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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: One comic had Gaston carve a bird call whistle and accidentally summon a strange cross-eyed bird creature, with a long scrawny neck, a big red rounded bill, a leopard-stained round abdomen, unlike any species that actually exists.
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: One comic had Gaston carve a bird call whistle and accidentally summon a strange cross-eyed bird creature, with a long scrawny neck, a big red rounded bill, a leopard-stained round abdomen, unlike any species that actually exists. Fictional animals do pop up in the ''Spirou'' comics that are part of the same universe as Gaston's, but these kind of creatures are very out of place in the more grounded ''Gaston'' comic.
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: One comic had Gaston carve a bird call whistle and accidentally summon a strange cross-eyed bird creature, with a long scrawny neck, a big red rounded bill, a leopard-stained round abdomen, unlike any species that actually exists.
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* HarsherInHindsight: Back in the 70s, another Dupuis cartoonist, Seron, infamously took ''heavy'' inspiration from Franquin's art to draw his own comic ''Les Petits Hommes'', to the point he filled many sketchbooks with copies of Franquin's character details so he could replicate them better. When Delaf officially reprised the ''Gaston'' comic, he basically did the same, building a huge digital database of Franquin's character details so he could replicate them better. Except this time, it was with the blessing of the editor (not so much from Franquin's estate).
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* OvershadowedByControversy: The most famous thing about the newest album ''Return of Lagaffe'' is all the controversy surrounding the morality of its existence, the ethics of reprising the series despite Franquin's passing and wishes, and the legal battle with his daughter who tried to stop it from being published.
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* DiagnosedByTheAudience: Gaston is sometimes perceived by readers as autistic, due to his lack of social skills (only Jeanne, Jules and Bertrand seems to like him), his passion for music and animals, and his genius when it comes to inventions. Also, he is speculated to be narcoleptic due to the fact that he is capable to fall asleep while standing.
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* EpilepticTrees: There are two popular theories surrounding the comic's universe:
** De Mesmaeker's contracts consist of buying the magazine. If he succeeds, he is cutting funds and will fire everybody. Therefore, Gaston is basically saving the day everytime he ruins the contract-signing. De Mesmaeker is treated like an ominous figure who regularly gets "defeated" by our humble protagonist, so he is the BigBad in some way.
** Mr. Dupuis doesn't fire Gaston because he wants him to deliberately ruin the contract-signing with De Mesmaeker, as he is afraid of his influence.
** De Mesmaeker's contracts consist of buying the magazine. If he succeeds, he is cutting funds and will fire everybody. Therefore, Gaston is basically saving the day everytime he ruins the contract-signing. De Mesmaeker is treated like an ominous figure who regularly gets "defeated" by our humble protagonist, so he is the BigBad in some way.
** Mr. Dupuis doesn't fire Gaston because he wants him to deliberately ruin the contract-signing with De Mesmaeker, as he is afraid of his influence.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The comic had most of its famous run from TheSixties to TheSeventies, and it shows. It is seen in a lot of the fashion, hairstyles, use of old landline rotary phones, comic magazines still a thriving business, a ''VideoGame/{{Pong}}'' machine seen as a hot video game... when it was made into an animated series in the late 2000s, the setting was specified as being from older times by Prunelle's narration, and the planned Delaf new book keeps the 70s vintage setting.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The comic had most of its famous run from TheSixties to TheSeventies, and it shows. It is seen in a lot of the fashion, hairstyles, use of old landline rotary phones, comic magazines still a thriving business, a ''VideoGame/{{Pong}}'' machine seen as a hot video game... when it Franquin himself said that Gaston was a true product of his times, and that he would be a homeless bum in the 90s. When the comic was made into an animated series in the late 2000s, the setting was specified as being from older times by Prunelle's narration, and the planned Delaf new book keeps the 70s vintage setting.
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* A series of ProductPlacement comics promote the ''Orange Piedbœuf'' soft drink, that has long been discontinued since (the Piedbœuf company now only makes beer).
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"What an Idiot!" is now Flame Bait.
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** Gaston comes up with a simple system to pollute less: fitting a giant balloon to his car's tailpipe, ensuring that the toxic fumes don't escape into the atmosphere. And then, of course, he removes it at the end, requiring gas-mask equipped rescuers to intervene to reanimate all the suffocated bystanders.
** An early gag had Fantasio demanding him to take down an enormous balloon he had tied to the office roof. Gaston climbs in the rope with a knife and starts to cut away at it above his head. When Fantasio warns him that he'll fall if he does that, Gaston instead cuts away the rope underneath him, which inevitably leads to the balloon flying off with Gaston still hanging on to it.
** Gaston comes up with a simple system to pollute less: fitting a giant balloon to his car's tailpipe, ensuring that the toxic fumes don't escape into the atmosphere. And then, of course, he removes it at the end, requiring gas-mask equipped rescuers to intervene to reanimate all the suffocated bystanders.
** An early gag had Fantasio demanding him to take down an enormous balloon he had tied to the office roof. Gaston climbs in the rope with a knife and starts to cut away at it above his head. When Fantasio warns him that he'll fall if he does that, Gaston instead cuts away the rope underneath him, which inevitably leads to the balloon flying off with Gaston still hanging on to it.
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** Gaston comes up with a simple system to pollute less: fitting a giant balloon to his car's tailpipe, ensuring that the toxic fumes don't escape into the atmosphere. And then, of course, he removes it at the end, requiring gas-mask equipped rescuers to intervene to reanimate all the suffocated bystanders.
** An early gag had Fantasio demanding him to take down an enormous balloon he had tied to the office roof. Gaston climbs in the rope with a knife and starts to cut away at it above his head. When Fantasio warns him that he'll fall if he does that, Gaston instead cuts away the rope underneath him, which inevitably leads to the balloon flying off with Gaston still hanging on to it.
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Lack of context, and I really doubt the trope apply to the comic, the characters aren't popular for being cute, which is the point of Moe.
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* {{Moe}}: Some people think that some of the characters are cute, especially Gaston, Jeanne, Lebrac, Jules, and Bertrand.
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* {{Moe}}: Some people think that some of the characters are cute, especially Gaston, Jeanne, Lebrac, Jules, and Bertrand.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Wiki/TheOtherWiki mention that there's a real-life businessman named De Mesmaeker in Belgium. Needless to say, taking him seriously whenever he has to sign contracts isn't easy.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Wiki/TheOtherWiki Website/TheOtherWiki mention that there's a real-life businessman named De Mesmaeker in Belgium. Needless to say, taking him seriously whenever he has to sign contracts isn't easy.
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* GrowingTheBeard: Many people found the comics more funny after Franquin created other recurring characters and that the plot doesn't only focus on Gaston and Fantasio.
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* GrowingTheBeard: Many people found the comics more funny after Franquin created other recurring characters and that without the plot doesn't only focus focusing on just Gaston and Fantasio.Fantasio, and becoming independant from the regular ''Spirou'' cast.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The comic had most of its famous run from TheSixties to TheSeventies, and it shows. It is seen in a lot of the fashion, hairstyles, use of old landline phones, comic magazines still a thriving business, a ''VideoGame/{{Pong}}'' machine seen as a hot video game... when it was made into an animated series in the late 2000s, the setting was specified as being from older times by Prunelle's narration, and the planned Delaf new book keeps the 70s vintage setting.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The comic had most of its famous run from TheSixties to TheSeventies, and it shows. It is seen in a lot of the fashion, hairstyles, use of old landline rotary phones, comic magazines still a thriving business, a ''VideoGame/{{Pong}}'' machine seen as a hot video game... when it was made into an animated series in the late 2000s, the setting was specified as being from older times by Prunelle's narration, and the planned Delaf new book keeps the 70s vintage setting.setting.
* A series of ProductPlacement comics promote the ''Orange Piedbœuf'' soft drink, that has long been discontinued since (the Piedbœuf company now only makes beer).
* A series of ProductPlacement comics promote the ''Orange Piedbœuf'' soft drink, that has long been discontinued since (the Piedbœuf company now only makes beer).
