Line #7 ComicStrip/BeauPeep


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/beau_peep.jpg]]
2	''Beau Peep'' is a British comic strip written by Roger Kettle, drawn by Andrew Christie and published in the ''[[UsefulNotes/BritishNewspapers Daily Star]]'' from 1978 to 1997 and again from 1999 to 2016 when it was dropped by the newspaper for financial reasons. It is about Beau Peep, who joined the French Foreign Legion to escape from his terrifying fiancée Doris, and quickly discovered that not only is he totally unsuited for the LegionOfLostSouls, he was the OnlySaneMan in a fort full of lunatics.
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4	These lunatics include the AxCrazy Mad Pierre, the CloudCuckoolander Colonel Escargot, who believes the Swiss are invading and had his psychiatrist shot, and Peep's best friend Dennis Pratt, a ManChild who believes everything he's told. Sergeant Bidet is relatively sane, but despises Peep for being an incompetent coward, and deliberately sends him on suicide missions. There is also LethalChef Egon, who combines appalling hygiene with an inability to make anything that isn't mince.
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6	Minor Legionnaires include Hamish, who is a Scottish stereotype, but beyond that is quite reasonable and the only character Peep feels he can actually have a sensible conversation with (even if he can't always understand it), and Sergeant Slaughter (not [[Wrestling/SgtSlaughter that one]]), a terrifying DrillSergeantNasty.
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8	Characters from outside the fort include the Nomad, an IneffectualSympatheticVillain who wants to bring the head of a Legionnaire back to his village so they'll forgive his crimes, Honest Adbul, an HonestJohn who sells junk to gullible fools like Dennis and the Nomad, and Vera of the Seven Veils, an exotic UsefulNotes/BellyDancer Dennis has a crush on, who frequently punches him in the mouth.
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10	You can read a selection of strips that change weekly [[https://www.beaupeep.com/stripsofweek/weeklystrip1.php here]]. The same writer/artist combo also created ''ComicStrip/AManCalledHorace'', which ran for 26 years in the ''Daily Mirror'' (1989-2015).
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12	!!Contains examples of:
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14	* TheAlcoholic: Egon's recipes get even more erratic if they involve cooking sherry, because he drinks more than he uses. Hamish can also be like this, with his fondness for whisky, and it's implied this is the origin of the Scottish accent.
15	* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: "Escargot" and "bidet" are not names, but random French words that a British person would know.
16	* CountingSheep: Peep suggests Dennis do this when he can't sleep. Unfortunately, Dennis can't count.
17	* DrunkOnMilk: One strip has Dennis with a terrible hangover because he'd eaten nearly a whole packet of wine gums.
18	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: While the very first strip has Beau mention that he joined the Foreign Legion to get away from a woman, the woman in question is portrayed as slender and beautiful, rather than ugly and fat. WordOfGod is that the first strip was simply the first idea that came into his head when he created the strip - after the woman Beau left behind evolved into Doris, Kettle ignored the first strip completely.
19	* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Nomad. Also the owner of the local pub, who is only referred to as "mein host".
20	* HairTriggerTemper: It is completely impossible for Peep to spend five minutes in Mad Pierre's company without saying or doing something that inspires Pierre to thump him.
21	* HonestJohnsDealership: Honest Abdul, who sells whatever random junk he can find to the Nomad and Dennis by telling them BlatantLies (for example, that a rubber duck is an enemy detector).
22	* MildlyMilitary: The only person who seems at all aware that this is a military organisation is Sergeant Bidet.
23	* MyLocal: The sign just says "Pub". Owned by "mein host", and where Vera performs.
24	* {{Nepotism}}: Colonel Escargot's son appears in a few strips:
25	-->'''Colonel Escargot''': Don't expect any favouritism because you're my son. I want you ready for duty right after breakfast. I'll bring it to your room around eleven.
26	* OhCrap: In one strip, Egon loses his patience at Beau's constant complaints about his cooking, and decides to throw a cake at him. Hearing his name called, Egon chucks the cake...then has this reaction when he realises that he's just hit Sergeant Bidet.
27	* PunnyName: Peep's name is a takeoff of ''Literature/BeauGeste'' and "[[NurseryRhymes Little Bo Peep]]". Sopwith the camel is a pun on the Sopwith Camel aeroplane.
28	* PurelyAestheticEra: The idea of the Foreign Legion guarding forts in the Sahara should put it in the first half of the 20th century. But apart from that it seems to be the present day.
29	* SexierAlterEgo: Realising that no-one takes him seriously, the Nomad occasionally takes the identity of the Desert Shadow.
30	* SultryBellyDancer: Vera can definitely fall under this trope, as she does perform a "dance of the Seven Veils" whenever she's in town.
31	* TheUnseen: Vera and Doris are represented by speech bubbles coming from off-panel.
32	* VillainsOutShopping: Sergeant Bidet calls the Desert Shadow a ruthless bloodthirsty killer. Cut to the Nomad gloating over a bag of sweeties.
33	* WellThisIsNotThatTrope: When Peep asks Egon what the soup of the day is:
34	-->'''Egon''':Have you ever heard of minestrone? A delicate blend of Italian herbs and spices. But it takes ages, this is turnip water.

Context ComicStrip / BeauPeep