History WesternAnimation / Foot2Rue

** In the season 3 finale where [[spoiler: Tag, Tek and Gabe don't play in the finals (Tek leaves after the semi-final after being recruited to a professional team in London, Tag leaves for Argentina with his long-lost father the night before, and Gabriel is injured the same day and is unable to play per doctor's orders)]]:

--->TheLancer: Samira (Eloise's best friend and also the 2nd in command)

--->TheChick: Victoria]]

* JerkJock: Tag sometimes does this. Jeremy did this once as he stopped team from talking to Diego since Tag would befriend them before the big game. Ben was a jerk throughout Season 1, even going so far to get Tag disqualified by framing him for brutally attacking a rival player during. Takeshi is also a jerk to Samira and Atsuko.

** Tag and his gang were shunned one time during Season 3 when Wema mistook them for being late for an important match: Victoria had trapped them in their cabins during the previous night, and Lil Dragon, who was staying with them as a guest, witnessed what happened while returning from the bathroom, but didn't tell anyone about it until much later because Victoria caught him watching her and threatened to have his team beat him up if he said a word. Sadly, Tag didn't call Wema out for the accusation, instead leaving that up to Gabriel who felt partially responsible (as Jeremy had figured that one out).

* NoPeriodsPeriod: It has become a running gag in season 3 that Eloïse has the same moods swings as Tag. One episode showed her snapping at Tag after [[spoiler:he whinged that she was going to New York]].

* RagTagBunchofMisfits: Despite Tag's abusive personality, Jeremy's troubled backstory and Eloïse's introverted lifestyle, the Rifflers would do anything for each other.

** In Season 1, Ben sees Tag and his team as unworthy to join the Street Football League and was jealous that he had such close relationships with them and that most of them had stable home lives compared to his own. Tony Lopez, meanwhile, hated the Rifflers ever since he got replaced with Eloïse after abandoning them during their first official match against the Sharks (the league at the time was underground and disliked by most of the public due to the unintentional property damage and peace disturbances caused by the games and several shopkeepers had notified the police, which Tony wanted nothing to do with). Since then, Ben recruits Tony to his team and the two spend most of the rest of the season trying to get revenge on the Rifflers:
*** Framing them for causing a scaffolding to collapse on a car (which got the innocent cousin of a player from a different team arrested and the player's family temporarily evicted from their home).

*** They come closest in their last sabotage attempt when Tony videotaped Ben (who was disguised as Tag) beating Ali to a pulp during a match between the Rifflers and the Scorpions. While the plan does work at first, getting Tag suspended from the World Cup and nearly causing him to leave town, it ultimately backfired after Gabriel and the Teknos discovered Tony's involvement and forced him to fess up to all of his and Ben's schemes. Even though everyone suggests that Ben and Tony should be banned from the League for life for their actions, Tag decides to let them off the hook, primarily due to sympathizing with Ben for his poor background. Following this, the two drop their grudge against Tag and the Rifflers and Ben settles his differences with the former to the point that he is later recruited to play for them on two separate occasions (once later in Season 1 and then again in Season 3), while Tony becomes civil with them again and even loans his old goalie gloves to Gabriel when the latter has to fill in for Eloise as goalkeeper on one occasion.

*** She hires one of her friends to run over Eloise with a bike, which they miss.
*** She arranges for Jeremy to reunite with his younger half-brother Ben, knowing that he wouldn't be pleased to see him (mainly due to Jeremy being jealous that Ben gets to spend more time with their dad than him), and then steals footage of him abusing Ben and trying to give it to the press in order to ruin Jeremy's reputation to the point that the Rifflers and the League would have to cut ties with him to save face.

*** In the Season 2 finale, with the final qualification match of the 2nd Street Football World Cup between the Rifflers and the Black Devils coming up, Victoria and her father decide to use the Riffler Institute against the team; he has a school inspector friend evaluate Jeremy's presence and deems him as a thug despite how much he has changed since coming there. When Miss Adelaide, Tag, and Gabriel defend him to the point of outright disrespecting the inspector, he deems Miss Adelaide unfit to be headmistress and ousts her from her position. He then takes over as headmaster and uses said power to unjustly expel Jeremy and send him to reform school, and forces Tag and Gabriel to do endless chores and refuses to allow them to leave the school grounds, putting the Rifflers' prospects in serious jeopardy. Fortunately, Tag and Gabriel work together with Chronos, the Sharks, and the rest of the Riffler students to frame the inspector as an incompetent, negligent, and even ''drunken'' headmaster, getting him arrested and fired, and allowing Miss Adelaide to retake her position and reverse Jeremy's expulsion. In the final qualification match the next day, after the Rifflers take the lead and Eloise blocks one of her scoring attempts, she (out of frustration and spite) then kicks the ball into Eloise's chest so hard that it sends her flying int a tree. Cue Tag, who immediately calls her out, and Fede immediately disqualifies her from the game for her brutal conduct causing her to run off in humiliation. Her right hand man, Alex explained to Fede that he'll take over and if the Rifflers win, the Black Devils will disband.
** Fast forward to Season 3, Victoria has blackmailed the New Zealand team to persuade her to become their captain much to Oscar's dismay. She continues her campaign against the Rifflers to ruin their World Cup.

* SurroundedByIdiots: When things get out of hand, Tag likes to refer to his own gang as idiots. For example, Tag saw the Canadian team trying to rig the game against the Japanese but was shocked to find out that Akira didn't know about it. Incensed by this, Tag convinces his team that the Canadians were not to be trusted. They didn't believe him. Sadly for him, his sleuth like activities get him sidelined and once the Rifflers find out that Tag was telling the truth,[[OhCrap they feel guilty]]. Unfortunately, [[KarmaHoudini Tag doesn't call his own team out]] because he knows that [[DotingParent they'll feel his wrath even more]].

* [[SingleMindedTwins The TekNo Brothers]], Tek (Tarek) and No (Nordine) are [[AlwaysIdenticalTwins completely identical twin brothers]]. They come from a large family, with three triplet younger sisters and a little brother. In the second season, they leave the Blues to join the Olympic Team, but return for guest appearances during the season to help their old team in several vital matches. They later return to the Blues full-time in the third season to help defend their World Cup championship.

* AloofBigBrother: Subverted. Tek and No have four younger siblings whilst Jeremy has one. In one episode Jeremy spends the entire episode ignoring his younger half brother whilst in another episode, Tek dyed his hair blond and ignored No until the end, thus hinting that he could be the aloof brother.

* BookDumb: Jeremy, whose school grades caused him to be kicked out of eight different schools.

* CallingTheOldManOut: After a brief reunion, Tag wanted nothing to do with Pablo even going so for by calling him out by reminding him that he wasn't there for him when he needed him the most.

* TheCatCameBack: Jeremy and Samira did this to Tag when they both threatened to quit the team.

* CosmicPlaything: Everyone of the Rifflers enjoy to use Eloise as their personal plaything. (Even though she was Tag's.)

** Idriss is protective of Liraze and will look out for her but he doesn't mind that she and Tek are dating.
* DeadpanSnarker: Jeremy tends to do this from time to time. Ever since Season 3, Samira also pulls it off. **Despite being honest, Tag also has a sarcastic nature.

* DrivesLikeCrazy: Eduardo, who once got sidelined for being late to an important game. The fact that [[TheAllegedCar it was a police car]] made it even funnier.

* AFatherToHisMen: Tag. He'll stop at nothing if his team is in danger. When Tag gets down in the dumps, his TrueCompanions all worry about him.

** In the season 3 finale where [[spoiler: Tag, Tek and Gab don't play in the finals:
--->TheHero: Eloise (Tag's girlfriend who is the de facto captain.)

--->TheBigGuy: Jeremy ([[TeamDad He assures]] Lil Dragon that everything will be okay).

* JerkJock: Tag sometimes does this. Jeremy did this once as he stopped team from talking to Diego since Tag would befriend them before the big game. Ben was a jerk throughout Season 1 even going so far to get Tag disqualified. Takeshi is also a jerk to Samira and Atsuko.

** Tag and his gang were ignored one time when Wema mistook them for being late for an important match which was Victoria's doing and Lil Dragon didn't tell anyone about it. Sadly, Tag didn't call out Lil Dragon for being a coward and he didn't call Wema out for the accusation instead leaving that up to Gabriel who felt partially responsible (As Jeremy figured that one out.)

* ManipulativeBastard: Victoria and her father.

* LeParkour: Tag is a skilled Traceur. He got that skill by hanging out with much older traceurs after his TrueCompanions abandoned him.

* TheMillstone: Gabriel appears to be this whenever he is in goal.

** The Malotra's competitive rival with Eloïse's family.

** It has become a [[RunningGag running gag]] that everyone thinks Eloïse takes media and entertainment serious but her parents really think so. Her relationship with Tag has also become serious business.

** [[LeParkour 'Yam Force']] is a homage of ''Film/District13'' but without the drugs. Tag was hanging out with the older kids when Eloise ditched him.

* SingleTargetSexuality: Tag and EloÏse would like to remind you that they have eyes for each other. If you ask Jeremy and Samira the same question, they'll tell you that they only have eyes for each other as well.

** Jeremy's mom already has her own opinion of her son but what would his dad say?

* SomebodyDoesntLoveRaymond: Everyone of the Rifflers have at least somebody that hates their guts so much, cue the saboatage attempts.
** Tony Lopez hated the Rifflers ever since he got replaced with Eloïse. He did get his own back when he videotaped Ben(Who was disguised as Tag) beating Ali to a pulp. Unfortunately, the plan backfired.
** Victoria has held a grudge against Eloise back in elementary school. From what Eloise had told Tag, Victoria's father owned the elementary school and she was trying to live up to his standards. On the other hand, Eloise was popular with students and teachers alike and she was praised with good grades whilst Victoria wasn't. Since the reunion, Victoria hired one of her friends to run over Eloise with a bike, at a charity game, she got Eloise arrested by stealing the charity money in her wallet. Victoria thought she got away with it until the final qualifications of the 2nd Street Football World Cup, she kicked the ball at Eloise's chest against a tree. Cue the reaction from Tag, he was pissed and thank god Fede sent her off. Her right hand man, Alex explained to Fede that he'll take over and if the Riffler win, the Black Devils will disband.
** Fast forward to Season 3, Victoria has blackmailed the New Zealand team to persuade her to become their captain much to Oscar's dismay. During breakfast, she taunts Eloise after she spilt orange juice on her pants. Once the new rules were introduced, Victoria had no problem locking the Riffler's in their bedroom in the middle of the night and threatening Lil Dragon if he snitched on her. The Rifflers, fully soaked received a warning from Fede but unfortunately, Wema convinced everyone that the Rifflers were not to be trusted, even Lil Dragon sat next to Victoria at lunchtime. In another way to sabotage Eloise, yet again, Victoria forces Fara and Oscar to kidnap and tie her up but Samira and Jeremy found out. Since many of Victoria's sabotage attempts involve Eloise one way or another, I'm going to stop there.

* [[TheHero Sebastien "Tag" Tagano]], the captain of the Bleus De Port Marie. [[BigManOnCampus Charismatic]] and sometimes stubborn, but [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold still a nice guy]]. He's in a relationship with the team goalie, Eloïse.
* [[OneOfTheBoys Eloïse Riffler]], the goalkeeper of the Bleus de Port Marie. She is also dating Tag and is fairly popular due to her family's wealth.

* [[SingleMindedTwins The TekNo Brothers]], Tek (Tarek) and No (Nordine) are [[AlwaysIdenticalTwins completely identical twin brothers]]. They come from a large family, with three triplet younger sisters and a little brother. In the second season, they leave the Rifflers to join the Olympic Team, but return for guest appearances during the season to help their old team in several vital matches. They later return to the Rifflers full-time in the third season to help defend their World Cup championship.

* [[TheAce Samira Boudouce]] replaces the [=TekNo=] brothers along with Jeremy during the second season. She quickly becomes Eloïse's best friend (due them being the only girls on the team). She and Jeremy share a flirtatious relationship during the second season, which soon evolves into a romantic one during the third.

A French Television show which aired on France 3, ''Foot 2 Rue'' (''Street Football'' in English and ''Futbol Callejero'' in Spanish) is based on the book, ''La Compagnia dei Celestini'' by Italian author Stefano Benni and adapted by French animator, Steven Roux of French Bulldog Studios. Originally, five seasons were planned, but only the first three were released, with the final episode acting as a form of epilogue, though there is a SequelSeries. However, it was recently announced that the series will return for its fourth season in late 2021/early 2022, focusing on supporting character

A French Television show which aired on France 3, ''Foot 2 Rue'' (''Street Football'' in English and ''Futbol Callejero'' in Spanish) is based on the book, ''La Compagnia dei Celestini'' by Italian author Stefano Benni and adapted by French animator, Steven Roux of French Bulldog Studios. Originally, five seasons were planned, but only the first three were ver released, with the final episode acting as a form of epilogue, though there is a SequelSeries.

''Foot 2 Rue'' follows the adventures of [[MagnificentSeven ''The Rifflers'']] a.k.a. "Les Bleus de Port Marie". Five of them attend the [[BoardingSchool Riffler Institute]] in Port Marie.

* [[SingleMindedTwins The TekNo Brothers]], Tek (Tarek) and No (Nordine) are [[AlwaysIdenticalTwins completely identical twin brothers]]. They come from a large family, with three triplet younger sisters and a little brother. As of Season 2, they join the Olympic Team.
* [[DeadpanSnarker Jeremy Webert]], the new boy at the Riffler Institute and one of the two new teammates introduced in the second season. He is a bit of a prankster. [[ObfuscatingStupidity He is]] [[BrilliantButLazy very laid back]] and often argues with Tag.
* [[TheAce Samira Boudouce]] replaces the [=TekNo=] brothers along with Jeremy as of Season 2. She is Eloïse's best friend. As of Season 3, she is dating Jeremy.

The three seasons of this series can currently be found in English on Netflix, under the its alternate name of Street Football.

* InsultBackfire: Just before the Bleus play against the Jamaican team, Nelson the DJ switches his record to the funeral theme, mocking them. He gets his when [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Jeremy starts singing it to him when he scores]].

* LatinLover: Averted with Pablo.

* [[TheAce Samira Boudouce]] replaces the Tekno brothers along with Jeremy as of Season 2. She is Eloïse's best friend. As of Season 3, she is dating Jeremy.

* BadassFamily: The Rifflers. The head of the family is the man. His wife and daughter have reputations of their own. [[StacysMom His wife]] owns a villa in Brazil whilst [[BigManOnCampus their daughter]] has appeared in a magazine and [[UnwantedHarem has a fanbase which her boyfriend strongly dissaproves of.]]

** Takeshi and Atsuko, who are Jeremy and Samira's Japanese counterparts (the former wears an earing and has sarcastic tendencies, the latter is a sarcastic tsundere who is quite friendly) quite fit this trope. Although it isn't implied, they might be dating as Samira heard them arguing like a married couple.

** Don't say anything sexist or racist infront of [[BewareTheNiceOnes Samira]]. She will seriously kill you. This could be due to the fact that her father was once a victim of racism. She uses this as blackmail later.

** Even though Tag is easygoing, you'll have to think twice before kissing EloÏse infront of him. He just won't allow it. And don't call him a liar, either.

** Samira gets irate over this and Tag is either paniking or accompanying her (EloÏse).
*** Both Jeremy and Samira think Tag saw them like this when the TekNo brothers come to visit. It turns out that Tag wanted the ensemble number to increase to seven by the time the World Cup starts.
* CheatersNeverProsper: The Canadian team as a whole qualifiy.

* CovertPervert: Both Samira and EloÏse turn this into a habit, although Eloise pretends to act this way to annoy Tag while Samira does this because of Jeremy's childish behaviour.

* DrivesLikeCrazy: Eduardo, who once got sidelined for being late to an important game. The fact that [[TheAllegedCar it was a police car]] made it even funier.

* GeneHunting: Tag does this to himself but it turns into a disater once he learns that Pierre is homeless and he even has a nightmare about having to live on the streets.

** It is implied that Samira used to be one to her male friends back in Morroco.

** This has happened to Samira once or twice but Jeremy usully triggers it.
* OccidentalOtaku: Although not European, Samira is an Otaku after befriending Atsuko after a run in with [[TallDarkAndSnarky Takeshi]]. The only one of Samira's friends who wasn't that impressed was Eloïse, who had a run in with Atsuko. On the other hand, Takeshi and Bunji were complaing about Samira telling Tag about her being an otaku.

* OfficialCouple: There are four of them Tag/Eloïse, Jeremy/Samira, Gabriel/Fatou and Tek/Liraze.

* ParentalAbandonment: Averted. [[spoiler: Tag didn't know he had a family until, thanks to Victoria, he is reuntied with Pablo.]]

* ParentalSubstitute: Tag and Eloïse often have to play mom and dad to the TekNo brothers and Lil' Dragon. It helps that Lil Dragon often looks up to Tag since his father is nowhere to be seen. The twins, on the other hand, were the first friends that Tag had. Since Eloïse is like a mother to them, they seem close to her too.

** Samira loves anime and manga as well as football. Only Takeshi and Bunji were against this becasue they thought Samira was a mole for Tag.
** Tek and No are sports faniatics and, furthermore, they would do anything to get to the top teams. Tek in particular means business as he joins Arsenal.

** Tony Lopez hated the Rifflers ever since he got replaced with Eloïse. He did get his ownback when he videotaped Ben(Who was disguised as Tag) beating Ali to a pulp. Unfortunately, the paln backfired.
** Victoria has held a grudge against Eloise back in elementary school. From what Eloise had told Tag, Victoria's father owned the elementary school and she was trying to live up to his standards. On the other hand, Eloise was popular with students and teachers alike and she was praised with good grades whilst Victoria wasn't. Since the reunion, Victoria hired one of her friends to run over Eloise with a bike, at a charity game, she got Eloise arrested by stealing the chaity money in her wallet. Victoria thought she got away with it until the final qualifications of the 2nd Street Football World Cup, she kicked the ball at Eloise's chest against a tree. Cue the reaction from Tag, he was pissed and thank god Fede sent her off. Her right hand man, Alex explained to Fede that he'll take over and if the Riffler win, the Black Devils will disband.
** Fast forward to Season 3, Victoria has blackmailed the New Zealand team to persuade her to become their captain much to Oscar's dismay. During breakfast, she taunts Eloise after she spilt orange juice on her pants. Once the new rules were introduced, Victoria had no problem locking the Riffler's in their bedroom in the middle of the night and threatning Lil Dragon if he snitched on her. The Rifflers, fully soaked recieved a warning from Fede but unfortunately, Wema conviced everyone that the Rifflers were not to be trusted, even Lil Dragon sat next to Victoria at lunchtime. In another way to saboatage Eloise, yet again, Victoria forces Fara and Oscar to kidnap and tie her up but Samira and Jeremy found out. Since many of Victoria's saboatage attempts involve Eloise one way or another, I'm going to stop there.

* SpotlightStealingSquad: It's a draw between Jeremy and Eloise depending on how many episodes are centred around them.
* StacysMom: Eloise's mom. Her own unwanted harem consists of her own husband, Shark's hippy cousin, Robert and Marco the theif, who stole her bag in Brazil.

* StageMom: Subverted. Eloise's mom actually encouraged her to coninue modelling for Urban Star as part of a Miss World competition and to date Mochi. The Riffler's already know that Tag's dating their daughter, so why are they now encouraging Mochi?
** The Tek No brothers are another subversion. Their father used to be a famous athelete in Algeria. To be fair, they come from a family of athletes.
* SurroundedByIdiots: When things get out of hand, Tag likes to refer to his own gang as idiots. For example, Tag saw the Canadian team trying to rig the game against the Japanese but was shocked to find out that Akira didn't know about it. Incensed by this, Tag convinces his team that the Canadians were not to be trusted. They didn't believe him. Sadly for him, his slueth like activities get him sidelinned and once the Rifflers find out that Tag was telling the truth,[[OhCrap they feel guilty]]. Unfortunately, [[KarmaHoudini Tag doesn't call his own team out]] because he knows that [[DotingParent they'll feel his wrath even more]].

** And Eduardo, who drove a police car once to an important game. He got sidelinned because of this and he was late, something that Zangezinho doesn't tolerate.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: For some reason, the Bleus have a thing for fast food, even going so far to go to the nearest fast food resturant when the Melville's kitchen was full.

* {{Tsundere}}: Tag is a Type A male version of this. He's a grouch and his favorite passtime in Season 1 was belittling Eloise every chance he got and in Season 3 after finding out that Pablo was his dad, Tag had no problem calling him out much to the shock of Cartoon and Shark who were present.
** Samira is a Type B as she's friendly most of the time even to Jeremy. But there was this one time when she was helping No replace Tek, she fell over and Jeremy was laughing his head off. What does Samira do? She puches his lights out. Not to mention she has a tendency to pull his ear.

** Eloise for some reason has a tendency to switch from Type A to Type B. She's like an older sister to her own gang but gets irrate over jeremy's childness or Tag's irratable turn offs.

*** In one episode, all of them complained to Shark about an allowed goal, when the ball was already broken. In another episode, Atsuko got into a fight with Eloise, who also is a tsundere despite the fact their best friend is Samira, who is a combonation of a type A and B tsundere.

** However, Eloise is the favorite grandaughter and Tag is definitley the favorite son.

** This is Victoria's preffered style of celebrating.

* YoungerThanTheyLook: Shark is said to be 15 years old as it was hois birthday in Season 2.

** [[LeParkour 'Yam Force']] is a homage of [[Film/Banlieue13 District 13]] but without the drugs. Tag was hanging out with the older kids when Eloise ditched him.

A French Television show currently airing on France 3, ''Foot 2 Rue'' (''Street Football'' in English and ''Futbol Callejero'' in Spanish) is based on the book, ''La Compagnia dei Celestini'' by Italian author Stefano Benni and adapted by French animator, Steven Roux of French Bulldog Studios. Originally, five seasons were planned, but only the first 3 were released, with the final episode acting as a form of epilogue, though there is a SequelSeries.

Unlike ''La Compagnia dei Celestini'', ''Foot 2 Rue'' takes place in Port Marie, a thinly veiled [[InkSuitActor representation of Marseille]]. The kids of Port Marie organize a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Street Football]] [[UsefulNotes/TheWorldCup World Cup]] with the help of a former professional footballer thus [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters attracting players from all around the world]] and becoming famous worldwide. The game itself consists of a stripped down version of soccer, meant to be accessible to all children regardless of money and social status, and in any location.

* [[TheHero Sebastien "Tag" Tagano]], the captain of the Bleus De Port Marie. [[BigManOnCampus Charismatic]] and sometimes stubborn, but [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold still a nice guy]]. He's in a relationship with team goalie, Eloïse.
* [[OneOfTheBoys Eloïse Riffler]], the goalkeeper of the Bleus De Port Marie. She is also dating Tag and is fairly popular due to her family's wealth.
* [[TheSmartGuy Gabriel N'Daula]] a.k.a. "Brains", Tag's best friend, whose mother and father work respectively in Asia and Africa for humanitarian causes. He is the tactician of the team.
* [[SingleMindedTwins The TekNo Brothers]], Tek (Tarek) and No (Noridine) are [[AlwaysIdenticalTwins completely identical twin brothers]]. They come from a large family, with three triplet younger sisters and a little brother. As of Season 2, they join the Olympic Team.
* [[DeadpanSnarker Jeremy Webert]], the new boy at the Riffler Institute in Season 2 and one of the two new teammates. He is a bit of a prankster. [[ObfuscatingStupidity He is]] [[BrilliantButLazy very laid back]] and often [[RedOniBlueOni argues with Tag]].

The 3 Seasons of this series can currently be found in English on Netflix, under the its alternate name of Street Football.

In addition, a part SequelSeries, part SpiritualSuccessor AllCGICartoon titled "''Foot 2 Rue Extreme''" (also known as "''Extreme Football''") began its first Season in 2014. This series sees an almost 100% new cast of characters who work in Teams of 5 that practice a new style of the sport called, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Extreme Football]]. Tag, who, along with his once thought DisappearedDad, now lives with his new blended family, comes to mentor main character and new step-brother Samy and his friends on their Extreme Football endeavors.

* AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil: Port Marie being the stadium to the Street Football World Cup Shark, the captains of their five top teams hold a fair amount of decision power. Said "council" is composed of Shark, captain of the [[ShapedLikeItself Port Sharks]], Fred, captain of the Boulevard Vampires, Val, captain of the Shopping Mall Barracudas, Laclass, captain of the Vagrants of the Park and [[HeelFaceTurn Ben]], the previous captain of the City Spooks.

** This could be to do with the fact that the Bleus were playing against the Eagles of Jeruselam(The team which Mochi is the captain of.)

** Then there's Mask who invites Victoria and Sandra to join his team along with Ben and Victor but accoring to Mask himself, they're the kings. If only Tag was spying on him.
* AbusiveParents: Averted with Eloise's folks, they love their daughter but they dump her at the Melville whilst they have a party at their house. Cue the sarcasm from Atsuko and Eloise is livid like hell.

* AgeIsRelative: None of the characters' ages have been stated. Except Jeremy, Tag and Gabriel. The books (Which take place in Season 2) stated that Jeremy was years old when his parents divorce six years ago making him 13 years old in Season 2 and 3. Gabriel moved to France when he was 8 years old making him 14 years old in Seasons 2 and 3 (He already had his birthday in Season 2). On the other hand, Tag had only been admitted at the Riffler institiute when he was 4 and he wanted a football for Christmas. He was 13 years old in Season 1 but he is 14 in Seasons 2 and 3 (Tag must have celebrated his birthday in between). In Season 4, he might be 15 years old.
** Samira was 13 years old in Season 2 as she moved to France when she was 11. Jeremy got her a necklace for her birthday thus making her 14. On the other hand, Eloise looks about 12/13 but she is younger and shorter than Tag and Samira so she could be a year younger them them(She's also shorter than Jeremy, who ironically is shorter than Samira).
** We don't know how old Tek and No are but the do look 10 or 11.
** Yacine might look like he's still in pre school as Samira did mention in Season 2.
*** This doesn't change the facts that the fans always list Tag as 13 years old.

* AloofBigBrother: Subverted. Tek and No have four younger siblings whilst Jeremy has one. In one episode Jeremy spend the entire episode ignoring his younger half brother whilst in another episode, Tek dyed his hair blond and ignored No until the end hinting that he could be the aloof brother.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Tag and Jeremy's competitive rivalry parodies this [[HilarityEnsues with hilarious results]]. Shark has even said that Jeremy scored the most goals than Tag prompting him to get jealous. if you'd seen the entire Second season, you'd think Jeremy was better than Tag until you realise that [[YouShouldKnowThisAlready Samira]] scored the winning goal against the Black Devils.
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Eloise's parents although, she gets used to it.
* AmbiguouslyJewish: The entire Israeli team. Eloise and her cousins are rumoured to be Jewish.
* AndZoidberg: Samira got this treatment in Season 2. Even so, Jeremy and Samira were announced as... I don't need to explain it.
* {{Animesque}}: Most of the series is styled on anime and graffiti. Even Akira and his crew look animesque than Tag's gang.

* AuthorAvatar: Eloise's appearance is based on Steven Roux's co worker at French Bulldog Studios, Karen Boccanfuso.

* BabiesEverAfter: It could happen you know.

* BareYourMidriff: Samira and Eloise. It's all part of their [[UnlimitedWardrobe unlimited wardrobe]]. Considering this show has so many characters every season, some of the female members of each team does as well.

* BelligerentSexualTension: In early Season 1, Tag liked to guilt trip Eloise and she liked to annoy him by bringing her mobile phone to each game.[[HypocriticalHumour (Considering the fact that her parents don't have time for her because they're on the phone most of the time.)]] This continued until Tag saw Eloise hanging out with AlwaysSomeoneBetter Zangezinho]]. Not wanting to lose Eloise, Tag told her how he felt and she returned the favor.
** Type A tsundere Samira seems to put up with Jeremy's sarcasm but if the sarcasm was towards her, she would punch his lights out, no comment.
** Takeshi and Atsuko, who are Jeremy and Samira's Japanese counterparts (The former wears an earing and has sarcastic tendencies, the latter is a sarcastic tsundere who is quite friendly) quite fit this trope. Although it isn't implied, they might be dating as Samira heard them arguing like a married couple.

* BerserkButton: The Rifflers have a berserk button each:
** Don't say anything sexist or racist infront of [[BewareTheNiceOnes Samira]]. She will seriously kill you. This could be due to the fact that her father was once a victim of racism. She uses this later as blackmail.

** Even though Tag is easygoing, you'll have to think twice before kissing Eloise infront of him. he just won't allow it. He would even give her the silent reatment comparing her to a slut.
** And don't call him a liar, either.
** If anyone asks Eloise for a paperazzi party let's just say, you'll regret it.
* BettyAndVeronica: Parodied when Eloise gets into a fight with Atsuko. They're both best friends to Samira despite that Eloise has known Samira more than Atsuko. Poor Samria is given an ultimatum, Atsuko or Eloise. Unfortunately, she chooses Atsuko so as an act of revenge Eloise rats Atsuko out.
** Atsuko could be Betty whilst Eloise could be Veronica(Depends on what the viewer thinks).

* BigEater: Although it isn't mentioned, Eloise is a big eater. Even Samira complains about it when spying on the Malaysian team.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Eloise's cousins, Leah, Helena and Jenny are rumoured be be this trope althoght one of them had Blond hair whilst the other two have light and dark brown hair respectivley.
* BookDumb: Jeremy. Although it helps because he was kicked out of eight different schools.
** Despite his looks, Tag is smart than Jeremy but on a competitive level.
** There was also an episode the centred on Tag and Jeremy's rivalry.
* ButNotTooBlack: Subverted. Gabriel is the only one of the Bleus de Port Marie who is black. Samira, Yacine and the twins could count due to the fact that they're of North African descent. Since Eloise's ancestry is traced back to Portugal it could be possible that she is black despite her parents being white. Whilst Jeremy isn't black at all, Tag's ancestry line goes back in Spain so he could be Hispanic.
** The fact that the French Football team have a high number of black, African, Caribbean and Algerian players in the squad must have something to do with it.
** There's no such thing as the one-drop rule in France, especially since black people make up for a tiny share of the population (most of which actually live in the Caribbean sea or in the Indian Ocean, not in Metropolitan France), unlike in the US. To a French eye, most of those characters would look like ''arabs''.
* ButtMonkey: Eloise. Always a butt monkey, always will be. She has been kidnapped, arrested for something she didn't do, get her name forged, get run over by a bike, gets sand kicked in her eyes during a match. No wonder she also has woobie points.
** [[OnlySaneMan Samira]] is supposed to be the new butt monkey as of Season 4 much to her dismay no thanks to [[CuteBruiser Yacine]]'s antics.The fact that [[BigBrotherMentor Tag]] and [[TeamDad Jeremy]] will be no help would send Samira off the rails.
** On rare occasions, Tag gets this. After he scores an [[HoistByHisOwnPetard own goal for Argentina]], Tag gives up evn when [[DeadpanSnarker Diego]] thanks him for the victory([[HilariousInHindsight Eleven episodes later, Tag would find out that he's from Argentina]]. [[SarcasmMode Thank you, Pablo]].) Because of the own goal, the Riffler's stop believing in Tag

** Pablo did explain why he abandoned Tag as baby. Back in Argentina, he was arrested which explains why they have different surnames.

** Samira gets irate over this and Tag is either paniking or accompanying her (Eloise).
*** Both Jeremy and Samira think Tag saw them like this when the Tek No brothers come to visit. It turns out that Tag wanted the ensemble number to increse to seven by the time the world cup starts.
** Yacine is implied to be a burden especially to Samira.

* TheChewToy: Samira, again. Somewhat justified as it ends the running gag of Eloise being the official chew toy.
* ChocolateBaby: Eloise. [[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} The French Wikipedia article]] said that Tag's dad was from Argentina, so basically problem solved.
** However, Eloise is the only one of the Bleus De Port Marie who is mixed raced, as her father's American and her mother's Brazilian.
** Which leads us to Atsuko, whose parents both have black hair AND eyebrows, their daughter hasn't. Given to the fact that Atsuko might be cosplaying but her eyebrows are pink.
** And don't ask me about [[AscendedFanboy Akira, Seiji and Hiro]], please.

* CovertPervert: Both Samira and Eloise turn this into a habit. Although Eloise pretends to act this way to annoy Tag and Samira does this because of Jeremy's childish behaviour.
* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: [[HeroicSacrifice Pablo sacrificed himself]] so he could get arrested instead of his then pregnant now deceased wife who left Argentina for France.
** Back home in Argentina, the political system was a bit like North Korea's issue and Pablo wanted to do something about it. He didn't want his newborn son (Who later turned out to be Tag) to be born in Argentina where he could get killed. After Pablo's wife gave birth to Tag, she passed away lot long.
*** To make this short, this trope could be called "Mommy Had A Good reason For Leaving Daddy."
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: In early mid Season 1, Eloise's dad hated Tag because he was poor,bad tempered and had no parents in contrast to Eloise's blue blood, silver spoon upperclass lifestyle. Eloise didn't date Tag to spite her parents, she dated him because of his charisma.
** It is implied that Jeremy's family (Minus his cousin, Johnny) would hate Samira because she's tomboyish. In reverse, Samira's dad would hate Jeremy because of his upbringing but it could be jossed seeing that they both like football.

** Eloise averts this because Pablo approves of Tag's relationship with her.
* DeadGuyJunior: Tag's mom was called Eva. If only Foot 2 Rue got its own FanFiction.net archive, his daugter would be called Eva. If he did have a son, chances are the kid's name would be Pierre, the hobo who Tag thought was his dad.

* DevilInPlainSight: Tag was like this when he was a little kid. In his first appearance, Jeremy is viewed as one especially by Tag who gets picky at choosing replacements. In the eyes of the the Riffler-tachi, Victoria is the one who needs to be watch over.
* DotingParent: Keeping up with his team dad tendancies, Tag dotes on his team like they were the only family he has. Seriously, Lil Dragon looks up to him and if you asked him, Tag [[WildMassGuessing must have gotten these tendancies from Pablo]].
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Eduardo who once got sidelined for being late to an important game.The fact that [[TheAllegedCar it was a police car]] made it even more funny.
** Mrs Vera thought that it was Inspector Pradet driving.
* DubNameChange: The Italian dub and the French dub.

** Considering the fact that she wanted her parents to love her, Eloise pushed herself to do dance but it didn't last long.
%%* {{Expy}}: So many expies, it's so hard to choose one unless you could compare Street Football to Galactik Football.
* ExtremeDoormat: Gabriel. This occures whenever Eloise goes missing. Who does Tag uses as a stand in? That's right, he uses Gab because of his height. Unfortunately, Gabriel fears going in goal as he is quite clumsy.
* {{Fanservice}}: Eloise and Tag have the most fanservice in the series.
** Lampshaded, hilariously in "Diva" with everyone fussing over Eloise's fanservice points.Let's just say, [[ArsonMurderandJaywalking Mochi got the girl, revenge is Victoria's and Tag was pissed]].
* AFatherToHisMen: Tag. He'll stop at nothing if his team is in danger. When Tag gets down in the dumps, his TrueCompanions all worry about him. He also becomes a literal father after the Season 4 epilogue.

** Jeremy and Samira's kiss lasted 4 seconds whilst Tag and Eloise kissed for 6 seconds.
** We didn't get the chance to see their lips touch in the latter but tounges could be involved.

** TheChick(s): Eloise and Samira

** In the Season 3 Finale where Tag, Tek and Gab don't play in the finals

--->TheChick: Victoria (who basically is the noob.)
** Whilst Tag is the captain of the Rifflers, it turns out that [[spoiler: ELOISE is TheHero]].
* FiveTokenBand: [[TruthInTelevision Since the Bleus de Port Marie are based in France]], it's bound to happen.
** The French football team has several black players in real life. Gabriel is of Senegalise descent.
** Don't forget arab. Samira, Yacine and the twins are North African (Whilst the twins are Algerian, Samira and her cousin are Moroccan).
** [[SixthRanger Victoria]] might be of Caribbean descent. I don't know.
** Lil Dragon's mom is chinese. No mention of his father but judging Lil Dragon's skin tone, he could be Latino.
** We already know that Eloise's mom is from either Brazil, Portugal or any country in Central America (for example: Puerto Rico). Her dad on the other hand might be either, from Holland, Denmark or Germany for 3 possible reasons. [[HugeGuyTinyGirl He's taller than his wife and daughter]] (Both Holland and Denmark) or it's the origin of his surname, Riffler (Germany). Two episodes in Saison 3 stated that he was from new York. Considering the fact that Eloise is rich, it might be stated that she's Jewish.
** So ther you have it: One black computer Genius, two Algerian twins, two Moroccan cousins, one Dutch street entertainer, one Chinese tagalong kid, one Caribbean AlphaBitch and the European Spanish [[InsatiableNewlyweds husband/wife combination]]. In other words, it's almost like the French football team in real life.

* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Despite the fact that there are 8 members in the Riffler's ensemble, the can also fit this trope.
** [[TsunDere Tag]] is Choleric, [[HotBlooded Jeremy]] and [[StepfordSmiler Samira]] are both Sanguine, [[BlackAndNerdy Gabriel]] is Phlegmatic, [[TheQuietOne No]] is Supine, [[DoggedNiceGuy Tek]] is Melancholic and [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny Eloise]] is also Phlegmatic [[NumberTwo with a hint of]] Choleric

* GirlNextDoor: Eloise is the girl next door for Tag.

* GirlPosse: The American team and the South African team both are.
** In an upcoming episode in Season 4, Eloise's cousins might be like this with her being the [[SixthRanger Sixth member]] much to her dismay.

* GratuitousSpanish: Pablo when speaking to Tag. Tag also speaks Spanish, too.This happened in the Italian dub.
* HappilyMarried: Subverted. Even though they are 14 years old, Tag and Eloise seem to act like it. They did kiss at the end of Season 3 (this could count as Tag's first kiss but not [[ButtMonkey Eloise's]] because was kissed by [[TheDragon Oscar]] against her will).
** Judging how their relationship levels will increase in Season 4, looks like they're on their way (When Season 4 starts, they will already be 16 ). Eventually, they will marry at the epilogue
** Jeremy and Samira also count as well.
* HeirToTheDojo: If you seen every Season 3 episode, you'd think Tag would let Jeremy lead the Rifflers to victory and be okay with Lil Dragon taking the post.
** Tag was fine with Lil Dragon leading the Rifflers to victory but the only person he thought hat the courage to lead them was [[spoiler:Eloise]].
* HighSchoolAU: Season 3 looks like a High School setting
* HighSchoolSweethearts: In the Italian version, Tag is in Argentina whilst Eloise goes to America (The French Version already has 5 Seasons so yeah) and we might never know wheter they'll remain boyfriend/girlfriend. All I'm trying to say is, Jeremy and Samira are this trope for real.
%%* HoYay: Jeremy hangs around with Tag too much especially in Season 3. Or in that case, the twins.
%%** Don't think Eloise and Samira are getting away easy. To be fair, their relationship is more Bro Yay-ish since one of them was brought up an only child.

%%* JailBait: Tag's worse nightmare. Any [[BiShonen high-school aged boy]] would just go crazy for Eloise.
%%** Jeremy gets jealous if he sees the same type of boys hitting on Samira.
* JerkJock: Tag sometimes does this. Jeremy did this once as he stopped team from talking to Diego since Tag would befriend them before the big game. Ben was a jerk throughout Season 1 even going so far to get Tag disqualified. Takeshi is also a jerk to Samira and Atsuko. You could see the look on his face in one episode when Samira called him out. Atsuko probably wears a letterman jacket (Commonly worn by jocks) and she and Eloise try to fight for Samira's attention. Poor Samira had no choice but to side with Atsuko putting a strain on her friendship with Eloise.

* MamaBear: Samira fits this trope. Eloise also has hints of this.

** Fede's old friend, [[ArsonMurderandJaywalking Jack Best is manipulative and a bastard AND A CHEAT!]]
* LaserGuidedKarma: Tag was pissed off when Mochi made his move on Eloise. Just as the photographers were about to picture Mochi getting the lip action, Oscar [[TakeThatScrappy shoved him out the way]] but he was kissing Eloise instead.
* LastNameBasis: For some reason, Tag insists that nobody calls him Sebastien.

** His son seems to be one considering the fact that they're both Argentine.

* MeaningfulName: Tag is usually seen with a spray can. His first name, Sebastien means "Heroic" while his surname, Echevarne is Spanish.
** Eloise's surname, Riffler is a mechanical term whilst the teamname, the Rifflers mean that the whole ensemble are talented in a differnt form of mechanic, (Gabriel, who's a computer genius, the twins' nickname is a play on words for Techno).
* TheLoad: Eloise. And how. Tag uses wiry Gabriel as a stand in because he's the tallest.
** Despite the distractions, Eloise is a determinator which explains why the Rifflers usually win most of the time.

* MissingMom: Tag's mom died when he was a baby. The only reason Tag didn't have Pablo's surname was because whilst Tag's mom was pregnant, Pablo told her to escape from Argentina when he was arrested.
** Jeremy didn't care whether he ran away from home. Since his parents divorced, Jeremy has changed from a [[CheerfulChild cheerful little boy]] from a psychologically challenged prankster and [[EducationMama his mother wouldn't allow him so visit his father]].
** And we still don't know why Samira only lives with her brother (She has two older brothers but she's kind of close to the college aged one).
* MrFanservice: Tag has traits of this especially since Gabriel is [[NoodlePeople skinny]], Jeremy is [[TheNapoleon scrawny]], the twins are prepubescent and [[JustAKid Yacine]]'s only a kid.
* MySisterIsOffLimits: This might happen to the younger sisters of the Tek No Brothers if Lil Dragon or Ben (Webert) were the same age as Tag and Jeremy.
** Since Idriss is Liraze's brother, Tek mistook them as boyfrind and girlfriend.
** Sandra is the youngest out of 7 kids (She has 6 older brothers taller than her) and No is the only one of the male Rifflers not to have a girlfriend.

* NeverMyFault: The entire Japanese team (Takeshi and Bunji in particular) blame Samira for Atsuko's disappearance even though they know it was Eloise that ratted her out. A few minutes before, [[ReasonYouSuckSpeech Samira actually called Eloise out]] [[CurbStompBattle for this saying that she lost a friend]].
* NoPeriodsPeriod: It has become a running gag in Season 3 that Eloise has the same moods swings as Tag. One episode showed her snapping at Tag after [[spoiler:he whinged that she was going to New York]].

* OccidentalOtaku: Although not European, Samira is an Otaku after befriending Atsuko after a run in with [[TallDarkAndSnarky Takeshi]]. The only one of Samira's friends who wasn't that impressed was Eloise, who had a run in with Atsuko. On the other hand, Takeshi and Bunji were complaing about Samira telling Tag about her being an otaku.
** To be fair, Atsuko's friend knew that she ran away from home and out of Tokyo to be with them. [[WhatAnIdiot When]] [[TooDumbToLive Eloise]] [[OhCrap ratted Atsuko out,]] [[TheBroCode Samira got very pissed off]] and demanded that Eloise find her before her parents fly from Shibuya
* OfficialCouple: Four, actually. Tag/Eloise, Jeremy/Samira, Gabriel/Fatou and Tek/Liraze.
* OneSteveLimit: Two characters are called [[TheHero Ali]] (One plays for the Scorpions whilst the other plays for the [[RememberTheNewGuy Suns]]. Two other characters are called Samira (One of them is a member of the Rifflers whilst the other also plays for the Scorpions).

* OnlySaneMan: Tag, Samira and Eloise have traits of this since Jeremy is impulsive, Gabriel is neurotic and the twins are just twins.
** To be fair, Tag and Samira take turns chewing everyone out whist Eloise acts like a mother to everyone
* PapaWolf: The taller males of the Bleus de Port Marie especially Tag.
%%* PairTheSpares: Happens a lot in Season 3
* ParentalAbandonment: Subverted and averted. Tag didn't know he had a family until thanks to Victoria, he is reuntied with Pablo, who Tag resembles. Tag's whole nakama were crying.
** The Tek No brothers have four younger siblings, this is the reason why they stayed at the Riffler Institute.

** Gabriel's mom works in Africa whilst his dad works in Asia. In Season 4, he gets accepted to Charlemange High School in Paris meaning he has moved house.
** Eloise's folks are workaholics and seem to spend less time with her. In one episode, the asked her wheter she wanted to visit her cousin in America, she said no because the Rifflers had an important match.
** Averted with Samira, who lives with her college aged brother. Her parents are harly seen but in an interview she stated that her father was a footballer famous in Morocco back in the 80's.
** No mention of Yacine's parents, but he might be in the custody of his older cousin.
* ParentalSubstitute: Tag and Eloise often have to play mom and dad to the Tek No brothers and Lil Dragon. It kinda helps due to the fact that Lil Dragon often looks up to Tag since his father hasn't been mentioned. The twins on the other hand were the first friends that Tag had. Since Eloise is like a mother to them, they seem close to her,too. Note that Eloise has the same voice actress as Lil Dragon.
** Jeremy and Samira sometimes do this whenever Tag or Eloise is absent. Jeremy and the twins agree on the same things and they hang out together. He even gave Tek advice about love. Samira is close to them because of their Maghreb heritage [[spoiler:(She's Moroccan whilst they're Algerian)]].

* RagTagBunchofMisfits: Despite Tag's abusive personality, Jeremy's troubled backstory, Eloise's introverted lifestyle, the Rifflers would do anything for each other.
%%* ReallyGetsAround: Jeremy.
%%** Also, Tag confuses Eloise of getting around.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The reason why "Cruise With Nico" and "Welcome To Tunis were put on hold was because [[spoiler: Nicolas Anelka was in South Africa.]]
* RedOniBlueOni: [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Nico]] is the red oni to [[MentorArchetype Fede]] who is the blue oni.
** With the sole exception of [[spoiler:Tag]], the Rifflers do have RedOniBlueOni traits. Tek, Jeremy and Yacine are the RedOni ensemble due to their compulsive personality and emotional mood swings.On the other hand, Samira, Gabriel and Eloise are the BlueOni ensemble.
*** [[spoiler:Tag]] is both the red oni and blue oni but it usually depends on him really.
* ReplacementGoldfish: The Rifflers have a habit of using this trope if one of their lot are absent.
** When Gabriel was in Africa, Ben was there to help much to the ire of Tek, No and Eloise. In Season 2, Tek and No joined the olympic team so Jeremy and Samira passed the audition for the game against the Mega-Killers. Tag sprained his leg due to another one of Victoria's pranks making him to be replaced by Ben, Tag got the flu so he appointed Jeremy as the next captain(A choice that shcoked the Riffler-tachi as the other candidates would be [[DistaffCounterpart Samira]], who's Tag's counterpart and [[DesignatedHero Eloise]] who owns the team.), Tag got sidelined so Jeremy replaced him and since Tag, Gab and Tek didn't play in the finals, Lil Dragon and his own team took over.
*** Samira and Eloise are injured throughout Season 4 and they get replaced by Shark and Cartoon. A few episodes later, Eloise recovers but Samira doesn't until Season 5

* RunningGag: Since this show also has comedy elements, allow me to explain
** A team that beats the Rifflers in the play offs (For example: the Meninos) will always get beaten in the finals.

** Tag mistaking Eloise's fanboys as a new potential boyfriend (Which has happened each season).
** Victoria's attempts to give the Rifflers a bad name.
** Eloise and Tag arguements putting a strain on their relationship.
** Gabriel's attempts to find a girlfriend in Season 2.
** Everyone getting tired of Jeremy's [[LovableSexManica approach]].
** Relevations about family sending Eloise or Tag off the rails.

** The Malotra's competitive rival with Eloise's family.
* SailorEarth: Many fans would make their own Season 6,7,8 etc.
** Unseen relatives of the Rifflers would include [[MissingMom Tag's mom]], [[TheOneGuy Eloise's male relatives]], Samira's brothers and sisters, [[DisappearedDad Lil Dragon's dad]] or Jeremy's younger half siblings.
** If there was a [[SpinOffspring spin off]] featuring the children of the original characters there would be a love triangle between Tag and Eloise's [[{{Bokukko}} daughter]], [[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy Jeremy]] and [[TheLadette Samira's son]] or [[BlackAndNerdy Gabriel]] and [[SassyBlackWoman Fatou's]] [[NoHuggingNoKissing daughter]] or [[BrilliantButLazy Jeremy]] and [[TheDaria Samira's]] [[DeadpanSnarker daughter]], [[AsianAndNerdy Gabriel]] and Fatou's [[UnluckyEveryDude son]], or [[TurnOutLikeHisFather Tag]] and [[StacysMom Eloise's]] [[LikeFatherlikeSon son]]. Joined by cousinly duo, [[ADayInTheLimelight Tek]] and [[MrsRobinson Liraze's]] [[DeadpanSnarker son]] and No's [[GenkiGirl daughter]] or [[LikesOlderWomen Tek]] and [[MySisterIsOffLimits Liraze's]] [[CoolLoser daughter]] and [[PairTheSpares No's]] [[KidAnova Son]].
** If said kids could form a team, the tagalong kids would have to be their baby siblings.
*** Other examples include [[EagleLand Jane]] and [[DrivesLikeCrazy Eduardo's]] [[GeniusDitz son/daughter]], [[TallDarkAndSnarky Takeshi]] and [[JerkJock Atusuko's]] [[SnarkKnight son/daughter]]or [[NiceGuy Zangezinho]] and [[CoolBigSis Sinead's]] [[BigManOnCampus son/daughter]].
** In said spin-off, the younger kids such as Lil Dragon and Ben Webert could team up with Zangezinho's sister, Momo, Tek and No's younger sisters and brother and several of the kids who were babies during Season 2.
** It is implied that [[TheMentor Fede]] is a family man and has a wife and child. Or is it [[YoungerThanTheyLook Shark]] or [[VerbalTic Cartoon]]?
* ScaryBlackMan: Averted with Tag who has dark skin. [[HairTriggerTemper He tends to lose his temper]] but he's never that intimidating.
* SchmuckBait: Sadly for Jeremy and Eloise, it looks like Samira's the victim of this.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Tag uses this as a V.I.P pass.
** The whole Riffler team use Eloise as their own V.I.P pass since she's the only one who's upperclass.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Eloise uses this excuse on rare occasions though her parents often use this. Victoria and her father do as they please to get what they want.
** To a lesser extent, Tag could be falling into this in Season 4.
* ScrewTheRulesImBeautiful: Eloise is an offender of this due to her [[FanService fanservice]] which is often [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]].
** She must've inherited that off her mother.

** Tag takes his football seriously even going so far to reject dates, days off and very weird training regimes. His relationship with Eloise, searching for the family he never knew had and if you do anything that the team are against, Tag never gets over it.

** Tek and No are sports faniatics and furthemore, they would do anything to get to the top teams. Tek in particular means business as he joins Arsenal.

** It has become a [[RunningGag running gag]] that everyone thinks Eloise takes media and entertainment serious but her parents really think so. Her relationship with Tag has also become serious business.

** Akira and his TrueCompanions are die-hard Naruto fans. Tag lampshades this by informing his own TrueCompanions that their prefered style of movement is [[GratuitousNinja Ninja]]. Even Takeshi resembles [[Franchise/OnePiece Monkey D Luffy]] but with Sasuke's haircut. For some reason, there are loads of ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'' references such as one episode where some of the cosplayers wear dressed as Naruto and Bleach characters.
** Diego's nickname is Maradona
** Ronald's nickname is Cristiano

* SingleTargetSexuality: Tag and Eloise would like to remind you that they have eyes for each other. If you ask Jeremy and Samira the same question, they'll tell you that they have eyes for each other as well.

*** For some reason, Eloise subverts this trope. Anything she does is either showbiz or it runs in the family. Poor kid.

** Tony Lopez hated the Rifflers ever since the replaced him with Eloise. He did get his ownback when he videotaped Ben(Who was disguised as Tag) beating Ali to a pulp. Unfortunately, the paln backfired.

--->TheLancer: Samira (Eloise's [[BlackbestFriend best friend]] and also the 2nd in command)

* SixStudentClique (gender flip):
** The Head — Tag (Although he isn't BookDumb)
** The Muscle — Jeremy (He'd rather watch T.V. and play video games but [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass he's the Riffler's answer to the Karate Kid]].)
** The Quirk — Tek and No (Since they're twins it makes sense.)
** The Pretty One — Eloise (Her [[UnWantedHarem Unwanted Harem]] says so.)
** The Smart One — Gab (He's the one in the glasses and even his name in the video games is called Brains.)
** The Wild One — Samira and Yacine (Since Samira is an Otaku and Yacine is still a child, it makes sense.)

** When Gabriel was in Africa, [[EvilAlbino Ben]] was there to help much to the ire of Tek, No and Eloise. In Season 2, Tek and No joined the olympic team so Jeremy and Samira passed the audition for the game against the Mega-Killers. Tag sprained his leg due to another one of Victoria's pranks making him to be replaced by [[EvilAlbino Ben]], Tag got the flu so he appointed Jeremy as the next captain(A choice that shcoked the Riffler-tachi as the other candidates would be [[DistaffCounterpart Samira]], who's Tag's counterpart and [[DesignatedHero Eloise]] who owns the team.), Tag got sidelined so Jeremy replaced him and since Tag, Gab and Tek didn't play in the finals, Lil Dragon and his own team took over.

Due to the LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters policy, Foot 2 Rue now has its own [[Characters/Foot2Rue Character Sheet]]! Also due to the high number of Five Man Bands, Foot 2 Rue also has it's own [[FiveManBand/Foot2Rue Five Man Band]] page. It also has a [[WMG/Foot2Rue WMG page.]]

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* InsultBackfire: Just before the Bleus play against the Jamaican team, Nelson the DJ switches his record to the funeral theme, mocking them. He gets his when [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Jeremy starts singing it to him when he scores]].

* ChocolateBaby: Eloise. [[TheOtherWiki The French Wikipedia article]] said that Tag's dad was from Argentina, so basically problem solved.

Unlike ''La Compagnia dei Celestini'', ''Foot 2 Rue'' takes place in Port Marie, a thinly veiled [[InkSuitActor representation of Marseille]]. The kids of Port Marie organize a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Street Football]] [[TheWorldCup World Cup]] with the help of a former professional footballer thus [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters attracting players from all around the world]] and becoming famous worldwide. The game itself consists of a stripped down version of soccer, meant to be accessible to all children regardless of money and social status, and in any location.

* TheCatCameBack: Jeremy and Samira did this to Tag when they both threatened to quit the team.
** Samira gets irate over this and Tag is either paniking or accompanying her (Eloise).
*** Both Jeremy and Samira think Tag saw them like this when the Tek No brothers come to visit. It turns out that Tag wanted the ensemble number to increse to seven by the time the world cup starts.
** Yacine is implied to be a burden especially to Samira.

* {{Bokukko}}: Parodied in one episode where Samira, Eloise and a friend dress as boys in order to participate in a Jorkyball Tournament.
** But then again Tag actually mistook Samira for a boy when she was chosen to be the new 5th member. When she revealed her face, Eloise was more than happy.
** Considering the fact that Samira has two older brothers and two younger brothers, she could also be a Bokukko.
** In Season 1, this is how Eloise acted before she and Tag settled down.

* AFatherToHisMen: Tag. He'll stop at nothing if his team is in danger. When Tag gets down in the dumps, his TrueCompanions all worry about him. He also becomes a literal father after the Season 4 epilogue.

* BadassCrew:The Riffler-tachi in general.

* BettyAndVeronica: Parodied when Eloise gets into a fight with Atsuko. They're both best friends to Samira despite that Eloise has known Samira more than Atsuko. Poor Samria is given an ultimatum, Atsuko or Eloise. Unfortunatley, she chooses Atsuko so as an act of revenge Eloise rats Atsuko out.

* ButNotTooBlack: Subverted. Gabriel is the only one of the Bleus de Port Marie who is black. Samira, Yacine and the twins could count due to the fact that they're of North African descent. Since Eloise's ancestry is traced back to Portugal it could be possible that she is Black despite her parents being white. Whilst Jeremy isn't Black at all, Tag's ancestry line goes back in Spain so he could be Hispanic.
** The fact that the French Football team have a high number of Black, African, Caribbean and Algerian players in the squad must have something to do with it.
** There's no such thing as the one-drop rule in France, especially since black people make up for a tiny share of the population (most of which actually live in the Caribbean sea or in the Indian Ocean, not in Metropolitan France), unlike in the US. To a French eye, most of those characters would look like ''Arabs''. The show would actually be considered by many as ''too'' politically correct, as the ''diversity'' is taken up to eleven.

** On rare occasions, Tag gets this. After he scores an [[HoistedByHisOwnPetard own goal for Argentina]], Tag gives up evn when [[DeadpanSnarker Diego]] thanks him for the victory([[HilariousInHindsight Eleven episodes later, Tag would find out that he's from Argentina]]. [[SarcasmMode Thank you, Pablo]].) Because of the own goal, the Riffler's stop believing in Tag

** And Atsuko, who had 3 speaking lines just before the episode where the Rifflers play against the Otakus. And the episode was called "The Secret Of Atsuko."

* TheChewToy:Samira, again. Somewhat justified as it ends the running gag of Eloise being the official chew toy.

* DatingWhatDaddyHates:In early mid Season 1, Eloise's dad hated Tag because he was poor,bad tempered and had no parents in contrast to Eloise's blue blood, silver spoon upperclass lifestyle. Eloise didn't date Tag to spite her parents, she dated him because of his charisma.

* DeadGuyJunior:Tag's mom was called Eva. If only Foot 2 Rue got its own FanFiction.net archive, his daugter would be called Eva. If he did have a son, chances are the kid's name would be Pierre, the hobo who Tag thought was his dad.

* {{Devil in Plain Sight}}: Tag was like this when he was a little kid. In his first appearance, Jeremy is viewed as one especially by Tag who gets picky at choosing replacements. In the eyes of the the Riffler-tachi, Victoria is the one who needs to be watch over.

* DubNameChange:The Italian dub and the French dub.

* {{Expy}}: So many expies, it's so hard to choose one unless you could compare Street Football to Galactik Football.
* ExtremeDoormat: Gabriel. This occures whenever Eloise goes missing. Who does Tag uses as a stand in? That's right, he uses Gab because of his height. Unfortunatly, Gabriel fears going in goal as he is quite clumsy.

** TheLancer:Jeremy
** TheBigGuy(s):Tarek and Nordine

** TheChick(s):Eloise and Samira

--->TheHero:Eloise(Tag's girlfriend who is the de facto captain.)
--->TheLancer:Samira(Eloise's [[BlackbestFriend best friend]] and also the 2nd in command)
--->TheBigGuy:Jeremy([[TeamDad He assures]] Lil Dragon that everything will be okay).
--->TheSmartGuy:Nordine
--->TheChick:Victoria(Who basically is the noob.)
** Whilst Tag is the captain of the Rifflers, it turns out that [[spoiler: Eloise IS TheHero]].

** The French football team has severtal Black players in real life. Gabriel is of Senegalise descent.
** Don't forget Arab. Samira, Yacine and the twins are North African (Whilst the twins are Algerian, Samira and her cousin are Moroccan).

** Lil Dragon's mom is Chinese. No mention of his father but judging Lil Dragon's skin tone, he could be Latino.

** So ther you have it: One Black computer Genius, two Algerian twins, two Moroccan cousins, one Dutch street entertainer, one Chinese tagalong kid, one Caribbean AlphaBitch and the European Spanish [[InsatiableNewlyweds husband/wife combination]]. In other words, it's almost like the French football team in real life.

* HappilyMarried: Subverted. Even though they are 14 years old, Tag and Eloise seem to act like it. They did kiss at the end of Season 3 (this could count as Tag's first kiss but not[[ButtMonkey Eloise's]] because was kissed by [[TheDragon Oscar]] against her will).

* HighSchoolAU: Season 3 looks like a High School setting

* JailBait: Tag's worse nightmare. Any [[BiShonen high-school aged boy]] would just go crazy for Eloise.
** Jeremy gets jealous if he sees the same type of boys hitting on Samira.

* MeaningfulName: Tag is usually seen with a spray can. His first name, Sebastien means "Heroic" whilst his surname, Echevarne is Spanish.

* NeverMyFault: The entire Japanese team(Takeshi and Bunji in particualr) blame Samira for Atsuko's disappearance even though they know it was Eloise that ratted her out. A few minutes before, [[ReasonYouSuckSpeech Samira actually called Eloise out]] [[CurbStompBattle for this saying that she lost a friend]].
* NoPeriodsPeriod: it has become a running gag in Season 3 that Eloise has the same moods swings as Tag. One episode showed her snapping at Tag after [[spoiler:he whinged that she was going to New York]].

** To be fair, Atsuko's nakama knew that she ran away from home and out of Tokyo to be with them. [[WhatAnIdiot When]] [[TooDumbToLive Eloise]] [[OhCrap ratted Atsuko out,]] [[TheBroCode Samira got very pissed off]] and demanded that Eloise find her before her parents fly from Shibuya

* PairTheSpares: Happens a lot in Season 3

* RagTagBunchofMisfits:Despite Tag's abusive personality, Jeremy's troubled backstory, Eloise's introverted lifestyle, the Rifflers would do anything for each other.
* ReallyGetsAround: Jeremy.
** Also, Tag confuses Eloise of getting around.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot:The reason why "Cruise With Nico" and "Welcome To Tunis were put on hold was because [[spoiler: Nicolas Anelka was in South Africa.]]

* RuleOfCool:Jeremy agreed on going to China because of the Jackie Chan references which he thought were cool.

* SailorEarth:Many fans would make their own Season 6,7,8 etc.

* ScrewTheRulesImBeautiful:Eloise is an offender of this due to her [[FanService fanservice]] which is often [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]].
** She must've inherited that off her mother.

* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney:Eloise uses this excuse on rare occasions though her parents often use this. Victoria and her father do as they please to get what they want.

** Tony Lopez hated the Rifflers ever since the replaced him with Eloise. He did get his ownback when he videotaped Ben(Who was disguised as Tag) beating Ali to a pulp. Unfortunatley, the paln backfired.

** Fast forward to Season 3, Victoria has blackmailed the New Zealand team to persuade her to become their captain much to Oscar's dismay. During breakfast, she taunts Eloise after she spilt orange juice on her pants. Once the new rules were introduced, Victoria had no problem locking the Riffler's in their bedroom in the middle of the night and threatning Lil Dragon if he snitched on her. The Rifflers, fully soaked recieved a warning from Fede but unfortunatly, Wema conviced everyone that the Rifflers were not to be trusted, even Lil Dragon sat next to Victoria at lunchtime. In another way to saboatage Eloise, yet again, Victoria forces Fara and Oscar to kidnap and tie her up but Samira and Jeremy found out. Since many of Victoria's saboatage attempts involve Eloise one way or another, I'm going to stop there.
** Don't forget about Ms Pradet. For some reason, she hates Samira. The poor kid unfortunatley has to fight Yacine's battles and Ms Pradet will have no problem playing the blame game. Sadly, this means life for Samira will not go according to plan. Since they added Yacine to the cast to replace Gab, the writers have made an episode where Samira finally loses it.

* SurroundedByIdiots: When things get out of hand, Tag likes to refer to his own gang as idiots. For example, Tag saw the Canadian team trying to rig the game against the Japanese but was shocked to find out that Akira didn't know about it. Incensed by this, Tag convinces his team that the Canadians were not to be trusted. They didn't believe him. Sadly for him, his slueth like activities get him sidelinned and once the Rifflers find out that Tag was telling the truth,[[OhCrap they feel guilty]]. Unfortunatley, [[KarmaHoudini Tag doesn't call his own team out]] because he knows that [[DotingParent they'll feel his wrath even more]].
* {{Tall Dark and Handsome}}: Tag fits this trope. He has dark hair, dark skin and Eloise loves him for a reason. The fact that he's Spanish is a bonus.

* TimeSkip: Two years after the Rifflers beat the Panthers,[[spoiler:Tag is now 16 and is living with Pablo.Looking back on his experiences, he becomes a manager to a group of kids aiming for the gold.[[http://www.teleimages.com/development.php Judging from the promotional image, Gabriel must've got a haircut at Eloise has more fanboy drooling after her.]]
* TheLoad: Eloise. And how. Tag uses wiry Gabriel as a stand in because he's the tallest.
** Despite the distractions, Eloise is a determinator which explains why the Rifflers usually win most of the time.
* TheCatCameBack: Jeremy and Samira did this to Tag when they both threatened to quit the team.
** Samira gets irate over this and Tag is either paniking or accompanying her (Eloise).
*** Both Jeremy and Samira think Tag saw them like this when the Tek No brothers come to visit. It turns out that Tag wanted the ensemble number to increse to seven by the time the world cup starts.
** Yacine is implied to be a burden especially to Samira.
* TheNapoleon: So many. There's [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Jeremy]], [[TsunDere Sandra]], [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair Hiro]], [[NoCelebritiesWereharmed Eduardo]], [[LittleMissBadass Crystal]] and [[{{Expy}} Diego]]
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Lampshaded. Every team must have at least one girl. The teams that have a smurfette principle each are from Senegal, [[FieryRedhead Scotland]], [[{{Otaku}} Japan]], Jamaica, [[RememberTheNewGuy Tunisia]], [[EverybodyWasKungFuFighting China]], Egypt, Australia, Canada, [[UnsettlingGenderReveal Malaysia]], Kenya, Brazil, Greenland and Argentina.

* TheUnfavorite: Jeremy and Samira thought that Tag treated Tek and No better because they were founding members of the Bleus de Port Marie.
** Subverted. Even though Tag is friends with everyone in his group, the only one he hangs out with is Eloise, who is his girlfriend.
** But than again, Tag has always came to Gab for advice,and has thanked Samira for befriending the Japanese team making Eloise jealous.
** It is implied that Tek is the unfavorite twin, Jeremy is the unfavorite brother and Samira suffers from Middle Child Syndrome.
** However, Eloise is the favorite grandaughter and Tag is definitley the favorite son.

* {{Too Dumb to Live}}: Despite being popular and beautiful, [[TakeOurWordForIt Eloise is a dumbass]] but this usually happens when she's on her own.

** However, Tek must be going through puberty so he's actually a Type A but get's over emotional.

** The enitire Japanese team despite their friendly nature.

* Tsurime Eyes:Tag,Eloise and Jeremy

* WellDoneSonGuy: Eloise used to do this a lot when she was younger. She even did ballet to impress her mom. Unfortunatley, it didn't last long.
** Atsuko probably ran away from home after failing to live up to her father's expectations. She calls him out of it and he apologizes for this.

** If there was a [[SpinOffspring spin off]] featuring the children of the original characters there would be a love triangle between Tag and Eloise's [[{{Bokukko}} daughter]], [[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy Jeremy]] and [[TheLadette Samira's]] [[GenreSavvy son]] or [[BlackAndNerdy Gabriel]] and [[SassyBlackWoman Fatou's]] [[NoHuggingNoKissing daughter]] or [[BrilliantButLazy Jeremy]] and [[TheDaria Samira's]] [[DeadpanSnarker daughter]], [[AsianAndNerdy Gabriel]] and Fatou's [[UnluckyEveryDude son]], or [[TurnOutLikeHisFather Tag]] and [[StacysMom Eloise's]] [[LikeFatherlikeSon son]]. Joined by cousinly duo, [[ADayInTheLimelight Tek]] and [[MrsRobinson Liraze's]] [[DeadpanSnarker son]] and No's [[GenkiGirl daughter]] or [[LikesOlderWomen Tek]] and [[MySisterIsOffLimits Liraze's]] [[CoolLoser daughter]] and [[PairTheSpares No's]] [[KidAnova Son]].

* SurroundedByIdiots: When things get out of hand, Tag likes to refer to his own gang as idiots. For example, Tag saw the Canadian team trying to rig the game against the Japanese but was shocked to find out that Akira didn't know about it. Incensed by this, Tag convinces his team that the Canadians were not to be trusted. They didn't believe him. Sadly for him, his slueth like activities get him sidelinned and once the Rifflers find out that Tag was telling the truth,[[OhCrap they feel guilty]]. Unfortunatley, [[KarmaHoudini Tag doesn't call his own team out]] [[GenreSavvy because he knows that]] [[DotingParent they'll feel his wrath even more]].

** [[EverybodyWasKungFuFighting 'Footballs of Shame']] is a homage to the [[TheKarateKid Karate Kid]] and his mentor, Mr Win looks lkie Pat Morita. The best part: Even before the trip to China, [[HilariousInHindsight Jeremy makes a reference to Jackie Chan and the Karate Kid. Guess who portrays Miyagi in the 2010 remake]]

Due to the LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters policy, Foot2Rue now has its own [[Characters/Foot2Rue Character Sheet]]! Also due to the high number of Five Man Bands, Foot2Rue also has it's own [[FiveManBand/Foot2Rue Five Man Band]] page. It also has a [[WMG/Foot2Rue WMG page.]]

* DeadGuyJunior:Tag's mom was called Eva. If only Foot2Rue got its own FanFiction.net archive, his daugter would be called Eva. If he did have a son, chances are the kid's name would be Pierre, the hobo who Tag thought was his dad.

** [[LeParkour 'Yam Force']] is a homage of [[Banlieue13 District 13]] but without the drugs. Tag was hanging out with the older kids when Eloise ditched him.

** It is implied that Fede is a family man and hes a wife and child. Or is it [[YoungerThanTheyLook Shark]] or [[VerbalTic Cartoon]]?

** It is implied that [[TheObiWan Fede]] is a family man and hes a wife and child. Or is it [[YoungerThanTheyLook Shark]] or [[VerbalTic Cartoon]]?

[[caption-width-right:325:The ensemble as of Season 3. From left to right: [[TheLancer Jeremy]], [[ActionGirlfriend Eloise]], [[SingleMindedTwins Tek, No]], [[TheHero Tag]], [[TheSmartGuy Gabriel]] and [[TheBigGuy Samira]].]]

** Akira and his TrueCompanions are die-hard Naruto fans. Tag lampshades this by informing his own TrueCompanions that their prefered style of movement is [[GratuitousNinja Ninja]]. Even Takeshi resembles [[OnePiece Monkey D Luffy]] but with Sasuke's haircut. For some reason, there are loads of {{Naruto}} references such as one episode where some of the cosplayers wear dressed as Naruto and Bleach characters.