History ComicBook / DeCapeEtDeCrocs

** A stealthy one to ''Series/MontyPython'': [[https://www.decape.askell.com/impromptu.php Armand and Lope's first meeting is written as a play]], during which a suspicious Lope keeps sniffing around a disguised Armand.

%%* DeathByMaterialism

* {{Determinator}}: All the heroes, to some extent, but the Rais gets a good one at the beginning: when it seems the map has been stolen (and so all hope of obtaining the treasure to raise his fleet), he declares it to have been written, and so will continue to scour the seas until they run red with blood.

* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler: Armand sadly doesn't get together with Séléné at the end. Séléné always mistook him for a loyal friend and not a romantic pretender and ends up falling in love with the Maître d'Armes, to Armand's sorrow.]]
* DirtyOldMan: Cénile is old and quite lecherous, as Séléné laments that his touches get more and more “tactile”; we’re not shown any of that however. He even plans to marry Séléné, although its partially to save on the dowry.

* TheDitz: Séléné, especially in the last books. She is shown to enjoy watching mindless soap operas on the Sélénite equivalent of a television, and complains at being unable to understand poetry.

* DramaticUnmask: As the heroes try to find the Maître d’Armes, Prince Jean sends a mysterious agent named “The Marquis of the Three Craters” after them, said Marquis’ identity is hidden until it is dramatically revealed that Captain Boone has sold his service to Prince Jean, becoming said Marquis in the process.

* DrivenToSuicide: When Armand learns that Séléné is in love with the Maître d’Armes, in the middle of his wooing no less, he is heartbroken. Thinking that he’s lost everything, including his friendship with Don Lope, almost jumps off a cliff. Thankfully, he’s distracted by Eusèbe's sentient pet rock.

* DuelToTheDeath: They happen every so and then, usually for matters of honor. Don Lope and Armand had to flee France after the wolf duelled and killed the wrong nobleman for instance. There is also the case of Armand’s feud with Mendoza which is fought seriously. However, most duels end up well, with both parties becoming friends. It's also subverted in one instance where Don Lope and the Maître d'Armes almost fight each other but Séléné forbids them to do something as stupid as killing each other for her.
* DumbBlonde: Séléné thinks herself to be one, being a pampered woman who was denied a great lot of education. However, the Maître d’Armes reassures her since he tells her that she’s not dumb enough not to worry about it and that her mastery of perfume concoction reveals a subtle mind. Andreo also counts, but he also wisens up by the end of the story.

* WhamEpisode: [[TearJerker The end]] of [[DarkestHour Volume 8]]. [[spoiler:Mendoza successfully conquered the Moon, the Weapon Master was overrun after a LastStand with Eusèbe at his side, and Don Lope has been shot unconscious, possibly dead. And all the Moon Cadets have been killed during the battle]].
* WhamLine: [[spoiler: I love you... Maître d'Armes!]]

* NobleWolf: Don Lope is this in two ways. One, he greatly values friendship and he's part of the hero group; two, he's literally a noble wolf by virtue of his nobleman status. He is happy to slip into SavageWolf mode when required, and says he was one after his first wife died.

* BrickJoke: In the second book, the protagonists infiltrate the pirate ship's powder magazine, intending to use its contents to frighten the pirates into submission. They have an OhCrap moment when Eusebe lights a couple of candles, thinking they are all about to blow up, but Eusebe just wanted them to see that they have accidentally infiltrated the ship's food store instead. Much later, in the fourth book, Kader and Eusebe enter a shipwreck intending to raid its food store for provisions. Eusebe lights a candelabra...
--> '''Kader:''' "[[OhCrap This isn't the food store!]] It's the powder mag–"\\

* IslandOfMystery: The Tangerine Islands, a quasi-mythical archipelago plagued by frequent sea storms and linked to the mysterious Atlantide. Many sailors know about it because of the many bottles written in various languages talking about the supposed treasures hidden there but the storms have prevented them from reaching it safely. The pirates reach it first and discover that the inside of the volcano is weirder than they can imagine, with cheese trees, giant crustaceans and water running slowly. The heroes eventually discover that the Isles are influenced by the Moon and that the resident Sélénites have left seeds here and there.* IsleOfGiantHorrors: The Tangerine Isles harbour giants crustaceans.