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* [[spoiler:StableTimeLoop: Andreas is sent back in time, is imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp, and after being traumatized by what he went through and learned, ends up becoming the old shopkeeper who gives the "Ultimate Experience" to the boys that include younger himself.]]

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* [[spoiler:StableTimeLoop: Andreas StableTimeLoop: [[spoiler:Andreas is sent back in time, is imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp, and after being traumatized by what he went through and learned, ends up becoming the old shopkeeper who gives the "Ultimate Experience" to the boys that include younger himself.]]
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''"Are you ready... for the Ultimate Experience?"''

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''"Are ->''"Are you ready... for the Ultimate Experience?"''

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* FictionalVideoGame: "The Ultimate Experience".

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* FictionalVideoGame: "The Ultimate Experience".Experience", a war simulation game.


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* [[spoiler:StableTimeLoop: Andreas is sent back in time, is imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp, and after being traumatized by what he went through and learned, ends up becoming the old shopkeeper who gives the "Ultimate Experience" to the boys that include younger himself.]]
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* PresentDayPast: The first book was firmly set in the mid-1990s. The second book is supposed to happen soon after, but refers to UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror and Iraq's occupation of the US army (which was an early-mid 2000s issue). The third book refers to the mass shooting by Anders Breivik, which happened in 2011. This has the effect of retroactively making the boy protagonists look like retro-game fans.

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* PresentDayPast: The first book was firmly set in the mid-1990s. The second book is supposed to happen soon after, but refers to UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror and Iraq's occupation of by the US army (which was an early-mid 2000s issue). The third book refers to the mass shooting by Anders Breivik, which happened in 2011. This has the effect of retroactively making the boy protagonists look like retro-game fans.
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* WolverinePublicity: The second book is called ''Andreas, le retour'' ("Andreas, the return"). [[spoiler:Andreas himself only appears in the very last pages.]]
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* BaldOfEvil: Andreas is described as having a shaven head, a stereotypical trait among far-right racist youth. He has a full head of [[BlondesAreEvil blonde hair]] in the comic adaptation, however.

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* BaldOfEvil: Andreas is described as having a shaven head, a stereotypical trait among far-right racist youth. He has a full head of [[BlondesAreEvil blonde hair]] hair in the comic adaptation, however.

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%%* BloodKnight: Andreas

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%%* * BloodKnight: Andreas loves violence in video games, and enjoys being a murderous barbarian when in the game.


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* ParentalAbuse: Robert Salaün strikes his son hard when he reminds him of his own violent punk past.


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* RightWingMilitiaFanatic: Andreas and his dad are close to the French equivalent of this. In his youth, Robert Salaün was in a violent xenophobic gang, but has learned to be more subtle into spreading his ideology, and tries to teach at least that to his son.

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%%* BloodKnight: Andreas.

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%%* BloodKnight: Andreas.Andreas



* CherryTapping: Andreas has an intense game session playing ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}''... until he ends up killed in the back by a mere [[TheGoomba Imp]]. This makes him very upset, and then he restarts a new game in GodMode.



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%%* * DoggedNiceGuy: Eric.Eric. He is in love with a Bosnian girl and tries to stay close and be romantic with her... but when she tells him he is cute, it is felt much more like CondescendingCompassion. [[spoiler:He also DoesNotGetTheGirl]].



* MeaningfulName: Second book reveals that Andreas's surname is Salaün. It looks close to "salaud" (bastard, asshole) when written, which Andreas (and his father) certainly is.

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* MeaningfulName: Second book reveals that Andreas's surname is Salaün. It looks close to "salaud" (bastard, (meaning bastard, asshole) when written, which Andreas (and his father) certainly is.



* MurderSimulators: Andreas is implied to have turned more violent because he loves violent video games, especially ''VideoGame/Doom''.

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* MurderSimulators: Andreas is implied to have turned more violent because he loves violent video games, especially ''VideoGame/Doom''.''VideoGame/{{Doom}}''.



* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Andreas is a sadistic hardcore gamer who delights into killing, playing the worst faction in any war gamr. Also, he is a racist.
* PresentDayPast: The first book was firmly set in the mid-1990s. The second book is supposed to happen soon after, but refers to UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror and the Iraq situation (which was an early-mid 2000s issue). The third book refers to the mass shooting by Anders Breivik, which happened in 2011. This has the effect of making the boy protagonists look like retro-game fans.

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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Andreas is a sadistic hardcore gamer who delights into killing, playing the worst faction in any war gamr.game. Also, he is a racist.
* PresentDayPast: The first book was firmly set in the mid-1990s. The second book is supposed to happen soon after, but refers to UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror and Iraq's occupation of the Iraq situation US army (which was an early-mid 2000s issue). The third book refers to the mass shooting by Anders Breivik, which happened in 2011. This has the effect of retroactively making the boy protagonists look like retro-game fans.fans.
* RiddleForTheAges: [[spoiler:Where does "The Ultimate Experience" come from? No one knows.]]
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* PresentDayPast: The first book was firmly set in the mid-1990s. The second book is supposed to happen soon after, but refers to the WarOnTerror and the Iraq situation (which was an early-mid 2000s issue). The third book refers to the mass shooting by Anders Breivik, which happened in 2011. This has the effect of making the boy protagonists look like retro-game fans.

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* PresentDayPast: The first book was firmly set in the mid-1990s. The second book is supposed to happen soon after, but refers to the WarOnTerror UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror and the Iraq situation (which was an early-mid 2000s issue). The third book refers to the mass shooting by Anders Breivik, which happened in 2011. This has the effect of making the boy protagonists look like retro-game fans.
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'''''No pasarán, le jeu''''' is a French science-fiction novel from 1996, written by Christian Lehmann.

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'''''No ''No pasarán, le jeu''''' jeu'' is a French science-fiction novel from 1996, written by Christian Lehmann.



* BloodKnight: Andreas.

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* %%* BloodKnight: Andreas.



* CoversAlwaysLie: The original cover art for the book used a screencap from the video game ''Fade To Black'', which is never mentioned in the story.

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* CoversAlwaysLie: The original cover art for the book used a screencap from the video game ''Fade ''[[VideoGame/{{Flashback}} Fade To Black'', Black]]'', which is never mentioned in the story.



* DoggedNiceGuy: Eric.

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* %%* DoggedNiceGuy: Eric.

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[[caption-width-right:350:The cover of the graphic novel version.]]



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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Andreas is a sadistic hardcore gamer who delights into killing, playing the worst faction in war. Also, he is a racist.

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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Andreas is a sadistic hardcore gamer who delights into killing, playing the worst faction in war.any war gamr. Also, he is a racist.



* WarIsHell: That's basically the overarching message. Also implied to be the ''raison d'être'' of "The Ultimate Experience".

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* WarIsHell: That's basically the overarching message. Also implied to be the ''raison d'être'' of "The Ultimate Experience".Experience".
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* MagiTech: Implied how the game works.

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* MagiTech: {{Magitek}}: Implied how the game works.
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* ChildSoldiers: Through the game, the boys end up as weary 15-year-old soldiers... with greyish-blue stubble.

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* MeaningfulName: Second book reveals that Andreas's surname is Salaün. It looks close to "salaud" (bastard, asshole) when written, which Andreas (and his father) certainly is.



* TheNineties: The first book was made in the 90s and it certainly shows. For one thing, modern games come in boxed [=CDs=], and floppy disks are still around. The Bosnian War is a relevant plot point.

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* MurderSimulators: Andreas is implied to have turned more violent because he loves violent video games, especially ''VideoGame/Doom''.
* TheNineties: The first book was made in the 90s and it certainly shows. For one thing, modern games come in boxed [=CDs=], and floppy disks are still around. There is still talk about violent video game controversy. The Bosnian War is a relevant plot point.



* WarIsHell: That's basically the overarching message.

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* UltraSuperDeathGoreFestChainsawer3000: The boys are on the lookout for violent video games. They expect "The Ultimate Experience" to be like this. It ''is'' violent, alright... by showing them how cruel and hellish real war was, and still is.
* WarIsHell: That's basically the overarching message. Also implied to be the ''raison d'être'' of "The Ultimate Experience".
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* EvilFormerFriend: Andreas.

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* EvilFormerFriend: Andreas.Andreas starts as the tough, troublemaking friend of Eric and Thierry. However, his violent and cruel tendencies drive them apart until he becomes a dangerous enemy.
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* BaldOfEvil: Andreas is described as having a shaven head, a stereotypical trait among far-right racist youth. He has a full head of [[BlondesAreEvil blonde hair]] in the comic adaptation, however.


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* FictionalVideoGame: "The Ultimate Experience".


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* MagiTech: Implied how the game works.
* TheMostDangerousVideoGame: The game that the boys play, "The Ultimate Experience", which simulates war so well that they might as well be trapped in another world.

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'''''No pasarán, le jeu''''' is a French science-fiction novel from 1996, written by Christian Lehmann.

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'''''No pasarán, le jeu''''' is a French science-fiction novel from 1996, written by Christian Lehmann.


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* BloodKnight: Andreas.


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* EvilFormerFriend: Andreas.
* ForeignLanguageTitle: "No pasarán", a Spanish phrase meaning "They will not pass", used by the Republic fighters of Spain against Franco in the 1930s, and has often been used as an anti-fascist slogan. Gets a TitleDrop.


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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Andreas is a sadistic hardcore gamer who delights into killing, playing the worst faction in war. Also, he is a racist.
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* TeensAreMonsters: Andreas certainly is so.

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* TeensAreMonsters: Andreas certainly is so.so.
* WarIsHell: That's basically the overarching message.
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* PresentDayPast: The first book was firmly set in the mid-1990s. The second book is supposed to happen soon after, but refers to the WarOnTerror and the Iraq situation (which was an early-mid 2000s issue). The third book refers to the mass shooting by Anders Breivik, which happened in 2011. This has the effect of making the boy protagonists look like retro-game fans.
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* TheNineties: The first book was made in the 90s and it certainly shows. For one thing, modern games come in boxed CDs, and floppy disks are still around. The Bosnian War is a relevant plot point.

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* TheNineties: The first book was made in the 90s and it certainly shows. For one thing, modern games come in boxed CDs, [=CDs=], and floppy disks are still around. The Bosnian War is a relevant plot point.
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'''''No pasarán, le jeu''''' is a French science-fiction novel from 1996, written by Christian Lehmann.

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'''''No pasarán, le jeu''''' is a French science-fiction novel from 1996, written by Christian Lehmann.



The original book was released in 1996. It had a sequel in 2005, ''Andreas, le retour'' and a third-final instalment in 2012, ''No pasarán, endgame''.

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The original book was released in 1996. It had a sequel in 2005, ''Andreas, le retour'' and a third-final instalment in 2012, ''No pasarán, endgame''.



!!''No pasarán, le jeu'' provide examples of the following tropes:
* BoomerangBigot: [[spoiler:Racist, psychotic Andreas finds out in the final book that he is himself of Jewish descent, which gives him a HeelRealization and so becomes TheAtoner.]]
* ComicBookAdaptation: Made in 2014.
* CoversAlwaysLie: The original cover art for the book used a screencap from the video game ''Fade To Black'', which is never mentioned in the story.
* DeepImmersionGaming: Although the game makes it happen literally.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Eric.
* HeelRealization: [[spoiler:Happens with Andreas.]]
* TheNineties: The first book was made in the 90s and it certainly shows. For one thing, modern games come in boxed CDs, and floppy disks are still around. The Bosnian War is a relevant plot point.
* TeensAreMonsters: Andreas certainly is so.

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!!''No pasarán, le jeu'' provide examples of the following tropes:
* BoomerangBigot: *BoomerangBigot: [[spoiler:Racist, psychotic Andreas finds out in the final book that he is himself of Jewish descent, which gives him a HeelRealization and so becomes TheAtoner.]]
* ComicBookAdaptation: *ComicBookAdaptation: Made in 2014.
* CoversAlwaysLie: *CoversAlwaysLie: The original cover art for the book used a screencap from the video game ''Fade To Black'', which is never mentioned in the story.
* DeepImmersionGaming: *DeepImmersionGaming: Although the game makes it happen literally.
* DoggedNiceGuy: *DoggedNiceGuy: Eric.
* HeelRealization: *HeelRealization: [[spoiler:Happens with Andreas.]]
* TheNineties: *TheNineties: The first book was made in the 90s and it certainly shows. For one thing, modern games come in boxed CDs, and floppy disks are still around. The Bosnian War is a relevant plot point.
* TeensAreMonsters: *TeensAreMonsters: Andreas certainly is so.
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''"Are you ready... for the Ultimate Experience?"''

'''''No pasarán, le jeu''''' is a French science-fiction novel from 1996, written by Christian Lehmann.

Eric, Thierry and Andreas are three French teenagers who are on a class trip in London. They are all passionate PC gamers and discover a shop called "Game Frenzy" where they find good bargain computer games. The old shopkeeper, however, is shocked by Andreas - a far-right fanatic carrying some relevant symbols - and gives them mysterious game disks to play.

As they return to France, they play the game on the disks which proves to be stranger, more powerful and more dangerous than they could ever imagine.

The original book was released in 1996. It had a sequel in 2005, ''Andreas, le retour'' and a third-final instalment in 2012, ''No pasarán, endgame''.

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!!''No pasarán, le jeu'' provide examples of the following tropes:
*BoomerangBigot: [[spoiler:Racist, psychotic Andreas finds out in the final book that he is himself of Jewish descent, which gives him a HeelRealization and so becomes TheAtoner.]]
*ComicBookAdaptation: Made in 2014.
*CoversAlwaysLie: The original cover art for the book used a screencap from the video game ''Fade To Black'', which is never mentioned in the story.
*DeepImmersionGaming: Although the game makes it happen literally.
*DoggedNiceGuy: Eric.
*HeelRealization: [[spoiler:Happens with Andreas.]]
*TheNineties: The first book was made in the 90s and it certainly shows. For one thing, modern games come in boxed CDs, and floppy disks are still around. The Bosnian War is a relevant plot point.
*TeensAreMonsters: Andreas certainly is so.

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