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* TheBarber: Terry (Titi) is the barber of Blacktown.
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* HelloNurse: Miss Pacard. All the male inhabitants of Blacktown drool over her.

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* HelloNurse: HeadTurningBeauty: Miss Pacard. All the male inhabitants of Blacktown drool over her.
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* AffectionateParody: Of TheWestern genre.
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->''Ce premier tome des Formidables Aventures de Lapinot réjouira les amateurs de western, d'humour, de philosophie et de plâtrées de gros fayots rouges.''
->''(This first volume of the Spiffy Adventures of [=McConey=] will delight those who like western, humour, philosophy, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking bellyfuls of big red beans]].)''
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''Blacktown'' is a 1995 comic book by Creator/LewisTrondheim. It is the first album of ''ComicBook/TheSpiffyAdventuresOfMcConey'' series.

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''Blacktown'' (translated in English as ''Gloomtown'') is a 1995 comic book by Creator/LewisTrondheim. It is the first album of ''ComicBook/TheSpiffyAdventuresOfMcConey'' series.



* DirtyCop: The marshal of Blacktown is one of the antagonists. He is the mayor's accomplice and he killed Lapinot's horse.

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* DirtyCop: The marshal of Blacktown is one of the antagonists. He is the mayor's accomplice and he killed kills Lapinot's horse.
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* AdventureTowns: Lapinot, the protagonist, is chased by the gang of Rex Lomax. He enters Blacktown in the beginning. He leaves Blacktown in the end.

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* AdventureTowns: Lapinot, the protagonist, is chased by the gang of Rex Lomax.Logan. He enters Blacktown in the beginning. He leaves Blacktown in the end.



* BigDamnHeroes: {{Subverted|Trope}}. A member of the gang of Rex Lomax is beating Miss Pacard in a room of the saloon. Lapinot gets through the ceiling and falls on the outlaw, who seems to be dead. He thinks that he has killed him, but actually Miss Pacard killed him beforehand with a gun.

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* BigDamnHeroes: {{Subverted|Trope}}. A member of the gang of Rex Lomax Logan is beating Miss Pacard in a room of the saloon. Lapinot gets through the ceiling and falls on the outlaw, who seems to be dead. He thinks that he has killed him, but actually Miss Pacard killed him beforehand with a gun.



* BreakTheCutie: Miss Pacard, a BlitheSpirit who teaches non-violence, is beaten up by an outlaw and she is forced to kill him in self-defense. After that, she loses her ideals and she kills other members of the gang of Lomax. She also attempts to kill Lapinot and then to commit suicide.

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* BreakTheCutie: Miss Pacard, a BlitheSpirit who teaches non-violence, is beaten up by an outlaw and she is forced to kill him in self-defense. After that, she loses her ideals and she kills other members of the gang of Lomax.Logan. She also attempts to kill Lapinot and then to commit suicide.



* HeroStoleMyBike: {{Subverted|Trope}} twice. Lapinot tries to steal a horse to escape after the marshal killed his own horse, but he is caught red handed by a villager. Later, he tries to steal another horse. Unfortunately for him, it is the horse of a member of the gang of Rex Lomax who immediately points his gun at him.

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* HeroStoleMyBike: {{Subverted|Trope}} twice. Lapinot tries to steal a horse to escape after the marshal killed his own horse, but he is caught red handed by a villager. Later, he tries to steal another horse. Unfortunately for him, it is the horse of a member of the gang of Rex Lomax Logan who immediately points his gun at him.



* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: A member of the gang of Rex Lomax beats Miss Pacard in the saloon.

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* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: A member of the gang of Rex Lomax Logan beats Miss Pacard in the saloon.



* {{Outlaw}}: The members of the gang of Rex Lomax.

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* {{Outlaw}}: The members of the gang of Rex Lomax.Logan.



* WouldHitAGirl: A member of the gang of Rex Lomax delivers a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown on Miss Pacard.

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* WouldHitAGirl: A member of the gang of Rex Lomax Logan delivers a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown on Miss Pacard.
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* HeroicBSOD: Miss Pacard after killing the outlaw who was beating her. In a daze, she kills other outlaws, and she tries to kill Lapinot and then to commit suicide.
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* BreakTheCutie: Miss Pacard, a BlitheSpirit who teaches non-violence, is beaten up by an outlaw and she is forced to kill him in self-defense. After that, she loses her ideals and she kills the other members of the gang of Lomax. She also attempts to kill Lapinot and then to commit suicide.

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* BreakTheCutie: Miss Pacard, a BlitheSpirit who teaches non-violence, is beaten up by an outlaw and she is forced to kill him in self-defense. After that, she loses her ideals and she kills the other members of the gang of Lomax. She also attempts to kill Lapinot and then to commit suicide.
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* BreakTheCutie: Miss Pacard, a BlitheSpirit who teaches non-violence, is beaten up by an outlaw and she is forced to kill him in self-defense. After that, she loses her ideals and she kills the other members of the gang of Lomax. She also attempts to kill Lapinot and then to commit suicide.


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* BungledSuicide: Miss Pacard, after losing her ideals because she had to kill an outlaw in self-defense, tries to shoot herself, but her gun is empty.


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* HeroStoleMyBike: {{Subverted|Trope}} twice. Lapinot tries to steal a horse to escape after the marshal killed his own horse, but he is caught red handed by a villager. Later, he tries to steal another horse. Unfortunately for him, it is the horse of a member of the gang of Rex Lomax who immediately points his gun at him.

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* AdventureTowns: Lapinot, the protagonist, is chased by the gang of Rex Lomax. He enters Blacktown in the beginning. He leaves Blacktown in the end.



* BigDamnHeroes: {{Subverted|Trope}}. A member of the gang of Rex Lomax is beating Miss Pacard in a room of the saloon. Lapinot gets through the ceiling and falls on the outlaw, who seems to be dead. He thinks that he has killed him, but actually Miss Pacard killed him beforehand with a gun.



* CitySlicker: Lapinot comes from Boston. He [[SubvertedTrope subverts the trope]] because he has learned to fight on the way to Blacktown.
* ClearMyName: Lapinot is framed up for the murder of General Lee and he has to prove that he is not guilty.



* DamselOutOfDistress: Miss Pacard kills the outlaw who was beating her.



* {{Frameup}}: The mayor frames Lapinot up for the murder of General Lee.



* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: A member of the gang of Rex Lomax beats Miss Pacard in the saloon.
* OneDialogueTwoConversations: When the marshal and the mayor question Fuzzi, they assume his bag is full of gold, whereas it is actually full of mushrooms. The questions and answers are vague enough to be applied to gold and mushrooms.
* {{Outlaw}}: The members of the gang of Rex Lomax.



* SternChase: Lapinot flees because outlaws chase him.

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* SternChase: Lapinot flees because outlaws the gang of Rex Logan chase him.


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* WantedPoster: The standard procedure when a stranger arrives in Blacktown is the compare his face with these posters.


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* WouldHitAGirl: A member of the gang of Rex Lomax delivers a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown on Miss Pacard.

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* BlatantLies: The Marshal says that he was forced to kill Lapinot's horse, because Lapinot had just stolen another horse, which is just the opposite of the truth: Lapinot stole the horse because the Marshal had killed his.

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* BlatantLies: BlatantLies:
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The Marshal says that he was forced to kill Lapinot's horse, because Lapinot had just stolen another horse, which is just the opposite of the truth: Lapinot stole the horse because the Marshal had killed his.his.
** The villagers who go in the hills at night in search for gold all pretend to look for mushrooms.


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* ForceFeeding: The marshal forces two villagers who went in the hills in search for gold to eat raw mushrooms.


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* WilliamTelling: {{Subverted|Trope}}. The marshall seems to have ImprobableAimingSkills, because he is able to shoot the hat off the head of several villagers, but he reveals that he has to target their heart to pull this off.

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* BlatantLies: The Marshal says that he was forced to kill Lapinot's horse, because Lapinot had just stolen another horse.

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* BlatantLies: The Marshal says that he was forced to kill Lapinot's horse, because Lapinot had just stolen another horse.horse, which is just the opposite of the truth: Lapinot stole the horse because the Marshal had killed his.



* CluelessDeputy: Martin, the marshal's deputy, is not very clever.
* DirtyCop: The marshal of Blacktown is one of the antagonists. He is the mayor's accomplice.

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* BulletHolesAndRevelations: Richard, Martin and several villagers fight with an outlaw and try to grab his gun. Suddenly, the gun goes off. Everyone is shocked, but it turns out nobody was hit.
* ButtMonkey: The unnamed outlaw who tries to cheat at poker, then tries to kill Richard, then tries to bully Lapinot in jail.
* CluelessDeputy: Martin, the marshal's deputy, is not very clever.
clever. When his jacket is full of blood, he still thinks that it is his own blood even after noticing that his shirt is clean.
* DirtyCop: The marshal of Blacktown is one of the antagonists. He is the mayor's accomplice.accomplice and he killed Lapinot's horse.
* EnemyEatsYourLunch: The guy who is in jail with Lapinot tries to bully him to eat his meal. {{Subverted|Trope}} because it does not work: Lapinot eats it so fast that he cannot do anything.



* MayorPain: The mayor of Blacktown is one of the antagonists. In order to keep the secret about the gold seam, he order to put Lapinot in jail and to kill his horse.

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* MayorPain: The mayor of Blacktown is one of the antagonists. In order to keep the secret about the gold seam, he order orders to put Lapinot in jail and to kill his horse.
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* BlatantLies: The Marshal says that he was forced to kill Lapinot's horse, because Lapinot had just stolen another horse.


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* DirtyCop: The marshal of Blacktown is one of the antagonists. He is the mayor's accomplice.


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* TorchesAndPitchforks: The villagers want to lynch Lapinot because he tried to steal a horse.
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* BlitheSpirit: Miss Pacard, who teaches non-violence in the Wild West.


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* ImmediateSelfContradiction: Miss Pacard asks the villagers if they want to live peacefully and they answer yes. Then a guy enters the room with Lapinot and proposes to lynch him. The villager joyfully agree.
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* TheBarber: Terry (Titi) is the barber of Blacktown.
* CluelessDeputy: Martin, the marshal's deputy, is not very clever.
* HelloNurse: Miss Pacard. All the male inhabitants of Blacktown drool over her.
* MayorPain: The mayor of Blacktown is one of the antagonists. In order to keep the secret about the gold seam, he order to put Lapinot in jail and to kill his horse.
* {{Prospector}}: General Lee looks for gold in the hills near Blacktown.
* SternChase: Lapinot flees because outlaws chase him.
* USMarshal: The marshal of Blacktown is one of the antagonists. He is the mayor's accomplice.
* TheWestern: The album is a parody of the genre.
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''Blacktown'' is a 1995 comic book by Creator/LewisTrondheim. It is the first album of ''ComicBook/TheSpiffyAdventuresOfMcConey'' series.

The story parodies TheWestern. Lapinot arrives in a small frontier town. He is chased by outlaws and soon the whole town turns on him, because he tried to steal a horse.

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