History WesternAnimation / VictorAndHugo

''Victor & Hugo: Bunglers in Crime'' was an animated series produced by Creator/CosgroveHall and ran for two seasons in 1991 and 1992. It aired on Children's Creator/{{ITV}} on Fridays and was a spin-off of two guest villains, Gaston and Pierre, from ''WesternAnimation/CountDuckula''.

* NiceShoes - Victor's highly polished size 12s (sensing a pattern?)

* NiceHat - Victor's wide fedora

* IllogicalSafe - In the opening titles.
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain - the main duo themselves. 'Will they succeed next time?' - no, never!

* LandmarkSale - Victor very nearly pulls this off successfully at the beginning of "Treasure Haunt" until Hugo interrupts him.
* LionsAndTigersAndHumansOhMy

* WireDilemma - Type 9 happens to Victor when he tries deactivating an alarm in 'Do-In-Yourself.'

* {{Expy}} - All detective based, unsurprisingly: Hawkeye Soames and Dr. Potson for Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson; Achille Marron (Also a pun of Achille Talon) for Hercule Poirot, Lord Piers Flimsy and Bowler for Lord Peter Wimsey and Bunter.

* {{Expy}} - All detective based, unsurprisingly: Hawkeye Soames and Dr. Potson for Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson; Achille Marron for Hercule Poirot, Lord Piers Flimsy and Bowler for Lord Peter Wimsey and Bunter.

** Also predates Mr. Big from ''{{Disney/Zootopia}}''. by an even wider margin.

* DumbassHasAPoint - Hugo is often the first to spot a flaw or oversight in any plan, sometimes at the last moment. A good example comes near the end of "Cowboys and Indisipline" when he reminds Victor that instead of bickering childishly, perhaps they should be hiding a safe distance from the lit dynamite as Victor had originally planned.

* DumbasshasaPoint - Hugo is often the first to spot a flaw or oversight in any plan, sometimes at the last moment. A good example comes near the end of "Cowboys and Indisipline" when he reminds Victor that instead of bickering childishly, perhaps they should be hiding a safe distance from the lit dynamite as Victor had originally planned.

* SmartJerkandNiceMoron - Similar to the above trope, Victor is a lot cleverer and nastier than Hugo, despite not bein nearly as clever as he thinks he is. Hugo's a total dope, but he's mostly cheerful and rarely gets annoyed.

* {{Expy}} - Hawkeye Soames and Dr. Potson for Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson; Achille Marron for Hercule Poirot.

Hugo is the younger, shorter brother and dresses like a classic Frenchman with tricolore jumper, neckerchief and beret. Like Victor, he also wears a bandit-mask. Hugo is definately the less intelligent half of the duo; however, he was prone to pointing out little oversights in Victor's latest 'meticulous plan' as well as teasing him. Because of the teasing, Victor rarely pays attention to these admonishments, which almost always are the cause of the plan's failing. Hugo keeps a pet earwig called Penelope in a matchbox and confides his worries to her. David (Danger Mouse, Count Duckula, Del-Boy Trotter, Inspector Frost, Granville, etc.) Jason spoke in a silly Frenchified version of Bluebottle out of ''Radio/TheGoonShow'' voice for Hugo. David also spoke in a Cockney accent for Interpoll, the long-suffering pet parrot (and arguably the most intelligent member of the team) who doubled up as a telephone.

** "It is all your fault! It is ALL your fault! It is ''always'' your fault!"

* InstitutionalApparel - In 'The Whole Truth...' the duo disguise themselves as convicts and accidentally break into the jail instead of the bank. They use the old-school arrow patterned prison uniforms, which just happen to look like their regular clothes otherwise.

* InJoke - In 'The Whole Truth' in the fancy dress shop, Victor chides Hugo for wanting to dress as Count Duckula, to which Hugo replies 'Oh why not? I can do his voice you know!' This is because both Hugo and Duckula are voiced by David Jason.

* X-RaySparks - Happens to Victor in "Scout's Dishonour" and "Do-In-Yourself." Sort of happens to Hugo in "Dummy Run" but he's not being zapped, merely going through an X-ray machine at the airport.

* X-RaySparks - Happens to Victor in "Scout's Dishonour" and "Do-In-Yourself."

* GrapplingHookPistol - The brothers' van has one built into it's front bonnet in 'Blunder on the Orient Express' and they use it to board the moving train. One of their rare temporary successes.

** Also predates Mr. Big from ''WesternAnimation/Zootopia'' by an even wider margin.

* CoolMask - No matter what the disguise, the bros never remove their bandit masks.

* SpinOff - The duo are adaptations of Gaston and Pierre from "Count Duckula".