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* TakeAThirdOption: In "Smiley's People", Smiley has already used both of his usual two detailed false-identity passports in the names of Barraclough and Standfast recently. What does he do for the journey home to cover his tracks? Use his ''own'' passport and [[HiddenInPlainSight travel under the name of George Smiley]].
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* PsychopathicManchild: Fawn, who starts out as a quietly lethal take on [[LordPeterWimsey Bunter]], then turns out to be childishly dependent on George Smiley, and finally tips over into viciousness so glaring that Peter Guillam is horrified.
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* PsychopathicManchild: Fawn, who starts out as a quietly lethal take on [[LordPeterWimsey [[Literature/LordPeterWimsey Bunter]], then turns out to be childishly dependent on George Smiley, and finally tips over into viciousness so glaring that Peter Guillam is horrified.
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* ForWantOfANail: In ''Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,'' Operation Testify is botched, but in such a way that TheMole is forced to construct a sloppy alibi. [[spoiler: Because Jim Prideaux was shot, rather than just captured, the confusion over whether he was dead or alive delayed MoscowCentre in getting a message to Haydon. Had it arrived a couple hours earlier, he would have learned of Jim's capture from the ticker machine at his club. When he ''did'' learn of the capture, his club had already closed for the night, and this casts suspicion on him, since he arrived already having known about what had happened.]]
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-->'''Control''': There were three men and [[PuppetKing Alleline.]]
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* HiddenInPlainSight: The Circus doesn't go very far to hide Jim Prideaux, since he takes up his new job as a French teacher ''using his own name.''
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** The Circus doesn't go very far to hide Jim Prideaux, since he takes up his new job as a French teacher ''using his own name.''''
** This is how TheMole in ''Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'' is concealed. [[spoiler: Witchcraft facilitates this. Because it is explicitly an intelligence-trading con, where valuable Soviet intelligence is traded for useless Western information, no one bothers looking closer when the results end up being of phenomenal benefit. This allows the mole to switch the information, providing genuine Western intelligence to Karla through "Merlin" in exchange for useless Soviet intelligence, and con the rest of the Circus into stymieing any attempt to unmask the scheme.]]
** The Circus doesn't go very far to hide Jim Prideaux, since he takes up his new job as a French teacher ''using his own name.
** This is how TheMole in ''Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'' is concealed. [[spoiler: Witchcraft facilitates this. Because it is explicitly an intelligence-trading con, where valuable Soviet intelligence is traded for useless Western information, no one bothers looking closer when the results end up being of phenomenal benefit. This allows the mole to switch the information, providing genuine Western intelligence to Karla through "Merlin" in exchange for useless Soviet intelligence, and con the rest of the Circus into stymieing any attempt to unmask the scheme.]]
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* PuppetKing: In ''Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,'' Control is rendered politically impotent by Percy Alleline's powerful connections in Whitehall. Percy himself becomes this as Circus Chief. [[spoiler: Bill Haydon was really in control through him, using Operation Witchcraft to funnel Western intelligence to Karla.]]
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Haydon can't help but chuckle the entire way through Peter's interrogation by the Circus leaders, where Guillam snarks at Alleline the entire time.
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* CoolTeacher: Prideaux becomes a prep school teacher in ''Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,'' and befriends a student, Bill Roach, to whom he acts like a friendly, older brother figure. When he realizes he's training the boy to become a spy, like he was, [[TearJerker he shoos him away.]]
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* DeadDrop: In ''Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy'', a yellow thumbtack on a ferry indicates that one is ready.
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* ShoutOut: Smiley's go-to alias of "Mr Standfast" - on the one hand, it's mentioned as being in reference to ''Literature/ThePilgrimsProgress'', and on the other, it's the title of one of [[Literature/TheThirtyNineSteps John Buchan's Hannay novels]].
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* AlasPoorVillain: The death of [[spoiler: Drake Ko]]. Sure, the guy was unambiguously on Karla's side, he was involved in a long line of violent crimes over the years, and his mission was quite hostile to Smiley's interests. But at the end of the day, all he really wanted to do was [[spoiler: bring his little brother home safely]]. It's hard not to shed a tear when he meets his death [[spoiler: at the hands of a CIA kill squad, just moments after finally getting to see Nelson again]].
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* AlasPoorVillain: The death of [[spoiler: Drake Ko]]. Sure, the guy was unambiguously on Karla's side, he was involved in a long line of violent crimes and dodgy businesses over the years, and his mission was quite hostile to Smiley's interests. But at the end of the day, all he really wanted to do was [[spoiler: bring his little brother home safely]]. It's hard not to shed a tear when he meets his death [[spoiler: at the hands of a CIA kill squad, grab Nelson away from him, just moments after finally getting to see Nelson him again]].
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** ''The Honourable Schoolboy.'' [[spoiler: Hooray, Operation Dolphin has succeeded. But the Americans have made off with Nelson Ko instead of sharing him with the Circus. Drake Ko's schemes to reunite himself with his brother have come to naught. Fawn assassinates Jerry Westerby in retaliation for his FaceHeelTurn. And George Smiley has been forced out...again.]]
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** ''The Honourable Schoolboy.'' [[spoiler: Hooray, Operation Dolphin has succeeded. But the Americans have made off with Nelson Ko instead of sharing him with the Circus. Drake Ko's schemes to reunite himself with his brother have come to naught. Fawn assassinates Jerry Westerby in retaliation for his FaceHeelTurn.(possibly just because Jerry attacked him earlier). And George Smiley has been forced out...again.]]
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In "The Honourable Schoolboy" [[spoiler: Westerby sends Elizabeth Worthington away before his final meeting on the beach. He promises to meet her afterwards, but the prologue mentions the fates of all the characters but her]].
** Although she is almost certainly the [[spoiler: "English adventuress" prosecuted in Hong Kong for transporting heroin, probably as retaliation for helping Jerry Westerby warn Drake Ko]].
** There's an in-universe example with Fawn, who simply disappears without a trace after [[spoiler: killing Jerry Westerby]].
** Although she is almost certainly the [[spoiler: "English adventuress" prosecuted in Hong Kong for transporting heroin, probably as retaliation for helping Jerry Westerby warn Drake Ko]].
** There's an in-universe example with Fawn, who simply disappears without a trace after [[spoiler: killing Jerry Westerby]].
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In "The Honourable Schoolboy" [[spoiler: Westerby sends Elizabeth Worthington away before his final meeting on the beach. He promises to meet her afterwards, but the prologue mentions the fates of all the characters but her]].
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** Although she is almost certainly the [[spoiler: "English adventuress" prosecuted in Hong Kong for transporting heroin, probably as retaliation for helping Jerry Westerby warn Drake Ko]].
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* RefugeInAudacity: In ''Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy'', one of Smiley's accomplices is sneaking about in a part of Headquarters that he shouldn't really be in. He comes across a door which slams closed on a spring, and remembers Smiley saying "If you have to make a noise, make a loud one." So our man lets the door slam really hard, as if he had every right to be there. No one investigates.
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* AlasPoorVillain: The death of [[spoiler: Drake Ko]]. Sure, the guy was unambiguously on Karla's side, he was involved in a long line of violent crimes over the years, and his mission was quite hostile to Smiley's interests. But at the end of the day, all he really wanted to do was [[spoiler: bring his little brother home safely]]. It's hard not to shed a tear when he meets his death [[spoiler: at the hands of a CIA kill squad, just moments after finally getting to see Nelson again]].
* EnemyCivilWar: The antagonism between the Soviet Union and Communist China is a major plot point in ''The Honourable Schoolboy''. [[spoiler: Karla, being Karla, has a valuable agent planted in China]].
* InSeriesNickname: Jerry Westerby is "The Schoolboy". His mentor Bill Craw is "The Old Craw".
* OldMaster: Control, for the members of the Circus. The Old Craw, for the Foreign Correspondents. Smiley himself gradually becomes this after stepping into Control's shoes as Chief of the Circus.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Several members of the Foreign Correspondents' Club in ''The Honourable Schoolboy''--the Dwarf, Deathwish the Hun, and the Canadian Cowboy--are only ever referred to by their nicknames.
* OutOfFocus: Smiley fades into the background for much of ''The Honourable Schoolboy'' as Jerrry Westerby steps into the spotlight.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Several members of the Foreign Correspondents' Club in ''The Honourable Schoolboy''--the Dwarf, Deathwish the Hun, and the Canadian Cowboy--are only ever referred to by their nicknames.
* OutOfFocus: Smiley fades into the background for much of ''The Honourable Schoolboy'' as Jerrry Westerby steps into the spotlight.
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* RedHerring: Because of the setting of ''The Honourable Schoolboy'', several characters naturally assume that Karla's plans involve trying to infiltrate the British colony of Hong Kong with Chinese aid--or even to outright wrest it from British control. In truth, his plan is a bit less ambitious. [[spoiler: He wants Drake Ko's help in smuggling Ko's brother Nelson--a loyal Soviet mole--out of Communist China.]]
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* FaceHeelTurn: Deconstructed, thanks to the GreyAndGrayMorality, in ''The Honourable Schoolboy.''
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Drake Ko in ''The Honourable Schoolboy''. Though it's debatable whether he's truly "evil", he's in league with Russian intelligence, and he has at least been party to a few violent crimes over the years. But his unconditional love for [[spoiler: his younger brother Nelson]] is a ''major'' redeeming quality, and it turns out that [[spoiler: most of his supposed hostile actions against the West were done to protect his brother]].
* FaceHeelTurn: Deconstructed, thanks to the GreyAndGrayMorality, in ''The Honourable Schoolboy.'''' [[spoiler: Jerry Westerby ultimately goes rogue and tries to help Drake Ko smuggle his brother Nelson--a Soviet mole--out of China.]] However, [[spoiler: Westerby only does it because he wants to save Ko's lover from getting caught in the crossfire, and Ko's only real crime is looking out for his beloved brother.]]
* FaceHeelTurn: Deconstructed, thanks to the GreyAndGrayMorality, in ''The Honourable Schoolboy.
* MeaningfulName: Drake and Nelson Ko were both named after famed British sailors--which is fitting, since they're descended from the "boat people" of Shantou, who historically ran Chinese trade with the West. [[spoiler: Drake Ko ultimately enlists the aid of a fleet of Chinese junk ships to smuggle his brother out of China.]]
* RedHerring: Because of the setting of ''The Honourable Schoolboy'', several characters naturally assume that Karla's plans involve trying to infiltrate the British colony of Hong Kong with Chinese aid--or even to outright wrest it from British control. In truth, his plan is a bit less ambitious. [[spoiler: He wants Drake Ko's help in smuggling Ko's brother Nelson--a loyal Soviet mole--out of Communist China.]]
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Nelson Ko in ''The Honourable Schoolboy''. He only appears--very briefly--in one of the very last scenes of the novel, but he's [[TheGhost mentioned constantly]] before that, and nearly all of the novel's plot indirectly revolves around him. [[spoiler: It turns out that Drake Ko only gets involved with Karla in order to smuggle him out of Communist China.]]
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* TwentyMinutesIntoThePast: ''The Honourable Schoolboy'' was published in 1977, but takes place in 1974. Among other things, the Cambodian Civil War is a major plot point, Lon Nol (who was overthrown in 1975) is said to still be in power, and Gerald Ford is name-dropped as the President of the United States.
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* TwentyMinutesIntoThePast: ''The Honourable Schoolboy'' was published in 1977, two years after the Khmer Rouge seized power in Camdodia, but it takes place in 1974. Among other things, 1974 at the height of the Cambodian Civil War is a major plot point, Lon Nol (who War. ''Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy'' technically counts as well (it was overthrown published in 1975) is said to still be 1974, but takes place in power, and Gerald Ford is name-dropped as 1973), but recent historical events have little bearing on the President of the United States.plot.
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* AccidentalPun: In ''The Honourable Schoolboy'', Jerry Westerby first meets Drake Ko's bodyguard Tiu while posing as a journalist at a racetrack where one of Ko's horses is competing. In every subsequent encounter, he calls him "horse-writer". As he only speaks broken English, he doesn't realize that it sounds like a pun on "horse rider".
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* AscendedExtra: Jerry Westerby in ''The Honourable Schoolboy''. He has a brief role in ''Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy'' as one of the old Circus operatives who Smiley interviews for clues about the Mole's identity, but he reappears as the central protagonist of ''The Honourable Schoolboy'' when Smiley assigns him to investigate Karla's funds in Hong Kong. It turns out that the Mole overlooked him because he was only an occasional Circus agent, making him one of the few field agents whose identity wasn't leaked to the Soviets.
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* TheDilbertPrinciple: Exploited by the Mole in ''Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy''. [[spoiler: Bill Haydon arranges for Percy Alleline to get appointed Chief of the Circus by providing him with seemingly useful Soviet intelligence, knowing that he's one of the most incompetent spies in the agency--and thus, the one least likely to finger him as a Soviet agent]].
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* NotSoDifferent: by the end, Smiley and Karla. [[spoiler:Karla has shown himself to have Smiley's compassion, and Smiley has to use Karla's ruthlessness to exploit it.]] The realization forms the emotional climax of the trilogy.
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* NotSoDifferent: by By the end, Smiley and Karla. [[spoiler:Karla has shown himself to have Smiley's compassion, and Smiley has to use Karla's ruthlessness to exploit it.]] The realization forms the emotional climax of the trilogy.trilogy.
* NumberTwo: The Circus goes through a succession of them (known as "Cupbearers" in Circus parlance). Smiley starts out as Control's second-in-command; Bill Haydon becomes Percy Alleline's second after the fallout from Operation Testify forces Smiley and Control to resign; Peter Guillam ultimately becomes Smiley's second after [[spoiler: Haydon is outed as a Soviet mole]].
* NumberTwo: The Circus goes through a succession of them (known as "Cupbearers" in Circus parlance). Smiley starts out as Control's second-in-command; Bill Haydon becomes Percy Alleline's second after the fallout from Operation Testify forces Smiley and Control to resign; Peter Guillam ultimately becomes Smiley's second after [[spoiler: Haydon is outed as a Soviet mole]].
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* AnimalMotifs: Horses come up quite frequently in ''The Honourable Schoolboy''. One of Jerry Westerby's neighbors in Italy is a horse-breeder, Jerry is said to be skilled at handling horses, Drake Ko owns a racehorse [[spoiler: named after his younger brother]], Tiu repeatedly calls Jerry "horse-writer" after he gets into a racetrack by pretending to write an article about the race, Smiley's management of the Circus is compared to "carrying [a] horse up the hill", and at least one crumbling Circus building is figuratively called "an old horse put out to grass". Two of the chapters are also titled "Mr. George Smiley's Horse" and "More About Horses". Possibly coincidentally, the opium trade figures heavily into the plot; "horse" is a common slang term for "heroin".
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* YouHaveFailedMe: This seems to be Karla's M.O. whenever an operation of his gets compromised.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Fawn drags a would-be wristwatch thief from his car, then climbs out to break both of the boy's arms in ''The Honorable Schoolboy'', to Guillam's horror.
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* HilariousInHindsight: General Vladimir and his group of Estonian nationalists being portrayed as no-hopers.
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* CreatorBacklash: In the prefaces to the republished novels, le Carré argues that Smiley had outlived his potential as a character by the end of ''Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,'' in large part because of real-life changes in the political climate.
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-->'''Prideaux:''' [[spoiler: [[{{Irony}} Known a lot of Bills. They've all been good'uns]].]]
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