History ComicBook / JoeBarTeam

* AllBikersAreHellsAngels: Subverted; the Joes are pretty average [[{{Pun}} joes]], who happen to enjoy riding motorbikes. [[DrivesLikeCrazy Very fast]]. Some actual Hell's Angels show up when Edouard insults Harley Davidsons.

* IdenticalGrandson: Edouard's nephew.
* TheKlutz: All of the Joe Bar bikers are notoriously clumsy. Especially Edouard and Jérémie.

* PoliceAreUseless: The police are recurring antagonists, wanting to get their hands on the Joes for a large number of motor vehicle code violations, mostly excessive speed. Occasionally, they succeed (in one case, a policeman on a police bike completely outclasses them without even trying).
** Occasionally, they will also outright race with the team, and they'll all compare each other's peak speed with the scanner.

* AllBikersAreHellsAngels: Subverted; the Joes are pretty average [[IncrediblyLamePun joes]], who happen to enjoy riding motorbikes. [[DrivesLikeCrazy Very fast]]. Some actual Hell's Angels show up when Edouard insults Harley Davidsons.

!!''Joe Bar Team'' provides examples of the following tropes:

* ReadingsBlewUpTheScale: Poor, poor police scanners...
** One particularly hilarious instance had one of the team insist that the reading was wrong: he was going ''much faster'' than what the scanner said.

* StillWearingTheOldColours: Jean-Raoul traded in his Kawasaki for a Suzuki between albums 1 and 2, but still wears the same Kawasaki-green leathers.

* WearingTheOldColours: Jean-Raoul traded in his Kawasaki for a Suzuki between albums 1 and 2, but still wears the same Kawasaki-green leathers.

* GreaseMonkey: All the Joes are shown to do their own repairs to some extent, but Jean-Raoul acts as the team's most competent mechanic, as well as owning and running a repair shop.

* HateDumb: In-universe: Many rants concerning the crappy quality of Harley-Davidson bikes, as well as the abundance of crap HD merchandise.

* PoliceAreUseless: The police are recurring antagonists, wanting to get their hands on the Joes for a large number of motor vehicle code violations, mostly excessive speed. Occasionally, they succeed.

* AllBikersAreHellsAngels: Subverted; the Joes are pretty average [[IncrediblyLamePun joes]], who happen to enjoy riding motorbikes. [[DrivesLikeCrazy Very fast]]. Some actual Hell's Angels show up when a Joe insults Harley Davidsons.

* CoolBike: Naturally. All of the Jo Bar group's bikes are existing models. They encounters fictional models at times (usually futuristic) which don't last very long in their hands.

* GreaseMonkey: All the Joes are shown to do their own repairs to some extent, but Jean-Raoul acts as the team mechanic, as well as owning and running a repair shop.

* TheSlacker: The young trio,

* TheBartender: Joe, owner and proprietor of Joe Bar.

''Joe Bar Team'' is a French comic book concerning the lives and times of a group of Parisians bikers who hang out at the eponymous Joe Bar.

The first album introduced a first generation of bikers in TheSeventies, the second album introduced a new generation hanging out at the bar in TheNineties. The following albums are about the antics of both generations as they interact, and as motorcycle technologies evolve.

The first album introduced a first generation of bikers in TheSeventies, the second album introduced a new generation hanging out at the bar in TheNineties. The following albums are about the antics of both generations as motorcycle technologies evolve.

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* PoliceAreUseless: The police are recurring antagonists, wanting to get their hands on the Joes for a large number of otor vehicle code violations, mostly excessive speed. Occasionally, they succeed.

''Joe Bar Team'' is a French comic book concerning the lives and times of a group of Parisians bikers who hang out at the eponymous Joe Bar. The first album introduced a first generation in TheSeventies, the second album introduced a new generation hanging out at the bar in TheNineties. The following albums are about the antics of both generations as motorcycle technologies evolve.

* ExplosiveOverclocking by way of TimTaylorTechnology: Nitroglycerinemethanol. Gives immense power to any engine, but is extremely unstable and has been known to scatter pistons across the countryside.

* LocalHangout: Again, Joe Bar.
* PoliceAreUseless: The police are recurring antagonists, wanting to get their hands on the Joes for a large number of motor violations, mostly speeding. Occasionally, they succeed.

** One particularly hilarious instance had one of the team insist that the reading was wrong: he was going ''much'' faster than what the scanner said.

* AllBikersAreHellsAngels: Subverted; the Joes are pretty average [[IncrediblyLamePun joes]], who happen to enjoy riding motorbikes. [[DriveLikeCrazy Very fast]]. Some actual Hell's Angels show up when a Joe insults Harley Davidsons.

'''''Joe Bar Team''''' is a French comic concerning the lives and times of the eponymous Parisian biker gang.

* AllBikersAreHellsAngels: Subverted; the Joes are pretty average [[IncrediblyLamePun joes]], who happen to enjoy riding motorbikes. Very fast. Some actual Hell's Angels show up when a Joe insults Harley Davidsons.

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