History Main / FrenchJerk

%%* Huey Laforet from ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'', [[MadScientist oh]], [[AboveGoodAndEvil so]] [[ManipulativeBastard much]].

* "The Frog Princess"[[note:'Frog' being a pejorative slur against the French]] by Music/TheDivineComedy details a fling between the singer and a French woman about whom he has very little positive to say after the fact. According to him, she considered monogamous love to be a waste of time, and that she became a 'cow' after just one kiss. After breaking up with her, he found himself imagining her getting beheaded in a public execution. The first few bars of 'La Marseillaise' (the national anthem of France) features as a recurring theme throughout the song, to accentuate the French connection.

%% * "The Frog Princess" by Music/TheDivineComedy.

* Although in most retellings, Robin Hood is an English Saxon fighting the tyranny of French-descended Normans, in ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' he inexplicably has a French accent. And is a jerk to boot.

** Robert de Sablé, the series' very first BigBad in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreed'' has a very strong accent and typical name, and as Grandmaster of the Templars, he served as the ArchEnemy to Altair and the Assassin's Order. Played with Garnier de Naplouse, who is also French and a twisted MadScientist to booth, but he has an otherwise [[AffablyEvil "lovable grandfather" attitude]] and lacks the obvious accent, unlike Robert.

-->'''Octavian of Valois''': ''"You must learn how to speak French. It would mask your barbaric sensibilities."''

* Despite being subject of the original page quote ("He's not a friend. He's French."), Inspector Tarconi from ''Film/TheTransporter'' series is an aversion, being a very pleasant NiceGuy who goes above and beyond to help Frank when he gets into a bind. When placed into police custody in the United States in the sequel, he quickly makes friends with the entire precinct by impressing them with his [[SupremeChef excellent cooking]].

* Despite providing the original page quote, Inspector Tarconi from ''Film/TheTransporter'' series is an aversion, being a very pleasant NiceGuy who goes above and beyond to help Frank when he gets into a bind. When placed into police custody in the United States in the sequel, he quickly makes friends with the entire precinct by impressing them with his cooking.

# In Canada, French-speaking Quebecois are also lumped together with their European counterparts, to the latter's chagrin.

* ''Film/WereNoAngels'' (1989): French-Canadian, anyway. The French-speaking bishop is the most irritable and pompous clergyman in the movie.

* Frenchy Martin, manager of Dino Bravo, from the Rock & Wrestling Era of the Wrestling/{{WWE}}. Martin though is a variation on this trope as he was a French-Canadian jerk. He dressed the part, wearing a beret with monocle and goatee, and waving the flag of UsefulNotes/{{Quebec}} as he made his way to the arena with Bravo.

* [[https://notalwaysworking.com/sorry-i-canada-understand-you/30246 This]] entry on ''Website/NotAlwaysWorking'' has the cashier at a restaurant in France insult a family of tourists she assumes are American, in French. To which the narrator, who was actually French-Canadian, demands to see her manager, [[BilingualBackfire in fluent French.]] The manager gives them their meals for free and pries the rude cashier away from her till literally kicking and screaming.

* Jacques and Josee of ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaPresentsTheRidonculousRace'' are technically French-Canadian; however, both of them are rude, arrogant, and ill-tempered towards the other contestants, Josee more so than Jacques.

This is more of a {{Characterization Trope|s}}, unlike, say, EagleLand or CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys. Compare to EvilBrit, TheMeanBrit, GermanicDepressives, RambunctiousItalian and BalkanBastard.

* France of ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers''. A HandsomeLech who frequently annoys the other nations with his antics, especially his SitcomArchnemesis, England (who is somewhat of a [[TheMeanBrit Mean Brit]] himself).

* Despite providing the page quote, Inspector Tarconi from ''Film/TheTransporter'' series is an aversion, being a very pleasant NiceGuy who goes above and beyond to help Frank when he gets into a bind. When placed into police custody in the United States in the sequel, he quickly makes friends with the entire precinct by impressing them with his cooking.

* The Capitol Steps' song parody "Euro Pest" is about having Euro Creator/{{Disney}} staffed entirely by French Jerks.

* During the ''VideoGame/TombRaider'' review, the WebVideo/JoueurDuGrenier noted that every character in the Paris level is a jackass who's rude to the main character... and notes that this is the one aspect of reality the game got perfectly right.

* Played with in ''Film/TheWolfOfWallStreet''. Jordan thinks that Jean-Jacques, the French ''Swiss'' banker who aids him in laundering the profits from his securities frauds, sees him as an "American shit" (while conversely Jean-Jacques thinks Jordan sees him as the trope) But the two enjoy a cordial relationship until a key element of their scheme falls apart, whereupon they hang up on each other saying exactly what the other thought they thought of them.

** ''Series/{{Sharpe}}'': Averted. During their adventure in India, Sharpe and Harper end up bunking with two French mercenaries who have been hired to train troops for an anti-British uprising. While one might expect some animosity between men who stood eye-to-eye at Waterloo, nothing of the sort happens; the two Frenchmen are more than happy to buy Sharpe and Harper a couple of drinks and trade war stories. They also prove to be far more conscientious than their employer, and not afraid to call him out on his treatment of prisoners.

* Emmanuelle-Marie les Deux-Epées, Comptesse de Lapoignard, who is principal tutor in Swords and Bladed Weapons at the Assassins' Guild School, in the Literature/{{Discworld}} of Creator/AAPessimal. for most of the time she is agreeable, pleasant, benevolently disposed to most of her pupils and [[EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench likeable to an extreme]]. However, she discovered early on that Quirmians get a by in Ankh-Morpork if they push the Quirmian-ness UpToEleven and gave the host population exactly what they wish to see. Living up to expectations means that, helas and alors, one must sometimes adopt the Quirmian Jerk persona. It is, ''mes tres chere amies'', sometimes expected of you.

* Jean Pierre (or J.P. for short) of WesternAnimation/{{TOTS}}. He speaks with a heavy French accent. He is extremely egotistical and even looked down on Pip and Freddy for not being storks at first. He can show his soft side at times, though. Hence, it's downplayed.

* Jean Pierre (or J.P. for short) from WesternAnimation/{{TOTS}}. He speaks with a heavy French accent. He is extremely egotistical and even looked down on Pip and Freddy for not being storks at first. He can show his soft side at times, though. Hence, it's downplayed.

* Jean Pierre (or J.P. for short) from WesternAnimation/TOTS. He speaks with a heavy French accent. He is extremely egotistical and even looked down on Pip and Freddy for not being storks at first. He can show his soft side at times, though. Hence, it's downplayed.

* ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'': Antoine the Coyote, who was quite rude to Sonic. He gets CharacterDevelopment in the Archie comics but never quite got there in the show before it was cancelled.

* The ''ComicBook/XMen'' have recurring foe Exodus, a KnightTemplar mutant who became the MouthOfSauron to ComicBook/{{Magneto}} in TheNineties when he was on AGodAmI kick. Originally a mysterious presence, then a one-dimensional fanatic, later writers fleshed him out into a more complex character, truly wanting to protect and defend his fellow mutants but being too crazy thanks to Magneto's indoctrination (and a [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity not-too-stable powerset]]) to do it without hurting humans. He's come a long way, though, once joining ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} and currently serving on the Quiet Council that governs Krakoa in ComicBook/JonathanHickmansXMen.

* The main villain of the first book in ''Literature/TheOutlawChronicles'' (though ultimately just a StarterVillain for the series itself) is Sheriff Ralph Murdac, aka the infamous [[Myth/RobinHood Sheriff of Nottingham]]. He's identified as French in his first appearance, and is a nasty enough customer to make the Sheriff of Creator/{{Disney}}'s ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood'' look tame.

-->-- '''[[HatesEveryoneEqually Jeremy Clarkson]]''', ''Series/TopGear''

* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'': Peter Parker has a couple of run-ins with an obnoxious French waiter during [[ComicBook/JMSSpiderMan JMS's run as writer.]]