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Each series follows a handful of characters as they face problems both personal and affecting the entire planet. Tends to have a tragic tone, with many of the problems arising from "the follies of humanity". The partial regression of technology among the colonists gives it a visual [[Space Western]] feel.
 
The serie is constituted so far{{when}} of
* ''Aldébaran'' cycle:
** ''La Catastrophe'' (The Catastrophe-1994)
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** ''Episode 1''(2011)
 
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=== ''Les Mondes d'Aldebaran'' provides examples of: ===
 
* [[Absent Aliens]]: While each world has its own native life (And how!), there are no intelligent aliens; except, perhaps, the [[Starfish Aliens|Mantrisse]].
** Averted by the last volume of the Betelgeuse cycle: {{spoiler|a sentient [[Human Aliens|alien]] from the Mantrisse home-world appears}}.
*** Averted also by the [[Pandaing to Thethe Audience|iums]], a semi-sentients species.
** Also averted in the spin-off serie ''Survivants'': the planet where the heroes crash had some [[Insectoid Aliens|sentient]] [[Humanoid Aliens|aliens]].
* [[Action Girl]]: Kim Keller, after being the [[Tagalong Kid]] in the first albums, become [[The Hero]] of the serie.
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* [[Generic Cuteness]]: You have to take the characters' word about who is more attractive.
* [[Green Aesop]]
* [[Half -Human Hybrid]]: {{spoiler|Kim's daughter, Lynn}}.
* [[Idiot Hero]]: Marc Sorensen, in the first cycle.
* [[No Biochemical Barriers]]: {{spoiler|Lynn's father is an alien. See [[Half -Human Hybrid]].}}
* [[Numbered Homeworld]]: Aldebaran-4, Betelgeuse-6 and Antares-5 respectively, though for the sake of convenience, the number is dropped in everyday conversation, when it's clear that one means the planet and not the star.
* [[Pandaing to Thethe Audience]]: The iums
* [[Phlebotinum Breakdown]]: The FTL communication with Earth breaks down after landing on Aldebaran and is not up again a hundred years later, when its series is set.
* [[Single Biome Planet]]: Aldebaran-4 is mostly ocean with a few scattered islands, Betelgeuse-6 is a desert world with most of the vegetation confined to deep river canyons. Averted with Antares-5 which has a varied biosphere.
* [[So Beautiful ItsIt's a Curse]]: Kim Keller have trouble dealing with it once [[She Is's All Grown Up|grown up]], mostly because of [[Big Breasts, Big Deal|her chest]].
* [[Time Travel]]: [[Quantum Mechanics Can Do Anything|Quantum FTL jump]] do that. Each planet is placed in a different "place" on the timeline and FTL jump jump in time according to that position.
* [[Touched Byby Vorlons]]: {{spoiler|The few human who have encountered the Mantrisse have become fonctionally immortal.}}
* [[Wham! Episode]]: Aldebaran Cycle, "La Photo" (The Picture), third album in the series. Specifically, the [[Wham! Line|last page]].
 
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[[Category:The Nineties]]
[[Category:Franco -Belgian Comics]]
[[Category:Les Mondes D d'Aldebaran]]
[[Category:TropeComic Books]]