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* KleptomaniacHero: This is [[LampshadeHanging Lampshade Hanged]] in the beginning of the first book. The Prince or the Princess of Time can search a house, pick up all the items he/she wants inside and then suddenly the owner sneaks on your back and says ''"So, have you found enough to make you happy?"'' But he will be very friendly about this and allow the hero to keep his findings.
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* KleptomaniacHero: This is [[LampshadeHanging Lampshade Hanged]] {{Lampshade Hang|ing}}ed in the beginning of the first book. The Prince or the Princess of Time can search a house, pick up all the items he/she wants inside and then suddenly the owner sneaks on your back and says ''"So, have you found enough to make you happy?"'' But he will be very friendly about this and allow the hero to keep his findings.
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* PunBasedCreature: MadScientist monk Mimol has stitched different animals together to create weird hybrid creatures... some that are based on French puns. So, you have a "cerf-veau" (stag-calf, sounds like "cerveau" which means "brain"), a rat-porc (rat-pig, sounds like "rapport" which means "report") and a rat-daim (rat-deer, sounds like "radin" which means "stingy".
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* PunBasedCreature: MadScientist monk Mimol has stitched different animals together to create weird hybrid creatures... some that are based on French puns. So, you have a "cerf-veau" (stag-calf, sounds like "cerveau" which means "brain"), a rat-porc (rat-pig, sounds like "rapport" which means "report") and a rat-daim (rat-deer, sounds like "radin" which means "stingy"."stingy").
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* ShoutOut: In the third book ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'' makes an appearance! He is not referred by his full name, but his clothing description is very accurate and even the Prince/Princess can tell he is the best gunslinger in the land just by looking at him.
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* ShoutOut: In the third book book, ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'' makes an appearance! He is not referred by his full name, but his clothing description is very accurate and even the Prince/Princess can tell he is the best gunslinger in the land just by looking at him.
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* PunBasedCreature: MadScientist monk Mimol has stitched different animals together to create weird hybrid creatures... some that are based on French puns. So, you have a "cerf-veau" (stag-calf, sounds like "cerveau" which means "brain"), a rat-porc (rat-pig, sounds like "rapport" which means "report") and a rat-daim (rat-deer, sounds like "radin" which means "stingy".
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* AndIMustScream: Whoever gets spat on by a Mollue becomes a helpless jelly creature, cursed to barely wander like a slug in marshes.
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* FemaleMisogynist: The Mollues are witches who hate other women and will try to destroy any who come to their view. Therefore, the Princess will have to disguise herself.
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* GameBreakingBug: The Prince/Princess can only ask Mimol about the key and therefore obtain it if they rush to attack him. Just speaking to him first will not enable the option, for some reason.
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* SavageWolves: The Prince has to slay some howling wolves if he wants to get help from the old sage Zeugma. The Princess will have to kill some to make herself a beard to disguise herself as a man.
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* KleptomaniacHero: This is [[LampshadeHanging LampshadeHanged]] in the beginning of the first book. The Prince or the Princess of Time can search a house, pick up all the items he/she wants inside and then suddenly the owner sneaks on your back and says ''"So, have you found enough to make you happy?"'' But he will be very friendly about this and allow the hero to keep his findings.
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* KleptomaniacHero: This is [[LampshadeHanging LampshadeHanged]] Lampshade Hanged]] in the beginning of the first book. The Prince or the Princess of Time can search a house, pick up all the items he/she wants inside and then suddenly the owner sneaks on your back and says ''"So, have you found enough to make you happy?"'' But he will be very friendly about this and allow the hero to keep his findings.
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* NonIndicativeName: The "Messengers of Time" from the title do not refer to the heroes but to the people the heroes must rescue.
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* CoversAlwaysLie: The cover of the first book is a serious offender. You never fight a giant black monster who catches you in its tongue while you battle naked with just a helmet and a sword as a dark cloaked figure watches. The monster is possibly based on the "Crocopotamus" monster who is confronted inside the Chimes of Death maze, with its tongue based on the Albino Chameleon.
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* CoversAlwaysLie: The cover of the first book is a serious offender. You never fight a giant black monster who catches you in its tongue while you battle naked with just a helmet and a sword as a dark cloaked figure watches. The monster is possibly based on the "Crocopotamus" monster who is confronted inside the Chimes of Death maze, with its tongue based on the Albino Chameleon. Cover artist Christian Broutin said in an interview he didn't even bother to stick to the story, and mostly relied on RuleOfCool.
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* PintSizedPowerHouse: Furyos the Short has mediocre stats as a fighter, but if he can go in angry mode at the beginning of a fight, his stats ''double'' and he can become quite powerful in combat.
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* PintSizedPowerHouse: PintSizedPowerhouse: Furyos the Short has mediocre stats as a fighter, but if he can go in angry mode at the beginning of a fight, his stats ''double'' and he can become quite powerful in combat.
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''Les Messagers du Temps'' (''The Messengers of Time'') is a French {{Gamebook}} series in four volumes. It is written by a "James Campbell" who seems to actually be Jean-François Ménard (famous for translating the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' books in French); the first book came out in 1987. It was marketed as a translated work from English in order to sell better (considering that the popular gamebooks at the time were British works), but a quick glance at the copyright date inside tells otherwise (and lack of the "original" English title).
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''Les Messagers du Temps'' (''The Messengers of Time'') is a French {{Gamebook}} series in four volumes. It is written by a "James Campbell" who seems to actually be that is a pseudonym used by Jean-François Ménard (famous for translating the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' books in French); the first book came out in 1987. It was marketed as a translated work from English in order to sell better (considering that the popular gamebooks at the time were British works), but a quick glance at the copyright date inside tells otherwise (and lack of the "original" English title).
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* PintSizedPowerHouse: Furyos the Short has mediocre stats as a fighter, but if he can go in angry mode at the beginning of a fight, his stats ''double'' and he can become quite powerful in combat.
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* JuxtaposedHalvesShot: The series' logo from the French edition, as seen above, features half the faces of the Prince and Princess of Time side-by-side. Although instead of a clean separation between them, the space is occupied by half a skull in darkness.
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* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Of course, there is the Princess of Time, but there's hardly any "Princess-ness" about her.
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* EvilAlbino: Albino chameleons are fought in Gouttard's castle. According to Furyos, they are running amock because they are upset about not being able to change color!
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* FakeDifficulty:
** Late in the second book, there's a unavoidable event that may kill your character. Its result is entirely [[LuckBasedMission luck-based]].
** Infamously, the third book has the [[spoiler:Artist]] skill compulsory to succeed. It happens literally right before the end and there's absolutely no clue that you will need it beforehand.
** Late in the second book, there's a unavoidable event that may kill your character. Its result is entirely [[LuckBasedMission luck-based]].
** Infamously, the third book has the [[spoiler:Artist]] skill compulsory to succeed. It happens literally right before the end and there's absolutely no clue that you will need it beforehand.
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* BeenThereShapedHistory: The Prince or the Princess of Time will tell Joan of Ark to go fight the English, and the Parisians to take over the Bastille prison.
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* BeenThereShapedHistory: The Prince or the Princess of Time will tell [[UsefulNotes/JoanOfArc Joan of Ark Arc]] to go fight the English, and the Parisians to [[UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution take over the Bastille prison.prison]].
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* NonStandardGameOver: There are several, mostly in the last two books. They generally involve you being too slow and your sibling succeeding in the mission before you or you being captured but being rescued in time by your sibling. In both case, you live, but lost the competition. In the third book, there's also the (in?)famous scene where you can marry the daughter or son of the chief of a Native American tribe.
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* NonStandardGameOver: There are several, mostly in the last two books. They generally involve you being too slow and your sibling succeeding in the mission before you or you being captured but being rescued in time by your sibling. In both case, cases, you live, but lost the competition. In the third book, there's also the (in?)famous scene where you can marry the daughter or son of the chief of a Native American tribe.
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* GracefulLoser: After being mortally wounded, [[TrueFinalBoss reverend Montrainer]] calmly accepts his defeat, saying that it is a proof that God didn't want the end of the world to happen. Compare and contrast with Peter Meduzz, whose last action in a similar situation was to trigger the self-destruction of his base.
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* GracefulLoser: After being mortally wounded, [[TrueFinalBoss [[FinalBoss reverend Montrainer]] calmly accepts his defeat, saying that it is a proof that God didn't want the end of the world to happen. Compare and contrast with Peter Meduzz, whose last action in a similar situation was to trigger the self-destruction of his base.
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* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: The Prince or the Princess of Time will tell Joan of Ark to go fight the English, and the Parisians to take over the Bastille prison.
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* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: BeenThereShapedHistory: The Prince or the Princess of Time will tell Joan of Ark to go fight the English, and the Parisians to take over the Bastille prison.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:Bastien Frontouillard and abbot Goulot de Peillac]] in the second book.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:Bastien Frontouillard and abbot [[spoiler:Abbot Goulot de Peillac]] Peillac and Bastien Frontouillard]] in the second book.book look harmless, but in reality they are respectively the BigBad and TheDragon.
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** In ''Objectif: Apocalypse'', [[BigBad Peter Meduzz]] has [[DrunkenMaster Hicboum the Mad]]. Reverend Montrainer may also qualify, but it's unclear wether he works for Meduzz or he is his equal in a BigBadDuumvirate.
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** In ''Objectif: Apocalypse'', [[BigBad Peter Meduzz]] has [[DrunkenMaster Hicboum the Mad]]. Reverend Montrainer [[CoDragons may also qualify, qualify]], but it's unclear wether he works for Meduzz or he is his equal in a BigBadDuumvirate.
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* SinisterMinister: [[spoiler:Abbot Goulot de Paillac is secretly the head of the evil Blood Mask organization.]]
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** [[spoiler:Abbot Goulot de Paillac is secretly the head of the evil Blood Mask organization.]]]]
** Reverend Montrainer in the fourth book is a more upfront example, what with him leading an ApocalypseCult and actively trying to bring TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt via massive flood.
** [[spoiler:Abbot Goulot de Paillac is secretly the head of the evil Blood Mask organization.
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* UnwinnableByDesign: The third book has the [[spoiler:Artist]] skill compulsory to succeed.
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* UnwinnableByDesign: The third book has the [[spoiler:Artist]] skill compulsory to succeed. You don't learn about it until the very last part of the story.
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'''''Les Messagers du Temps''''' ('''''The Messengers of Time''''') is a French ChooseYourOwnAdventure gamebook series in four volumes. It is written by a "James Campbell" who seems to actually be Jean-François Ménard (famous for translating the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' books in French); the first book came out in 1987. It was marketed as a translated work from English in order to sell better (considering that the popular gamebooks at the time were British works), but a quick glance at the copyright date inside tells otherwise (and lack of the "original" English title).
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!!''Les Messagers du Temps'' provide examples of the following tropes:
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!!''Les Messagers du Temps'' provide examples of the following tropes:
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* VillainousBreakdown: Gouttard de Malgrâce is usually jovial when gloating over the heroes. When they beat and destroy his Chimes of Death, he personally comes to fight them with a dagger, enraged.
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* VillainousBreakdown: The BigBad of Book 1 ''Le Carillon de la Mort'', Gouttard de Malgrâce Malgrâce, is usually jovial when gloating over maybe an insane villain but is composed enough to first keep the heroes. When they beat and destroy his Prince/Princess alive, offer him/her a last meal before letting him/her take on the trial of the tower of the Chimes of Death, he personally comes to Death. If a success where the Chimes are destroyed, Gouttard will agressively attack the Prince/Princess and fight them with a dagger, enraged.him/her in personal combat.
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* BoundAndGagged: It may happen to you in the second book if you're captured while spying the meeting of the society of the Blood Mask and it happens to your sibling at the end of the fourth book.
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* BoundAndGagged: It may happen to you in the second book if you're captured while spying the meeting of the society of the Blood Mask and it happens to your sibling at the end of the fourth book.book when they are captured on Montrainer's boat.
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'''''Les Messagers du Temps''''' ('''''The Messengers of Time''''') is a French Gamebook series in four volumes. It is written by some guy supposedly called James Campbell but who seems to actually be Jean-François Ménard (famous for translating the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' books in French); the first book came out in 1987. It was marketed as a translated work from English in order to sell better (considering that the popular gamebooks at the time were British works).
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'''''Les Messagers du Temps''''' ('''''The Messengers of Time''''') is a French Gamebook ChooseYourOwnAdventure gamebook series in four volumes. It is written by some guy supposedly called James Campbell but a "James Campbell" who seems to actually be Jean-François Ménard (famous for translating the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' books in French); the first book came out in 1987. It was marketed as a translated work from English in order to sell better (considering that the popular gamebooks at the time were British works).
works), but a quick glance at the copyright date inside tells otherwise (and lack of the "original" English title).
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Eudes the Gentle, the first human met by the protagonist, usually lives up to his name. However, if you try to attack him, he will go on a fierce WarIsHell diatribe and intimidate you enough to back off, despite him being unarmed.
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** A straigher example in the fourth book: the protagonists stop at a dirty fastfood restaurant and if they order a hamburger to eat, the food will be ''so bad'' that they will lose hit points.
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* WarIsHell: Eudes the Gentle couldn't handle the war anymore, especially when dozens and dozens of lives get meaninglessly lost until leaders go on an agreement, standing on the graves of casualties.
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* ShoutOut: In the third book LuckyLuke makes an appearance! He is not referred by his full name, but his clothing description is very accurate and even the Prince/Princess can tell he is the best gunslinger in the land just by looking at him.
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* ShoutOut: In the third book LuckyLuke ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'' makes an appearance! He is not referred by his full name, but his clothing description is very accurate and even the Prince/Princess can tell he is the best gunslinger in the land just by looking at him.
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* DamselInDistress: Kind of subverted, since three of the four persons to rescue are men.
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** Kind of subverted, since three of the four persons to rescue are men.
** Kind of subverted, since three of the four persons to rescue are men.
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** Peter Meduzz designs a special crystal that can multiply water molecules.
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** Peter Meduzz designs a special crystal that can multiply water molecules. He wants to use it to flood the world.