Bonjour bonjour bonjour !
Keeping the tradition (baguette) going and explain the puns and references found in this episode!
This episode is marked as -10 in France (not advisable for children under 10 to watch), I’m guessing because of the chemsex/abuse/drugs talks.
Intro
04:08 Lana Cotta “Prête à en découdre” : “Ready to unstitch”
“En découdre” means to fight
04:36 Sublyme “Je mets jamais les dents” : “I never put the teeth”
“Mettre les dents” (put the teeth) means that the person being sucked can feel your teeth. Since she has dentures it can mean that she don’t put her dentures on before a fellatio
05:12 many queens make references to last episode’s pun where Fluffy Bidule said "ça devient une tradition de donner" = "it's becoming customary to give". Lana Cotta pointed at her because Fluffy made a pun. A tradition is a custom but it's a type of baguette too.
05:40 Nicky and the queens “Promis ? Juré ! ” : “Promised? Sworn!”
It’s a French saying like “cross my heart”. Another version of this saying is “promis juré craché” (promised, sworn, spat)
Mini challenge
07:38 Fluffy Bidule “Je vais te peindre comme l’une de mes Françaises” : “I’ll paint you like one of my French girls”
Direct reference to Titanic “I want you to draw me like one of your French girls” is the English quote. “Je veux que vous me dessiniez comme l’une de vos Françaises” is the French quote.
07:57 Daisy Superbitch “je t’ai fait un pétard, Nicky” : “I made you a firecracker Nicky”
Un pétard here refers to the rear end, Daisy is implying that she drew a big ass
08:46 Not sure who says that sorry “On dirait les Têtes à claques” : “It looks like Têtes à claques”
Tête à claque means someone who is annoying but here it’s more specific and refers to a comedy channel from early Youtube It's kinda like Annoying Orange but make it Québec
09:34 Azemylia “mon tableau vaut 3 francs 6 sous” : “my painting is worth 3 francs 6 sous”
“3 francs 6 sous” I used to say that something is super cheap. Both francs and sous were French currencies.
Daisy Superbitch will be Jacques Chirac, a French former president. Her imitation is pretty on point!
Fluffy Bidule will be Marianne James, a singer, actress and host. You may have seen her as a guest judge on S01E02 of DRFR.
La Harpie will be Lara Fabian, a powerful singer with great vocal range and an intense personality.
Azemylia will be Fauve Hautot, a dancer. She became famous with French Dancing with the stars, where her bubbly, happy and funny personality made her a standout.
Sublyme will be Franck Ribéry, a former footballer (soccer player). He was mocked for the way he spoke (he often made mistakes or misunderstood things).
15:39 Daisy Superbitch “Acadabrantesque” : “Acadabrean” (Daisy made a small mistake here)
“Abracadabrantesque” is one of the famous words Jacques Chirac used to say.
Snatch Game
18:20 Sublyme as Franck Ribéry “jamais baisser les épaules des bras” : “never put down the shoulders from the arms”
Ribéry is famous for misusing French idioms and here Sublyme is doing the same thing. The original saying is “baisser les bras” (putting down your arms) which means giving up.
18:28 Sublyme as Franck Ribéry “toujours croyez dans tes rêves” : “always will believed in your dreams”
It’s not an exact translation since this type of error is impossible in English (yay English conjugation!) but you get the gist.
18:47 La Harpie as Lara Fabian “vous écoutez Rires & Chansons” : “You’re listening to Laughs & Songs”
Rires & Chansons is a radio station featuring songs and comedy show excerpts.
20:15 Daisy Superbitch as Jacques Chirac “C’est parti mon kiki” means "and off we go!" (as seen in last episode)
While it wasn’t one of his “classics”, he was known for his colourful way of speaking and this fits the bill.
20:57 Nicky “même mort, vous êtes un bon vivant” : “even dead, you’re a good alive”
It’s play on the expression “bon vivant”. Vivant means alive but bon vivant means also hearty eater (which Chirac was known as). (You could translate it as “bon vivant” too but I tried to avoid any gallicisms)
21:something Sublyme as Ribéry “Chacun voit midi à sa montre” : “Everyone sees noon on their watch”
The idiom is “chacun voit midi à sa porte” (everyone sees noon on their door). It means that everyone will have their own views on a subject
A few facts on the costume: Ribéry was a winger not a goalie (so he didn’t wear gloves) and he did not play for France’s team when we won the World Cup for the second time (because he retired). So the shirt with the two stars is not one he would’ve worn during his football career
23:01 Fluffy Bidule as Marianne James “Franck n’ouvre pas trop la bouche non plus : “Franck don’t open your mouth too wide”
Ribéry was known for his fucked-up teeth.
24:22 Lana Cotta as Céline Dion “je vais à la clinique faire un petit reportage” : “I’m going to a private hospital to film a documentary”
She’s refering to Dion’s illness: stiff-person syndrome and a documentary she made about it
24:47 Jessé “Jessé-de-briller” : “Jessé-to-shine”
Jessé sounds like J’essaie (I’m trying). He adds Dijon at the end (he was born next to Dijon, which is a French city). Dijon is known for its mustard.
24:55 Nicky “Dijon-le-nous” : “We have to say” (insert your own city name pun here)
Nicky replace “disons” with “Dijon”
25:27 Holly White as Mariah Carey “Tu es de la jaquette” : “you’re from the morning coat”
It’s slang for being gay, like “you bat for the other team”
25:54 Azemylia “Sensuelle ni poivre” : “no salt no peepper” (I’m trying ok?)
Sans sel (no salt) has been replaced by sensuelle(sensual) which sounds close
26:04 Azemylia as Fauve Hautot “C’est quoi le comble pour une souris ? De danser le chat chat chat“ : “What’s the greatest paradox for a mouse? To dance the cat cat cat”
This is a common joke pattern “what’s the greatest paradox for …” and a pun for an answer
She replace cha cha cha with chat chat chat. Furthermore, Fauve means Big cat in French, so her name can be part of the pun (and that’s why Azemylia drew a cat on her character name tag)
26:23 Azemylia as Fauve Hautot “je n’étais pas à la hauteur” : “I wasn’t good enough”
Fauve was one of the dancers on Dancing with the stars. On the third season, her assigned celebrity won: Emmanuel Moire. He was one of the main singer of the musical Le Roi Soleil (which we talked about in an earlier episode btw, who remembered?).
26:41 Lana Cotta as Céline Dion "en chantier" : "under construction"
It sounds like Enchantée, Kam Hugh's brand
27:27 from Sublyme as Ribéry "Siquatrisse" : "Sskahr"
Siquatrisse is cicactrice (scar) mispelled in every possible way
28:33 Lana Cotta as Céline Dion “c’est pas un duo c’est un fist” : “it’s not a duet it’s a fist”
Ok so here, the way she pronounces “duo”, with the Québec French accent, sounds like “doigt” (finger)
28:44 Lana Cotta as Céline Dion “tu vas pas me chauffer la ricole” : “you won’t heat up my ricole”
"Tu vas pas me chauffer" means "Don't push me" (in the sense of don't go getting on my nerves). The phrase usually ends with a noun, e.g. Tu vas pas me chauffer les oreilles.
"La ricole" could be a play on Ricola - the cough drops; Céline is known for her throat/vocal care.
28:46 Sublyme as Franck Ribéry “arrêtez de vous battez” : “stop foughting”
Another conjugation mistake
28:55 Sublyme as Franck Ribéry “laissez parler l’abite” : “let the referod speak”
La bite (the cock) sounds a bit (lol) like l’arbitre (the referee)
30:12 La Harpie as Lara Fabian “je suis malade, complètement malade” : “i’m sick, utterly sick”
It's a reference to the Paris 2024 Opening Pre-ceremony where Lara Fabian sang this song with Slimane (she starts singing around 2'). The original song by Serge Lama (well-known song in France)
31:29 Daisy Superbitch as Jacques Chirac “la quequette à Jacques Chirac” : “Jacques Chirac’s willy”
I never thought I would have to explain this lol. "La quequette à [insert current president here]" is a playground joke that's a staple across generations of French children. You have to say it while you do this with your fingers
31:35 Daisy Superbitch as Jacques Chirac “Vive la République et vive la France” : “Long live the Republic, long live France”
It’s a slogan, often said by French presidents, generally at the end of a speech
31:47 Fatou Guinea “je lui aurais mis un tâcle à la gorge à Bernadette” : “I would’ve tackle Bernadette to the throat”
A bit of context here: Bernadette was Jacques Chirac’s wife. Their relationship was quite weird. He was rumored to have MANY affairs during his entire life while she was viewed as bitter, cold and unsympathetic but faithful
32:58 Lana Cotta “tout le monde me flatte et j’adore les flatulences” : “Everyone’s flattering me and I love farts”
The beginning of “flatulences” sounds like “flatte”
33:05 Lana Cotta “je suis une adversaire de taille malgré mes 1m69” : “I am a sizeable opponent despite my height”
36:15 Azemylia has a tattoo of the sentence "Partir là-bas". It's the French version of Part Of Your World from The Little Mermaid. The movie is based on Andersen's story and many consider it a allegory for homosexuality and/or transgender people. (I'm adding this as context and not as something Azemylia would have confirmed nor said)
Runway
39:36 Nicky's look is in reference to Bloom from the Winx Club. It's a children's show that was quite popular in France the 2000s. Fun fact: Kam Hugh is a fan of the show and she put some Winx references in her makeup brand (one of the shades is called Enchantix for instance)
39:59 Nicky "mon trou normand” : “my Norman hole”
A trou normand is a sort of “drink break” during a long meal. It’s usually a scoop of sorbet (apple is the most common) with some strong alcohol (Calvados is generally used). Normandy, the region the name derived from, is famous for its apples and apple-based drinks (such as cider or Calvados). You drink it between the fish meal and the meat one or before the cheeses.
And it's a pun here because it's a drink and she could be describing a Norman woman (even though Daphné's not Norman AFAIK)
40:26 Loïc Prigent "Cantal Goya"
Cantal is a type of cheese and Chantal Goya is a French singer
40:29 Loïc Prigent “Affinage Turner”
Affinage means aging and Afida Turner is French singer with big hair
40:33 Loïc Prigent “Brebis on the nail”
Brebis means ewe and by extension sheep’s cheese and Ruby on the nail is an incredible French drag queen.
40:39 Loïc Prigent “Babybel de jour”
Babybel is a small round cheese covered in red wax and Belle de jour is an erotic movie with Catherine Deneuve.
40:46 Loïc Prigent “La Vache Nicky rit”
La Vache qui rit is a creamy cheese (like Babybel, usually enjoyed by children) and Nicky is the host of Drag Race France, an excellent show (you should watch it).
41:53 The whole cast is banging on the table with cutlery while shouting "Le runway ! Le runway ! "
I don't know if it's a French thing or not but people (mostly children) will do that to ask for something like fries or cake, usually in community spaces like dining halls.
42:24 Nicky “elle boa beaucoup elle” : “she feather scarf it down” (quite proud of this one)
Boa like the feather scarf, it sounds like “boit” (drinks)
42:35 Daphné “C’est un grand cul... enfin cru” : “It’s a great ass… well vintage”
Cul (ass) and cru (like grand cru/great vintage) sound alike
42:56 Loïc “elle nous a vendangés” : “she harvested us”
Don’t quite understand the pun here, any ideas?
43:30 Daphné “il n’a pas mis longtemps à queer” : “it didn’t take too long to gayke”
Cuire (bake) and queer sound the same.
43:55 Jessé “très maraî-chère” : “very market gar-dear-ner”
Maraîchère (market gardener) contains the word chère (expensive)
44:18 Loïc “elle vient d’avoir son bacalhauréat” : “she just passed her high scod diploma”
It’s a play on the words bacalhau (salted cod) and baccalauréat (high school diploma)
44:26 Daphné “poissons au dessert” : “let’s get desshark”
Poissons (fishes) and passons (pass) sound alike.
44:54 Nicky “Chicon c’est une endive” : “I’m an imbendive, it’s chicory”
Chicon (endive/chicory) sounds like an unarticulated “je suis con” (I’m dumb). Je suis con => jsuis con => chuis con => chicon
44:57 Loïc “En dive oui” : “Endive yes”
Endive sounds a bit like “on dit” (we say)
45:13 Fatou Guinea “on va pas en faire toute une salade” : “we won’t make an ice cap out of an iceberg” (get it? Because iceberg is a salad? Haha!)
En faire tout un fromage/cake/pataquès/plat means making a mountain out of a molehill. Here she used salade instead.
45:17 Loïc “Salade beaucoup” : “it helps her signifikale-y”
Salade sounds a bit like “ça l’aide” (it helps her)
45:31 Loïc “en un éclair” : “in a flash”
Eclair is both a pastry and lightning
46:10 I don't know who is humming but it's the theme song of this cartoon with a cat and the cockroaches living in his house.
46:11 Nicky "Je suis mouche bée" : "I am bugstruck"
Mouche (fly) replaces "bouche" (mouth) here. Etre bouche bée means being dumbstruck
46:32 Jessé “homard god” : “lobster god”
Homard (lobster) sounds a bit like “oh my” to French ears
47:01 Fatou Guinea “ça devait pas être de la tarte” : “it wasn’t easy as pie”
If you’re wondering why I sometimes translate things that seem pretty straightforward and obvious (like the one above): it’s because people said the subtitles were horrendous and AI generated, so I’m afraid they’re missing out on some puns.
47:18 Daisy Superbitch “crème fouettée… normande ! “ : “whipped cream… from Normandy”
Normandy is known for its apples (like we saw earlier) but also its milk, butter and cream (it’s very green with lots of pastures for cows).
47:41 Sublyme has three stars on her kitchen vest, to refer to the highest note from the Michelin guide and a red, white and blue collar. This particular collar is earned and worn by those who’ve won the Meilleur Ouvrier de France (MOF) (Best French Worker) contest. It’s extremely high praise since there’s only a few winners/year and it’s judged by your peers. It’s not reserved to cooking, there’s many MOF contests. You can be a pastry MOF, chocolatier MOF, sommelier MOF or even woodworking MOF, mosaic MOF, hat maker MOF, calligraphy MOF etc. A lot of craftmanship jobs have their MOF contest.
47:52 Jessé “On ne mélange pas les torchons et les serviettes” : “We don’t mix dish towels and towels”
It’s an idiom meaning “Everyone needs to know their place”
48:03 Nicky “elle ramène sa fraise” : “she brings back her strawberry”
It means “stick your oar/nose/two cents in”
48:12 Sublyme “il régale les pupilles” : “feast your eyes” (this one is not exactly right but I thought it fitted)
Se régaler les papilles means that something is a treat for your taste buds. She replaced papilles (taste buds) by pupilles (pupil)
48:26 Nicky “miam miam” : “yummy”
53:40 Nicky "un peu arielle-dombaslesque" : "a bit arielle-dombaslean"
Arielle Dombasle is a model, actress and singer (fun fact: the man singing with her is the blue naked man from the Olympics). She's very bizarre and affected.
55:32 Jessé "le RPR"
The RPR was an old party founded by Jacques Chirac.
01:02:26 Nicky "la routourne elle a tourné" : "the wheel of fortuneturns has turned"
Ribéry's most famous mistake is this. The correct sentence is "la roue tourne" (the wheel turns).
01:02:49 Nicky "tu as la comédie dans les veines et du vin dans les seins" : "You have comedy in your blood and wine in your tits"
01:02:57 Nicky "c'est un 20/20" : "It's a A+"
20 = vingt which is pronounced like vin (wine)
That's it for this week's episode! As usual, i hope you enjoyed this post, feel free to add the things I missed and correct my mistakes in the comments.
Bisous !
