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* FantasticRacism: The [[PettingZooPeople anthro characters]] aren't too fond of the humans, calling them racist terms (see FantasticSlurs below) and giving them menial tasks. According to [=LeBrock=], they've not made it to Britain because they weren't allowed passports, as they were not granted citizens' rights. Some information from the fourth book suggests that the anti-human prejudice has ''much'' deeper and bloody roots, with one revelation being that humans also used to live in Britain... until they were exterminated during the period of French rule.
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* FantasticRacism: The [[PettingZooPeople anthro characters]] characters aren't too fond of the humans, calling them racist terms (see FantasticSlurs below) and giving them menial tasks. According to [=LeBrock=], they've not made it to Britain because they weren't allowed passports, as they were not granted citizens' rights. Some information from the fourth book suggests that the anti-human prejudice has ''much'' deeper and bloody roots, with one revelation being that humans also used to live in Britain... until they were exterminated during the period of French rule.
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* AlternateHistory: The setting is Britain that had lost the Napoleonic War 200 years ago, and the royal family were executed. It had then been part of the French empire until twenty-three years previous when it was begrudgingly given independence after a prolonged campaign of civil disobedience and anarchist bombings. Now it's called ''The Socialist Republic of Britain'', a small and unimportant country connected to the French Empire by the Channel railway bridge.
** The fourth book reveals that the divergence occurred much before then, [[spoiler: sometime around the Biblical Flood. When Noah's Arc reached the dry land, the arc was somehow occupied by sapient animals instead of humans and animals]]. Exactly what happened there, nobody is sure. It also reveals that the Christianity in the Grandville universe posits [[spoiler: Noah]] as God and is ignorant to the notion of the Abrahamic God as we know it, though it does have Jesus as an unknown specie. Knowledge to the contrary has been systematically destroyed over the centuries [[spoiler: except for one copy of the gospels that state Jesus was a ''human'' and a single copy of Genesis in Hebrew that includes the first six chapters before Noah and the flood]].
** The fourth book reveals that the divergence occurred much before then, [[spoiler: sometime around the Biblical Flood. When Noah's Arc reached the dry land, the arc was somehow occupied by sapient animals instead of humans and animals]]. Exactly what happened there, nobody is sure. It also reveals that the Christianity in the Grandville universe posits [[spoiler: Noah]] as God and is ignorant to the notion of the Abrahamic God as we know it, though it does have Jesus as an unknown specie. Knowledge to the contrary has been systematically destroyed over the centuries [[spoiler: except for one copy of the gospels that state Jesus was a ''human'' and a single copy of Genesis in Hebrew that includes the first six chapters before Noah and the flood]].
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* AlternateHistory: The setting is a Britain that had lost the Napoleonic War Wars 200 years ago, previous, and the royal family were executed. It had then been part of the French empire Empire until twenty-three years previous when it was begrudgingly given independence after a prolonged campaign of civil disobedience disobedience, terrorism and anarchist bombings. Now it's called ''The Socialist Republic of Britain'', a small and unimportant country connected to the French Empire by the Channel railway bridge.
** The fourth book reveals that the divergence occurred muchbefore then, earlier, [[spoiler: sometime around the Biblical Flood. When Noah's Arc reached the dry land, the arc was somehow occupied by sapient animals instead of humans and animals]]. Exactly what happened there, nobody is sure. It also reveals that the Christianity in the Grandville universe posits [[spoiler: Noah]] as God and is ignorant to of the notion of the Abrahamic God as we know it, though it does have Jesus as an unknown specie. Knowledge to the contrary has been systematically destroyed over the centuries [[spoiler: except for one copy of the gospels that state states that Jesus was a ''human'' and a single copy of Genesis in Hebrew that includes the first six chapters before Noah and the flood]].
** The fourth book reveals that the divergence occurred much
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* FantasticRacism: The [[PettingZooPeople anthro characters]] aren't too fond of the humans, calling them with racist terms (see FantasticSlurs below) and giving them menial tasks. According to [=LeBrock=], they've not made it to Britain because they weren't allowed passports, as they were not granted citizens' rights. Some information from the fourth book suggests that the antis-human anti-human prejudice has ''much'' deeper and bloody roots.roots, with one revelation being that humans also used to live in Britain... until they were exterminated during the period of French rule.
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** As the series progresses, there are increasing hints that civilization used to be human-dominated until... ''something''... happened during classical antiquity that led to the overthrow of the human civilization and its replacement with one dominated by animals, with humans relegated to a persecuted minority that has very often been subjected to pogroms and genocides.
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* AceCustom: [=LeBrock=]'s signature blue coat is this, being specifically tailored for him by Scotland Yard's R&D and equipped with multiple hidden compartments that store a plethora of tools useful for crime scene investigation, pursuit, and self-defense. Its one-of-a-kind nature is also why he suffers from LimitedWardrobe syndrome and constantly has to repair the coat rather than replace it.
* CreateYourOwnVillain: Arguably in second and fifth album.
** [[spoiler: In ''Mon Amor'', [=LeBrock=] would have to deal with "Mad Dog" Mastock one way or another, as his escape from death row was orchestrated by other parties, but Mastock developed a heavy grudge against the badger for putting him in jail in the first place and being rather brutal about it, so one of his side-objectives was evening up the score with him in a similarly nasty fashion.]]
** [[spoiler: The French kingpin of Parisian crime Tiberius Koenig decided he will make [=LeBrock=]'s remaining life miserable only after he found out Archie killed one of his brothers while visiting Grandville. And he didn't even like the said brother, it was just a matter of principle to always retaliate with extreme force whenever someone messed with his criminal empire, intentionally or not.]]
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Very few fatalities in the comic can be considered results of fairly clean kills, but the cake belongs to Tiberius Koenig from fifth album, as he first personally beats up many of his wrongdoers (or just collaterals) inches away from death and then, to make sure they stay dead, throws them into a powerful meat grinder he calls "The Mill" that's part of him main hideout's equipment.]]
** [[spoiler: In ''Mon Amor'', [=LeBrock=] would have to deal with "Mad Dog" Mastock one way or another, as his escape from death row was orchestrated by other parties, but Mastock developed a heavy grudge against the badger for putting him in jail in the first place and being rather brutal about it, so one of his side-objectives was evening up the score with him in a similarly nasty fashion.]]
** [[spoiler: The French kingpin of Parisian crime Tiberius Koenig decided he will make [=LeBrock=]'s remaining life miserable only after he found out Archie killed one of his brothers while visiting Grandville. And he didn't even like the said brother, it was just a matter of principle to always retaliate with extreme force whenever someone messed with his criminal empire, intentionally or not.]]
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Very few fatalities in the comic can be considered results of fairly clean kills, but the cake belongs to Tiberius Koenig from fifth album, as he first personally beats up many of his wrongdoers (or just collaterals) inches away from death and then, to make sure they stay dead, throws them into a powerful meat grinder he calls "The Mill" that's part of him main hideout's equipment.]]
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* ItsPersonal: [[spoiler: Chance Lucas, the Pinkerton agent from ''Noel'', is not following cult leader Apollo because of the Pinkertons, but because his daughter was killed in the mass suicide before he fled for France. He gets his revenge not by shooting Apollo, but by killing Elvis Yorkshire.]]
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**[[spoiler: In the first album, a significant factor contributing to how [=LeBrock=] decides to stop the villains is that they killed the woman he was was developing feelings for.]]
**[[spoiler: Chance Lucas, the Pinkerton agent from ''Noel'', is not following cult leader Apollo because of the Pinkertons, but because his daughter was killed in the mass suicide before he fled for France. He gets his revenge not by shooting Apollo, but by killing Elvis Yorkshire.]]
**[[spoiler: In the final album [=LeBrock=] going for the final showdown with the villains gets significantly fueled by the fact that their boss nearly beat his fiancee to death and in the process killed their unborn child. It says a lot that learning this is the only time the badger got so mad that he punched a hole in a brick wall.]]
**[[spoiler: In the first album, a significant factor contributing to how [=LeBrock=] decides to stop the villains is that they killed the woman he was was developing feelings for.]]
**[[spoiler: Chance Lucas, the Pinkerton agent from ''Noel'', is not following cult leader Apollo because of the Pinkertons, but because his daughter was killed in the mass suicide before he fled for France. He gets his revenge not by shooting Apollo, but by killing Elvis Yorkshire.]]
**[[spoiler: In the final album [=LeBrock=] going for the final showdown with the villains gets significantly fueled by the fact that their boss nearly beat his fiancee to death and in the process killed their unborn child. It says a lot that learning this is the only time the badger got so mad that he punched a hole in a brick wall.]]
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: [=LeBrock=] is progressively becoming this for Billie as she realises she's not just a short-term conquest and he's genuinely falling for her, bringing her closer and closer to actually feeling happy in her life. The down side of this is that she's prone to strong, almost violent emotional reactions whenever she fears he may change his attitude to her or maybe even leave her.
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* MultipleGunshotDeath: [[spoiler: Billie kills "Mad Dog" Mastock this way, after he gets distracted with trying to deal [=LeBrock=] a finishing blow, allowing her to pick up his gun and shoot him in the back. And then, seeing he's still breathing, she starts walking towards him while putting more and more bullets into him with each step. She doesn't stop squeezing the trigger even after she's out of ammo and he's out of life, and it takes Rocher's shoulder pat to snap her out of it. Justified in that Mastock led the extreme British seperatist cell responsible for the bombing that killed both of her parents, and slaying him was the closest thing to a revenge for her.]]
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* MultipleGunshotDeath: [[spoiler: Billie kills "Mad Dog" Mastock this way, after he gets distracted with trying to deal [=LeBrock=] a finishing blow, allowing her to pick up his gun and shoot him in the back. And then, seeing he's still breathing, she starts walking towards him while putting more and more bullets into him with each step. She doesn't stop squeezing the trigger even after she's out of ammo and he's out of life, and it takes Rocher's shoulder pat to snap her out of it. Justified in that Mastock led the extreme British seperatist cell responsible for the bombing that killed both of her parents, and slaying parents when she was a child, robbing her of a normal life, AND murdered five of the women she worked with at the brothel. Killing him was the closest thing to a revenge for her.her and she'd probably do that multiple times over were it possible.]]
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* TrophyWife: Baron Krapaud from the third album, a short and rather unappealing frog, is married to a beautiful gazelle clearly much younger than him.
* WallOfWeapons: [=LeBrock=] habitually picks up guns and other weapons he finds on the enemies he defeats or from places he visits, many of them being used later in that album or possibly being stored away somewhere. People around don't seem to mind as long as the said weapons did not belong to someone they knew personally.
* WallOfWeapons: [=LeBrock=] habitually picks up guns and other weapons he finds on the enemies he defeats or from places he visits, many of them being used later in that album or possibly being stored away somewhere. People around don't seem to mind as long as the said weapons did not belong to someone they knew personally.
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* DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler:When Koenig discovers that Billie is pregnant with [=LeBrock's=] child, he proceeds to punch her several times in the stomach. The baby doesn't survive]].
* DisneyVillainDeath:
** [[spoiler:Prime Minister Drummond either commits suicide by jumping off a skyscraper, or was thrown off by [=LeBrock=]]].
** [[spoiler:Baron Aristotle Krapaud is thrown to his death by [=LeBrock=] while he was trying to flee in his airship]].
** [[spoiler:Prime Minister Drummond either commits suicide by jumping off a skyscraper, or was thrown off by [=LeBrock=]]].
** [[spoiler:Baron Aristotle Krapaud is thrown to his death by [=LeBrock=] while he was trying to flee in his airship]].
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes:
** Baron Aristotle Krapaud cherishes his pet toad dearly, and is visibly traumatized after [[spoiler:she's killed in an explosion caused by a ChekhovsGun [=LeBrock=] had]].
** Subverted with Tiberius Koenig. His motivation for going after [=LeBrock=] is because he killed his brother Gaius, but one of his henchmen mentions that he didn't like Gaius. Tiberius nonchalantly tells him he doesn't like ''any'' of his brothers; he's just targeting [=LeBrock=] because "it's simply a matter of principle."
* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: "Better" is debatable. Tiberius Koenig appears to be a red ''Tyrannosaurus Rex'', and he is by far one of the most deplorable villains in the entire series, along with being one of the more memorable, fleshed out villains.
** Baron Aristotle Krapaud cherishes his pet toad dearly, and is visibly traumatized after [[spoiler:she's killed in an explosion caused by a ChekhovsGun [=LeBrock=] had]].
** Subverted with Tiberius Koenig. His motivation for going after [=LeBrock=] is because he killed his brother Gaius, but one of his henchmen mentions that he didn't like Gaius. Tiberius nonchalantly tells him he doesn't like ''any'' of his brothers; he's just targeting [=LeBrock=] because "it's simply a matter of principle."
* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: "Better" is debatable. Tiberius Koenig appears to be a red ''Tyrannosaurus Rex'', and he is by far one of the most deplorable villains in the entire series, along with being one of the more memorable, fleshed out villains.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: Apollo is quite personable with large crowds and potential followers, and is potentially crucial to his hypnotic/{{Glamour}} abilities. Any scene that doesn't have him in the public spotlight, however, shows him as a ruthless, crazed maniac with full-on AGodAmI mentality who plans to use his powers for political extremist reasons. [[spoiler:This is not helped by Elvis Yorkshire constantly being in the background and using this for his own gains.]]
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** Apollo is quite personable with large crowds and potential followers, and is potentially crucial to his hypnotic/{{Glamour}} abilities. Any scene that doesn't have him in the public spotlight, however, shows him as a ruthless, crazed maniac with full-on AGodAmI mentality who plans to use his powers for political extremist reasons. [[spoiler:This is not helped by Elvis Yorkshire constantly being in the background and using this for his own gains.]]]]
** Tiberius Koenig is a sociopath who cares about nothing but ruling by fear and dominating every gang in Paris and London. He's also a (mostly) level-headed mob boss who speaks to everyone casually, even when he's threatening to kill them. This is made blatant when he's beating one of his minions to death in a chair, all while he calmly talks about his childhood and how he came to be.
** Apollo is quite personable with large crowds and potential followers, and is potentially crucial to his hypnotic/{{Glamour}} abilities. Any scene that doesn't have him in the public spotlight, however, shows him as a ruthless, crazed maniac with full-on AGodAmI mentality who plans to use his powers for political extremist reasons. [[spoiler:This is not helped by Elvis Yorkshire constantly being in the background and using this for his own gains.
** Tiberius Koenig is a sociopath who cares about nothing but ruling by fear and dominating every gang in Paris and London. He's also a (mostly) level-headed mob boss who speaks to everyone casually, even when he's threatening to kill them. This is made blatant when he's beating one of his minions to death in a chair, all while he calmly talks about his childhood and how he came to be.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard:
** [[spoiler:Emperor Napoleon [=XII=] is blown to smithereens by the same dirigible he intended to use in a terrorist attack]].
** [[spoiler:Tiberius Koenig is thrown into the same meat grinder he was trying to throw [=LeBrock=] into]].
** [[spoiler:Emperor Napoleon [=XII=] is blown to smithereens by the same dirigible he intended to use in a terrorist attack]].
** [[spoiler:Tiberius Koenig is thrown into the same meat grinder he was trying to throw [=LeBrock=] into]].
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* SociopathicHero: [=LeBrock=] is capable of horrific brutality, even if all his targets are {{Asshole Victim}}s. [[spoiler:Just ask the Archbishop.]]
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* SociopathicHero: [=LeBrock=] Downplayed with [=LeBrock=]. He is capable of horrific brutality, even if all his targets are {{Asshole Victim}}s. [[spoiler:Just ask This is especially shown in Volume 1, where he [[spoiler:tortures an Archbishop and burns him alive, and later massacres ''the entire French cabinet and the Archbishop.]]Emperor'']].
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* AllThereInTheManual: Bryan Talbot's official website includes a section listing and explaining all of the references and shout-outs he placed in the comic. There's a lot to read.
* AttackPatternAlpha: [=LeBrock=] and Ratzi's "standard procedure" pincer pursuit that gets used multiple times in every album.
* BarbieDollAnatomy: Averted with men and played with for women. When [=LeBrock=] is seen topless, his chest is always anatomically correct, and women (well, mostly Billie) who are seen naked have their bits covered up by precisely chosen panel angles and poses that obscruct them with foreground objects or their own body parts.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Averted, often rather cruelly.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Averted, often rather cruelly.
* BrutalHonesty: Billie NEVER beats around the bush and often says what's on her mind without considering how others will react. [[spoiler: She also decides to adopt this approach in her blossoming romance with [=LeBrock=] and interactions with his friends and family.]]
* CrazyPrepared: It's almost ridiculous how far ahead [=LeBrock=] can plan, and sometimes he develops various contingency plans and devices YEARS before he gets to use them. And many of them never get used at all - he created them just on the offchance they MIGHT be useful one day. This kind of "just in case" thinking saves his hide more than once.
* DeadpanSnarker: Billie. Her supply of cynicism is endless, and her dialogue often shows that.
* DecemberDecemberRomance: [[spoiler: Subtly implied by [=LeBrock=]'s mother to be the case with her and the new Warden of London Tower after he hosted the whole family for a time to keep them safe from Koenig's grasp in the fifth album.]]
* DecemberDecemberRomance: [[spoiler: Subtly implied by [=LeBrock=]'s mother to be the case with her and the new Warden of London Tower after he hosted the whole family for a time to keep them safe from Koenig's grasp in the fifth album.]]
* DistractedByTheSexy: [=LeBrock=] usually avoids this without a problem, but when Billie offers him her services and a night together during the second album, after a moment of thought he agrees.
* EurekaMoment: You know [=LeBrock=] experiences one when he looks into the distance and exclaims "Bugger!"
* ExplosiveBreeder: Detective Ratzi (a rat) has 26 children with his wife... last time he checked.
* ExplosiveBreeder: Detective Ratzi (a rat) has 26 children with his wife... last time he checked.
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* Goth: Billie due the fact that she is almost never seen in clothes other than black (which also gives her a very stylish look due to their design and contrast with her white fur), and with her endless supply of cynicism, she also qualifies as the Gloomy type.
* HappilyMarried: Detective Roderick Ratzi, with a whopping number of kids to boot. Chief Inspector Jules Rocher is definitely married, but whether "happily" applies depends on his awareness (or lack thereof) of his wife's extramarital interest in handsome, strong men.
* InASingleBound: Ratzi comments and demonstrates that rats have a natural talent for jumping much farther than an average mammal.
* JabbaTableManners: Maybe not literally, but being of commoner background, [=LeBrock=] has no experience in high-class dining etiquette and constantly makes mistakes that leave the poor Rocher who invited him over perplexed, if not uneasy. His wife doesn't seem to mind, though.
* MultipleGunshotDeath: [[spoiler: Billie kills "Mad Dog" Mastock this way, after he gets distracted with trying to deal [=LeBrock=] a finishing blow, allowing her to pick up his gun and shoot him in the back. And then, seeing he's still breathing, she starts walking towards him while putting more and more bullets into him with each step. She doesn't stop squeezing the trigger even after she's out of ammo and he's out of life, and it takes Rocher's shoulder pat to snap her out of it. Justified in that Mastock led the extreme British seperatist cell responsible for the bombing that killed both of her parents, and slaying him was the closest thing to a revenge for her.]]
* PerpetualFrowner: Billie. The only instances we see her smile is when she's spending her free time with [=LeBrock=], and even then certain requirements must be met for her to put on a grin. [[spoiler: Only after she becomes his official fiancee and moves in with him does smiling become her preferred expression.]]
** [=LeBrock=] trying to endear Billie to British humour and failing miserably.
* SherlockScan: Thanks to his past training [=LeBrock=] is an absolute monster in analysing crime scenes, being able to spot, memorise, and cross-examine details any other police officer wouldn't even think mattered.
* ShotgunWedding: [[spoiler: Averted with [=LeBrock=] and Billie. While true that he proposed to her when she told him she's pregnant with his child, he wanted to marry her much sooner and just failed to pop the question due to various circumstances. And he's still interested in making her Mrs. [=LeBrock=] after the said pregnancy is terminated due to the events of the final album.]]
* SmallRoleBigImpact: "Divine" Sarah Blairow. She only appeared in one album and mostly served as the DamselInDistress of the week, but she managed to make a big impression on [=LeBrock=] [[spoiler: and even seemingly made him develop feelings for her almost instantly after just one night together. Her death caused him to go on an extreme revenge tour and he felt guilty for not being able to save her for over a month and a half, rendering him a psychological wreck during that time. And when he was forced to come back to investigating, he projected her likeness on any badger woman roughly her age, which is how he met Billie. And while he finally got a semi-closure with her demise at the end of the second album by visiting her grave, her memory still affected him for the rest of the series.]]
* TheSnarkKnight: Billie has a tendency to act like this, but she can tone it down enough not to get in the way of her work.
* SpitTake:
**[=LeBrock=] has one when he tries gaspacho at a dinner with Rocher's family and doesn't realise it's SUPPOSED to be cold.
** And one more later, courtesy of Billie [[spoiler: when he realises she told his kids about her job as a prostitute.]]
**[=LeBrock=] has one when he tries gaspacho at a dinner with Rocher's family and doesn't realise it's SUPPOSED to be cold.
** And one more later, courtesy of Billie [[spoiler: when he realises she told his kids about her job as a prostitute.]]
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* TemporaryLoveInterest: [[spoiler: Sarah from the first book.]]
* TemporaryLoveInterest: [[spoiler: Sarah from the first book.]]
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* BulletproofVest: [=LeBrock=] wears one under his waistcoat, though it looks to be like some sort of super-strong chainmail. Also, Ratzi's coat seems to have similar properties, as it effortlessly breaks an attacker's knife upon strike.
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* BulletproofVest: [=LeBrock=] wears one under his waistcoat, though it looks to be like some sort of super-strong chainmail. Also, Ratzi's coat seems also wearing one, though probably a different model due to have similar properties, as being standard-issue model given to all Scotland Yard field operatives. Still, it effortlessly stops and breaks an attacker's knife upon strike.strike.
* ButToMeItWasTuesday: Working with [=LeBrock=] all this time has made Ratzi shrug off random mook attacks as nothing more than just minor everyday inconvinience.
* ButToMeItWasTuesday: Working with [=LeBrock=] all this time has made Ratzi shrug off random mook attacks as nothing more than just minor everyday inconvinience.
* CostumePorn: With the setting being based on steampunk and Victorian visual cues, multiple characters wear great looking outfits and gear. Especially women, who often don clothes and dresses with fabulous, intricate details that allow even otherwise unappealing characters to look stylish and pleasing.
* DistressedDude / ConvenientlyTimedAttackFromBehind: [[spoiler:"Mad Dog" Mastock made a terrible mistake by underestimating his hostage Billie while fighting [=LeBrock=] at the end of book 2, especially after the latter managed to release her from her bindings. Once [=LeBrock=] thought him to be dead, Mastock found an opening to punch the badger's lights out beyond quick recovery, but became so focused on dealing the finishing blow that he paid no attention to now-free Billie... who in the meantime grabbed one of his own guns and emptied a full clip into him.]]
* ExplosiveBreeder: Detective Ratzi (a rat) has 26 children with his wife... last time he checked.
* GunPorn: Each album is literally littered with firearms of all shapes and designs, and rarely two of them look alike.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler: Basically the MO of the villains of the first album. This is how they deal with every single person involved in their schemes that outlived their usefulness and what happens to anyone who happens to catch wind of their plan in any, even faintest possible way. This bites them back in the end, as when they deal this fate to someone related to British government, they send [=LeBrock=] to investigate that death, and they do continue the silencing when he's already in town, unknowingly leaving him breadcrumbs to follow. It also doesn't help that not knowing who exactly he is, they try to kill him several times and push his berserk buttons in the process. They all end up dead and their grand scheme backfires spectacularly.]]
* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler: Basically the MO of the villains of the first album. This is how they deal with every single person involved in their schemes that outlived their usefulness and what happens to anyone who happens to catch wind of their plan in any, even faintest possible way. This bites them back in the end, as when they deal this fate to someone related to British government, they send [=LeBrock=] to investigate that death, and they do continue the silencing when he's already in town, unknowingly leaving him breadcrumbs to follow. It also doesn't help that not knowing who exactly he is, they try to kill him several times and push his berserk buttons in the process. They all end up dead and their grand scheme backfires spectacularly.]]
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* HiddenWeapons: A common attribute of many characters within the setting. The most prominent ones are the heroes [=LeBrock=] and Ratzi who both use weaponised walking canes fashion accessories -- LeBrock's [=LeBrock=]'s umbrella hides a rapier-like blade while Ratzi's walking cane is a multi-shot gun. Though they often display the many ways they can waste enemies with them even before resorting to their hidden functions.
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* InsecureLoveInterest: Billie in the matters of love. She is pretty, intelligent and quick on her feet, but also feels that as a prostitute, no respectable man would ever want her. This makes her both fully surrender to the idea of short-term flings with no commitment as the peak of her options in romance, and become verbally violent whenever someone suggests that finding a husband who would truly love her is actually within her reach.
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* LimitedWardrobe: [=LeBrock=] has just a single set of outdoor clothes to wear and admits to needing them constantly repaired due to all the gunfights he gets into during his investigations. This also means he's often underdressed for various formal events, and it takes Billie's influence to actually make him buy a proper evening dress.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: [=LeBrock=] tries his best to avert this with Billie, and whenever she has some doubts about him, he takes time to explain her where he stands on the given matter. He is actually thrilled whenever this happens, because the way he sees it, Billie getting angry about unclarified details means she cares about him and values their interactions.
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* RichBoredom: Roderick Ratzi comes from a very wealthy family of former aristocrats, which explains how he can afford to live in a truly gigantic residence with his wife and father, and support enourmous number of offspring. Basically, he works for Scotland Yard as a full-time hobby.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler: Once [=Lebrock=] puts all of the pieces of his investigation from the first album together, he decides to end the imminent threat to people of France and Britain personally and thoroughly. This means attacking the perpetrators' secret base of operations, gunning down every single one of them and actually turning their master plan against them by aiming their superweapon at the person who ordered the whole thing. And since the game was played at French government level, during a single night Detective Inspector killed the Minister Of War, Chief of Police, a weapons/media magnate, the Prime Minister, and to top it all off, the Emperor of France himself. And he did it in such a way that no one was able to pin any of this on him. Though admittedly the villains did a great job of motivating him to do that by seriously hurting his partner and murdering his lover in attempt to get rid of him.]]
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler: Once [=Lebrock=] puts all of the pieces of his investigation from the first album together, he decides to end the imminent threat to people of France and Britain personally and thoroughly. This means attacking the perpetrators' secret base of operations, gunning down every single one of them and actually turning their master plan against them by aiming their superweapon at the person who ordered the whole thing. And since the game was played at French government level, during a single night Detective Inspector killed the Minister Of War, Chief of Police, a weapons/media magnate, the Prime Minister, and to top it all off, the Emperor of France himself. And he did it in such a way that no one was able to pin any of this on him. Though admittedly the villains did a great job of motivating him to do that by seriously hurting his partner and murdering his lover in attempt to get rid of him.]]
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* ActOfTrueLove: A light example, but when Billie says she will only allow [=LeBrock=] to accompany her to an art exhibit she was invited to if he puts better clothes on, he actually spends a three week wages' worth on a full formal set.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Billie admits that [=LeBrock=], despite his tough and no-nonsense attitude, is probably the nicest guy she dealt with in her life, which is likely a major factor in her growing attraction to him.
* BondingOverMissingParents: One of the first things that allows Billie to warm up to [=LeBrock=] is him revealing his father died by french fire during the independence fights. Since both of Billie's parents died in a british separatist bombing, it allows to sink in for her that despite their opposing nations, they both know loss and have to live with it.
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* BulletproofVest: [=LeBrock=] wears one under his waistcoat, though it looks to be like some sort of super-strong chainmail.
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* BulletproofVest: [=LeBrock=] wears one under his waistcoat, though it looks to be like some sort of super-strong chainmail. Also, Ratzi's coat seems to have similar properties, as it effortlessly breaks an attacker's knife upon strike.
* CannotSpitItOut / InterruptedDeclarationOfLove: From the third album onward, [=LeBrock=] realizes he is in love with Billie and tries to propose to her several times, but usually can't finish the question -- either because the plot decides to attack at that exact moment or because he chickens out.
* CannotSpitItOut / InterruptedDeclarationOfLove: From the third album onward, [=LeBrock=] realizes he is in love with Billie and tries to propose to her several times, but usually can't finish the question -- either because the plot decides to attack at that exact moment or because he chickens out.
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* CombatPragmatist: Very few characters that have to fight someone in the story are NOT this.
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* DamselOutOfDistress: Billie. Despite her profession and deceivingly fragile looks, she is by far the most the most combat-competent woman in the series. She knows many of Paris' secrets and quirks that are useful in avoiding jeopardy, is street-wise enough to carry a small gun in her stockings, and knows how to drive a motorcycle and fire a carbine rifle, among her various survivor skills.
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* HiddenWeapons: A common attribute of many characters within the setting. The most prominent ones are the heroes [=LeBrock=] and Ratzi who both use weaponised walking canes -- LeBrock's hides a rapier-like blade while Ratzi's is a multi-shot gun. Though they often display the many ways they can waste enemies with them even before resorting to their hidden functions.
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* ImprobableWeaponUser: Multiple CombatPragmatist characters use everyday objects they come across at the fight scenes. As long as they can deal damage, they are fair game. [[spoiler: For example, [=LeBrock=] is able to kill a brothel runner by throwing a bottle of her own perfume in her face at close range.]]
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* MyGirlIsNotASlut: completely averted with [=LeBrock=] and Billie, seeing that he actually met her at a high-class brothel during police work and being fully aware of her occupation as a prostitute. And he's totally fine with it, both using her services when she offers it and casually chatting with her about her work and potential clients when they hang out. This develops to the point where once she decides she likes him, she is the one more bothered by her profession out of the two.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: At one point Billie complains that life at the brothel became much harder after a new boss took over following the death of the previous owner. What she doesn't know (and what [=LeBrock=] would rather hide from her at the time) is that he's the one who killed her - she tried to shoot him during a late night visit and he just had a faster reaction time. From his tone of voice it seems he wasn't aware his strike was actually fatal until Billie mentioned it, though.]]
* NoBiochemicalBarriers: Completely averted in this setting; you can only get pregnant if you sleep with someone from your own species. Which comes in handy for those who use their body for work.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: At one point Billie complains that life at the brothel became much harder after a new boss took over following the death of the previous owner. What she doesn't know (and what [=LeBrock=] would rather hide from her at the time) is that he's the one who killed her - she tried to shoot him during a late night visit and he just had a faster reaction time. From his tone of voice it seems he wasn't aware his strike was actually fatal until Billie mentioned it, though.]]
* NoBiochemicalBarriers: Completely averted in this setting; you can only get pregnant if you sleep with someone from your own species. Which comes in handy for those who use their body for work.
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* OfficerAndAGentleman: Police version. [=LeBrock=] is a high-ranking cop investigator, and while he is a no-nonsense OneManArmy that can be very brutal to get the job done, he is also very polite to friends and civilians most of the time, best shown in his interactions with Billie, whom he treats like a true lady: asks her out to dinners, brings her flowers when they meet and, probably most importantly from her point of view, never shuns for being a prostitute.
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* ReplacementGoldfish: At first [=LeBrock=] is attracted to Billie because she reminds him of a lover he lost, but as time goes by, he learns to appreciate her for the individual person that she is.
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** Between [=LeBrock=] and Billie. With her being a prostitute, she charges him after each time they sleep together, but as they grow closer to each other, she also starts to offer him unspecified discounts.
** Whenever she accompanies [=LeBrock=] and Ratzi, they have to stop themselves mid-word from saying what she truly does for life when asked and find a more society-friendly way of finishing that sentence.
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Billie, but perhaps "comfortable with her physique" is a better term, as she does not flash people left and right outside of her jobs, yet firmly states that she's not ashamed of her body when other women try to burn her by commenting on the nude act paintings she posed for and implying just that.
** Between [=LeBrock=] and Billie. With her being a prostitute, she charges him after each time they sleep together, but as they grow closer to each other, she also starts to offer him unspecified discounts.
** Whenever she accompanies [=LeBrock=] and Ratzi, they have to stop themselves mid-word from saying what she truly does for life when asked and find a more society-friendly way of finishing that sentence.
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Billie, but perhaps "comfortable with her physique" is a better term, as she does not flash people left and right outside of her jobs, yet firmly states that she's not ashamed of her body when other women try to burn her by commenting on the nude act paintings she posed for and implying just that.
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* SmokingIsGlamorous: at least in case of Billie, who puffs a cigarette quite often, it is.
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* WouldNotShootACivilian: While [=LeBrock=] has no problem with going Demolition Man on criminals, he is allergic to attacking innocent bystanders and letting him know one did just that is one of the easiest ways to get on his bad side.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThink: One of Billie's defining traits is her extreme awareness of the fact that as a prostitute (and a very cynical and life-savvy one), she is "damaged goods" that is very unlikely to ever find true happiness in life. It takes a lot of effort on [=LeBrock's=] part to even make her begin to reconsider this, let alone actually change her attitude to herself.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThink: One of Billie's defining traits is her extreme awareness of the fact that as a prostitute (and a very cynical and life-savvy one), she is "damaged goods" that is very unlikely to ever find true happiness in life. It takes a lot of effort on [=LeBrock's=] part to even make her begin to reconsider this, let alone actually change her attitude to herself.
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* AdultFear: [[spoiler:Chance Lucas' daughter became wrapped up in a hyper-religious cult that eventually commits mass suicide. When LeBrock meets him, he's on a personal mission to take down the guy who did it.
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* AdultFear: [[spoiler:Chance Lucas' daughter became wrapped up in a hyper-religious cult that eventually commits mass suicide. When LeBrock [=LeBrock=] meets him, he's on a personal mission to take down the guy who did it.]]
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* AGodAmI: Apollo from ''Noel'' gets this hard. As the species origin of Jesus is unknown, the cult hypothesis is that he must have been a unicorn to commit all his miracles and thus Apollo is the "second coming".
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* {{Irony}}: The main tennant of Apollo's cult is that Jesus' specie was unidentified and must have been a unicorn to commit all his miracles thus making Apollo the possible second coming of Christ. They also stage an anti-human "doughface" riot and brutally attack a few humans trying to do a peaceful civil-rights protest nearby. [[spoiler:A single copy of the Bible exists in it's original language stating Jesus was a human "doughface".]]
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** A darker version: Apollo's cult's first appearance in the U.S. before he flees to France looks very similar to the fate of the real-life Jonestown cult.
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* GrandFinale: ''Force Majeure'' is this, bordering on both BittersweetEnding and EarnYourHappyEnding as well, with [[spoiler:all of [=LeBrock=]'s enemies finally dead, and his name now cleared following the exposure of all the {{Corrupt Cop}}s on Koenig's payroll]], with him also been made an [[spoiler:honorary member of the [[TheClan Kalaharis clan]]]], and all set to marry his fiancé Billie in Paris, '''BUT''' she still [[spoiler:suffered a miscarriage thanks to the vicious beating which Koenig give her]]
** [[{{UsefulNotes/France}} France]], on the other hand, is finally set to become a Socialist Republic following the deaths of Emperor Napoleon [=XII=], & [[TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness his Govenment]], along with Baron Krapaud and the [[spoiler:arrest of what's left of his Cabal[[note]]which included most of the Nation's wealthy industrialists, business magnates & Nobles[[/note]]]], with various other threats to its new Government also eliminated[[note]]such as Apollo's cult & Tiberius Koenig's unnamed criminal organisation[[/note]] '''BUT''' the "[[FantasticSlurs doughfaces]]" (or [[FantasticRacism Humans]]) are still without any rights in the country.
** [[{{UsefulNotes/France}} France]], on the other hand, is finally set to become a Socialist Republic following the deaths of Emperor Napoleon [=XII=], & [[TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness his Govenment]], along with Baron Krapaud and the [[spoiler:arrest of what's left of his Cabal[[note]]which included most of the Nation's wealthy industrialists, business magnates & Nobles[[/note]]]], with various other threats to its new Government also eliminated[[note]]such as Apollo's cult & Tiberius Koenig's unnamed criminal organisation[[/note]] '''BUT''' the "[[FantasticSlurs doughfaces]]" (or [[FantasticRacism Humans]]) are still without any rights in the country.
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** On the "Happy" side of things, while [[spoiler:all of [=LeBrock=]'s enemies[[note]]Stanley Cray, Tiberius Koenig, & Edward "Mad Dog" Mastock[[/note]] are finally dead and the deaths of both his father & wife have been avenged, he's also been made an honorary member of the [[TheClan Kalaharis clan]], and set to marry his fiancé Billie in Paris, while [[{{UsefulNotes/France}} France]] is finally set to become a Socialist Republic following the deaths of Emperor Napoleon [=XII=] & [[TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness his cabal]], along with various threats to not only the Revolutionary Council. but the State as well[[note]]such as Baron Krapaud's cabal & automaton army, Apollo's cult, & Tiberius Koenig's criminal empire[[/note]]]]
** On the "Bitter" side of things however, [[spoiler:Billie still had a miscarriage thanks to the beating which Koenig give her, and the "[[FantasticRacism doughfaces]]" are still without any rights in France]].
** On the "Happy" side of things, while [[spoiler:all of [=LeBrock=]'s enemies[[note]]Stanley Cray, Tiberius Koenig, & Edward "Mad Dog" Mastock[[/note]] are finally dead and the deaths of both his father & wife have been avenged, he's also been made an honorary member of the [[TheClan Kalaharis clan]], and set to marry his fiancé Billie in Paris, while [[{{UsefulNotes/France}} France]] is finally set to become a Socialist Republic following the deaths of Emperor Napoleon [=XII=] & [[TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness his cabal]], along with various threats to not only the Revolutionary Council. but the State as well[[note]]such as Baron Krapaud's cabal & automaton army, Apollo's cult, & Tiberius Koenig's criminal empire[[/note]]]]
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** ''Force Majeure'' - Tiberius Koenig has not only his [[SiblingsInCrime brothers]], brothers[[SiblingsInCrime Agrippa & Quintilianus, but also his Quintilianus]], as well as [[BodyguardingABadass bodyguard, Roger the Bull]], [[MookLieutenant Mister Croc]], and briefly, [[TheBigGuy Tasso]][[note]]who was not only Quintilianus' bodyguard whilst when he was in London, but was also [[spoiler:[=LeBrock=] [[MasterOfDisguise in disguise]]]][[/note]] all along]]]][[/note]] as well
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** ''Force Majeure'' - Tiberius Koenig has his [[BodyguardingABadass bodyguard, Roger the Bull]] and various "[[MookLieutenant Generals]]"[[note]]which includes his [[SiblingsInCrime brothers]] and Mister Croc[[/note]]; while Quintilianus, one of his brothers, had both [[TheBigGuy Tasso]] & [[spoiler:[[CorruptCop DI]] [[Literature/TheHundredandOneDalmatians Pongo Dearly]]]] whilst he was in London
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** ''Force Majeure'' - Tiberius Koenig has not only his [[SiblingsInCrime brothers]], Agrippa & Quintilianus, but also his [[BodyguardingABadass bodyguard, Roger the Bull]] and various "[[MookLieutenant Generals]]"[[note]]which includes his [[SiblingsInCrime brothers]] and Bull]], [[MookLieutenant Mister Croc[[/note]]; while Quintilianus, one of his brothers, had both Croc]], and [[TheBigGuy Tasso]] & [[spoiler:[[CorruptCop DI]] [[Literature/TheHundredandOneDalmatians Pongo Dearly]]]] Tasso]][[note]]who was not only Quintilianus' bodyguard whilst he was in LondonLondon, but also [[spoiler:[=LeBrock=] [[MasterOfDisguise in disguise]]]][[/note]] as well
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** ''Force Majeure'' - Tiberius Koenig has various "[[MookLieutenant Generals]]", which notably includes his [[SiblingsInCrime brothers]] and Mister Croc, as well as [[BodyguardingABadass Roger the Bull]], and [[spoiler:[[CorruptCop DI]] [[Literature/TheHundredandOneDalmatians Pongo Dearly]]]]
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** ''Force Majeure'' - Tiberius Koenig has various his [[BodyguardingABadass bodyguard, Roger the Bull]] and various "[[MookLieutenant Generals]]", which notably Generals]]"[[note]]which includes his [[SiblingsInCrime brothers]] and Mister Croc, as well as [[BodyguardingABadass Roger the Bull]], and Croc[[/note]]; while Quintilianus, one of his brothers, had both [[TheBigGuy Tasso]] & [[spoiler:[[CorruptCop DI]] [[Literature/TheHundredandOneDalmatians Pongo Dearly]]]]Dearly]]]] whilst he was in London
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** ''Force Majeure'' - Tiberius Koenig has various "[[MookLieutenant Generals]]", [[BodyguardingABadass Roger the Bull]], and [[spoiler:secretly [[CorruptCop DI]] [[Literature/TheHundredandOneDalmatians Pongo Dearly]]]]
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** ''Force Majeure'' - Tiberius Koenig has various "[[MookLieutenant Generals]]", which notably includes his [[SiblingsInCrime brothers]] and Mister Croc, as well as [[BodyguardingABadass Roger the Bull]], and [[spoiler:secretly [[CorruptCop [[spoiler:[[CorruptCop DI]] [[Literature/TheHundredandOneDalmatians Pongo Dearly]]]]
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** ''Force Majeure'' - Tiberius Koenig has his "[[MookLieutenant Generals]]", [[BodyguardingABadass Roger the Bull]], [[spoiler:and secretly [[CorruptCop DI]] [[Literature/TheHundredandOneDalmatians Pongo Dearly]]]]
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** ''Force Majeure'' - Tiberius Koenig has his various "[[MookLieutenant Generals]]", [[BodyguardingABadass Roger the Bull]], [[spoiler:and secretly and [[spoiler:secretly [[CorruptCop DI]] [[Literature/TheHundredandOneDalmatians Pongo Dearly]]]]
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** ''Force Majeure'' - [[spoiler:Tiberius Koenig has his brothers, [[SiblingsInCrime Agrippa & Quintilianus]], [[MookLieutenant Mister Croc]], and [[BodyguardingABadass personal bodyguard]], Roger the Bull, while his brother, Quintilianus, had [[TheBigGuy Tasso]] while he was away in London]].
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** ''Force Majeure'' - [[spoiler:Tiberius Tiberius Koenig has his brothers, [[SiblingsInCrime Agrippa & Quintilianus]], [[MookLieutenant Mister Croc]], and "[[MookLieutenant Generals]]", [[BodyguardingABadass personal bodyguard]], Roger the Bull, while his brother, Quintilianus, had [[TheBigGuy Tasso]] while he was away in London]].Bull]], [[spoiler:and secretly [[CorruptCop DI]] [[Literature/TheHundredandOneDalmatians Pongo Dearly]]]]
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* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: One henchman reveals that this is the password to use for any of [[BigBad Koenig]]'s men, if they want to enter the L'Enfer's[[labelnote:Translation]]literally Hell[[/labelnote]] bar and lounge during its opening hours
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* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: One henchman reveals that this is the password to use for any of [[BigBad Koenig]]'s men, if they want to enter the L'Enfer's[[labelnote:Translation]]literally Hell[[/labelnote]] L'Enfer[[labelnote:Translation]]Hell[[/labelnote]] bar and lounge during its opening hours
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* ThePurge: [[spoiler:''Force Majeure'' features one near the end when Detective-Inspector [=LeBrock=] nearly single-handedly takes on Tiberius Koenig, his surviving "[[{{MookLieutenant}} Generals]]" and the mob bosses affiliated with him, as well as what remains of his criminal organisation, with the help of the [[TheClan Kalaharis clan]]]].
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* ThePurge: [[spoiler:''Force Majeure'' features one near the end when Detective-Inspector [=LeBrock=] nearly single-handedly takes on Tiberius Koenig, his surviving "[[{{MookLieutenant}} Generals]]" and all the Paris mob bosses that are affiliated with him, as well as what remains the remnants of his criminal organisation, with the help of the [[TheClan Kalaharis clan]]]].
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** He later [[CreatorCameo shows up]] in the fifth book, hoping to serialise the criminal cases of [=LeBrock=]. Once again, he is not impressed.
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** He later [[CreatorCameo shows up]] in the fifth book, hoping to serialise the criminal cases of [=LeBrock=]. Once again, he [=LeBrock=] is not impressed.
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* ThePurge: [[spoiler:''Force Majeure'' features one near the end when Detective-Inspector [=LeBrock=] nearly single-handedly takes on Tiberius Koenig, his surviving "[[{{MookLieutenant}} Generals]]" and the mob bosses affiliated with him, as well as the remnants what remains of his criminal organisation, with the help of the [[TheClan Kalaharis clan]]]].
