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* WebcomicsLongRunners: Has run continuously since November 2003 with only two very brief breaks.
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* SubvertedKidsShow:- dogsbody character Louis Lamoureux gets his big break into television - inside the Reading Rabbit costume, which, as the name implies, means he has to turn kids on to the magic of books by reading stories to them. But some of the kids have other ideas...
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* SubvertedKidsShow:- dogsbody character Louis Lamoureux gets his big break into television - inside the [[ReadingRainbow Reading Rabbit Rabbit]] costume, which, as the name implies, means he has to turn kids on to the magic of books by reading stories to them. But some of the kids have other ideas...
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La Reine des Pot Noodles
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* RamenAsDehydratedNoodles: Mona's staple diet.
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Mona the loony
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* PsychoExGirlfriend: Mona, whose attitude to Tiffany over Louis gets more and more alarming and finally dangerous.
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Pairing tropes.
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: Donna and Mona.
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* the OddCouple: Donna and Mona.
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I am French. Therefore I smoke.
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* SmokingIsCool: Mona.
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Carl the talking plant
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* TalkingToPlants: in early strips, Mona has conversations with Carl, her pot plant, who replies that she's completely mental if she thinks a plant can sustain a conversation.
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* Fanservice: Happens intermittently. Generally but not always featuring Donna. As ''[[http://www.gocomics.com/cestlavie/2010/03/28 here]]'' A more recent example of fairly blatant fanservice [[http://www.gocomics.com/cestlavie/2013/01/06 where Mona strips and goes naked is here]].
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* Fanservice: {{Fanservice}}: Happens intermittently. Generally but not always featuring Donna. As ''[[http://www.gocomics.com/cestlavie/2010/03/28 here]]'' A more recent example of fairly blatant fanservice [[http://www.gocomics.com/cestlavie/2013/01/06 where Mona strips and goes naked is here]].
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the Companion Cube
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* CompanionCube: Monsieur Smokey.
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Mona\'s paintings
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* UnexpectedInheritance: the paintings Mona is bequeathed by her eccentric uncle, which turn out to be more than they seem.
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Subverted kids\' stories
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* SubvertedKidsShow:- dogsbody character Louis Lamoureux gets his big break into television - inside the Reading Rabbit costume, which, as the name implies, means he has to turn kids on to the magic of books by reading stories to them. But some of the kids have other ideas...
** Similarly, in the very first couple of episodes of the comic, anti-heroine Mona Montrois establishes her character as a cynical snarker by getting sacked from a nursery teacher job. She tells the kids the fairy-tales as they originally were, shorn of froth, glamour and happy endings...
** Similarly, in the very first couple of episodes of the comic, anti-heroine Mona Montrois establishes her character as a cynical snarker by getting sacked from a nursery teacher job. She tells the kids the fairy-tales as they originally were, shorn of froth, glamour and happy endings...
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** Jen also periodically does homage to great art, for instance Mona on the bridge in the style of Muvch's ''The Scream'', or Donna floating to shore in a scallop shell with only hair to protect her modesty and a disgruntled nymph for company (a scowling Mona), in the style of Botticelli's ''Venus''.
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** Jen also periodically does homage to great art, for instance Mona on the bridge in the style of Muvch's Munch's ''The Scream'', or Donna floating to shore in a scallop shell with only hair to protect her modesty and a disgruntled nymph for company (a scowling Mona), in the style of Botticelli's ''Venus''.
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* Fanservice: Happens intermittently. Generally but not always featuring Donna. As ''[[http://www.gocomics.com/cestlavie/2010/03/28 here]]''
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* Fanservice: Happens intermittently. Generally but not always featuring Donna. As ''[[http://www.gocomics.com/cestlavie/2010/03/28 here]]''here]]'' A more recent example of fairly blatant fanservice [[http://www.gocomics.com/cestlavie/2013/01/06 where Mona strips and goes naked is here]].
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Fanservice
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* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: Mona's relationship with Monsieur Smokey, her childhood stuffed rabbit, who has something of a life and mind of his own.
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* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: Mona's relationship with Monsieur Smokey, her childhood stuffed rabbit, who has something of a life and mind of his own.Fanservice: Happens intermittently. Generally but not always featuring Donna. As ''[[http://www.gocomics.com/cestlavie/2010/03/28 here]]''
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* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: Mona's relationship with Monsieur Smokey, her childhood stuffed rabbit, who has something of a life and mind of his own.
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Art styles
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* ArtEvolution: the very first strips are necessarily cruder, and Jen's signature lettering style has yet to appear.
* ArtShift: flashback episodes where Mona returns to her childhood in France are executed in a pencil and pastels style which is wholly different to "present day" strips.
** Jen also periodically does homage to great art, for instance Mona on the bridge in the style of Muvch's ''The Scream'', or Donna floating to shore in a scallop shell with only hair to protect her modesty and a disgruntled nymph for company (a scowling Mona), in the style of Botticelli's ''Venus''.
* ArtShift: flashback episodes where Mona returns to her childhood in France are executed in a pencil and pastels style which is wholly different to "present day" strips.
** Jen also periodically does homage to great art, for instance Mona on the bridge in the style of Muvch's ''The Scream'', or Donna floating to shore in a scallop shell with only hair to protect her modesty and a disgruntled nymph for company (a scowling Mona), in the style of Botticelli's ''Venus''.
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* MyBelovedSmother: Mona's unseen mother, who still seeks to exert control from several thousand miles away in Paris. Encountered in flashback sequences to Mona's childhood.
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* MyBelovedSmother: Mona's unseen mother, who still seeks to exert control from several thousand thousand miles away in Paris. Encountered Paris.
* NightmareFace: What happens to Donna and Pierre inflashback sequences to Mona's childhood.night-terror dream sequence.
* NightmareFace: What happens to Donna and Pierre in
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* NightmareFuel: Mona's bizzare and terrifying dreams, for instance wherre donna turns into a parasitical tapeworm-like creature with LampreyTeeth.
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* NightmareFuel: Mona's bizzare and terrifying dreams, for instance wherre donna turns into a parasitical tapeworm-like creature with LampreyTeeth.
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* [[ArcFatigue MythStall]]: Mona first meets the man she's crazy about, Lucas, in November 2003. [[http://www.gocomics.com/cestlavie/2003/11/25]]. Lucas is also crazy about Mona. For eight years running, it's hit and miss, hit and miss, almost this and almost that happening— and not even a real date in all that time. One kiss in eight years. Despite Lucas being described as her future "true love": [[http://www.gocomics.com/cestlavie/2003/11/28]]
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* MythStall: Mona first meets the man she's crazy about, Lucas, in November 2003. [[http://www.gocomics.com/cestlavie/2003/11/25]]. Lucas is also crazy about Mona. For eight years running, it's hit and miss, hit and miss, almost this and almost that happening— and not even a real date in all that time. One kiss in eight years. Despite Lucas being described as her future "true love": [[http://www.gocomics.com/cestlavie/2003/11/28]]
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* MythStall: [[ArcFatigue MythStall]]: Mona first meets the man she's crazy about, Lucas, in November 2003. [[http://www.gocomics.com/cestlavie/2003/11/25]]. Lucas is also crazy about Mona. For eight years running, it's hit and miss, hit and miss, almost this and almost that happening— and not even a real date in all that time. One kiss in eight years. Despite Lucas being described as her future "true love": [[http://www.gocomics.com/cestlavie/2003/11/28]]
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* NoSocialSkills: Michael. The reader might someitmes suspect Mona of lacking a few graces.
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* ConeOfShame: A ''human'' character, Michael, is forced to wear one as he cannot help picking at an operation site... Michael, we should add, is a little bit "strange" anyway; the author may be building him up into somebody asocial and undersocialized.
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The DF trope - being French in the USA
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* DirtyForeigner: both Mona and Pierre are exemplars of this trope. Donna compliments Pierre for the fact he has bothered to shower on their wedding day, to which he replies "Well, hey, it ''is'' a special occassion!" (strip for 23/12/11).
* EverybodySmokes: Mona refuses to bring food to Michael's pot-luck supper on the grounds that she can't cook. She does offer a carton of cigarettes instead.
* EverybodySmokes: Mona refuses to bring food to Michael's pot-luck supper on the grounds that she can't cook. She does offer a carton of cigarettes instead.
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* Myth Stall: Mona first meets the man she's crazy about, Lucas, in November 2003. [[http://www.gocomics.com/cestlavie/2003/11/25]]. Lucas is also crazy about Mona. For eight years running, it's hit and miss, hit and miss, almost this and almost that happening— and not even a real date in all that time. One kiss in eight years. Despite Lucas being described as her future "true love": [[http://www.gocomics.com/cestlavie/2003/11/28]]
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* Myth Stall: MythStall: Mona first meets the man she's crazy about, Lucas, in November 2003. [[http://www.gocomics.com/cestlavie/2003/11/25]]. Lucas is also crazy about Mona. For eight years running, it's hit and miss, hit and miss, almost this and almost that happening— and not even a real date in all that time. One kiss in eight years. Despite Lucas being described as her future "true love": [[http://www.gocomics.com/cestlavie/2003/11/28]]
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* Myth Stall: Mona first meets the man she's crazy about, Lucas, in November 2003. [[http://www.gocomics.com/cestlavie/2003/11/25]]. Lucas is also crazy about Mona. For eight years running, it's hit and miss, hit and miss, almost this and almost that happening— and not even a real date in all that time. One kiss in all that time. Despite Lucas being described as her future "true love": [[http://www.gocomics.com/cestlavie/2003/11/28]]
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* Myth Stall: Mona first meets the man she's crazy about, Lucas, in November 2003. [[http://www.gocomics.com/cestlavie/2003/11/25]]. Lucas is also crazy about Mona. For eight years running, it's hit and miss, hit and miss, almost this and almost that happening— and not even a real date in all that time. One kiss in all that time.eight years. Despite Lucas being described as her future "true love": [[http://www.gocomics.com/cestlavie/2003/11/28]]
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I made an error in a prior edit. Mea culpa...
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* Myth Stall: Mona first meets the man she's crazy about, Lucas, in November 2003. [[http://www.gocomics.com/cestlavie/2003/11/25]]. She Lucas is also crazy about him.Mona. For eight years running, it's hit and miss, hit and miss, almost this and almost that happening— and not even a real date in all that time. One kiss in all that time. Despite Lucas being described as her future "true love": [[http://www.gocomics.com/cestlavie/2003/11/28]]
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* Myth Stall: Mona first meets the man she's crazy about, Lucas, in November 2003. [[http://www.gocomics.com/cestlavie/2003/11/25]]. She is also crazy about him. For eight years running, it's hit and miss, hit and miss, almost this and almost that happening— and not even a real date. Despite the ultimate intention being announced: [[http://www.gocomics.com/cestlavie/2003/11/28]]
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* Myth Stall: Mona first meets the man she's crazy about, Lucas, in November 2003. [[http://www.gocomics.com/cestlavie/2003/11/25]]. She is also crazy about him. For eight years running, it's hit and miss, hit and miss, almost this and almost that happening— and not even a real date. date in all that time. One kiss in all that time. Despite the ultimate intention Lucas being announced: described as her future "true love": [[http://www.gocomics.com/cestlavie/2003/11/28]]
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* Myth Stall: Mona first meets the man she's crazy about, Lucas, in November 2003. [[http://www.gocomics.com/cestlavie/2003/11/25]]. She is also crazy about him. For eight years running, it's hit and miss, hit and miss, almost this and almost that happening— and not even a real date. Despite the ultimate intention being announced: [[http://www.gocomics.com/cestlavie/2003/11/28]]
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* LoserGuy: Lucas. Might also apply to Michael. Although the difference is that Lucas is a loser who fears he's never going to win. Michael is a guy who hasn't properly realised he's already lost.
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* LoserGuy: LoserProtagonist: Lucas. Might also apply to Michael. Although the difference is that Lucas is a loser who fears he's never going to win. Michael is a guy who hasn't properly realised he's already lost.
