History ComicBook / LesTuniquesBleues

* CanadaEh: In ''L'Or du Québec'', the pair are sent to retrieve a stash of gold willed by a French-Canadian prospector to the Confederate government, competing with a pair of Confederate soldiers sent to do the same.

* TheArtifact: Since they are fictionnal characters, Blutch and Chesterfield tend to have rather unimportant roles in the plots of comics taking place during historical events. But they are still here as spectators of the events and serve as sources of comedic relief. Since they are the protagonists, it would be weird to drop them in some specific books.

* BloodlessCarnage: Every war scene like the one picture above.

* OnlyOneName: Corporal Blutch never receives a first name.

* BloodKnight: Captain Stark.

* CharlieBrownBaldness: Blutch barely seems to have more than a few strands of hair on his head, but he is never called bald.
* ColonelKilgore: Captain Stark.

* {{Flanderization}}: Captain Stark's [[TheDeterminator determinator]] attitude increased to ludicrous levels with the ongoing series; he started as a ruthless soldier to some sort of "war autist", whose language skills are limited to CHAAAAARGE! and who sleeps on the back on his horse between two battles. Granted that he has been shot to near-death so many times, he might be brain damaged by now. Confirmed in a recent album, in which it's revealed that he took a shrapnel in the head in a Confederate ambush.

* FrozenInTime: 50+ albums and counting set in the 4-year period of the Civil War.

** As mentioned, Blutch trained his mare Arabesque to play dead on hearing the order to charge. When Stilman recognizes the horse by doing exactly that, Blutch's disguise falls apart rather quickly.

* LongLostRelative: In later albums, Blutch discovers he has a twin brother. The reason why it isn't known so much was due NoExportForYou. It only happened in the later Dutch and French albums. HilarityEnsues when the characters find out that Blutch brother is a child by a chief of the Comanches. Chesterfield even got jealous when Blutch and his brother walk together without saying a word to each other.

** A woman is [[SweetPollyOliver sent to infiltrate Union forces]] in ''Les Bleus dans la gadoue''.
** The title character of ''Drummer Boy'' is a Confederate informant.

* OnlySaneMan: Corporal Blutch.

* RedHeadedHero: Chesterfield.

* TookALevelInKindness: In his first apparitions, Captain Stilman (yes him again) was an appaling example of ArmchairMilitary, cynical and elitist, treating the troops as expendable (though with notable BlackHumor) and TheFriendNobodyLikes of the high command. In later albums, he remains cynical but grows shades of ReasonableAuthorityFigure and becomes TheSmartGuy.

* IHaveReserves: The doctor in ''Rumberly'' mentions that he joined the army to gain experience, explaining that no-one particularly notices if you lose a patient in war, while in civilian life such mistakes mean that you lose clients.

* WeHaveReserves: Stark is cynically profligate with his men's lives. As a result, his favorite tactic (in fact his only one) is to charge straight into enemy lines.

* ArtisticLicenseMilitary: Characters are often shown saluting or presenting arms in the French manner, which is not authentic for American soldiers.

* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:In ''Rumberley,'' when Chesterfield and Blutch are cut off and surrounded by overwhelming numbers of Confederates, a wounded Captain Stark rallies the wounded men who were previously evacuated, gets them mounted, and charges to their rescue.]]

* CavalryOfficer: The comic is about two cavalrymen both in the WildWest and during the CivilWar. The only one who's really typical is Captain Stark, who knows how to do one thing only ("CHAAAAAAAARRRGGGEEEEE!!!"), much to the dismay of his underlings (he once led a charge with a grand total of three men including himself). He also refuses to speak to people on foot, was found straddling a cannon on one occasion where his horse was missing, an has only ''once'' been seen fleeing battle, and that was because there was a wildfire sweeping across the battlefield.

* FateWorseThanDeath: Being assigned in Captain Stark's company is often considered as such. Considering that he has ordered a charge when his company consisted of him, Blutch, and Chesterfield... In one story, Blutch and Chesterfield are touring the prisons trying to recruit prisoners. One is about to be hanged when Chesterfield gives his speech. The guy then tells the hangmen to get on with it. Turns out he'd ''deserted'' from Stark's company.

* FieryRedhead: Chesterfield, who has the biggest HairTriggerTemper among the two heroes.

* LongLostRelative: In later albums, Blutch discovers he has a twin brother. The reason why it isn't known so much was due NoExportForYou. It only happened in the later Dutch and French albums. HilarityEnsues when the characters find out that Blutch brother is a child by a chief of the Comanches. Chesterfield even got jealous when Blutch and his brother walks together without saying a word to each other.

** In ''Who Wants to Kill the General?'', the sudist have implanted one among the federates to kill General Grant. [[spoiler: It's Captain Stilman, though only because his beloved sister is held hostage.]]

* StatusQuoIsGod: At the end of ''Les hommes de pailles'', the two protagonists desert the army when they are about to be executed. The are rehabilitated by the next album.

* WarIsHell: It isn't dwelt on as much as it would be in some other works, but wounded and dead men are shown as a matter of course. An InUniverse example also occurs, when a photographer is hired to take pictures of the military to boost enlistment rates. The Washington [[ArmchairMilitary Armchair General]] behind the operation is angry that most of the pictures are of dead bodies and awkwardly-posed men.

* AngryBlackMan: Black Face, who finds the Northerners not much better than the enslaving Southerners, and leads a Black riot.