
When asked if that was true, James awkwardly smiles, clenches his teeth and says that yes, she is his fiance and they are "very much in love." The sailors buy it hook, line, and sinker and even have a nostalgic moment for "young love" as James and Sarah shuffle away hand in hand. She begs them not to take "her love" away, not after all they'd been through (at which point, even Henri is rolling his eyes). Hilarity Ensues as Sarah immediately picks up on the lie and launches a dramatic tale of their love and how James is eager to join the English navy, but she demanded he "hold on just a little longer, dearest" until they were married.

When the sailors ask for a reason to let James go, Henri gleefully pipes up and says Sarah and James are engaged. Boyfriend Bluff: A variation on this trope in "One Life to Lose." When British sailors attempt to kidnap James and press him into service, Sarah and Henri show up just in time and demand they let him go.Bound and Gagged: After Sarah makes the less than wise decision to invoke King George's name in demanding safe passage through territory occupied by the Green Mountain Boys the next scene shows the kids being delivered to the militia's camp, bound and gagged in the back of a wagon.Bloodless Carnage: For a show that talks a lot about killing and wounding people, there isn't a whole lot of blood shown.Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: James, Henri, and Sarah.Big Eater: Henri and has scenes of eating all sorts of yummy things like bread, pastries, pancakes, bread, apples, and syrup.Berserk Button: As General Charles Lee finds out the hard way at Monmouth, insulting Washington's troops is a surefire way to get on Commander-in-Chief's bad side.Belligerent Sexual Tension: James and Sarah.The kids are involved in every event of the Revolution that could form the plot of a show. Been There, Shaped History: The premise, basically.He is promoted first to army drummer under Lafayette, and then to family as Lafayette adopts him and takes him back to France. Ascended Fanboy: Lafayette comes all the way from France to become this to Washington.Animated Actors: During the "Liberty News Network" segments, the show's main characters Rick out of their roles in the main story to provide further exposition and lead the audience in trivia games.The sheer amount of brutality and cruel actions that both the revolutionaries and the British commit without retribution Sarah tends to notice this more than James does.

A father and his son are unlawfully executed for being Native American, and the last scene is the father taking his son's hands and comforting him.Then years later, they reunite briefly when Cato is on the run, and Moses has to send him to Canada with a Loyalist woman. Moses's reaction when he sees his brother Cato at a slave auction, and fails to buy him or rescue him from the slave plantation he's sold to.Her mother doesn't even know that Sarah's ship was targeted during the Boston Tea Party. Sarah's parents are separated due to her father being in the American wilderness, and her mother sends her abroad on the eve of revolution.Adobe Flash: The "Liberty News Network" segments are clearly animated in flash, while the rest of the show is traditional animation.In the last episode, when her mother has joined her in the city, she mentions that he's found some land and they're going to move in together. Aborted Arc: Sarah doesn't see her father again after the episode where they reunite.
