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* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: In the movie ''The Treasure of Lama Rama,'' Longfinger delivers one when warning Pinky against getting his hopes up: "Hope, Pinky, is a dangerous thing. It leads to disappointment."
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** Longfinger: He's both utterly loyal to Captain Sabertooth and a protective father figure to Tiny, but which of the two is most important to him? In some productions, especially when he's played by Håvard Bakke, he's mostly the father figure and threats to Tiny's safety is the ''only'' thing that can make him go against Captain Sabertooth's orders, but in other productions he mostly the loyal first mate who will abandon or sell Tiny out if Captain Sabertooth commands him to... though he may be reluctant about it.

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** Longfinger: He's both utterly loyal to Captain Sabertooth and a protective father figure to Tiny, Pinky, but which of the two is most important to him? In some productions, especially when he's played by Håvard Bakke, he's mostly the father figure and threats to Tiny's Pinky's safety is the ''only'' thing that can make him go against Captain Sabertooth's orders, but in other productions he mostly the loyal first mate who will abandon or sell Tiny Pinky out if Captain Sabertooth commands him to... though he may be reluctant about it.



* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: In the movie ''The Treasure of Lama Rama,'' Longfinger delivers one when warning Tiny/Pinky against getting his hopes up: "Hope, Pinky, is a dangerous thing. It leads to disappointment."

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* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: In the movie ''The Treasure of Lama Rama,'' Longfinger delivers one when warning Tiny/Pinky Pinky against getting his hopes up: "Hope, Pinky, is a dangerous thing. It leads to disappointment."
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** Wimp: Is he really TheDitz that he appears to be, or is he actually the smarter of the twins but is just too spineless and domintated by the more forceful Wally to show it? Most productions seem to assume the former, but some seem to imply it's the latter.

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** Wimp: Is he really TheDitz that he appears to be, or is he actually the smarter of the twins but is just too spineless and domintated dominated by the more forceful Wally to show it? Most productions seem to assume the former, but some seem to imply it's the latter.
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** Wimp: Is he really TheDitz that he appears to be, or does he actually brain but is just too spineless and domintated by the more forceful Wally to show/use it? Most productions seem to assume the former, but some seem to imply it's the latter.

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** Wimp: Is he really TheDitz that he appears to be, or does is he actually brain the smarter of the twins but is just too spineless and domintated by the more forceful Wally to show/use show it? Most productions seem to assume the former, but some seem to imply it's the latter.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: The franchise has been going strong for quite some time, pretty much all the characters have been played by several actors in various different media, and the various actors have chosen to interpret their personalities a little differently, causing a ''ton'' of this.
** Captain Sabertooth: While it's pretty clear that he's not as quite ruthless and evil as he likes to portray himself, does he put on a performance in order to fool everyone else, or to fool himself? The three actors who have played him have approached it differently: Terje Formoe's Sabertooth is almost childish and gleeful in his boasting and is probably trying, but not quite managing, to fool himself into thinking he has no softer side. Svein Roger Karlsen's Sabertooth is more cartoonishly pompous and bombastic like he actually ''has'' fooled himself and totally believes in his own ruthlessness. Kyrre Haugen Sydness's Sabertooth, by contrast, is more subdued and seems to have accepted himself more as a NobleDemon, though he's still quick to threaten and present himself as worse than he really is.
** Longfinger: He's both utterly loyal to Captain Sabertooth and a protective father figure to Tiny, but which of the two is most important to him? In some productions, especially when he's played by Håvard Bakke, he's mostly the father figure and threats to Tiny's safety is the ''only'' thing that can make him go against Captain Sabertooth's orders, but in other productions he mostly the loyal first mate who will abandon or sell Tiny out if Captain Sabertooth commands him to... though he may be reluctant about it.
** Wimp: Is he really TheDitz that he appears to be, or does he actually brain but is just too spineless and domintated by the more forceful Wally to show/use it? Most productions seem to assume the former, but some seem to imply it's the latter.
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* EarWorm: Oh, so many. The biggest example is without question the original theme song for the pirates (the Norwegian version as a live-action music video [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA1Ds0AhZvo here]], and the English translation [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8szOX9DIIw here]].
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* AwesomeEgo: Captain Sabertooth, in ''spades.'' When you title yourself "King Of The Seven Seas," sing boastful songs about how awesomely gruesome and dangerous you are, and play up the mythical parts of your origin where you hint that you were "born from an eternal fire"... yeah, humility is not exactly your strongest suit. Thing is, though, most often the Captain can actually back up his boasting. True, he isn't quite as dangerous and invincible as he likes to present himself, and he can be prone to childishness and [[LargeHam hamminess]] in that certain way that a villain in a kid's franchise often is... but he is a genuinely good swordfighter and competent ship's captain, he's got a good head on his shoulders and is good at reasoning and deduction. What ''really'' qualifies him for this trope, though, is the fact that his ego refuses to ''ever'' let him give up. He's a {{Determinator}} to the extreme; even when all the odds are against him, even when it's clear to everyone else that he's lost the battle and everyone else would have given up all hope, Captain Sabertooth is still at it, fighting to turn the tables in his favor and taking it for granted that everyone ''knows'' he'll manage. This is probably why, while it's fairly rare for him to score a total victory in his stories (he doesn't get the treasure he wanted, or it turns out to [[WorthlessTreasureTwist not have the value he thought it did]]), he almost never outright ''loses'' either. At the end of the day, he'll at the very least have won some small victory, and he can always sail off for new adventures in the firm knowledge that he'll still the King of the Seven Seas.

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* AwesomeEgo: Captain Sabertooth, in ''spades.'' When you title yourself "King Of The Seven Seas," sing boastful songs about how awesomely gruesome and dangerous you are, and play up the mythical parts of your origin where you hint that you were "born from an eternal fire"... yeah, humility is not exactly your strongest suit. Thing is, though, most often the Captain can actually back up his boasting. True, he isn't quite as dangerous and invincible as he likes to present himself, and he can be prone to childishness and [[LargeHam hamminess]] in that certain way that a villain in a kid's franchise often is... but he is a genuinely good swordfighter and competent ship's captain, he's got a good head on his shoulders and is good at reasoning and deduction. What ''really'' qualifies him for this trope, though, is the fact that his ego refuses to ''ever'' let him give up. He's a {{Determinator}} to the extreme; even when all the odds are against him, even when it's clear to everyone else that he's lost the battle and everyone else would have given up all hope, Captain Sabertooth is still at it, fighting to turn the tables in his favor and taking it for granted that everyone ''knows'' he'll manage. This is probably why, while it's fairly rare for him to score a total victory in his stories (he doesn't get the treasure he wanted, or it turns out to [[WorthlessTreasureTwist not have the value he thought it did]]), he almost never outright ''loses'' either. At the end of the day, he'll at the very least have won some small victory, and he can always sail off for new adventures in the firm knowledge that he'll he's still the King of the Seven Seas.
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* AwesomeEgo: Captain Sabertooth, in ''spades.'' When you title yourself "King Of The Seven Seas," sing boastful songs about how awesomely gruesome and dangerous you are, and play up the mythical parts of your origin where you hint that you were "born from an eternal fire"... yeah, humility is not exactly your strongest suit. Thing is, though, most often the Captain can actually back up his boasting. True, he isn't quite as dangerous and invincible as he likes to present himself, and he can be prone to childishness and [[LargeHam hamminess]] in that certain way that a villain in a kid's franchise often is... but he is a genuinely good swordfighter and competent ship's captain, he's got a good head on his shoulders and is good at reasoning and deduction. What ''really'' qualifies him for this trope, though, is the fact that his ego refuses to ''ever'' let him give up. He's a {{Determinator}} to the extreme; even when all the odds are against him, even when it's clear to everyone else that he's lost the battle and everyone else would have given up all hope, Captain Sabertooth is still at it, fighting to turn the tables in his favor and taking it for granted that everyone ''knows'' he'll manage. This is probably why, while it's fairly rare for him to score a total victory in his stories (he doesn't get the treasure he wanted, or it turns out to [[WorthlessTreasureTwist not have the value he thought it did]]), he almost never outright ''loses'' either. At the end of the day, he'll at the very least have proved himself to be of a better caliber than any of his adversaries, and can sail off for new adventures in the firm knowledge that he'll still the King of the Seven Seas.

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* AwesomeEgo: Captain Sabertooth, in ''spades.'' When you title yourself "King Of The Seven Seas," sing boastful songs about how awesomely gruesome and dangerous you are, and play up the mythical parts of your origin where you hint that you were "born from an eternal fire"... yeah, humility is not exactly your strongest suit. Thing is, though, most often the Captain can actually back up his boasting. True, he isn't quite as dangerous and invincible as he likes to present himself, and he can be prone to childishness and [[LargeHam hamminess]] in that certain way that a villain in a kid's franchise often is... but he is a genuinely good swordfighter and competent ship's captain, he's got a good head on his shoulders and is good at reasoning and deduction. What ''really'' qualifies him for this trope, though, is the fact that his ego refuses to ''ever'' let him give up. He's a {{Determinator}} to the extreme; even when all the odds are against him, even when it's clear to everyone else that he's lost the battle and everyone else would have given up all hope, Captain Sabertooth is still at it, fighting to turn the tables in his favor and taking it for granted that everyone ''knows'' he'll manage. This is probably why, while it's fairly rare for him to score a total victory in his stories (he doesn't get the treasure he wanted, or it turns out to [[WorthlessTreasureTwist not have the value he thought it did]]), he almost never outright ''loses'' either. At the end of the day, he'll at the very least have proved himself to be of a better caliber than any of his adversaries, won some small victory, and he can always sail off for new adventures in the firm knowledge that he'll still the King of the Seven Seas.
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* AwesomeEgo: Captain Sabertooth, in ''spades.'' When you title yourself "King Of The Seven Seas," sing boastful songs about how awesomely gruesome and dangerous you are, and play up the mythical parts of your origin where you hint that you were "born from an eternal fire"... yeah, humility is not exactly your strongest suit. Thing is, though, most often the Captain can actually back up his boasting. True, he isn't quite as dangerous and invincible as he likes to present himself, and he can be prone to childishness and [[LargeHam hamminess]] in that certain way that a villain in a kid's franchise often is... but he is a genuinely good swordfighter and competent ship's captain, he's got a good head on his shoulders and is good at reasoning and deduction. What ''really'' qualifies him for this trope, though, is the fact that his ego refuses to ''ever'' let him give up. He's a {{Determinator}} to the extreme; even when all the odds are against him, even when it's clear to everyone else that he's lost the battle and everyone else would have given up all hope, Captain Sabertooth is still at it, fighting to turn the tables in his favor and taking it for granted that everyone ''knows'' he'll manage. This is probably why, while it's fairly rare for him to score a total victory in his stories (he doesn't get the treasure he wanted, or it turns out to [[WorthlessTreasureTwist not have the value he thought it did]]), he almost never outright ''loses'' either. At the end of the day, he'll at the very least have proved himself to be of a better caliber than any of his adversaries, and can sail off for new adventures in the firm knowledge that he'll still the King of the Seven Seas.
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* EarWorm: Oh, so many. The biggest example is without question the original theme song for the pirates (the Norwegian version as a live-action music video [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA1Ds0AhZvo here]], and the English translation [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8szOX9DIIw&list=OLAK5uy_lFyg6CB3MYiotW7gNAx-__fxCxBQUs6y8&index=1 here]].

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* EarWorm: Oh, so many. The biggest example is without question the original theme song for the pirates (the Norwegian version as a live-action music video [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA1Ds0AhZvo here]], and the English translation [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8szOX9DIIw&list=OLAK5uy_lFyg6CB3MYiotW7gNAx-__fxCxBQUs6y8&index=1 com/watch?v=X8szOX9DIIw here]].
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* EarWorm: Oh, so many. The biggest example is without question the original theme song for the pirates (the English version from the animated movie [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kQgiTV9Fkg here]], and the Norwegian version as a live-action music video [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA1Ds0AhZvo here.]]

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* EarWorm: Oh, so many. The biggest example is without question the original theme song for the pirates (the English Norwegian version from the animated movie as a live-action music video [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kQgiTV9Fkg com/watch?v=TA1Ds0AhZvo here]], and the Norwegian version as a live-action music video English translation [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA1Ds0AhZvo here.]]com/watch?v=X8szOX9DIIw&list=OLAK5uy_lFyg6CB3MYiotW7gNAx-__fxCxBQUs6y8&index=1 here]].
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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: A staple of the franchise, as the stage plays and movies are all musicals, and it was the music that really made Captain Sabertooth popular.

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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: A staple of the franchise, as the stage plays and movies are all musicals, and it was the music that really made Captain Sabertooth popular.
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* EarWorm: Oh, so many. The biggest example is without question the original theme song for the pirates (the English version from the animated movie [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kQgiTV9Fkg here]], and the Norwegian version as a live-action music video [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF3SNCYMj_w here.]]

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* EarWorm: Oh, so many. The biggest example is without question the original theme song for the pirates (the English version from the animated movie [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kQgiTV9Fkg here]], and the Norwegian version as a live-action music video [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF3SNCYMj_w com/watch?v=TA1Ds0AhZvo here.]]

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* EarWorm: Oh, so many. The biggest example is without question the original theme song for the pirates (the English version from the animated movie [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kQgiTV9Fkg here]], and the Norwegian version as a live-action music video [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8u-Ud76ZsY here.]]

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* EarWorm: Oh, so many. The biggest example is without question the original theme song for the pirates (the English version from the animated movie [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kQgiTV9Fkg here]], and the Norwegian version as a live-action music video [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8u-Ud76ZsY com/watch?v=VF3SNCYMj_w here.]]

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* CrowingMusicOfAwesome: A staple of the franchise, as the stage plays and movies are all musicals, and it was the music that really made Captain Sabertooth popular.

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* CrowingMusicOfAwesome: CrowningMusicOfAwesome: A staple of the franchise, as the stage plays and movies are all musicals, and it was the music that really made Captain Sabertooth popular.


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* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: In the movie ''The Treasure of Lama Rama,'' Longfinger delivers one when warning Tiny/Pinky against getting his hopes up: "Hope, Pinky, is a dangerous thing. It leads to disappointment."

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* EarWorm: Oh, so many. The biggest example is without question the original theme song for the pirates (the English version from the animated movie [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kQgiTV9Fkg here]], and the Norwegian version as a live-action music video [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qqILCYDsLw here.]]

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* EarWorm: Oh, so many. The biggest example is without question the original theme song for the pirates (the English version from the animated movie [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kQgiTV9Fkg here]], and the Norwegian version as a live-action music video [[http://www.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qqILCYDsLw com/watch?v=w8u-Ud76ZsY here.]]
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* HoYay: Some of the stage plays have a certain tone between Benjamin and Tully; on more than one occasion they disguise themselves as a married couple (with Benjamin in drag), and Tully gets more than a little gleeful at the prospect of sharing a bunk with Benjamin.

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* HoYay: Some of the stage plays have a certain tone between Benjamin and Tully; on more than one occasion they disguise themselves as a married couple (with Benjamin in drag), and Tully gets more than a little gleeful at the prospect of sharing a bunk with Benjamin.Benjamin.
* JerkassWoobie: Jon Bowie/Boneless from the TV series. He's a bit of a bully and a scoundrel, and notoriously unreliable in a pinch, but he's also the franchise's most obvious ButtMonkey who CantGetAwayWithNothing -- and with the glimpses we see of his domineering mother who keeps pestering him to become a pirate (when he clearly doesn't have what it takes to become one), it does seem like much of his jerkishness is a coping mechanism.

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* CrowingMusicOfAwesome: A staple of the franchise, as the stage plays and movies are all musicals, and there's usually one or two songs that really stand out.

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* CrowingMusicOfAwesome: A staple of the franchise, as the stage plays and movies are all musicals, and there's usually one or two songs it was the music that really stand out. made Captain Sabertooth popular.
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* CrowingMusicOfAwesome: A staple of the franchise, as the stage plays and movies are all musicals, and there's usually one or two songs that really stand out.
* EarWorm: Oh, so many. The biggest example is without question the original theme song for the pirates (the English version from the animated movie [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kQgiTV9Fkg here]], and the Norwegian version as a live-action music video [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qqILCYDsLw here.]]
* HoYay: Some of the stage plays have a certain tone between Benjamin and Tully; on more than one occasion they disguise themselves as a married couple (with Benjamin in drag), and Tully gets more than a little gleeful at the prospect of sharing a bunk with Benjamin.

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