Une grenade avec ça?

infobox Television
show_name = Une grenade avec ça?


caption = Cast of "Une grenade avec ça?". From left to right: Tché, Danny, Anais, Sonia, Darius, Ève and Pat. (2007)
format = Sitcom
runtime = 25 minutes
location = Montréal, flagicon|Quebec Québec
creator = Martin Doyon, Charles Gaudreau, Jean Pelletier
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starring = Catherine Proulx-Lemay, Michel Laperrière, Rose-Maïté Erkoreka, Jean-François Harrisson, Marilyse Bourke, Eric Paulhus, Yan England
country = Flagicon|Canada Canada
network = VRAK.TV
first_aired = September, 2002
last_aired = present
num_seasons = 6
num_episodes = 150
list_episodes =
website =
imdb_id = 0477544
tv_com_id =

"Une grenade avec ça?" ("A grenade with that?") is a French Canadian sitcom for teenagers, seen on the Francophone teen's channel, VRAK.TV. The name of the series came from the popular grenade-shaped candies offered by the restaurant in the show. It is claimed to be the most watched program of VRAK.TV.fix|link=Wikipedia:Contents|text=citation needed The series debuted in 2002 and will continue for a 7th season in fall. It is about the everyday trials and tribulations at "Captain Creighton", a fictional Montreal fast-food restaurant and the "big-boss" of the Captain Creigthon's chain is located to Atlanta.

Cast

Distribution

*Michel Laperrière : Danny Pitre
*Catherine Proulx-Lemay : Anaïs Boutin
*Rose-Maïté Erkoreka : Ève Kapuscinsky
*Marilyse Bourke : Sonia Compagna
*Jean-François Harrisson : Patrick « Pat » Béliveau
*Catherine Lachance : Nancy Désillet
*Eric Paulhus : Jonathan « Tché » Gouin
*Yan England : Darius Léveillé
*Gilbert Turp : Denis Pomerleau
*Patrick Chouinard : Jean-Régis « Golden » Cossette (seasons 2-3)
*Mathieu Grondin : Norbert « Norb » Gratton (seasons 1-3)
*Mélanie Maynard : Marie-Annette Cossette (seasons 2-4)
*Bobby Beshro : Julien-Christophe « J.C. » (seasons 1-3, and 5)
*Charles Gaudreau: Paul Duquette (seasons 1-3)
*Vincent Bolduc : Gilles Gendron Jr. (seasons 1-3)
*Hélène Major : Madame Leclerc (season 1-3)

Characters

Anaïs Boutin: a really mean girl, whose dream is to be the next manager of the restaurant and she is able to do anything to accomplish her dreams. In fact, she wants to be a leader and have power over the others. She has worked with Mr. Pitre for about ten years and was one of his first employee and certainly his best employee. She learned by heart Creighton's booklet of rules and she has written her own version of it. A few years ago, she betraded Captain Craighton and Danny when she worked for Denny Pomerlo, the manager of a restaurant named "Bar B.Q. Joe" but later she exploded it because she forgot to stop the gas. Later, Mr. Pomerlo made a new restaurant. but she was fired and returned with Danny. She is not appreciated by her colleagues, especially by Eve and Patrick. Anais and Pat hate each other since they were ten years old. Ironically, they met for the first time in the same fast-food were they are working now. She became Tché's girlfriend for a short period of time, but he broke up because she loved him only for his money and because she was treating him like a real slave.

Danny Pitre: Manager of the Montreal "Captain Creighton". He is addicted to root-beer. He went for the first time in this fast-food with his father when he was about 10. His father told him that one day, his son would become the new manager. The emotion was so intense for him that he vomited in his red cap. He works in Montreal's Captain Creighton since he was 17. He left school to work in the restaurant. He used to have a girlfriend named Nancy Désilets. He was working with her and his best friend, Denny Pomerlo. Danny was supposed to become the manager of the new branch of Captain Creighton in the suburbs of Montreal. He could not be happier: he was about to accomplish his dream and he fell in love with a girl who loved him. But his dream didn't came true. His boss gave the job to Denny and he became the new boyfriend of Nancy because she was interested by the power.

Ève Kapuscinsky: A vegetarian and a supporter of various pro-animal causes. She is a member of "Equi-Eco" (a group similar to PETA).

Patrick "Pat" Béliveau: Ève's ex-boyfriend -- and avid girlwatcher. He and Anais are childhood enemies.

Sonia Compagna: A recording artist who's still far from the ranks of being a popstar. She is an avid fan of Celine Dion. Her ex-boyfriend JiCi not only left her, but stated in her contract for her first album that all money from the album goes to him.

Jonathan Gouin, a.k.a. "Tché": A heir to the "Pain Gouin" bakery empire. His company is so rich because their bread are considered to be the mellowest on Earth.He went out with Anais, but later broke up with her. He also briefly went out with Sonia. He and Pat are best friends.

Darius Léveillé: An eccentric, with a lot of tattoos and crazy hair. He once had a rat named Löthar but it died. Darius is known for eating weird combinations of foods, like fruits and spaghetti -- and even burgers and yogurt, which he once actually put on the "Captain Creighton" menu. He has weird interests in life. He loves to do X-treme yoga, spiritual tai chi, and aquafitness.

Sarah and Sandra McCormick: Little is known about them because they almost never go to work. Although often mentioned by other characters and considered part of the "Captain Creighton" staff, they were never shown on-screen. Their excuses for not attending work are a running gag on the show.

Nancy Désilets: Danny's past lover now married with his worst ennemy, Denis Pomerleau.

Past Characters

Norbert Gratton: He was Pat's best friend, he is smart and aims to be a famous mathematician. He and Ève were going out until he left for California. They broke up when Norbert came back for one episode.

Jean-Régis "Golden" Cossette: A former member of the "Captain Creighton" staff. He is very slow to understand and often awkward. He is Marie-Anette's brother.

Marie-Anette Cossette: Jean-Régis's sister who was also part of the "Captain Creighton" staff during a few episodes.

About "Captain Creighton"

"Captain Creighton" is a fictional worldwide chain of fast-food restaurants founded in July 1954 by a US Army captain, Ben Creighton (its logo, however, says "Depuis (since) 1965"). The chain now has 1538 locations worldwide, including, Montreal in Canada, Calgary in Australia, and Atlanta in the United States.

Trivia

* A similar sitcom to "Une grenade avec ca?" was broadcast in English on YTV. It was named Fries with That?.
* On the bathroom door, "Captain Creighton" is written with a typo ("Capitain Creighton").
* The founder, Ben Creighton, was a Land Army captain, however the employees wear U.S. Air Force uniforms.
* An episode is originally broadcast every week on VRAK.TV.
* Patrick Béliveau, Anaïs Boutin, Marie-Annette Cossette, and Danny Pître had already met in the restaurant before Danny committed them.
* Except to Darius, every employee felt in love in the restaurant at least once.

ee also

* "Fries with That?" (YTV series based on "Une grenade avec ça?")