Fop meaning had been blunted by this time. In the 1900s (decade), fictional heroes began to pose as fops to conceal their true activities. Sir Percy Blakeney of "The Scarlet Pimpernel" is a well-known example of this tendency; Sir Percy cultivates the image of being an overdressed and ineffectual social butterfly, the last person anyone would imagine being capable of dashing heroism. A similar image is cultivated by Zorro's public identity, Don Diego de la Vega. This continued with the pulp fiction and radio heroes of the 1920s and 1930s and expanded with the coming of comic books. The fashion and
Disentangling Old Percy Disentangling Old Percy "Disentangling Old Percy" is a short story by English comic writer P. G. Wodehouse and one of seven stories featuring the fictional character Reggie Pepper. It was published in the US magazine "Collier's Weekly" on 30 March 1912 as "Disentangling Old Duggie". The story was published in "The Strand Magazine" in the UK in August 1912 as "Disentangling Old Percy". In the story, Reggie Pepper wants to help his pal Percy Craye when Percy's overbearing sister Florence Craye disapproves of Percy being engaged to a palm reader. The well-meaning young gentleman Reggie Pepper advises his friend Percy