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* LikesClarkKentHatesSuperman: Morgan fancies Louise, but wants to bring Frenchie King to the gallows, unaware that Louise and Frenchie King are one and the same.

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* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: The Lerois taking over the oil ranch, spurring the Sarrazins into trying to kick them out.


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* FiringInTheAirALot: The Sarrazins are introduced joyfully riding into Bougival Junction while firing their guns in the air and wishing everybody a merry Christmas. The villagers aren't exactly amused and scurry to hide from them.

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* {{Bifauxnen}}: Louise and her sisters are called men in all wanted posters and are described as men by their victims. Same thing for [[spoiler:Maria, when she joins them and becomes known as The Man in White.]]



* AMatchMadeInStockholm: Louise and her sisters kidnap the Sarrazin brothers to get the secret of Little P. ranch out of them, but the sisters and the brothers spend the whole time flirting and making out instead, much to Louise's annoyance. The siblings all get married in the end.



* SweetPollyOliver: Nobody has any inkling that Frenchie King and "his" gang are really women since they keep their hair and faces judiciously hidden from sight while committing robberies. [[spoiler:Once Maria joins the gang, she also becomes known as "The Man in White".]]



* TrainJob: Louise and her gang's specialty.

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* TrainJob: Louise and her gang's specialty. The movie opens with them boarding a moving train and robbing every single passenger at gunpoint before making a getaway. It also ends with [[spoiler:Louise and Maria getting on board the train taking their siblings to prison and successfully busting them out]].

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''The Legend of Frenchie King'' (French title: ''Les Pétroleuses'') is a 1971 Euro-Western starring Creator/BrigitteBardot and Creator/ClaudiaCardinale.

Louise Leroi (Bardot) and her sisters are famous bandits who, while robbing a train, find the deed to a ranch. When the train arrives in the French-speaking community of Bougival Junction, Maria Sarrazin (Cardinale) and her brothers find the map of the ranch in what's left of the train's loot, and discover that there's oil in the ranch. The Lerois move to Bougival Junction with Louise under the guise of Dr. Miller, who's the true owner of the ranch, and start a cold war with the Sarrazins over the property, and things become mildly complicated when the respective sisters and brothers fall for each other. A bumbling sheriff who can't speak French is caught in the middle of all this.

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''The Legend of Frenchie King'' (French title: ''Les Pétroleuses'') is a 1971 Euro-Western starring Creator/BrigitteBardot and Creator/ClaudiaCardinale.

comedy directed by Christian-Jaque.

Louise Leroi (Bardot) (Creator/BrigitteBardot) and her sisters are famous bandits who, while robbing a train, find the deed to a ranch. When the train arrives in the French-speaking community of Bougival Junction, Maria Sarrazin (Cardinale) (Creator/ClaudiaCardinale) and her brothers find the map of the ranch in what's left of the train's loot, and discover that there's oil in the ranch. The Lerois move to Bougival Junction with Louise under the guise of Dr. Miller, who's the true owner of the ranch, and start a cold war with the Sarrazins over the property, and things become mildly complicated when the respective sisters and brothers fall for each other. A bumbling sheriff who can't speak French is caught in the middle of all this.



* AnAssKickingChristmas: Takes place during Christmas-time (the film itself was also released originally in the Christmas season, as out-of-place as it seems).

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* AnAssKickingChristmas: Takes It's an action movie with train robberies and hand-to-hand combat that takes place during Christmas-time (the film itself was also released originally in the Christmas season, as out-of-place as it seems).



* BarBrawl: The Leroi sisters try to cheat the Sarrazins at poker; when they're found out they start a fight.

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* BarBrawl: The Leroi sisters meet the Sarrazin brothers at the bar and try to cheat the Sarrazins them at poker; when they're found out they start a fight.fight, with flipped tables, broken chairs and general mayhem ensuing.



* BraidsBeadsAndBuckskins: Both Little Rain and Spitting Bull (who have nothing to do with each other) wear generic headbands. Spitting Bull's has a feather, and he also wears the stereotypical leather vest and pants, plus a necklace of beads. Little Rain doesn't get all this because she's part of the Frenchie King gang and thus has to dress similarly to her sisters for character-grouping purposes.



* BraidsBeadsAndBuckskins: Both Little Rain and Spitting Bull (who have nothing to do with each other) wear generic headbands. Spitting Bull's has a feather, and he also wears the stereotypical leather vest and pants, plus a necklace of beads. Little Rain doesn't get all this because she's part of the Frenchie King gang and thus has to dress similarly to her sisters for character-grouping purposes.
* BulletDancing: Maria does this to Louise in the bar, and the latter retaliates by showing off her accuracy and shooting the gun off Maria's hands. Later Louise shoots at the Sarrazin brothers in the same way as a form of torture to make them spill Little P. ranch's secret.
* ButtMonkey: Mainly the sheriff and Maria's brothers, but also, unexpectedly, Maria herself, as she seems to find herself on the receiving end of Louise's humiliation much more than vice-versa.

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* BraidsBeadsAndBuckskins: Both Little Rain and Spitting Bull (who have nothing BribeBackfire: Maria tries to do with each other) wear generic headbands. Spitting Bull's has a feather, and he also wears get Louise to leave the stereotypical leather vest and pants, plus a necklace of beads. Little Rain doesn't get all this because ranch by paying her triple the original price. That only succeeds in making Louise suspicious that Maria is hiding something (and she's part of the Frenchie King gang and thus has also incensed by Maria's passive-aggressive hostility), so she stays to dress similarly to her sisters for character-grouping purposes.
find out what it is.
* BulletDancing: Maria does this to shoots at the ground around Louise in at the bar, and the latter retaliates by showing off causing Louise to stagger around ridiculously in her accuracy and shooting the gun off Maria's hands. Later impractical dress. Later, Louise shoots at the Sarrazin brothers in the same way as a form of torture to make them spill Little P. ranch's secret.
* ButtMonkey: Mainly the The sheriff is a klutz, frequently humiliated and outsmarted by Louise and Maria at every turn. Maria's brothers, but also, unexpectedly, Maria herself, as she seems to find herself on brothers are also the receiving end victims of Louise's humiliation much more than vice-versa.slapstick and are completely cowed by Maria.



* CatFight: The reason this film exists. Who wouldn't want to watch the Alliterative Duo beat the crap out of each other?

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* CatFight: The reason this film exists. Who wouldn't want to watch the Alliterative Duo beat the crap out movie's climax is a big hand-to-hand confrontation between Louise and Maria, who are both very comely and wearing dresses that display generous amounts of each other?cleavage.



* DistressedDude: Maria's brothers getting kidnapped by the Lerois.

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* DistressedDude: Louise concocts a plan to kidnap Maria's brothers getting kidnapped by so they'll spill what they know about the Lerois.ranch. Thus, Maria has to go save her brothers on her own.



* [[DefeatMeansFriendship Double Knock-Out Means Friendship]]: Louise and Maria's CatFight ends with both fainting from fatigue. A minute later, they're more-or-less instant [=BFFs=].



* EveryManHasHisPrice: Maria offers 3 times the amount of money that Louise spent in buying the ranch in hopes of getting rid of her without her discovering that the land has oil. It backfires because: 1) Louise did not care for her tone in negotiating with her, and 2) it made her suspicious of why Maria was trying so hard to make her leave.
* EvilIsOneBigHappyFamily: The Lerois and the Sarrazins at the end.



* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: After learning off-screen that Louise is indeed Frenchie King, Maria expresses disappointment in her lackadaisical attitude.
* FamedInStory: Frenchie King.

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* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: After learning off-screen that Louise is indeed Frenchie King, Maria expresses disappointment in her lackadaisical attitude.
* FamedInStory: Frenchie King.King is famous throughout the west, regarded with a mix of fear and reverence, and ballads are sung about him (or her).



* FourthDateMarriage: The Leroi and Sarrazin siblings have known each other for two days tops before marrying. And most of their acquainting happens during the kidnapping.

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* FourthDateMarriage: The Leroi Louise and Sarrazin Maria's siblings have known only really interact with each other for two days tops twice before marrying. And marrying, with most of their acquainting happens occuring during the kidnapping.



-->'''Miller''': (shoots him) The king is always one.

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-->'''Miller''': (shoots him) The king is Kings are always one.alone.



* TakeYourTime: Louise is fine with eating chicken by the river while hers and Maria's siblings are arrested and being transported to God knows where.

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* LoveTriangle: The sheriff has crushes on both Maria and Louise. Maria laughs off his attempts at courtship until she figures he can help her obtain the ranch. Once he makes it clear he won't help her with that, she spurns him for good and the sheriff seems to get over her. Afterwards, he turns his attention to Louise, but she only plays along with him to distract him while her sisters kidnap the Sarrazin brothers.



* TriangRelations: Type 1. The sheriff is interested in both Louise and Maria, but they're just using him.
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* AccidentalHug / SecurityCling: Louise and Maria when they're wrestling each other and they see the oil suddenly spilling out from the well.

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* AccidentalHug / SecurityCling: AccidentalHug: Louise and Maria when they're wrestling each other and they see the oil suddenly spilling out from the well.



* MinionShipping / OutlawCouple: The Leroi and Sarrazin siblings.

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* MinionShipping / OutlawCouple: MinionShipping: The Leroi and Sarrazin siblings.
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* DeterminedHomesteadersChildren: The Sarrazins.
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* AbsoluteCleavage: Every outfit Maria wears ever.

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* AbsoluteCleavage: Every outfit Maria wears ever.
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* NiceHat: Par for the course in a western but special mention goes to the GossipyHens' ridiculous cylindrical hats.
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''The Legend of Frenchie King'' (French title: ''Les Petroleuses'') is a 1971 Euro-Western starring Creator/BrigitteBardot and Creator/ClaudiaCardinale.

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''The Legend of Frenchie King'' (French title: ''Les Petroleuses'') Pétroleuses'') is a 1971 Euro-Western starring Creator/BrigitteBardot and Creator/ClaudiaCardinale.

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* FeudingFamilies: Subverted. Only the heads of the families have a problem with each other.

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* FeudingFamilies: Subverted. Only Louise and her sisters squabble with Maria and her brothers over the heads ownership of the families have a problem ranch. The feud is, of course, most intense with Louise and Maria, whereas their siblings aren't that into it and wind up falling for each other.other. It comes to an end when Louise and Maria become friends after settling their differences and the siblings marry each other. Meanwhile the object of the feud (the ranch) has been irrevocably lost.



* PosthumousCharacter: Frenchie King; Maria's parents, whose graves we catch a glimpse of.
* PromotionToParent: Maria acts very much like a mother to her brothers.

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* PosthumousCharacter: The original Frenchie King; Maria's King was executed by hanging and has been dead for eight years, as Marquis and Louise reminisce. The Sarrazins' parents, whose graves we catch a glimpse of.
of, died ten years ago.
* PromotionToParent: PromotionToParent:
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Maria acts very much like a nagging, overbearing mother to her brothers.brothers. Louise lampshades to the kidnapped brothers that she's not a hundred percent sure whether Maria's their sister or mother, not that she cares much.



* QuirkyTown: Bougival Junction, since it's like a miniature France in the middle of the Wild West.

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* QuirkyTown: Bougival Junction, since it's Junction is like a miniature France in the middle of the Wild West.



* RedOniBlueOni: Hot-blooded, abrasive Maria and cunning, laid-back Louise. They even have a ''yin-yang'' motif going on since Louise is a blonde in black clothes and Maria is a brunette who gets a white outfit at the end just to contrast Louise.

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* RedOniBlueOni: RedOniBlueOni:
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Hot-blooded, abrasive Maria and cunning, laid-back Louise. They even have a ''yin-yang'' motif going on since Louise is a blonde in black clothes and Maria is a brunette who gets a white outfit at the end just to contrast Louise.
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* ActionPrologue: The train robbery within five minutes of the start which is where Dr. Miller loses the deed to the Lerois.

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* ActionPrologue: The train robbery within five minutes of the start which is where Dr. Miller loses the deed to the Lerois.Frenchie King gang.



* AmazonBrigade: The Lerois.
* AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler:The Lerois and Sarrazins leave Bougival Junction and presumably go on with their bandit lifestyle.]]

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* AmazonBrigade: The Lerois.
Frenchie King gang is all women and they are exceptionally competent bandits who have pulled off multiple heists and continue to slip past authorities.
* AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler:The Lerois and Sarrazins join the Frenchie King gang and they all leave Bougival Junction and Junction, presumably go going on with their bandit lifestyle.to pull off more heists.]]



* BackToBackBadasses: Louise and Maria in most posters.
* BalladOfX: "The Ballad of Frenchie King", which shows up just before the first train robbery.
* BankRobbery: Louise and her gang have robbed many banks prior to the movie; we only see them doing {{Train Job}}s, however.

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* BackToBackBadasses: BackToBackPoster: In many posters, the leads and rivals Louise and Maria in most posters.
are standing shoulder-to-shoulder and turned away from each other.
* BalladOfX: "The Ballad of Frenchie King", which shows up King" tells of how Frenchie King was a manly man who dominated the West. One of the train workers sings it, ironically just before he gets conked on the first train robbery.
head by a member of the eponymous (and very female) gang.
* BankRobbery: Louise and her gang are stated to have robbed many banks prior to the movie; we they're only see them shown doing {{Train Job}}s, however.



* BastardBastard: The Leroi sisters were all born out of wedlock. They are criminals.

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* BastardBastard: The Leroi Louise and her sisters were all born out of wedlock. They wedlock, and they are criminals.criminals just like their father. They're not super-mean, but they're not repentant about their lifestyle, either.



* BlastingItOutOfTheirHands: Louise does this to Maria in their only gunfight.

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* BlastingItOutOfTheirHands: Louise does this shoots Maria's gun out of her hands, much to Maria in their only gunfight.the latter's shock as she had assumed Louise to be helpless with firearms.



* BulletDancing: Maria does this to Louise in the bar, and the latter retaliates by showing off her accuracy and shooting the gun off Maria's hands. Later Louise does this to the Sarrazin brothers as a form of torture to make them spill Little P. ranch's secret.

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* BulletDancing: Maria does this to Louise in the bar, and the latter retaliates by showing off her accuracy and shooting the gun off Maria's hands. Later Louise does this to shoots at the Sarrazin brothers in the same way as a form of torture to make them spill Little P. ranch's secret.



* CassandraTruth: No one, save for Maria, Louise, and Dr. Miller, believes the ranch has anything of value. Aunt Amelie scoffs at Maria when she tells her she has the map to prove it.

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* CassandraTruth: No one, save for Maria, Louise, and Dr. Miller, believes Maria has proof that the ranch has anything of value. oil, but even then her Aunt Amelie scoffs at and doesn't believe her when Maria when she tells her she has about it and asks her for money to help buy the map to prove it.ranch.



* CitySlicker: Louise and her sisters are ''pretending'' to be this, with their rather flashy dresses that are impractical for the setting. Maria makes fun of them for this, and is thoroughly surprised when Louise shows herself to be an ace with a gun.
* ClothingDamage: The cat fight has a lot of loud sounds of clothes ripping that aren't connected to any actual visible tearing, and after it's over Louise and Maria's clothes are in tatters, even though neither of them were aiming for each other's clothes in particular.

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* CitySlicker: Louise and her sisters are ''pretending'' to be this, with their rather flashy dresses that are impractical for the setting. setting, plus Louise pretending to have the qualifications to be a doctor in a setting where that was highly implausible for a woman. Maria makes fun of them for this, and is thoroughly surprised when Louise shows herself to be an ace with a gun.
gun and at riding bad-tempered horses.
* ClothingDamage: The cat fight has a lot of loud sounds of clothes ripping that aren't connected to don't match up with any actual visible tearing, tearing and after it's over Louise and Maria's clothes are in tatters, even though neither of them were are aiming for each other's clothes in particular.particular. Though, after it's over, Louise and Maria's clothes are certainly ruined.

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* BastardGirlfriend: The Leroi sisters to the Sarrazin brothers; they knock them out, tie them up, and kidnap them. The latter group doesn't seem to mind.



* {{Fanservice}}

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* {{Fanservice}}FetishizedAbuser: The Leroi sisters to the Sarrazin brothers; they knock them out, tie them up, and kidnap them. The latter group doesn't seem to mind.

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* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: The Lerois taking over the oil ranch, spurring the Sarrazins into trying to kick them out.



* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: The Lerois taking over the oil ranch, spurring the Sarrazins into trying to kick them out.



* AnAssKickingChristmas: Takes place during Christmas-time (the film itself was also released originally in the Christmas season, as out-of-place as it seems).



* AnAssKickingChristmas: Takes place during Christmas-time (the film itself was also released originally in the Christmas season, as out-of-place as it seems).



-->'''Miller''': (gleefully) I am the king of petrol!

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-->'''Miller''': --->'''Miller''': (gleefully) I am the king of petrol!



-->'''Letellier''': American!
-->'''Town Drunk''': American is your mother!

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-->'''Letellier''': --->'''Letellier''': American!
-->'''Town --->'''Town Drunk''': American is your mother!
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* NotSoDifferent: The sheriff tells Louise that she's like a second Maria, "from out West". Louise obviously doesn't appreciate the comparison.

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* NotSoDifferent: NotSoDifferentRemark: The sheriff tells Louise that she's like a second Maria, "from out West". Louise obviously doesn't appreciate the comparison.
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* InTheBlood: The Lerois.

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* [[LeaveHimToMe Leave Her To Me]]: Louise does this three times concerning Maria. Possessive rival, isn't she?

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* [[LeaveHimToMe Leave Her To Me]]: LeaveHimToMe: Louise does this three times concerning Maria. Possessive rival, isn't she?



* [[LetsFightLikeGentlemen Let's Fight Like Ladies]]: Louise and Maria tacitally agree to use GoodOldFisticuffs instead of weapons.

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* [[LetsFightLikeGentlemen Let's Fight Like Ladies]]: TheLegendOfX: The English title.
* LetsFightLikeGentlemen:
Louise and Maria tacitally agree to use GoodOldFisticuffs instead of weapons.
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* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Haha! It's a movie starring BB and CC!

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* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Haha! It's a movie starring BB and CC!AlliterativeName: Louise Leroi.
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* GamblingBrawl: The Sarrazin brothers realize that the Leroi sisters are cheating at poker and denounce them, which leads directly to a BarBrawl.
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''The Legend of Frenchie King'' (French title: ''Les Petroleuses'') is a 1971 Euro-Western starring Creator/BrigitteBardot and Claudia Cardinale.

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''The Legend of Frenchie King'' (French title: ''Les Petroleuses'') is a 1971 Euro-Western starring Creator/BrigitteBardot and Claudia Cardinale.
Creator/ClaudiaCardinale.
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* AnImmigrantsTale: It's the story of two French women trying to strike it rich in the Old West.
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* BettyAndVeronica: From the sheriff's perspective, Maria is the Betty and Louise is the Veronica.

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* BettyAndVeronica: From the sheriff's perspective, Maria is the Betty Betty, because she's more accessible and the one he has known for longer, and Louise is the Veronica.Veronica, because she's the mysterious and aloof newcomer.

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* TheMenFirst: Notice that Louise is always the last one to jump off a train that her gang has just robbed. [[spoiler:And yes, in the last one [[ShipTease she even has Maria jump before herself]].]]

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* TheMenFirst: Notice that Louise is always the last one to jump off a train that her gang has just robbed. [[spoiler:And yes, in [[spoiler:In the last one [[ShipTease she even has Maria jump before herself]].herself.]]



** For those who subscribe to the FoeRomanceSubtext, it veers into type 6 or 13 territory.

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