History Series / LesFillesDaCote

* PutOnTheBus: Practically all the original cast departed this way in between the end of the original series and the start of the reboot. InUniverse they all went their seperate ways and moved to other parts of France and in one case to UsefulNotes/{{Peru}}. People started getting on the bus, in fact, towards the end of the original run and various stories were devised to explain this, as well as offering an opportunity for the producers to trial newcomers to see if they worled out.

* HostilityOnTheSet: Between Cécile Auclert (Fanny) and Hélène Le Moignic (Magalie). This was not helped by a punishing production schedule requiring three completed shows a week, meaning the cast were together in a stressful time-driven environment for long periods of time. However, both actresses were united by a loathing for producer Jean-Luc Azoulay: famously described by Hélène Le Moignic (who no longer works in acting) as "the worm in a rotten apple", the diseased apple being low-values production company AB.

* PutOnTheBus: Practically all the original cast departed this way in between the end of the original series and the start of the reboot. InUniverse they all went their seperate ways and moved to other parts of France. People started getting on the bus, in fact, towards the end of the original run and various stories were devised to explain this, as well as offering an opportunity for the producers to trial newcomers to see if they worled out.

[[caption-width-right:350:The central characters: top to bottom, Daniel, Marc, Gérard; Fanny, Claire (à droit), Magalie (à gauche) ]]

[[caption-width-right:350:The central characters: top to bottom, Daniel, Marc, Gérard; Fanny, Claire (a droit), Magalie (a gauche) ]]

[[caption-width-right:350:The central characters: top to bottom, Daniel, Marc, Gérard; Fanny, Claire (r), Magalie (l) ]]

* FrenchJerk: Marc. Even Daniel acknowledges his friend has socially undesirable qualities. There is his freeloading, and the fact that while he is pursuing Magalie, he isn't above chasing Fanny and Claire ''as well''. To be the French Jerk in a French TV show, acclaimed as such by other French people, has to be taking it UpToEleven.

* LastMinuteHookup; at the end of the show's first incarnation, before the reboot with a pretty much brand new cast, it is strongly hinted Marc gets off with Claire and they depart as a couple, possibly to Brussels. Apparently Claire was worn down and couldn't be bothered to say "non!" any more.

** In the reboot show ''Les Nouvelles Filles d'à Côt&eacute'', full-body massages are introduced in the Health Club and sure enough, there is at least one [[NippledAndDimed brief moment of toplessness]] involving one of the second-generation Girls Next Door.

* FriendsRentControl: The apartments look too expensive for the people in them to afford to live there.

* MsFanservice: Shamelessly played. Right from the opening credits where the girls smile and wave at the camera while in bathing costumes. The gym setting allows further opportunities for the girls to wear skimpy workout clothing; and none of the troop of extras in the background are less than averagely good-looking either. One episode has the girls in lingerie.

* BreakingTheFourthWall: Done in the openiong credits where the girls put on [[StepfordSmiling smiles for the camera]] while waving at the viewers as if perfectly aware they are present.

''Les Filles d'à Côté'' [[note]]''The Girls Next Door''[[/note]] was a sitcom that screened on French television till January 1995. In its original format with its first cast it ran for a total of 170 episodes. The format was revived later in 1995 with a largely new cast under the title of ''Les Nouvelles Filles d'à Côté'', and ran for a further 156 episodes. Re-runs still appear to be popular today on French TV channels.

!!Des tropes qui suintent de cette sitcom comme du Brie réchauffé:-

* BottleEpisode: More of a bottle ''series''. Only four sets are used - all of them indoors. The fact there is an entire country called France out there is another InformedAttribute.

* TheNineties: the show is an advert for everytihng thought chic or fashionable or stylish in France in the 1990's. Even though it looks vaguely dated today, the show and the people in it are still easy on the eye.
* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Marc, who is shamelessly freeloading on the generosity of his old friend Daniel, and who is deaf to all hints that he should either be contributing more or moving out.

* CapsuleEpisode: motre of a capsule ''series''. Only four sets are used - all of them indoors. the fact there is a whold country called France out there is another InformedAttribute.
* EverythingLooksSexierInFrance: The only regular character who is not a walking exemplar of TheNineties French chic, style and attractiveness is Georgette. Otherwise everyone is either handsome or drop-dead beautiful, even the [[InformedAttribute slobby]] Marc.

* EverythingIsSexierInFrance: The only regular character who is not a walking exemplar of TheNineties French chic, style and attractiveness is Georgette. Otherwise everyone is either handsome or drop-dead beautiful, even the [[InformedAttribute slobby]] Marc.

* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Marc, who is shamemessly freeloading on the generosity of his old friend Daniel, and who is deaf to all hints that he should either be contributing more or moving out.

* CampGay: Danielk is a stereotypical gay man taken UpToEleven.

The show followed a tried and trusted TV sitcom formula, following the lives of two groups of unattached thirtysomethings who rent neighbouring apaprtments in a communal shared block. Daniel and Marc are already flat-sharing; they get as neighbours three old friends, all divorcées or separated from partners, who have decided to pool their resources and share a place together. The three "girls" (all are in their middle thirties) duly move in next door. They introduce themselves as Fanny, Magalie and Claire. HilarityEnsues. [[AbhorrentAdmirer Marc]] is immediately smitten and can't decide which of the three girls he wants to pursue (he finally settles on Magalie, who wants nothing to do with him). Meanwhile the girls (ignoring or avoiding Marc) are all taken with the debonair and sophisticated American photographer Daniel. Who politely turns down their interest as he has a girlfriend elsewhere. And downstairs in the basement is a gym and health club for which all residents are automatically members. A key person here is Gérard, who practically runs the place. A likeable CampGay, he becomes a sort of best friend and confidant to the girls. Secondary characters include Vincent (brattish teenage son of Claire) and Wendy (precocious six-year-old daughter of Fanny). And upstairs there is Georgette, who is in love with Marc.

!!Des cordes qui suintent de cette sitcom comme du Brie réchauffé:-