The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel · Character
Bibot
A gatekeeper of revolutionary Paris whose passion for passports and petty authority makes him a perfect instrument — and a perfect fool — for the Pimpernel's games.
supporting
Also known as Passports Bibot, citizen Bibot
First appearance: A Question of Passports
As a supporting figure in The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel, Bibot is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Commandant of the Porte Montmartre, confident in his ability to catch the Scarlet Pimpernel, but ultimately tricked by a forged note.
Bibot guards the city's edges, where papers are scrutinized and travelers vanish or die. His pride in his own vigilance is exactly the vanity the League exploits, turning the machinery of the Terror against itself. He represents the small, self-important cogs of the Revolution: men whose certainty that they cannot be fooled is the very crack through which the Scarlet Pimpernel slips.
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Character Web
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Diverse minor characters and families
- Protagonist
- Revolutionaries and mistaken identity
- Minor characters and aristocrats
- Revolutionaries and the Pimpernel
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
In this excerpt, the narrative reaches its dramatic climax because the Scarlet Pimpernel, disguised as a patie…
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See Bibot in A Question of Passports