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-->'''Sharpe''': Lieutenant Dodd! So it's come down to this. For all your dreams of kingship, you're naught but a common thief! You were the same at Chasalgaon , only there, it were paychests! Now, it's a royal treasury!
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-->'''Sharpe''': Lieutenant Dodd! So it's come down to this. For all your dreams of kingship, you're naught but a common thief! You were the same at Chasalgaon , Chasalgaon, only there, it were paychests! Now, it's a royal treasury!
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* IllGirl: A male varient: General Burroughs spends most of the episode stricken with malaria, but recovers in time for the final battle and to relieve the incompetent Simmerson from command.
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-->'''Harper''': [Khande Rao] has a reputation of being a real monster.
-->'''Singh''': [[WalkInChimeIn If he's a monster, Mr. Harper]], [[CreateYourOwnVillain he's one of British making]].
-->'''Sharpe''': How's that, Captain?
-->'''Singh''': The Company have only maintained the peace here by [[LetsYouAndHimFight keeping the princes at each other's throats]]. Khande Rao's father, he feared his neighbours more than he hated the British, and so it was your country that kept him supplied with arms.
-->'''Harper''': That sounds just like the English: getting someone else to do its dirty work!
-->'''Singh''': The son is not the father. Khande Rao wants you out of our country, once and for all. [[VillainHasAPoint It is a view with which I cannot say I do not have some sympathy]].
-->'''Singh''': [[WalkInChimeIn If he's a monster, Mr. Harper]], [[CreateYourOwnVillain he's one of British making]].
-->'''Sharpe''': How's that, Captain?
-->'''Singh''': The Company have only maintained the peace here by [[LetsYouAndHimFight keeping the princes at each other's throats]]. Khande Rao's father, he feared his neighbours more than he hated the British, and so it was your country that kept him supplied with arms.
-->'''Harper''': That sounds just like the English: getting someone else to do its dirty work!
-->'''Singh''': The son is not the father. Khande Rao wants you out of our country, once and for all. [[VillainHasAPoint It is a view with which I cannot say I do not have some sympathy]].
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-->'''Sharpe''': Lieutenant Dodd! So it's come down to this. For all your dreams of kingship, you're naught but a common thief! You were the same at Chhattisgarh, only there, it were paychests! Now, it's a royal treasury
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-->'''Sharpe''': Lieutenant Dodd! So it's come down to this. For all your dreams of kingship, you're naught but a common thief! You were the same at Chhattisgarh, Chasalgaon , only there, it were paychests! Now, it's a royal treasurytreasury!
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** Zigzagged with Khande Rao. He survives the final battle and gets to keep his head, but at the cost of his power base being irrevocably broken up and has to live with the knowledge he's only in power as a PuppetKing for the British Empire. Given Rao's anti-British sentiments, he probably considers that a CruelMercy.
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** Zigzagged with Khande Rao. He survives the final battle and gets to keep his head, head and his position, but at the cost of his power base being is irrevocably broken up and has to live with the knowledge he's only in power as reduced to nothing more than a PuppetKing for the British Empire. Given Empire, [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou kept alive only for the sake of peace in the region]], something that, given Rao's anti-British sentiments, he probably considers that a CruelMercy.
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Invoked in an argument between Celia and Lalima; Celia has seen men sworn to protect her killed in cold blood, become a hostage against her father, been sexually assaulted, publicly humiliated and threatened with being made a SexSlave by Rao and Dodd, so a few kind words and creature comforts from her captor's sister are hardly going to make her more amenable. Lalima retorts that, even if Celia hasn't done anything personally to her and her brother, she's still a citizen of an occupying foreign power in India that is trying to exploit the country's wealth.
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Invoked in an argument between Celia and Lalima; Celia has seen men sworn to protect her killed in cold blood, [[IHaveYourWife become a hostage against her father, father]], been [[ShamefulStrip sexually assaulted, publicly humiliated humiliated]] and threatened with being made a SexSlave by Rao and Dodd, so a few kind words and creature comforts from her captor's sister are hardly going to make her more amenable. Lalima retorts that, even if Celia hasn't done anything personally to her and her brother, she's still a citizen of an occupying foreign power in India that is trying to exploit the country's wealth.
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** "Evil" is debatable, given she merely shares her brother's anti-British sentiments, but Rao's sister Lalima clearly disapproves of the abuse done to Celia and petitions her brother to give the Englishwoman to her care, that she might be treated better.
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** "Evil" is debatable, given she doesn't do anything overtly villainous and merely shares her brother's anti-British sentiments, but Rao's sister Lalima clearly disapproves of the abuse done to Celia and petitions her brother to give the Englishwoman to her care, that she might be treated better.
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* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: Invoked by Singh about Rao's father: the late Maharajah hated his rival rulers more than he did the British, so he was happy to keep the peace with the British provided they supplied him with weapons to deal with his rivals. His son, on the other hand, is causing trouble in hopes of expelling the British from India.
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* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: Invoked by Singh about Rao's father: the late Maharajah hated his rival rulers more than he did the British, so he was happy to keep the peace with as long as the British provided they supplied him with weapons to deal with his rivals. rivals, he was content to keep the peace with them. His son, on the other hand, is causing trouble in hopes of [[OccupiersOutOfOurCountry expelling the British from India.India]].
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* ShamefulStrip: Celia Burroughs gets her dress torn open, bearing her breasts in front of the entire Maharajah's court.
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* ShamefulStrip: A captive Celia Burroughs gets her dress torn open, bearing exposing her breasts in front of the entire Maharajah's court.
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* DeathOfAChild: In the prologue; Dodd's men kill the soldiers and the civilians, including children.
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* InfantImmortality: Completely subverted in the prologue; Dodd's men kill the soldiers and the civilians, including children.
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* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: Invoked by Singh about Rao's father: the late Maharajah hated his rival rulers more than he did the British, so he was happy to keep the peace with the British provided they supplied him with weapons to deal with his rivals. His son, on the other hand, is causing trouble in hopes of expelling the British from India.
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* BigBad: General William Dodd. He's also a DragonWithAnAgenda who has aspirations of being TheStarscream.
* DidYouActuallyBelieve: Invoked by Dodd when he bluntly tells Madhuvanthi he never actually loved her and never had any intention [[WeCanRuleTogether of sharing power with her]] after they deposed Rao.
-->'''Madhuvanthi''': You must take me with you!
-->'''William Dodd''': Why? You mean nothing to me!
-->'''Madhuvanthi''': Our love, William!
-->'''William Dodd''': ''[scoffs]'' Love?! For a whore?!
-->'''Madhuvanthi''': You must take me with you!
-->'''William Dodd''': Why? You mean nothing to me!
-->'''Madhuvanthi''': Our love, William!
-->'''William Dodd''': ''[scoffs]'' Love?! For a whore?!
* ItHasBeenAnHonor: The dying Captain Singh expresses this to Sharpe and Harper, as well as apologising for his previous distrust of them.
-->'''Captain Mohan Singh''': I'm sorry to take my leave of you so soon, Colonel. I should have liked to have known you better.[...] I hope we might part now, in friendship.
-->'''Sharpe''': We do, and to my mind, we have never been anything else.
-->'''Captain Mohan Singh''': I'm sorry to take my leave of you so soon, Colonel. I should have liked to have known you better.[...] I hope we might part now, in friendship.
-->'''Sharpe''': We do, and to my mind, we have never been anything else.
** Bickerstaff's reaction to realising [[spoiler: the muzzle of Harper's gun is pressed against his chest]].
** Sharpe delivers one to [[spoiler: the mortally wounded Dodd after impaling him to the throne he hoped to usurp]].
-->'''Richard Sharpe''': [[spoiler: You got your throne. How does it feel, [[SarcasmMode Your Majesty]]?!]]
-->'''Richard Sharpe''': [[spoiler: You got your throne. How does it feel, [[SarcasmMode Your Majesty]]?!]]
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Sharpe gives Dodd one of these during the final battle as he catches Dodd looting Indian treasure before planning to flee for his life.
-->'''Sharpe''': Lieutenant Dodd! So it's come down to this. For all your dreams of kingship, you're naught but a common thief!
-->'''Sharpe''': Lieutenant Dodd! So it's come down to this. For all your dreams of kingship, you're naught but a common thief!
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Sharpe gives Dodd one of these during the final battle as he catches Dodd looting Indian treasure before [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere planning to flee for his life.
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-->'''Sharpe''': Lieutenant Dodd! So it's come down to this. For all your dreams of kingship, you're naught but a commonthief!thief! You were the same at Chhattisgarh, only there, it were paychests! Now, it's a royal treasury
-->'''Sharpe''': Lieutenant Dodd! So it's come down to this. For all your dreams of kingship, you're naught but a common
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* DangerousDeserter: Bickerstaff defects to Dodd to save his own life when captured and ends up serving as a PetRat to the man.
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* "Evil" is debatable, given she merely shares her brother's anti-British sentiments, but Rao's sister Lalima clearly disapproves of the abuse done to Celia and petitions her brother to give the Englishwoman to her care, that she might be treated better.
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** Zigzagged with Khande Rao. He survives the final battle and gets to keep his head, but at the cost of his power base being irrevocably broken up and the fact he only gets to live to be a PuppetKing for the British Empire. Given Rao's anti-British sentiments, he probably considers that a CruelMercy.
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** Zigzagged with Khande Rao. He survives the final battle and gets to keep his head, but at the cost of his power base being irrevocably broken up and the fact he only gets has to live to be with the knowledge he's only in power as a PuppetKing for the British Empire. Given Rao's anti-British sentiments, he probably considers that a CruelMercy.
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-->'''Lalima''': I would sooner see my brother alive under British rule, than dead at a renegade's hand.
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* IfWeGetThroughThis: [[BraveScot Colonel Mcrae]], [[PetTheDog while sharing a cigar with the young standard bearer]] for [[SuicideMission the forlorn hope]] invokes this before the troops set off.
-->'''Soldier''': It's my first cigar, sir.
-->'''Mcrae''': Come find me when the battle's done and we'll share another.
-->'''Soldier''': It's my first cigar, sir.
-->'''Mcrae''': Come find me when the battle's done and we'll share another.
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* IllGirl: A male varient: General Burroughs spends most of the episode stricken with malaria, but recovers in time for the final battle and to relieve the incompetent Simmerson from command.
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** Also Dodds, when Sharpe and Harper detonate his planned trap for the British before it was ready and decimate his army in the process.
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** Before that, he gives another one to Dodd after he and Harper are exposed.
-->'''Dodd''': You thought you were better than me, but you [[SmallNameBigEgo underestimated William Dodd]], didn't you?! Just like all those other British officers born to privilege!
-->'''Sharpe''': I was born to the gutter, Dodd, and like every other gutter bastard, I know the shit that belongs there!
-->'''Dodd''': You thought you were better than me, but you [[SmallNameBigEgo underestimated William Dodd]], didn't you?! Just like all those other British officers born to privilege!
-->'''Sharpe''': I was born to the gutter, Dodd, and like every other gutter bastard, I know the shit that belongs there!
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** General Burroughs also gives one to Simmerson when the latter doesn't take the hint he's being relieved of command and sent home in disgrace.
-->'''Burroughs''': I had thought, Sir Henry, to spare you further ignominy, but since you are determined to prove as dull-witted and thick-skinned as a hippopotamus, let me speak plainly: I have no wish to die beside such a bloody fool as you!
-->'''Burroughs''': I had thought, Sir Henry, to spare you further ignominy, but since you are determined to prove as dull-witted and thick-skinned as a hippopotamus, let me speak plainly: I have no wish to die beside such a bloody fool as you!
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* TemptingFate: Bickerstaff insists to his sepoy troops the rebels have nothing that can hit their position...and then rockets start hitting the ground all around them and everyone dives for cover.
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Invoked in an argument between Celia and Lalima; Celia has seen men sworn to protect her killed in cold blood, become a hostage against her father, been sexually assaulted, publicly humiliated and threatened with being made a SexSlave by Rao and Dodd, so a few kind words and creature comforts from her captor's sister are hardly going to make her more amenable. Lalima retorts that, even if Celia hasn't done anything personally to her and her brother, she's still a citizen of an occupying foreign power in India that is trying to exploit the country's wealth.
* CampingACrapper: Inverted: Sharpe is able to survive Dodd's initial attack in the prologue because he was off taking a leak.
* CampingACrapper: Inverted: Sharpe is able to survive Dodd's initial attack in the prologue because he was off taking a leak.
** In the prologue, Dodd presents Rao's father with the severed head of an East India company officer as a token of his allegiance.
** Despite sharing her brother's distaste for the British, Lalima is willing to go to Celia's father and negotiate with the British, rather than see him murdered by Dodd and Madhuvanthi when [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness they have no further use for him]].
* "Evil" is debatable, given she merely shares her brother's anti-British sentiments, but Rao's sister Lalima clearly disapproves of the abuse done to Celia and petitions her brother to give the Englishwoman to her care, that she might be treated better.
* FrenchJerk: Averted with Colonel Gudin and Lieutenant Bonnet; despite being HiredGuns, they don't hold any grudge against Sharpe and Harper for being on the losing side at Waterloo, are quite friendly and chummy to drink with, and have scruples about the brutality and cruelty of their employers.
* ItsPersonalWithTheDragon: Sharpe hates and wants to kill Dodd for murdering men under his command when Sharpe was a younger officer in India.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Colonel Mcrae and Major Stokes, certainly compared to [[GeneralFailure Simmerson]].
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-->'''Simmerson''': You should be wary of this one, McRae. He thinks because Wellington raised him up from the sewer that it somehow makes him a gentleman. Don't know your place, do you Sharpie?
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-->'''Simmerson''': You should be wary of this one, McRae.Mcrae. He thinks because Wellington raised him up from the sewer that it somehow makes him a gentleman. Don't know your place, do you Sharpie?
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** Dodd, an unrepentant traitor and mass murderer of British soldiers, gets killed in a DuelToTheDeath with Sharpe. [[spoiler: For added irony, Sharpe impales him to the throne Dodd hoped to usurp]].
** Zigzagged with Khande Rao. He survives the final battle and gets to keep his head, but at the cost of his power base being irrevocably broken up and the fact he only gets to live to be a PuppetKing for the British Empire. Given Rao's anti-British sentiments, he probably considers that a CruelMercy.
** Zigzagged with Khande Rao. He survives the final battle and gets to keep his head, but at the cost of his power base being irrevocably broken up and the fact he only gets to live to be a PuppetKing for the British Empire. Given Rao's anti-British sentiments, he probably considers that a CruelMercy.
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* WouldntHurtAChild: Despite his people having a blood feud with Rao's and having the young Maharajah at his mercy during the final battle, Singh withholds the killing blow because Rao is still technically a boy in Indian society.
-->'''Mohan Singh''': You are a child, and I am not a murderer.
-->'''Mohan Singh''': You are a child, and I am not a murderer.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Sharpe gives Dodd one of these during the final battle as he catches Dodd looting Indian treasure before planning to flee for his life.
-->'''Sharpe''': Lieutenant Dodd! So it's come down to this. For all your dreams of kingship, you're naught but a common thief!
** He also gives a brief one to Simmerson when they meet, referencing [[Recap/SharpeS1E2SharpesEagle Simmerson's previous incompetence and cowardice in command]].
-->'''Simmerson''': You should be wary of this one, McRae. He thinks because Wellington raised him up from the sewer that it somehow makes him a gentleman. Don't know your place, do you Sharpie?
-->'''Sharpe''': Maybe not, but I know how to stand before a French column. I know how to face fire without soiling my breeches and turning tail.
-->'''Sharpe''': Lieutenant Dodd! So it's come down to this. For all your dreams of kingship, you're naught but a common thief!
** He also gives a brief one to Simmerson when they meet, referencing [[Recap/SharpeS1E2SharpesEagle Simmerson's previous incompetence and cowardice in command]].
-->'''Simmerson''': You should be wary of this one, McRae. He thinks because Wellington raised him up from the sewer that it somehow makes him a gentleman. Don't know your place, do you Sharpie?
-->'''Sharpe''': Maybe not, but I know how to stand before a French column. I know how to face fire without soiling my breeches and turning tail.
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* TheStarscream: What Dodd aspires to be to the Maharajah.
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* PleaseSpareHimMyLiege: Celia tries to beg mercy for British prisoners taken by Rao's men, about to be brutally executed to [[MakeAnExampleOfEm make an example]]. It doesn't work.
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* PleaseSpareHimMyLiege: Celia tries to beg mercy for British prisoners taken by Rao's men, about to be brutally executed to [[MakeAnExampleOfEm [[MakeAnExampleOfThem make an example]]. It doesn't work.work.
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: The EvilChancellor Madhuvanthi begs Dodd to take her to safety when the British breach the fortress. He makes it clear he has no intention of doing so and murders her when she protests.
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: The EvilChancellor Madhuvanthi begs Dodd to take her to safety when the British breach the fortress. He makes it clear he has no intention of doing so and murders her when she protests.
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* FreudianExcuse: Dodd claims his reasons for deserting the East India Company and effectively becoming a warlord supporting Rao's rebellion was because he got fed up of being passed over, despite his skill and competence, for less capable men who came from money.
-->'''Dodd''': I was a lieutenant in the East India Company for six years, ''six bloody years''! You see, in the Company, it doesn't matter how good a soldier a man might be; if he hasn't got the money, he's got to wait his turn! I watched wealthy young idiots buy themselves majority in the King's ranks, whilst I had to bow and scrape to the useless bastards!
-->'''Dodd''': I was a lieutenant in the East India Company for six years, ''six bloody years''! You see, in the Company, it doesn't matter how good a soldier a man might be; if he hasn't got the money, he's got to wait his turn! I watched wealthy young idiots buy themselves majority in the King's ranks, whilst I had to bow and scrape to the useless bastards!
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* PleaseSpareHimMyLiege: Celia tries to beg mercy for British prisoners taken by Rao's men, about to be brutally executed to [[MakeAnExampleOfHim make an example]]. It doesn't work.
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* PleaseSpareHimMyLiege: Celia tries to beg mercy for British prisoners taken by Rao's men, about to be brutally executed to [[MakeAnExampleOfHim [[MakeAnExampleOfEm make an example]]. It doesn't work.
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* IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten: To prove he's not a spy, Dodd orders Sharpe to kill Harper. Fortunately, it turns out to be just a SecretTestOfCharacter.
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* InfantImmortality: Completely subverted in the prologue; Dodd's men kill the soldiers and the civilians, including children.
* KickTheDog: Dodd mocks an East India Company officer with a stutter before murdering him.
-->'''Dodd''': What's the matter? Cat got your t-t-tongue?
* KickTheDog: Dodd mocks an East India Company officer with a stutter before murdering him.
-->'''Dodd''': What's the matter? Cat got your t-t-tongue?
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* BigDamnHeroes: Colonel Gudin and his men arrive in the nick of time to save Sharpe and Harper from being killed, having [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight decided they want no further part of Khande Rao and Dodd's cruelty]].
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* DecapitationPresentation: The captain in charge of Celia's escort is murdered by Rao and his severed head sent back to the British army.
* EnemyMine: Singh, an Indian soldier fighting in the British Army, outright tells Sharpe and Harper he's fighting alongside them because his people are sworn enemies of Rao; thus the British are seen as the lesser of two evils.
** Colonel Gudin also sides with Sharpe when his disgust at the brutality he is party to becomes too much.
* EnemyMine: Singh, an Indian soldier fighting in the British Army, outright tells Sharpe and Harper he's fighting alongside them because his people are sworn enemies of Rao; thus the British are seen as the lesser of two evils.
** Colonel Gudin also sides with Sharpe when his disgust at the brutality he is party to becomes too much.
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-->'''Lieutenant Bonnet''': ''[watching British prisoners being executed]'' This goes against all the rules of war, colonel.
-->'''Colonel Gudin''': I know, Bonnet. I know.
-->'''Lieutenant Bonnet''': We came here to fight for honour and glory. [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Where is the glory now]]?
-->'''Colonel Gudin''': I know, Bonnet. I know.
-->'''Lieutenant Bonnet''': We came here to fight for honour and glory. [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Where is the glory now]]?
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* PleaseSpareHimMyLiege: Celia tries to beg mercy for British prisoners taken by Rao's men, about to be brutally executed to [[MakeAnExampleOfHim make an example]]. It doesn't work.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Despite being hired to train the Maharajah's men, French colonel Gudin cannot hide his disgust at [[ShamefulStrip Celia's treatment]].
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* DamselInDistress: Celia Burroughs gets this a lot.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Despite being hired to train the Maharajah's men, French colonel Gudin cannot hide his disgust at [[ShamefulStrip Celia's treatment]]. He's also disgusted by the brutal executions of British prisoners, to the point he and his men [[spoiler: aid Sharpe in the final battle]].
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Despite being hired to train the Maharajah's men, French colonel Gudin cannot hide his disgust at [[ShamefulStrip Celia's treatment]]. He's also disgusted by the brutal executions of British prisoners, to the point he and his men [[spoiler: aid Sharpe in the final battle]].
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler: Sharpe kills Dodd by nailing him to a throne with his sword]].
* OhCrap: Sharpe and Harper's reaction to being trapped between two forces of Indian soldiers.
-->'''Sharpe''': Oh shite!
* OhCrap: Sharpe and Harper's reaction to being trapped between two forces of Indian soldiers.
-->'''Sharpe''': Oh shite!
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* TheWomanBehindTheMan: The young Maharajah is technically still a minor in Indian society and mainly follows the advice of his EvilChancellor Madhuvanthi, his late father's favourite concubine. Unknown to the Maharajah, she is also Dodd's lover and they plan to [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefullness kill him before he reaches the age of majority]].
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* TheWomanBehindTheMan: The young Maharajah is technically still a minor in Indian society and mainly follows the advice of his EvilChancellor Madhuvanthi, his late father's favourite concubine. Unknown to the Maharajah, she is also Dodd's lover and they plan to [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefullness [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness kill him before he reaches the age of majority]].
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Despite being hired to train the Maharajah's men, French colonel Gudin cannot hide his disgust at [[ShamefulStrip Celia's treatment]].
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* ShamefulStrip: Celia Burroughs gets her dress torn open, bearing her breasts in front of the entire Maharajah's court.
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* SoleSurvivor: It is revealed that Sharpe was the sole survivor of an attack on an East India Company outpost in India.
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* AdaptationDecay: The miniseries is an adaptation of prequel books in which Sgt. Obadiah Hakeswill is the main villain, but is set ''after'' most of the episodes including the one where Hakeswill finally dies, so Sharpe is given a Hakeswill {{expy}} villain who isn't particularly convincing.
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* PreMortemOneLiner: “Say hello to Mr. Nock.” Cue [[spoiler:Bickerstaff getting BlownAcrossTheRoom]].
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* PreMortemOneLiner: “Say hello to Mr. Nock.” Cue [[spoiler:Bickerstaff getting BlownAcrossTheRoom]].BlownAcrossTheRoom]].
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* AdaptationDistillation: This miniseries is meant to be a combination of three of Sharpe’s earliest exploits: ‘’Sharpe’s Tiger’’, ‘’Sharpe’s Triumph’’, and ‘’Sharpe’s Fortress’’.
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* AdaptationDistillation: This miniseries is meant to be a combination of three of Sharpe’s earliest exploits: ‘’Sharpe’s Tiger’’, ‘’Sharpe’s Triumph’’, ''Sharpe’s Tiger'', ''Sharpe’s Triumph'', and ‘’Sharpe’s Fortress’’.''Sharpe’s Fortress''.
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At the urging of Wellington, Sharpe travels to India to track down a missing British agent — his friend, Patrick Harper. Once reunited, they infiltrate Seringapatam to rescue a general's captured daughter and put down a rebellion led by rogue British officer William Dodd.
!!Tropes that appear in this episode:
* AdaptationDistillation: This miniseries is meant to be a combination of three of Sharpe’s earliest exploits: ‘’Sharpe’s Tiger’’, ‘’Sharpe’s Triumph’’, and ‘’Sharpe’s Fortress’’.
* BigBad: General William Dodd.
* CavalryBetrayal: Dodd and his men inflicted one of these in the prologue.
* {{Expy}}: Sergeant Shadrich Bickerstaff is meant to be a stand-in for Obadiah Hakeswill, who was a recurring antagonist for Sharpe. Since the TV series’ version of Hakeswill was killed much earlier, the writers had to make a similar character.
* PreMortemOneLiner: “Say hello to Mr. Nock.” Cue [[spoiler:Bickerstaff getting BlownAcrossTheRoom]].
!!Tropes that appear in this episode:
* AdaptationDistillation: This miniseries is meant to be a combination of three of Sharpe’s earliest exploits: ‘’Sharpe’s Tiger’’, ‘’Sharpe’s Triumph’’, and ‘’Sharpe’s Fortress’’.
* BigBad: General William Dodd.
* CavalryBetrayal: Dodd and his men inflicted one of these in the prologue.
* {{Expy}}: Sergeant Shadrich Bickerstaff is meant to be a stand-in for Obadiah Hakeswill, who was a recurring antagonist for Sharpe. Since the TV series’ version of Hakeswill was killed much earlier, the writers had to make a similar character.
* PreMortemOneLiner: “Say hello to Mr. Nock.” Cue [[spoiler:Bickerstaff getting BlownAcrossTheRoom]].
