Blacksad: Difference between revisions

* [[Call Back]]: In ''Red Soul'', Blacksad is sufficiently annoyed when he has to attend a Natalia Wilford Look-A-Like contest when doing bodyguard duty for a rich client.

* [[Carnivore Confusion]]: Unless those were vegetarian sausages we see Karup grilling in an old photo...

* [[Chekhov's Gun]] ''and'' [[Foreshadowing]]: All over the place in ''Artic Nation''.

* [[The Chessmaster]]: {{spoiler|Jezebel}} had a grand plan indeed.

* [[Gender Equals Breed]]: Although it appears that most romances are between members of the same species, this still holds true to a certain extent. For example, Smirnov looks like a German Shepherd, and his wife is some kind of collie. Their children - a little boy and a girl -- follow their parents' breeds. And the same for Sebastian and his wife, Hannah - their son looks far more like Sebastian. Another example is {{spoiler|Karup and his first wife, a dog, whose daughters are both dogs}}.

* [[Good People Have Good Sex]]: When Blacksad has sex it's implied to be very romantic and fulfilling. Whereas when we see {{spoiler|Huk and Jezebel}} having sex it's shown to be much less wholesome.

* [[The Grim Reaper]]: Death himself doesn't show, but {{spoiler|1=Faust LaChapelle}} dons a costume in his image to go around incognito. Death apparantly looks like a man with a goat skull in the ''Blacksad'' universe, merging some of the imagery with that of traditional Western depictions of [[Satan]].

* [[Hardboiled Detective]]: Blacksad, of course.

* [[Leaning On the Fourth Wall]]: At the beginning of ''Arctic Nation'' Blacksad is writing and monologuing about how he should publish his memoirs. Then he looks in the readers direction and mentions that he "Wouldn't be surprised if it ended up published as a detective novel." He was looking at a hanging body, but the 'Leaning' effect is there.

* [[Leave the Two Lovebirds Alone]]: Not that Blacksad gave Weekly much of a chance to refuse...

* [[Love Interests]]: Blacksad has one in the first and third album.

* [[Manipulative Bastard|Manipulative Bitch]]: {{spoiler|Jezebel}}

* [[Ridiculously Cute Critter]]: All the children. [[The Woobie|Kylie]], the little Zebra who plays with her, and [[Precious Puppies|Smirnov's puppies]]. Also, Weekly.

* [[Scenery Porn]]: This series is ''gorgeous.''

** In ''Arctic Nation'' when Blacksad is crouching on a roof overlooking the city his silhouette {{smallcaps| SCREAMS}} Batman. Down to his very Batman hood-looking ears.

** [[Adolf Hitler]] is present too, but remains unnamed. As in ''[[Maus]]'', [[Cats Are Mean|he is a cat]].

* [[You Killed My Father|You Killed My Mother]]: This is what drives {{spoiler|[[Manipulative Bitch|Jezebel]]}}.

* [[You Dirty Rat]]: The shady rat from ''Somewhere Within The Shadows''

{{reflist}}