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* BalefulPolymorph: Garulfo (turned into a human) and, in the second arc, Romuald (turned into a frog).
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* ForcedTransformation: Garulfo (turned into a human) and, in the second arc, Romuald (turned into a frog).
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* ChekhovsGun: The sword of Earl Hégueulard.
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* ChekhovsGun: The sword of Earl Hégueulard. Hégueulard, which he forgets near the wolf he killed. It provides Garulfo with a providential weapon when the Earl attacks him later on.
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* TwiceToldTale: The story contains a lot of more or less subtle references to well-known fairy tales, some of which are simply alluded to. For instance, Puss in Boots him being a cat turned human is only heavily hinted but never explicitly stated.
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* TwiceToldTale: The story contains a lot of more or less subtle references to well-known fairy tales, some of which are simply alluded to. For instance, Puss in Boots him being a cat turned human is only heavily hinted but never explicitly stated.
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* RagsToRoyalty: Deconstructed with Pipa the servant girl.
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* RagsToRoyalty: Deconstructed with Pipa the servant girl. She really does not take well to being treated like a princess, and is for instance seen sleeping on the floor in a corner of her large room or sweeping the floor in her beautiful dress. She eventually breaks down when someone calls her a princess and yells that she's just a servant.
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* MyGodWhatIHaveDone: Hephylie is horrified when she realises that the HopelessSuitor she playfully sent to fight an ogre was slaughtered and dies with her name on his lips.
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* MyGodWhatIHaveDone: MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Hephylie is horrified when she realises that the HopelessSuitor she playfully sent to fight an ogre was slaughtered and dies with her name on his lips.
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* AnimalTalk: All animals can understand each other, and can apparently understand humans as well, but humans definitely can't understand animals. After they have been transformed, Romuald and Garulfo become able to understand and speak both languages regardless of which shape they are in.
* AmusingInjuries: Garulfo's body (whether inhabited by himself or Romuald) is submitted to a lot more punishment than what should be healthy for a frog to endure, yet he never shows any long-lasting injuries.
* AmusingInjuries: Garulfo's body (whether inhabited by himself or Romuald) is submitted to a lot more punishment than what should be healthy for a frog to endure, yet he never shows any long-lasting injuries.
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* BalefulPolymorph: Garulfo and, in the second arc, Romuald.
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* BalefulPolymorph: Garulfo (turned into a human) and, in the second arc, Romuald.Romuald (turned into a frog).
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* CharacterDevelopment: The point of the whole second StoryArc is making Prince Romuald a better person. Princess Héphylie also gains more depth.
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* CharacterDevelopment: CharacterDevelopment:
** The point of the whole second StoryArc is making Prince Romuald a better person. Princess Héphylie also gains more depth.
** The first StoryArc involved Garulfo getting disillusioned about humans and learning to be content to be a frog. He is also becoming more jaded and cynical in the second story arc.
** The point of the whole second StoryArc is making Prince Romuald a better person. Princess Héphylie also gains more depth.
** The first StoryArc involved Garulfo getting disillusioned about humans and learning to be content to be a frog. He is also becoming more jaded and cynical in the second story arc.
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* MyGodWhatIHaveDone: Hephylie is horrified when she realises that the HopelessSuitor she playfully sent to fight an ogre was slaughtered and dies with her name on his lips.
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* TwiceToldTale: The story contains a lot of more or less subtle references to well-known fairy tales, some of which are simply alluded to. For instance, Puss in Boots him being a cat turned human is only heavily hinted but never explicitly stated.
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''Garulfo'' is a [[FrancoBelgianComics French comic books series]] written by Alain Ayroles (also Author of ''ComicBook/DeCapeEtDeCrocs'') and illustrated by Bruno Maïorana , taking an humoristic take on FairyTales like ''De cape et de crocs'' did for the swashbuckling genre.
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''Garulfo'' is a [[FrancoBelgianComics French comic books series]] written by Alain Ayroles (also Author of ''ComicBook/DeCapeEtDeCrocs'') and illustrated by Bruno Maïorana , taking an humoristic take on
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* ItSAllAboutMe: Prince Romuald for a good part of the second arc.
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* ItSAllAboutMe: ItsAllAboutMe: Prince Romuald for a good part of the second arc.
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* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Even fake ones.
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* CatsAreMean: After turning into a frog, Romuald comes across an AffablyEvil cat. Played with, in that the cat might have been nicer if Romuald had not been such a {{Jerkass}} to it in the beginning.
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* CatsAreMean: CatsAreMean:
** After turning into a frog, Romuald comes across an AffablyEvil cat. Played with, in that the cat might have been nicer if Romuald had not been such a {{Jerkass}} to it in the beginning.
** After turning into a frog, Romuald comes across an AffablyEvil cat. Played with, in that the cat might have been nicer if Romuald had not been such a {{Jerkass}} to it in the beginning.
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* [[ChekhovSGun Chekhov's Gun]]: The sword of Earl Hégueulard.
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* [[ChekhovSGun Chekhov's Gun]]: ChekhovsGun: The sword of Earl Hégueulard.
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* [[EverythingSBetterWithPrincesses Everything's Better With Princesses]]: Even fake ones.
* [[ExitPursuedByABear Exit, pursued by a bear]]: Earl Hégueulard's end.
* [[ExitPursuedByABear Exit, pursued by a bear]]: Earl Hégueulard's end.
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* [[EverythingSBetterWithPrincesses Everything's Better With Princesses]]: EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Even fake ones.
*[[ExitPursuedByABear Exit, pursued by a bear]]: ExitPursuedByABear: Earl Hégueulard's end.
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* Literature/TheFrogPrince: Inverted.
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Garulfo is a frog who cannot stand being at the bottom of the food chain, and worships mankind as the epitome of God's Creation. Inspired by the tale of "Literature/TheFrogPrince" and with the help of a witch, he succeeds in being turned into a prince by the kiss of a handmaid he mistakenly believes to be a princess, and manages to make his entrance at he king's court. Unfortunately, he soon discovers [[HumansAreBastards man's true nature]], and his ignorance of human society puts him in bigger trouble.
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Garulfo is a frog who cannot stand being at the bottom of the food chain, and worships mankind as the epitome of God's Creation. Inspired by the tale of "Literature/TheFrogPrince" ''Literature/TheFrogPrince'' and with the help of a witch, he succeeds in being turned into a prince by the kiss of a handmaid he mistakenly believes to be a princess, and manages to make his entrance at he king's court. Unfortunately, he soon discovers [[HumansAreBastards man's true nature]], and his ignorance of human society puts him in bigger trouble.
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* PikePeril: One of the main reasons Garulfo wants to be a human is that as a frog, he's at the mercy of fish much bigger than him, and sees a human hooking and pulling a pike out of the water as proof that they're the SuperiorSpecies, planning to eat a pike every day in revenge.
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* DarkIsNotEvil: The Black Knight [[spoiler:is quite fed up with being the bad guy]].
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* DarkIsNotEvil: The Black Knight [[spoiler:is quite fed up with being the bad guy]]. The Ogre also wouldn't hurt anyone if just left to his own devices instead of being assaulted by clueless asshole knights [[BerserkButton who break his fine crystal sculpture collection]].
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* ItSAllAboutMe: Prince Romuald for aggod a good part of the second arc.
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* OurOgresAreHungrier: Subverted. He has the looks and the explosive temper, but is otherwise a lonely GentleGiant (gentle enough to maintain a collection of fine crystals despite having huge sausage fingers)... Unless provoked.
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* DarkIsNotEvil: The Black Knight [[spoiler:is quite fed up with being the bad guy]]
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* DarkIsNotEvil: The Black Knight [[spoiler:is quite fed up with being the bad guy]]guy]].
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Jean Tortecagne the bandit has respect for the orphan of hanged men.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Jean Tortecagne the bandit has respect for the orphan orphans of hanged men.
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* ItSAllAboutMe. Prince Romuald.
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* ItSAllAboutMe. ItSAllAboutMe: Prince Romuald. Romuald for aggod part of the second arc.
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* PrinceCharmless: Prince Romuald. [[CharacterDevelopment At first]].
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** And then there's Puss in Boots, who's a jerk through and through.
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* AristocratsAreEvil
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* AristocratsAreEvilAristocratsAreEvil: With a few exceptions (Enguerrand, Héphylie and Romuald after their CharacterDevelopment), all the nobles in this story are vain, jerks, or both.
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* BlackKnightBlackKnight: Sinistre De Malemort.
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* ChaseScene.ChaseScene: Romuald in frog form and Garulfo in human form get chased quite often by predators or guards.
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* ClimbingClimax
ClimbingClimax: The final fight between [[spoiler:Romuald]] and [[spoiler:the Ogre]] takes place at the top of the ruined castle.
* CombatPragmatist:Romuald.
Romuald: he tries to distract his opponent when he fails to get the upper hand.
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* FracturedFairyTaleFracturedFairyTale: The main themes of fairy tales are either subverted, or there but with a twist (the Puss in Boots is a {{Jerkass}}, the Ogre is lonely, the Princess is a SpoiledBrat...)
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* HumansAreBastardsHumansAreBastards: What Garulfo discovers at length during his stint as a human.
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* KarmicDeath
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* KarmicDeathKarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Hégueulard]] meets his ends at the jaws of the she-wolf [[spoiler:whose mate he killed]].
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* ThePowerOfLoveThePowerOfLove: Allows Garulfo to [[spoiler:return to his normal form]]. Also, somehow, returns [[spoiler:Héphylie]] back to life.
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* TrueLovesKiss: Played with. Garulfo simply needs a kiss from a human female to become human in the first place, no matter if love is involved or not. Played straight when [[spoiler:Romuald resurrects Hephylie]] with a kiss.
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''Garulfo'' is a [[FrancoBelgianComics French comic books series]] written by Alain Ayroles (also Author of ''ComicBook/DeCapeEtDeCrocs'') and illustrated by Bruno Maïorana , taking an humoristic take on FairyTales like ''De cape et de crocs'' did for the swashbuckling genre.
Garulfo is a frog who cannot stand being at the bottom of the food chain, and worships mankind as the epitome of God's Creation. Inspired by the tale of "Literature/TheFrogPrince" and with the help of a witch, he succeeds in being turned into a prince by the kiss of a handmaid he mistakenly believes to be a princess, and manages to make his entrance at he king's court. Unfortunately, he soon discovers [[HumansAreBastards man's true nature]], and his ignorance of human society puts him in bigger trouble.
The second StoryArc is based on the unwilling cooperation between the innocent Garulfo and Romuald, the irascible and vain prince turned into a frog to learn humility, so that Romuald kisses a princess and both beings find back their respective forms.
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!!Tropes:
* AffectionateParody: Of fairy tales.
* AristocratsAreEvil
* BalefulPolymorph: Garulfo and, in the second arc, Romuald.
* BerserkButton: Just don't break anything in the Ogre's crystal collection.
* BlackKnight
* BlindWithoutEm: Anjalbert de Gonfalon is renowned as The Famous Dragon Slayer because he is too short-sighted to pick on monsters smaller than ogres.
* CarnivoreConfusion: Played for drama when Fulbert, Garulfo's duck friend, innocently (for him) eats tadpoles. Garulfo breaks their friendship over this.
* CatsAreMean: After turning into a frog, Romuald comes across an AffablyEvil cat. Played with, in that the cat might have been nicer if Romuald had not been such a {{Jerkass}} to it in the beginning.
* CharacterDevelopment: The point of the whole second StoryArc is making Prince Romuald a better person. Princess Héphylie also gains more depth.
* ChaseScene.
* [[ChekhovSGun Chekhov's Gun]]: The sword of Earl Hégueulard.
* ClimbingClimax
* CombatPragmatist: Romuald.
* DarkIsNotEvil
* TheDuenna: Noémie.
* DecadeDissonance: The realms of Brandelune and Miralonde are Renaissance, whereas Lambrusquet looks rather like the late Middle-Ages.
* TheDungAges
* TheEeyore: Enguerrand's horse.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Jean Tortecagne the bandit has respect for the orphan of hanged men.
* [[EverythingSBetterWithPrincesses Everything's Better With Princesses]]: Even fake ones.
* [[ExitPursuedByABear Exit, pursued by a bear]]: Earl Hégueulard's end.
* FishOutOfWater: Or rather Frog Out Of Water.
* TheFool: Garulfo.
* FracturedFairyTale
* Literature/TheFrogPrince: Inverted.
* HumansAreBastards
* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: The reason of Noemie's inimity towards Garulfo.
* ItSAllAboutMe. Prince Romuald.
* KarmicDeath
** Also HoistByHisOwnPetard
* KnightInShiningArmor: Deconstructed: apart from Anjalbert de Gonfalon, most of the knights are either incompetent, either conceited bullies.
* MagicAIsMagicA: The Law of Conservation of Magic: for every frog that turns into a prince, a prince turns into a frog. Apparently.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: In a simple frog's perspective, a humble peasant catching a pike appears a titan vanquishing a fearsome monster.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Sinistre de Malemort
* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: Once. Afterwards, people are GenreSavvy enough to assume that Garulfo has survived.
* ThePowerOfLove
* PrinceCharmless: Prince Romuald.
* RagsToRoyalty: Deconstructed with Pipa the servant girl.
* SeekingSanctuary: Considered null and void if the cathedral door doesn't have a cathedral around it.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Garulfo starts with a much idealized vision of mankind. He learns better.
* TalkingAnimal: Except witches and fairies, humans can't understand animals. However, when in frog form, Romuald retains the ability to speak, and so does Garulfo when he reverts to his former self.
* TotemPoleTrench: in order to get by unquestioned, the heroes wrap themselves in a moldy shroud, shaking a clacker and moaning "Leper! Leper!". Then they meet a GenreSavvy guard, who knows better than to back away, and knocks off the hood... to see a pair of bulbous yellow eyes on a wizened green body. He runs, fast.
* TheUnreveal: Today, the BlackKnight will show you his face.
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Garulfo is a frog who cannot stand being at the bottom of the food chain, and worships mankind as the epitome of God's Creation. Inspired by the tale of "Literature/TheFrogPrince" and with the help of a witch, he succeeds in being turned into a prince by the kiss of a handmaid he mistakenly believes to be a princess, and manages to make his entrance at he king's court. Unfortunately, he soon discovers [[HumansAreBastards man's true nature]], and his ignorance of human society puts him in bigger trouble.
The second StoryArc is based on the unwilling cooperation between the innocent Garulfo and Romuald, the irascible and vain prince turned into a frog to learn humility, so that Romuald kisses a princess and both beings find back their respective forms.
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!!Tropes:
* AffectionateParody: Of fairy tales.
* AristocratsAreEvil
* BalefulPolymorph: Garulfo and, in the second arc, Romuald.
* BerserkButton: Just don't break anything in the Ogre's crystal collection.
* BlackKnight
* BlindWithoutEm: Anjalbert de Gonfalon is renowned as The Famous Dragon Slayer because he is too short-sighted to pick on monsters smaller than ogres.
* CarnivoreConfusion: Played for drama when Fulbert, Garulfo's duck friend, innocently (for him) eats tadpoles. Garulfo breaks their friendship over this.
* CatsAreMean: After turning into a frog, Romuald comes across an AffablyEvil cat. Played with, in that the cat might have been nicer if Romuald had not been such a {{Jerkass}} to it in the beginning.
* CharacterDevelopment: The point of the whole second StoryArc is making Prince Romuald a better person. Princess Héphylie also gains more depth.
* ChaseScene.
* [[ChekhovSGun Chekhov's Gun]]: The sword of Earl Hégueulard.
* ClimbingClimax
* CombatPragmatist: Romuald.
* DarkIsNotEvil
* TheDuenna: Noémie.
* DecadeDissonance: The realms of Brandelune and Miralonde are Renaissance, whereas Lambrusquet looks rather like the late Middle-Ages.
* TheDungAges
* TheEeyore: Enguerrand's horse.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Jean Tortecagne the bandit has respect for the orphan of hanged men.
* [[EverythingSBetterWithPrincesses Everything's Better With Princesses]]: Even fake ones.
* [[ExitPursuedByABear Exit, pursued by a bear]]: Earl Hégueulard's end.
* FishOutOfWater: Or rather Frog Out Of Water.
* TheFool: Garulfo.
* FracturedFairyTale
* Literature/TheFrogPrince: Inverted.
* HumansAreBastards
* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: The reason of Noemie's inimity towards Garulfo.
* ItSAllAboutMe. Prince Romuald.
* KarmicDeath
** Also HoistByHisOwnPetard
* KnightInShiningArmor: Deconstructed: apart from Anjalbert de Gonfalon, most of the knights are either incompetent, either conceited bullies.
* MagicAIsMagicA: The Law of Conservation of Magic: for every frog that turns into a prince, a prince turns into a frog. Apparently.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: In a simple frog's perspective, a humble peasant catching a pike appears a titan vanquishing a fearsome monster.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Sinistre de Malemort
* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: Once. Afterwards, people are GenreSavvy enough to assume that Garulfo has survived.
* ThePowerOfLove
* PrinceCharmless: Prince Romuald.
* RagsToRoyalty: Deconstructed with Pipa the servant girl.
* SeekingSanctuary: Considered null and void if the cathedral door doesn't have a cathedral around it.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Garulfo starts with a much idealized vision of mankind. He learns better.
* TalkingAnimal: Except witches and fairies, humans can't understand animals. However, when in frog form, Romuald retains the ability to speak, and so does Garulfo when he reverts to his former self.
* TotemPoleTrench: in order to get by unquestioned, the heroes wrap themselves in a moldy shroud, shaking a clacker and moaning "Leper! Leper!". Then they meet a GenreSavvy guard, who knows better than to back away, and knocks off the hood... to see a pair of bulbous yellow eyes on a wizened green body. He runs, fast.
* TheUnreveal: Today, the BlackKnight will show you his face.
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