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* OurFairiesAreDifferent: The personification of Life is a nymph with [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair blue hair]] and urban clothing.
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* LaxativePrank: Pierre and Marie once planned to spike the other's drink. ''[[StrangeMindsThinkAlike At the same time]].'' This goes as well as [[HilarityEnsues you might expect]].
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* {{Nephewism}}: A [[{{Retcon}} retroactive case]], as Pierre and Marie are noted to descend from fathers that shared the same gravedigger business as brothers.
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* SquashedFlat: Besides his usual rounds on dry land, the Grim Reaper also has to naturally plunge into the sea to kill the animals there. This usually involves deep sea creatures as well, with the resulting depth pressure flattening him like a board.
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* SquashedFlat: Besides his usual rounds on dry land, the Grim Reaper also has to naturally plunge into the sea to kill the animals there. This usually involves deep sea creatures as well, with the resulting depth pressure flattening him like a board.
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* SquashedFlat: Besides his usual rounds on dry land, the Grim Reaper also has to naturally plunge into the sea to kill the animals there. This usually involves deep sea creatures as well, with the resulting depth pressure flattening him like a board.
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* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Little girls and beautiful young women look different from other types of characters. They also tend to [[TheNoseless lack noses]].
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* JustFollowingOrders: The Grim Reaper generally doesn't kill unless God tells him to. However, if someone makes him angry enough, he's willing to act on his own.
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** The latest volumes introduce a third one, his own cousin Marie.
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* SlapstickHasNoGender: Naturally, since people tend to die in [[BlackComedy comical ways]]. Not even [[MsFanservice young ladies]] are spared.
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* BerserkButton: One good way to anger Pierre fast is to bring up his cousin/rival gravedigger Marie.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Pierre is friendly as can be, but even his patience has limits.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Pierre is friendly as can be, but even his patience has limits.
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* NoAntagonist: There's no real antagonist in this comic book, though Pierre has a business rivalry with a BurialAtSea business and another specializing in incinerations. Then there's [[SitcomArchnemesis his cousin Marie].
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* OurFairiesAreDifferent: The personification of Life is a nymph with [[YouGotToHaveBlueHair blue hair]] and urban clothing.
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* CantStandThemCantLiveWithoutThem: The Grim Reaper would love nothing more than to reap Life, but it's been shown that without her, the world would be lifeless and he'd be left with nothing to do, so he tries to tolerate her existence. Sometimes.
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* CantStandThemCantLiveWithoutThem: CantLiveWithThemCantLiveWithoutThem: The Grim Reaper would love nothing more than to reap Life, but it's been shown that without her, the world would be lifeless and he'd be left with nothing to do, so he tries to tolerate her existence. Sometimes.
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* ArtEvolution: Compare Pierre in the first volume to the latest one. Mindblowing, isn't it? The compilation for love-themed gags makes this all the more apparent.
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* CainAndAbel /SiblingRivalry: Despite being cousins, Pierre and Marie don't get along too well...
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* CantStandThemCantLiveWithoutThem: The Grim Reaper would love nothing more than to reap Life, but it's been shown that without her, the world would be lifeless and he'd be left with nothing to do, so he tries to tolerate her existence. Sometimes.
* CantStandThemCantLiveWithoutThem: The Grim Reaper would love nothing more than to reap Life, but it's been shown that without her, the world would be lifeless and he'd be left with nothing to do, so he tries to tolerate her existence. Sometimes.
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* PunchClockVillain: Not really a villain per se, but the Grim Reaper fits. He simply does his job, and sometimes regrets having to make his victims' loved ones sad.
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* ComicBookTime: None of the characters age a day, although given the Grim Reaper's job, that is a blessing of sorts.
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* TheSilentBob: While the Grim Reaper rarely says anything, his intent is understood just fine by some people.
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* AssholeVictim: People that unwisely annoy the Grim Reaper tend to have it coming.
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* FantasticallyIndifferent: The people that aren't bothered by the living dead also take the existence of beings like the Grim Reaper in stride.
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* CainAndAbel /SiblingRivalry: Despite being cousins, Pierre and Marie don't get along too well...
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** Later volumes introduce his cousin Marie, who is also a gravedigger (and therefore another rival to his business).
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* PalsWithJesus: Pierre and the Grim Reaper are long-time acquaintances, [[VitriolicBestBuds though not necessarily on friendly terms]].
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: One tenant was an author who would get huge amounts of hands-on experience before publishing a book. So when he wondered about death, he committed suicide, got huge amounts of hands-on experience being dead, and now... can't write the book.
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** Some of the skeletonized residents doo odd jobs like unblocking the septic tank.
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** Some of the skeletonized residents doo do odd jobs like unblocking the septic tank.tank. They're willing to help, but if you forget them while they're in there...
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* NauseaFuel: InUniverse: One talk show features different methods of burial, with one guy going on about the virtues of being buried at sea. Someone else asks if he likes seafood, he says yes, then gets sked "What do you think ''they'' eat?" Cue vomiting.
* NoAntagonist: There's no real antagonist in this comic book, though Pierre has a business rivalry with aBurial AtSea BurialAtSea business and another specializing in incinerations.
* NoAntagonist: There's no real antagonist in this comic book, though Pierre has a business rivalry with a
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* SmokingIsCool: Pierre is seldom seen without a cigarette between his lips.
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* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: One gag has Tombal visiting his local swimming pool, when his attention is suddenly taken away by something happening off screen. He yells, tries to prevent it from happening, but only in the final panel we find out what happened. One of the skeletons apparently tried to jump of the high diving board, despite Pierre's strict advice not to do it and as a result the skeleton's bones are all floating around in the water.
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''Pierre Tombal'' is a [[BelgianComics Belgian comic book series]] by Marc Hardy and Raoul Cauvin. It's a gag comic about a gravedigger who acts like a confidence advisor towards the dead people in his cemetery. He treats them as residents and listens to their wishes, complaints and problems, yet also makes sure they obey the rules. Sometimes the dead forget that they are all [[DemBones living skeletons]] now and frighten the living people. Or they overestimate their abilities and do stuff that either leaves their bones in a mess or frightens everybody. One of the [[RunningGag running gags]] is that some people are genuinly shocked by the fact that these skeletons are still alive, while others just accept the fact that life apparently just goes on, even after death.
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''Pierre Tombal'' is a [[BelgianComics Belgian comic book series]] by Marc Hardy and Raoul Cauvin. It's a gag comic about a gravedigger who acts like a confidence advisor towards the dead people in his cemetery. He treats them as residents and listens to their wishes, complaints and problems, yet also makes sure they obey the rules. Sometimes the dead forget that they are all [[DemBones living skeletons]] now and frighten the living people. Or they overestimate their abilities and do stuff that either leaves their bones in a mess or frightens everybody. One of the [[RunningGag running gags]] is that some people are genuinly genuinely shocked by the fact that these skeletons are still alive, while others just accept the fact that life apparently just goes on, even after death.
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* AllAreEqualInDeath: Subverted with a gag where Jesus and his apostles all receive poor man's graves, while Judas is buried in a colossal mausoleum. Commentary of Pierre: "Judas could financially afford it."
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* AllAreEqualInDeath: Subverted with a gag where Jesus and his apostles all receive poor man's graves, while Judas is buried in a colossal mausoleum. Commentary of Pierre: Pierre's commentary: "Judas could financially afford it."
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* BurialAtSea: Pierre desperately tries to avoid his potential clients being buried there, because his rival takes care of those.
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* BurialAtSea: Pierre desperately tries to avoid his potential clients being buried there, there (same for incineration), because his rival takes care of those.
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* CreepyMortician: Pierre in itself isn't particularly creepy. It's just the fact that his clients are all NotQuiteDead and he seems unfazed by it.
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* DeadPersonConversation: Pierre often conversates with the dead on his cemetery, helping them out or telling them to follow the rules.
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* DeadPersonConversation: Pierre often conversates talks with the dead on his cemetery, helping them out or telling them to follow the rules.
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* GagNose: Most people has a have huge nose noses in this comic book.
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* GrimReaper: The Grim Reaper is also a regular character. But you better not angry him, or he kills you off.
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* GrimReaper: The Grim Reaper is also a regular character. But you better not angry anger him, or he kills you off.
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* MundaneUtility: Ever hear of someone turning in his grave? Turns out attaching a dynamo to a coffin does wonders for your electric bill.
** Some of the skeletonized residents doo odd jobs like unblocking the septic tank.
* NationalStereotypes: One strip has a grave salesmen showing the kinds of graves dug in other countries: Americans' are grossly oversized, Middle Eastern countries use bomb craters...
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* NationalStereotypes: One strip has a grave salesmen showing the kinds of graves dug in other countries: Americans' are grossly oversized, Middle Eastern countries use bomb craters...
* NoAntagonist: There's no real antagonist in this comic
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* TooDumbToLive: One guy died because of AIDS. Pierre starts telling him off about how people should be aware of how to protect themselves, and the guy protests that he did: one condom with a glass of water every day. Cause of death: blocked intestine.
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* CreepyMortician: Pierre in itself isn't particularly creepy. It's just the fact that his clients are all NotQuiteDead and he seems unphased by it.
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* CreepyMortician: Pierre in itself isn't particularly creepy. It's just the fact that his clients are all NotQuiteDead and he seems unphased unfazed by it.
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* CreepyUndertaker: Pierre in itself isn't particularly creepy. It's just the fact that his clients are all NotQuiteDead and he seems unphased by it.
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* CreepyUndertaker: CreepyMortician: Pierre in itself isn't particularly creepy. It's just the fact that his clients are all NotQuiteDead and he seems unphased by it.
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[[caption-width-right:240:Just hope that when you pass away you'll have a grave digger as competent and wonderful as Pierre!]]
''Pierre Tombal'' is a [[BelgianComics Belgian comic book series]] by Marc Hardy and Raoul Cauvin. It's a gag comic about a gravedigger who acts like a confidence advisor towards the dead people in his cemetery. He treats them as residents and listens to their wishes, complaints and problems, yet also makes sure they obey the rules. Sometimes the dead forget that they are all [[DemBones living skeletons]] now and frighten the living people. Or they overestimate their abilities and do stuff that either leaves their bones in a mess or frightens everybody. One of the [[RunningGag running gags]] is that some people are genuinly shocked by the fact that these skeletons are still alive, while others just accept the fact that life apparently just goes on, even after death.
The series is one of the PrintLongRunners, debuted in 1986 and still in syndication.
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!!Tropes:
* AllAreEqualInDeath: Subverted with a gag where Jesus and his apostles all receive poor man's graves, while Judas is buried in a colossal mausoleum. Commentary of Pierre: "Judas could financially afford it."
* AnyLastWords: One gag was entirely devoted to FamousLastWords in history.
* BlackComedy: A lot of jokes about death.
* BurialAtSea: Pierre desperately tries to avoid his potential clients being buried there, because his rival takes care of those.
* CoolHat: Pierre has a large cap.
* CreepyUndertaker: Pierre in itself isn't particularly creepy. It's just the fact that his clients are all NotQuiteDead and he seems unphased by it.
* TheDeadHaveNames: They do and some of them are celebrities.
* DeadPersonConversation: Pierre often conversates with the dead on his cemetery, helping them out or telling them to follow the rules.
* DeathAsComedy: The entire theme of this series.
* DeathByIrony: Often used a punchline.
* DeathIsNotPermanent: According to this comic strip the dead are actually not really ''dead'', just spending the rest of their... er... death underneath the ground. They still find time for new activities, such as playing games, reading magazines and going on a holiday.
* DeathIsSuchAnOddThing: Apparently you're still able to lead mostly the same life you did above the ground.
* DemBones: Skeletons are very much alive in this comic strip.
* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: One gag has Tombal visiting his local swimming pool, when his attention is suddenly taken away by something happening off screen. He yells, tries to prevent it from happening, but only in the final panel we find out what happened. One of the skeletons apparently tried to jump of the high diving board, despite Pierre's strict advice not to do it and as a result the skeleton's bones are all floating around in the water.
* TheFunInFuneral: A wonderful description of this comic book.
* GagNose: Most people has a huge nose in this comic book.
* GraveHumor: Starting with the protagonist's name and going down from here.
* GraveRobbing: Whenever this happens the robbers are in for a JumpScare, because the skeletons just answer back.
* GrimReaper: The Grim Reaper is also a regular character. But you better not angry him, or he kills you off.
* InterrogatingTheDead: Pierre often does this, because something is missing and he suspects one of his dead clients stole it. Or there's some other disturbance that the living complain about and it is apparently traceable to the dead people.
* JumpScare: This is the most common reaction of living people whenever they see the dead move or show a sign of life.
* MeaningfulName: Pierre Tombal, a pun on the French first name ''Pierre'', which can also mean ''stone''. In combination with the last name ''Tombal'' this makes his name translate to ''Grave Stone''.
* MinimalistCast: Pierre Tombal is the only recurring character whose name we know, except for Anja the barmaid in his local bar. There are some people who regularly visit the cemetery and whom he lectures about the proceedings there, but they never receive a name. Pierre is sometimes seen playing cards with his rivals, the proprietor of a crematory and a capitain specializing in sea burials.
* NoAntagonist: There's no real antagonist in this comic book.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed:
** One album cover has Pierre walking towards a grave that shoots its gravestone up in the air and shouting: "I wish you would stop doing that, Mr. von Braun!"
** In another grave a large eagle arrives, opens up the grave, goes inside, a painful scream is heard, whereupon Pierre runs to the grave, but the bird already flew away. Turns out it was the grave of Prometheus.
* TheNothingAfterDeath: A particularly odd example. God and the Grim Reaper apparently exist in this universe, but the dead don't seem to go to either Heaven, Purgatory, Hell or any other sort of afterlife. They just spend their days and nights on the cemetery as residents.
* PunnyName: See MeaningfulName
* TheRival: Pierre Tombal's main rivals are the proprietor of a crematory and one who specializes in burials at sea.
* ShoutOut: One ''Pierre Tombal'' gag has someone buried with his flute, as a last wish. In the final panel we see on his grave stone that it is Peewit from ''ComicBook/JohanAndPeewit''.
* SmokingIsCool: Pierre is seldom seen without a cigarette between his lips.
* WhatExactlyIsHisJob: Pierre's professional activities go well beyond what a normal gravedigger would do. He acts as a confidential advisor, spokesperson, guard, justice keeper, peace and order keeper, contact with the real world....
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[[caption-width-right:240:Just hope that when you pass away you'll have a grave digger as competent and wonderful as Pierre!]]
''Pierre Tombal'' is a [[BelgianComics Belgian comic book series]] by Marc Hardy and Raoul Cauvin. It's a gag comic about a gravedigger who acts like a confidence advisor towards the dead people in his cemetery. He treats them as residents and listens to their wishes, complaints and problems, yet also makes sure they obey the rules. Sometimes the dead forget that they are all [[DemBones living skeletons]] now and frighten the living people. Or they overestimate their abilities and do stuff that either leaves their bones in a mess or frightens everybody. One of the [[RunningGag running gags]] is that some people are genuinly shocked by the fact that these skeletons are still alive, while others just accept the fact that life apparently just goes on, even after death.
The series is one of the PrintLongRunners, debuted in 1986 and still in syndication.
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!!Tropes:
* AllAreEqualInDeath: Subverted with a gag where Jesus and his apostles all receive poor man's graves, while Judas is buried in a colossal mausoleum. Commentary of Pierre: "Judas could financially afford it."
* AnyLastWords: One gag was entirely devoted to FamousLastWords in history.
* BlackComedy: A lot of jokes about death.
* BurialAtSea: Pierre desperately tries to avoid his potential clients being buried there, because his rival takes care of those.
* CoolHat: Pierre has a large cap.
* CreepyUndertaker: Pierre in itself isn't particularly creepy. It's just the fact that his clients are all NotQuiteDead and he seems unphased by it.
* TheDeadHaveNames: They do and some of them are celebrities.
* DeadPersonConversation: Pierre often conversates with the dead on his cemetery, helping them out or telling them to follow the rules.
* DeathAsComedy: The entire theme of this series.
* DeathByIrony: Often used a punchline.
* DeathIsNotPermanent: According to this comic strip the dead are actually not really ''dead'', just spending the rest of their... er... death underneath the ground. They still find time for new activities, such as playing games, reading magazines and going on a holiday.
* DeathIsSuchAnOddThing: Apparently you're still able to lead mostly the same life you did above the ground.
* DemBones: Skeletons are very much alive in this comic strip.
* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: One gag has Tombal visiting his local swimming pool, when his attention is suddenly taken away by something happening off screen. He yells, tries to prevent it from happening, but only in the final panel we find out what happened. One of the skeletons apparently tried to jump of the high diving board, despite Pierre's strict advice not to do it and as a result the skeleton's bones are all floating around in the water.
* TheFunInFuneral: A wonderful description of this comic book.
* GagNose: Most people has a huge nose in this comic book.
* GraveHumor: Starting with the protagonist's name and going down from here.
* GraveRobbing: Whenever this happens the robbers are in for a JumpScare, because the skeletons just answer back.
* GrimReaper: The Grim Reaper is also a regular character. But you better not angry him, or he kills you off.
* InterrogatingTheDead: Pierre often does this, because something is missing and he suspects one of his dead clients stole it. Or there's some other disturbance that the living complain about and it is apparently traceable to the dead people.
* JumpScare: This is the most common reaction of living people whenever they see the dead move or show a sign of life.
* MeaningfulName: Pierre Tombal, a pun on the French first name ''Pierre'', which can also mean ''stone''. In combination with the last name ''Tombal'' this makes his name translate to ''Grave Stone''.
* MinimalistCast: Pierre Tombal is the only recurring character whose name we know, except for Anja the barmaid in his local bar. There are some people who regularly visit the cemetery and whom he lectures about the proceedings there, but they never receive a name. Pierre is sometimes seen playing cards with his rivals, the proprietor of a crematory and a capitain specializing in sea burials.
* NoAntagonist: There's no real antagonist in this comic book.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed:
** One album cover has Pierre walking towards a grave that shoots its gravestone up in the air and shouting: "I wish you would stop doing that, Mr. von Braun!"
** In another grave a large eagle arrives, opens up the grave, goes inside, a painful scream is heard, whereupon Pierre runs to the grave, but the bird already flew away. Turns out it was the grave of Prometheus.
* TheNothingAfterDeath: A particularly odd example. God and the Grim Reaper apparently exist in this universe, but the dead don't seem to go to either Heaven, Purgatory, Hell or any other sort of afterlife. They just spend their days and nights on the cemetery as residents.
* PunnyName: See MeaningfulName
* TheRival: Pierre Tombal's main rivals are the proprietor of a crematory and one who specializes in burials at sea.
* ShoutOut: One ''Pierre Tombal'' gag has someone buried with his flute, as a last wish. In the final panel we see on his grave stone that it is Peewit from ''ComicBook/JohanAndPeewit''.
* SmokingIsCool: Pierre is seldom seen without a cigarette between his lips.
* WhatExactlyIsHisJob: Pierre's professional activities go well beyond what a normal gravedigger would do. He acts as a confidential advisor, spokesperson, guard, justice keeper, peace and order keeper, contact with the real world....
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