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* RunawayBride: This was part of Raven Sherman's back story. She ran around away from a society wedding; fleeing to China and setting up a medical mission

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* RunawayBride: This was part of Raven Sherman's back story. She ran around away from a society wedding; fleeing to China and setting up a medical missionmission.
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* DisguisedInDrag: CreepyCrossdresser Sanjak works for the Axis and impersonates a male pilot to infiltrate Terry's Air Force base.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: CreepyCrossdresser Sanjak dresses like a man and wears a monocle that she uses to hypnotise people; most notably Terry's girlfriend April. Her use of a monocle carries some interesting connotations, as in the early 20th century, a woman wearing a monocle would most likely be assumed to be a lesbian.
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* WhipItGood: The whip was Papa Pyzon's weapon of choice.
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* EagleSquadron: AcePilot Dude Hennick is introduced having been helping train Chinese pilots in southwestern China.
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Removed Bald Of Awesome as its been renamed and redefined per a TRS decision


* BaldOfAwesome: Dude Hennick; some of Cap'n Blaze's disguises.
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* HypnotizeThePrincess: Sanjak does this to April Kane.
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Captain Judas

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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Captain JudasJudas.
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* UptownGirl: Normandie Drake is an heiress and Pat's true love. They grew close when he worked for her father. Her high society aunt refused to see her marry a "commoner" and forced her into an ArrangedMarriage to the weak-willed Tony Sandhurst.
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* ArrangedMarriage: Normandie Drake is an heiress and Pat's true love. They grew close when he worked for her father. Her high society aunt refused to see her marry a "commoner" and forced her into an arranged marriage to the weak-willed Tony Sandhurst. When She and Pat meet again, she is pregnant with Tony's child and is committed to the marriage. When they meet again during the War, Normandie's child Merilly is four years old. When she discovers that Tony is working with the Axis Powers, Normandie still refuses to divorce him.
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* DragonLady: The TropeNamer. And TropeMaker (along with ''Literature/FuManchu''). According to Trina Robbin's "Tender Mercies: Women Who Kill", the character was based on the real Lai Choi San, who was a rather successful pirate active in the China seas in the 1920s and 1930s.

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* DragonLady: The TropeNamer. And TropeMaker (along with ''Literature/FuManchu''). According to Trina Robbin's "Tender Robbins' ''Tender Mercies: Women Who Kill", Kill'', the character was based on the real Lai Choi San, who was a rather successful pirate active in the China seas in the 1920s and 1930s.



%%* SouthernBelle: April Kane.

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%%* * SouthernBelle: April Kane.



%%* TwoFistedTales

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%%* * TwoFistedTales
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* TongueTrauma: The event itself is not depicted, but the reason why Big Stoop is [[TheSpeechless mute]] is that he was once a servant of the Dragon Lady; she cut out his tongue when he was young, earning his hatred.
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Adaptations include a radio drama that ran from 1937 to 1948, a 1940 film serial, and a 1953 TV miniseries.

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Adaptations include a radio drama that ran from 1937 to 1948, a [[Film/TerryAndThePirates 1940 film serial, serial]], and a 1953 TV miniseries.

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Adaptations include a radio drama that ran from 1937 to 1948, a 1940 film serial, and a 1953 TV miniseries.

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* UsefulNotes/SecondSinoJapaneseWar: Many strips in the late 30s had the heroes fighting the Japanese (just referred to as 'the invaders' prior to Pearl Harbor because of the strip's isolationist editor). The Dragon Lady even gives up piracy to become a freedom fighter.



%%* UsefulNotes/WorldWarII
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* HighClassGlass: CreepyCrossdresser Sanjak dresses like a man and wears a monocle that she uses to hypnotise people; most notably Terry's girlfriend April. Her use of a monocle carries some interesting connotations, as in the early 20th century, a woman wearing a monocle would most be assumed to be a lesbian.

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* HighClassGlass: CreepyCrossdresser Sanjak dresses like a man and wears a monocle that she uses to hypnotise people; most notably Terry's girlfriend April. Her use of a monocle carries some interesting connotations, as in the early 20th century, a woman wearing a monocle would most likely be assumed to be a lesbian.
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* HighClassGlass: CreepyCrossdresser Sanjak dresses like a man and wears a monocle that she uses to hypnotise people; most notably Terry's girlfriend April. Her use of a monocle carries some interesting connotations, as in the early 20th century, a woman wearing a monocle would most be assumed to be a lesbian.
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%%* RuthlessModernPirates

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%%* RuthlessModernPirates* RuthlessModernPirates: The strip deals with the pirates of the China Seas in the 1930s (modern day for the strip), the beginnings of modern day piracy.
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%%* AristocratsAreEvil: Baron de Plexus

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%%* * AristocratsAreEvil: Baron de PlexusPlexus is a sinister, fork-bearded, cobra-eyed cadaverous smuggler who eventually matches wits to a draw with the Dragon Lady.



%%* LaResistance

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%%* LaResistance* LaResistance: Many of the characters wind up working with Chinese resistance against the Japanese. Even the more patriotic villains, such as the Dragon Lady, abandon their criminal enterprises to fight the invaders.



%%* VillainousGlutton: Papa Pyzon.

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%%* * VillainousGlutton: The corpulent Papa Pyzon.Pyzon is shown as being nearly constantly eating.
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%%* AcePilot: Dude Hennick.

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%%* * AcePilot: Dude Hennick.Hennick, an old friend of Pat's who is an ace pilot and helps them out of several scrapes; pulling maneuvers like the WronskiFeint.



%%* CreepyCrossdresser: Sanjak.

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%%* * CreepyCrossdresser: Sanjak.Sanjak. A Frenchwoman who dresses like a man, using a monocle to hypnotize people. She works for the Axis, impersonating a pilot to infiltrate Terry's Air Force base.



%%* FemmeFatale: Burma
%%* GentleGiant: Big Stoop
%%* TheHedonist: Papa Pyzon.

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%%* * FemmeFatale: Burma
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Burma. Real name unknown, a con artist, former pirate confederate and sultry singer with a good heart. She encounters Terry and Pat several times. She and Terry share a casual romantic connection, but Burma is afraid of letting it become serious.
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GentleGiant: Big Stoop
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Stoop is a 9-foot-tall (2.7 m) Mongol whom Connie helped when he was being picked on by bullies. He remains with the trio out of gratitude. Immensely strong and mute, he earns his nickname from the phrase "he stoops to conquer".
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TheHedonist: The corpulent Papa Pyzon.Pyzon likes to live in the lap of luxury.



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%%* MadeMyselfSad:* MadeMyselfSad: Hotshot Charlie does this:

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