Les Dalton

Les Dalton (English: The Daltons), is a French comedy animated TV series that first aired on May 31, 2010, and is primarily produced by Xilam. The show is centered on four identical brothers of different statures by the names of Joe, Jack, William, and Averell who served as the main villains in the Lucky Luke comic series. They are now locked away in a Nevada Penitentiary in a desert but don't plan on staying and come up with plans to escape their captivity. Similar to the comic series, they seem to fail on every escape attempt. The show's YouTube channel along with other channels that differentiate in language, feature its episodes.
== Background ==
The Daltons were originally created by Maurice De Bevere or commonly known as Morris, who also created the Lucky Luke comics in 1946 that the characters initially came from. Morris was inspired by the story of the notorious real-life Dalton Gang, a group of American outlaws during the Old West era of the country who were active in the 1890s and tried to pull off a bank robbery of two banks in Coffeyville, Kansas, but failed. The Dalton Gang themselves were depicted (as the cousins of the Daltons) in the comic in 1951 and were killed off. When the Daltons made their debut in 1958, they'd hope to get their revenge on Lucky Luke by taking his life. They would ultimately fail and would be put in jail. The story would be mostly consistent as it would start when the Daltons break out of jail and then end when they are sent back. 
== Characters in the show ==
=== The Daltons ===
* Joe - The shortest, older, but more sinister of the brothers who has a big temper, can be very controlling and often calls them names such as "Idiot" or "Ninny" for being "Imbeciles", and may physically attack them (especially Averell). Even the mention of Lucky Luke fills him with rage, but he is also the brother behind their innovative plans of escaping or criminal activity. He gets impatient when plans don't go swiftly and mad or upset when they fail. He can be very cunning, convincing, and greedy but can also be aggressive which can turn into strength. Robbing a bank seems to be the fitting way to celebrate him and the brothers escaping according to him. 
* Jack - About the average height of a human, a middle Dalton, and he assists Joe in making his plans more realistic and doable and more than likely the first to call out any mistakes to his plans. He isn't very social to anyone except to his brothers and can be shy and cowardly but can also be very outspoken (to Joe mostly) at times and has the most common sense. His skills with tech and weaponry make him a viable asset to the team. 
* William - Taller than Jack but shorter than Averell, the other middle Dalton, and is the smartest of the brothers. He reads a lot of books and is able to comprehend words better than them and retain knowledge from them, making him the educated one in the group. He can be really choosy but also very chill. As the balance of the group, like Jack, William may tell Joe to calm down or that he is doing too much or may question Averell's takes. Him and Jack are really close. 
* Averell - The tallest and the most foolish, youngest, and childish of the brothers. He is a contributing cause of failure to many of the escape attempts and can be too honest and sensitive for his own good. He may always be asking what we are having to eat, but his ability to make sculptures out of nearly anything makes him very talented, and even Joe has added this talent to one of the many plans he orchestrates. Overall, Averell is seen as the more innocent Dalton because of his stupidity, his artistic talents, and his positive interactions with animals.
=== Other characters ===
* Melvin Peabody - The warden of the Nevada Penitentiary that imprisons the Daltons as well as other prisoners. He is almost shorter than Joe Dalton and he dramatically announces that the Daltons are escaping when he sees them attempting to. He succeeds Lucky Luke in making sure that the Daltons never truly escape but can be easily tricked into doing things that benefits the Penitentiary's popularity or his finances, which gives the Daltons more opportunities to escape. 
* Miss Betty - She serves as the secretary to Peabody and usually the one making the decisions for the prison. Everyone in the prison seems to like her for the most part as she finds multiple ways to bring some sort of fun for the prisoners to enjoy. Cross her the wrong way and you might get her other side as she comes from a family of criminals and has inherited those skills such as the use of a gun. 
* Rintindumb/Rantanplan - The prison dog that might share the same brain level as Averell Dalton and is able to casually speak to the 4th wall while anyone else in the show can't hear him. He adds to a handful of contributing factors of the Daltons failing to escape as he likes to follow them around and messes up their plans in some way. His perception of what he sees is different than what humans would perceive, which causes him to do things that he believes he is doing for the good of someone or something. 
* Pete and Emett - The two central prison guards that are ordered to bring the Daltons back when they escape. Rather than actually watching the Daltons, these two like to bet on whether or not they could escape as well as talk about other things. They aren't the smartest guards. 
== YouTube History ==
The channel was created on May 27, 2015. As French is the original language of the show, it's the first channel of The Daltons to be created. The German and Italian versions would follow on June 3, 2015, English (United States) on July 4, 2019, Arabic (Saudi Arabia) on July 8, 2019, and then Hindi (India) on August 14, 2019. The channels are still active today as they not only post episodes of their version, but also make compilations of episodes that have a connection with a certain subject. 
=== Milestones in averaged up views and subscriber count===
The Hindi version has the most subscribers with over 970K. The French version has the most views overall with 564M+ views. The subscriber and view count across all channels averages up to over 3M subscribers and over 1B views.
== Quotes == 
(From the English Version)
* "I ASKED YOU THE ANSWER TO QUESTION FOUR YOU NINNY!" - Joe Dalton to Jack in "Highly Gifted Daltons" 
* "You wanted to be on your own? Well fine!" - Jack Dalton to Joe in "The Lady Bandit"
* "Am I the one you're looking for pipsqueak?" - Willam Dalton to Melvin Peabody in "Giant!"
* "These little soap bars sure are tasty!" - Averell Dalton after eating a soap bar in "Suds for the Daltons"
== Trivia ==
* Joe doesn't know the answer to a simple elementary mathematical equation "2 + 2" as shown in "Highly Gifted Daltons"
* Jack is shown to be afraid of crossing the bridge in "Guards, Stop Those Daltons!"
* William breaks the 4th wall sometimes when he addresses a fun fact. 
* Averell has a tendency to crave objects that are not food, especially soap.
== References ==
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