History WesternAnimation / AMonsterInParis

* PetTheDog: After forcing his way into Lucille's dressing room to find Francœur (and narrowly missing him); Maynott actually seems legitimately remorseful and even tells Lucille she does not have to accept his invitation to his inauguration, something he was earlier (albeit perhaps unintentionally) trying to force onto her. This could just be a well-disguised attempt to save face, however.

''A Monster in Paris'' (''Un Monstre à Paris'') is a French animated film directed by [[WesternAnimation/TheRoadToElDorado Eric "Bibo"]] [[WesternAnimation/SharkTale Bergeron]], with music by Matthieu Chedid, aka -M-.

Creator/VanessaParadis provided both the speaking and singing voices of Lucille.

During the Great Flood of 1910, Émile, a shy movie projectionist, and Raoul, a colorful inventor, find themselves embarked on the hunt for a monster terrorizing the citizens of Paris. However, the monster takes refuge with a beautiful, kind-hearted singer named Lucille and is revealed to be actually quite harmless. Now all of them must continue to protect the monster, Francœur, from the chief of police who's out to kill him.

%%* {{Adorkable}}: Francœur, Émile, Raoul, and Maud.

** Lucille's [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech "Reason You Suck" Speech]] to Maynott is more than a little reminiscent of "[[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast He's no monster, Gaston, YOU are!]]"

* NeverTrustATrailer: The American trailer for the movie led many to believe that Francœur and Lucille would end up romantically involved, a la ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'', with Raoul playing the part of Gaston. Of course none of this is true.

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*** [[FridgeLogic Dating and courting are one and the same.]]

* ManInWhite: Francœur dresses to compliment Lucille's WomanInWhite.

* WomanInWhite: Lucille in her stage costume.

** Lucille and Francœur's ''very'' modern dancing in early 1900's Paris.

%%* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: Charles, and Francœur to a much greater extent.

%%* AnimatedMusical
%%* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Taken with Francœur on a few levels.
* ArtisticLicenseLaw: [[spoiler: Maynott is defeated when he is apprehended by French police for Francœur's murder.]] This would not be a crime at all, unless Francœur was [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman legally recognized as a (human) person]]. Granted, it could that he was really being charged with [[spoiler:destroying the funicular and threatening to shoot Lucille, and the "murder of Francœur" charge was just one last dig at Maynott's douchieness.]]

%%* AxCrazy: Maynott becomes this in the climax, even wielding an axe.

%%* BatmanInMyBasement
%%* BeastAndBeauty: [[spoiler:A platonic example.]]

%%* BetaCouple: Émile and Maude.

%%* TheChanteuse: Lucille.

%%* ChildhoodFriendRomance: [[spoiler:Victorious Raoul.]]
%%* CoatHatMask: Francœur.
%%* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: [[spoiler:Maynott's]] final fate.
%%* CompanionCube: Catherine to Raoul.
%%* CoolMask: Again, Francœur.
%%* CostumePorn: Francœur and Lucille's stage outfits.

%%* DisneyAcidSequence: The "La Seine" sequence becomes this about halfway through.
%%* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:Francœur.]]
%%* TheDragon: Pâté. [[spoiler:Being clearly good, he's also a TokenGoodTeammate.]]

%%* TheEdwardianEra
%%* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Charles.

* FourLegsGoodTwoLegsBetter: Francœur is bipedal despite the fact that fleas naturally walk on six legs.

%%* GadgeteerGenius: Raoul.
%%* GayParee
%%* GentleGiant: Francœur.

%%* HeterosexualLifePartners: Raoul and Émile.

%%* {{Jerkass}}: Albert.
%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Raoul.

%%* LikeBrotherAndSister: [[spoiler:Lucille and Francœur]], according to WordOfGod.

%%* {{Meganekko}}: Maude

%%* NiceHat: Francœur.

* PetTheDog: After forcing his way into Lucille's dressing room to find Francœur (and narrowly missing him); Maynott actually seems legitimately remorseful and even tells Lucille she does not have to accept his invitation to his inauguration, something he was earlier (albeit perhaps unintentionally) trying to force onto her.

%%* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Pâté.
%%* ReedRichardsIsUseless: Subverted in the first stinger.
%%* SceneryPorn

** Raoul has the same name as the VictoriousChildhoodFriend of the Phantom of the Opera.

%%* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: Lucille.

%%* TheStinger: Two, one before and one after the credits.

%%* TitleDrop: In one of the songs sung by Francœur.

%%* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:Émile]], during the climax.
* TouchOfTheMonster: Lucille faints at the first sight of Francœur. He catches her and cradles her, and the position they end up in is evocative of old pulp magazine covers, specifically the Rape of the Sabine Women variation. The big difference is that Francœur means Lucille no harm at all.
%%* {{Tsundere}}: Lucille has been this to Raoul since the first grade. [[spoiler:She finally stops at the end.]]

%%* WhatAPieceOfJunk: Raoul's truck, Catherine.
%%* WhiteGloves: Francœur.

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: P&acirce;té shows UndyingLoyalty towards Maynott, despite that his [[MeanBoss boss]] is [[ItsAllAboutMe arrogant, vapid and self-centered]]. [[spoiler:Towards the end, he gets better once he [[HeelFaceTurn comes to his senses]].]]

* {{Adorkable}}: Francœur, Émile, Raoul, and Maud.

* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: Charles, and Francœur to a much greater extent.

* AnimatedMusical
* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Taken with Francœur on a few levels.

* AxCrazy: Maynott becomes this in the climax, even wielding an axe.

* BeastAndBeauty: [[spoiler:A platonic example.]]

* BetaCouple: Émile and Maude.

* TheChanteuse: Lucille.
* ChekhovsGun:
** The sunflower seed Raoul pockets during his first trip to the lab [[spoiler:is used to save him and Lucille from falling to their death during the Eiffel Tower battle]].
** Also, [[ChekhovsGag Raoul's coat]].
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: [[spoiler:Victorious Raoul.]]
* CoatHatMask: Francœur.
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: [[spoiler:Maynott's]] final fate.
* CompanionCube: Catherine to Raoul.
* CoolMask: Again, Francœur.
* CostumePorn: Francœur and Lucille's stage outfits.

* DeadpanSnarker: Raoul. Lucille also has her moments.

* DisneyAcidSequence: The "La Seine" sequence becomes this about halfway through.
* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:Francœur.]]
* TheDragon: Pâté. [[spoiler:Being clearly good, he's also a TokenGoodTeammate.]]

* TheEdwardianEra
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Charles.

* FieryRedhead: Lucille.

* GadgeteerGenius: Raoul.
* GayParee
* GentleGiant: Francœur.

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Pâté.]]

* HeterosexualLifePartners: Raoul and Émile.

* IndyPloy: Raoul's schtick during the climax.

* {{Jerkass}}: Albert.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Raoul.
* LaughingMad: Maynott becomes this during the climax.

* LikeBrotherAndSister: [[spoiler:Lucille and Francœur]], according to WordOfGod.

* {{Meganekko}}: Maude

* NiceHat: Francœur.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Pâté.
* ReedRichardsIsUseless: Subverted in the first stinger.
* SceneryPorn

** The mask he wears while performing with Lucille makes him look like Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera (if he were a [[Music/MichaelJackson Smooth Criminal]]).

* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: Lucille.

* TheStinger: Two, one before and one after the credits.

* TitleDrop: In one of the songs sung by Francœur.

* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:Émile]], during the climax.
* {{Tsundere}}: Lucille has been this to Raoul since the first grade. [[spoiler:She finally stops at the end.]]

* WhatAPieceOfJunk: Raoul's truck, Catherine.
* WhiteGloves: Francœur.

** The pickpocket who trues to steal Émile's camera gets thoroughly (and unintentionally) beat up by Catherine as Raoul tinkers with her controls. Later he gets crushed by a sandbag (also launched in the air by Catherine), [[MakesSenseInContext beat up by an old woman]], and is finally arrested.

* AxCrazy: Maynott becomes this in the climax, even wields one.

* BatmanInMyBasement

ActorAllusion: Francœur dons a wig identical to Matthieu Chedid's famous haircut as "M" for a few seconds.

* AssholeVictim:
** The pickpocket who trues to steal Émile's camera gets thoroughly (and unintentionally) beat up by Catherine as Raoul tinkers with her controls. Later he gets crushed by a sandbag and is finally arrested.

* DecoyProtagonist: Subverted. The focus on Raoul and Emile quickly switches to be on Lucille and Francœur, but about halfway through the movie the focus is on all four characters.

* JerkassVictim:
** The pickpocket who trues to steal Emile's camera gets thoroughly (and unintentionally) beat up by Catherine as Raoul tinkers with her controls. Later he gets crushed by a sandbag and is finally arrested.
** Albert is a vain, whiney, and spiteful jerk who tries to sell out Lucille... This makes him being sent to jail quite satisfying.

* JerkassVictim: The pickpocket who trues to steal Emile's camera gets thoroughly (and unintentionally) beat up by Catherine as Raoul tinkers with her controls. Later he gets crushed by a sandbag and is finally arrested.

* PetTheDog: After forcing his way into Lucille's dressing room to find Francœur (and narrowly missing him); Maynott actually seems legitimately remorseful and even tells Lucille she does not have to accept his invitation to his inauguration, something he was (albeit perhaps unintentionally) forcing onto her..

* {{Adorkable}}: Francœur, Émile, and Raoul.

* PetTheDog: After forcing his way into Lucille's dressing room to find Francœur (and narrowly missing him), Maynott actually seems legitimately remorseful and even tells Lucille she does not have to accept his invitation.

* FunWithHomophones: The French version of the song "La Seine et moi" plays on the words "Seine" and "Scene" (the stage) sounding the same. When it's Francœur's turn to sing, it's no longer about the river Seine, but about Lucille performing on stage.

* HartmanHips: Lucille, her angel dress further accentuates them. The lady who drops her necklace in the alley way has even more prominent curves.

* HartmanHips: Lucille. The lady who drops her necklace in the alley way has even more prominent curves.

* NoFlowInCGI: Averted with Lucille's performance dress and Francœur's cloaks/scarves.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Averted with Maude, the ticket girl Émile asks out at the beginning of the film, she re-appears in the middle of the story to accept Émile's date, and near the end, [[spoiler: takes part in helping Lucille, Raoul, and Émile save Francœur from the Commissioner, when she shows up at the Eiffel Tower]] for her and Émile's date.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Averted with Maude, the ticket girl Émile asks out at the beginning of the film, when she re-appears near the end, [[spoiler: and takes part in helping Lucille, Raoul, and Émile save Francœur from the Commissioner, when she shows up at the Eiffel Tower]] for her and Émile's date.