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8	''Moi Renart'' (''"I, Renart"'' in French) is a French animated series first broadcast in 1986, made by Bruno-René Huchez, who was behind several popular French animated series in TheEighties.
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10	It is a very loose adaptation of ''[[Literature/ReynardTheFox Le Roman de Renart]]'', an anthology of satirical tales written in the French Middle Ages. The original stories were about a fox called Renart outwitting other animals as they try to chase food. The animated series is set in [[GayParee Paris]] during TheEighties, and has a much more comedic tone. The characters are practically humans with a FurryLens.
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12	The plot is about Renart, a cocky and joyful young fox, who goes to Paris and decides to set up an agency where he says he can do ''any'' job. He often badgers his greedy and grumpy uncle Ysengrin who is a car salesman, gets in trouble with the law, and tries to seduce beautiful vixen journalist Hermeline.
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14	!!Provides examples of:
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16	* TheEighties: ''Moi Renart'' was set and broadcast in this period.
17	* AbsentMindedProfessor: Professor Grimbert, big time.
18	* AdaptationalHeroism: While Renart isn`t exactly perfect in terms of being heroic, he is still far better behaved in the series when compared to his original literature counterpart. It helps that those he often goes up against in the series are far worse villains than he is.
19	* AlienAbduction: There are no actual extraterrestrials in the show, but an episode is about Renart's aunt Hersent, who sees a movie about an alien invader who abducts a french fries salesgirl and they live Happily Ever After (because the alien's a cool guy and she was in an unpleasant engagement). So she sets up a french fries stand and waits for an alien to abduct her! [[spoiler:Renart dresses up as the alien and "abducts" her in a disguised helicopter to please her.]]
20	* AnimalStereotypes:
21	** Renart is a fox, so of course he's a clever trickster.
22	** Hermeline is a vixen, so of course she's hot.
23	** Ysengrin is a wolf, so of course he's mean and authoritarian.
24	** Moufflard is a vulture, so of course he's a mean criminal.
25	** Pelé is a rat, so of course he's a dirty criminal.
26	* AnimatedAdaptation: Of ''Literature/ReynardTheFox'', though with a lot of liberties taken.
27	* AssInALionSkin: Renart and other characters would impersonate other humanoid-animal "species", but also non-anthropomorphic animals! (such as a gorilla or bear)
28	* AttractiveBentGender: Renart impersonates a woman several times, and they are more often attractive than not. Even ''his own uncle'' wants to touch Renart's leg when he is impersonating a cleaning lady. What is less attractive is his incapacity in making a convincing feminine voice.
29	* BigBad: Moufflard the vulture.
30	* BrainyBaby: Professor Grimbert is turned into a baby/toddler in the penultimate episode, and being the only one who was smart enough to find a cure, all hope seems to be lost... [[spoiler:Except Grimbert was already a uberkind genius as a baby, so he finds a cure even in mental baby form!]]
31	* {{Catgirl}}: Many of the hotties Renart meets are anthropomorphic cats, especially in the "Vieux Roublard" segment.
32	* CatsAreMean: Tibert, the main cat character, always antagonizes Renart. Subverted with Superchou, who is very nice but a ditz. And the catgirls.
33	* ChildProdigy: Little Crack who has a super-intellect and is being cared by his rich grandfather so that he can run his criminal empire.
34	* ClearMyName: Renart gets framed for bank robberies in one episode and has to take matters in his own hands to prove himself innocent.
35	* CloudCuckooLander: Renart's aunt Hersent, especially in the AlienAbduction episode.
36	* CoolCar: The "Renarde" (Vixen), Renart's car invented by Professor Grimbert that is full of gadgets.
37	* CunningLikeAFox: The title character, as befits his literary template.
38	* DangerousOrbitalDebris: One episode centers around a spaceship sent to clean up "[=IFOs=]" (Identified flying objects, since they're known to be old satellites) that completely block space access save for a small gap over the Pyrenees mountain range.
39	* DirtyCop: Inspector Tibert may usually be on the side of the law, but is secretly embezzling money and does work for Moufflard.
40	* DisguisedInDrag: Renart, many times.
41	* DisneyAcidSequence: The "Vieux roublard" song sequences in the first and second episodes. Renart fantasizes about dancing with scantily-clad cat showgirls, there are robots serving champagne along a RobotGirl, fashion magazine silhouettes, Renart wooing a woman while wearing a mask of this woman on the back of his head, a Tarzan-like woman rescuing Renart from a gorilla and then they both go on the Statue of Liberty that departs on rockets.
42	* DogsAreDumb: Budvilin. So much.
43	-->'''Moufflard:''' What are you writing again, you idiot?
44	-->'''Budvilin:'''Well, I am writing that I can't write!
45	* EarlyBirdCameo: Although more of a ReusedCharacterDesign, we can mention:
46	** Mimi the gun trafficker in ''Ciné fric frac'' appears as an extra in the fourth episode where she is shoved by Renart disguised as a maid on skates.
47	** Paprika Magot from the ''The Kiosk Affair'' appears as a Tarzan-like-girl who rescues Renart from a gorilla in the "Vieux Roublard" segment in the first two episodes.
48	** Hélène from ''The Vixen'' appears in the "Vieux Roublard" segment where she is being wooed by a male pig (who could be Nata).
49	* EvilDuo: Pelé and Budvilin, Moufflard's two henchmen. Pelé is the mean smarter one, Budvilin is the dumb nicer one.
50	* EvilOldFolks: Mister Crack.
51	* FountainOfYouth: The penultimate episode is about a chemical that turns people into children, both physically and mentally.
52	* FunnyAnimal: All of the characters (except Marmouset) are furries with almost photo-realistic human bodies.
53	* FurryConfusion: There are anthropomorphic animals treated like humans, and non-anthropomorphic animals treated like, well, animals.
54	* GayParee: The action mainly happens in Paris, although it is hardly the classic romantic vision and more contemporary.
55	* GeneralRipper: General Frimard shows some slight aspects of this.
56	* GuileHero: Guess who.
57	* HighClassGlass: Worn by Mister Crack.
58	* IntrepidReporter: Hermeline, Renart's would-be girlfriend.
59	* JustAStupidAccent: Would often impersonate a "foreigner" like this.
60	* KindHeartedSimpleton: Budvilin who is very hardly actively engaging into crime.
61	* LatexPerfection: Renart is able to impersonate a few characters with a good latex mask, including female ones. There's also an episode where villains frame him for a bank robbery by masquerading as Renart himself.
62	* LighterAndSofter: The original tales are [[strike: a bit ]]hell of a lot darker and more pessimistic, but the difference is a bit too big to make a comparison.
63	* MadScientist: Professor Grimbert, but a benevolent one.
64	* MarketBasedTitle: Of the episodes released on VHS, almost all of them had their title changed to be more... generic.
65	** ''The Fox in the Stars'' was renamed to ''The Movie''.
66	** ''The Kiosk Affair'' was renamed to ''Vote Renart''.
67	** ''Tartala Bloune'' was renamed to ''The Cult''.
68	* MasterOfDisguise: Renart, who only occasionally uses LatexPerfection.
69	* MessyPig: The pig family, who is seen from time to time and act like slobs.
70	* MsFanservice: Many of the female characters, such as Hermeline.
71	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Several characters are inspired by celebrities of the time:
72	** Superchou is basically children singer Chantal Goya.
73	** General Frimard is basically General Marcel Bigeard.
74	** Princess Corolle de Saint-Zéphyr is basically Princess Stéphanie de Monaco.
75	** Moulio Moulino is basically singer Julio Iglesias.
76	** President Ducoi is basically President François Mitterrand.
77	* NonHumanSidekick: Marmouset the monkey. Okay, okay, nobody is technically human in the show since the "human-like" are anthropomorphic animals... but hey, it still counts, right?
78	* PaperThinDisguise: Some of Renart's disguises amount to that: he easily impersonates General Frimard by simply tucking his ears in a cap and putting a big band-aid on his snout!
79	* PorkyPigPronunciation: Professor Grimbert always talks like that.
80	* RascallyRabbit: Little Crack in ''Jess Bomb''.
81	* RebelliousPrincess: Princess Corolle de Saint-Zéphyr refuses the ArrangedMarriage that her father forces her into and she'd prefer to give up the royal life and be an artist at a circus. [[spoiler:Which she does.]]
82	* RecycledINSPACE: It's ''Le Roman de Renart'' with {{Funny Animal}}s in Paris in TheEighties!
83	* ReusedCharacterDesign: Done several times. For instance, Zazou the effeminate dance instructor looks exactly like the pop-art artist shown in another episode.
84	* SettingUpdate: From TheMiddleAges to TheEighties.
85	* ShoutOut: In the first episode, Marmouset goes watch a TV series on a TV watch. On the screen is shown Clémentine, another classic French cartoon of the 80's that was also made by Bruno-René Huchez and had the same character designer (Pascale Mauraux). The music heard is Renart's theme, though.
86	** During the "Vieux roublard" sequences, there is a big shout-out to a famous 1986 Citroen commercial with Grace Jones spitting a car.
87	** In the ''James Bomb'' episode, Pelé and Budvilin disguise themselves as ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'' and ''Manga/CandyCandy'', respectively. Both were popular anime in France at the time (although this Candy is still depicted as human!).
88	* SuddenNameChange: In the ''Moulio's concert'' episode, Hersent is suddenly called "Ysengrine". This only time.
89	* SympatheticInspectorAntagonist: Inspector Tibert. He is a villain, yes, but he gets into so many humiliating situations you cannot really hate the guy.
90	* {{Tsundere}}: Hermeline shows parts of this.
91	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Mac the Football Player loves peanut butter hamburgers.
92	* UnexplainedRecovery: [[spoiler:The villains are all turned into babies and incarcerated]] in the penultimate episode. Last episode, and [[spoiler:they're again adult, free and committing crime in space]].
93	* WrongfulAccusationInsurance: Renart is framed for robbery in an episode and when he is put on trial, he escapes by ''taking the judge on hostage with a gun''.
94	* YouDirtyRat: Pelé, Moufflard's henchman, is a rat and very mean.

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