History WesternAnimation / VictorAndHugo

* Farce- French farce at that.

* Farce - French farce at that.

* BigLittleMan - Mr. Big - who is a tiny mouse in a huge human suit a la Brain's disguise as 'Brian', although this example predates 'Pinky and The Brian.' Coincidentally, Mr. Big is voiced by a Brian - Brian Trueman.
* Cross Over - Many times, either in reference or in guest stars. Count Duckula, Igor, Nanny, Hawkeye Soames and Dr. Potson (from 'Count Duckula') Danger Mouse, Colonel K, Baron Greenback, Nero and Stiletto (from Danger Mouse) and even a nod to Badger from 'Wind in the Willows'. It seems fitting since 'Victor & Hugo' were a spin-off from 'Count Duckula' who in turn span off from 'Danger Mouse.'

Hugo is the younger, shorter brother and dresses like a classic Frenchman with triclore 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 telphone.

* Cross Over - Many times, either in reference or in guest stars. Count Duckula, Igor, Nanny, Hawkeye Soames and Dr. Potson (from 'Count Duckula') Danger Mouse, Colonel K, Baron Greenback, Nero and Stiletto (from Danger Mouse) and even a nod to Badger from 'Wind in the Willows. It seems fitting since 'Victor & Hugo' were a spin-off from 'Count Duckula' who in turn span off from 'Danger Mouse.'

* Spoonerism - Victor was very prone to this, to the point where he, and others, would spoonerise the spoonerisms into a garbled mess of the original intended message. On the odd occassion where Hugo took charge, HE would become spoonerific himself.

* Crossover - Many times, either in reference or in guest stars. Count Duckula, Igor, Nanny, Hawkeye Soames and Dr. Potson (from 'Count Duckula') Danger Mouse, Colonel K, Baron Greenback, Nero and Stiletto (from Danger Mouse) and even a nod to Badger from 'Wind in the Willows. It seems fitting since 'Victor & Hugo' were a spin-off from 'Count Duckula' who in turn span off from 'Danger Mouse.'

The series followed the exploits of two French criminal brothers who tried every week to pull off the perfect crime while succeeding only in messing things up, crashing their van and bickering with each other like schoolchildren. Usually they would be following the orders of various heads of nobility or crime lords who would call upon their pet parrot, Interpoll (yes, you read that right), to hire them for the job of the week. Almost every time they would fail in their objective, succeed temporarily by accident or stumble up over something minor but important. The best they could hope for is not to be arrested or imprisoned by the show's end.

* WhiteGloves - Victor wears these, though he was still concerned about leaving fingerprints.

** The daft radio/TV announcements used to open (almost) every episode

* PoirotSpeak - V&H speak with French grammar rules applied to the English language. They even seem to have trouble understanding their native language, which is subverted when non-French characters fail to understand them. They then speak in French to get a reaction.

* OrientExpress - 'Blunder on the Orient Express' where the brothers try to rob a train but accidentally end up on the Orient Express instead. A Hercule Poirot expy aslso appears.

* BigLittleMan - Mr. Big - who is a tiny mouse in a huge human suit a la Brain's disguise as 'Brain', although this example predates 'Pinky and The Brian.' Coincidentally, Mr. Big is voiced by a Brian - Brian Trueman.

* WhiteGloves - Victor wears these, though he was still concerned about leaving fingerprints.

* BigLittleMan - Mr. Big - who is a tiny mouse in a huge human suit a la Brain's disguise as 'Brian', although this example predates 'Pinky and The Brian.' Coincidentally, Mr. Big is voiced by a Brian - Brian Trueman.

* VillainDecay - Almost immediately, though throughout the series, the radio reports which introduced each adventure became more and more cynical about the threat the brothers posed to the public, to the point where the announcer would laugh and warn the public not to bother being on the look-out for the 'crinmals'.

* WhiteGoves - Victor wears these, though he was still concerned about leaving fingerprints.

* TheAlledgedCar - Victor and Hugo's van was prone to back-firing, rumbling and crashing, though that was mainly due to the brothers' inability to drive correctly, or even remember who was behind the wheel. Given this treatment, it was surprisingly resiliant and had a lot of HammerSpace in the rear.

* FunnyForgeigner - The titular characters themselves.

* RunningGag - In every episode (with one exception) a small, growling dog would appear out of nowhere, run up Victor's trouser leg and remove his underwear. [[RuleOfFunnyNo explanation is given]] other than that it is funny - particularly for Hugo.

* FrenchJerk - Victor could be especially pompous.

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[[caption-width-right:182:'The police aren't even bothering to look for Victor and Hugo....And now the weather.']]