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2 [[caption-width-right:350:The main characters. Back, from left to right: Hermes, Idas, Atalanta, Jason, and Hercules with Odipoes. Front row: Castor and Pollux]]
3De Argonautjes (The Argonauts) is a Dutch comic series created by Lo Hartog van Banda en tekenaar Dick Matena as a parody on the [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek myth]] of Jason and the Argonauts. It consists of 14 albums and a prologue. The series is clearly inspired by ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}''.
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5Set in UsefulNotes/AncientGreece, the series follows the misadventures of the sons and daughters of the original Jason his crew, as they travel around Greece in a new version of the Argo.
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8!!''De Argonautjes'' contains examples of:
9* ActualPacifist: Hercules. He may be the strongest member of the team, but he is absolutely against fighting or violence in general, sensitive, not above crying, and an ExtremeDoormat. Untill [[BewareTheNiceOnes you push]] his BerserkButton….
10* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: Castor and Pollux are identical twins.
11* AmusinglyAwfulAim: Atalanta, the [[TheSmurfettePrinciple only female member]] of the heroes, [[TheStraightAndArrowPath uses a bow and arrow]] as her weapon. Despite this she never, ever, manages to hit her intended target. Whenever she does save her teammates with her archery, it will be completely by accident since she was actually aiming for something else entirely
12* BerserkButton: DO. NOT. INSULT. HERCULES’. PET CAT! Really, don’t. It could very well be the last thing you ever do.
13* TheBigGuy: Hercules. Too bad he’s such a pacifist most of the time.
14* HypercompetentSidekick: Idas, pretty much the only competent member of the team.
15* IdenticalGrandson: Pretty much all the main characters. They even have the same names as their more famous parents.
16* KindheartedCatLover: Hercules, the biggest pacifist on the team, has a pet cat named Odipoes, who he loves dearly. Insulting his cat is a surefire way to get him mad.
17* KleptomaniacHero: Hermes, who never seizes an opportunity to steal something valuable, even if it endangers the mission the team is on.
18* MilesGloriosus: Jason. He always presents himself as a hero, but when faced with actual danger he is usually the first one to turn and run (if he doesn’t faint before he gets the chance).
19* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Hercules frequently has this reaction when he calms down again after somebody pushed his BerserkButton, and realizes how much damage he caused and people he hurt while angry.
20* OurMinotaursAreDifferent: The heroes encounter the Minotaur in the story “The labyrinth”.
21* PintsizedPowerhouse: Castor and Pollux are only half the size of most adult characters, but they more than make up for it by being champions in boxing and wrestling respectively. Thus, they can still easily take down larger opponents.
22* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Atalanta is the only female member of the heroes.
23* TheStraightAndArrowPath: Atalanta has a bow and arrow. Too bad she is never able to actually hit her intended target.
24* SuperStrength: Hercules naturally has this as his defining trait.
25* SwordAndSandal: The setting for the entire series.

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