History YMMV / GastonLagaffe

* SpecialEffectFailure: Gaston's CGI seagull is rather poorly integrated into scenes and looks [[UncannyValley wrong]] at times.

* CrazyAwesome: Some of Gaston's inventions, like the propeller on the roof of his car that recharges the battery: it starts lifting the roof off, so Prunelle grabs, then ''the whole roof lifts off'' and Prunelle is sent on a long flight, ending because of, in gaston's words, "a stupidly-placed wall".

* DumbassHasAPoint: One strip has Prunelle chewing out Gaston for napping with the cat sleeping on his lap while the others are working. He gets to work, retorting that if every dictator, general etc. would do just that once in a while, he'd feel a lot better. Prunelle's thoughts: "What do you reply to a guy who's right?"

* WhatAnIdiot: 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.

* DumbassHasAPoint: After Prunelle fires Gaston, he ensures the company will be back to golden days. Jeanne points that the company being close to bankruptcy was not directly Gaston's fault, but rather Prunelle focusing on Gaston and not taking care what to do with new products. And Gaston designed a meal distribution rail when employees were no allowed to take a lunch break.

* StrawmanHasAPoint: One strip has Prunelle chewing out Gaston for napping with the cat sleeping on his lap while the others are working. He gets to work, retorting that if every dictator, general etc. would do just that once in a while, he'd feel a lot better. Prunelle's thoughts: "What do you reply to a guy who's right?"

* CrazyAwesome: Some of Gaston's inventions, like the propeller on the roof of his car that recharges the battery: it starts lifting the roof off, so Prunelle grabs, then ''the whole roof lifts off'' and Prunelle is sent on a long flight, ending because of a stupidly-placed wall.

** 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.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: Fantasio is being lenient toward Gaston since its AprilFoolsDay. [[ButtMonkey Cue Fantasio being hit by one humiliating prank after another.]] At the end of the day, Gaston asks Fantasio to pay for his overtime because all those pranks took a long time to set up.

* WhatAnIdiot: Gaston comes up with a simple system to pollute less: fitting a giant balloon to his ar'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.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: Fantasio is being toward Gaston since its AprilFoolsDay. [[ButtMonkey Cue Fantasio being hit by one humiliating prank after another.]] At the end of the day, Gaston asks Fantasio to pay for his overtime because all those pranks took a long time to set up.

* HeartwarmingMoment: In one comic, Fantasio shows Spirou what happens when you whisper things in Gaston's ear while he's sleeping. When you whisper things to Gaston that he likes (eating, sleeping) he smiles, but when you say things he dislikes (working, sorting mail), he frowns. Just as Fantasio gets annoyed at Gaston, Spirou whispers Fantasio's name to him, and he smiles even more than when you mention eating or sleeping (see also HoYay). Fantasio is visibly moved, commenting that Gaston is 'a good guy at heart'.

* HoYay: Just a bit. In one comic, it is revealed that Gaston likes Fantasio even better than sleeping. Another features a gag which, in a way, sets them up as a couple -- Gaston swallows the prize inside a box of candy and has to go to the hospital. When the prize is retrieved, a nurse cheerily tells Fantasio, who is waiting worriedly in the hallway, [[MisterSeahorse "It's an airplane!"]] And then there's a comic in which Gaston throws paper snippets on Fantasio for his birthday. He explains that it's a tradition Americans do for the people they love. Fantasio appreciates it, but finds it a little awkward.

* WhatAnIdiot: Gaston comes up with a simple system to pollute less: fitting a giant balloon to his ar'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.

* HoYay: Just a bit. In one comic, it is revealed that Gaston likes Fantasio even better than sleeping. Another features a gag which, in a way, sets them up as a couple -- Gaston swallows the prize inside a box of candy and has to go to the hospital. When the prize is retrieved, a nurse cheerily tells Fantasio, who is waiting worriedly in the hallway, [[MisterSeahorse "It's an airplane!"]] And then there's a comic in which Gaston showers Fantasio with paper snippets on his birthday. He explains that it's a tradition Americans do for the people they love.

* HoYay: Just a bit. In one comic, it is revealed that Gaston likes Fantasio even better than sleeping. Another features a gag which, in a way, sets them up as a couple -- Gaston swallows the prize inside a box of candy and has to go to the hospital. When the prize is retrieved, a nurse cheerily tells Fantasio, who is waiting worriedly in the hallway, [[MisterSeahorse "It's an airplane!"]]

* HilariousInHindsight: 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.

* WhatAnIdiot: Gaston comes up with a simple system to pollute less: fitting a giant balloon to his ar'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.

* HilariousInHindsight: 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.

* HilariousInHindsight: TheOtherWiki mention that there's a rea-life businessman named De Mesmaeker in Belgium. Needless to say, there's always a good chuckle whenever he has to sign contracts.

* HilariousInHindsight: TheOtherWiki mention that there's a rea-life businessman named De Mesmaeker in Belgium. There's always a good chuckle whenever he has to sign contracts.

* 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.