Line #31 Film/LeGendarmeEnBalade


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2	[[caption-width-right:300: Cruchot is PuttingTheBandBackTogether[[note]]spoilers , it goes FromBadToWorse[[/note]]]]
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4	''Le Gendarme en balade'' (''The Gendarme to Stroll'') is a 1970 French comedy film starring Creator/LouisDeFunes, Creator/MichelGalabru, Creator/ClaudeGensac and Creator/JeanLefebvre, and the fourth installment of the ''[[Film/LeGendarmeDeSaintTropez Gendarme de Saint-Tropez]]'' series.
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6	The gendarmes of Saint-Tropez are forced into retirement to make way for a younger breed, and they don't react very well to it, ''especially'' Cruchot. Even so, when they learn that one of them has had an accident and has become amnesiac, they happily reunite to help him get his memory back and embark on a series of wacky antics as the new gendarmes chase after them (since they illegally practice their old job, including wearing their old uniforms).
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8	!!''Le Gendarme en balade'' provides examples of:
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10	* TheSeventies: No better indicator of that than the hippies.
11	* BecomingTheMask: The gendarmes except Cruchot quite enjoy the life of the hippies. They would have stayed in the community if Cruchot had not prompted them out.
12	* TheBigBadWolf: {{Discussed\|Trope}}. Gerber warns the boys of the convent that the Big Bad Wolf could eat their friends if they do not tell where they are.
13	* BigFancyHouse: Cruchot and Josépha live in a very big house.
14	* BombDisposal: Cruchot has to disarm a bomb in the end.
15	* BreakingTheFourthWall: Sister Clotilde greets the gendarmes by saying she's happy to meet them in each movie.
16	* ContinuityCavalcade: The small museum about the brigade that Cruchot has created in his house.
17	* ContrivedCoincidence: Josépha and Madame Gerber happen to be in the room where the rocket ends up (followed by Gerber and Cruchot).
18	* CreepyChangingPainting: PlayedForLaughs. Josépha's smiling photograph changes to a surprised then "Oh no, you don't!" expression when Cruchot secretly takes money from the safe. After he puts all the money back in the safe bar one banknote, she smiles again.
19	* DeadpanSnarker: The boys in the convent during the interrogation scene.
20	* DrivesLikeCrazy: Sister Marie-Bénédicte, a nun whom Sister Clotilde had taught how to drive.
21	* EmptyQuiver: Kids steal a nuclear bomb.
22	* FaintInShock:
23	** Cruchot faints when he is informed he has to retire.
24	** When Cruchot and Gerber try to disarm the bomb, many people faint.
25	* FakingAmnesia: Fougasse (Jean Lefebvre) suffered only from a short amnesia after an accident, but he likes so much the convalescent home he's staying in, he pretends in order to remain longer.
26	* {{Fanservice}}: When the gendarmes watch the nudists on the beach with binoculars.
27	* AFriendInNeed: When they learn that Fougasse suffers from amnesia, the other gendarmes decide to help him.
28	* GoodCopBadCop: PlayedForLaughs when Gerber and Cruchot question the boys at the convent.
29	* HarmlessElectrocution: Gerber gets an electric shock when he tries to enter Cruchot's property and he seems not to suffer from it afterwards.
30	* HenpeckedHusband: Josépha controls Cruchot. In particular, the money he can spend seems to be strictly controlled.
31	* IdleRich: Josépha is one and Cruchot cannot adapt to this new life.
32	* LineInTheSand: When they realize they have to chase the kids in a military base, Gerber asks for volunteers and all the gendarmes step forward.
33	* MagicalSecurityCam: How could Cruchot have footage of his past career in his museum?
34	* MistakenIdentity:
35	** The English servant thinks Cruchot chasing the poacher is some kind of monster and he shoots at him.
36	** The same happens again when Cruhot chases Josépha.
37	** Cruchot and Josépha think Gerber and his wife are thieves when they get in their property.
38	* MyCarHatesMe: Cruchot's car breaks down in front of the gendarmerie office just as a young gendarme comes out.
39	* NakedPeopleAreFunny: The nudists are back and Fougasse is threatened to be undressed again.
40	* NewAgeRetroHippie: Some of the nudists are hippies. Cruchot and his fellow retirees disguise themselves as hippies in order to avoid being arrested by the new brigade (they were wearing their old uniforms and doing their beloved old job illegally) and venture into a hippie community. Naturally, they start [[StonersAreFunny smoking pot for the first time in their life and end up stoned]].
41	* NunsAreFunny: Sister Clotilde has become Mother Superior and there is a whole sequence in the convent.
42	* OnlySaneMan: When they are forced to disguise themselves as hippies, Cruchot is the only one to not take drugs and snap back the squad to their senses:
43	-->'''Cruchot:''' ''[to a stoned Fougasse]'' If you tell me that [I love you!], YOU'LL GET FOUR DAYS!!
44	* OverlyNervousFlopSweat: Cruchot when he has to disarm the bomb.
45	* ProtectThisHouse: PlayedForLaughs. Cruchot defends his house from people who might be thieves. It turns out they are Gerber and his wife.
46	* RagsToRiches: Cruchot gets wealthy thanks to his marriage with Josépha.
47	* ReluctantRetiree: The whole brigade has to retire. Gerber and Cruchot are especially reluctant.
48	* RichBoredom: Cruchot doesn't enjoy his forced retirement in his rich wife's property and wants to get back to his [[MarriedToTheJob beloved job]]. ''Badly''.
49	* ShoutOut: Gerber recites a poem by romantic poet Lamartine.
50	* StonersAreFunny: The gendarmes smoke pot for the first time of their life in the hippie community, with the expected results.
51	* TrapDoor: Cruchot has one in his house and Gerber and his wife fall into it, when Cruchot mistakenly think they are thieves.
52	* UglyGuyHotWife: Cruchot and Josépha.
53	* UpperClassEquestrian: Now Cruchot is very rich since he married Josépha. His new hobbies include horse-riding. He has got the full equipment (the typical red jacket and riding cap), but not the style.
54	* YouSayTomato: There is a prolonged gag with Fougasse being unable to pronounce "Saint-Tropez" right. Cruchot later briefly hallucinates a signpost sporting the spelling used by Fougasse.

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