History YMMV / SergeGainsbourg

* PosthumousPopularityPotential: Gainsbourg received his load of criticisms and mockery for his inebriated antics and disheveled looks as "Gainsbarre" in TheEighties and was pretty much considered as wahed up by that time, but after his death he's been near-universally lauded as one of the biggest names ever of [[{{Chanson}} French chanson]].

* PosthumousPopularityPotential: Gainsbourg received his load of criticisms and mockery for his inebriated antics as "Gainsbarre" in TheEighties and was pretty much considered as wahed up by that time, but after his death he's been near-universally lauded as one of the biggest names ever of [[{{Chanson}} French chanson]].

* PosthumousPopularityPotential: Gainsbourg received his load of criticisms and mockery for his inebriated antics in TheEighties and was pretty much considered as wahed up by that time, but after his death he's been near-universally lauded as one of the biggest names ever of [[{{Chanson}} French chanson]].

* TheWoobie: He grew up under the Nazi Occupation and wore the yellow star. His family later had to flee Paris and he was sent to hide in a Jesuit school under a false identity; he narrowly escaped death one night during a [[UsefulNotes/TheGestapo Gestapo]] control.

* MagnificentBastard: Fooled the innocent young chanteuse France Gall into singing songs filled with innuendos to troll the airwaves, most memorably ''Les Sucettes''.

* TheWoobie: He grew up under the Nazi Occupation and wore the yellow star. His family later had to flee Paris and he was sent to hide in a Jesuit school under a false identity; he narrowly escaped death one night during a Gestapo control.

* TheWoobie: He grew up under the Nazi Occupation and wore the yellow star. His family later had to flee Paris and he was sent to hide in a Jesuite school under a false identity; he narrowly escaped death one night during a Gestapo control.

* TheWoobie: He grew up under the Nazi Occupation and wore the yellow star. His family later had to flee Paris and he was sent to hide in a Jesuite school under a false identity; he nearly escaped death one night during a Gestapo control.

* MagnificentBastard: Fooled the innocent young chanteuse France Gall into singing songs filled with innuendos to troll the airwaves, most memorably ''Le Sucettes''.

* SampledUp: For example, a few songs from ''Histoire de Melody Nelson'' were sampled by people as distinct as Music/DeLaSoul, David Holmes or Music/PopWillEatItself. Outside of that, "Bonnie and Clyde" was sampled by MC Solaar and "Initials B.B." was sampled by Black Grape.

* TheWoobie: He grew up under the Nazi Occupation and wore the yellow star. His family later had to flee Paris and he was sent to hide in a Jesuite school under a false identity and was nearly escaped death one night during a Gestapo control.