Line #1 YMMV/Grandville


1	* CompleteMonster: Detective-Inspector Archie [=LeBrock=] and his partner Roderick Ratzi have faced several deplorable criminals throughout their careers. These are the worst:
2	** ''Grandville'' (Book 1): [[spoiler:[[PresidentEvil Emperor Napoleon XII]]]] is the leader of the [[OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness Knights of the Lion]]. Longing to restore the society of France, he and the Knights all conspired to turn the country against Britain. In order to achieve his goal, he and the Knights [[FalseFlagOperation bombed the Robida Tower]] and left evidence behind to make it appear as if Britain was responsible; anyone indirectly involved in the attack was murdered shortly afterwards. [[spoiler:Napoleon]] used the Knights' influence to gain more power, spreading anti-British propaganda, declaring war on the Communards in French Indo-China, and allowing the Chief of Police to create the [[PrivateMilitaryContractors Imperial Secret Police Death Squad]]. After a British Secret Service agent discovers the Knights plan on launching another attack, he and his lover are both killed, along with any witnesses who were questioned by [=LeBrock=] and Ratzi. Once all the witnesses were killed, [[spoiler:Napoleon]] planned on bombing the Paris Opera House in order to start a war with Britain. [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist Despite claiming he wants to help French society]], [[spoiler:Napoleon]] was willing to kill thousands of French civilians and start a war with another country, which would've resulted in the deaths of millions.
3	** ''Mon Amour'': [[AxCrazy Edward "Mad Dog" Mastock]] is a former British anarchist and SociopathicSoldier. After Mastock was imprisoned for [[SerialKiller butchering several prostitutes]], he escaped from captivity just before his execution, slaughtering several innocents and prison guards in the process. Once out of prison, Mastock returned to Grandville, where he murdered five prostitutes on behalf of his employers to [[HeKnowsTooMuch keep them from exposing incriminating evidence against them]]. When Mastock discovers that his old rival [=LeBrock=] has taken a liking to [[HookerWithAHeartOfGold Billie]], he kidnaps her, threatening to kill her if [=LeBrock=] doesn't meet him with the evidence. Even after [=LeBrock=] shows up with the evidence, he tries to kill him and Billie anyway just for fun.
4	** ''Nöel'': [[spoiler:[[TheManBehindTheMan "Doc" Elvis Yorkshire]] is a con artist and the one responsible for starting [[AGodAmI Apollo]]'s cult. After Elvis and Apollo began to con civilians through religious methods, Elvis hypnotized Apollo into creating his own cult and got him addicted to morphine so he would be easier to control. After recruiting hundreds of members, Elvis had Apollo murder all of them in a suicide pact before the police could apprehend them for abduction. Elvis and Apollo's new partner, Nicholas, then tried to sway the public into voting Apollo to be the country's next leader, promising to cull humanity once elected. When his plans fail and he's caught by [=LeBrock=] and Chance, Elvis tries to kill them both when they refuse to take the bribe he offers them.]]
5	** ''Force Majeure'': [[TheChessmaster Tiberius Koenig]] is a ruthless, sociopathic [[TheDon mob boss]]. Longing to control all the gangs in Paris, Tiberius and his crew forced the other gangs to work for him, killing those who refused to submit to him. After his brother, Gaius, is killed by [=LeBrock=], Tiberius decides to kill the latter and all of his loved ones simply because it's "a matter of principle". Using his own recruited gangs, Tiberius has a restaurant full of civilians shot to pieces so that the owner, Stanley Cray, would start roaming around the city killing those responsible. As [=LeBrock=] chases after Cray and tries to get him arrested, [[spoiler:Tiberius has Cray murdered]], framing [=LeBrock=] in the process. He also attempts to kidnap [=LeBrock=]'s mother and children with the intent to torture them to death, and successfully kidnaps Billie after his gang kills her police escorts. When Tiberius discovers that Billie is pregnant with [=LeBrock=]'s child, [[spoiler:he brutally beats her to the point where she has a miscarriage]]. He also murders his other brother, Quintillus, for failing to keep the other Paris gangs united under his rule. After [=LeBrock=] rescues the prince and princess of the Kalahari gang from Tiberius, thus ruining the leverage he had over them, he decides to just annihilate the gang altogether. When Tiberius's gang finally captures [=LeBrock=], he nearly beats the latter to death for his own enjoyment, and tries to kill him by throwing him into a meat grinder.
6	* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments:
7	** ''Mon Amour'': After Odo Morse dies of a heart attack at Billie's brothel, a pair of men struggle to wheel his body out.
8	** ''Bête Noire'':
9	*** When Roderick offers to buy the out-of-work artists drinks, they immediately flood him with requests.
10	*** [=LeBrock's=] reaction to when Cherie starts to play footsie with him, especially when she gets her foot all the way to his crotch.
11	*** When [=LeBrock=] kisses Billie to prove to her he only has eyes for her and not Cherie, the chimpanzee artist eagerly asks for a turn. It's followed up by Cherie glaring angrily at Billie, who smirks triumphantly.
12	*** [=LeBrock=] throws the experimental "pipe bomb" at the captain of Krapaud's guard. It hits him in the forehead, much to the cat's annoyance.
13	*** The sight of Krapaud's pet toad with the "pipe bomb" in its mouth.
14	*** After Krapaud's plot is foiled, Roderick heads off to buy his wife some "saucy undergarments".
15	** ''Nöel'': [=LeBrock's=] daughter Arabella, she and her brother having been informed by Billie what she is, asks what a prostitute is. Cue SpitTake from [=LeBrock=].
16	** ''Force Majeure'': When [=LeBrock=] calls Jules to ask him to meet Billie who's gone back to Paris to get her belongings from her apartment, Cherie asks to talk to him. [=LeBrock=] immediately hangs up.
17	* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments:
18	** ''Bête Noire'': After [=LeBrock=] pours his heart out to Billie about the deaths of the last two women he loved, she assures him not worry about her and kisses him. He then begins to ask "Billie...will you..."
19	** ''Nöel'':
20	*** It's revealed that things are better for humans in America: they have the same rights as animals and "doughface" is considered a slur.
21	*** When [=LeBrock=] asks Billie to come with him for Christmas, she says it's the nicest offer she's had in a long time.
22	*** Billie informs [=LeBrock=] that she's pregnant and that he's the only badger she's ever made love to. His response is that they should get married.
23	* IronWoobie: Billie lost her parents when she was five years old, spent her childhood in an orphanage, ran away in her teens, joined a circus where she learned all kinds of skills only to flee after defending herself from an attacker, lived on the streets where she became a prostitute...and that's all before she met [=LeBrock=]. She has her friends murdered by Mastock who then takes her hostage to lure in [=LeBrock=] (did we mention he was also responsible for the deaths of her parents?). She fights automatons, infiltrates a cult, is beaten to the point that she loses her and [=LeBrock=]'s child but ends the series HappilyMarried to him.
24	* MagnificentBastard: [[UnscrupulousHero Archibald "Archie" [=LeBrock=]]] is a renowned Detective-Inspector of Scotland Yard frequently contracted to investigate murders and conspiracies within Britain and Grandville. With his sharp attention to detail, ability to remember facts relating to crime scenes, and having the capability to readjust his plans on the fly, [=LeBrock=] always succeeds in deducing who the culprits behind the crimes are, even if he has to [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique torture]] or murder various assailants and criminals to do so. After saving Grandville on multiple occasions and slaying dozens of anarchists and corrupt government officials along the way, [=LeBrock=] spontaneously kills the brother of French mob boss Tiberius Koenig during one of his cases. Knowing retribution is imminent, [=LeBrock=] infiltrates the Koenig Gang disguised as an Italian mobster, where he learns all about Tiberius and his allies from within the gang. After [[FakingTheDead faking his death]], [=LeBrock=] secretly teams up with a gang who opposes Tiberius' empire, and successfully dismantles the entire gang and has Tiberius brutally murdered, along with all of his followers.
25	* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome:
26	** ''Mon Amour'': Mad Dog Mastock prepares to bash [=LeBrock's=] head in with a wrench when Billie empties his own gun into him, saving [=LeBrock=] and avenging the deaths of her parents and the other prostitutes Mastock killed.
27	** ''Bête Noire'': When Billie and Roderick are surrounded by the Kalahari Clan, she grabs a motorcycle and is able to jump over the Clan's barrier with a makeshift ramp. Then when she and Roderick get to city hall, she joins in the firefight with the robot army.
28	* NightmareFuel:
29	** ''Nöel'' begins with a reenactment of the Jonestown Massacre.
30	** Apollo's appearance when he was a child. Imagine the Hunchback of Notre Dame if his hump was on his head instead of his back.
31	* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: [=LeBrock=] himself. The first volume paints him out to be a stoic, merciless SociopathicHero who doesn't care about the ramifications of his actions, no matter how outlandish they are. He goes through various levels of CharacterDevelopment afterwards and shows he's NotSoStoic, his backstory and personal life is revealed, and he TookALevelInKindness and showed that he does care deeply for his partner Ratzi and his lover Billie (along with [[spoiler:his children]]). It also helps that, after Volume 1, the villains he was determined to kill were shown to be ''far'' more vile, thus making his actions a bit more justified.
32	* StrangledByTheRedString: [=LeBrock=] and his first LoveInterest Sarah. He barely knew her and only spent one night with her, yet her murder sends him into a HeroicBSOD and he briefly continues carrying a torch for her when he first meets Billie. It's pretty easy to forget Sarah even existed when his relationship with Billie becomes more serious.
33	* TearJerker:
34	** "Bête Noire": When [=LeBrock=] tells Billie she should get married and settle down, she snaps back asking what "respectable man" would marry a woman like her. He responds "Yes. I heard you."
35	** Due to a miscommunication from Roderick, Billie thinks that [=LeBrock=] is just using her as a side piece and tells him to bugger off out of her life.[=LeBrock=] tells her that his wife was murdered a decade ago by a criminal he was investigating. He continues with how Sarah was the first woman he'd wanted after his wife's death, only for her to be killed because of him as well. As a result, he's now deathly concerned that the same may happen to Billie.
36	** ''Force Majeure'': Upon realizing that Billie is pregnant with [=LeBrock's=] child, Koenig beats her until she miscarries.
37	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: [=LeBrock's=] children Jack and Arabella only briefly appear in the last two stories.
38	* ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs: One could surmise ''Grandville'' as being ''Franchise/SherlockHolmes'' and ''ComicBook/{{Blacksad}}'' if they snorted way too much cocaine.

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