History Webcomic / Frivolesque

* RedEyesTakeWarning: Gaia may be a subversion of this but it is too early to tell. Her doppelganger, however, seems to fully qualify.

* ActionGirl: Saki... my god... [[http://frivolesque.com/archives/comic/carnage Saki]]. Gaia to a lesser extent. To clarify, they're ''not'' dead, just beaten to a pulp.

* ActionGirl: Saki... my god... [[http://frivolesque.com/archives/comic/carnage Saki]]. Gaia to a lesser extent.

** more likely a case of YouGottaHaveBlueHair since there is nothing particularly “black” about the character design or behaviour, she demonstrates various surreal abilities such as super strength and hair growing back within minutes, and she can apparently adapt her eyes to Saki’s prescription.
* BlindWithoutEm: Even though mostly everyone wears glasses in the comic, Saki is the one constantly running with this trope everytime she has her glasses taken away from her. She's usually looking away from the people talking to her, wandering in random directions, and being unable to identify who's standing right next to her.

* ColorCodedCharacters: Even though the characters in Frivolesque change their clothes once in a while, they always keep the same overall color scheme. On top of that, every character has a signature color that is either based on their clothes, an accessory they wear, or their hair. Chloe's color is red, Saki's is blue, Flore's is hot pink, Gaia's is green and Marie-Neige's is Sky Blue. Other character also follow this trend, like orange for Clementine, or yellow for Liliane.

* FreeRangeChildren : Fourth-grader Mimi and her friends usually hang around town with no adult supervision whatsoever.

* {{Meganekko}}: Greatly exploits this as almost every female character in the strip wears glasses, with Clementine being the most litteral use of the trope.

* OlderThanTheyLook: It comes as a surprise when the small, child-like Flore is revealed to be slightly older than her much more mature looking sister. This seem to apply to their father as well.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: Gaia may be a subversion of this but it is too early to tell. Her doppleganger, however, seems to fully qualify.
* RememberTheNewGuy : Most secondary characters are introduced this way, most notably Delphine, Marie-Neige roommate, who is mentioned for the first time in chapter 4 but has been supposedly living with her for years.
* ShoutOut : Gaia’s Long green hair and fighting abilities might be a shout out to Zeetha from {{Webcomic/GirlGenius}}

* ShrinkingViolet: Clementine definitely qualifies. She has no confidence, considering herself too tall and forgettable, and blushes everytime someone talks to her.

* SixthRanger: Chloe, Flore, Gaia, Saki and Marie-Neige are the five main characters. And then there's Clementine, one of the secondary cast members, having her own subplot and appearing every so often. Many people consider her to be the sixth main character.

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Chloe and Marie-Neige, the former an easy going short haired girl always seen wearing jeans and T-Shirts while the latter is much more feminine, with long hair and girlier tastes in clothing. The two have been best friends since grade school for some reason.

* YuriFan: Marie-Neige enbodies this trope. She has various posters of yuri heroines on her walls, reads yuri fanfiction, ships anime characters as a hobby and has a dakimakura of her best friend Chloé in her underwear lying on her bed. She doesn't seem to be ashamed of it in any way, and openly hits on every pretty girl she meets.

* SunglassesAtNight: Liliane keeps hers on all the time. They kinda fit seeing as she's the head of some secret agency, but she also wears them when she's casually hanging out with her sister and friends.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Gaia certainly qualifies. Her skin is a deep shade of brown, especially compared to everybody else, but she doesn't look especially black otherwise.

* {{Meganekko}}: Greatly exploits this as almost every female character in the strip wears glasses. Clementine being the most litteral use of the trope.

* FreeRangeChildren : Mimi and her friends usually hang around town with no adult supervision whatsoever.

* AmbiguouslyBrown : Gaia certainly qualifies. Her skin is a deep shade of brown, especially compared to everybody else, but she doesn't look especially black otherwise.
* ButNotTooForeign : Played straight with Saki, who is half Japanese, half Canadian. People usually call her a "Japanese girl" even though she isn't culturally Japanese because of her habit of fighting with a Katana or wearing schoolgirl uniforms. Lampshaded by Marie-Neige who refuses to acknowledge Saki as such. [[http://frivolesque.com/archives/comic/86-japanophilia She knows better.]]
* ColorCodedCharacters : Even though the characters in Frivolesque change their clothes once in a while, they always keep the same overall color scheme. On top of that, every character has a signature color that is either based on their clothes, an accessory they wear, or their hair. Chloe's color is red, Saki's is blue, Flore's is hot pink, Gaia's is green and Marie-Neige's is Sky Blue. Other character also follow this trend, like orange for Clementine, or yellow for Liliane.
* EmotionlessGirl : Flore never smiles and has heavy bangs hiding her eyebrows, making her look quite emotionless and distant, and a tad creepy as well. Everyone in-universe seems to think she is totally adorable though.
* GlassesPull : Saki [[http://frivolesque.com/archives/comic/metamorphosis here]].
* HeadphonesEqualIsolation : Shy wallflower Clementine is never seen without a large pair of orange headphones on. Being an extremely introverted character, one would think her headphones would prevent people from approaching her. [[http://frivolesque.com/archives/comic/78-networking It doesn't work.]]
* HeightAngst : Flore seems to stiffen (or even faint) anytime she meets someone who's overly taller than she is. Even though she's never talked about it, she seems to have some unexplained complex about her short stature.
* HimeCut : Clementine always sports the hairstyle even though she's not Japanese. It accentuates her quiet, demure personality quite well, making her the closest thing to a western Yamato Nadeshiko the cast could have.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl : Saki and Conroy do mercenary work as a team. She's a petite samurai girl. He's a 6'7" giant of a soldier.
* InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals : It's unclear if the unnamed blonde clerk girl who seems to man every store in town is always the same individual or not. Especially since multiple ones sometimes appear together in some strips. However, they always have a different color scheme whenever they appear together, or when the main characters visit two different stores in the same timeframe, indicating they might be quadruplets and the green one is the "default" sister.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall : When they get lines, background extras Suzie and Marianne tend to discuss things that lean strongly against the fourth wall. Chloé also exhibits this behavior sometimes.

* MsFanservice : The well endowed Liliane Bougainville stands out among the rest of the girls. Even her icon is cleavage.
* OlderThanTheyLook : It comes as a surprise when the small, child-like Flore is revealed to be slightly older than her much more mature looking sister. This seem to apply to their father as well.

* PointlessBandAid : Saki always has one of those on her left cheek. There's also a less noticeable one on her left knee as well. There is no in-universe reason for either of them.

* SixthRanger : Chloe, Flore, Gaia, Saki and Marie-Neige are the five main characters. And then there's Clementine, one of the secondary cast members, having her own subplot and appearing every so often. Many people consider her to be the sixth main character.

* UnreliableNarrator : Any strip focusing mostly on Flore should not be completely trusted.

* YuriFan : Marie-Neige enbodies this trope. She has various posters of yuri heroines on her walls, reads yuri fanfiction, ships anime characters as a hobby and has a dakimakura of her best friend Chloé in her underwear lying on her bed. She doesn't seem to be ashamed of it in any way, and openly hits on every pretty girl she meets.

'''[[http://frivolesque.com/ Frivolesque]]''' is a slice of life webcomic by Etienne Dez, starting in March 2013, about an ordinary everyday girl surrounded by weirdos. Or is it the story of an lonely, introverted woman living in her own imaginary world, struggling to deal with those intruding into her life? Could it about a superhuman fighter experiencing some difficulties adjusting to everyday life? Or the story of an obsessive fan-girl and her eternal quest for love? It might even be about a black ops agent trying to mingle with normal people...

* Color-CodedCharacters : Even though the characters in Frivolesque change their clothes once in a while, they always keep the same overall color scheme. On top of that, every character has a signature color that is either based on their clothes, an accessory they wear, or their hair. Chloe's color is red, Saki's is blue, Flore's is hot pink, Gaia's is green and Marie-Neige's is Sky Blue. Other character also follow this trend, like orange for Clementine, or yellow for Liliane.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: Gaia may be a subversion of this but it is too early to tell.

* GlassesPull: Saki [[http://frivolesque.com/archives/comic/metamorphosis here]].

* SixthRanger : The comic mostly focuses on five main characters. And then there's Clementine, one of the secondary cast members, having her own subplot and appearing every so often. Many people consider her to be the sixth main character.

* TokenMiniMoe: Mimi is said to be in fourth grade, while are the other main characters are, according to word of god, in their 20s and older.

* SunglassesAtNight : Liliane keeps hers on all the time. They kinda fit seeing as she's the head of some secret agency, but she also wears them when she's casually hanging out with her sister and friends.

Updating every Monday, Frivolesque follows the Japanese 4-Koma format and is about the everyday life of five different girls with different backgrounds created by Etienne Dez along the years. The grounded optimist Chloé, the quiet introvert Flore, the obsessive fujoshi Marie-Neige, the fighting tomboy, Gaia, and the secret operative, Saki.

* MsFanservice : The well endowed Liliane Bougainville stands out among the rest of the girls. Even her icon is cleavage.

* FetishFuel: Liliane Bougainville, even her icon is cleavage.