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1	Governor Croque has stolen a cashé of gold from America and it keeping it in his vault. It's up to the Daring Dragoon to pull a heist.
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3	!Tropes featured in this episode:
4	* AnachronismStew: Jack references Santa Claus.
5	* BadBoss: Captain Brogard has taken to sparing with his men with real swords. By the time Croque comes to check up on him, there is a pile of bodies.
6	--> '''Governor Croque:''' When I agreed to let you train with my men Captain, I expected them back.
7	* BeenThereShapedHistory: Jack claims that he saved Benjamin Franklin from electrocution and took a bullet for Washington at Delaware.
8	* BetterTheDevilYouKnow: Jack and Emilie save Croque from an assassination attempt at the start of the episode because for as annoying as Croque is for their mission, he's just {{harmless\|Villain}} enough where if he dies, Napoleon might replace him with someone who could be a genuine threat.
9	* CrazyPrepared: Captain Brogard rips of the Daring Dragoon's mask... [[TheUnreveal revealing a duplicate mask underneath]].
10	* DidntThinkThisThrough: Annie's go-to for everything is to whip out a gun and shoot the source of her anger in public, never mind the consequences. It almost becomes a RunningGag.
11	* HeistEpisode: Croque keeps stolen American gold in his personal vault and its up to Jack and Emilie to steal and return it before it bolsters the Empire's economy.
12	* JustFollowingOrders: While Emilie thinks of using the gold to set Annie's parents free, Jack would rather send it all back to America because the President told him to. He eventually relents and uses ''some'' of the gold to pay their bail.
13	* {{Pun}}: When Croque proposes a toast to himself, Jack calls it a "french toast."
14	* SchizoTech: Croque's vault comes with a ClockPunk alarm that drops metal pearls into a pan when set off at the wrong time.
15	* ShoutOut: Jack refers to Annie as "[[Theatre/{{Annie}} Little Orphan Annie]]."
16	* UngratefulBitch: Jack and Emilie manage to save Annie from being executed by saving Croque ([[BetterTheDevilYouKnow not to mention keeping Palau-Palau from getting a more dangerous Governor to replace him]]), she responds by trying to shoot them for ruining her vengeance.

Context Recap / JackOfAllTradesS1E5ThePeoplesDragoon