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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: On the back cover of all the albums, there is a sentence which reads "This nth volume of the Spiffy Adventures of [=McConey=] will delight those who like..." followed by a list of items where the last one stands out in [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking a way]] or [[BreadEggsMilkSquick another]].
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* TheCasanova: Titi always tries to charm girl and he is often successful.

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* TheCasanova: Titi always tries to charm girl girls and he is often successful.
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* SequelNumberSnarl: The first album, ''Recap/{{Slaloms}}'' was first published in black and white by an independant editor (L'Association) in 1993. Then, three albums numbered 1, 2 and 3 were published by Dargaud. In 1997, a redrawn colored version of ''Recap/{{Slaloms}}'' was published by Dargaud under the number 0. Finally, the album number 9, ''Recap/Laccelerateur atomique'', was published before the album number 8, ''Recap/LaVieCommeElleVient''.

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* SequelNumberSnarl: The first album, ''Recap/{{Slaloms}}'' was first published in black and white by an independant editor (L'Association) in 1993. Then, three albums numbered 1, 2 and 3 were published by Dargaud. In 1997, a redrawn colored version of ''Recap/{{Slaloms}}'' was published by Dargaud under the number 0. Finally, the album number 9, ''Recap/Laccelerateur atomique'', ''Recap/LaccelerateurAtomique'', was published before the album number 8, ''Recap/LaVieCommeElleVient''.

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* FunnyAnimal: All the characters of the series have a human body frame, they speak, they wear clothes, they have animal heads, but they have no tail. Lapinot has very long rabbit feet.



* WorldOfFunnyAnimals: The {{Funny Animal}} characters take the place of people. There are no people.

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* WorldOfFunnyAnimals: The {{Funny Animal}} FunnyAnimal characters take the place of people. There are no people.
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* WorldOfFunnyAnimals: The characters take the place of people. There are no people.

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* WorldOfFunnyAnimals: The {{Funny Animal}} characters take the place of people. There are no people.

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* FourFingeredHands: The PettingZooPeople all have four-fingered hands.

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* FourFingeredHands: The PettingZooPeople characters all have four-fingered hands.



* FurriesAreEasierToDraw: Creator/LewisTrondheim chose to draw PettingZooPeople as an easy option.
* FurryConfusion: There are non-humanlike dogs, birds... alongside PettingZooPeople.

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* FurriesAreEasierToDraw: Creator/LewisTrondheim chose to draw PettingZooPeople animals as an easy option.
* FurryConfusion: There are non-humanlike dogs, birds... alongside PettingZooPeople.{{Funny Animal}}s.



* PettingZooPeople: All the characters of the series have a human body frame, they speak, they wear clothes, they have animal heads, but they have no tail. Lapinot has very long rabbit feet.



* WorldOfFunnyAnimals: The PettingZooPeople characters take the place of people. There are no people.

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* WorldOfFunnyAnimals: The PettingZooPeople characters take the place of people. There are no people.

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* GenreRoulette: some books are in a contemporary setting, while others parody a specific genre: TheWestern (''Recap/{{Blacktown}}''), [[GothicHorror Gothic fiction]] (''Recap/{{Walter}}''), {{romance}} (''Recap/VacancesDePrintemps''), ''ComicBook/SpirouAndFantasio'' (''L'accélérateur atomique'').



* SequelNumberSnarl: The first album, ''Recap/{{Slaloms}}'' was first published in black and white by an independant editor in 1993. Then, three albums numbered 1, 2 and 3 were published by Dargaud. In 1997, a redrawn colored version of ''Recap/{{Slaloms}}'' was published by Dargaud under the number 0. Finally, the album number 9, ''L'Accélérateur atomique'', was published before the album number 8, ''Recap/LaVieCommeElleVient''.

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* SequelNumberSnarl: The first album, ''Recap/{{Slaloms}}'' was first published in black and white by an independant editor (L'Association) in 1993. Then, three albums numbered 1, 2 and 3 were published by Dargaud. In 1997, a redrawn colored version of ''Recap/{{Slaloms}}'' was published by Dargaud under the number 0. Finally, the album number 9, ''L'Accélérateur ''Recap/Laccelerateur atomique'', was published before the album number 8, ''Recap/LaVieCommeElleVient''.



* UniversalAdaptorCast: Lapinot, Titi and Richard live in most albums in a contemporary setting, but they can be transplanted in TheWildWest (''Recap/{{Blacktown}}''), TheEdwardianEra (''Recap/{{Walter}}''), UsefulNotes/VictorianBritain (''Recap/VacancesDePrintemps'') or the TheFifties (''L'accélérateur atomique'').

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* UniversalAdaptorCast: Lapinot, Titi and Richard live in most albums in a contemporary setting, but they can be transplanted in TheWildWest for a parody of TheWestern (''Recap/{{Blacktown}}''), TheEdwardianEra for a parody of [[GothicHorror Gothic fiction]] (''Recap/{{Walter}}''), UsefulNotes/VictorianBritain for a parody of {{romance}} (''Recap/VacancesDePrintemps'') or the TheFifties (''L'accélérateur atomique'').for a parody of ''ComicBook/SpirouAndFantasio'' (''Recap/LaccelerateurAtomique'').
* TheVerse: ''The Spiffy Adventures without [=McConey=]'' (''Les Formidables Aventures sans Lapinot'') are set in the same universe: the events of the fourth instalment, ''Trop ouf'', happen two months after ''Recap/LaVieCommeElleVient'' and involve the same characters: Richard, Félix, Patrick, Alice, and Vincent.
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* LimitedWardrobe: In the albums set in the present-day, Lapinot generally wears a blue shirt, a grey coat and brown trousers. Richard wears a red pullover, black trousers and a dark green jacket. Titi wears a white shirt, grey trousers and a tie.
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* GenreRoulette: some books are in a contemporary setting, while others parody a specific genre: TheWestern (''Recap/{{Blacktown}}''), [[GothicHorror Gothic fiction]] (''Recap/{{Walter}}''), {{romance}} (''Vacances de printemps''), ''ComicBook/SpirouAndFantasio'' (''L'accélérateur atomique'').

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* GenreRoulette: some books are in a contemporary setting, while others parody a specific genre: TheWestern (''Recap/{{Blacktown}}''), [[GothicHorror Gothic fiction]] (''Recap/{{Walter}}''), {{romance}} (''Vacances de printemps''), (''Recap/VacancesDePrintemps''), ''ComicBook/SpirouAndFantasio'' (''L'accélérateur atomique'').



* UniversalAdaptorCast: Lapinot, Titi and Richard live in most albums in a contemporary setting, but they can be transplanted in TheWildWest (''Recap/{{Blacktown}}''), TheEdwardianEra (''Recap/{{Walter}}''), VictorianBritain (''Recap/VacancesDePrintemps'') or the TheFifties (''L'accélérateur atomique'').

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* UniversalAdaptorCast: Lapinot, Titi and Richard live in most albums in a contemporary setting, but they can be transplanted in TheWildWest (''Recap/{{Blacktown}}''), TheEdwardianEra (''Recap/{{Walter}}''), VictorianBritain UsefulNotes/VictorianBritain (''Recap/VacancesDePrintemps'') or the TheFifties (''L'accélérateur atomique'').


* UniversalAdaptorCast: Lapinot, Titi and Richard live in most albums in a contemporary setting, but they can be transplanted in TheWildWest (''Recap/{{Blacktown}}''), TheEdwardianEra (''Recap/{{Walter}}''), or the TheFifties (''L'accélérateur atomique'').

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* UniversalAdaptorCast: Lapinot, Titi and Richard live in most albums in a contemporary setting, but they can be transplanted in TheWildWest (''Recap/{{Blacktown}}''), TheEdwardianEra (''Recap/{{Walter}}''), VictorianBritain (''Recap/VacancesDePrintemps'') or the TheFifties (''L'accélérateur atomique'').
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* UniversalAdaptorCast: Lapinot, Titi and Richard live in most albums in a contemporary setting, but they can be transplanted in TheWildWest (''Recap/{{Blacktown}}''), TheEdwardianEra (''Recap/{{Walter}}''), or the TheFifties (''L'accélérateur atomique'').
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* TheCasanova: Titi.

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* TheCasanova: Titi.Titi always tries to charm girl and he is often successful.



* GenreRoulette: some books are in a contemporary setting, while others parody a specific genre: TheWestern (''Blacktown''), [[GothicHorror Gothic fiction]] (''Recap/{{Walter}}''), {{romance}} (''Vacances de printemps''), ''ComicBook/SpirouAndFantasio'' (''L'accélérateur atomique'').
* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: The back cover of all the albums has a sentence which reads "This nth volume of the Spiffy Adventures of [=McConey=] will delight those who like..." followed by a list of items where the last one stands out in [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking a way]] or [[BreadEggsMilkSquick another]].

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* GenreRoulette: some books are in a contemporary setting, while others parody a specific genre: TheWestern (''Blacktown''), (''Recap/{{Blacktown}}''), [[GothicHorror Gothic fiction]] (''Recap/{{Walter}}''), {{romance}} (''Vacances de printemps''), ''ComicBook/SpirouAndFantasio'' (''L'accélérateur atomique'').
* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: The On the back cover of all the albums has albums, there is a sentence which reads "This nth volume of the Spiffy Adventures of [=McConey=] will delight those who like..." followed by a list of items where the last one stands out in [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking a way]] or [[BreadEggsMilkSquick another]].



* SequelNumberSnarl: The first album, ''Recap/{{Slaloms}}'' was first published in black and white by an independant editor in 1993. Then, three albums numbered 1, 2 and 3 were published by Dargaud. In 1997, a redrawn colored version of ''Slaloms'' was published by Dargaud under the number 0. Finally, the album number 9, ''L'Accélérateur atomique'', was published before the album number 8, ''Recap/LaVieCommeElleVient''.

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* SequelNumberSnarl: The first album, ''Recap/{{Slaloms}}'' was first published in black and white by an independant editor in 1993. Then, three albums numbered 1, 2 and 3 were published by Dargaud. In 1997, a redrawn colored version of ''Slaloms'' ''Recap/{{Slaloms}}'' was published by Dargaud under the number 0. Finally, the album number 9, ''L'Accélérateur atomique'', was published before the album number 8, ''Recap/LaVieCommeElleVient''.

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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: The back cover of all the albums has a sentence which reads "This nth volume of the Spiffy Adventures of [=McConey=] will delight those who like..." followed by a list of items where the last one stands out in [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking a way]] or [[BreadEggsMilkSquick another]].
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* ThePrankster: Richard is fond of practical jokes.
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* FourFingeredHands: The PettingZooPeople all have four-fingered hands.

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* SequelNumberSnarl: The first album, ''Slaloms'' was first published in black and white by an independant editor in 1993. Then, three albums numbered 1, 2 and 3 were published by Dargaud. In 1997, a redrawn colored version of ''Slaloms'' was published by Dargaud under the number 0. Finally, the album number 9, ''L'Accélérateur atomique'', was published before the album number 8, ''La vie comme elle vient''.

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* SequelNumberSnarl: The first album, ''Slaloms'' ''Recap/{{Slaloms}}'' was first published in black and white by an independant editor in 1993. Then, three albums numbered 1, 2 and 3 were published by Dargaud. In 1997, a redrawn colored version of ''Slaloms'' was published by Dargaud under the number 0. Finally, the album number 9, ''L'Accélérateur atomique'', was published before the album number 8, ''La vie comme elle vient''.''Recap/LaVieCommeElleVient''.
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* BarefootCartoonAnimal: Lapinot has long rabbit paws and does not wear shoes, unlike the other characters.


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* FullyDressedCartoonAnimal: All the characters of the series, except Lapinot himself who is a BarefootCartoonAnimal.
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* SpeciesSurname: In French, the surname of the main character is ''Lapinot'', a diminutive form of ''lapin'' (''rabbit''). His given name is never mentioned. The other character have normal given names and surnames.

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* SpeciesSurname: In French, the surname of the main character is ''Lapinot'', a diminutive form of ''lapin'' (''rabbit''). His given name is never mentioned. The other character characters have normal given names and surnames.
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* SpeciesSurname: In French, the surname of the main character is ''Lapinot'', a diminutive form of ''lapin'' (''rabbit''). His given name is never mentioned. The other character have normal given names and surnames.
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''The Spiffy Adventures of [=McConey=]'' (''Les formidables aventures de Lapinot'') is a French comic series by Creator/LewisTrondheim. It debuted in 1992 and ended in 2003.

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''The Spiffy Adventures of [=McConey=]'' (''Les formidables aventures de Lapinot'') is a French comic series by Creator/LewisTrondheim. It debuted in 1992 and ended in 2003.
2004. There are two types of albums in the series. Some are set in the present-day and recount the life of a young adult, Lapinot, his group of friends (among other Richard and Titi) and his LoveInterest, Nadia. The other albums are set in a different time period and they parody a specific genre. Nevertheless, Lapinot, Richard and Titi also have the main roles in those albums.
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* GenreRoulette: some books are in a contemporary setting, while others parody a specific genre: TheWestern (''Blacktown''), [[GothicHorror Gothic fiction]] (''Recap/Walter''), {{romance}} (''Vacances de printemps''), ''ComicBook/SpirouAndFantasio'' (''L'accélérateur atomique'').

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* GenreRoulette: some books are in a contemporary setting, while others parody a specific genre: TheWestern (''Blacktown''), [[GothicHorror Gothic fiction]] (''Recap/Walter''), (''Recap/{{Walter}}''), {{romance}} (''Vacances de printemps''), ''ComicBook/SpirouAndFantasio'' (''L'accélérateur atomique'').
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* GenreRoulette: some books are in a contemporary setting, while others parody a specific genre: TheWestern (''Blacktown''), [[GothicHorror Gothic fiction]] (''Walter''), {{romance}} (''Vacances de printemps''), ''ComicBook/SpirouAndFantasio'' (''L'accélérateur atomique'').

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* GenreRoulette: some books are in a contemporary setting, while others parody a specific genre: TheWestern (''Blacktown''), [[GothicHorror Gothic fiction]] (''Walter''), (''Recap/Walter''), {{romance}} (''Vacances de printemps''), ''ComicBook/SpirouAndFantasio'' (''L'accélérateur atomique'').
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* SequelNumberSnarl: The first album, ''Slaloms'' was first published in black and white by an independant editor in 1993. Then, three albums numbered 1, 2 and 3 were published by Dargaud. In 1997, a redrawn colored version of ''Slaloms'' was published by Dargaud under the number 0. Finally, the album number 9, ''L'Accélérateur atomique'', was published before the album number 8, ''La vie comme elle vient''.
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* FourPhilosophyEnsemble: Richard is the Cynic, Lapinot is the Optimist, Titi is the Realist and Pierrot is the Apathetic.
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* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Titi is sanguine, Richard is choleric, Pierrot is melancholic and Lapinot is phlegmatic.

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* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Titi is sanguine, sanguine (charming, undisciplined, frivolous...), Richard is choleric, choleric (passionate, hot-tempered, rebellious...), Pierrot is melancholic (conservative, perfectionistic, snobbish, depressed...) and Lapinot is phlegmatic.phlegmatic (calm, humble, nice guy, slacker...).



* GenreRoulette: some books are in contemporary setting, while others parody a specific genre: TheWestern (''Blacktown''), [[GothicHorror Gothic fiction]] (''Walter''), {{romance}} (''Vacances de printemps''), ''ComicBook/SpirouAndFantasio'' (''L'accélérateur atomique'').

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* GenreRoulette: some books are in a contemporary setting, while others parody a specific genre: TheWestern (''Blacktown''), [[GothicHorror Gothic fiction]] (''Walter''), {{romance}} (''Vacances de printemps''), ''ComicBook/SpirouAndFantasio'' (''L'accélérateur atomique'').

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* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Titi is sanguine, Richard is choleric, Pierrot is melancholic and Lapinot is phlegmatic.


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* WorldOfSnark: All the main characters are snarkers.

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See the [[Recap/TheSpiffyAdventuresOfMcConey recap page]] for the list of albums.



* GenreRoulette: some books are set in contemporary France, while others parody a specific genre: Western (''Blacktown''), Gothic fiction (''Walter''), romance (''Vacances de printemps''), ''ComicBook/SpirouAndFantasio'' (''L'accélérateur atomique'').
* PettingZooPeople: All the characters of the series have a human body frame, they speak, they wear clothes, but they have animal heads.

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* CityWithNoName: The city where Lapinot lives is never named. It is called "the big city" ("la grande ville").
* FurriesAreEasierToDraw: Creator/LewisTrondheim chose to draw PettingZooPeople as an easy option.
* FurryConfusion: There are non-humanlike dogs, birds... alongside PettingZooPeople.
* GenreRoulette: some books are set in contemporary France, setting, while others parody a specific genre: Western TheWestern (''Blacktown''), [[GothicHorror Gothic fiction fiction]] (''Walter''), romance {{romance}} (''Vacances de printemps''), ''ComicBook/SpirouAndFantasio'' (''L'accélérateur atomique'').
* PettingZooPeople: All the characters of the series have a human body frame, they speak, they wear clothes, they have animal heads, but they have animal heads.no tail. Lapinot has very long rabbit feet.
* WorldOfFunnyAnimals: The PettingZooPeople characters take the place of people. There are no people.
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''The Spiffy Adventures of [=McConey=]'' (''Les formidables aventures de Lapinot'') is a French comic series by Creator/LewisTrondheim. It debuted in 1992 and ended in 2003.
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!!''The Spiffy Adventures of [=McConey=]'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* TheCasanova: Titi.
* GenreRoulette: some books are set in contemporary France, while others parody a specific genre: Western (''Blacktown''), Gothic fiction (''Walter''), romance (''Vacances de printemps''), ''ComicBook/SpirouAndFantasio'' (''L'accélérateur atomique'').
* PettingZooPeople: All the characters of the series have a human body frame, they speak, they wear clothes, but they have animal heads.
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