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* In the DiscWorld novel ''Hogfather'', a fancy restaurant names all their dishes in the pseudo-French language Quirmian. It's amazing how many fancy French titles they can give to dishes made out of mud and old boots.
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* ''IronChef'' is a Japanese cooking show. Its successor, ''IronChefAmerica'', is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin an American version.]] Both have the same call to arms, "À la cuisine!"
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* ''IronChef'' is a Japanese cooking show. Its successor, ''IronChefAmerica'', is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin an American version.]] Both have the same call to arms, "À la "Àllez cuisine!"
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* Contrary to what anyone in Muse might believe, the song "I Belong to You (Mon C?ur S'ouvre à ta Voix)" actually contains the phrase "R'''i'''pond'''s''' à ma tendress-uh".
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* Contrary to what anyone in Muse might believe, the song "I Belong to You (Mon C?ur Cœur S'ouvre à ta Voix)" actually contains the phrase "R'''i'''pond'''s''' à ma tendress-uh".
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* In Aine Furey's haunting song "13 wishes" most of the last verse is sung in French; even for high school speakers, "Elle est la fille, elle est la fleur...La boheme qui vive pour l'amore" is clear enough; the intervening line, not so much.
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* In Aine Furey's haunting song "13 wishes" most of the last verse is sung in French; even for high school speakers, "Elle est la fille, elle est la fleur... La boheme bohème qui vive pour l'amore" l'amour" is clear enough; the intervening line, not so much.
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* In {{Aine Furey's}} haunting song "13 wishes" most of the last verse is sung in French; even for high school speakers, "Elle est la fille, elle est la fleur...La boheme qui vive pour l'amore" is clear enough; the intervening line, not so much.
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* In {{Aine Furey's}} Aine Furey's haunting song "13 wishes" most of the last verse is sung in French; even for high school speakers, "Elle est la fille, elle est la fleur...La boheme qui vive pour l'amore" is clear enough; the intervening line, not so much.
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* In {{Aine Furey's}} haunting song "13 wishes" most of the last verse is sung in French; even for high school speakers, "Elle est la fille, elle est la fleur...La boheme qui vive pour l'amore" is clear enough; the intervening line, not so much.
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Check TropeNamesFromTheFrench for ''les [[Fr/{{ptitleayv02d7jazcd}} schémas]] de noms francophones''.
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Check TropeNamesFromTheFrench and the Fr/DictionnaireProvisoire for ''les [[Fr/{{ptitleayv02d7jazcd}} schémas]] de noms francophones''.
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** The song "Valse de la Lune" from the Wolf's Rain soundtrack is also completely in French.
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** Akihiko gets in on the action in the PSP remake.
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Correct me if I am wrong for this
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** IIRC, subverted for the anime-only character Eclair who only spoke Japanese.
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** IIRC, subverted for the anime-only character Eclair who only spoke Japanese.Japanese [[WallBanger despite the fact she is actually FROM France and didn't explain how she can speak fluent Japanese like a native]] .
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** IIRC, subverted the anime-only character Eclair who only spoke Japanese.
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** IIRC, subverted for the anime-only character Eclair who only spoke Japanese.
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* [[TheMerch A Japanese CD]] called ''SailorMoon Super S in Paris'' is [[http://sailormusic.net/tracks/Paris.html made of this trope.]] The lyrics are nonsense most of the time, being versions of the Japanese lyrics with French peppered in.
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** Much less frequently, but the Swedish Chef will occasionally add some French to his ForeignSoundingGibberish (i.e. "ou est le banananana").
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* LadyGaga has some gratuitous French in the bridge of "Bad Romance." Extra points for being timed so the next line sounds like "I DON'T WANNA BE FRENCH!"
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* LadyGaga has some gratuitous French in the bridge of "Bad Romance." Extra points for being timed so the next line (actually "I don't wanna be friends") sounds like "I DON'T WANNA BE FRENCH!"
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* ThePolice song "Hungry for You (J'aurais Toujours Faim de Toi)", as you can probably tell by the paranthesis, is almost entirely in French (one lone chorus gets sung in English towards the end).
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* ThePolice song "Hungry for You (J'aurais Toujours Faim de Toi)", as you can probably tell by the paranthesis, parentheses, is almost entirely in French (one lone chorus gets sung in English towards the end).
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*** Even better: when used on their own, 'chou' and 'fleur' are both French terms of endearment. This gives weight to the [[WildMassGuessing theory]] that the Spy, if any of the combatants, isn't of the nationality he seems to imply...
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* Innes Lorenz from ''Tales of Hearts'' deserves an honorable mention, since all of her artes contain french words.
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* Bertie Wooster in PGWodehouse's novels often uses French phrases, sometimes wondering if they're correct (according to the footnotes, usually yes).
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Compare GratuitousEnglish, which is used in France.
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* The Talking Heads' song Psycho Killer has the bridge (as well as the hook "Psycho killer, qu'est que ce?") sung in French, giving the song just that extra hint of derangement.
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* The Talking Heads' TalkingHeads' song Psycho Killer has the bridge (as well as the hook "Psycho killer, qu'est que ce?") c'est?") sung in French, giving the song just that extra hint of derangement.
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* ThePolice song "Hungry for You (J'aurais Toujours Faim de Toi)", as you can probably tell by the paranthesis, is almost entirely in French (one lone chorus gets sung in English towards the end).
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* ''DarthsAndDroids'' made the decision to give Count Dooku an atrocious faux-French accent. This reached its height when he tried to say coup de grâce...with a French pronunciation. Ben was quick to point out the redundancy.
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* ''IntolerableCruelty'': [[FunnyForeigner Heinz, the Baron Krauss Von Espy]] says Marilyn Rexroth (played by Catherine Zeta-Jones) asked him for "a man whom she could herself brazenly cuckold, until such time as she might choose to, we would say, 'faire un coup de marteau sur des fesses.'" (Literal translation: nail his ass.)
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Unfortunate (in french) typo for Brutal Legend manual. “petit” -> “petite”. “Petit mort” would actually mean “little dead” (for a male).
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* In the instruction manual for ''BrutalLegend'', the description for a GrimReaper unit lists a number of synonyms for death, including "petit mort", which is literally French for "little death". Unfortunately (or [[RatedMForManly possibly intentionally]]), it's also an idiom for "orgasm", which is [[{{Squick}} hopefully not related]] [[NightmareFetishist to the monster in question]].
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* In the instruction manual for ''BrutalLegend'', the description for a GrimReaper unit lists a number of synonyms for death, including "petit "petite mort", which is literally French for "little death". Unfortunately (or [[RatedMForManly possibly intentionally]]), it's also an idiom for "orgasm", which is [[{{Squick}} hopefully not related]] [[NightmareFetishist to the monster in question]].
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Corrected fact about “Fataisie Sign” from Cowboy Bebop track being sung by Yoko Kanno herself.
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** In fact, the lyrics of the song "Fantaisie Sign" are 100% French. This French tropper was surprised to hear that Kanno's accent is astoundingly perfect (well, I assume she's the one singing it). The lyrics, however, are a Narm sandwich covered with Narm sauce, [[NarmCharm which may actually make the song even cuter.]]
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** In fact, the lyrics of the song "Fantaisie Sign" Sign", sung by Carla Vallet, are 100% French. This French tropper was surprised to hear that Kanno's accent is astoundingly perfect (well, I assume she's the one singing it).French. The lyrics, however, are a Narm sandwich covered with Narm sauce, [[NarmCharm which may actually make the song even cuter.]]
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** And she's seen reading a book called [[ShoutOut ''Marquis de Sade'']] in Chain of Memories.
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** Billy Joel's song "C'etait toi/You are the one" sings the entire song twice, once in English, once in French.
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* Larxene's weapons in ''[[KingdomHearts358DaysOver2 Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days]]'' all have French names.
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* Much to the detriment of many a [[HellsKitchen Hell's Kitchen]] fan, Benjamin from season 7.
-->Benjamin: Oui, Chef!
-->Benjamin: Oui, Chef!
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* Sherry Leblanc from Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's. Her name is bad enough, but her cae monster's name is "Fleur de Chevalier", which means "Knight's Flower".
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* Sherry Leblanc from Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's. Her name is bad enough, but her cae monster's name is "Fleur de Chevalier", which (because it is grammatically incorrect) literally means "Knight's "Flower of Knight" "Fleur du Chevalier" is the corrent name. The English game translates it as "Chevalier de Fleur", or (again, due to grammar) "Knight of Flower".
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* Sherry Leblanc from Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's. Her name is bad enough, but her cae monster's name is "Fleur de Chevalier", which means "Flower of Knight".
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* Sherry Leblanc from Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's. Her name is bad enough, but her cae monster's name is "Fleur de Chevalier", which means "Flower of Knight"."Knight's Flower".
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* Sherry Leblanc from Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's. Her name is bad enough, but her cae monster's name is "Fleur de Chevalier", which means "Flower of Knight".
