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* ShaggyDogStory: During 38 pages, Lapinot competes with Richardson and Mac Terry to win Miss Nadia's love. In the end, the three competitors realize that she already has a fiancé and that she is supposed to marry him within one month.
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* CockFight: Between Lapinot, Richardson and Mac Terry for the love of Miss Nadia, when they were children and again as young adults.
* DidNotGetTheGirl: Lapinot ends up alone. Miss Nadia keeps on her relationship with her fiancé.
* DidNotGetTheGirl: Lapinot ends up alone. Miss Nadia keeps on her relationship with her fiancé.
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* BetaCouple: While Lapinot tries to charm Miss Nadia, his RomanticWingman and servant Alex tries to charm Mrs Victoria, Miss Nadia's servant. Alex is more successful than Lapinot. He even marries Mrs Victoria by the end.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Lapinot and Mac Terry (and probably Richardson too) were in love with Nadia when they were children. As young adults, they fall in love with her again and they try to charm her. [[spoiler:They are all unsuccessful.]]
* ChildhoodMarriagePromise: Nadia promised to marry Lapinot when she was five years old. [[spoiler:She does not fulfill her promise.]]
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* DidNotGetTheGirl:Lapinot [[spoiler:Lapinot ends up alone. Miss Nadia keeps on her relationship with John, her fiancé.]]
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Lapinot and Mac Terry (and probably Richardson too) were in love with Nadia when they were children. As young adults, they fall in love with her again and they try to charm her. [[spoiler:They are all unsuccessful.]]
* ChildhoodMarriagePromise: Nadia promised to marry Lapinot when she was five years old. [[spoiler:She does not fulfill her promise.]]
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* RomanticWingman: Lapinot's servant Alex gives him advice to charm Miss Nadia.
* SheIsAllGrownUp: Lapinot is visibly stunned by Miss Nadia's appearance when he meets her again. He asks her if she was not five years old.
* TrainingMontage: {{Parodied|Trope}}. There is a montage of Lapinot's training to become a social charmer.
* SheIsAllGrownUp: Lapinot is visibly stunned by Miss Nadia's appearance when he meets her again. He asks her if she was not five years old.
* TrainingMontage: {{Parodied|Trope}}. There is a montage of Lapinot's training to become a social charmer.
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''Vacances de printemps'' is a 1999 comic book by Creator/LewisTrondheim and Creator/FrankLeGall. It is the fifth album of ''ComicBook/TheSpiffyAdventuresOfMcConey'' series. It is a parody of {{Romance}} and it is set in UsefulNotes/VictorianBritain. Lapinot is young painter. He falls in love with Miss Nadia, but soon realizes that he has rivals: his two ChildhoodFriends Richardson (Richard), a soldier, and [=MacTerry=] (Titi), the son of a butcher.
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''Vacances de printemps'' is a 1999 comic book by Creator/LewisTrondheim and Creator/FrankLeGall. It is the fifth album of ''ComicBook/TheSpiffyAdventuresOfMcConey'' series. It is a parody of {{Romance}} and it is set in UsefulNotes/VictorianBritain. Lapinot is young painter. He falls in love with Miss Nadia, but soon realizes that he has rivals: his two ChildhoodFriends Richardson (Richard), a soldier, and [=MacTerry=] Mac Terry (Titi), the son of a butcher.
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* DidNotGetTheGirl: Lapinot ends up alone. Miss Nadia keeps on her relationship with her fiancé.
* DidNotGetTheGirl: Lapinot ends up alone. Miss Nadia keeps on her relationship with her fiancé.
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* OldFashionedRowboatDate: {{Subverted|Trope}}. Lapinot proposes Nadia to have a rowboat ride with him, but it never happens because Richardson and Mac Terry make other proposals.
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* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: The young Lapinot does not know what love is and he asks his servant to explain it to him.
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->''Ce cinquième tome des formidables aventures de Lapinot réjouira les amateurs de romantisme, de flambée de cheminée, de campagne anglaise, de domestiques serviables et d'amour pas trop torride.''
->''(This fifth volume of the Spiffy Adventures of [=McConey=] will delight those who like romanticism, fireplace blaze, English countryside, obliging servants and not-too-torrid love.)''
''Vacances de printemps'' is a 1999 comic book by Creator/LewisTrondheim and Creator/FrankLeGall. It is the fifth album of ''ComicBook/TheSpiffyAdventuresOfMcConey'' series. It is a parody of {{Romance}} and it is set in UsefulNotes/VictorianBritain. Lapinot is young painter. He falls in love with Miss Nadia, but soon realizes that he has rivals: his two ChildhoodFriends Richardson (Richard), a soldier, and [=MacTerry=] (Titi), the son of a butcher.
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!!''Vacances de printemps'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* CockFight: Between Lapinot, Richardson and [=MacTerry=] for the love of Miss Nadia, when they were children and again as young adults.
* GreekChorus: The Moon makes comments about the plot. In the daytime, the Sun stands in for her.
* TheJeeves: Lapinot's servant is competent, sensible and devoted to him.
* MonochromePast: In the {{Flashbacks}}, the characters a black on a grey background.
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->''(This fifth volume of the Spiffy Adventures of [=McConey=] will delight those who like romanticism, fireplace blaze, English countryside, obliging servants and not-too-torrid love.)''
''Vacances de printemps'' is a 1999 comic book by Creator/LewisTrondheim and Creator/FrankLeGall. It is the fifth album of ''ComicBook/TheSpiffyAdventuresOfMcConey'' series. It is a parody of {{Romance}} and it is set in UsefulNotes/VictorianBritain. Lapinot is young painter. He falls in love with Miss Nadia, but soon realizes that he has rivals: his two ChildhoodFriends Richardson (Richard), a soldier, and [=MacTerry=] (Titi), the son of a butcher.
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!!''Vacances de printemps'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* CockFight: Between Lapinot, Richardson and [=MacTerry=] for the love of Miss Nadia, when they were children and again as young adults.
* GreekChorus: The Moon makes comments about the plot. In the daytime, the Sun stands in for her.
* TheJeeves: Lapinot's servant is competent, sensible and devoted to him.
* MonochromePast: In the {{Flashbacks}}, the characters a black on a grey background.
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