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* MissingEpisode: The first two film adaptations (Adapted from ''Literature/TheMurderOfRogerAckroyd'' and ''Theatre/BlackCoffee'') starring Austin Trevor as the Belgian detective have not survived to the present day. A third film based on ''Literature/LordEdgwareDies'' still exists, however.
* MissingEpisode: The first two film adaptations (Adapted from ''Literature/TheMurderOfRogerAckroyd'' and ''Theatre/BlackCoffee'') starring Austin Trevor as the Belgian detective have not survived to the present day. A third film based on ''Literature/LordEdgwareDies'' still exists, however.
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** DeathInTheClouds: The 1935 novel ''Literature/DeathInTheClouds'' is the Trope Namer, and is arguably also the TropeMaker (or at least a TropeCodifier).
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** DeathInTheClouds: The 1935 novel ''Literature/DeathInTheClouds'' is the Trope Namer, and is arguably also the TropeMaker (or at least a TropeCodifier).
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*WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to 'Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks', the original 'Capture of Cerberus' was very different and was rejected by the publisher.
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** ''Trivia/AHauntingInVenice''
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* CreatorBacklash: Creator/AgathaChristie got tired of writing Poirot novels, describing him in 1930 as "insufferable" and in 1960 as a "detestable, bombastic, tiresome, ego-centric little creep". However, since she saw how popular the character was, she felt the obligation to continue giving his fans more Poirot stories, which she did until 1975, one year before her death.
** As the quote at the top of the main article suggests, Agatha Christie much preferred her other character, Literature/MissMarple.
** As the quote at the top of the main article suggests, Agatha Christie much preferred her other character, Literature/MissMarple.
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* CreatorBacklash: CreatorBacklash:
** Creator/AgathaChristie got tired of writing Poirot novels, describing him in 1930 as "insufferable" and in 1960 as a "detestable, bombastic, tiresome, ego-centric little creep". However, since she saw how popular the character was, she felt the obligation to continue giving his fans more Poirot stories, which she did until 1975, one year before herdeath.
**death. As the quote at the top of the main article suggests, Agatha Christie much preferred her other character, Literature/MissMarple.
** Creator/AgathaChristie got tired of writing Poirot novels, describing him in 1930 as "insufferable" and in 1960 as a "detestable, bombastic, tiresome, ego-centric little creep". However, since she saw how popular the character was, she felt the obligation to continue giving his fans more Poirot stories, which she did until 1975, one year before her
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* CreatorBacklash: Creator/AgathaChristie got tired of writing his Poirot novels, describing him in 1930 as "insufferable" and in 1960 as a "detestable, bombastic, tiresome, ego-centric little creep". However, since she saw how popular the character was, she felt the obligation to continue giving his fans more Poirot stories, which she did until 1975, one year before her death.
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Death on the Nile got delayed into 2022, so I'm updating Trivia.Death On The Nile 2021 to Trivia.Death On The Nile 2022.
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* DisownedAdaptation: Christie was reportedly not happy with the results of ''The Alphabet Murders'' (1965) due to its more slapstick tone (mimicking that of the Marple films of the same era which she was similarly critical of).
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I moved Death On The Nile 2020 to Death On The Nile 2021, since it is currently set to release in 2021. The Trivia subpage has also been moved, naturally.
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!!Literature
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!!Films
* ''Trivia/MurderOnTheOrientExpress1974''
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** ''Trivia/MurderOnTheOrientExpress2017''
** ''Trivia/DeathOnTheNile2020''
!!Television
* ''Trivia/{{Poirot}}''
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** As the quote at the top of this article suggests, Agatha Christie much preferred her other character, Literature/MissMarple.
** In-universe in ''Literature/MrsMcGintysDead'', [[AuthorAvatar Adriane Oliver]] delivers nearly the same quote when talking about her own character, a {{F|unnyForeigner}}innish detective with a bizarre quirk (he grates his vegetables before eating them).
** In-universe in ''Literature/MrsMcGintysDead'', [[AuthorAvatar Adriane Oliver]] delivers nearly the same quote when talking about her own character, a {{F|unnyForeigner}}innish detective with a bizarre quirk (he grates his vegetables before eating them).
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* ReferencedBy: In ''[[/Creator/FreemanWillsCrofts Sir John Magill's Last Journey]]'' (1930) Inspector French remarks to a colleague "use your grey cells, as that Belgian would say."
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* ReferencedBy: In ''[[/Creator/FreemanWillsCrofts ''[[Creator/FreemanWillsCrofts Sir John Magill's Last Journey]]'' (1930) Inspector French remarks to a colleague "use your grey cells, as that Belgian would say."
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* OldShame: Believe it or not, Poirot was this for Creature/AgathaChristie, who CreatorBacklash: Creator/AgathaChristie got tired of writing his novels, describing him in 1930 as "insufferable" and in 1960 as a "detestable, bombastic, tiresome, ego-centric little creep". However, since she saw how popular the character was, she felt the obligation to continue giving his fans more Poirot stories, which she did until 1975, one year before her death.
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* OldShame: Believe it or not, Poirot was this for Creature/AgathaChristie, who got tired of writing his novels, describing him in 1930 as "insufferable" and in 1960 as a "detestable, bombastic, tiresome, ego-centric little creep". However, since she saw how popular the character was, she felt the obligation to continue giving his fans more Poirot stories, which she did until 1975, one year before her death.
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* TropeNamer: For...
** DeathInTheClouds: The 1935 novel of that title is the Trope Namer, and is arguably also the TropeMaker (or at least a TropeCodifier).
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