Character page for The New Adventures of Lucky Luke.
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Allies and Friends
Professor Margaret Skippy
A scientist from the Massachusetts Institute who appears in "The Martian Theory". She teams up with Luke to solve the mystery surrounding the sightings of Martians.- Blind Without Them: Lost her glasses on her way to the west and keeps bumping into things.
- Captain Ersatz: Her whole character references Scully from The X-Files. In the French dub, she's even voiced by the voice actress that voices Scully.
- Composite Character: Her name, profession and appearance are all based on Scully but she is more in line with Mulder's views on the supernatural.
- Foil: To Luke. Both of them are intelligent, perceptive and more level-headed than most characters in the world they live in and prioritize their career over their personal life. But while he's a hardened cow-boy from the west who is the perfect Western hero, evolving in a rather realistic setting and whose goal in life is to rescue and help people as an Action Hero, she's a scientist from the east who searches for evidence of alien life at a time where nobody thought it could be possible. Their similarities and differences explains their mutual attraction.
- Genius Bruiser: She's an intelligent scientist and is able to knock out the bad guy with a headbutt.
- Last-Name Basis: In the English dub, her first name, Margaret, isn't mentioned.
- Running Gag: Her myopia, which causes her to trip or run into things by accident several times during the episode.
- Ship Tease: With Luke throughout the whole episode, she kisses on the cheek to say goodbye and he seems almost pleased. Notably, she's the only female character in any Lucky Luke media (barring the 2009 live action film) whom Luke seems to be interested in (he whistleblows her for christ's sake!) and who he seems to actually considers being in a relationship with to the point that Jolly Jumper have to remind his cow-boy that they're going in different directions. Unlike Lola Montès from the same show, Skippy doesn't just fall for Luke right away and is more interested in her job (although she admits her attraction to Luke) and despite her unusual beliefs and obstination, she's smart enough to eventually recognize the situation of the episode for what it is, a manipulation.
Sherlock Holmes
The Greatest Detective in the world, sent by the queen of england to compete with Lucky Luke on behalf of england.- The Ace: As expected of Holmes, he is an expert detective, every bit as smart as Luke is lucky.
- Awesomeness by Analysis: He is an expert at observation and deduction.
- Everyone Has Standards: He might be smug but he'd never attempt to knowingly cheat against Luke or attack him.
- Instant Expert: Managed to completely dominate at poker, despite never even hearing of the game before and his opponents cheating.
Recurring and One-Shots villains
Poker Face
A casino owner who is the main antagonist of the episode "Indian Roulette". He is mentioned in "Lola Montes" as the one who sold the empty gold mine to Eugene and Lola.- Con Man: One of the prime example of the show. He manages to turn an entire tribe of honest and straight natives into swindlers like him.
- Expy: Of Pat Poker from the comics. They share an association with chance games although Poker Face pushes it even further by running casinos, and their names are similar. He gets an expy of his own with Edgar Crook in "Go West!".
- Faux Affably Evil: Talks to his customers and Honest Eagle as if he's their best friend while tricking them of their money and manipulating them.
- Greater-Scope Villain: He doesn't appear in "Lola Montès" but kickstarts the event of the episode by selling the mine to Eugene.
- Meaningful Name: His name obviously echoes his association with card games and casinos but it is also extremely fitting for a villain whose whole schtick are deception and manipulation.
- Villainous Breakdown: When his lawyer, Brooding Buzzard, reveals that Honest Eagle has all the rights to sell the Indian Casino, Poker Face loses it. This is especially effective giving that he scarcely loses his cool throughout the episode. He even tries to blow himself up along the casino.
Otto Luck
An hypnotist who appears in "The Vengeance of the Dalton". Joe hires him to use his powers against Lucky Luke as part of the titular revenge plan.- Beyond the Impossible: Both his poor luck and hypnotism power can do this. Like being struck by lightning when there is no clouds in the sky and splitting the ground in half.
- Born Unlucky: Ever since he's been given his first name by his father he's been as unlucky as Luke is lucky. A major part of the episode is him getting hurt in various ways. Later manages to turn into Born Lucky by hypnotising himself.
- Bungled Hypnotism: A side effect of his hypnosis is that people who have remained hypnotised for too long will eventually fall asleep.
- Hypnotic Eyes: His eyes go orange with spirals when using his hypnotic abilities.
- Punny Name: His name was an idea of his father, who apparently predicted it would add this unfortunate effect on his son's life. Doubles as Meaningful Name.
- Mass Hypnosis: Joe asks him to hypnotize the entire population of a town to use against Luke and he manages to do just that.
- Reality Warper: His hypnotic powers are so strong they can actually able people to do things that they couldn't physically do and even grant one better luck than even Lucky Luke.
- Yank the Dog's Chain: After encountering a talent agent wanting to recruit him for his abilities, he falls asleep and the agent leaves.
General Custer
Yes, that General Custer, a short (both in terms of height and temper) U.S. Army general who wants to wipe out all indians.- Absurd Phobia: After his first appearence, he develops a paranoiac fear of... Rintindumb, of all things, seeing him as a living bad omen. This is justified as Custer tried to use Rintintin's kidnapping (which he himself orchestrated) as an excuse to start a war with a tribe of Native-Americans, which backfired in a spectacular way, leading him to associate Rintindumb with catastrophic failure.
- Foregone Conclusion: His last on-screen appearance ends with him being called to the Battle of Little Bighorn
, which is colloquially known as "Custer's Last Stand". - General Failure: He isn't very good at his job.
- General Ripper: Utterly obsessed with wiping out all indians.
- Irrational Hatred: While his bigotry of Native-Americans is already an example of this trope, in "Cuff Love" he wants the inventor of the indestrutible cuffs to build tanks in order to invade... Canada.
- The Napoleon: He's short and has a Hair-Trigger Temper.
- Politically Incorrect Villain: He hates Native Americans and has convinced himself they're nothing but thieves and savages.
Elmer Rotten
A con artist from the east who is the instigator of the plot of "Lucky Luke Meets Lucky Luke". After one too many cons he evade justice by fleding to the west to swindle people there, where he is exposed and arrested by Luke. However, Rotten escapes and steals his clothes to impersonate him as part of his cons, leading Luke to become wanted man.- Con Man: And a pretty good one at that. He is pretty intelligent, adapting to his situation, escaping justice on two occasions and milking the opportunity of impersonating Luke for all that is worth.
- Graceful in Their Element: While he does just fine in urban setting, swindling townsfolks out of their money with ease, he is at complete loss when stuck in the wild, being unable to hunt for food or find his way to civilization on his own. Luke captures him the second time when he gives Rotten an ultimatum: get arrested or spent the night in the forest with no food and predators lurking. Scared out of his mind, Rotten begs Luke to take him.
- Kick the Dog: While being a con artist makes it a given, Rotten takes it a step beyond that by stealing a kid's lolipop and another's snack. After pulling one of his con, he leaves behind a stone for the townsfolk to find, as he had promised that their money would be used to build a brand new retirement home and that he would lay the corner stone.
- Legendary Impostor: After his first capture, he escapes and steal Luke's clothes and add fake hair to pass off as him, in order to take advantage of his good reputation to steal money from people.
- Master Actor: Not only is he cunning and a great transformist but he knows how to alter his voice and adopt accent and mannerisms to fool others.
- Master of Disguise: He isn't an easy impersonator in the slightest. All of his diguises are convincing and he successfully passes himself as a doctor, Russian magician, a dentist, Pinkerton detective, an old man and of course Luke himself.
Mortimer Deadflower
A Undertaker working for a large funeral company employing morticians all across America, due to Lucky Luke bringing criminals in alive and discouraging people from using lethal force their business has suffered and he's brought in to increase demand for funeral services.- Corporate Samurai: He primarily works through manipulating people and is willing to try to shoot Luke as a last resort once his plan is foiled, not that it does any good.
- Creepy Mortician: creepier than usual for a Lucky Luke story actually, considering he wants to encourage the population of a town to murder each other.
- Manipulative Bastard: He tries to get the inhabitants of Coffin Gulch to hate eachother so they try to kill eachother, that way they can be buried for money.
El Generale
An egomaniac mexican millionaire who steals an experimental fabric from the U.S. government so he can conquer America and eventually the world.- Bulletproof Vest: A suit made from the fabric is effectively bulletproof, which he wants to use to make an invincible army
- Egopolis: His mansion has statues of him modeled after famous works of art, for example Atlas holding up the globe.
- Not-So-Harmless Villain: The guy may be a loon but at least he had the sense to put the first suit on himself before facing Luke which required Luke outsmarting him to beat him.
- Outside-Genre Foe: He's effectively a James Bond villain in the wild west.
- Weaksauce Weakness: His suit is easily dissolved by sea water, which is how Luke beats him.
