A was wondering (for some time now) Athos is not a Broken ace instead of an Ace?
There were actually three musketeers.
Actually, Alexandre Dumas wasn't that bad at counting up to three. Even though there are four protagonists, there are three Musketeers. D'Artagnan doesn't become a musketeer until the end (even though we know from the start he wants to become one). On the other hand, the three musketeers Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, are introduced near the beginning, and it's very obvious that the title refers to these three.
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This is true in the movie, but if I recall correctly for the book though he is musketeer well before the end.
Ok found what I was looking for.
"The Cardinal had learned of the three musketeers' and D'Artagnan's stay in the bastion of St. Gervais and how they fought and killed several Rochellais. Richelieu rewarded D'Artagnan with a promotion into the King's Musketeers. He wasn't promoted to lieutenant, however, until after Milady's execution and his arrest by the Cardinal's orders."
D'Artagnan was not one of the original three but became a member of their group shortly after meeting them.
Edited by TuefelHundenIV Who watches the watchmen?
Night Clerk of the Apacalypse.
I am about to start cleaning some examples on this page. So if anyone wants something to stay go ahead and tell us why. I am looking at cutting out natter, response entries, and this troper entries.
Who watches the watchmen?
Most of the people reading TV Tropes aren't 19th-century Englishmen, so this example needs some more details filled in. How much was an écu actually worth? What would 19th-century British readers have thought of a crown as being worth, and how is that different from the 20th-century crown worth a quarter of a pound?
If you're going to say that something was lost in translation, it helps to explain — remembering, again, that your audience here are the very people you're saying have lost it — what it is that's been lost.