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* ThemeMusicPowerUp: Every time Billy enters Nelly's throat to give her superstrength, the soundtrack shifts to a loud choir/rock tempo.
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* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Nell's reaction when Sophia asks her to tell the Queen she and Thomas were aiding Nell in defeating [[spoiler: Poynton]] with Nell giving a disbelieving laugh at the woman's gall.
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* ThemeMusicPowerUp: Every time Billy enters Nelly's throat to give her superstrength, the soundtrack shifts to a loud choir/rock tempo.
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* SupernaturalAid: Billy Blind gives Nell super-powers, mainly super-strength and speed, which can only be used for defensive purposes.
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It’s on the poster.
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->''"She's a bit of a legend."''
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* MockMillionaire: Charles explains his turn to robbery by how, despite his appearance, he has no wealth. His father gambled away the fortune, leaving him with just a house in Mayfair packed with tenants and Charles only two rooms in the attic. He knows folks won't look into that too much and uses his "wealthy demeanor" as a cover for his robberies.
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* BulletCatch: Nell is capable of doing this while empowered, such as when the Blacheford's groundkeeper takes a shot at her after she is framed for Lord Blacheford's murder.
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* BulletCatch: Nell is capable of doing this while empowered, such as when the Blacheford's Blancheford's groundkeeper takes a shot at her after she is framed for Lord Blacheford's Blancheford's murder.
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* FrameUp: Thomas Blacheford uses Nell's angry attempt to get justice for her father's death to murder his father and blame her for it, with her word against his and his sister's.
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* ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter: The elderly Doctor Tuplow becomes the first stranger to believe in Nell's innocence after she kidnaps him in the fourth episode. It's unclear when he sees through her rather flimsy cover story; what is clear is that he quickly understands that, despite how fast she is to produce weapons and how angry she is, he is never in any danger -- and she is not the murdering kind.
* FrameUp: ThomasBlacheford Blancheford uses Nell's angry attempt to get justice for her father's death to murder his father and blame her for it, with her word against his and his sister's.
* FrameUp: Thomas
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Charles invokes this in how Nell's "plan" was to drop her sisters off with an uncle, ignoring that the reward on her head means anyone she's ever talked to her in her life is going to be suspected.
-->'''Charles''': If you have a second cousin 10 times removed who you've never clapped eyes on before living in Kent, they'll be sitting outside his house tomorrow.
-->'''Charles''': If you have a second cousin 10 times removed who you've never clapped eyes on before living in Kent, they'll be sitting outside his house tomorrow.
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* HiddenInPlainSight: Charles invokes this verbatim on how he and Nell can hide out for a bit in the best way possible: Pose as a couple to get a nice hotel, figuring the staff won't realize the lovely lady in a nice dress bears a striking resemblance to the wanted posters of Nell.
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* GenderBlenderName: Nell's youngest sister is named George.
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* GenderBlenderName: Nell's youngest sister is named George. Her name is later revealed to be Georgina, with George being her common name.
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** Charles Devereux is a particularly notorious one by the start of the story.
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* LadyLooksLikeADude: In the sixth episode, Polly mistakes Nell for a man while being in love with her after rejecting Mr. Scribble. Even when she later finds out about Nell, Polly still has her sudden moment of kissing her once.
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One trope per entry, please. One Scene Wonder is YMMV. I do like that there are no entries that are wholly covered in spoiler tags, though.
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* BlackVikings / ColorblindCasting: The cast is pretty diverse for what is ostensibly 18th-century England, with the actors playing characters of any station from nobility to peasantry and everything in-between regardless of whether they are white, black, Asian, and so on.
* ColorblindCasting: The cast is pretty diverse for what is ostensibly 18th-century England, with the actors playing characters of any station from nobility to peasantry and everything in-between regardless of whether they are white, black, Asian, and so on.
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* OneSceneWonder: Mrs. Miller, the wheelchair-using prosecutor who outsmarts Charles at his trial.
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* OneSceneWonder: Mrs. Miller, the wheelchair-using prosecutor who outsmarts Charles at his trial.
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* SizeShifter: Billy usually appears as a small pixie but can appear as a giant too.
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* SizeShifter: Billy usually appears as a small pixie but can appear as a normal-sized human and a giant too.
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* TheCavalierYears: Takes place in 1705 England.
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* ImmuneToBullets: The combine SuperSpeed and SuperToughness Billy Blind grants Nell makes her effectively this and it becomes something of a trademark for her. Multiple times across the series she dodges, [[BulletCatch catches]], and even smacks bullets aside.
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* ImmuneToBullets: The combine combined SuperSpeed and SuperToughness Billy Blind grants Nell makes her effectively this and it becomes something of a trademark for her. Multiple times across the series she dodges, [[BulletCatch catches]], and even smacks bullets aside.
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* PosthumousCharacter: Before the events of the series, Nell married and ran away with a "Captain Jackson", much to her father's displeasure. The series starts with Nell returning home after he is killed in battle.
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* HowDoIShotWeb: Billy is unsure of the exact limits of his power. He can give Nell powers for self defense but they're not sure if this includes Nell being forced to drink poison while her sister is being threatened.
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* ThinksLikeARomanceNovel: Polly Honeycombe, who elopes with a man her father forbids her to marry, abandons him when she notices his overgrown nosehairs, and switches her fixation onto Nell, the highwayman who robbed her.
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* SwordDrag: Poynton does this with his polearm, the magical sound causing pain to people who are nowhere nearby.
* ThinksLikeARomanceNovel: Polly Honeycombe, who elopes with a man her fatherforbids forbid her to marry, abandons him when she notices his overgrown nosehairs, and switches her fixation onto Nell, the highwayman who robbed her.her.
* UngratefulBastard: After Nell [[spoiler:suffers horribly and loses Billy to save Thomas from Poynton's spell,]] Sophia gives no thanks and simply orders her to vouch for them with the Queen. Nell refuses and gives them a MercyLead as thanks.
* ThinksLikeARomanceNovel: Polly Honeycombe, who elopes with a man her father
* UngratefulBastard: After Nell [[spoiler:suffers horribly and loses Billy to save Thomas from Poynton's spell,]] Sophia gives no thanks and simply orders her to vouch for them with the Queen. Nell refuses and gives them a MercyLead as thanks.
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* CurbStompBattle: Nell utterly destroys Charles and his men after [[MuggingTheMonster they attempt to rob her.]]
* DoorFu: During her fight with Charles and his men, Nell uses the door of the coach to block a bullet before ripping it off its hinges and hurling it at the offending gunman.
* DoorFu: During her fight with Charles and his men, Nell uses the door of the coach to block a bullet before ripping it off its hinges and hurling it at the offending gunman.
* MuggingTheMonster: The first scene of the series is Charles and his men attempting to rob Nell as she passes by, only for her to [[CurbStompBattle completely demolish them]].
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* PistolWhipping: Charles does this to Nell when she refuses to cooperate when he first tries robbing her.
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** Charles does this to Nell when she refuses to cooperate when he first tries robbingher.her.
** Nell then uses a pistol to beat on Charles' men.
** Charles does this to Nell when she refuses to cooperate when he first tries robbing
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* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: Nell's family and the rest of Tottenham were mistakenly informed that she had died with her husband at the [[UsefulNotes/WarOfTheSpanishSuccession Battle of Blenheim]] before the events of the show.
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* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Well, nobles. Lord Blancheford does meet with his tenants, work with them to solve their issues, and is unhappy about his son's antics in town. Though not enough to reign him in.
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* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Nell tries to rescue Charles from prison but, when she sees how secure it is, she decides it's impossible and leaves. She only changes her mind after a chance encounter with a guard who says there's a sick prisoner, allowing her to get in as a doctor.
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* PunchedAcrossTheRoom: In the opening scene, Nell tosses Charles a dozen yards directly into the side of the coach he had been robbing.
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* SuperStrength: While empowered, Nell is strong enough to bend iron bars and throw grown men a dozen yards.
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* BlastingItOutOfTheirHands: In the opening scene, Charles shoots the coachman's pistol out his hand with his own.
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* TheHighwayman: According to the official description and trailer, Nell becomes a female version of this, a "highwaywoman", when accused of murder in order to stay out of jail and take care of her sisters.
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* TheHighwayman: According to the official description and trailer, TheHighwayman:
** Nell becomes a female version of this, a "highwaywoman", when accused of murder in order to stay out of jail and take care of hersisters.sisters.
** Charles Devereux is a particularly notorious one by the start of the story.
** Nell becomes a female version of this, a "highwaywoman", when accused of murder in order to stay out of jail and take care of her
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* OrificeInvasion: A rare benign version, as Billy Blind empowers Nell by flying into Nell's body, usually through her mouth or ear. The act never seems to distress Nell.
* PistolWhipping: Charles does this to Nell when she refuses to cooperate when he first tries robbing her.
* PistolWhipping: Charles does this to Nell when she refuses to cooperate when he first tries robbing her.
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* PrettyLittleHeadshots: When Thomas shoots his father, it leaves a small hole between the man's eyes and nothing else. [[JustifiedTrope Possibly justified]] by the fact that Thomas is using a notably small gun.
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* SweetPollyOliver: Nell disguises herself as a man multiple times across the series. Since she prefers to wear men's clothes, sometimes she will be mistaken for a man even when she's not actively trying to hide her identity.
* SwirlingDust: Dirt and twigs from the forest floor begin rising off the ground around Nell when she is first imbued with Billy Blind's power.
* SwirlingDust: Dirt and twigs from the forest floor begin rising off the ground around Nell when she is first imbued with Billy Blind's power.
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* BulletCatch: Nell is capable of doing this while empowered, such as when the Blacheford's groundkeeper takes a shot at her after she is framed for Lord Blacheford's murder.
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* FrameUp: Thomas Blacheford uses Nell's angry attempt to get justice for her father's death to murder his father and blame her for it, with her word against his and his sister's.
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* RevealingCoverUp: After Thomas Blancheford kills Nell's father Sam, Lord Blancheford attempts to cover it up by claiming Sam was shot while poaching. This is so out of character for Sam, however, that it immediately makes everyone suspicious.
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* ImmuneToBullets: The combine SuperSpeed and SuperToughness Billy Blind grants Nell makes her effectively this and it becomes something of a trademark for her. Multiple times across the series she dodges, [[BulletCatch catches]], and even smacks bullets aside.
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* AccidentalKidnapping: Jephia's troupe accidentally kidnaps Polly instead of Roxy because they are wearing identical dresses at the time. This is because Nell held up Polly's carriage in a previous episode and made off with several of her belongings, including a dress.
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* LuxuryPrisonSuite: Charles is transferred to one by his fiancee Eularia Moggerhanger, a newspaper tycoon. Then it's revealed that she only rented the place for five minutes so she could visit him in a clean place and he has to return to the regular cells.
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* LuxuryPrisonSuite: Charles is transferred to one by his fiancee Eularia Moggerhanger, a newspaper tycoon. Then it's revealed that she only rented the place for five minutes so she could visit him in a clean place and he has to return to the regular cells. However, he's kept in the cell so that the nobility can come and gawk at a famous highwayman.
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* HeroStoleMyBike: Nell holds up a man and takes his horse, clothes, and wagon but leaves him compensation.
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* TheDreaded: Nell herself, due to her powers and the exaggerated newspaper stories about her.
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* CreatorThumbprint: Not unlike the writer's previous ''Series/GentlemanJack'', this series features a gender nonconforming female protagonist in pre-20th Century England and period lesbian representation.
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* BlackVikings / ColorblindCasting: The cast is pretty diverse for what is ostensibly 18th-century England, with the actors playing characters of any station from nobility to peasantry and everything in-between regardless of whether they are white, black, Asian, Latino, Desi, and so on.
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* AmbiguousSituation:
** It's never revealed where Billy Blind comes from, why he was sent to help Nell, or who sent him. Any time he tries to remember who sent him, the memory just slips away from him.
** Rasselas is (or at least sincerely believes he is) the son of the King of Benin. It's unclear if this is true or, if it is, why he ended up being sold as a slave.
** It's never revealed where Billy Blind comes from, why he was sent to help Nell, or who sent him. Any time he tries to remember who sent him, the memory just slips away from him.
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