History ComicBook / Louca

* IKnowMortalKombat: One of Nathan and Louca's SpecialAttack is a combined kick. Nathan said that he got the idea from [[Anime/CaptainTsubasa "a cartoon he watched as a kid"]]. He also note that he unsuccessfully tried it when he was alive, but that it could only work in ''this'' specific scenario whith one phantom foot.

* RelationshipResetButton: By the end of season 1, Louca is held as the school's hero and has made signifiant progress with Julie. Then at the start of season 2, everybody is pissed at him and barely wants to even talk to him. The reason? [[spoiler: At the party celebrating their victory, Louca spend the night making an ass of himself in a series of AlcoholInducedIdiocy and ended up [[AccidentalKiss accidentally kissing]] Chloé in front of both Adel and Julie.]] He has to spend half of season 2 earning their trust back.

** During the TrainingMontage at the beginning of season 2, one of the exercise is "watching sport movies to hype themselves up". Cue them crying in front of ''Film/{{Rocky}}''.
** The e-sport tournament features several video games that are obvious stand-in for real ones down to the cover art, including ''VideoGame/MarioKart8'', ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'', and ''VideoGame/PlayerUnknownsBattlegrounds''.

* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: The plot of season 2 in which Louca tries to recruit Nathan's old teammates into the newly formed Phoenixes. In a twist to the usual trope, he doesn't need to convince ''all'' of them, just enough to have a team without any reserve players. He actively fails to recruit some by either not beating them or making them realise that they love their new sport too much. The final roster is comprised of:

* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: The plot of season 2 in which Louca tries to recruit Nathan's old teammates into the newly formed Phoenixes. In a twist to the usual trope, he doesn't need to convince ''all'' of them, just enough to have a team without any reserve players. He actively fails to convince some of them either by not beating them or making them realise that they love their new sport too much. The final roster is comprised of:

** Sydney and Remy (ThoseTwoGuys)

* KarmaHoudini: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged]] in the case of Louca. On one hand, the entire story is about him lying and cheating his way to success without worse repercussion than AmusingInjuries (which he still had prior the story for being TheKlutz). In fact, the worst that happens to him [[spoiler: (being chased by a hitman)]] is unrelated to this and a repercussion from him trying to solve Nathan's death. Then on the other hand, his actions ultimately bring more good to the table for everyone around him, even if it was unintentional. The whole premise of the story is based on the ThrowTheDogABone trope, then builds his MythArc around Louca slowly but surely learning to fend for himself and to not do it for selfish reasons.

* NoNeckChump: Kevin the rugbyman and team's BigGuy, to the point that he is nicknamed "Sankou" (which could be translated as "Nonek").

* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: The plot of season 2 in which Louca tries to recruit Nathan's old teammates into the newly formed Phoenixes. In a twist to the usual trope, he doesn't need to convince ''all'' of them, just enough to have a team without any reserve players. [[spoiler:He actively fails to convince some of them either by not beating them or making them realise that they love their new sport too much.]]

* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Louca's biggest motivation is to impress the love of his life Julie, who of course already loves him (though clearly not to [[StalkerShrine the same degree of obsession]] as him towards her).

* PacManFever: {{Averted|Trope}} for most of the e-sport tournament with accurate mechanics and contemporary games like a BattleRoyaleGame, but played straight during the ''Supreme Fighter IV'' segment in which Louca [[spoiler: accidentally performs a "mythical OneHitKill secret attack" that no one had ever discovered by ButtonMashing and gives his team "one million points"]].

* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Louca's biggest motivation is to impress the love of his life Julie, who of course already loves him (though clearly not to [[StalkerShrine the same degree of obsession]] as him towards her.)

* EvilPrincipal: Ripaton starts off as a regular grouchy DeanBitterman threatening to close the soccer club for budgetary reasons, but as the series progresses each revelation escalates the true horror of his character. [[spoiler: He actually wants to close the club because he struck an under-the-table deal with a megacorp to build a mall. That's why he hired the two goons himseld to incapacitate the star player Nathan. Then he run over Nathan himself (though Iceman forced his hand here). ''And then'' he asked Iceman to [[DeadlyEuphemism "deal with"]] the two goons to tie up loose ends.]] He does express [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone some remorse]], though not enough to refuse the money.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Uttered several times by Ripaton upon seeing that he is in way over his head, namely when [[spoiler:he realizes that the thugs are unhinged and threaten to kill Nathan when he only asked them to incapacitate him, and when he run over Nathan himself after being held at gun point by Brane to do so]].

* OneDegreeOfSeparation: As the story progresses, most of the main characters are revealed to be linked in one way or another. There are some mild examples like [[spoiler:Hugo being both Julie's sister and Nathan's protege or Matt and Mathis being brothers, but then there are huge reveals like the two thugs being actually hired by Ripaton, Brane being directly responsible for Nathan's condition, and Iceman being Louca's father]].

* {{Tsundere}}: [[spoiler: Chloé, who spends most of Season 1 making fun of foolish and incompetent Louca only to have a crushing LoveEpiphany during the big match, despite having spent the season trying to seduce [[TheAce Adel]].]]

* FlashbackWithinAFlashback: Volume 10 plays with this trope quite effectively. It starts with a sequence in [[FlashbackEffects monochromatic red]] set after Nathan's accident, then when it comes back to the regular colors it screws with the audience by revealing that it is now set ''before'' the incident (by showing Nathan bumping into a middle schooler Louca). The story alternates between the two sets of flashback, then by the end [[spoiler:the reader realizes the the flashbacks crossed each other, and that the "red" ones are now set before the normal ones, showing Nathan being poisoned by Brane in his sleep]].

* LoveDodecahedron: Things started of pretty light with Louca being in (unknowingly reciprocated) love with Julie, then Louca started to get jealous of Adel after imagining things and misinterpreting others. Meanwhile, Chloé was hitting on Adel, who was into it and realized that Louca was just imagining things but continued to make Louca jealous on purpose as a BerserkButton during matches. Then things started to get messy when [[spoiler:Chloé realized that she had feelings for Louca all along, to which even Louca's OneTrueLove for Julie has a hard time resisting, culminating in an AccidentalKiss between the two in front of both Julie and Adel]].

** Brane the [[ProfessionalKiller hitman]] speaks in rectangular speech bubbles compared to the other characters' round one, evoking its [[ConsummateProfessional cold and calculated attitude]].

* SupportingLeader: Adel becomes this once Louca joins the soccer team. [[spoiler: Then this role is passed on to Joe, who was Nathan's team captain, in the final Phoenixes roster.]]

* MeaningfulRename: Following [[spoiler: the destruction of the school's soccer locals in a criminal fire]], Coach Cornelius creates a new independent team ftom the ground up called [[ThePhoenix the Phoenixes]]. [[RunningGag Literally everyone loves it.]]

* RelationshipResetButton: By the end of season 1, Louca is held as the school's hero and has made signifiant progress with Julie. Then at the start of season 2, everybody is pissed at him and barely wants to even talk to him. The reason? [[spoiler: At the party celebrating their victory, Louca spend the night making an ass of himself in a series of AlcoholInducedIdiocy and ended up accidentally kissing Chloé in front of both Adel and Julie.]] He has to spend half of season 2 earning their trust back.

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[[caption-width-right:423:When you're screwed, blued and tattooed, might as well go for an Hail Mary pass.]]

It follows the titular character Louca, a less-than-average teenager who is extremely clumsy and always down his luck but makes up for it with an extreme bravado. He one day meets the ghost of Nathan, a LovableJock stuck in his high school and that nobody else can perceive, who will help Louca to improve himself with some athletic training and other life advices. His paranormal shenanigans will bring him some unwanted attention, many observers now taking him for a CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass, that will lead him to increasingly high-stake situations where he will have to either save face with his usual bravado and ghostly friend making most of the work for him, or maybe, for once, actually go the distance himself.

* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Jordan's biggest flaw according to Nathan. He comes off as nice but extremely cocky, but then he's so distraught by the fact he is beaten by an amateur that he consider quitting sport altogether, so they have to hold back on their cheating. Putting [[BrattyHalfPint Antonin]] as his caddie to belittle him certainly didn't help.

* SupportingLeader: Adel becomes this once Louca joins the soccer team.

''Louca'' is a French [[FrancoBelgianComics BD]] series by Bruno Desquier (an animator who previously worked on ''WesternAnimation/AMonsterInParis'' and early Creator/IlluminationEntertainment projects) published in ''Magazine/{{Spirou}}'' since 2012. It is a serialized comedy comic book mainly aimed at tweens and teenagers inspired by ''[[GamingAndSportsAnimeAndManga spokon]]'' series with a {{supernatural|Fiction}} twist.

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** The e-sport tournament features several video games that are obvious stand-in for real ones down to the cover art, including ''VideoGame/MarioKart8'', ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'', and ''VideoGame/PlayerUnknownsBattlegrounds''.

** ''Supreme Fighting IV'', an obvious copy of ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV''.[[note]]which is weird because ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterV SFV]]'' had long been released by this point.[[/note]] Many of the fighters are stand-in for real ''SF'' characters like Chun-Li, Ryu, or Guile, but Jorge's character looks like Kyo Kusanagi from ''Franchise/TheKingOfFighters'' and Louca's character is a cyborg more reminiscent of Jax and Kano from ''Franchise/MortalKombat''.

* IGotBigger: Noéra, one of Nathan's teammates previously known as "the Shrimp", got a massive growth spurt since Nathan's passing combined with him becoming very muscular.

* PacManFever: {{Averted|Trope}} for most of the e-sport tournament with accurate mechanics and contemporary games like a BattleRoyaleGame, but played straight during the ''Supreme Fighter IV'' segment in which Louca accidentally performs a "mythical OneHitKill secret attack" that no one had ever discovered by ButtonMashing and gives his team "one million points".

* '''{{Animesque}}:''' True to its ''spokon'' inspirations, the series features numerous MangaEffects such as speed lines and exaggerated expressions.
* '''BornUnlucky:''' Louca can't catch a break, even after meeting with Nathan. Every plan he makes seems to derail as soon as he makes them for one reason or another.
* '''EveryoneCanSeeIt:''' Louca's biggest motivation is to impress the love of his life Julie, who of course already loves him (though clearly not to [[StalkerShrine the same degree of obsession]] as him towards her.)

Louca is a French [[FrancoBelgianComics BD]] series by Bruno Desquier (an animator who previously worked on ''WesternAnimation/AMonsterInParis'' and early Creator/IlluminationEntertainment projects) published in ''Magazine/{{Spirou}}'' since 2012. It is a serialized comedy comic book mainly aimed at tweens and teenagers inspired by ''[[GamingAndSportsAnimeAndManga spokon]]'' series with a {{supernatural|Fiction}} twist.

* '''Season 2 (vol. 5-9):''' Nathan asks Louca to recruit his former teammates who all stopped soccer and switched sport following his untimely disappearance. To convince them, he will have to beat them at their own (new) game, ranging from golf and boxing to e-sport. Meanwhile, their investigation on Nathan's death have caught the attention of powerful shadowy figures.
* '''Season 3 (vol. 10-ongoing)'''