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| 3 | ''The Four'' (少年四大名捕) is a 2008 Hong Kong costume drama starring Raymond Lam, Kenneth Ma, Sammul Chan, and Ron Ng. It's one of the many, ''many'' adaptations of Woon Swee Oan's novel ''The Four Great Constables''. |
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| 5 | The series revolves around four constables in their attempts to solve crimes and mysteries while attempting to bring down the Song dynasty's corrupt and sinister Prime Minister. |
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| 7 | !!Contains examples of: |
| 8 | * AccompliceByInaction: One case centres around this. |
| 9 | * AfterActionVillainAnalysis: Happens multiple times. |
| 10 | * AssholeVictim: Several of the murder victims were thoroughly unpleasant people. |
| 11 | * BigBad: Choi King, the prime minister, is the series' main villain. |
| 12 | * ClearMyName: Three out of the four constables were falsely accused and are trying to clear their names. |
| 13 | * DaddysLittleVillain: Song Zhi Yin is Choi King's adopted daughter, and she's as much of a thorn in the heroes' side as he is. |
| 14 | * TheDragon: Song Zhi Yin, for Choi King. |
| 15 | * EyeScream: [[spoiler: Lam Ruo Fei]] is blinded by Song Zhi Yin. |
| 16 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Huizong_of_Song Emperor Huizong]] is a minor character. |
| 17 | * {{Patricide}}: Ling Siu Kwat kills his father Ling Lok Shi. |
| 18 | * {{Wuxia}}: It's about four constables fighting evil in ancient China. |
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