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* ShoutOut: During TheTag, the production crew names their Top 5 toy-related films: ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'', ''Film/ChildsPlay1988'', ''Film/JingleAllTheWay'', ''Film/SmallSoldiers'' and ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory''.

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* ShoutOut: During TheTag, the production crew names their Top 5 toy-related films: ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'', ''Film/ChildsPlay1988'', ''Film/JingleAllTheWay'', ''Film/SmallSoldiers'' and ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory''.''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1''.
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!Season 1
[[folder: ''Les 3 coups'']]
When Thomas notices three irregular knocking noises, he can't get them out of his head.
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!!Tropes related to "Les 3 coups":
* [[spoiler: DownerEnding]]: [[spoiler: Thomas doesn't find any cure against the three knocking sounds]].
* GratuitousItalian: Thomas promises to cook "Linguine alle vongole" for his wife Maria.
* GratuitousPanning: The shrink asks Thomas if he can hear the knocking noises on his left ear or his right ear (while speaking through the left or right canal).
* HellIsThatNoise: The whole premise of the episode.
* OnlySaneMan: Inverted. Thomas constantly hears three knocking sounds while the rest of his entourage doesn't notice anything.
* PsychologicalHorror
* SanitySlippage: Thomas slowly starts to lose his mind after he notices the three knocking sounds and constantly complains about it.
* ShoutOut
** The three knocking noises are referred to as "ba-ba-bam", just like the name of the studio behind ''Noises''. The jingle for Bababam studios is also those same three noises.
** Max is on his way to meet someone named Creator/JeanGabin.
* TerribleTicking: "Ba-ba-bam", the three knocking sounds which drive Thomas crazy.
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[[folder: ''Jeu, set et match'']]
A couple is having an argument while assisting a tennis match at the Roland-Garros tournament.
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!!Tropes related to ''Jeu, set et match'':
* CrappyHolidays: Quentin complains about a weekend trip where he and Justine stayed in tents under constant raining.
* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: The whole episode is one long argument between Justine and Quentin. [[spoiler:Despite all the insults they throw at each other, they still love each other]].
* NoTrueScotsman: Justine criticizes the fact that Quentin wears a ''Franchise/StarWars'' T-shirt but hasn't seen any of the films.
* ShoutOut: Quentin feels like he's in an episode of ''Series/TheWalkingDead''.
* SuddenlyShouting: Justine suddenly screams during her final rant.
* TakeThat: Quentin complains about
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[[folder: ''Chasse à l'homme'']]

Julie and Mathieu are running away from men chasing them, though they have no idea why. This situation leads to them spending the night together.
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!!Tropes related to ''Chasse à l'homme'':
* AccidentalMisnaming: Julie calls Mathieu "Philippe".
* AmIJustAToyToYou: Mathieu wants to know more about Julie while she prefers to move on to something else.
* BewilderingPunishment: Mathieu and Julie have no idea why there were chased. Julie suggests that Mathieu was the only target.
* [[spoiler: BlindDate]]: [[spoiler: Mathieu and Julie have met through a dating app which puts two people in scripted situations. Mathieu has never met Julie prior to the date]].
* [[spoiler: PlotTwist]]: [[spoiler: Julie actually uses a dating app which puts her and her future date in scripted situations. Based on Matthieu's reaction, it seems only Julie is in the know about the scripted part]].
* ShoutOut: Julie likes to listen to Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart and Music/Orelsan.
* WeWillSpendCreditsInTheFuture: Julie spends her money in "credits".
[[/folder]]

[[folder: ''Interrogatoire'']]

Paola is violently interogated by two women about a bomb she has planted. Thousands of lives are at risk.
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!!Tropes related to ''Interrogatoire'':
* [[spoiler: DownerEnding]]: [[spoiler: While Paola gives the location of the bomb, it explodes as planned. The production crew also thinks it ends on a sad note during TheTag]].
* {{Fingore}}: Liz suggest cutting Paola's fingernails with a knife.
* GoodCopBadCop: Liz (good cop) and Jan (bad cop).
* GratuitousPanning: The episode starts in the right canal until the interrogation begins.
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Jan and Liz quickly resort to torture practices while interrogating Paola. They excuse it on the fact that they are not in a police station and thus can have "more creativity".
* OneWordTitle
* ShortRunner: It is the shortest episode of ''Noises'', lasting under six minutes.
* ShoutOut: The opening theme of ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicRoundabout'' can be heard during the credits.
* SoundtrackDissonance: During TheTag, a slowed-down version of ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicRoundabout'''s theme song.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: ''Silencio'']]

Jack is a write who lives in a noise-infested world. Using an illegal sound-repelling drug named "Silencio", he is desperately looking for a solution against the silence-free system he lives in.
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!!Tropes related to ''Silencio'':
* DescentIntoAddiction: Jack is dependent on the "Silencio" drug.
* [[spoiler: DownerEnding]]: [[spoiler: In order to feel
* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide]]: [[spoiler: Jack shoots himself as way to feel "eternal silence"]].
* OneWordTitle
* SocietyIsToBlame: Jack isn't fit to the silence-free system he lives in and delivers a long speech about it.
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[[folder: ''Jouets d'enfer'']]

Léo is a troubled kid who is bothered by the LivingToys in his room. They want him to pull a trick on his younger brother Timothé.
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!!Tropes related to "Jouets d'enfer'':
* EnfantTerrible: [[spoiler: Inverted with]] Léo [[spoiler: who is actually a 17-year old boy who can speak like a toddler]].
* LivingToys: Léo's toys talk to him and put him against his younger brother.
* OminousMusicBoxTune
* [[spoiler: PlotTwist]]: [[spoiler: Léo isn't a toddler but a 17-year old boy]].
* PsychologicalHorror
* ShoutOut: During TheTag, the production crew names their Top 5 toy-related films: ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'', ''Film/ChildsPlay1988'', ''Film/JingleAllTheWay'', ''Film/SmallSoldiers'' and ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory''.
* VocalDissonance: [[spoiler: Léo is actually a teenager who can mimick the voice of a child. This happened after the birth of his younger brother]].
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[[folder: ''Méli-Mélo'']]

Bob has to take a shower and goes to her brother's place. Later on, Bob discovers various revelations about their love life.
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!!Tropes related to ''Méli-Mélo'':
* {{Greed}}: Bob asks for her sister to pay 10 euros for her to use the shower.
* LoveDodecahedron: Sums up Bob and Julie's love life.
* MySisterIsOffLimits: Bob doesn't want Julie to date anyone.
* ShoutOut: Julie sings "Dja Dja" by Aya Nakamura.
* WeightWoe: Bob and Julie throw remarks at each other about their weight.
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[[folder: ''Libération'']]

Gaul leader Vercingétorix is imprisoned and his fate is unsure. However, he wishes to die. A senator bargains the prisoner's fate with UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar but is later locked with Vercingétorix in his cell.
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!!Tropes related to ''Libération'':
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Vercingetorix wants to die in any way as soon as possible instead of staying in a cell.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Vercingetorix prefers to die as a leader of the Gauls instead of remaining a prisoner of the Romans.
* GratuitousLatin: The credits are spoken in latin by the production crew.
* OneWordTitle
* PleaseKillMeIfItSatisfiesYou: Vercingétorix believes that the Romans are expecting the senator to kill him when he realizes he is locked with him. He tries to manipulate the senator into killing him.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: ''La Ballade de Jules'']]

Jules is a man in a critical condition. While doctors are trying to save his life, he is, while in an unconscious state, commenting on what's happening around him and reminisces on his life.
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!!Tropes related to ''La Ballade de Jules'':
* BalladOfX
* FrenchAccordion: Heard during Jules' purgatory sequences as he is dancing at a bal-musette (a popular french ball).
* GratuitousPanning: The doctor's voice switches audio canals while he asks for Jules to look around.
* PurgatoryAndLimbo: Jules appears to be in an equivalent of the purgatory and is asked to wait. Later on, he is at a ball.
* ShoutOut: Jules tries to remember the song "La ballade de Jim" by Alain Souchon. The name of the episode is also a reference to this song.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: ''Les Chachapoyas'']]
Siblings Abigail and Elias are in Amazonia, looking out for the remnant of a civilization called the Chachapoyas.
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!!Tropes related to ''Les Chachapoyas'':
* {{Adventure}}
* BigShutUp:[[spoiler: Gérald]] shouts them regularily after changing his character.
* CassandraTruth: Abigail and Elias' father believed in the Chachapoyas.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Gérald [[spoiler: pretends to be one]].
* GratuitousPanning: The audio stays on the right canal while the characters explore the temple.
* JungleOpera
* {{Mayincatec}}
* NobleSavage: Contrary to what Gérald thinks, Abigail and Elias' father never described the Chachapoyas as savages.
* ShoutOut: Elias tries to solve a room of the Chachapoyas temple like if it was a puzzle from ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda''.
* ShutUpGunshot: [[spoiler: Gérald]] shoots a bullet after being mocked by Abigail and Elias.
* SpecialGuest: This episode stars Blandine Bellavoir (known for her performance on ''Series/LesPetitsMeurtresDAgathaChristie'').
* TakeThat
** Elias feels like he's being hunt "like a feminist on the 18-25 forum" (referring to the forums of the French video game site jeuxvideo.com).
** Elias asks for Siri to tell him where the Chachapoyas are located, she replies that she knows about the location of Maria Callas' tomb or Creator/AntonioBanderas' vestiary.
* TempleOfDoom
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!Season 2
[[folder: ''Hold-Up'']]
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[[folder: ''Mais imagine que...'']]
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[[folder: ''Vies suspendues'']]
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[[folder: ''Mort dans le rétro'']]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: ''Un dernier tour'']]
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[[folder:''Punch'']]
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[[folder:''Vengeance Derbyesque'']]
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[[folder:''Nuclear Ghost'']]
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[[folder:''Sonar'']]
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[[folder:''Roulette russe'']]
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!Season 3
[[folder: ''Le barrage de Malpasset'']]
A child wants to watch television but has to recite to her father a poem she's learning.
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!!Tropes related to ''Le barrage de Malpasset''
* {{Dramatization}}: The story takes place during the break of the Malpasset dam which happened in 1959.
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[[folder:''Les Bons Vivants'']]
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[[folder:''Dentyfree'']]
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