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[[File:Achille_Talon_1.jpg|frame|<small>That short guy he's leaning on? That's [[ |
[[File:Achille_Talon_1.jpg|frame|<small>That short guy he's leaning on? That's [[Rene Goscinny]].</small> ]] |
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* [[Cliff Hanger]]: Copiously lampshaded at the end of many a page in the longer stories, and sometimes even played straight. |
* [[Cliff Hanger]]: Copiously lampshaded at the end of many a page in the longer stories, and sometimes even played straight. |
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* [[Da Editor]]: Goscinny. Albeit one who is happy to use axes and sledgehammers to reprimand [[Schedule Slip|late authors.]] |
* [[Da Editor]]: Goscinny. Albeit one who is happy to use axes and sledgehammers to reprimand [[Schedule Slip|late authors.]] |
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* [[Darkest Africa]]: Lampshaded in ''Le coquin de sort'' (and somehow parodies ''[[Tintin |
* [[Darkest Africa]]: Lampshaded in ''Le coquin de sort'' (and somehow parodies ''[[Tintin|Tintin in the Congo]]''). All inhabitants of Doduduba ("Fatinbottom") speak an absolutely perfect French and the primitive bush village where everybody walks around half-naked with spears has a big contract with a pet food canning plant in Chicago. |
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* [[Depraved Dentist]] |
* [[Depraved Dentist]] |
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* [[Doing in the Wizard]]: The album ''L'esprit d'Eloi'' (A pun on Montesquieu's "The spirit of the laws"). There is no ghost, of course. |
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* [[Eagle Land]] |
* [[Eagle Land]] |
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* [[Easy Amnesia]]: [[Shout-Out|Colorado Jules]] in ''Le trésor de Virgule''. Got a [[Tap |
* [[Easy Amnesia]]: [[Shout-Out|Colorado Jules]] in ''Le trésor de Virgule''. Got a [[Tap on the Head]] that made him forget only a ''part'' of the information about the treasure. Immediately parodied by Virgule who argues him and tells him he's "of bad faith". |
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* [[Expy]]: Saint-Ogan's ''[http://www.bedetheque.com/Couvertures/MonsieurPoche2_17082005.jpg Monsieur Poche]''. |
* [[Expy]]: Saint-Ogan's ''[http://www.bedetheque.com/Couvertures/MonsieurPoche2_17082005.jpg Monsieur Poche]''. |
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* [[Fatherland]]: Zôtrland in the album ''Le Roi des Zôtres'' |
* [[Fatherland]]: Zôtrland in the album ''Le Roi des Zôtres'' |
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** Naughty tentacles are invoked in a simile. |
** Naughty tentacles are invoked in a simile. |
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** "L'Etang Tacule" is a spoonerism for "The state screws you in the ass". |
** "L'Etang Tacule" is a spoonerism for "The state screws you in the ass". |
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* [[Grievous Harm |
* [[Grievous Harm with a Body]]: Often. |
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* [[Hilarity Ensues]]: Every time Talon tries [[Epic Fail|to take an initiative]]. |
* [[Hilarity Ensues]]: Every time Talon tries [[Epic Fail|to take an initiative]]. |
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* [[Hurricane of Puns]]: And it ''never'' stops. The title character himself is a pun (from Achilles' Heel). |
* [[Hurricane of Puns]]: And it ''never'' stops. The title character himself is a pun (from Achilles' Heel). |
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* [[Loyal Animal Companion]]: Pétard, Achille Talon's pet duck. Originally given as an ill-thought-out thank-you present, Talon resented it as such, but he eventually warmed to it. |
* [[Loyal Animal Companion]]: Pétard, Achille Talon's pet duck. Originally given as an ill-thought-out thank-you present, Talon resented it as such, but he eventually warmed to it. |
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* [[Mad Scientist]]: Dr Grelot and his three 600-year-old guinea pigs of longevity experience. The gag is that the victims of the experience... go mad. |
* [[Mad Scientist]]: Dr Grelot and his three 600-year-old guinea pigs of longevity experience. The gag is that the victims of the experience... go mad. |
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* [[Mama Bear]]: Don't cross Achille's mother. [[Never Mess |
* [[Mama Bear]]: Don't cross Achille's mother. [[Never Mess with Granny|She may look like a sweet old lady, but she packs a mean punch]]. |
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* [[Mean Boss]]: [[Rene Goscinny]] (the creator of [[Asterix]]) is depicted as a [[The Napoleon|perpetually angry, short and violence-prone]] editor-in-chief. |
* [[Mean Boss]]: [[Rene Goscinny]] (the creator of [[Asterix]]) is depicted as a [[The Napoleon|perpetually angry, short and violence-prone]] editor-in-chief. |
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* [[Meddlesome Patrolman]]: Agent Dussiflet or his peers get to slap a fine on Achille Talon, or drag him in handcuffs to the local police precinct, on more than one occasion. |
* [[Meddlesome Patrolman]]: Agent Dussiflet or his peers get to slap a fine on Achille Talon, or drag him in handcuffs to the local police precinct, on more than one occasion. |