History Series / FlandersCompany

** Caleb is often seen using a tool looking suspiciously like a [[Series/DoctorWho sonic screwdriver]].

--->'''Hippolyte:''' If you manage to come back after this, kiddo... I promise I'll hire you. [[spoiler:(''beat'') [[AsideComment Just kiddin'...]]]]

* CatUpATree: In season 4 episode 11, this is Hippolyte's first outdoor mission in the alternate universe. He's not happy about it, especially since the "whirlwind of teeth and claws" variation happened.

'''Damien:''' (''[[PsychoticSmirk grinning]]'') Flatteries will get you nowhere...

* LawyerFriendlyCameo: A lot of them, but only as minor characters. Usually their name is an untranslatable pun about a French slang variation of the original name. There were cameos of:

* MistakenForGay: The villain Trucidator ("Slayator") shortly suffers this from Dr. Parker. Trucidator came to Dr. Parker because he was bullied because he is black, but before the explanation was finished, Parker first thought Trucidator was victim of homophobia. Note that Trucidator's general appearance (muscular, bared chest and iron chains) makes this mistake understandable.

* MoreThanMindControl: How [[spoiler:Damien turns Cindy and Alternate Caleb to his side with his psychic powers: he targets those who are already discontent with the return to normal after the alternate-universe mess]].

* NoseBleed: Hippolyte has one interviewing Andromalia at the Japan Expo.
* NotHyperbole: In season 4, when Gautier says that Caleb "had done the work of four people," he adds "Literally!" -- [[spoiler:and the camera pans out to show that Caleb has duplicated himself for the additional brain power]].

* TeleportersAndTransporters:
** One part of Caleb's superpowers is to make short-range jumps (unless his power is amplified) thanks to his over-consumption of caffeine.
** ''Star Trek''-style teleportation is the way to join the Power Party on the Red Witch's satellite.

--->'''Hippolyte:''' (''disbelievingly'') But... they have the preservation instinct of a ''herd of lemmings''!

'''Cindy:''' (''disgusted'') DADDY!

* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Hippolyte and Carla in the season 2 finale. See also JustBetweenYouAndMe below.

* CreatorProvincialism: Curiously enough, as it employs mainly American super-villains, (and with names such as "Trueman"), the Flander's company is explicitly shown to be set in France (including with a few {{Astronomic Zoom}}s). Notably, in season 4, when CaptainErsatz of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superdupont Superdupont]] (a [[TheSeventies '70s]] parody of a French superhero) and Nightrunner (a current official hero in the Franchise/{{Batman}} franchise) wonder if the company apply discount prices for compatriots.

** Superdupont

* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway:
** Most of the time, the candidates Hippolyte receives have the most useless and ridiculous superpowers the writers could imagine.

** SelfDemonstrating/LexLuthor

** SelfDemonstrating/DoctorDoom

** SelfDemonstrating/{{Magneto}}

* DamselScrappy:[[invoked]] That's how Seiya sees Saori Kido from ''Manga/SaintSeiya''; part of the reason for his HeelFaceTurn.

'''Hippolyte: Indeed... seen like this...\\

'''Seiya:''' Miss is supposed to be the incarnation of a warrior goddess, but as soon as she goes to the Wallmart to take advantage of discounts for the Pig Feast, slam! Two mooks drop on her, and she can't even send them flying. And of course, who has to climb 6000 steps and beat up 142 assholes to get her back? Muggins here! And in half a day, to boot, otherwise Miss could end up dead cold.

* DeerInTheHeadlights: Hippolyte is described to be this way by the TV crew interviewing him in the alternate universe. He has a good reason, however, [[spoiler:considering said crew is constitued of all the counterparts of Aegis, the season 3's enemies]].

* HeroWithAnFInGood: Clearly Recycle-Man before his FaceHeelTurn. He was violently beating up innocent people just for not recycling properly.

* HomoeroticSubtext: One of the reasons why [[Manga/SaintSeiya Seiya]] wants to turn villain: he is fed up with the constant yaoi-themed innuendo of his teammates.

* {{Intangibility}}: Nadège Pruneau's superpower. She doesn't use it too often, but it can come in handy

** The C.C Corporation, to a minor extent. When they show up, the serie starts having an actual plot and go from pure comedy to action comedy.

** Black Cat

* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: Considering all the Lawyer-Friendly Cameos and some occasional references in dialogues, ''Flander's Company'' is set in an universe which mixes the Creator/{{Marvel|Comics}}, Creator/{{DC|Comics}}, ''Franchise/MenInBlack'', ''Manga/SaintSeiya'', ''Franchise/HarryPotter'', ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'', ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'' and {{Mario}} franchises. There are some cross-over with ''Damned'', ''Franchise/{{Noob}}'' and ''WebVideo/LeVisiteurDuFutur'' (three other French webseries), too.

** In "Unlimited", we don't see Carla at all, but Nadège mentions that she had to put both hands in the toilet to ground her uncontrolable electric discharges.

** One part of Caleb's superpowers is to make short-range jumps (unless his power is amplified) thanks to his overcomsuption of caffeine.
** Teleportation is the way to join the Power Party on the Red Witch's satellite.

* ThereAreNoTherapists: Heavily subverted, on top of the fact that Dr. Parker is very good at his job. [[spoiler:Too bad there's no therapist for ''him''.]]

** The logo for the Brotherhood of Shadows is a hand with the pinky raised, which can't help but bring to mind [[Film/AustinPower Dr. Evil]].

*** In an episode of the third season, Hippolyte '''must''' engage a man saying that he can cause a deluge by dancing wearing a duck rubber ring and a tutu on a techno/space opera remix of ''the Lake of Swans''. Seriously. (Poor Hippolyte lost it...)

* BuriedAlive: In a flashback, Recycle-Man is seen inflicting the "sand necktie" version on two people for three days, under the snow, to make them "feel how everything in nature is connected".

* DamselScrappy: That's how Seiya sees Saori Kido from ''Manga/SaintSeiya''; part of the reason for his HeelFaceTurn.

* AscendedExtra: The serie is known to use this trope ''a lot'':

** Igor initially appeared with Countess Von Bathory as a cameo character. He later comes back and becomes Caleb's personnal assistant. Even more in season 4, where he serves as the main scientist due to Caleb missing.

** In season 4, when a candidate superhero has for sole power the ability to generate flowers, Hippolyte asks for some with thorns and demonstrates a possible offensive use....

* AttackBackfire: It happens a lot against Sadoman. Any attack that hurts him but fails to kill or incapacite him will just supercharge his pain-based powers and result in a fierce, and often ''lethal'' counterattack.

-->'''Armand:''' Bravo, Carla. Nice comeback. Truely. There was tension, light and sound effects, a rather good sense of timing... no, really, it was nearly perfect. A true model of the genre.

-->'''[[spoiler:Alternate Georges]]:''' Fortunately, unlike God, I haven't inbued my creations with free will.

* ChirpingCrickets: In "La Rédaction", following the teacher firing on the ceiling, the classtroom ruckus is replaced by this.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Nico, Carla's husband, appears with her in their first episode. She appears again without him and he's never mentionned again. According to WordOfGod, Nico wasn't her real husband but a secret agent, and came as a cover for that scouting mission.

* CreatorProvincialism: Curiously enough, as it employs mainly American super-villains, (and with names such as "Trueman"), the Flander's company is explicitely shown to be set in France (including with a few {{Astronomic Zoom}}s). Notably, in season 4, when CaptainErsatz of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superdupont Superdupont]] (a [[TheSeventies '70s]] parody of a French superhero) and Nightrunner (a current official hero in the Franchise/{{Batman}} franchise) wonder if the company apply discount prices for compatriots.

* DeflectorShield: There's one around the machine pertubating superpowers in "Unlimited", to Hippolyte's frustration.

* ExactWords: When Georges accepts that Trucidator can date his daugter... he didn't specify which one.

* EyeBeams: One of the supervillain candidates has this power. Problem, he's blind (and cross-eyed).

*** Lex Luthor, when Dr. Claw accidentally shows his true face.
*** Double-facepalm for Magneto when Dr. Claw and Dr. Doom start arguing.
*** Then Dr. Claw facepalming (with his gloved hand) at Doom's extremely lame joke.

-->'''Dr. Fataloose:''' ''Of course,'' we must not play with the space-time continuum! Everyboy know that, it always monstrously mess up things...

** Cindy only uses her axe offscreen.

* ImagineSpotting: In season 4 episode 18, "Born Villain", when [[spoiler:Damien reveals how he manipulated Nadège, the latter suddenly interrupts and protests that she might have been mind-controled, but she'd never "stroked his shell" as just seen in the unreliable flashback]].

* {{Intangibility}}: Nadège Pruneau

* KlatchianCoffee: Caleb's personal blend. Alternate Caleb has the misfortune of drinking one cup because of Gringo, and ends up incapacited for three days.

** And with the outer space shots of the Brotherhood of Shadows' satelite.

* LoudOfWar / ThePowerOfRock: One of [[spoiler:Kevin's]] powers, which he uses against Hippolyte. [[spoiler:It backfires spectacularly.]]

* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: Considering all the Lawyer-Friendly Cameos and some occasional references in dialogs, ''Flander's Company'' is set in an universe which mixes the Creator/{{Marvel|Comics}}, Creator/{{DC|Comics}}, ''Franchise/MenInBlack'', ''Manga/SaintSeiya'', ''Franchise/HarryPotter'', ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'', ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'' and {{Mario}} franchises. There are some cross-over with ''Damned'', ''Franchise/{{Noob}}'' and ''WebVideo/LeVisiteurDuFutur'' (three other French webseries), too.

* MistakenForGay: The vilain Trucidator ("Slayator") shortly suffers this from Dr. Parker. Trucidator came to Dr. Parker because he was bullied because he is black, but before the explanation was finished, Parker first thought Trucidator was victim of homophobia. Note that Trucidator's general appearance (hairy, bared chest and iron chains) makes this mistake understandable.

* PokemonSpeak: "Grunt!"
* PowerIncontinence: Happens to everyone in season 2 episode "Unlimited", thanks to one of Caleb's inventions dysfunctioning. HilarityEnsues...

* ReadingsBlewUpTheScale: Caleb builds a "Millstone Detector" to alleviate a bit Hippolyte's work. That's when Maxence and Déborah shows up; the detector quite naturally explodes.

** When Hippolyte interrupts Recycle-Man's overly-dramatic monologue.

** "Motus", one of the first episode to feature action scenes, does so with music from ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''.

** The logo for the Brotherhood of Shadow is a hand with the pinky raised, which can't help but bring to mind [[Film/AustinPower Dr. Evil]].

* SomeKindOfForceField: Said by Nadège in "Unlimited". The force field protecting Caleb's invention is indeed only visible when struck.

** Alternate Georges Trueman shocks Hippolyte to stop him from agressing Alternate Kevin.

* SurveillanceAsThePlotDemands: It takes some time for the satelites to align, but the Alternate Flander's Company is sure well-equiped.

* TeleportationMisfire: Caleb suffers from one in "Unlimited" when his power goes awry. [[spoiler:He ends up in Egypt.]]

* CaptainErsatz: Trucidator is Warduke from ''WebVideo/FranceFive'' -- same actor and costume, just with a new name and now a PunchClockVillain rather than an alien invader.

* RandomTeleportation: Caleb suffers from one in "Unlimited" when his power goes awry. [[spoiler:He ends up in Egypt.]]

* CreatorProvincialism: Curiously enough, as it employs mainly American super-villains, (and with names such as "Trueman"), the Flander's company is explicitely shown to be set in France (including with a few {{Astronomic Zoom}}s). Notably, in season 4, when {{exp|y}}ies of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superdupont Superdupont]] (a [[TheSeventies '70s]] parody of a French superhero) and Nightrunner (a current official hero in the Franchise/{{Batman}} franchise) wonder if the company apply discount prices for compatriots.

* GenreSavvy: All villains are perfectly aware that they shouldn't mess with the timeline, as the Dr. Doom expy points out: