History Literature / BulldogDrummond

* AcidPool: Lakington has an acid bath set-up, which he is first seen using to dispose of a dead body and later threatens to dip the still-living Drummond into. After Drummond turns the tables, Lakington gets pushed into it himself.

* TWordEuphemism

* DeathTrap: Lakington's house has several built in.

* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident

* TheJailor: In ''The Black Gang'', Drummond and his friends set up a private concentration camp in Scotland for Communists.

The novel had over a dozen sequels and inspired around two dozen films. (The 1929 film ''Film/BulldogDrummond'' was the talkie debut of actor Creator/RonaldColman.) The film series had its last gasp in the [[TheSixties 1960s]]; by then, it was transparently attempting to attract the audience of the [[Film/JamesBond Bond movies]]. Interestingly enough, Creator/IanFleming once stated in interview that Bulldog Drummond was exactly the sort of character that he was trying to avoid when he was writing Literature/CasinoRoyale, wanting to create a man in James Bond that was far more realistic in both his abilities and that of the diminishing power of his beloved Empire.

The novel had over a dozen sequels and inspired around two dozen films. (The 1929 film ''Film/BulldogDrummond'' was the talkie debut of actor Creator/RonaldColman.) The film series had its last gasp in the [[TheSixties 1960s]]; by then, it was transparently attempting to attract the audience of the [[Film/JamesBond Bond movies]].

The novel had over a dozen sequels and inspired around two dozen films. The film series had its last gasp in the [[TheSixties 1960s]]; by then, it was transparently attempting to attract the audience of the [[Film/JamesBond Bond movies]].

* ForgedMessage: At one point, the villains get hold of Drummond by forging a message from the love interest. One of his sidekicks shows enough GenreSavvy to be suspicious, but Drummond insists, incorrectly, that he knows his girl's handwriting too well to be fooled by a forgery.

''Bulldog Drummond'' provides examples of:

* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: Drummond thinks this regarding Irma Peterson compared to carl, and the Kipling quote gives the title to ''The Female of the Species''.

* NotMyDriver: At one point, Drummond takes the place of Lakington's chauffeur/getaway driver, not to abduct Lakington but so that he can get into the villains' lair.
* PoisonedWeapons: At one point, Drummond is attacked by "some sort of native" with a blowpipe and poisoned darts.

* ''The Female of the Species'' (1928).
* ''Temple Tower'' (1929).
* ''The Return of Bulldog Drummond'' (1932).

* ''The Challenge'' (1937). Swan song for the original author, who died in 1937.

* OutlivedItsCreator: The novel series outlasted [=McNeile=] by over a decade.

* MoreDeadlyThanThemale: Drummond thinks this regarding Irma Peterson compared to carl, and the Kipling quote gives the title to ''The Female of the Species''.

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: At the end of The Final Count, [[spoiler: Bulldog and the FirstPersonPeripheralNarrator of the book find Irma there accusing Drummond of killing her 'lover' Peterson, and guesses the correct time, rather than the fabricated one.]] She explains it as having a 'psychic link' with Peterson, and the FirstPersonPeripheralNarrator wonders if whether [[spoiler: in his final moments, Peterson did speak to Irma, or if it was just someone telling her about it. It's left ambiguous.]]

The novel had over a dozen sequels and inspired around two dozen films. The film series had its last gasp in the [[TheSixties 1960s]]; by then, it was transparently attempting to attract the audience of the [[JamesBond Bond movies]].

Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond is finding life boring now that [[WorldWarI the War]] is over. He meets an attractive young woman whose father has become entangled in an international conspiracy to overthrow the British Empire...

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: At the end of The Final Count, [[spoiler: Bulldog and TheIshmael of the book find Irma there accusing Drummond of killing her 'lover' Peterson, and guesses the correct time, rather than the fabricated one.]] She explains it as having a 'psychic link' with Peterson, and TheIshmael wonders if whether [[spoiler: in his final moments, Peterson did speak to Irma, or if it was just someone telling her about it. It's left ambiguous.]]

* SanitySlippage: Hoo, boy. Irma goes off the edge completely after [[spoiler: Peterson dies. She talks to a bust of Peterson, for crying out loud,]] and even some of her henchmen doubt whether it was a good idea to continue with her.

The series was popular in its time and influenced the development of the pulp thriller. It was so popular, it inspired parodies: Creator/PGWodehouse's ''[[Literature/{{Psmith}} Leave it to Psmith]]'' includes a protracted and not un{{affectionate parody}} of the first novel's opening. But it has aged badly because of its heroes' casual nationalist and racist bigotry. Modern references (as in ''Theatre/{{Bullshot}}'', ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'', and Creator/KimNewman's "[[Literature/{{Temps}} Pitbull Brittan]]") are most often [[TakeThat bitingly satirical]] in the vein of "They don't make 'em like that any more ''and the world is better for it''".

The series was popular in its time and influenced the development of the pulp thriller. It was so popular, it inspired parodies: Creator/PGWodehouse's ''[[Literature/{{Psmith}} Leave it to Psmith]]'' includes a protracted and not un{{affectionate parody}} of the first novel's opening. But it has aged badly because of its heroes' casual nationalist and racist bigotry. Modern references (as in ''{{Bullshot}}'', ''TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'', and KimNewman's "[[Literature/{{Temps}} Pitbull Brittan]]") are most often [[TakeThat bitingly satirical]] in the vein of "They don't make 'em like that any more ''and the world is better for it''".

* ArchEnemy

* DarkMistress

* DirtyCommunists

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Lakington]]

* HighClassGlass: Algy Longworth's IconicItem. It's implied to be part of his UpperClassTwit facadé, as [[PurelyAestheticGlasses he can see quite clearly without it]].

* ValuesDissonance

The series was popular in its time and influenced the development of the pulp thriller. It was so popular, it inspired parodies: PGWodehouse's ''[[Literature/{{Psmith}} Leave it to Psmith]]'' includes a protracted and not un{{affectionate parody}} of the first novel's opening. But it has aged badly because of its heroes' casual nationalist and racist bigotry. Modern references (as in ''{{Bullshot}}'', ''TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'', and KimNewman's "[[Literature/{{Temps}} Pitbull Brittan]]") are most often [[TakeThat bitingly satirical]] in the vein of "They don't make 'em like that any more ''and the world is better for it''".

* ''The Challenge'' (1937). Swan song for the original author, who died in 1937.