History ComicBook / RicHochet

* Commissioner Bourdon, TheCommissionerGordon and Ric's good old friend.

* CerberusSyndrome: The series started with harmless detective work in same line as Spirou or Tintin. Then, murder solving became the staple of the series where blood and violence became more explicit and graphic.

* DarkerAndEdgier: The series became more mature as time went on. Violence became more graphic and blood was shown. Shots were fired and people were shown getting hit.

* SeventiesHair: Following the trend, Ric had sideburns when the series were in the '70. This was removed as we another decade went by.

* CoolCar: Ric ride a yellow 911 Porsche. [[RunningCar It get destroyed several times]], sometimes more than once in the same story.

* ShoutOut: Two detectives Larsan and Gonfalon resemble Creator/LaurelAndHardy. [[spoiler:Gonfalon turn out to be a CorruptCop.]]

* CorruptCop: Over the years, the series had many policemen who secretly played both sides. Their motivations varied, but it was mostly for personal gain.

* {{Irony}}: In a village in France, a band of friends made a pact to stage fake accidents and collect the insurance money. Unfortunately, someone has overheard them and turn their plan against them. The perpetrator cause real accidents to them with severe injuries and blackmail them for the insurance money.

* {{Vengeance}}: The mysterious criminal named Chameleon only motivation was to make Bourdon suffer. [[spoiler:His true name is Philippe Manière. [[CorruptCop He purposely joined the police as a detective]] to get close to Bourdon. Then, he sabotaged ongoing investigations so Bourdon will be ridiculed by the press. [[HumiliationConga Bourdon's superiors then removed him from the Chameleon case because of lack of results.]] Finally, Chameleon planned to kill Bourdon. All because Chameleon's father was a crook nicknamed Volcan that Bourdon arrested years ago. Volcan died in jail and Chameleon became a bitter orphan.]]

* {{Vengeance}}: The mysterious criminal named Chameleon only motivation was to make Bourdon suffer. [[spoiler:His true name is Philippe Manière. [[CorruptCop He purposely joined the police as a detective]] to get close to Bourdon. Then, he sabotaged ongoing investigations so Bourdon will be ridiculed by the press. All because Chameleon's father was a crook named Volcan that Bourdon arrested years ago. Volcan died in jail and Chameleon became a bitter orphan.]]

* ArchNemesis: Ric and Le Bourreau. Ric has squared off against him more often than any other villains. Interestingly, Le Bourreau considered a unnamed French General his ArchNemesis for many decades. After his first defeat at Ric's hands, Le Bourreau now consider Ric his worse enemy. [[ItsPersonal It probably has something to do with Ric crippling his legs.]]

* Nadine Bourdon, Ric's love interest and Bourdon' niece. Suffer from many [[kidnappings DistressBall]] but is a competent detective herself.

* CardboardPrison: Exploited with Le Bourreau because he's in invaluable asset to the Eastern bloc. Everytime he is jailed, foreign powers request his release in exchange for France's captured secret agents.

* PlotTwist: The series runs with this. Famous plot twists:

* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Le Bourreau loves playing chess and is not above playing unfair or cheating.

In 2015, a reboot was made entitled ''The New Adventures of Ric Hochet''. It will be written by new authors, Zidrou and Van Liemt, and a different art style. The new series will give a new spin to the usual tropes either by deconstruction or reconstruction. Ric will deviate more from his usual self and become a little more flawed.

Ric Hochet is FrancoBelgianComics series written by André-Paul Duchâteau and drawn by Tibet, better know is Gilbert Gascard. The titular character is a journalist for the newspaper ''La Rafale'' and collaborate with the French Police in Paris on various criminal investigations. The series debuted very much like a carbon copy of Franchise/{{Tintin}}. However, it eventually [[CerberusSyndrome took a sharp turn]]. Stories became more focused on [[DarkerAndEdgier series of murders]] that needed to be solved and Ric Hochet became more of a JerkWithAHeartOfGold. Ric has talented gift for reasoning, observation and an incredible instinct. The series came to a halt in 2010 [[AuthorExistenceFailure with the passing of Tibet]] [[LongRunners with 78 albums released since 1964]].

* LongRunners: The first appearance of Ric Hochet was in ''Le Journal de Tintin'' in 1955 and the first album came in 1964. The series was ongoing until [[AuthorExistenceFailure the death of Tibet]] in 2010 where it came to a halt. Rumors is that the series will resume with different authors.

Ric Hochet is FrancoBelgianComics series written by André-Paul Duchâteau and drawn by Tibet, better know is Gilbert Gascard. The titular character is a journalist for the newspaper ''La Rafale'' and collaborate with the French Police in Paris on various criminal investigations. The series debuted very much like a carbon copy of Franchise/{{Tintin}}. However, it eventually [[CerberusSyndrome took a sharp turn]]. Stories became more focused on [[DarkerAndEdgier series of murders]] that needed to be solved and Ric Hochet became more of a JerkWithAHeartOfGold. Ric has talented gift for reasoning, observation and an incredible instinct. The series ended in 2010 [[AuthorExistenceFailure with the passing of Tibet]] [[LongRunners with 78 albums released since 1964]].

* CorruptCop: [[spoiler:Bex Turner was an early adversary of Ric.]]

* StrictlyFormula: The series became widely known for this: A series of murders followed by Ric questioning suspects and witnesses. As more bodies pileup, tension rises, clues are examined. In the climax, Ric confront the murderer and indulge in much {{Exposition}} with the inevitable PlotTwist.

* PlotTwist: Every story ends up with one.

* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Le Bourreau is never refer by his real name as no one knows it. He has an alias i=and is something referred as "B".

* CardboardPrison: Exploited with Le Bourreau. Everytime he is jailed, foreign powers request his release in exchange for France's captured secret agents.
* CerberusSyndrome: The series started with harmless detective work of fiction. Then, murder solving became the staple of the series with blood and violence becoming more explicit and graphic.

* DeadpanSnarker: Ric always has a sharp tongue, even under threat to his life.
* DistressBall: Nadine is kidnapped a lot, sometimes many times in the same story.

* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Le Bourreau is never refer by his real name as no knows it. He does have an alias, called "B".

* FatalFlaw: Ric's flaw is pride. Too many times, he goes alone to confront the suspect and is either kidnapped or injured.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Ric and the Bourdon early in the series.

* LongRunners: The first appearance of Ric Hochet was in ''Le Journal de Tintin'' in 1955 and the first album came in 1964. The series was ongoing until [[AuthorExistenceFailure the death of Tibet]] in 2010 where it came to a halt. Rumors is that the series will continue with different authors.
* NoNameGiven: The French General is simply known as "The General". Even Bourdon and Ric doesn't refer him to his real name.

* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Le Bourreau is seen playing chess and is not above playing unfair or cheating.
* StrictlyFormula: The series became widely known for its: A series of murders followed by Ric questions suspects and witnesses. As more murders pileup, tension rises. In the climax, Ric confront the murderer and indulge in much {{Exposition}} with the inevitable PlotTwist.