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Calamity Jane
Voiced in French by: Micheline Dax (Lucky Luke) | Isabelle Mangini (The New Adventures of Lucky Luke)
Played by: Sylvie Testud (Lucky Luke, 2009)
The legendary female gunslinger.
- Action Girl: Which helps a lot in dealing with the trouble in a Wild West setting.
- Adapted Out: Since she had been firmly established as an ally of Lucky Luke by the time the comics were adapted for the animated series, the adaptation of Lucky Luke contre Joss Jamon (in which she was featured as a villain, see Historical Villain Upgrade below) replaces her with Ma Dalton.
- Berserk Button: Do not disrespect women in her presence if you value your life.
- Big Damn Heroes: She is introduced in her first starring appearance with this, saving Luke from a bunch of Natives of her own.
- Boisterous Bruiser: A rare female example.
- Damsel in Distress: Epically defied all the time. At multiple points characters will try to attack or kidnap her, assuming she is just a harmless woman, only to be in for a very bad surprise.
- The Dreaded: She's feared by cowboys and natives alike, with a tribe of natives retreating once they recognize her. A group of bandits exploit this, by creating a hoax story about her being a witch and ghost, and using a dummy of to scare away intruders.
- The Gunslinger: She aims superbly and she's a quick shot even with a Winchester.
- Fiery Redhead: Her temper is more fiery than her hair.
- Happily Married: She claims to have been married to Wild Bill Hickok, a famous real-life gunslinger, until he was killed.
- Historical Beauty Upgrade: Notably averted; while not exactly portrayed as identical to her real life counterpart, she is still pretty close (the biggest difference is that she is skinnier), and the comic does not make her particularly prettier, instead settling for a plain look.
- Historical Domain Character: Based on the real life Calamity Jane.
- Historical Villain Upgrade: In her first (cameo) appearance in Lucky Luke contre Joss Jamon, she is mistakenly portrayed as a villainess, also with a completely different design. This was eventually corrected and she was introduced as an ally of Luke in her first leading role.
- One of the later album deals with her suffering an in-universe example of the trope, when a legend that she is supposedly a witch and demoness who came Back from the Dead as a ghost to haunt a city spreads throughout the west. It however turns out to be a "Scooby-Doo" Hoax created by a group of bandits who wanted to keep unwanted people away from a deserted town where they discovered a new gold mine. Naturally, Calamity Jane is not amused about her likeness being used as a "scarecrow" (as she puts it).
- The Lad-ette: A G-Rated version of the trope; notably, her real life self played this trope straight.
- Lethal Chef: Her cooking skills are so bad that at one point, a cowboy was willing to die rather than eat her cakes.
- The Not-Love Interest: She is one of the few non-antagonist characters to appear as a Deuteragonist in more than one book (as well as one movie and at least two animated appearances), and the only female character Luke has actually developed interactions with, excluding Ma Dalton. However, their relationship is platonic and they treat each other like good friends with no real hint of romance.
- Platonic Life-Partners: Seems to have become this with Luke. They do not seem to have romantic interest for each other, but they get along pretty well whenever they meet, and Luke is one of the few people who can convince her to calm down without suffering a violent reaction.
- Sir Swears-a-Lot: And how. Half of her balloons are filled with skulls and stars if it any indication.
- Stronger Than They Look: Like Luke, she can go toe to toe with men bigger than her, and even arm wrestle them with little effort.
- Tomboy: She was a clear-cut example from childhood. Flashbacks reveal she enjoyed playing rodeo at home (wrecking her entire house as a result) and would occasionally try to play with boys.
- Tomboy with a Girly Streak: Downplayed; she couldn't act less feminine and her tastes are completely boyish, but when she becomes the owner of a saloon in her first story, one of her main ambitions was to create a small area reserved to ladies, where she would serve them tea and cakes. Later in the same story, Lucky Luke manages to have her trained into at least pretending to be a lady, though her true personality is still there and doesn't take long to show up again. She also blushes when Lucky Luke kisses her hand.
- Tomboyish Voice: In the French version of the 1983 cartoon series, she has a low and raspy voice courtesy of Micheline Dax.
- Unreliable Narrator: Like her real-life counterpart, she enjoys adding lots of juicy details when telling stories about her life, with a different version each time. She admits this when telling those stories to Luke.
Waldo Badminton
Voiced in French by: Francis Lax (Lucky Luke)
The eponymous tenderfoot in the episode Tenderfoot, and the nephew of Luke's old friend Baddie, this British gentleman may be new to the West but he turns out to be just as badass as Lucky Luke himself. In Klondike, he teams up with Lucky Luke again to find his old butler Jasper, who has mysteriously disappeared while trying to find gold.
- The Ace: Every bit as tough as Luke himself; he was a boxing champ at Oxford, a very good shot, and a skilled horseman due to years of fox hunting.
- Deadly Dodging: He and Luke do this during a bar brawl in the Animated Adaptation.
- Naïve Newcomer: Subverted. Waldo is actually extremely competent at most things, but his British upper-crust mannerisms clash hard with the mores of the rough-and-tumble West.
- Not So Stoic: While normally unflappable, there are a few moments where his façade breaks, such as when he shows his determination at not folding over Jack Ready's intimidation, and when he joins in at hazing the latest "tenderfoot" arrival, because said tenderfood happens to be an old rival from his Oxford days.
- Not So Above It All: At the end of "The Tenderfoot", Waldo and Luke overhears the crowd planning to meet the latest "tenderfoot" arrival in town with the same humiliating hazing as they did Waldo (and every other immigrant who winds up there), and Waldo initially rushes over, hoping to protect them... only to discover that said arrival is one of his old Oxford rivals, and decides to join in the hazing instead. This convinces Luke that Waldo has successfully adapted to the West, and rides off into the sunset.
- Self-Made Man: Though it's implied his family was already wealthy, Waldo intends to follow in his uncle's footsteps and make his own way in the West.
- Stiff Upper Lip: To the point that even being shot in the arm doesn't faze him.
Sarah Bernhardt
A world famous French actress, whose controversial visit to the United States in 1880 would require the equally famed cowboy and gunslinger Lucky Luke to protect her.
- Europeans Are Kinky: There's absolutely nothing sexual about her performance, but to the puritanical Americans, this applies to her.
- Hotter and Sexier: Despite her act being positively tame compared to what you'd see in a saloon on a Friday night, the fact that as an actress, her singing and performance was done in broad daylight meant she's constantly accused of this.
- Moral Guardians: Is constantly beset by these, especially by Lucy Hayes, the First Lady of the United States.
- Ship Tease: It's implied she has a thing for Luke at the end, leaving him with a farewell note, stating him to be a Lonesome Cowboy "only because he chooses to".
Don Doroteo Prieto
A wealthy Spanish aristocrat and hacienda owner that Luke encounters during his search for the Daltons in Mexico.
- Heroes Love Dogs: Is always accompanied by his intelligent and loyal chihuhaua, Rodriguez.
- Honest Corporate Executive: A good man who genuinely wants to use his wealth to improve the lives of the peasants, but his hands are tied as long as Emilio Espuelas is loose, as any money he invested would simply be stolen, and he doesn't have the men to guard the whole area.
- Identical Stranger: Downplayed; his jaw is more chiseled and he has a moustache, but he's similar enough to allow Luke to dress up like him and lure the outlaws into a trap.
- Royals Who Actually Do Something: Teams up with Luke to take town Emilio Espuelas once and for all, putting an end to the banditos reign of terror. He even takes part of the charge against Espuelas stronghold during the climax.
Hank Bully
Voiced in French by: Olivier Hémon (Lucky Luke)
A rough but kind-hearted stagecoach driver who joins Luke on a few of his adventures involving stagecoaches, starting with the album The Stagecoach.
- The Ace: The best "whip" in the west, he can get a stagecoach from going at full speed through the street to a complete stop neatly parked at the side between two other vehicles in exactly 3.6 seconds.
- Comic-Book Fantasy Casting: Morris gave him the face of actor Wallace Beery.
- Expy: Of Ugly Barrow from The Wagon Train, though Barrow spoke almost entirerly in profanity (except two panels during the ending).
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He's not exactly the most polite person and is shouting to everyone most of the time, but he ultimately wants what is best for his passengers and horses.
- Non-Indicative Name: His surname is "bully", and he's anything but one.
- Weapon Specialization: He's as good with his whip as Luke is with his gun - when he is sober.
Jenny O'Sullivan
Voiced in French by: Pascale Jacquemont (Lucky Luke)
An Irishwoman who's part of the convoy of fiancées for the men of Purgatory City in Bride of Lucky Luke. After reaching Purgatory, she finds herself alone as it turns out her fiancé Teddy Degan has been put in jail. Being big-hearted, Lucky Luke accepts to become her chaperone and protector until her fiancé gets out of jail.
- Alone Among the Couples: Upon arriving in Purgatory City, while all the other women meet their fiancés and marry them, she finds out her Irish fiancé has been put in jail for overreacting to being called a Scot (the saloon got destroyed as a result) and cries on Luke's shoulder. Then Luke accepts to serve as chaperone to her for the time being.
- Character Title:
- She's the eponymous "bride" of Lucky Luke in the namesake album. Or at least the townspeople see her as this, Luke not so much.
- In some countries, the album is titled Miss Jenny.
- Damsel out of Distress: A variant in that, while she's hostage of the Daltons, she's not afraid of them, quite the contrary. She manages to coerce Jack, William and Averell into doing chores to clean and improve their hideout, and she annoys them so much that by the end they decide it's better to surrender to Luke.
- Fiery Redhead: Averted. The closest she gets is her strongly insisting on having a healthy lifestyle that's devoid of alcohol and tobacco and enforcing it upon Luke and the Daltons.
- Foreign Queasine: Nobody except herself and Averell Dalton likes the Irish stew she always cooks.
- Lethal Chef: Everyone but herself and Averell Dalton dreads her Irish stew.
- Nice Girl: She's polite, promotes a healthy lifestyle and is eager to help improve the households she finds herself in, even if she's a Lethal Chef. Naturally, the healthy lifestyle and home improvement parts come to annoy rough and perpetually single cowboys like Luke or the Daltons.
- Oireland: She's Irish and a redhead, and she cooks an Irish stew that apparently tastes horribly.
- Pity the Kidnapper: The Dalton Brothers kidnap her to get Luke, but she proves to be so much of an annoyance to them when she bosses them around, insists on good manners and prohibits alcohol and tobacco in their own hideout that they end up surrendering to Luke just so they'll be away from her.
- Proper Lady: She's polite, she's got manners, she's well organized and she promotes a healthy lifestyle.
- Redhead In Green: In the 1991 revival of the first animated series, she wears a green dress most of the time (it's blue in the comic book). Her dress is also green on the album's cover.
- Shout-Out: She's basically one to Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs:
- The arc where she has the Daltons clean up their hideout and do menial tasks is lifted straight from the film.
- Jenny, Jack, William and Averell sing "Whistle While You Work" while working.
- She outright nicknames Joe "Grumpy", and he acts quite like Grumpy too in reaction to the menial tasks and her dominance over his brothers.
- You Don't Look Like You: Her face is quite different in the animated series.
Bass Reeves
A former slave who tried his luck in the West after the civil war and became a marshal, he is Luke's main ally in A Cowboy in Cotton.
- The Ace: When he is first introduced he has caught the Dalton brothers by himself. He's also shown to be an excellent shot. He is just as revered as Lucky Luke himself.
- Big Damn Heroes: He ends up saving Luke from both the KKK and the Daltons in the finale, bring an army of ex-slaves to help him.
- Historical Domain Character: The real Bass Reeves was the first black marshal west of the Mississippi and arrested more than 3,000 outlaws.
- Improbable Aiming Skills: He cuts the bonds of a tied up Luke with a bullet.
- Mentor Archetype: Luke claims to have learned a lot from him, to which he laughingly notes that shooting faster than his own shadow was not one of them.
Frederick Remington
A talented artist from New York who's become famous for his paintings of the Wild West during the last few years of the Frontier era, Remington's latest journey into the West has him accompanied by Lucky Luke as a bodyguard.
- Big Eater: Really loves his food and drink, much to the annoyance of the owner of his favorite restaurant, since Remington keeps paying off his tab with his paintings, which take up a lot of space in the building.
- Boisterous Bruiser: Enters a saloon and politely asks a patron at what time the brawl is because he wants in.
- Eccentric Artist: The reason why Lucky Luke is serving as bodyguard. Remington is a great artist but his love of food, fight and exploring The Wild West to paint leads to potential dangers. He also has no real problem with people burning his paintings and sometime does it himself if he feels unhappy with the result.
- Gentle Giant: He enjoys the occasional bar brawl, but otherwise, he's a very big man who wouldn't hurt a fly.
- Historical Domain Character: A humorous fictional version of the great Frederick Sackrider Remington
- One-Track-Minded Artist: Remington REALLY loves The Wild West, and all his work showcases things like cowboys, Indians, the Cavalry, outlaws, etc. He can paint other subjects, he just doesn't want to.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Roast turkey.
Others
Bill
Voiced in French by: Éric Kristy (Ballad of the Daltons)
A singer and banjo player who performs the eponymous "Ballad of the Daltons" (in both the film and the Comic-Book Adaptation).
- The Bard: He's a singer and banjo player who tells a story about the Dalton Brothers.
- Bluegrass: Accompanies his singing with his banjo.
- Canon Immigrant: Originated in the animated film Ballad of the Daltons and made it to the comics canon via the Comic-Book Adaptation.
- Goofy Buckteeth: Not too goofy but he still has prominent front teeth.
- Greek Chorus: His ballad's lyrics include comments on what's going on in the story.
- Morality Ballad: The morality of the "Ballad of the Daltons"? Respect the law... and learn Quick Draw.
