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* AnAesop: Redeeming yourself from behind the scenes doesn't work. Passpartout and Abigail trying to keep Fogg from finding out about the article only results in his learning of it at the most humiliating moment possible, and Passpartout trying to atone for past mistakes by helping Fogg only make things worse for him. The only thing that actually helps Fogg is Passpartout confessing to his theft as he and Abigail try to get Fogg pardoned.
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* TemptingFate: Both Fogg and Abigail are sure they'll have a wonderful time in Hong Kong. Cue the worst time they've had so far.
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* TemptingFate: Both Fogg and Abigail are sure they'll have a wonderful time in Hong Kong. Cue the worst time they've had so far.far.
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* SentencedWithoutTrial: Fogg is wrongly accused of stealing a valuable necklace and sentenced to a dozen lashes. When he protests that he's an Englishman and entitled to a trial, [[InspectorJavert Donaldson]] contemptuously tells him, "This isn't England. This is Hong Kong!"
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Passepartout's knowledge of Hong Kong proves useful when Fogg's finances are blocked. However, there is a high price to be paid. Abigail's latest article humiliates Phileas at a party in his honour.
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* TheAtoner: Passpartout continues to try and make up for drugging Fogg by getting the money to continue their journey by returning to his former thieving ways. It only makes things worse.
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* AnAesop: Redeeming yourself from behind the scenes doesn't work. Passpartout and Abigail trying to keep Fogg from finding out about the article only results in his learning of it at the most humiliating moment possible, and Passpartout trying to atone for past mistakes by helping Fogg only make things worse for him. The only thing that actually helps Fogg is Passpartout confessing to his theft as he and Abigail try to get Fogg pardoned.
* TheAtoner: {{Deconstructed}}. Passpartout continues to try and make up for drugging Fogg by getting the money to continue their journey by returning to his former thieving ways. It only makes things worse.
* TheAtoner: {{Deconstructed}}. Passpartout continues to try and make up for drugging Fogg by getting the money to continue their journey by returning to his former thieving ways. It only makes things worse.
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* ActorAllusion: Fogg is [[Series/DoctorWho not the only character]] played by Creator/DavidTennant to encounter a one-episode character named [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E7TheUnicornAndTheWasp Lady Clemency]] whose valuable necklace is stolen.
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Passepartout's knowledge of Hong Kong proves useful when Fogg's finances are blocked. However, there is a high price to be paid. Abigail's latest article could humiliate humiliates Phileas at a party in his honour.
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* DefiantCaptive: Fogg manages to maintain a stoic facade in front of Donaldson while maintaining his innocence, even cracking a joke.
-->'''Fogg:''' [''Handing his coat to a guard''] Keep the crease there, that's a good chap.\\
'''Donaldson:''' Is this ''funny'' to you, sir?\\
'''Fogg:''' Not in the slightest. There's nothing the least bit amusing about being flogged for something you know you didn't do.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: It's overshadowed by the drama between Fogg and Abigail, so viewers might be forgiven for not making the connection when Passpartout is nowhere to be seen. He's hidden himself in the governor's mansion, ready to steal the White Dragon that night.
-->'''Fogg:''' [''Handing his coat to a guard''] Keep the crease there, that's a good chap.\\
'''Donaldson:''' Is this ''funny'' to you, sir?\\
'''Fogg:''' Not in the slightest. There's nothing the least bit amusing about being flogged for something you know you didn't do.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: It's overshadowed by the drama between Fogg and Abigail, so viewers might be forgiven for not making the connection when Passpartout is nowhere to be seen. He's hidden himself in the governor's mansion, ready to steal the White Dragon that night.
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* JustInTime: {{Averted}}. Passaprtout and Abigail reach the prison with Fogg's pardon ''just'' as he's about to be flogged, but the guard ''doing'' the flogging hasn't been told to stand down when he's due to start, so Fogg takes one lash before it's called off. This was apparently a deliberate decision by the writing team to avert this trope, while leaving Fogg physically able to travel. What really twists the knife is Fogg's ''desperately'' hopeful look as his companions scream that they've got his pardon.
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* InspectorJavert: Donaldson takes Fogg apparently turning out to be a thief deeply personally, taking great pleasure in Fogg's obvious horror at his sentence and holding him in obvious contempt. Although, in fairness, he promptly calls off the flogging as soon as he's handed a pardon.
* JustInTime: {{Averted}}.Passaprtout Passapartout and Abigail reach the prison with Fogg's pardon ''just'' as he's about to be flogged, but the guard ''doing'' the flogging hasn't been told to stand down when he's due to start, so Fogg takes one lash before it's called off. This was apparently a deliberate decision by the writing team to avert this trope, while leaving Fogg physically able to travel. What really twists the knife is Fogg's ''desperately'' hopeful look as his companions scream that they've got his pardon.
* JustInTime: {{Averted}}.
* NotSoStoic: Fogg maintains a stoic demeanor in front of Donaldson, but in the prison cell he cries while trying to distract himself by reading the newspaper and while Abigail and Passpartout scream that they have his pardon he frantically twists around trying to see what's happening, desperately hoping he might be spared the pain.
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* ATasteOfTheLash: Fogg is wrongly sentenced to a dozen lashes for the theft of the White Dragon. He gets one lash before Passportout and Abigail are able to stop it. He's still moving stiffly and uncomfortably as he heads for his ship cabin and demands to be left alone.
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* ATasteOfTheLash: Fogg is wrongly sentenced to a dozen lashes for the theft of the White Dragon. Appropriately, it's treated as a savage and barbaric practice, especially when Fogg gets a close-up look at a recent victim. He gets one lash before Passportout and Abigail are able to stop it. it, and is left with a nasty-looking and clearly agonising wound. He's still moving stiffly and uncomfortably with pain as he heads for his ship cabin and demands to be left alone.
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->'''Abigail:''' I should have said sorry.\\
'''Passpartout:''' And I should have told him the truth.
'''Passpartout:''' And I should have told him the truth.
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'''Passpartout:''' And I should have told him the truth.
-->--'''Kneedling'''
* {{Cliffhanger}}: The episode ends with Kneedling confronting Fogg at gunpoint aboard the ship to Japan.
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* HonorBeforeReason: Seeing Kneedling, Passpartout angrily returns his bribe money... moments before Fogg reveals that he can't access his own money.
* HumiliationConga: Fogg's troubles begin with being unable to access his own money due to Kneedling's interference. Then, at a garden party thrown in his honour by the Governor where he hopes to get a loan, he's humiliated by his old heartbreak being revealed to the public by Abigail's article. ''Then'' he's arrested for a theft he didn't commit and sentenced to a dozen lashes, of which he mercifully "only" receives one. By the end of the episode, he's in full HeroicBSOD mode and just wants to be left alone. Cue Kneedling...
* HumiliationConga: Fogg's troubles begin with being unable to access his own money due to Kneedling's interference. Then, at a garden party thrown in his honour by the Governor where he hopes to get a loan, he's humiliated by his old heartbreak being revealed to the public by Abigail's article. ''Then'' he's arrested for a theft he didn't commit and sentenced to a dozen lashes, of which he mercifully "only" receives one. By the end of the episode, he's in full HeroicBSOD mode and just wants to be left alone. Cue Kneedling...
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** Abigail is ''thrilled'' when her article is published, and with such prominence! Passpartout tells her it's a brilliant article, but points out that she's revealed deeply personal details that Fogg shared with her under
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** Abigail is ''thrilled'' when her article is published, and with such prominence! Passpartout tells her it's a brilliant article, but points out that she's revealed deeply personal details that Fogg shared with her underunknowingly while under the influence, and that he'll be humiliated when he finds out. After that, she's horrified that she's hurt him this way.
** Passpartout was only trying to help Fogg when he steals the White Dragon to get funds. Instead, he gets Fogg lashed for a crime he didn't commit.
-->'''Abigail:''' I should have said sorry.\\
'''Passpartout:''' And I should have told him the truth.
** Passpartout was only trying to help Fogg when he steals the White Dragon to get funds. Instead, he gets Fogg lashed for a crime he didn't commit.
-->'''Abigail:''' I should have said sorry.\\
'''Passpartout:''' And I should have told him the truth.
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* ATasteOfTheLash: Fogg is wrongly sentenced to a dozen lashes for the theft of the White Dragon. He gets one lash before Passportout and Abigail are able to stop it. He's still moving stiffly and uncomfortably as he heads for his ship cabin and demands to be left alone.
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->'''Abigail:''' I should have said sorry.\\
'''Passpartout:''' And I should have told him the truth.
Passepartout's knowledge of Hong Kong proves useful when Fogg's finances are blocked. However, there is a high price to be paid. Abigail's latest article could humiliate Phileas at a party in his honour.
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* TheAtoner: Passpartout continues to try and make up for drugging Fogg by getting the money to continue their journey by returning to his former thieving ways. It only makes things worse.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Passpartout is revealed to have been a thief for a man strongly implied to be a high-ranking Triad member as he tries to get Fogg funds.
* GraveRobbing: The White Dragon necklace was taken from Jang Liei's ancestors' grave. He's understandably furious and pays Passpartout to steal it back.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: Kneedling is using his position as a police officer to interfere with Fogg's journey by pretending that he's a fugitive. First the bank manager is persuaded to prevent Fogg accessing his money, then the Governor and the chief of police are set against him ''just'' as a valuable necklace is stolen...
* HumiliationConga:
* JustInTime: {{Averted}}. Passaprtout and Abigail reach the prison with Fogg's pardon ''just'' as he's about to be flogged, but the guard ''doing'' the flogging hasn't been told to stand down when he's due to start, so Fogg takes one lash before it's called off. This was apparently a deliberate decision by the writing team to avert this trope, while leaving Fogg physically able to travel. What really twists the knife is Fogg's ''desperately'' hopeful look as his companions scream that they've got his pardon.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Both Abigail and Passpartout in regards to Fogg.
** Abigail is ''thrilled'' when her article is published, and with such prominence! Passpartout tells her it's a brilliant article, but points out that she's revealed deeply personal details that Fogg shared with her under
* ShoutOut: When Fogg protests that he's a British citizen and has the right to a trial, Donaldson tells him, "This isn't England. It's Hong Kong." Which is ''damn'' close to [[Film/{{Chinatown}} "Forget it, Jake; it's Chinatown."]]
* ATasteOfTheLash:
* TemptingFate: Both Fogg and Abigail are sure they'll have a wonderful time in Hong Kong. Cue the worst time they've had so far.
'''Passpartout:''' And I should have told him the truth.
Passepartout's knowledge of Hong Kong proves useful when Fogg's finances are blocked. However, there is a high price to be paid. Abigail's latest article could humiliate Phileas at a party in his honour.
!!Tropes:
* TheAtoner: Passpartout continues to try and make up for drugging Fogg by getting the money to continue their journey by returning to his former thieving ways. It only makes things worse.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Passpartout is revealed to have been a thief for a man strongly implied to be a high-ranking Triad member as he tries to get Fogg funds.
* GraveRobbing: The White Dragon necklace was taken from Jang Liei's ancestors' grave. He's understandably furious and pays Passpartout to steal it back.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: Kneedling is using his position as a police officer to interfere with Fogg's journey by pretending that he's a fugitive. First the bank manager is persuaded to prevent Fogg accessing his money, then the Governor and the chief of police are set against him ''just'' as a valuable necklace is stolen...
* HumiliationConga:
* JustInTime: {{Averted}}. Passaprtout and Abigail reach the prison with Fogg's pardon ''just'' as he's about to be flogged, but the guard ''doing'' the flogging hasn't been told to stand down when he's due to start, so Fogg takes one lash before it's called off. This was apparently a deliberate decision by the writing team to avert this trope, while leaving Fogg physically able to travel. What really twists the knife is Fogg's ''desperately'' hopeful look as his companions scream that they've got his pardon.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Both Abigail and Passpartout in regards to Fogg.
** Abigail is ''thrilled'' when her article is published, and with such prominence! Passpartout tells her it's a brilliant article, but points out that she's revealed deeply personal details that Fogg shared with her under
* ShoutOut: When Fogg protests that he's a British citizen and has the right to a trial, Donaldson tells him, "This isn't England. It's Hong Kong." Which is ''damn'' close to [[Film/{{Chinatown}} "Forget it, Jake; it's Chinatown."]]
* ATasteOfTheLash:
* TemptingFate: Both Fogg and Abigail are sure they'll have a wonderful time in Hong Kong. Cue the worst time they've had so far.
