History WebVideo / FranceFive

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Extasy

* WeaponizedLandMark: The series revolves around the idea that the Eiffel Tower is a shamanic totem holding the evil galactic empire at bay.

In 2019, ''webcomic/Maliki'' revealed she was part of the adventure as a storyboard artist and the artist of the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue... [[MilestoneCelebration and that she is working with the team on an audio episode with art to celebrate the 20 years of France Five.]] Said episode will be an {{Interquel}} between episodes 3 and 4. Details [[http://maliki.com/strips/courage-espoir-france-five/ here]] (warning: in french).

In 2019, ''Webcomic/Maliki'' revealed she was part of the adventure as a storyboard artist and the artist of the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue... [[MilestoneCelebration and that she is working with the team on an audio episode with art to celebrate the 20 years of France Five.]] Said episode will be an {{Interquel}} between episodes 3 and 4. Details [[http://maliki.com/strips/courage-espoir-france-five/ here]] (warning: in french).

In 2019, [[Webcomic/Maliki]] revealed she was part of the adventure as a storyboard artist and the artist of the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue... [[MilestoneCelebration and that she is working with the team on an audio episode with art to celebrate the 20 years of France Five.]] Said episode will be an {{Interquel}} between episodes 3 and 4. Details [[http://maliki.com/strips/courage-espoir-france-five/ here]] (warning: in french).

In 2019, [[Webcomic/Maliki]] revealed she was part of the adventure as a storyboard artist and the artist of the WhereAreWeNowEpilogue... [[MilestoneCelebration and that she is working with the team on an audio episode with art to celebrate the 20 years of France Five.]] Said episode will be an {{Interquel}} between episodes 3 and 4. Details [[http://maliki.com/strips/courage-espoir-france-five/ here]] (warning: in french).

* FiveBadBand: The villains, even though Zakaral only shows up in the last couple episodes, and by that time [[spoiler:Warduke and Extasy are out of the game]].
** Glou Man Chou -- The BigBad
** Zakaral -- TheDragon
** Cancrelax -- The EvilGenius
** Warduke -- TheBrute
** Extasy -- The DarkChick

** When Red's cockpit moves after the big robot combination in Episode 6, it looks remarkably similar to Duke Freed's "Chute In" sequence from when he'd activate [[Anime/UFORoboGrendizer Grendizer]] (probably more appropriate to say... [[CompletelyDifferentTitle Goldorak]]).

** For the ultimate full-circle, Glou Man Chou inadvertently quotes the french narration to ''Anime/BattleOfThePlanets''. Which is the first International adaptation of ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman''. Which is considered to be the ultimate forerunner of the ''Super Sentai'' franchise.

** Zakaral then forms one with his QuirkyMinibossSquad:
** Zakaral -- BigBad
** Lady Warcry -- TheDragon
** Gorlock -- TheBrute
** Succulard -- EvilGenius
** Agony -- DarkChick

* CaptainEthnic: But played for laughs. The themes for the heroes' powers and mecha are silly French stereotypes like cheese, wine, baguettes, and fsahion.

!!''France Five'' provides examples of the following tropes:

* {{Excited Episode Title}}: As part of being a ''Sentai'' homage.

* DangerouslyGenreSavvy:
** Warduke in the fourth episode.
** Episode 4 is when the villains in general start getting savvy. Rather than coming up with some roundabout way to allow an invasion by hypnotizing tourists or some such thing, Zakaral sneaks some big guns to Earth and uses them to just blow up the thing keeping the bulk of their armies out.[[spoiler: It works.]]

* AffectionateParody: Very much so. The show can't be said to really "mock" {{Sentai}}, but rather follows every trope of the genre quite faithfully. The humor comes from the decalage of setting a Sentai in France.

* CallingYourAttacks [[PunnyName with Punny]] [[ThemeNaming Theme Name]]:

* EvolutionaryRetcon: Several costumes were upgraded over the series. Namely, Margarine, the France Five suits, and France Robo itself.
** The Episode 1 costumes reappear in flashbacks during Episodes 3 and 6, explained away as prototypes for the current models which now have always been there.

* ShockAndAwe: Glou Man Chou's favorite way of punishing those who failed him, or smiting his foes.

** Before using France Robo's fencing thrust final attack in Episode 3, he quotes /Theatre/CyranoDeBergerac Cyrano De Bergerac:
-->'''Red''': To the envoi's end, I touch!

** Speaking of which, the password to make the robots combine? ''alea jacta est'' (lit. "The Die Is Cast") - a regular catchphrase in ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}''.

** For the ultimate full-circle, Glou Man Chou inadvertently quotes the french narration to BattleOfThePlanets. Which is the first International adaptation of ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman. Which is considered to be the ultimate forerunner of the Super Sentai franchise.

* WolverineClaws: Cancrelax's (Freddy Claws, more accurately).

** For the ultimate full-circle, Glou Man Chou inadvertently quotes the french narration to BattleOfThePlanets, the adaptation of ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman which considered to be the ultimate forerunner of the Super Sentai franchie.

** #4 is when the villains in general start getting savvy. Rather than coming up with some roundabout way to allow an invasion by hypnotizing tourists or some such thing, Zakaral sneaks some big guns to Earth and uses them to just blow up the thing keeping the bulk of their armies out.

* EvolutionaryRetcon: Several costumes were upgraded over the series. Namely, Margarine, the France Five suits, and France Robo itself. The episode 1 costumes reappear in flashbacks during episodes 3 and 6, explained away as prototypes for the current models which now have always been there.

* GratuitousEnglish: In several places, such as [[CallingYourAttacks calling their attacks]] and when doing their version of the [[Series/HimitsuSentaiGoranger Goranger Storm]] in episode 3.

* HeadBob: The France Five in armor, yet another stapple of Sentai.

* JustEatGilligan: The standard one of these for Sentai series -- why the BigBad doesn't send all his monsters at once -- is parodically justified. The Eiffel Tower projects a force field around planet Earth, meaning that the BigBad can only send small squadrons of troops to Earth at a time, including a monster, some Panous-Panous and his two lieutenants.

** [[spoiler:France Robo's appearance in episode 6]] is a complete homage to the launch sequence of ''Anime/MazingerZ''.
** When Red's seat moves down after the robots combine in episode 6, it looks remarkably similar to Duke's seat doing the same when he'd activate [[Anime/UFORoboGrendizer Grendizer]] (probably more appropriate to say... [[CompletelyDifferentTitle Goldorak]]).
** Also, the password to make the robots combine is ''alea jacta est'', a regular catchphrase in ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}''.
** Also in the climax of episode 6, there are several nods to episodes 5 and 6 of ''Anime/GunBuster''.

* BlessedAreTheCheesemakers: Red Fromage

'''''France Five''''' (フランスファイブ ''Furansu Faibu''?), originally titled '''''Jushi Sentai France Five''''' (銃士戦隊フランスファイブ ''Jūshi Sentai Furansu Faibu'', translated as ''Musketeers Squadron France Five'') and later known as '''''Shin Kenjushi France Five''''' (新剣銃士フランスファイブ ''Shin Kenjūshi Furansu Faibu'', translated as ''New Sword Musketeers France Five''), is a French series produced by Buki X-1 Productions in 2000s. It is a homage to both Toei's ever-popular ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' series (which was extremely popular in France in the 1980s) and another Sentai pastiche, ''Film/AikokuSentaiDaiNippon'' ("''Patriot Squadron Great Japan''") (1982) by Daicon Films (now Creator/StudioGainax).

* EleventhHourSuperpower: [[spoiler:Operation: Gergovie in episode 5, and the Robot d'Artagnan in episode 6.]]

* [[TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse Paris Is the Center of the Universe]]: Justified, since the Eiffel Tower is protecting the Earth from a large-scale alien invasion.

** Also, the password to make the robots combine is ''alea jacta est,'' a regular catchphrase in ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}''.

* WolverineClaws: Cancrelax's (Freddy Claws, more exactly).

** Zakaral as well. Rather than coming up with some roundabout way to allow an invasion by hypnotizing tourists or some such thing, he sneaks some big guns to Earth and uses them to just blow up the thing keeping the bulk of their armies out.

* BaguetteBeatdown: Yellow Baguette's weapons of choice, first as a sword and later as a staff. Starting episode 2, he throws croissant boomerangs as his calling card, in a manner resembling [[Manga/SailorMoon a certain anime series]].

* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Red Fromage and [[spoiler:Zakaral exchange some words while they're both falling from a building]].

The series' fourth episode ended on a {{Cliffhanger}} with the fifth poised to be the GrandFinale. This was in [[DevelopmentHell 2005]]. Episode 5 was finally released [[http://www.francefive.com online]] in 2012 [[spoiler:with the true finale, episode 6, released in 2013]].

* WolverineClaws: Cancrelax (Freddy Claws, more exactly.)

* KnightOfCerebus: Zakaral

** Also, the password to make the robots combine is ''alea jacta est,'' a regular catchphrase in ''ComicBook/Asterix''.