History Series / LazyCompany

** Episode 5 is called "[[Film/TheAlamo Alamo]]".

* AllWomenAreLustful: General Margaret Sanders pinches and grabs Major Spring's butt every time she can.

* CerebusRollercoaster: The series' tone is clearly comedic; then mid-season things get DarkerAndEdgier when they realize there is a [[TheMole mole]] in camp, the Company is temporarily [[BreakingTheFellowship disbanded]], Slice and Patriot are seriously wounded... And then it's back to alternating tragic / tense and hilarious into season two.

** In the last minutes of "L'aigle noir" (episode 9) things look pretty darn hopeless, too. [[spoiler:Chuck reveals himself as the mole, shoot General Paxton and Major Spring, tortures Helmut, and Camp Neptune is his and his men's. Meanwhile, Isla activates the bomb that was planted in her body. Cut to black.]]

* DidYouJustHaveSex: Louise can tell almost instantly that Henry is not a virgin anymore, because he is "a little taller, a little less honest".
* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Chester, being interrogated by Lieutenant Erica, ends up discussing the army's equivalent to CastingCouch and implying that she slept her way into her rank.

* JustAStupidAccent: Everybody speaks French. The Germans have German accents (some characters often step in WhatTheHellIsThatAccent territory, especially Helmut and Isla), and Winston Churchill sounds like a parody of Winston Churchill speaking French. RuleOfFunny applies with Charlie, who sometimes uses PoirotSpeak, and [[spoiler:Hitashi the Japanese pilot]], who doesn't have any accent.

* LethalChef: Chuck -- his cooking isn't deadly, just bad. Thankfully Helmut took over the kitchens.

** The medic doesn't know how to work a radio, because he's "not a radiologist".

* RunningGag: Poor Chester steps on a mine every two episodes in season 1. At some point [[UpToEleven both his feet]] are on land mines.

* ShoutOut: Quite a lot, the series being a parody of works set in WorldWarTwo, like ''Series/BandOfBrothers'', ''La 7ème Compagnie'' (already a comedy), or ''Film/InglouriousBasterds''.

* AManIsNotAVirgin: Double subverted with Henry, who shows every sign of being a virgin, but who turns out to be married... Before revealing that neither he nor his wife ever had sex.

* TheNicknamer: Chester, who calls Isla "Snow White", Major Spring "Major Calvitie[[note]]Baldness[[/note]], Niels "CyranoDeBergerac" (after a few jokes on his nose), [[spoiler:Das Nemesis "le Noiryen[[note]]noir (Black) + aryen (aryan)[[/note]]" because he's an African-American forced into fighting for the Nazis)]]...

'''''Lazy Company''''' is a French series, created by Alexandre Philip and Samuel Bodin, broadcast on premium movie/series channel OCS Max. So far there are two season of 10 episodes (26 minutes) each.

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill, AdolfHitler and General De Gaulle make cameos.

* TheCavalry: The Résistance girls swoop in with munitions when the guys run out. Then ''they'' run out of munitions.

* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:Chuck]]

"'''''[[OhCrap MERDE!]] [[RageAgainstTheHeavens MAIS POURQUOI!!]]'''''"

* AManIsNotAVirgin: Double subverted with Henry, who gives every sign of being a virgin, but who turns out to be married... Before revealing that neither he nor his wife ever had sex.

* NakedFirstImpression: Ants crawling into Niels' uniform make him tear his shirt off. Cue "la Jeanne", who holds him at gunpoint and calls him a pervert. Her opinion doesn't change for most of the season.

* AnachronismStew: Generally PlayedForLaughs. General Paxton calls Chester "ComicBook/LuckyLuke", and Series/MacGyver is mentioned at some point.

'''[[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Sergeant Chester]]:''' Which moron is he talking about? I lost track.\\

* GilliganCut: When everyone stops to relieve themselves in "L'aigle noir", Chester orders Henry to helpa handcuffed [[spoiler:Hitler]] to pee. Henry vehemently refuses. The next frame shows him holding [[spoiler:Hitler]]'s penis, stone-faced.

* NotSoAboveItAll: [[spoiler:Chuck]] giddily announces, "Holy crap, this feels good! I mean, I was trained not to feel a single emotion, but this feels totally awesome!" when he [[spoiler:shoots General Paxton]]. Twice. And another couple of times.

'''''Lazy Company''''' is a French series, created by Alexandre Philip and Samuel Bodin, broadcast on premium movie/series channel OCS Max. There's one season of 10 episodes (26 minutes), and the second season is set to start airing at the end of March 2014.

* RunningGag: Poor Chester steps on a mine every two episodes. At some point [[UpToEleven both his feet]] are on land mines.

* CerebusRollercoaster: The series' tone is clearly comedic; then mid-season things get DarkerAndEdgier when they realize there is a [[TheMole mole]] in camp, the Company is temporarily [[BreakingTheFellowship disbanded]], Slice and Patriot are seriously wounded... And then it's back to comedy in time for the last couple of episodes, which alternate tragic and funny as well.

* RedHerring: When [[spoiler:Chuck]] reveals that he's the mole and has sleeper agents inside the camp, the camera cuts to Helmut the German cook. [[One of the three guys he's giving food to then thanks him in German. Then they open their uniforms to reveal Werhmacht ones underneath and hold everyone at gun point.]]

It's set in summer 1944 France, during the Battle of Normandy (except the first episode, which is before D-Day). While Easy Company is fighting their way through Nazi-infested Norman countryside, four losers are [[RagTagBunchOfMisfits banded together]] after a spectacular bungle and given the derisive nickname of "Lazy Company" (because "stupid clowns" company was tried and rejected). Sergeant Chester, Corporal Niels, and Privates Henry and [[OnlyOneName Slice]] subsequently proceed to alternate {{Epic Fail}}s and accidental victories, meet very strange people (including a Nazi SuperSoldier, a GlamorousWarTimeSinger, a... belligerent female member of LaResistance, a former German soldier turned CampCook...), and generally try to stay alive.

* AnachronismStew: Generally PlayedForLaughs. General Paxton calls Chester "ComicBook/LuckyLuke" at some point.

* BoldlyComing: Niels' idea of liberation. Not that he's very successful.

* CerebusRollercoaster: The series' tone is clearly comedic; then mid-season things get DarkerAndEdgier when they realize there is a [[TheMole mole]] in camp, the Company is temporarily [[BreakingTheFellowship disbanded]], Slice and Patriot are seriously wounded... And then it's back to comedy in time for the last episode.
* ChekhovsSkill: Charlie's Hitler impersonation comes up again in episode 9.

->'''[[NoIndoorVoice General Paxton]]''': I don't know if you're aware of that, but there's a war on! [[ComicallyMissingThePoint We're not here to fool around with guns!]] You're a disgrace to the army. No, you're not even a disgrace, you're morons! That's it! Big ol' MORONS! ''You're'' a moron, ''you're'' a moron, and ''you're'' a moron!
->'''[[CloudCuckoolander Sergeant Chester]]''': Which moron is he talking about? I lost track.
->'''[[TheRival Major Spring]]''': He means you.
->'''General Paxton''': [[BigShutUp SHUT UP!!]]

It's set in summer 1944 France, during the Battle of Normandy (except the first episode, which is before D-Day). While Easy Company is fighting their way through Nazi-infested Norman countryside, four losers are [[RagTagBunchOfMisfits banded together]] after a spectacular bungle and given the derisive nickname of "Lazy Company" (because "stupid clowns" company was tried and rejected). Sergeant Chester, Corporal Niels, and Privates Henry and [[OnlyOneName Slice]] subsequently proceed to alternate [[EpicFail Epic Fails]] and accidental victories, meet very strange people (including a Nazi SuperSoldier, a GlamorousWarTimeSinger, a... belligerent female member of LaResistance, a former German soldier turned CampCook...), and generally try to stay alive.

* AnachronismStew: Generally PlayedForLaughs. General Paxton calls Chester "Comics/LuckyLuke" at some point.

* CerebusRollercoaster: The series' tone is clearly comedic; then mid-season things get DarkerAndEdgier when they realise there is a [[TheMole mole]] is camp, the Company is temporarily [[BreakingTheFellowship disbanded]], Slice and Patriot are seriously wounded... And then it's back to comedy in time for the last episode.

* CloudCuckoolander: Niels, with his SkewedPriorities, and Chester, to some extent.

* DeadpanSnarker: Chester and Major Spring, who engage in SnarkToSnarkCombat when they're not at each other's throat (literally).

* GlobalIgnorance: No, Chester, WinstonChurchill is not a chocolate maker.

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: WinstonChurchill, AdolfHitler and General De Gaulle make cameos.

* LetsWaitAWhile: Spoofed with Henry and his wife, who decided to "wait" before having sex... Even after their wedding.

* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:Chuck.]]

* PerpSweating: Lieutenant Erika of the Military Police, looking for the mole. It works too well on Henry, who is so terrified what little he says is completely useless.

* ShoutOut: Quite a lot, the series being a parody of works set in WorldWarTwo, like ''Series/BandOfBrothers'', ''La 7ème Compagnie'' (already a comedy), or ''Film/InglouriousBasterds''. Episode 5 is called "[[Film/TheAlamo Alamo]]".

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->"'''''[[OhCrap MERDE!]] [[RageAgainstTheHeavens MAIS POURQUOI!!]]'''''"

* KavorkaMan: [[spoiler:Henry]], eventually. It doesn't go that well for him in the end.

* LethalChef: Chuck. Thankfully Helmut took over the kitchens.

* RagTagBunchOfMisfits: Lazy Company. Lampshaded by Isla.

* SexAsRiteOfPassage: Firmly believed by Niels.

* SmugSnake: Major Spring, and [[spoiler:Chuck, once he's revealed as the mole]].

* DarkestHour: The end of episode 7, "Counter-attack". [[spoiler:Isla tortures and captures Niels, while Chester finds Captain/Patriot and Slice seriously wounded and [[{{Determinator}} brings ''both'' back to camp]].]]

* TheComicallySerious: General Paxton, and his long-suffering aide, Chuck.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The Spaghetti-Western-style [[http://vimeo.com/57685870 opening titles]].
* DarkestHour: The end of episode 7, "Counter-attack". [[spoiler:Isla tortures and captures Niels, while Chester finds Captain/Patriot and Slice seriously wounded and [[{{Determinator}} brings ''both'' back to camp.]]

* {{Catchphrase}}: Chester's "MERDE!", whenever he steps on a land mine.

* ChekhovsSkill: Charlie's Hitler impersonation.

* DeadpanSnarker: Chester. Louise is a (generally) more benevolent example.
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Chester's misogyny. [[spoiler:Slice is not amused.]]

* SmugSnake: Major Spring, and [[spoiler:Chuck]].

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The Spaghetti-Western-style opening titles.

* DroppedABridgetOnHim: [[spoiler:Slice, played by male actor Benoît Moret]], is a woman, despite looking exactly like a man (except for the groin area, judging by the ReactionShot). Played for laughs with a dose of YouNeverAsked.

* ShoutOut: Quite a lot, the series being a parody of works set in WorldWarTwo, like ''Series/BandOfBrothers'', ''La 7ème Compagnie'' (already a comedy), or ''Film/InglouriousBasterds''. Episode 5 is called "Film/{{Alamo}}".

* ShipperOnBoard: Niels does everything he can to get Henry and France to finally sleep together.
* ShoutOut: Quite a lot, the series being a parody of works set in WorldWarTwo, like ''Series/BandOfBrothers'', ''La 7ème Compagnie'' (already a comedy), or ''Film/InglouriousBasterds''. Episode 5 is called "Fiml/{{Alamo}}".