History Series / Taboo

* IronicName: A case of [[TruthInTelivision being true to history]]. The series makes it plain that there's little noble, let alone ethical or moral, about the Honourable East India Trading Company. Having the ears of both Court, Westminster and, specifically. the Exchequer ''doesn't'' make them as great or as good as they sound on paper.

* ManBitesMan: James Delaney kills an assassin by biting out the man's throat.

* ParentalAbandonment: Horace had a son that was left to be raised by a family near the docks.

As the war of 1812 is winding down, James Delaney (Tom Hardy), a man who has been missing for 18 years, returns to Britain after the death of his father, and his impending inheritance of Nootka Sound, a strategically valuable strip of land on the western North American coast being sought by the East India Trading Company, the British Crown, and the United States.

* {{Greed}}: The MO of The East India Trading Company can be summed up thusly "scam or undercut everybody out of everything". With a dash or eight of {{Pride}} over doing it, too.

* ExcrementStatement: The late Horace Delaney's response to the EITC's offers to buy his shipping company was to sent them some literal horse shit. James carries on the tradition.

* LackOfEmpathy: The guys over at the EIC think nothing of running slaves to The Americas (despite it being abolished in Great Britain) [[{{Greed}} just to make more money than they already make.]] When it becomes clear that bribes and flattery won't work and James refuses to sell his land to them, they openly (and casually) speak about murdering him like it's become a bothersome inconvenience for them. Worse, it's made more than plain that this is just the standard MO; nothing special. (The only special thing here is how stubbornly immobile James manages to be a roadblock.)

* AdiposeRex: The Prince Regent.
* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: Horace Delaney's passing is largely a matter of business to many, including his daughter.

* DefectorFromDecadence: James used to be a part of the EIC, but he '''despises''' them now.
* TheDeterminator: James Delaney. Has survived at least one shipwreck and two assassination attempts, that we know of. He continues with his obscure quest, allowing only the bare minimum of recuperation.

* {{Greed}}: The MO of The East India Trading Company.

* InadequateInheritor: Everyone assumed that Horace Delaney would leave his few remaining assets to his daughter Zilpha. Instead Zilpha is cut out of the will completely and everything is left to James Delaney, who has been presumed dead for years.

* LackOfEmpathy: The guys over at the EIC think nothing of running slaves to The Americas (despite it being abolished in Great Britain) [[{{Greed}} just to make more money than they already make.]] When it becomes clear that bribes and flattery won't work and James refuses to sell his land to them, they openly (and casually) speak about murdering him like it's become a bothersome inconvenience for them.

* BlackAndGreyMorality: The entire cast consists of characters who engage in murder, blackmail, incest, theft, and betrayal, and the series has just started. James is capable of loyalty and basic kindness, but he's still a dangerous criminal himself.

* {{Pride}}: The EIC and Strange in particular. He seems almost personally galled that James won't sell him the land that he feels he's entitled to, and angrily ''demands'' that James accept his offer for the land, throwing the money in the man's face like a spoiled child who's enraged that he's not getting what wants.

* {{Pride}}: The EIC and Strange in particular. He seems almost personally galled that James won't sell him the land that he feels entitled to, and angrily ''demands'' that James accept his offer for the land, throwing the money in the man's face like a spoiled child who's enraged that he's not getting what wants.

* LackOfEmpathy: The guys over at the EIC think nothing off running slaves to The Americas (despite it being abolished in Great Britain) [[{{Greed}} just to make more money than they already make.]] When it becomes clear that bribes and flattery won't work and James refuses to sell his land to them, they openly (and casually) speak about murdering him like it's become a bothersome inconvenience for them.

* LackOfEmpathy: The guys over at the EIC think nothing off running slaves to The Americas (despite it being abolished in Great Britain) [[Greed just to make more money than they already make.]] When it becomes clear that bribes and flattery won't work and James refuses to sell his land to them, they openly (and casually) speak about murdering him like it's become a bothersome inconvenience for them.

* {{Revenge}}: James' implied motivation against The East India Trading Company. He clearly just ''oozes'' contempt for them, having witness their atrocities and excesses first hand during his time with them.

* DefectorFromDecadence: James used to be a part of the EIC, but he *despises* them now.

* DisappearedDad: James himself, who left his son to be raised by a family near the docks.

* TattooedCrook: James Delaney and Atticus, among others.
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: Horace Delaney died because someone put arsenic in his beer.

''Taboo'' is a 2017 period drama series airing on BBC One in the UK and FX in the US.

As the war of 1812 is winding down, James Delaney (Tom Hardy), a man who has been missing for eighteen years, returns to Britain following the death of his father, and his impending inheritance of Nootka Sound, a strategically valuable strip of land on the western North American coast being sought by the East India Trading Company, the British Crown, and the United States.

The series is produced by Creator/RidleyScott and Creator/TomHardy, who along with his father Edward "Chips" Hardy and Steven Knight created it, and also headlines the cast. Along with Hardy, the series stars Creator/OonaChaplain, David Hayman, and Creator/JonathanPryce.

* TattooedCrook: James Delaney and Atticus, among others.

* TattoodCrook: James Delaney and Atticus, among several.

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* TheParagonAlwaysRebels: James excelled for the first two years apprenticed to the East India Trading Company.
* TattoodCrook: James Delaney and Atticus, among several.
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