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and Useful Notes aren't tropes
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that trope is for a setting where it's possible for people to be killed off but not for real
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* KilledOffForReal: The finale comes just short of KillEmAll - [[spoiler:Jagger kills Selima and is killed by Blackbeard, who also kills Antoinette. It appears that Blackbeard himself is killed by Lowe, but he's FakingTheDead again.]]
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* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: John Malkovich plays Blackbeard (who was originally from Bristol, England) with a vaguely Germanic accent which is impossible to place. It does make Blackbeard seem more enigmatic.(I suppose Malkovich could have meant it to reflect the fact that Blackbeard spent his adult life among pirates from different countries.)
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: From Fletch: "I don't want to get my neck stretched, or stabbed through the vitals, neither. Or have my eyes torn out with hot pokers. Or called a monkey."
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* GreyAndGreyMorality: Neither the English crown nor Blackbeard's pirates are painted as entirely good or evil.
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* KilledOffForReal: The finale comes just short of KillEmAll - [[spoiler:Jagger kills Selima and is killed by Blackbeard, who also kills Antoinette. It appears that Blackbeard himself is killed by Lowe, but he's FakingTheDead again.]]
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[[http://seriable.com/crossbones-cancelled-one-season-nbc/ The show was cancelled on July 24, 2014 after one season]].
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* [[spoiler:TheStarscream: Selima appears to be colluding with the Spanish to betray Blackbeard]].
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* FakeBrit: American Creator/JohnMalkovich as the British Blackbeard.
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* DuelingShows: With ''Series/BlackSails'' on Starz, which while entirely fictional, shares a time, place, and certain plot elements.
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''Crossbones'' is an upcoming NBC historical adventure series created by Neil Cross (''Series/{{Luther}}'', ''Series/DoctorWho''). It stars Creator/JohnMalkovich as the legendary pirate Edward Teach, a.k.a. Blackbeard and is set in 1715 on the island of Santa Campana, where he has set up rule as leader of the New World's first functioning democracy. As the series opens, Blackbeard's crew launches a fierce raid on an English vessel in an attempt to capture a valuable navigation device: a longitudinal chronometer. When the ship's physician, Tom Lowe (Richard Coyle), destroys the device, he is taken prisoner and brought to Blackbeard so he can be convinced to reassemble it. What Blackbeard doesn't know, however, is that Lowe is secretly an English spy and assassin assigned to kill the Pirate ruler.
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''Crossbones'' is an upcoming NBC historical adventure series created by Neil Cross (''Series/{{Luther}}'', ''Series/DoctorWho''). It stars Creator/JohnMalkovich as the legendary pirate Edward Teach, a.k.a. Blackbeard and is set in 1715 on the island of Santa Campana, where he has set up rule as leader of the New World's first functioning democracy. As the series opens, Blackbeard's crew launches a fierce raid on an English vessel in an attempt to capture a valuable navigation device: a longitudinal chronometer. When the ship's physician, Tom Lowe (Richard Coyle), destroys the device, he is taken prisoner and brought to Blackbeard so he can be convinced to reassemble it. What Blackbeard doesn't know, however, is that Lowe is secretly an English spy and assassin assigned to kill the Pirate ruler.
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** In episode 3, Jagger tells Kate that the man he killed was a decoy made to look like Blackbeard.
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* KansasCityShuffle: In episode 3, Jagger's ship is pursing Blackbeard's ship, the ''Reaver'', when Jagger realizes that Blackbeard's not aboard. He sees a smaller boat sailing away in the opposite direction and gives chase. [[spoiler:It turns out to be a decoy packed with explosives. Meanwhile, Blackbeard and Lowe have snuck ashore to rescue Kate.]]
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* FakingTheDead: The premise of the show is that Blackbeard faked his death. How exactly it happened has not yet been revealed.
* FalseFlagOperation: [[spoiler: Blackbeard (by way of contacts in the local brothel) hires two of Valentine's men to kill him, allowing him to both frame Valentine for murder and preserve his image as a democratic leader (by being unable to stop his execution after a jury convicted him)]].
* FakingTheDead: The premise of the show is that Blackbeard faked his death. How exactly it happened has not yet been revealed.
* FalseFlagOperation: [[spoiler: Blackbeard (by way of contacts in the local brothel) hires two of Valentine's men to kill him, allowing him to both frame Valentine for murder and preserve his image as a democratic leader (by being unable to stop his execution after a jury convicted him)]].
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* ShootTheDog: [[spoiler:Lowe shoots Valentine while he is hanging]]
* SkinnyDipping: Kate has a penchant for this, doing so most mornings
* SlaveToPR: Blackbeard has this threefold: To the outside world, he wants to be [[FakingTheDead dead]], to the enemies who know or suspect he is alive, he wants to be a mythic figure of terror (he is quite intimidating, but more pragmatic than evil), andseemingly does so every morning.to his fellow pirates he wants to be a political visionary of republicanism (he likes the idea, but is still power-hungry and will go to wide lengths to preserve his position).
* SkinnyDipping: Kate has a penchant for this, doing so most mornings
* SlaveToPR: Blackbeard has this threefold: To the outside world, he wants to be [[FakingTheDead dead]], to the enemies who know or suspect he is alive, he wants to be a mythic figure of terror (he is quite intimidating, but more pragmatic than evil), and
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* TheWatson: Fletch, to an annoying degree. He pretty much exists to ask Lowe questions. This is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in the second episode:
-->'''Lowe:''' "Go and be useful".
-->'''Lowe:''' "Go and be useful".
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* FakeBrit: American Creator/JohnMalkovich s Blackbeard.
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* SkinnyDipping: Kate has a penchant for this, and seemingly does so every morning.
* [[spoiler:TheStarscream: Selima appears to be colluding with the Spanish to betray Blackbeard]].
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The show is loosely based on the book ''The Republic of Pirates'' by Colin Woodard. It will premiere on Friday, May 30th. The trailer can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJdrrHm3HhY here]].
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The show is loosely based on the book ''The Republic of Pirates'' by Colin Woodard. It will premiere on Friday, premiered May 30th.30th, 2014. The trailer can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJdrrHm3HhY here]].
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* AlternateHistory: This show tells a story where Blackbeard never died, but instead secretly lived out a life in semi-retirement as the ruler of the Pirate Republic. As far as this trope goes, it is TruthInTelevision to an extent, as Blackbeard intended to do just that before his death.
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''Crossbones'' is an upcoming NBC historical adventure series created by Neil Cross (''Series/{{Luther}}'', ''Series/DoctorWho''). It stars John Malkovich as the legendary pirate Edward Teach, a.k.a. Blackbeard and is set in 1715 on the island of Santa Campana, where he has set up rule as leader of the New World's first functioning democracy. As the series opens, Blackbeard's crew launches a fierce raid on an English vessel in an attempt to capture a valuable navigation device: a longitudinal chronometer. When the ship's physician, Tom Lowe (Richard Coyle), destroys the device, he is taken prisoner and brought to Blackbeard so he can be convinced to reassemble it. What Blackbeard doesn't know, however, is that Lowe is secretly an English spy and assassin assigned to kill the Pirate ruler.
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''Crossbones'' is an upcoming NBC historical adventure series created by Neil Cross (''Series/{{Luther}}'', ''Series/DoctorWho''). It stars John Malkovich Creator/JohnMalkovich as the legendary pirate Edward Teach, a.k.a. Blackbeard and is set in 1715 on the island of Santa Campana, where he has set up rule as leader of the New World's first functioning democracy. As the series opens, Blackbeard's crew launches a fierce raid on an English vessel in an attempt to capture a valuable navigation device: a longitudinal chronometer. When the ship's physician, Tom Lowe (Richard Coyle), destroys the device, he is taken prisoner and brought to Blackbeard so he can be convinced to reassemble it. What Blackbeard doesn't know, however, is that Lowe is secretly an English spy and assassin assigned to kill the Pirate ruler.
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''Crossbones'' is an upcoming NBC historical adventure series created by Neil Cross (''Series/{{Luther}}'', ''Series/DoctorWho''). It stars John Malkovich as the legendary pirate Edward Teach, a.k.a. Blackbeard and is set in 1715 on the island of Santa Campana, where he has set up rule as leader of the New World's first functioning democracy. As the series opens, Blackbeard's crew launches a fierce raid on an English vessel in an attempt to capture a valuable navigation device: a longitudinal chronometer. When the ship's physician, Tom Lowe (Richard Coyle), destroys the device, he is taken prisoner and brought to Blackbeard so he can be convinced to reassemble it. What Blackbeard doesn't know, however, is that Lowe is secretly an English spy and assassin assigned to kill the Pirate ruler.
The show is loosely based on the book ''The Republic of Pirates'' by Colin Woodard. It will premiere on Friday, May 30th. The trailer can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJdrrHm3HhY here]].
!!Tropes Associated With This Series Include:
* CaptainColorbeard: Blackbeard, obviously, but as you can see in the poster, by this time he has aged a bit and prefers to wear a white goatee.
-->'''Blackbeard:''' We don't use that name now
* ColdBloodedTorture: Based on the trailer, Blackbeard and company seem to have a knack for it.
* TheDreaded: Blackbeard seems to have gained this reputation, and he doesn't dispel it.
-->'''Tom Lowe:''' Many legends cluster about you. People fear you... you haunt their dreams.
-->'''Blackbeard:''' Not ''all'' unflattering legends about me are untrue
* DuelingShows: With ''Series/BlackSails'' on Starz, which while entirely fictional, shares a time, place, and certain plot elements.
* GoldenAgeOfPiracy
* GreyAndGreyMorality: Neither the English crown nor Blackbeard's pirates are painted as entirely good or evil.
* PirateGirl: Blackbeard has a few in his crew, including his own daughter.
* PlayAlongPrisoner: Lowe, who allows himself to be taken prisoner so he can get closer to Blackbeard and learn his plans.
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory
* WhatMightHaveBeen: Creator/HughLaurie was the first actor attached to the role of Blackbeard.
* WretchedHive: Santa Campana
''Crossbones'' is an upcoming NBC historical adventure series created by Neil Cross (''Series/{{Luther}}'', ''Series/DoctorWho''). It stars John Malkovich as the legendary pirate Edward Teach, a.k.a. Blackbeard and is set in 1715 on the island of Santa Campana, where he has set up rule as leader of the New World's first functioning democracy. As the series opens, Blackbeard's crew launches a fierce raid on an English vessel in an attempt to capture a valuable navigation device: a longitudinal chronometer. When the ship's physician, Tom Lowe (Richard Coyle), destroys the device, he is taken prisoner and brought to Blackbeard so he can be convinced to reassemble it. What Blackbeard doesn't know, however, is that Lowe is secretly an English spy and assassin assigned to kill the Pirate ruler.
The show is loosely based on the book ''The Republic of Pirates'' by Colin Woodard. It will premiere on Friday, May 30th. The trailer can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJdrrHm3HhY here]].
!!Tropes Associated With This Series Include:
* CaptainColorbeard: Blackbeard, obviously, but as you can see in the poster, by this time he has aged a bit and prefers to wear a white goatee.
-->'''Blackbeard:''' We don't use that name now
* ColdBloodedTorture: Based on the trailer, Blackbeard and company seem to have a knack for it.
* TheDreaded: Blackbeard seems to have gained this reputation, and he doesn't dispel it.
-->'''Tom Lowe:''' Many legends cluster about you. People fear you... you haunt their dreams.
-->'''Blackbeard:''' Not ''all'' unflattering legends about me are untrue
* DuelingShows: With ''Series/BlackSails'' on Starz, which while entirely fictional, shares a time, place, and certain plot elements.
* GoldenAgeOfPiracy
* GreyAndGreyMorality: Neither the English crown nor Blackbeard's pirates are painted as entirely good or evil.
* PirateGirl: Blackbeard has a few in his crew, including his own daughter.
* PlayAlongPrisoner: Lowe, who allows himself to be taken prisoner so he can get closer to Blackbeard and learn his plans.
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory
* WhatMightHaveBeen: Creator/HughLaurie was the first actor attached to the role of Blackbeard.
* WretchedHive: Santa Campana
