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* ThemeTuneCameo: In one episode, an overweight fairy is switching channels. Though we can't see what's on the screen, we can hear at one point the series' opening jingle.
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150 episodes were released, starting in 2006, each around 45 seconds long. The narrator of the series is Creator/AlainChabat, who is a master of French nonsensical humor.

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150 episodes were released, starting in 2006, each around 45 seconds long. The narrator of the series series' original version is Creator/AlainChabat, who is a master of French nonsensical humor.
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150 episodes were released, starting in 2006, each around 45 seconds long. The narrator of the series is Alain Chabat, who is a master of French nonsensical humor.

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150 episodes were released, starting in 2006, each around 45 seconds long. The narrator of the series is Alain Chabat, Creator/AlainChabat, who is a master of French nonsensical humor.
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** {{Subverted}} in "Un oeuf qui veut devenir une poule" ("An egg who wants to become a chicken"). [[spoiler:The surgeon proposes a complicated and very expensive operation, but the egg reveals himself as a reporter and calls him a charlatan -- [[CaptainObvious because eggs don't need surgery to become chickens]]]].

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** {{Subverted}} in "Un oeuf qui veut devenir une poule" ("An egg who wants to become a chicken"). [[spoiler:The surgeon proposes a complicated and very expensive operation, but the egg reveals himself as a reporter and calls him a charlatan -- [[CaptainObvious because eggs don't need surgery to become chickens]]]].chickens]].



* SadisticChoice: A villain takes two women hostage, ties each to a bomb on the roof a different building, and taunts the superhero. [[EpicFail Unfortunately for him]], the superhero is Super-Jumeaux (Super-Twins), with the power of [[CaptainObvious being two people instead of one]].

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* SadisticChoice: A villain takes two women hostage, ties each to a bomb on the roof a different building, and taunts the superhero. [[EpicFail Unfortunately for him]], the superhero is Super-Jumeaux (Super-Twins), with the power of [[CaptainObvious being two people instead of one]].one.
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->[[SigningOffCatchPhrase NOW]] [[SeenItAll YOU HAVE.]]

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->[[SigningOffCatchPhrase NOW]] Maintenant,]] [[SeenItAll YOU HAVE.]]oui.]][[note]]Now, you have.[[/note]]
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* MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext: Most of it.
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* MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext: Most of it.
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* GreatEscape: "Une évasion de raviolis" ("a ravioli escape").
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* CluckingFunny: The authors must have been firmly convinced that chicken are inherently funny, judging by the number of sketches that involve them. A few highlights: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SktCirPRJs8 An extremely rich chicken]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OdNUcJNcJ8 A racechicken]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2qi5ZlZCaE A boy band of chicks]]. And we're just scratching the surface.
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* {{Swashbuckler}}: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGdonS3O_ds A swashbuckling movie made by flies]]".
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** "Une poule qui veut devenir un èlèphant" ("A chicken who wants to become an elephant") gets exactly what she wants.

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** "Une poule qui veut devenir un èlèphant" éléphant" ("A chicken who wants to become an elephant") gets exactly what she wants.



** "Deux jumeaux qui veulent devenir siamois" ("Two twins who want to become conjoined"): the doctor assures them that the operation is very easy for twins, and even proposes to create ''two'' conjoined couples -- each composed of half of one twin and half of the other.

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** "Deux jumeaux qui veulent devenir siamois" ("Two twins who want to become conjoined"): the doctor assures them that the operation is very easy for twins, and even proposes to create ''two'' conjoined couples -- each composed of half of one twin and half of the other.

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150 episodes were released, starting in 2006, each around 40 seconds long. The narrator of the series is Alain Chabat, who is a master of French nonsensical humor.

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150 episodes were released, starting in 2006, each around 40 45 seconds long. The narrator of the series is Alain Chabat, who is a master of French nonsensical humor.


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* MagicPlasticSurgery: In a few episodes.
** "Une poule qui veut devenir un èlèphant" ("A chicken who wants to become an elephant") gets exactly what she wants.
** "Un taureau qui veut devenir un escargot" ("A bull who wants to become a snail") gets... less convincing results.
** {{Subverted}} in "Un oeuf qui veut devenir une poule" ("An egg who wants to become a chicken"). [[spoiler:The surgeon proposes a complicated and very expensive operation, but the egg reveals himself as a reporter and calls him a charlatan -- [[CaptainObvious because eggs don't need surgery to become chickens]]]].
** "Deux jumeaux qui veulent devenir siamois" ("Two twins who want to become conjoined"): the doctor assures them that the operation is very easy for twins, and even proposes to create ''two'' conjoined couples -- each composed of half of one twin and half of the other.

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* TwinTropes: The author must have loved these, because there are several episodes revolving around twins.
** ConjoinedTwins: One episode is about non-conjoined twins who want to become conjoined.
** CoordinatedClothes: Twins in the series always have these.
** SingleMindedTwins: This is often the case, to the point that they don't just [[FinishingEachOthersSentences finish each other's sentences]], they SpeakInUnison.
*** {{Subversion}} in "Deux jumeaux chez le chirurgien" ("Two twins visiting a surgeon"), where the twins want to get plastic surgery but remain identical to each other. They speak in perfect unison until the surgeon asks what they want to change on their face, at which point they give different answers... And end up fighting (a [[FearfulSymmetry perfectly symmetric]] fight).
** WonderTwinPowers: Taken to the (il)logical extreme with Super-Jumeaux (Super-Twins), whose ''only'' power is being twins -- but they'll call it "Ubiquity", thank you very much.



* WonderTwinPowers: Taken to the (il)logical extreme with Super-Jumeaux (Super-Twins), whose ''only'' power is being twins -- but they'll call it "Ubiquity", thank you very much.

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* WonderTwinPowers: Taken to the (il)logical extreme with Super-Jumeaux (Super-Twins), whose ''only'' power is being twins -- but they'll call it "Ubiquity", thank you very much.
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* LongTitle: "Le fameux cirque Patatras[[note]]avec Grouin-grouin, le jongleur de cochons, Dumba, l’éléphant-canon, Aldo le dresseur de mouettes, avec Soizic l’écuyère pétomane, Raoul, le dompteur de trançonneuses, Gustave, le panda mime, les soeurs Zapatof et leur Xylononne, [=TchouTchou=], le nain mangeur de locomotives, et avec sa corale de caniches funambules, sa femme à barbe trapéziste, ses giraffes cracheuses de feu, ses moules savantes, ses ours équilibristes… Et le grand Patatras lui-même, hypnotisant de sa simple voix une nuée de sauterelles sauvages[[/note]]" ("The famous Patatras Circus[[note]]with Oink-oink, the pig juggler, Dumba, the elephant cannonball, Aldo the seagull tamer, with Soizic the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatulist flatulist]] horsewoman, Raoul, the chainsaw tamer, Gustave, the mime panda, the Zapatof sisters and their Xylononne, [=ChooChoo=] the locomotive-swallowing dwarf, and with its chorus of tightrope-walking poodles, its trapeze artist bearded lady, its fire-breathing giraffes, its clever mussels, its equilibrist bears… And the Great Patatras himself, hypnotising with his voice alone a swarm of wild grasshoppers[[/note]]"). So long, in fact, there is just a couple of seconds left for the sketch itself...

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!!''Avez-vous déjà vu... ?'' provides examples of:

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!!''Avez-vous !!HAVE YOU EVER SEEN... A list of tropes appearing in ''Avez-vous déjà vu... ?'' provides examples of:
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* HopeSpot: "Une fanfare dans un champ de mines" (a marching band in a minefield) goes about as well as you would expect. In the end, however, [[spoiler:a single musician escaping the minefield... Only to be mowed down by a sniper]].
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* LetsMeetTheMeat: Taken to the LogicalExtreme with "Nuf Nuf à l'école des charcutiers" -- Nuf Nuf is a young pig attending a butchers' school, and he even brags that being a pig makes him the best at.

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* LetsMeetTheMeat: Taken to the LogicalExtreme with "Nuf Nuf à l'école des charcutiers" -- Nuf Nuf is a young pig attending a butchers' school, and he even brags that being a pig makes him the best at. at it.

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150 episodes were released, starting in 2006. The narrator of the series is Alain Chabat, who is a master of French nonsensical humor.

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150 episodes were released, starting in 2006.2006, each around 40 seconds long. The narrator of the series is Alain Chabat, who is a master of French nonsensical humor.



* CassandraTruth: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4grnGEmXAE Les predictions de Nostradamus des Cavernes]]" ("The predictions of Nostradamus of the caves").



* EpicFail: "Un crime pas parfait du tout", which is the absolute opposite of ThePerfectCrime.

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* EpicFail: A few episodes feature these.
** The most extreme example may be
"Un crime pas parfait du tout", which is the absolute opposite of ThePerfectCrime.ThePerfectCrime (see also ImplausibleDeniability below).
** A villain trying to pull a SadisticChoice (see below)... on [[WonderTwinPowers twin superheroes]].
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* TheDogWasTheMastermind: in "Une animalerie du futur" ("A pet shop of the future") we learn that [[spoiler:dogs tried to wipe out the human race]].
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* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: From "Un mec qui se plaint tout le temps" ("A guy who's always complaining"):
--> ''Oh no, my tie is ugly. Oh no, my strawberries are flabby. [...] Oh no, I have a flabby strawberry stain on my ugly tie.''
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* IntelligibleUnintelligible: Poppi, a small dog that can only bark, but that everybody seems to understand. He has appeared in several shorts as a witness in court, a hostage negotiator, a Shakespearean actor and a radio show host -- on an advice spot, no less.
--> '''Caller:''' Hello, Poppi? I have been with my husband seventeen years now, but lately I find that he is...
--> '''Poppi:''' Woof.
--> '''Caller:''' Yes, that's it! And sometimes I even...
--> '''Poppi:''' Woof.
--> '''Caller:''' I'LL KILL HIM! I'M GONNA FLAY THE SWINE!! ''[click]'' ''[dial tone]''
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* BearsAreBadNews: As shown in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czBeuM7DUv4 Un ours gonflable]]" ("An inflatable bear").
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* BlackComedy: Some of the episodes fall under this.

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* BlackComedy: Some of the episodes fall under this. "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA9ZoSky0ws Une fanfare dans un champ de mines]]" (a marching band in a minefield) may be the most extreme example.
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* BosyHorror: "Un rendez-vous de squelettes", i.e. "A date between skeletons". Doesn't sound that bad? Remember that skeletons "live" in the human body. Now think what happens when they get out for the night. [[spoiler:Still better than when they invite their date home, though]].

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* BosyHorror: BodyHorror: "Un rendez-vous de squelettes", i.e. "A date between skeletons". Doesn't sound that bad? Remember that skeletons "live" in the human body. Now think what happens when they get out for the night. [[spoiler:Still better than when they invite their date home, though]].
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* BosyHorror: "Un rendez-vous de squelettes", i.e. "A date between skeletons". Doesn't sound that bad? Remember that skeletons "live" in the human body. Now think what happens when they get out for the night. [[spoiler:Still better than when they invite their date home, though]].
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* ArtShift: The animation style changes from episode to episode. Compare ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCLfhVYthKo A guy who's laughing all the time]]'', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJvuzLQAZ4U A noise shop]]'' and ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps-HT4_Mgpo A tourist group on Mars]]'', for instance.

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* ArtShift: The animation style changes from episode to episode. Compare ''[[https://www."[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCLfhVYthKo A guy who's laughing all the time]]'', ''[[https://www.time]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJvuzLQAZ4U A noise shop]]'' shop]]" and ''[[https://www."[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps-HT4_Mgpo A tourist group on Mars]]'', Mars]]", for instance.



* CrapsaccharineWorld: Any episodes involving the toupoutous, gentle sweet mudering tellietubbies.

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* CrapsaccharineWorld: Any episodes involving the toupoutous, gentle sweet mudering murdering tellietubbies.



[[SigningOffCatchPhrase NOW]] [[SeenItAll YOU HAVE.]]

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[[SigningOffCatchPhrase ->[[SigningOffCatchPhrase NOW]] [[SeenItAll YOU HAVE.]]
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* LetsMeetTheMeat: Taken to the LogicalExtreme with "Nuf Nuf à l'école des charcutiers" -- Nuf Nuf is a young pig attending a butchers' school, and he even brags that being a pig makes him the best at.
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* WonderTwinPower: Taken to the (il)logical extreme with Super-Jumeaux (Super-Twins), whose ''only'' power is being twins -- but they'll call it "Ubiquity", thank you very much.

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* WonderTwinPower: WonderTwinPowers: Taken to the (il)logical extreme with Super-Jumeaux (Super-Twins), whose ''only'' power is being twins -- but they'll call it "Ubiquity", thank you very much.

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* SadisticChoice: A villain takes two women hostage, ties each to a bomb on the roof a different building, and taunts the superhero. [[EpicFail Unfortunately for him]], the superhero is Super-Jumeaux (Super-Twins), with the power of [[CaptainObvious being two people instead of one]].



** "Une aventure de Super Jumeaux" ("An adventure of Super Twins") -- notable in that being twins is their ''only'' superpower.

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** "Une aventure de Super Jumeaux" Super-Jumeaux" ("An adventure of Super Twins") Super-Twins") -- notable in that being twins is their ''only'' superpower.


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* WonderTwinPower: Taken to the (il)logical extreme with Super-Jumeaux (Super-Twins), whose ''only'' power is being twins -- but they'll call it "Ubiquity", thank you very much.
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** "Une aventure de Super Jumeaux" ("An adventure of Super Twins") -- notable in that being twins is their ''only'' superpower.
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* ArtShift: The animation style changes from episode to episode. Compare ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCLfhVYthKo A guy who's laughing all the time]]'', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJvuzLQAZ4U A noise shop]]'' and ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps-HT4_Mgpo A tourist group on Mars]]'', for instance.

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