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3 | ''Campion'' was a British series, adapted from the Literature/AlbertCampion books by Margery Allingham, which ran between 1989 and 1990, and featured Creator/PeterDavison as Albert Campion; outwardly IdleRich, but in reality a GentlemanAdventurer [[WeHelpTheHelpless who is willing to sell his skills to anyone in trouble]]. Aside from his enquiring mind and deductive abilities, his main attribute is his incredible range and depth of contacts, ranging from low class criminals up to the Chief Constables of a number of police forces. He was assisted on most of his adventurers by Magersfontein Lugg -- a burglar turned valet. |
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5 | !!This show provides examples of: |
6 | * AffablyEvil: Many of the villains. |
7 | * AssholeVictim: |
8 | ** The victim in "The Case of the Late Pig" was at school with Campion and used to bully him, at one point holding Campion over a gas jet until he fainted. |
9 | ** Also [[spoiler: Cousin George]] in "Police at the Funeral" |
10 | * BattleButler: Lugg. Also Scatty Williams in "Sweet Danger." |
11 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: Campion might act like a silly ass and compulsively make jokes, but you never should underestimate his mental or physical capabilities. Ever. |
12 | * BluffingTheMurderer |
13 | * BodyDouble: Campion employs one of these in [[spoiler: "Sweet Danger"]] |
14 | * BritishBrevity: Only two series, each consisting of four stories. |
15 | * CoolCar: A red 1932 Lagonda 16/80 |
16 | * CordonBleughChef: Lugg. Herrings in tomato sauce for a start... |
17 | ** As strange as it sounds, herring in tomato sauce is a thing you can [[https://www.amazon.com/MW-Polar-Herring-Tomato-6-Ounce/dp/B004TDU0RW?th=1 buy premade.]] |
18 | * CruelAndUnusualDeath: In "Sweet Danger," [[spoiler:the evil tycoon]] is crushed by a mill wheel. It is not nice. |
19 | * DeadpanSnarker: Inspector Oates |
20 | * DetectiveDrama: Not exclusively, but a number of the episodes did revolve around the traditional whodunnit format. |
21 | * DidNotGetTheGirl: All the women Campion's interested in end up falling in love with one of Campion's [[TheLancer friends/clients]], except for Amanda Fitton (but they never did any of the stories a few years down the line where Campion and Amanda actually start dating). |
22 | * DoItYourselfThemeTune: In the first series, the theme song (consisting solely of the word 'la') was sung by Peter Davison. |
23 | * FreudianTrio: Lugg is the Id, Stanislaus the Superego, and Campion the Ego |
24 | * FriendOnTheForce: Technically, Campion is friends ''with'' the force, as he lives next door to a police station. A more specific friend is Detective Inspector Stanislaus Oates, who takes Albert's calls and even saves his neck from time to time. |
25 | * GentlemanDetective: Campion, obviously. |
26 | * IHaveManyNames: Campion has used many pseudonyms including 'Christopher Twelvetrees' and 'Orlando'. Even 'Albert Campion' itself is a pseudonym. |
27 | * IronLady: Mrs. Faraday in "Police at the Funeral" |
28 | * TheJeeves: Subverted with Lugg. If anything, he's a PersonalMook. |
29 | * JoinOrDie: Campion receives one from the mastermind in "Mystery Mile." |
30 | * KarmicDeath: Happens to many of the villains. |
31 | * LightsOffSomebodyDies: In "Death of a Ghost." |
32 | * LockedRoomMystery: In "Flowers For The Judge." |
33 | * LondonGangster: Plenty of these. |
34 | * MacGuffin: The Gyrth Chalice in "Look to the Lady". The Crown, the Charter, and Metternich's Receipt in "Sweet Danger". |
35 | * MacGuffinGuardian: Is the guardian of the Gyrth Chalice real, or just a legend and a set of coincidences? It's left up to you to decide... |
36 | * NewOldFlame: Janet Pursuivant in "The Case of the Late Pig" |
37 | * ObfuscatingStupidity: Campion's stock in trade. By the time his enemies have seen beyond the glasses and the frivolous remarks, it's generally too late. |
38 | * PresentCompanyExcluded |
39 | -->'''Lugg:''' It's all nobs and nobodies with him, I can't stand either of them. Begging your pardon, ma'am, and present company excluded. |
40 | -->'''Noblewoman:''' Do you like anybody? Present company excluded? |
41 | -->'''Lugg:''' Suppose I must. Be hard to name any names though. |
42 | * RecruitingTheCriminal: Thos. T. Knapp in "Mystery Mile." |
43 | * ReformedCriminal: Lugg used to be a catburglar. |
44 | * SarcasticDevotee: Lugg |
45 | * SharpDressedMan: Goes with being a GentlemanDetective |
46 | * SmokeOut: Campion uses smoke bombs when his compatriots decide to deviate from his more subtle plan and go on a RoaringRampageOfRescue. |
47 | * TechnicalPacifist: Campion has a 'rule' not to kill -- partly because of his arrangement with the police and partly because it just wouldn't be gentlemanly -- but he's quite ready to punch people into the wall. And the table. And [[CombatPragmatist the bookshelf...]] |
48 | ** Part of the conflict in "Mystery Mile" comes from the 'kill or be killed' situation he ends up in. |
49 | * TheVicar: Swithin Cush in "Mystery Mile." |
50 | * VillainousWidowsPeak: Peaky Doyle in "Sweet Danger." |
51 | * VitriolicBestBuds: Campion and Lugg. If they're not insulting each other, something's wrong... |
52 | * WeHelpTheHelpless: Campion's business card reads: Coups neatly executed. Nothing sordid, vulgar, or plebeian. Deserving cases preferred. Police no object. |
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