History Creator / LesInconnus

** Also, a "faithful adaptation" of ''Literature/LesMiserables''... ''Film/MadMax''-style. Featuring "Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme", like the above.

After ''Les Trois Frères'' came out, their manager Paul Lederman claimed ownership on their group name by lawsuit, causing them to drop the use of it, and they never made sketches together again. Nonetheless, several films have featured at least two former members together since. 2001's ''Film/TheThreeMagi'' (''Les Rois-mages'') and the 2014 {{sequel}} to ''Les Trois Frères'', ''Les Trois Frères: Le Retour'' (''The Three Brothers are back'') reunited them all. Most of said movies were written and directed by Bourdon and Campan.

* DeconstructiveParody: "Whoopee Morning" parodies morning shows with the twist being that presenters of shows broadcasted very early in the morning chronically lack from sleep. Not only everyone has ExhaustedEyeBags and a somewhat slow, exhausted sounding speech pattern, but their exhaustion has predictable consequences (PlayedForLaughs), like the cook chopping his own hand while showing a recipe or the gym coach falling asleep during the fitness segment.

* ManChild: Tommy in "Hard rock singer" who acts like a kid and plays with toys during an interview.

* DeconstructiveParody: "Whoopee Morning" parodies morning shows with the twist being that animators of shows broadcasted very early in the morning chronically lack from sleep. Not only everyone has ExhaustedEyeBags and a somewhat slow, exhausted sounding speech pattern, but their exhaustion has predictable consequences (PlayedForLaughs), like the cook chopping his own hand while showing a recipe or the gym coach falling asleep during the fitness segment.

Les Inconnus (literally "The Unknowns") was a [[DoubleActsAndGroups trio]] of UsefulNotes/{{Fr|ance}}ench comedians and actors, the success of which peaked in the early [[TheNineties 1990s]]. It was composed of Didier Bourdon (born January 22, 1959 in Alger), Bernard Campan (born April 4, 1958 in Agen) and Pascal Légitimus (born March 13, 1959 in Paris). Their sketches savagely satirized all aspects of the French (or otherwise) cultural landscape, from show business to advertising, television and politics, and are still heavily referenced to this day.

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After ''Les Trois Frères'' came out, their manager Paul Lederman claimed ownership on their group name by lawsuit, causing them to drop the use of it, and they never made sketches together again. Nonetheless, several films have featured at least two former members together since. 2001's ''Film/TheThreeMagis'' and the 2014 {{sequel}} to ''Les Trois Frères'', ''Les Trois Frères: Le Retour'' (''The Three Brothers are back'') reunited them all. Most of said movies were written and directed by Bourdon and Campan.

After ''Les Trois Frères'' came out, their manager Paul Lederman claimed ownership on their group name by lawsuit, causing them to drop the use of it, and they never made sketches together again. Nonetheless, several films have featured at least two former members together since. 2001's ''Les Rois mages'' (''The Three Magis'') and the 2014 {{sequel}} to ''Les Trois Frères'', ''Les Trois Frères: Le Retour'' (''The Three Brothers are back'') reunited them all. Most of said movies were written and directed by Bourdon and Campan.

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*** The interviewer then asks them what they think of pop music, then politics, to which the band gives a derisive laugh and calls them "shit", "rotten", etc. But they awkwardly look away [[ArmorPiercingQuestion when asked about drugs]].

** "Isabelle a les yeux bleus" ("Isabelle has blue eyes") is a parody of then hit song "Partenaire Particulier", derided for its simplistic lyrics, while the music video parodies "Miss Paramount"'s, a song by another [[NewWaveMusic New Wave]] band, Indochine. The clip opens with a mock interview where the band dresses and acts in a manner more reminiscent of the aforementioned Indochine.
** Another clip, "Florent Brunel" has a CompositeCharacter of singers Florent Pagny and Patrick Bruel, with a parody of Bruel's song "Casser la voix" ("Breaking my voice"). The singer claims to denounce all politicians, [[EverythingExceptMostThings then proceeds to list every political figure he can think of as an exception]].

** "Isabelle a les yeux bleus" ("Isabelle has blue eyes") is a parody of then hit song "Partenaire Particulier", derided for its simplistic lyrics, though the clip opens with a mock interview where the band dresses and acts in a manner more reminiscent of another [[NewWaveMusic New Wave]] band, Indochine.

* ClusterFBomb: The [[RealTrailerFakeMovie trailer for the fake film]] ''Fuck You -- The Movie'', which parodies Creator/MartinScorsese's notoriously swearing-filled crime films such as ''Film/TheGoodfellas''. Starring "Al Pas d'Chez Nous" (pun with Creator/AlPacino) and "Robert de Negro" (pun on Creator/RobertDeNiro), with the two trading nothing but "F-word you!" at each other throughout, with [[FunWithSubtitles different meanings between each French subtitle]]. It ends with a VisualPun, with one of the characters showing the photo of a seal ("phoque" in French) and asking the other what it is -- "phoque" is pronounced very much like "fuck".

* ClusterFBomb: The [[RealTrailerFakeMovie trailer for the fake film]] ''Fuck You -- The Movie'', which parodies Creator/MartinScorsese's notoriously swearing-filled crime films. Starring "Al Pas d'Chez Nous" (pun with Creator/AlPacino) and "Robert de Negro" (pun on Creator/RobertDeNiro), with the two trading nothing but "F-word you!" at each other throughout, with [[FunWithSubtitles different meanings between each French subtitle]]. It ends with a VisualPun, with one of the characters showing the photo of a seal ("phoque" in French) and asking the other what it is -- "phoque" is pronounced very much like "fuck".

* PunnyName: Skippy the great guru. In French, it's "Skippy le grand gourou", a pun based on [[Series/SkippyTheBushKangaroo Skippy the Kangaroo]].

** Did we mention the group's name literally means "The Unknown"?

** In "C'est toi que je t'aime", the members of La Negra Bouche Beat introduce themselves as "Riri", "Fifi", and "Loulou" (French name of [[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse Huey, Dewey, and Louie Duck]]).
* SomethingWeForgot: In "Thierry la France", after knocking out the two English guards, Thierry goes at his love interest Isabelle... then doesn't untie her from the tree she's tied to, starts gloating about this day's victory with his Merry Men and... leaves the scene with them, with Isabelle still tied to the tree.

** Ever thought about a crossover between ''Film/TheKarateKid'' and ''Literature/DangerousLiaisons''? Well, Les Inconnus made one.

* AsiansEatPets: In "Les restaurants", Didier Bourdon plays the part of a Chinese waiter who explain to the patrons that the dish named "Cinco" in the menu is a special Chinese meat. When the patrons order it, Didier Bourdon turn around and call "Cinco, come on!".

* BlatantLies: The "Nuclear Power Plant" skit is about a nuclear power plant's director reassuring the audience about nuclear power being a safe source of energy. During his speech, the guy looks more and more diseased, coughs, pukes some sort of slime, and gets a third arm growing from his back. At one point, he's also interrupted by one of his employees, who looks and sounds exactly like a stereotypical [[TheIgor Igor]].

Les Inconnus (literally "The Unknowns") was a [[DoubleActsAndGroups trio]] of UsefulNotes/Fr|ance}}ench comedians and actors, the success of which peaked in the early [[TheNineties 1990s]]. It was composed of Didier Bourdon (born January 22, 1959 in Alger), Bernard Campan (born April 4, 1958 in Agen) and Pascal Légitimus (born March 13, 1959 in Paris). Their sketches savagely satirized all aspects of the French (or otherwise) cultural landscape, from show business to advertising, television and politics, and are still heavily referenced to this day.

Les Inconnus (literally "The Unknowns") was a [[DoubleActsAndGroups trio of French comedians and actors]], the success of which peaked in the early [[TheNineties 1990s]]. It was composed of Didier Bourdon (born January 22, 1959 in Alger), Bernard Campan (born April 4, 1958 in Agen) and Pascal Légitimus (born March 13, 1959 in Paris). Their sketches savagely satirized all aspects of the French (or otherwise) cultural landscape, from show business to advertising, television and politics, and are still heavily referenced to this day.

Les Inconnus (literally "The Unknowns") was a ComicTrio of French comedians and actors, the success of which peaked in the early [[TheNineties 1990s]]. It was composed of Didier Bourdon (born January 22, 1959 in Alger), Bernard Campan (born April 4, 1958 in Agen) and Pascal Légitimus (born March 13, 1959 in Paris). Their sketches savagely satirized all aspects of the French (or otherwise) cultural landscape, from show business to advertising, television and politics, and are still heavily referenced to this day.

* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: In "Thierry la France" (parody of ''Series/ThierryLaFronde''), Thierry and his Merry Men hold their nose upwards and start repeating "Well, well, well" to fool two English guards long enough to knock them out and free Thierry's LoveInterest. The guards, meanwhile, talk using quotes from songs of Music/TheBeatles.

** ''Inverted'' in a skit (a talk-show parody), where Legitimus' face is [[WhiteLikeMe covered in white make-up]].

* ClusterFBomb: The [[RealTrailerFakeMovie trailer for the fake film]] ''Fuck You -- The Movie'', which parodies Creator/MartinScorsese's crime films. Starring "Al Pas d'Chez Nous" (pun with Creator/AlPacino) and "Robert de Negro" (pun on Creator/RobertDeNiro), with the two trading nothing but "F-word you!" at each other throughout, with [[FunWithSubtitles different meanings between each French subtitle]]. It ends with a VisualPun, with one of the characters showing the photo of a seal ("phoque" in French) and asking the other what it is -- "phoque" is pronounced very much like "fuck".

* DeconstructiveParody: "Whoopee Morning" parodies morning shows with the twist being that animators of shows broadcasted very early in the morning chronically lack from sleep. Not only everyone has ExhaustedEyeBags and a somewhat slow, exhausted sounding speech pattern, but their exhaustion has predictable consequences (PlayedForLaughs), like the cook chopping his hand while showing a recipe or the gym coach falling asleep during the fitness segment.

* BlatantLies: The "Nuclear Power Plant" skit is about a nuclear power plant's director reassuring the audience about nuclear power being a safe source of energy. During his speech, the guy looks more and more [[NuclearNasty diseased, coughs, pukes some sort of slime, and gets a third arm growing from his back]]. At one point, he's also interrupted by one of his employees, who looks and sounds exactly like a stereotypical [[TheIgor Igor]].

** Three of their commercials' parodies were based on horror movies: the first two came from ''The Kiss'' (1988), featuring a rabid cat-demon attacking people, and are used as cat food commercials ("You still haven't served his Krit-and-Krat!"). Even worse, a scene from ''Film/Dolls1987'', where a woman is slowly stabbed, sliced and beaten by living puppets, ends with a German-accented voice-over which says : "Ach! It's almost Christmas: think about our [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany Klaus Barbie]] dolls!" Some children don't remember [[NightmareFuel fondly]] these parodies.

** Three of their commercials' parodies were based on horror movies: the first two came from ''The Kiss'' (1988), featuring a rabid cat-demon attacking people, and are used as cat food commercials ("You still haven't served his Krit-and-Krat!"). Even worse, a scene from ''Film/{{Dolls}}'', where a woman is slowly stabbed, sliced and beaten by living puppets, ends with a German-accented voice-over which says : "Ach! It's almost Christmas: think about our [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany Klaus Barbie]] dolls!" Some children don't remember [[NightmareFuel fondly]] these parodies.

* ArtisticLicense: In "Les Beaufs", Didier Bourdon's character tells he got aroused when watching the scene where "the [male] vampire bangs the chick" in ''Film/BramStokersDracula''. There's no such scene in the movie.