Recap / France Five Ep 6

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Tropes

• Beware the Nice Ones: Margarine turns into... Wargarine. She makes short work of the Mook Lieutenant that was close to killing the heroes five minutes before.
• 11th-Hour Superpower: The Robot d'Artagnan.
• Heroic Sacrifice: Antoine sacrifices himself at the end, staying behind to stop Glou Man Chou from exploding on Earth. Subverted: Antoine survives.
• Heroic Second Wind: Red Fromage.
• Lampshade Hanging:
  Yellow Baguette: Hey, is it over? Usually, when it explodes, it means we won!
  Blue Accordéon: Hu, no, usually it grows up first...
• Macross Missile Massacre: Done by Robot d'Artagnan.
• Shout-Out:
  • France Robo's appearance is a complete homage to the launch sequence of Mazinger Z.
  • When Red's cockpit moves after the big robot combination, it looks remarkably similar to Duke Freed's "Chute In" sequence from when he'd activate Grendizer (probably more appropriate to say...invoked Goldorak).
  • Speaking of which, the password to make the robots combine? alea jacta est (lit. "The Die Is Cast") — a regular catchphrase in Asterix.
  • The final battle has several visual nods to Episodes 5 and 6 of GunBuster.
• Torso with a View: Succulard (although the chain wrapped around him is undamaged...).

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