubtedly) to the curling plume of her [[NiceHat picture hat]], hat, breeched and shirted in crimson silk [[{{Stripperiffic}} that clung to her like a skin]], lithe and sleek and dangerous as a panther -- Sheba, the black pirate queen, looking like something out of [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel Comic]] with her lovely vicious face and voluptuous shape, her dark eyes flashing against her ebony skin, smouldering silently as she unsheathed her dainty rapier with its [[ProductPlacement Cartier]] hilt, and posed with the contemptuous grace of a burlesque star, indifferent to the ecstatic sighs and groans of her besotted followers.
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** And the dialog is frequently TurnedUpToEleven, and usually [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]], as in the very first dialog in the book:
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** And the dialog is frequently TurnedUpToEleven, exaggerated, and usually [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]], as in the very first dialog in the book:
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''The Pyrates'' is a 1983 novel by Creator/GeorgeMacDonaldFraser and probably the single most deliberately TropeOverdosed work of literature in history. Fraser set out to tell ''every single pirate adventure story simultaneously'', and he largely succeeded.
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''The Pyrates'' is a 1983 novel by Creator/GeorgeMacDonaldFraser and probably the single most deliberately TropeOverdosed JustForFun/TropeOverdosed work of literature in history. Fraser set out to tell ''every single pirate adventure story simultaneously'', and he largely succeeded.
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** Colonel Blood might also be considered one of these, except that in real life he was far more of a charming ([[CrazyAwesome and eccentric]]) badass rogue than the novel lets him be.
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** Colonel Blood might also be considered one of these, except that in real life he was far more of a charming ([[CrazyAwesome and eccentric]]) (and eccentric) badass rogue than the novel lets him be.
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* ArentYouGoingToRavishMe: Once Donna Melliflua Etcetera realises Avery doesn't intend to subject her to a fate worse than death she is momentarily baffled, given that he is a stranger with a sword who's burst into her cabin and she is a beautiful young Spanish noblewoman.
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* ArentYouGoingToRavishMe: Once Donna Melliflua Meliflua Etcetera realises Avery doesn't intend to subject her to a fate worse than death she is momentarily baffled, given that he is a stranger with a sword who's burst into her cabin and she is a beautiful young Spanish noblewoman.noblewoman.
* ArrangedMarriage: Senor Etcetera has arranged a marriage between his daughter Meliflua and Don Lardo. Both father and daughter know how Don Lardo looks and his age; but to Papa, it's an advantageous match. Meliflua is considerably unenthusiastic even before she meets her fiance.
* ArrangedMarriage: Senor Etcetera has arranged a marriage between his daughter Meliflua and Don Lardo. Both father and daughter know how Don Lardo looks and his age; but to Papa, it's an advantageous match. Meliflua is considerably unenthusiastic even before she meets her fiance.
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* IdiotBall: Don Lardo on two counts, connected by his [[ArrangedMarriage engagement]] to Meliflua and his greed for her family's wealth.
** Meliflua Etcetera, the only child of a very rich father, points out the first one to Vanity; much of Senor Etcetera's wealth is tied up in English investments and accounts, and Don Lardo is stomping for a war between England and Spain to increase his own wealth and power. But such a war will destroy the very fortune Don Lardo slavers after.
** Don Lardo confides to Enchilada that the only reason he hasn't raped Sheba, Vanity, and Meliflua is he doesn't want Meliflua to write home to her father about it, fearing Senor Etcetera will cancel the cash... ''They're on a flipping island'', [[spoiler:Sheba's stronghold, Octopus Island, in fact]]. No message can get in and out if Don Lardo takes the right steps -heck, he could censor Meliflua's mail all he wants!
** Meliflua Etcetera, the only child of a very rich father, points out the first one to Vanity; much of Senor Etcetera's wealth is tied up in English investments and accounts, and Don Lardo is stomping for a war between England and Spain to increase his own wealth and power. But such a war will destroy the very fortune Don Lardo slavers after.
** Don Lardo confides to Enchilada that the only reason he hasn't raped Sheba, Vanity, and Meliflua is he doesn't want Meliflua to write home to her father about it, fearing Senor Etcetera will cancel the cash... ''They're on a flipping island'', [[spoiler:Sheba's stronghold, Octopus Island, in fact]]. No message can get in and out if Don Lardo takes the right steps -heck, he could censor Meliflua's mail all he wants!
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* MeaningfulName: [[FatBastard Don Lardo]].
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* MeaningfulName: [[FatBastard Don Lardo]]. The guy has ''mass'' -it's a wonder he can walk. Far too often, though, he has more muscle under the flab then the heroes and ladies are strictly comfortable with.
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* MediumAwareness: On page 115, Avery say "I'm the hero. don't suppose you can stab me in the back on page 115, surely?"' (Often spoiled by the format of later editions.)
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* MediumAwareness: On page 115, Avery say "I'm the hero. don't suppose you can stab me in the back on page 115, surely?"' surely?" (Often spoiled by the format of later editions.)
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* OnlySaneMan: Calico Jack, among the pirate captains. Colonel Blood rapidly comes to consider himself this as well.
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* OnlySaneMan: OnlySaneMan:
** Calico Jack, among the pirate captains. Firebeard and Pew suffer from the long-term effects of pre-story brain injuries, Sheba has a nasty and vicious temperament due to her past as a slave and clawing her way up among the pirates, Bilbo, while mostly sane, is obsessed with fashion and swordmanship, and Akbar isn't on stage long enough for us to know more than he's tough enough to be a pirate captain, loves luxury, and is willing to ravish virgin merchandise, lowering its value.
** Colonel Blood rapidly comes to consider himself this aswell.well. Avery is very skilled and tunnel-vision-intelligent, but boy is he gullible, and he doesn't know much about operating in the real world outside his established social and work circles, Vanity is in full "I'm rich and the daughter of an Admiral" mode most of the time, and Shafto -well, he has his own problems.
** Calico Jack, among the pirate captains. Firebeard and Pew suffer from the long-term effects of pre-story brain injuries, Sheba has a nasty and vicious temperament due to her past as a slave and clawing her way up among the pirates, Bilbo, while mostly sane, is obsessed with fashion and swordmanship, and Akbar isn't on stage long enough for us to know more than he's tough enough to be a pirate captain, loves luxury, and is willing to ravish virgin merchandise, lowering its value.
** Colonel Blood rapidly comes to consider himself this as
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* LetsJustBeFriends: Calico Jack and Anne Bonney. [[spoiler:This is how they eventually part after a long relationship, her remaining in her home, and planning to distract and divert the Spanish commander, and him leaving as part of Avery's plan to defeat the Spanish.)
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* LetsJustBeFriends: Calico Jack and Anne Bonney. [[spoiler:This is how they eventually part after a long relationship, her remaining in her home, and planning to distract and divert the Spanish commander, and him leaving as part of Avery's plan to defeat the Spanish.)]]
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* LetsJustBeFriends: Calico Jack and Anne Bonney.
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* LetsJustBeFriends: Calico Jack and Anne Bonney. [[spoiler:This is how they eventually part after a long relationship, her remaining in her home, and planning to distract and divert the Spanish commander, and him leaving as part of Avery's plan to defeat the Spanish.)
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* PirateGirl: Black Sheba
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* PirateGirl: Black ShebaSheba. She clawed her way up to the captaincy and is one of the most feared pirates among the Brotherhood.
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* NobleDemon: Most of the Coast Brotherhood.
* ObviouslyEvil: Don Lardo, in spades.
* ObviouslyEvil: Don Lardo, in spades.
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* NobleDemon: Most of the Coast Brotherhood.
Brotherhood. They have standards, thank you. Including giving the very annoying Blood and the really irritating Avery a fair hearing when deciding whether to execute them or not.
* ObviouslyEvil: DonLardo, in spades.Lardo. The guy has fang-shaped dentures, for pete's sake. When the gold from the native city turns out to [[spoiler:be copper and copper alloy]], he orders the entire settlement to be searched again -he knows [[GenreSavvy there's always a survivor, an old woman or a small boy]]. (He's right, but fortunately, the survivors are long gone.)
* ObviouslyEvil: Don
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* GoMadFromTheIsolation: What happened to Solomon Shafto. The only white guy left from his crew, living around a native tribe, dependent on them for survival but never really part of them, and scared to death they'll learn [[ItMakesSenseInContext he knows how to make wheels]], the pressure on his mind was just too much.
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* GoMadFromTheIsolation: What happened to Solomon Shafto. The only white guy left in the area, the only survivor from his crew, living around a native tribe, dependent on them for survival but never really part of them, and scared to death they'll learn [[ItMakesSenseInContext he knows how to make wheels]], the pressure on his mind was just too much.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: The long list of charges Black Sheba is convicted of (by Judge Jeffries, no less) ends in '...murthers, slaughters, robberies, putting in fear and operating without a Board of Trade Certificate!'
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: ArsonMurderAndJaywalking:
** The long list of charges Black Sheba is convicted of (by Judge Jeffries, no less) ends in '...murthers, slaughters, robberies, putting in fear and operating without a Board of Trade Certificate!'
** The long list of charges Black Sheba is convicted of (by Judge Jeffries, no less) ends in '...murthers, slaughters, robberies, putting in fear and operating without a Board of Trade Certificate!'
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* ArentYouGoingToRavishMe: Once Donna Melliflua Etcetera realises Avery doesn't intend to subject her to a fate worse than death she is momentarily baffled given that he is a stranger with a sword who's burst into her cabin and she is a beautiful young Spanish noblewoman.
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* ArentYouGoingToRavishMe: Once Donna Melliflua Etcetera realises Avery doesn't intend to subject her to a fate worse than death she is momentarily baffled baffled, given that he is a stranger with a sword who's burst into her cabin and she is a beautiful young Spanish noblewoman.
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* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Captain Avery. The mere ''idea'' that [[spoiler:Anne]] wants sex -outside of marriage, even!- is incredibly hard to get through to him, nevermind the concept of using sex to placate her and then ransacking her belongings while she sleeps being irredeemably horrific. Vanity was completely correct when she was certain Avery didn't know how to make out beyond kissing [[spoiler:-which she taught him in the first place.]] As with most things in the book, this is a sendup of both the "perfect" hero and cultural ideals.
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* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Captain Avery. The mere ''idea'' that [[spoiler:Anne]] wants sex -outside of marriage, even!- is incredibly hard to get through to him, nevermind the concept of using sex to placate her and then ransacking her belongings while she sleeps being irredeemably horrific. Vanity was completely correct when she was certain Avery didn't know how to make out beyond kissing [[spoiler:-which she taught him in the first place.]] As with most things in the book, this is a sendup sendup, of both the "perfect" hero and cultural ideals.
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* WorthyOpponent: The reason Black Bilbo spares Avery's life.
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* WorthyOpponent: The reason Black Bilbo spares Avery's life.life; Avery turns out to be one of the very, very few people Bilbo's encountered who can not only keep up with Bilbo in a sword fight, but has the skill to potentially surpass him.
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* WalkThePlank
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* WalkThePlankWalkThePlank: The pirate crews initially plan to have their captives walk the plank. Avery calls it out as being an invention of stories and historically inaccurate.
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* ShoutOut: To ''Literature/TreasureIsland''
* StalkerWithACrush: Sheba.
* TailorMadePrison: Sheba is held for two weeks in a cage suspended above a pond full of ravenous octopods (not octopi; as Our Hero notes, the word is Greek, not Latin. Octopods or octopodes, take your pick), and three hundred feet below the main building, but after two weeks on a starvation diet, she manages to climb up the chain and escape.
* StalkerWithACrush: Sheba.
* TailorMadePrison: Sheba is held for two weeks in a cage suspended above a pond full of ravenous octopods (not octopi; as Our Hero notes, the word is Greek, not Latin. Octopods or octopodes, take your pick), and three hundred feet below the main building, but after two weeks on a starvation diet, she manages to climb up the chain and escape.
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* ShoutOut: To ''Literature/TreasureIsland''
''Literature/TreasureIsland''. Solomon Shafto's obsession with bread and dripping is reminiscent of Ben Gunn's obsession with cheese.
* StalkerWithACrush:Sheba.
Sheba. She ''really'' wants Avery on her arm and in her bed, and she'll do whatever she has to to get him there.
* TailorMadePrison: Sheba is held for two weeks in a cage suspended above a pond full of ravenous octopods (not octopi; as Our Hero notes, the word is Greek, not Latin. Octopods or octopodes, take your pick), and three hundred feet below the main building, but after two weeks on a starvationdiet, diet (only bananas), she manages to climb up the chain and escape.
* StalkerWithACrush:
* TailorMadePrison: Sheba is held for two weeks in a cage suspended above a pond full of ravenous octopods (not octopi; as Our Hero notes, the word is Greek, not Latin. Octopods or octopodes, take your pick), and three hundred feet below the main building, but after two weeks on a starvation
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* MediumAwareness: On page 115, Avery say "I'm the hero. don't suppose you can stab me in the back on page 115]], surely?"' (Often spoiled by the format of later editions.)
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* MediumAwareness: On page 115, Avery say "I'm the hero. don't suppose you can stab me in the back on page 115]], 115, surely?"' (Often spoiled by the format of later editions.)
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* MediumAwareness: On page 115, Avery say "I'm the hero. [[SpoiledByTheFormat (InUniverse) You don't suppose you can stab me in the back on page 115]], surely?"'
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* MediumAwareness: On page 115, Avery say "I'm the hero. [[SpoiledByTheFormat (InUniverse) You don't suppose you can stab me in the back on page 115]], surely?"'surely?"' (Often spoiled by the format of later editions.)
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* MediumAwareness: On page 115, Avery say "I'm the hero. [[SpoiledByTheFormat You don't suppose you can stab me in the back on page 115]], surely?"'
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* MediumAwareness: On page 115, Avery say "I'm the hero. [[SpoiledByTheFormat (InUniverse) You don't suppose you can stab me in the back on page 115]], surely?"'
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* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Captain Avery.
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* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Captain Avery. The mere ''idea'' that [[spoiler:Anne]] wants sex -outside of marriage, even!- is incredibly hard to get through to him, nevermind the concept of using sex to placate her and then ransacking her belongings while she sleeps being irredeemably horrific. Vanity was completely correct when she was certain Avery didn't know how to make out beyond kissing [[spoiler:-which she taught him in the first place.]] As with most things in the book, this is a sendup of both the "perfect" hero and cultural ideals.
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* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: According to the endnotes, Long Ben Avery existed. Also known as Henry Avery, he got away with one of the biggest treasure hauls of all time. Everything else is upgrade. Colonel Blood might also be considered one of these, except that in real life he was far more of a charming ([[CrazyAwesome and eccentric]]) badass rogue than the novel lets him be.
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** According to the endnotes, Long Ben Avery existed. Also known as Henry Avery, he got away with one of the biggest treasure hauls of all time. Everything else isupgrade. upgrade.
** Colonel Blood might also be considered one of these, except that in real life he was far more of a charming ([[CrazyAwesome and eccentric]]) badass rogue than the novel lets him be.
** According to the endnotes, Long Ben Avery existed. Also known as Henry Avery, he got away with one of the biggest treasure hauls of all time. Everything else is
** Colonel Blood might also be considered one of these, except that in real life he was far more of a charming ([[CrazyAwesome and eccentric]]) badass rogue than the novel lets him be.
