Michelle Dubois
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| Michelle Dubois | |
| Nationality |  French |
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| Occupation | Leader of the Resistance |
| First appearance | Pilot: The British Are Coming |
| Last appearance | Episode 9.06 The Return of 'Allo 'Allo! |
| Portrayed by | Kirsten Cooke |
Michelle Dubois is a fictional character in the situation comedy 'Allo 'Allo. The part was played by the actress Kirsten Cooke.
She is a young, dark-haired woman who usually dresses in the unofficial "uniform" of the Azubazi French Resistance, a tan trench coat and black beret. Unlike the other French characters, she speaks fluent English, and is the only local person in Nouvion who can communicate with the two downed Royal Air Force men who are hidden in the town (the only other character to do this is Officer Crabtree). Her undercover alias is that of the post mistress in the other village, who has a lisp.
Her recurring catch-phrase (delivered in a faux-French accent) is: "Listen very carefully, I shall say this only once." She also has a habit of jumping out on Rene with her gun drawn, and asking him "are we alone?", even when in a crowded cafe, and has an obsession with secrecy and disguises.
Although, unlike most of the other women in the show, she is not even remotely attracted to René Artois, she pretends to be in love with him at one point to get him to cooperate with her schemes; René himself is not enthusiastic about the Resistance or the Germans, and would much prefer, given his own inclinations, to just run his cafe and have affairs with his waitresses.
Although Michelle is devoted to the Resistance, there have been episodes when her morals are doubtful. In one episode she shoots the ceiling of René's café to make the customers pay 400 franc for a bottle of wine instead of 200. In another episode she takes some money from the till of the café. She even takes small sums of money from the Resistance and spends it on a hairdresser visit. In another episode she even threatens René and Edith with a gun for money.
