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* AffablyEvil: Pot au Feu, the French quartermaster in ''Sharpe's Enemy'' and one half of a BigBadDiumvirate with Hakeswill, is noticeably cordial and welcoming for a deserter, offering to cook for his captives.
** [[Spoiler: Sir Willoughby Parfitt]] from ''Sharpe's Justice'' is another good example and is incidentally played by the same actor.
** [[Spoiler: Sir Willoughby Parfitt]] from ''Sharpe's Justice'' is another good example and is incidentally played by the same actor.
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* NotSoDifferent: In ''Sharpe's Rifles'', Sharpe discovers that he's risking his men's lives for an ancient legend: that if the flag of St James is hoisted at Torre Castro, the people of Spain will rise up against the French. Furiously, he confronts Hogan:
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'''Hogan:''' You do, Richard. You do.
-->'''Sharpe:''' Do you really believe men will fight and die for a rag on a pole? \\
'''Hogan:''' You do, Richard. You do.
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* TakeAThirdOption: In ''Sharpe's Rifles'', the Man in Black presents Sharpe with two rival visions for Spain: A dark, superstitious monastery, or an enlightened, scholarly court. Sharpe replies that he's neither a monk nor a prince, so [[INeedAFreakingDrink he'd choose a tavern]].
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** Arguably, Sir Henry Simmerson, by virtue of appearances throughout the series, serving as a recurring obstacle of Sharpe's in ''Sharpe's Eagle'', ''Sharpe's Sword'', ''Sharpe's Regiment'' and ''Sharpe's Challenge''.
** Arguably, Sir Henry Simmerson, by virtue of appearances throughout the series, serving as a recurring obstacle of Sharpe's in ''Sharpe's Eagle'', ''Sharpe's Sword'', ''Sharpe's Regiment'' and ''Sharpe's Challenge''.
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* FiveManBand: The TV version of Sharpe and the Chosen Men. Sharpe is TheHero, Harper is TheLancer, Harris is TheSmartGuy (he's a former schoolteacher), Hagman is TheBigGuy (not in the traditional sense, but he's the best sharpshooter in a team of Riflemen), and Perkins is TheChick (the youngest and least experienced). Teresa, a partisan, acts as TheSixthRanger until [[spoiler:her death]]. Afterwards, Captain Frederickson fills the role.
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* FiveManBand: The TV version of Sharpe and the Chosen Men. Sharpe is TheHero, Harper is TheLancer, Men:
** TheHero: Sharpe
** TheLancer: Harper
** TheSmartGuy: Harrisis TheSmartGuy (he's a former schoolteacher), Hagman is schoolteacher)
** TheBigGuy / TheHeart: Hagman (not in the traditional sense, but he's the best sharpshooter in a team ofRiflemen), and Riflemen)
** TheChick: Perkinsis TheChick (the youngest and least experienced). experienced).
** TheSixthRanger: Teresa, a partisan,acts as TheSixthRanger until [[spoiler:her death]]. Afterwards, Captain Frederickson fills the role.
** TheHero: Sharpe
** TheLancer: Harper
** TheSmartGuy: Harris
** TheBigGuy / TheHeart: Hagman (not in the traditional sense, but he's the best sharpshooter in a team of
** TheChick: Perkins
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* RealityIsUnrealistic: A perfectly historically correct flintlock lighter, which no-one seems able to identify, shows up in the first episode.
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* MilesGloriosus and TheNeidermeyer: The Army is filled with them because the books and series are set at a time when wealthy men looking for glory bought their commissions and merit-based promotions were extremely rare. The Duke of Wellington is GenreSavvy enough to know when subordinate officers are trying to blow smoke up his ass[[note]]usually when they're trying to disparage Sharpe[[/note]].
** The chief [[TheNeidermeyer Neidermeyer]] for the series would be Sir Henry Simmerson, the original commander of the South Essex Regiment. He's more concerned with superficial things like proper marching and making sure his men stand ramrod straight[[note]]assisted by the use of leather chokers that scar the men's necks[[/note]]. He's absolutely useless in combat and spends every appearance as the ButtMonkey of every character he goes against.
** For MilesGloriosus, Lieutenant Colonel Girdwood from ''Sharpe's Regiment'' would be the prime example. He writes poetry extolling the glory of combat, but has never fought a real battle in his life. Sharpe eventually bullies Girdwood into leading the South Essex into combat, but a near miss from a cannonball reduces him to a blubbering mess.
** The chief [[TheNeidermeyer Neidermeyer]] for the series would be Sir Henry Simmerson, the original commander of the South Essex Regiment. He's more concerned with superficial things like proper marching and making sure his men stand ramrod straight[[note]]assisted by the use of leather chokers that scar the men's necks[[/note]]. He's absolutely useless in combat and spends every appearance as the ButtMonkey of every character he goes against.
** For MilesGloriosus, Lieutenant Colonel Girdwood from ''Sharpe's Regiment'' would be the prime example. He writes poetry extolling the glory of combat, but has never fought a real battle in his life. Sharpe eventually bullies Girdwood into leading the South Essex into combat, but a near miss from a cannonball reduces him to a blubbering mess.
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* TokenEnemyMinority: Major Leroy, an American Loyalist officer in the British regular army at a time when England was still occasionally in direct conflict with the United States like the War of 1821.
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* Archenemy: Arch-Enemy: Obadiah Hakeswill is somewhat downplayed in this role in the series, appearing only in ''Sharpe's Company'' and ''Sharpe's Enemy''. However, the effect he has on Sharpe still lasts throughout the series.
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* AutobotsRockOut: The series' opening theme tune is played on the electric guitar. Sean Bean's credit in the opening titles is announced by a distinctive single chord, and during the closing credits, John Tams' rendition of 'Over the Hills and Far Away' morphs into a full blown guitar solo.
* AutobotsRockOut: The series' opening theme tune is played on the electric guitar. Sean Bean's credit in the opening titles is announced by a distinctive single chord, and during the closing credits, John Tams' rendition of 'Over the Hills and Far Away' morphs into a full blown guitar solo.
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* CallBack: In the first television special, Dan Hagman advises Sharpe to treat an old wound with brown paper and paraffin oil. eight specials later, [[spoiler:when Sharpe has just recovered from being shot]] Dan Hagman gives Sharpe a gift of [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming best brown paper and paraffin oil]].
* DemotedToExtra: Because the TV version of ''Sharpe's Rifles'' introduces Teresa early, Major Blas Vivar's role is downplayed in her favor. In the books, Teresa debuts in ''Sharpe's Gold''.
* DemotedToExtra: Because the TV version of ''Sharpe's Rifles'' introduces Teresa early, Major Blas Vivar's role is downplayed in her favor. In the books, Teresa debuts in ''Sharpe's Gold''.
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* ShoutOut: George Wickham, a military officer and antagonist of ''Sharpe's Justice'', shares a name with a character from ''PrideAndPrejudice'', who is also a military officer and an antagonist.
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** ''Sharpe's Challenge'' is an adaptation of prequel books in which Sgt. Obadiah Hakeswill is the main villain, but is set ''after'' most of the episodes including the one where Hakeswill finally dies, so Sharpe is given a Hakeswill {{expy}} villain who isn't particularly convincing.
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->''Here's forty shillings on the drum\\
To those who volunteer to come,\\
To 'list and fight the foe today\\
Over the Hills and far away.''
To those who volunteer to come,\\
To 'list and fight the foe today\\
Over the Hills and far away.''
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* StandardSnippet: "The Girl I Left Behind Me" is one of the regular leitmotifs.
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[[caption-width-right:220:[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Boromir]] [[Website/YouTube would have survived if he had the ability to fire three shots a minute from his rifle in any weather!]]]]
[[caption-width-right:220:[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Boromir]] [[Website/YouTube would have survived if he had the ability to fire three shots a minute from his rifle in any weather!]]]]
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* BadassLongcoat: Greatcoats were pretty common for soldiers in that period, but Sean Bean made them look awesome.
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* WarriorPoet: Rifleman Harris, created for the TV series, is the closest thing the series has to this trope. In one of the movies, ''Sharpe's Sword'', he's involved in a lengthy sub-plot were he must find a copy of Voltaire's Candide in order to find a French spy. Besides that, he's one of the few literate members of TheSquad, and Sharpe often gets a lot of esoteric information from him, whether he wants it or not.
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* ThrewMyBikeOnTheRoof: The series has both a hero and a villain destroying each other's stuff.
** In "Sharpe's Enemy", Sharpe gets heartbroken, and in utter frustration, he destroys a French spy's glasses. Said spy came to demand that the British surrender. The spy was a jerk ass and had it coming. Nothing to gain from it, except it was a good way of showing the French Jerk who the alpha dog is.
** In "Sharpe's Honour", the jerkass spy plans an elaborate revenge because Sharpe's chosen men and the British army defeated the French in a battle that he thought was an easy French victory. After series of misfortunes, Sharpe ends up caught by the French. The spy smashes Sharpe's telescope that he received from Wellington himself. Nice try doing your revenge and trying to break Sharpe, jerk spy, but it was a bad idea. Sharpe used one broken piece as a weapon and it helped him to escape.
* WarriorPoet: Rifleman Harris, created for the TV series, is the closest thing the series has to this trope. In one of the movies, ''Sharpe's Sword'', he's involved in a lengthy sub-plot were he must find a copy of Voltaire'sCandide ''Candide'' in order to find a French spy. Besides that, he's one of the few literate members of TheSquad, and Sharpe often gets a lot of esoteric information from him, whether he wants it or not.not.
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** In "Sharpe's Enemy", Sharpe gets heartbroken, and in utter frustration, he destroys a French spy's glasses. Said spy came to demand that the British surrender. The spy was a jerk ass and had it coming. Nothing to gain from it, except it was a good way of showing the French Jerk who the alpha dog is.
** In "Sharpe's Honour", the jerkass spy plans an elaborate revenge because Sharpe's chosen men and the British army defeated the French in a battle that he thought was an easy French victory. After series of misfortunes, Sharpe ends up caught by the French. The spy smashes Sharpe's telescope that he received from Wellington himself. Nice try doing your revenge and trying to break Sharpe, jerk spy, but it was a bad idea. Sharpe used one broken piece as a weapon and it helped him to escape.
* WarriorPoet: Rifleman Harris, created for the TV series, is the closest thing the series has to this trope. In one of the movies, ''Sharpe's Sword'', he's involved in a lengthy sub-plot were he must find a copy of Voltaire's
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* EdibleAmmunition: In ''Sharpe's Honour'', Major Richard Sharpe goes to a convent to rescue/retrieve a woman who was set up to accuse him of murder and is actually a French spy. She's held in the kitchen, cooking, and when Sharpe makes his appearance, the nuns attack him with food like chicken and vegetables. Sharpe grabs the chicken himself and uses the classic move of turning around. That's how you fight wicked nuns.
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* FoodSlap: Wine tossed into face, courtesy of Richard Sharpe to two jerk officers in ''Sharpe's Eagle''.
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* FiveManBand: The TV version of Sharpe and the Chosen Men. Sharpe is TheHero, Harper is TheLancer, Harris is TheSmartGuy (he's a former schoolteacher), Hagman is TheBigGuy (not in the traditional sense, but he's the best sharpshooter in a team of Riflemen), and Perkins is TheChick (the youngest and least experienced). Teresa, a partisan, acts as TheSixthRanger until [[spoiler:her death]]. Afterwards, Captain Frederickson fills the role.
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* BattleCouple: Sharpe and Teresa, particularly in some of the TV movies.
* TheBookCipher: A book cipher plays an important role in the TV version of ''Sharpe's Sword''. The key text is [[spoiler:Voltaire's ''{{Candide}}'']].
* DownerEnding: The TV version of what was to be the last episode, ''Sharpe's Waterloo'', included [[spoiler:two of Sharpe's best men and close friends, who had appeared in every previous episode, being killed due to incompetence by the Prince of Orange]]. And then the recent revival ''Sharpe's Challenge'' made matters worse by [[spoiler:killing off Sharpe's wife soon after they were married, whereas in the books they live HappilyEverAfter]].
* EnemyMine: Sharpe and General Calvet in the TV episode ''Sharpe's Revenge''.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Obadiah Hakeswill. Although it's more of an insane fixation. Sharpe, conversely, doesn't seem to care about who his mother was (she's never even named). In the books. The TV adaptation did name her, as Lily, and we learn that [[Series/LifeOnMars2006 Gene Hunt]] is [[spoiler:Sharpe's brother]]. Which explains a lot, really, coz if they aren't [[spoiler: a BadassFamily]], who is?
* FireForgedFriends: In the TV series, Sir Henry Simmerson is one of the longest-running Sharpe antagonists, appearing intermittedly ever since the first episode. However, it's only in the latest episode, ''Sharpe's Peril'', that Sharpe and Simmerson find themselves actually fighting the bad guys as part of the same unit, and after the battle, Simmerson is a good deal friendlier to Sharpe than ever before, actually shaking his hand and calling him "Richard".
--> '''Harper:''' Now I've seen ''everything''.
* TheBookCipher: A book cipher plays an important role in the TV version of ''Sharpe's Sword''. The key text is [[spoiler:Voltaire's ''{{Candide}}'']].
* DownerEnding: The TV version of what was to be the last episode, ''Sharpe's Waterloo'', included [[spoiler:two of Sharpe's best men and close friends, who had appeared in every previous episode, being killed due to incompetence by the Prince of Orange]]. And then the recent revival ''Sharpe's Challenge'' made matters worse by [[spoiler:killing off Sharpe's wife soon after they were married, whereas in the books they live HappilyEverAfter]].
* EnemyMine: Sharpe and General Calvet in the TV episode ''Sharpe's Revenge''.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Obadiah Hakeswill. Although it's more of an insane fixation. Sharpe, conversely, doesn't seem to care about who his mother was (she's never even named). In the books. The TV adaptation did name her, as Lily, and we learn that [[Series/LifeOnMars2006 Gene Hunt]] is [[spoiler:Sharpe's brother]]. Which explains a lot, really, coz if they aren't [[spoiler: a BadassFamily]], who is?
* FireForgedFriends: In the TV series, Sir Henry Simmerson is one of the longest-running Sharpe antagonists, appearing intermittedly ever since the first episode. However, it's only in the latest episode, ''Sharpe's Peril'', that Sharpe and Simmerson find themselves actually fighting the bad guys as part of the same unit, and after the battle, Simmerson is a good deal friendlier to Sharpe than ever before, actually shaking his hand and calling him "Richard".
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* AdaptationalBadass: Lt. Berry from ''Sharpe's Eagle'' is a fat blubbering henchman in the novel. In the TV version he's played by Creator/DanielCraig and a considerably more dangerous villain.
* AdaptationDecay: The films lack the scale of the battle scenes as described in the books due to budget limitations.
* AdaptationDistillation: In the novels, Sharpe saves Wellington's life in India in 1803. This is moved to 1809 Spain for the film of ''Sharpe's Rifles''.
* AristocratsAreEvil: PlayedStraight and Subverted. On screen at least pretty much ever other officer Sharpe meets is an aristocrat, and while many turn out to be antagonists or incompetents, others are honorable characters and become allies of Sharpe. The Duke of Wellington is portrayed in a generally favorable light, and the Prince of Wales, while being portrayed as a total lunatic, becomes a patron of Sharpe's. The trope is further subverted in ''Sharpe's Justice'' in which the villain is not an aristocrat, but a monied commoner who compares himself directly to Sharpe as a man from humble beginnings who rose to prominence on his own merit.
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The TV series uses the term "Chosen Men" a lot more than the novels, where it's just the equivalent of "Lance Corporal" instead of a term for all Rifles.7
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-->"The South Essex. Sir Henry aside, Sharpe, what do you make of them, man for man?"
-->"They're flogged soldiers, sir. And flogging teaches a man only one lesson."
-->"What's that, Richard?"
-->"How to turn his back."
-->"The South Essex. Sir Henry aside, Sharpe, what do you make of them, man for man?"
-->"They're flogged soldiers, sir. And flogging teaches a man only one lesson."
-->"What's that, Richard?"
-->"How to turn his back."
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* InNameOnly: The TV version of ''Sharpe's Gold'', which involves Aztec human sacrifice in Spain.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: The TV version of Sharpe.
-->'''Marie-Angelique''': You are a good man, Richard, whatever you would have the world think.
* SchmuckBait: In the TV version of ''Sharpe's Rifles'', Sharpe gets Harris to make a sign reading "Keep Out" in French, and puts it at the entrance of a booby-trapped building. Sure enough, the next French cavalrymen to pass fall for it.
* TheSquad: Sharpe and the Chosen Men. More prominent in the TV series, where there's only five Chosen Men besides Sharpe and they get a lot of character development, compared to the books where there's a dozen or two Riflemen who are only named and mentioned specifically when needed.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: The intelligence officers who replace Major Hogan in later episodes of the TV show.
* SuspiciouslySmallArmy: In the TV series, the units involved in the battles tend to be rather small, no doubt because of budget constraints. Often works fine when depicting small-unit actions in Spain, breaks down miserably when trying to depict the battle of Waterloo. In ''Sharpe's Eagle'' the entire Light Company is thus missing except for the Riflemen, who were supposed to only be attached to that company - which makes Wellesley's praise for the Light Company unintentionally hilarious.
* WarriorPoet: Rifleman Harris, created for the TV series, is the closest thing the series has to this trope. In one of the movies, ''Sharpe's Sword'', he's involved in a lengthy sub-plot were he must find a copy of Voltaire's Candide in order to find a French spy. Besides that, he's one of the few literate members of TheSquad, and Sharpe often gets a lot of esoteric information from him, whether he wants it or not.
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