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* DaChief: Captain Treville fills this role for the Musketeers.


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* FalseFlagOperation: Richelieu's men ambush a troop of Musketeers on a secret diplomatic mission, steal their uniforms, and commit crimes to make the Musketeer corps look bad. The King is uncritical enough to consider disbanding them.
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* ClearMyName: In the first episode, rogue Musketeers are blamed for murder and robbery, and Athos in particular is arrested. Aramis and Porthos set out to clear his name. D'Artagnan becomes involved to avenge his father, who was one of those murdered.

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* ClearMyName: In the first episode, rogue Musketeers are blamed framed for murder and robbery, harming their reputation in the King's eyes, and Athos in particular is arrested. Aramis and Porthos set out to clear his name.name and that of the corps. D'Artagnan becomes involved to avenge his father, who was one of those murdered.



* ItsPersonal: Of all the Musketeers to frame and be marked for execution, Athos is singled out because [[spoiler:his former lover Milady, who he believes he killed, is among those behind the plot.]]

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* ItsPersonal: Of Out of all the Musketeers to frame and be marked for execution, Musketeers, Athos is singled out to be framed and executed because [[spoiler:his former lover Milady, who he believes he killed, is among those behind the plot.]]



* NoEscapeButDown: Twice in the first episode. Aramis escapes his lover's house this way as her other lover, Cardinal Richelieu, arrives. He's left hanging on the ledge as Athos and Porthos arrive to mock him.

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* NoEscapeButDown: Twice in the first episode. Aramis escapes his lover's house this way through a window as her other lover, Cardinal Richelieu, arrives. He's left hanging on the ledge as Athos and Porthos arrive to mock him.

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* NiceHat: Worn by the men, comes with the genre.
** HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: The Three Musketeers wear hats, as do a lot of the men, but D'Artagnan has yet to. Not even while travelling in the rain, whereas his father does.

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* NiceHat: Worn by the men, comes with the genre.
** HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: The Three Musketeers wear hats, as do a lot of
genre. Except for D'Artagnan, at least in the men, but D'Artagnan has yet to. Not first episode - not even while travelling in the rain, whereas his father father, who is with him, does.
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** HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: The Three Musketeers wear hats, as do a lot of the men, but D'Artagnan has yet to. Not even while travelling in the rain, whereas his father does.
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* LeeroyJenkins: In the first episode, after Aramis, Porthos and D'Artagnan sneak into the mooks' hideout, D'Artagnan rushes out shouting right after Aramis speaks of the element of surprise.

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* LeeroyJenkins: In the first episode, after Aramis, Porthos and D'Artagnan sneak into the mooks' hideout, D'Artagnan rushes out shouting right ''right'' after Aramis speaks of mentions the element of surprise. surprise and tells the rest to wait for his signal.

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* GorgeousPeriodDress: Alternates with HollywoodCostuming. A mix of stately suits and dresses and dark leather. The Musketeers don't wear their traditional blue tabards. The Cardinal has yet to wear traditional bright red Cardinal's robes, his outfit is mostly black with a dark red cape.

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* GorgeousPeriodDress: Alternates with HollywoodCostuming. A HollywoodCostuming - a mix of stately suits and dresses and dark leather. The Musketeers don't wear their traditional blue tabards. The Cardinal has yet to wear traditional bright red Cardinal's robes, his outfit is mostly black with a dark red cape.


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* LeeroyJenkins: In the first episode, after Aramis, Porthos and D'Artagnan sneak into the mooks' hideout, D'Artagnan rushes out shouting right after Aramis speaks of the element of surprise.

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* CardSharp: Porthos is introduced playing at cards with a Cardinal's Guard. He's accused of cheating, and a fight ensues, but the mook was right.

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* CardSharp: Porthos is introduced playing at cards with a Cardinal's Guard. He's accused of cheating, and a fight ensues, but the mook guy was right.


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* DeadlyBath: Milady kills a Spanish envoy this way in an inn, then pins the blame on D'Artagnan, who was staying in the same inn.


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* ImprovisedWeapon: Porthos uses a fork after his sword is nabbed by his opponent.
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* AudibleSharpness: As is common for {{swashbuckler}} media but not in real life.

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* AudibleSharpness: As When swords are drawn, as is common for {{swashbuckler}} media but not in real life.
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* EvilChancellor: Richelieu, who believes he's acting for the good of France.

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* EvilChancellor: Richelieu, the First Minister, who believes he's acting for the good of France.France. He doesn't seek the throne, he only wants to control it.



* WarForFunAndProfit: Richelieu has his agents steal secret letters from the King for his counterpart in Spain, proposing peace between their countries. When the King finds out they're missing, he admits all to the Cardinal, who convinces him to let the war continue to show France is strong.

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* WarForFunAndProfit: Richelieu has his agents steal secret letters from the King for his counterpart in Spain, proposing peace between their countries. When the King finds out they're missing, he admits all to the Cardinal, who convinces him to let the war continue to show France is strong.strong - and so his hold over the King is reinforced.

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* CardSharp: Porthos is introduced playing at cards with a Cardinal's Guard. He's accused of cheating, and a fight ensues, but the mook was right.



* DrowningMySorrows: In his first scene, Athos's room is strewn with wine bottles, and later he doesn't carouse with the rest, drinking alone and thinking of his lost love.
* EliteArmy: The King's Musketeers and the Cardinal's Red Guards.



* FemmeFatale: Milady, the alluring agent of the Cardinal.

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* FemmeFatale: Milady, the alluring agent of the Cardinal. She seduces D'Artagnan in short order.
* FirstNameBasis: The King can call Cardinal Richelieu Armand. So can his mistress.



* GorgeousPeriodDress: Alternates with HollywoodCostuming. A mix of stately robes and dresses, embroidered vests, and dark leather. The Musketeers don't wear their traditional blue tabards. The Cardinal has yet to wear traditional bright red Cardinal's robes, his outfit is mostly black with a dark red cape.

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* GorgeousPeriodDress: Alternates with HollywoodCostuming. A mix of stately robes suits and dresses, embroidered vests, dresses and dark leather. The Musketeers don't wear their traditional blue tabards. The Cardinal has yet to wear traditional bright red Cardinal's robes, his outfit is mostly black with a dark red cape.cape.
* ItsPersonal: Of all the Musketeers to frame and be marked for execution, Athos is singled out because [[spoiler:his former lover Milady, who he believes he killed, is among those behind the plot.]]



* TheMistress: Being a cardinal doesn't stop Richelieu from having a mistress, Adele Bessett. Not that she lasts too long...

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* TheMistress: Being a cardinal Cardinal doesn't stop Richelieu from having a mistress, Adele Bessett. Not that she lasts too long...long...
* NamedByTheAdaptation: D'Artagnan's father is named [[MythologyGag Alexandre]], while D'Artagnan himself is [[LastNameBasis only known by his surname]].


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* WarForFunAndProfit: Richelieu has his agents steal secret letters from the King for his counterpart in Spain, proposing peace between their countries. When the King finds out they're missing, he admits all to the Cardinal, who convinces him to let the war continue to show France is strong.

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* AudibleSharpness: As is common for {{swashbuckler}} media but not in real life, swords go ''schinggg'' when drawn.

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* AudibleSharpness: As is common for {{swashbuckler}} media but not in real life, swords go ''schinggg'' when drawn.life.



* BetterManhandleTheMurderWeapon: D'Artagnan is tricked into this.



* ClearMyName: In the first episode, Musketeers are being framed for murders, including Athos.

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* ChekhovsGun: A literal gun in the first episode. Aramis leaves his pistol in his lover's house and it leads to her death.
* ClearMyName: In the first episode, rogue Musketeers are being framed blamed for murders, including Athos.murder and robbery, and Athos in particular is arrested. Aramis and Porthos set out to clear his name. D'Artagnan becomes involved to avenge his father, who was one of those murdered.
* CrashIntoHello: How D'Artagnan meets Constance Bonacieux, followed by a FakeOutMakeOut to escape pursuers.



* GorgeousPeriodDress: Alternates with HollywoodCostuming. A mix of stately robes and dresses, embroidered vests, and dark leather.

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* GoodScarsEvilScars: Aramis has a few on his body, the ladies think it makes him look dashing.
* GorgeousPeriodDress: Alternates with HollywoodCostuming. A mix of stately robes and dresses, embroidered vests, and dark leather. The Musketeers don't wear their traditional blue tabards. The Cardinal has yet to wear traditional bright red Cardinal's robes, his outfit is mostly black with a dark red cape.



* NiceHat: Worn by the men to look dashing, comes with the genre.
* NonUniformUniform: Apparently Musketeers don't wear matching uniforms with tabards like in most depictions, shoulder guards with matching logos are the closest their outfits come to it.

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* NiceHat: Worn by the men to look dashing, men, comes with the genre.
* NoEscapeButDown: Twice in the first episode. Aramis escapes his lover's house this way as her other lover, Cardinal Richelieu, arrives. He's left hanging on the ledge as Athos and Porthos arrive to mock him.
** SuperWindowJump: D'Artagnan then leaps out of a closed window after being blamed for a murder himself.
* NonUniformUniform: Apparently Musketeers don't wear matching uniforms with blue tabards like in most depictions, shoulder guards with matching logos are the closest their outfits come to it.



* ShotAtDawn: Athos is sentenced to death by firing squad, but he's saved of course.

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* ShirtlessScene: Aramis is introduced with one, dallying with the Cardinal's own mistress.
* ShotAtDawn: Athos is sentenced to death by firing squad, squad in the first episode, but he's saved of course.course.
* SwordSparks: During swordfights at night.
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* YourCheatingHeart: At some point, Queen Anne and Aramis are supposedly going to develop feelings for each other - although, considering the state her marriage is in by this point, you can hardly blame Anne.

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* YourCheatingHeart: At some point, Queen Anne and Aramis are supposedly going to develop feelings for each other - although, considering the state her marriage is in by this point, you can hardly blame Anne.Anne for trying to make an emotional connection with ''someone.''

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* LikeBrotherAndSister: WordOfGod states that Louis XIII and Queen Anne are this, when they're not at odds with each other. Which is a bit awkward, considering they've been married ten years and ''still'' haven't produced an heir...



* YourCheatingHeart: At some point, Queen Anne and Aramis are supposedly going to develop feelings for each other - although, considering the state her marriage is in by this point, you can hardly blame Anne.



* YouKilledMyFather: D'Artagnan thinks Athos killed his father, but an agent of Richelieu did it.

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* YouKilledMyFather: D'Artagnan thinks Athos killed his father, father - but in fact it was an agent of Richelieu that did it.
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* TheMistress: Being a cardinal doesn't stop Richelieu from having a mistress, Adele Bessett. Not that she lasts too long...
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The cast includes [[Series/{{Skins}} Luke Pasqualino]] (D'Artagnan), Tom Burke (Athos), Howard Charles (Porthos), [[Series/{{Merlin}} Santiago Cabrera]] (Aramis), Maimie [=McCoy=] (Milady de Winter) and Creator/PeterCapaldi (Cardinal Richelieu).

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The cast includes [[Series/{{Skins}} Luke Pasqualino]] (D'Artagnan), Tom Burke (Athos), Howard Charles (Porthos), [[Series/{{Merlin}} Santiago Santiago]] [[Series/{{Heroes}} Cabrera]] (Aramis), Maimie [=McCoy=] (Milady de Winter) and Creator/PeterCapaldi (Cardinal Richelieu).
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* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: How Richelieu disposes of a mook who [[YouHaveFailedMe failed him]] and was [[YouKnowTooMuch threatening to blab]].
* YouHaveFailedMe: Not only does Richelieu poison the aforementioned mook, he also has his mistress shot for disloyalty.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: The Czech Republic stands in for 17th-century France.
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* NonUniformUniforms: Apparently Musketeers don't wear matching uniforms with tabards like in most depictions, shoulder guards with matching logos are the closest their outfits come to it.

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* FemmeFatale: Milady, the alluring agent of the Cardinal.
* GorgeousPeriodDress: Alternates with HollywoodCostuming. A mix of stately robes and dresses, embroidered vests, and dark leather.
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* NiceHat: Worn by the men to look dashing, comes with the genre.
* NonUniformUniforms: Apparently Musketeers don't wear matching uniforms with tabards like in most depictions, shoulder guards with matching logos are the closest their outfits come to it.

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* AudibleSharpness: As is common for {{swashbuckler}} media but not in real life, swords go ''schinggg'' when drawn.
* BeardOfEvil: Cardinal Richelieu sports a moustache and goatee, like in real life.



* DeathByAdaptation: D'Artagnan's father, yet again.
* RaceLift: Porthos. Inspired by Alexandre Dumas's father being a part-black Frenchman who became a general.
* {{Swashbuckler}}

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* DeathByAdaptation: D'Artagnan's father, yet again.
again, like in the [[Film/TheThreeMusketeers1993 1993]] and [[Film/TheMusketeer 2001]] movie versions.
* EvilChancellor: Richelieu, who believes he's acting for the good of France.
* FakeNationality: All the main roles are played by British actors.
* RaceLift: Porthos. Inspired Porthos is played by an actor of black descent. WordOfGod says it was inspired by Alexandre Dumas's father being a part-black Frenchman who became a general.
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ShotAtDawn: Athos is sentenced to death by firing squad, but he's saved of course.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Creator/PeterCapaldi was cast in ''Series/DoctorWho'' as the Doctor while making this series. So Richelieu will not be returning for a second, should this be renewed, and the writers had to adjust their plans.
* YouKilledMyFather: D'Artagnan thinks Athos killed his father, but an agent of Richelieu did it.
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See [[TheThreeMusketeers here]] for more adaptations.

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The cast includes [[Series/{{Skins}} Luke Pasqualino]] (D'Artagnan), Tom Burke (Athos), Howard Charles (Porthos), [[Series/{{Merlin}} Santiago Cabrera]] (Aramis), Maimie McCoy (Milady de Winter) and Creator/PeterCapaldi (Cardinal Richelieu).

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The cast includes [[Series/{{Skins}} Luke Pasqualino]] (D'Artagnan), Tom Burke (Athos), Howard Charles (Porthos), [[Series/{{Merlin}} Santiago Cabrera]] (Aramis), Maimie McCoy [=McCoy=] (Milady de Winter) and Creator/PeterCapaldi (Cardinal Richelieu).
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''The Musketeers'' is a 2014 series from the Creator/{{BBC}}, loosely based on the classic adventure novel ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'' by Creator/AlexandreDumas. It began airing in January 2014 and is slated for 10 episodes.

The cast includes [[Series/{{Skins}} Luke Pasqualino]] (D'Artagnan), Tom Burke (Athos), Howard Charles (Porthos), [[Series/{{Merlin}} Santiago Cabrera]] (Aramis), Maimie McCoy (Milady de Winter) and Creator/PeterCapaldi (Cardinal Richelieu).
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!!'''This show contains examples of:'''

* ClearMyName: In the first episode, Musketeers are being framed for murders, including Athos.
* DeathByAdaptation: D'Artagnan's father, yet again.
* RaceLift: Porthos. Inspired by Alexandre Dumas's father being a part-black Frenchman who became a general.
* {{Swashbuckler}}

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