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This is discussion archived from a time before the current discussion method was installed.


I want to discuss some thing that I think are wrong in this page:

1. In the description of Don Quixote they say: "His family captures him and tries to bring him back to sanity (by often brutal methods)", but in the book, only Don Quixote's friends "capture him" (they make Don Quixote believe that he is enchanted) and Sanson Carrasco defeats him in combat (and he is only taking revenge because don Quixote defeated him in the same manner some time ago). In the book, Don Quixote's family and friends are good people who care about him and not the family's reputation, (he is a poor hidalgo, he doesn't have any reputation to care about).

2. In the trope "Wanting Is Better Than Having": Don Quixote perceives this as a common theme for a knight and his lady. "To love... pure and chaste from afar." This is a quote from the Man Of La Mancha musical, not from the book.

3. In the trope "Expy", I think the Billy Mayes theme must be put in a "No Celebrities were harmed " trope.

I think it's better to discuss those points that edit them directly, so I want to invite you to discuss them and if you think they are in the correct trope or work page.

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