History YMMV / LuckyLuke

** In the movie Daisy Town the showdown between Luke and the Daltons starts of as rather sinister with ominous music playing, the Daltons ready to kill and the whole town pausing at whatever they were doing to listen to the sound of the approaching combatants.[[spoiler: And then the whole thing ventures to purely comedic NightmareRetardant thanks to Lucky Luke's plan.]]

** In the movie Daisy Town the showdown between Luke and the Daltons starts of as rather sinister with ominous music playing, the Daltons ready to kill and the whole town pausing at whatever they were doing to listen to the sound of the approaching combatants.[[Spoiler: And then the whole thing ventures to purely comedic NightmareRetardant thanks to Lucky Luke's plan.]]

* In the movie Daisy Town the showdown between Luke and the Daltons starts of as rather sinister with ominous music playing, the Daltons ready to kill and the whole town pausing at whatever they were doing to listen to the sound of the approaching combatants.[[Spoiler:And then the whole thing ventures to pure comedic NightmareRetardant thanks to Lucky Luke's plan.]]

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYzZPsK78Gg "I'm a Poor Lonesome Cow-boy"]] which served as the ending theme for ''Daisy Town'' (and later truncated for the 80s animated series co-produced by Creator/HannaBarbera) has become a classic tune for the title character and its franchise.

* EarWorm: Every single song in "The Ballad of the Daltons".

* TearJerker: Despite the original source material and any other adaptations thereof is far from being a treasure trove of emotions (given that it's a comedy, spaghetti western parody and all), there's something surprisingly poignant about [[{{Tomboy}} Cynthia's]] plight in the "The Daltons Cowboys" that makes you sympathize with her a bit as the episode goes on. Sam laments that [[ChristmasCake being in her thirties]], [[OldMaid she's not getting any younger]] but he still hopes that she find a husband. Upon meeting the Daltons, she [[LoveAtFirstSight immediately develops a crush on Averell]] then later becoming an AbhorrentAdmirer who made Averell so miserable, he begged for her to go back to be with his brothers. After having thought of being deceived (thanks to Joe's plan when he was disguised as Averell and having tricked her into opening her father's safe), she seeks vengeance on Averell during her rampage but Lucky Luke stops her just in time, and tells her that [[LoveMakesYouCrazy love has made a crazed fiend out of her]] to which she responded with tears. Her father says that it's her first love and acknowledges that it's always the worst. He reassures Luke that she'll get over it. Then cut to the ending -- once Luke takes the Daltons back to prison, Cynthia steals one last glance. She gives way to a whimper (possibly repenting), then goes back to fixing the farm's roof, more upset than ever. It's one of the few, if not only, truly {{bittersweet ending}}s.

* TearJerker: Despite the original source material and any other adaptations thereof are far from being a treasure trove of emotions (given that it's a comedy, spaghetti western parody and all), there's something surprisingly poignant about [[{{Tomboy}} Cynthia's]] plight in the "The Daltons Cowboys" that makes you sympathize with her a bit as the episode goes on. Sam laments that [[ChristmasCake being in her thirties]], [[OldMaid she's not getting any younger]] but he still hopes that she find a husband. Upon meeting the Daltons, she [[LoveAtFirstSight immediately develops a crush on Averell]] then later becoming an AbhorrentAdmirer who made Averell so miserable, he begged for her to go back to be with his brothers. After having thought of being deceived (thanks to Joe's plan when he was disguised as Averell and having tricked her into opening her father's safe), she seeks vengeance on Averell during her rampage but Lucky Luke stops her just in time, and tells her that [[LoveMakesYouCrazy love has made a crazed fiend out of her]] to which she responded with tears. Her father says that it's her first love and acknowledges that it's always the worst. He reassures Luke that she'll get over it. Then cut to the ending -- once Luke takes the Daltons back to prison, Cynthia steals one last glance. She gives way to a whimper (possibly repenting), then goes back to fixing the farm's roof, more upset than ever. It's one of the few, if not only, truly {{bittersweet ending}}s.

* {{Asspull}}: The final showdown between Lucky Luke and Phil Defer is this. [[spoiler:The latter's strategy is to have Lucky Luke waste all his ammo from his revolver and kill him quickly before he can reload. This work as intended, but Lucky Luke fires one last shot out of nowhere, killing Phil. When townsfolk ask how Lucky Luke pulled it off, he revealed he carried a rare seven bullet revolver. Said gun was never referred until the showdown as over, nor does it ever appear again (except for one reference).]]

* CrazyAwesome: Calamity Jane is a [[TheLadette Ladette]] BoisterousBruiser SirSwearsALot who will shoot you if you don't show elementary galantry toward women and rivals Luke in sheer badassery.

* CrazyAwesome: Calamity Jane is a [[TheLadette Ladette]] BoisteriousBruiser SirSwearsALot who will shoot you if you don't show elementary galantry toward women and rivals Luke in sheer badassery.

* VillainDecay: The Dalton Brothers have suffered quite a bit of it over the years. In ''Les Cousins Dalton'', their 1958 debute, they get the best of Lucky Luke, forcing him to service for a time. Within the story each brother is given different character traits. Joe is the mastermind, William is obsessed with guns and using everything on sight for target practice, Jack is a master of disguise. Averell was naive but also a superb boxer. In fact he fights Luke to a standstill. Luke only wins by using his cunning, not his fists. The two combatants agree to meet for a rematch and retreat to their own rooms for sleep. Only Luke manages to releases mosquitos in Averell's room. The following day, Luke is fresh after a good night's sleep, Averell has not managed to sleep at all. He can barely walk, much less fight. Since then, several stories portray them as incompetents.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: The Daltons sometimes became even more popular than Luke. In

* EnsembleDarkhorse: The Daltons sometimes became even more popular than Luke.

* VillainDecay: The Dalton Brothers have suffered quite a bit of it over the years. In ''Les Cousins Dalton'', their 1958 debute, they get the best of Lucky Luke, forcing him to service for a time. Within the story each brother is given different character traits. Joe is the mastermind, William obsessed with guns and using everything on sight for target practice, Jack is a master of disguise. Averell was naive but also a superb boxer. In fact he fights Luke to a standstill. Luke only wins by using his cunning, not his fists. The two combatants agree to meet for a rematch and retreat to their own rooms for sleep. Only Luke manages to releases mosquitos in Averell's room. The following day, Luke is fresh after a good night's sleep, Averell has not managed to sleep at all. He can barely walk, much less fight. Since then, several stories portray them as incompetents.

* ReplacementScrappy: A rare inversion; the second set of Dalton has ended up becoming much more famous and iconic than the original.

* EarWorm: Every single song in "The Ballard of the Daltons".

* EarWorm[=/=]CrowningMusicOfAwesome: the theme song for ''Les Nouvelles Aventures de Lucky Luke'' is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrRLkeNN9dM extremely catchy]]

* EnsembleDarkhorse: The Dalton sometimes became even more popular than Luke;

** A Continue option (available by collecting a silver coin with a hole in it) where you have to shoot faster than your own shadow: they managed to make the ''[[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/050711_lucky_luke.jpg former image for the main article'' '''''creepy''''' thanks to DramaticWind and [[NothingIsScarier lack of music]].

** A Continue option (available by collecting a silver coin with a hole in it) where you have to shoot faster than your own shadow: they managed to make the ''image for this page'' '''''creepy''''' thanks to DramaticWind and [[NothingIsScarier lack of music]].

* VillainDecay: The Dalton Brothers have suffered quite a bit of it over the years. In ''Les Cousins Dalton'', their 1958 debute, they get the best of Lucky Luke, forcing him to service for a time. Within the story each brother is given different character traits. Joe is the mastermind, William obsessed with guns and using everything on sight for target practice, Jack is a master of disguise. Averell was naive but also a superb boxer. In fact he fights Luke to a standstill. Luke only wins by using his cunning, not his fists. The two combatants agree to meet for a rematch and retreat to their own rooms for sleep. Only Luke manages to releases mosquitos in Averell's room. The following day, Luke is fresh after a good night's sleep, Averell has not managed to sleep at all. He can barely walk, much less fight. Since then, several stories portray them as incompetents.

* {{Crowning Music of Awesome}}: one track in particular stands out, "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEKIlV40WxI&feature=related Train]]" from the first GB/GBC Lucky Luke game. While the series itself shows pretty good music overall, this one is [[EarWorm bound to get stuck in your head for a while]].
* GoodBadBugs: A glitch exploited in an [[YouTube out-of-sync-audio]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7szNFNsKkM&feature=related longplay]] allows a steamboat ''[[CrowningMomentOfFunny to ride the riverside]]''.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The 2009 movie is scored by [[Film/{{Coraline}} Bruno Coulais]]. This is inevitable.