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!! The comics provides examples of:
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Despite featuring five main characters, Rychlé šípy are ''not'' a FiveManBand - they're just too ''good'' to fill all the required roles... The members of the club are:
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* ActionGirl: It is implied that Podkova won the leadership of her large club consisting mostly of boys ''by force''. Her right hand, Haha Bimbi, is used for ComicRelief (as something of a female foil to Rychlonožka), but in one Čermák-drawn story she is also shown successfully fighting her way through a crowd of boys (using [[ParasolOfPain an umbrella]] for a weapon).
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* BefriendingTheEnemy: The original villains of the story were Černí jezdci ("Black Riders"), a band of bullying boys in the neighbourhood whose exploits drove the boys of Rychlé šípy together. After a number of issues detailing their rivalries, they joined forces to put out a fire and their enmities ended. [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome Černí jezdci were never seen again.]]
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* LimitedWardrobe: Very much so with all the recurring characters. Eventually lampshaded with Bohouš, who is typified by his green tracksuit with the hood always up.
---> '''Mirek:''' Take off that eternal hood of his!
---> '''Mirek:''' Take off that eternal hood of his!
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* OneOfTheBoys: Podkova hangs out with boys and is respected by them for more traditionally masculine traits like her ability to fight. Nonetheless, she does not seem to eschew her femininity, as she is always shown wearing a skirt and her trademark fancy horseshoe hairclip ("podkova" means "horseshoe" in Czech).
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* ParasolParachute: Rychlé šípy use a partially broken down one to jump from a cliff for fun; they christen it Samoletka ("Autoflier"). It does not last long.
* ParasolOfPain: One of Haha Bimbi's weapons of choice is an umbrella. (The other is her sharp tongue.)
* ParasolOfPain: One of Haha Bimbi's weapons of choice is an umbrella. (The other is her sharp tongue.)
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* IOweYouMyLife: In one story arc, a boy saves Jindra's life (or at the very least health) from snow falling from a roof. Jindra promises to fulfill any wish for him... with rather angsty consequences. It all turns out well in the end, of course.
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* IOweYouMyLife: In one story arc, a boy saves Jindra's life (or at the very least health) from snow falling from a roof. Jindra promises to fulfill any wish for him... with [[YouOweMe rather angsty consequences.consequences]]. It all turns out well in the end, of course.
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There has also been a TV series, a film, radio plays, and theatre productions. Rychlé šípy also feature in a couple of songs (which apparently Foglar was quite happy about). As well as parodies.
The Stínadla books in particular have really entered public consciousness, and have as a result practically entered the public ''domain'' with no regard to the actual law involved: Several authors have written continuations of them which break the usual rule that AscendedFanFic has to be in some way reworked in order to be published - these are openly a continuation of Foglar's work, featuring at the very least the same settings and concepts if not the same characters, and some of them were even published while Foglar was still alive. There were also people actually creating their own real life Vont societies. And there are public games being run based around the concept of "finding Stínadla in your own hometown".
The Stínadla books in particular have really entered public consciousness, and have as a result practically entered the public ''domain'' with no regard to the actual law involved: Several authors have written continuations of them which break the usual rule that AscendedFanFic has to be in some way reworked in order to be published - these are openly a continuation of Foglar's work, featuring at the very least the same settings and concepts if not the same characters, and some of them were even published while Foglar was still alive. There were also people actually creating their own real life Vont societies. And there are public games being run based around the concept of "finding Stínadla in your own hometown".
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* TropeNamer: Unofficially. In the Czech Republic, Mirek Dušín is considered to be a fine example of an honorable, chivalrous, clever, strong and friendly person, and is therefore used to describe people who share similar qualities. On a hypothetical Czech version of TV Tropes, there would definitely be a "Mirek Dušín" trope.
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* TropeNamer: Unofficially. In the Czech Republic, Mirek Dušín is considered to be a fine example of an honorable, chivalrous, clever, strong and friendly person, and is therefore used to describe people who share similar qualities. On a hypothetical Czech version of TV Tropes, there would definitely be a "Mirek Dušín" trope.trope.
* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: The real location of Druhá Strana and Stínadla remains, and shall remain, a mystery. Even though it was most likely inspired by Prague, Foglar insisted it had to be kept secret to maintain its mystique and so that each reader could discover ''their own'' Stínadla.
* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: The real location of Druhá Strana and Stínadla remains, and shall remain, a mystery. Even though it was most likely inspired by Prague, Foglar insisted it had to be kept secret to maintain its mystique and so that each reader could discover ''their own'' Stínadla.
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* AdultsAreUseless: They really do not help most of the time or are even a significant problem for the protagonists, as many minor villains are criminals (petty or hardened) and the boys have to fight them or thwart them. In ''Stínadla in Revolt'', a boy gets kidnapped by the Vonts for venturing into Stínadla and it falls on Rychlé šípy to save him. To be fair, though, word of mouth among the children (from eyewitnesses) passes that particular piece of info to them much faster than it would have to the parents (in fact careful examination of the text reveals it to probably be a matter of minutes) and we never learn what the parents might have done otherwise had their son's disappearance lasted longer than one evening.
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* AdultsAreUseless: Zig-zagged. They really do not help most of the time or are even a significant problem for the protagonists, as many minor villains are criminals (petty or hardened) and the boys have to fight them or thwart them. Sometimes authorities are mistaken and Rychlé šípy have to prove something to them. In many cases the boys solve problems that arise while adults are standing useless to the side. On the other hand, there is definitely an underlying respect for (capable) adult authorities present, and some Aesops are delivered by an authority figure such as a teacher, a policeman or a doctor. For the most part, though, adults simply do not enter the story in a significant way (it has to be borne in mind that the comics is rooted in an era when it was much more common for children to play in the streets on their own), and can range from actively adversary, through useless, to actually supportive.
**In ''Stínadla in Revolt'', a boy gets kidnapped by the Vonts for venturing into Stínadla and it falls on Rychlé šípy to save him. To be fair, though, word of mouth among the children (from eyewitnesses) passes that particular piece of info to them much faster than it would have to the parents (in fact careful examination of the text reveals it to probably be a matter of minutes) and we never learn what the parents might have done otherwise had their son's disappearance lasted longer than one evening.
**In ''Stínadla in Revolt'', a boy gets kidnapped by the Vonts for venturing into Stínadla and it falls on Rychlé šípy to save him. To be fair, though, word of mouth among the children (from eyewitnesses) passes that particular piece of info to them much faster than it would have to the parents (in fact careful examination of the text reveals it to probably be a matter of minutes) and we never learn what the parents might have done otherwise had their son's disappearance lasted longer than one evening.
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* CountryCousin: In one of the Čermák-drawn longer arcs, Jindra is invited to visit his aunt and cousin in the country near a lake / pond - because he had already been planning to go camping with the club, they decide to camp at the lake instead, and Jindra's cousin Alena and her friends play female foils for the boy club during their stay. Although in fact not that much hilarity ensues; because this arc largely features an abandoned castle on the other side of the lake, its tone is more sombre and mysterious.
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* HumanSnowball: In one wintertime story, Bratrstvo kočičí pracky laughs at Rychlé šípy for building a snowman like little children. They drop one of their large snowballs on them, and Bratrstvo ends up as this.
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* IOweYouMyLife: In one story arc, a boy saves Jindra's life (or at the very least health) from snow falling from a roof. Jindra promises to fulfill any wish for him... with rather angsty consequences. It all turns out well in the end, of course.
* MissingMom - We never get to see much of Bratrstvo's home life, but we eventually do meet Dlouhé bidlo's father, who speaks of him as "my son, my child, my everything" (in a rather hilarious moment in which he immediately proceeds to threaten him, as only a worried parent can). It's reasonably safe to assume that Dlouhé bidlo is the only child of a single father.
* MissingMom - We never get to see much of Bratrstvo's home life, but we eventually do meet Dlouhé bidlo's father, who speaks of him as "my son, my child, my everything" (in a rather hilarious moment in which he immediately proceeds to threaten him, as only a worried parent can). It's reasonably safe to assume that Dlouhé bidlo is the only child of a single father.
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Due to the 20th-century political upheavals in Czechia, the publishing of ''Rychlé šípy'' was stopped several times for varying lengths of time, what with ThoseWackyNazis having no use for the independent reader clubs, DirtyCommunists perceiving comics as the Western imperialist medium and likewise frowning on independent organisation, and Foglar's Scouting-influenced morality not suiting either of those groups. In a twist of fate, however, this may have only served to introduce new generations of fans to a work that might have otherwise run to the natural end of its course much earlier.
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Due to the 20th-century political upheavals in Czechia, the publishing of ''Rychlé šípy'' was stopped several times for varying lengths of time, what with ThoseWackyNazis having no use for the independent reader clubs, DirtyCommunists perceiving comics as the Western imperialist medium and likewise frowning on independent organisation, and Foglar's Scouting-influenced morality not suiting either of those groups. In a twist of fate, however, this may have only served to introduce new generations of fans to a work that might have otherwise run to the natural end of its course much earlier.
earlier, and [[DontCreateAMartyr turned an undoubtedly influential comics into a downright iconic one]].
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* AdultsAreUseless: They really do not help most of the time or are even a significant problem for the protagonists, as many minor villains are criminals (petty or hardened) and the boys have to fight them or thwart them. In Stínadla ''Stínadla in Revolt, Revolt'', a boy gets kidnapped by the Vonts for venturing into Stínadla and it falls on Rychlé šípy to save him. To be fair, though, word of mouth among the children (from eyewitnesses) passes that particular piece of info to them much faster than it would have to the parents (in fact careful examination of the text reveals it to probably be a matter of minutes) and we never learn what the parents might have done otherwise had their son's disappearance lasted longer than one evening.
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''Rychlé šípy''[[note]]"Rapid Arrows"[[/note]] is a 20th-century Czech magazine-published comics series, directed at children and teenagers. It features a club of five boys named, of course, Rychlé šípy. It is probably ''the'' comics if you're Czech, the old golden standard every other comics will inevitably be in some manner compared to (if only to say it is nothing like it) - and it introduced the unique flavour of "club comics" to the Czech scene.
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''Rychlé šípy''[[note]]"Rapid Arrows"[[/note]] šípy''[[note]]"Fast Arrows" - habitually translated as "Rapid Arrows", in a Czech misunderstanding of the English usage of the word "rapid"[[/note]] is a 20th-century Czech magazine-published comics series, directed at children and teenagers. It features a club of five boys named, of course, Rychlé šípy. It is probably ''the'' comics if you're Czech, the old golden standard every other comics will inevitably be in some manner compared to (if only to say it is nothing like it) - and it introduced the unique flavour of "club comics" to the Czech scene.
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* AdultsAreUseless: They really do not help most of the time or are even a significant problem for protagonists, as many minor villains are criminals (petty or hardened) and boys have to fight them. In Stínadla in Revolt, a boy gets kidnapped for venturing there and his parents do not even call the police, leaving his rescue for the titular club. Taken UpToEleven in Stínadla in Revolt, where a boy is kidnapped by Vonts and nobody cares about that, not even his parents, leaving his rescue to Rychlé Šípy.
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* AdultsAreUseless: They really do not help most of the time or are even a significant problem for the protagonists, as many minor villains are criminals (petty or hardened) and the boys have to fight them or thwart them. In Stínadla in Revolt, a boy gets kidnapped by the Vonts for venturing there and his parents do not even call the police, leaving his rescue for the titular club. Taken UpToEleven in into Stínadla in Revolt, where a boy is kidnapped by Vonts and nobody cares about that, not even his parents, leaving his rescue to it falls on Rychlé Šípy.šípy to save him. To be fair, though, word of mouth among the children (from eyewitnesses) passes that particular piece of info to them much faster than it would have to the parents (in fact careful examination of the text reveals it to probably be a matter of minutes) and we never learn what the parents might have done otherwise had their son's disappearance lasted longer than one evening.
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* ComicBookTime: Big time. See above for the range of publishing dates. Beside seasonal changes, there is no obvious reference to time passing after the first year or two of the comics running, but subtle changes do occasionally happen - such as Rychlonožka entering an apprenticeship (thus having finished primary schooling). The time setting also varies. The books are presumably set into the times of the First Czechoslovak Republic, while comics likely take place in the time they were written.
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* ComicBookTime: Big time. See above for the range of publishing dates. Beside seasonal changes, there is no obvious reference to time passing after the first year or two of the comics running, but subtle changes do occasionally happen - such as Rychlonožka entering an apprenticeship (thus having finished primary schooling). The time setting also varies. The books are presumably set into in the times time of the First Czechoslovak Republic, while the comics likely take place in the time they were written.written (for example, they feature the versions of police forces contemporary to the time of publishing).
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* TropeNamer: Unofficially. In Czech republic, Mirek Dušín is considered to be a fine example of honorable, chivalrous, clever, strong and friendly person, an is therefore used to describe people who share similar qualities. On a hypothetical Czech version of TV Tropes, there would definitely be a "Mirek Dušín" trope.
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* TropeNamer: Unofficially. In the Czech republic, Republic, Mirek Dušín is considered to be a fine example of an honorable, chivalrous, clever, strong and friendly person, an and is therefore used to describe people who share similar qualities. On a hypothetical Czech version of TV Tropes, there would definitely be a "Mirek Dušín" trope.
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* TropeNamer: Unofficially. In Czech republic, Mirek Dušín is considered to be a fine example of an honorable, chivalrous, clever, strong and friendly person, an is therefore used to describe people who share similar qualities. On a hypothetical Czech version of TV Tropes, there would definitely be a "Mirek Dušín" trope.
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* TropeNamer: Unofficially. In Czech republic, Mirek Dušín is considered to be a fine example of an honorable, chivalrous, clever, strong and friendly person, an is therefore used to describe people who share similar qualities. On a hypothetical Czech version of TV Tropes, there would definitely be a "Mirek Dušín" trope.
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* ComicBookTime: Big time. See above for the range of publishing dates. Beside seasonal changes, there is no obvious reference to time passing after the first year or two of the comics running, but subtle changes do occasionally happen - such as Rychlonožka entering an apprenticeship (thus having finished primary schooling). The time setting also varies. The books are presumably set into the times of the First Czechoslovak Republic, while comics likely take place in the time they were written. For example, in one story, the club helps refugees from Sudetenland, who were banished by Germans, while the other story has Rychlé šípy helping the communist state police.
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* ComicBookTime: Big time. See above for the range of publishing dates. Beside seasonal changes, there is no obvious reference to time passing after the first year or two of the comics running, but subtle changes do occasionally happen - such as Rychlonožka entering an apprenticeship (thus having finished primary schooling). The time setting also varies. The books are presumably set into the times of the First Czechoslovak Republic, while comics likely take place in the time they were written. For example, in one story, the club helps refugees from Sudetenland, who were banished by Germans, while the other story has Rychlé šípy helping the communist state police.
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* AdultsAreUseless: They really do not help most of the time or are even a significant problem for protagonists, as many minor villains are criminals (petty or hardened) and boys have to fight them. In Stínadla in Revolt, a boy gets kidnapped for venturing there and his parents do not even call the police, leaving his rescue for the titular club.
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* AdultsAreUseless: They really do not help most of the time or are even a significant problem for protagonists, as many minor villains are criminals (petty or hardened) and boys have to fight them. In Stínadla in Revolt, a boy gets kidnapped for venturing there and his parents do not even call the police, leaving his rescue for the titular club. Taken UpToEleven in Stínadla in Revolt, where a boy is kidnapped by Vonts and nobody cares about that, not even his parents, leaving his rescue to Rychlé Šípy.
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* TotemPoleTrench: When Rychlé šípy are trying to inflitrate the editorial office of ''Mladý hlasatel'' over the protests of a porter and a cleaning lady in the building, they finally succeed by employing this tactic. Instead of a trench, though, they just use their own winter coats.
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* TotemPoleTrench: When Rychlé šípy are trying to inflitrate the editorial office of ''Mladý hlasatel'' over the protests of a porter and a cleaning lady in the building, they finally succeed by employing this tactic. Instead of a trench, though, they just use their own winter coats.coats.
* TropeNamer: Unofficially. In Czech republic, Mirek Dušín is considered to be a fine example of an honorable, chivalrous, clever, strong and friendly person, an is therefore used to describe people who share similar qualities. On a hypothetical Czech version of TV Tropes, there would definitely be a "Mirek Dušín" trope.
* TropeNamer: Unofficially. In Czech republic, Mirek Dušín is considered to be a fine example of an honorable, chivalrous, clever, strong and friendly person, an is therefore used to describe people who share similar qualities. On a hypothetical Czech version of TV Tropes, there would definitely be a "Mirek Dušín" trope.
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In 1998, the publishing house Olympia published all the stories in a single omnibus book complete with detailed explanatory section - which book, just like the comics itself, then became the standard to which such efforts are being compared in Czechia.
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In 1998, the publishing house Olympia published all the stories in a single omnibus book complete with detailed explanatory section section[[note]]Foglar died a year later, in 1999, so they still managed to get a foreword from the author, too.[[/note]] - which book, just like the comics itself, then became the standard to which such efforts are being compared in Czechia.
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''Rychlé šípy'' is a 20th-century Czech magazine-published comics series, directed at children and teenagers. It features a club of five boys named, of course, Rychlé šípy[[note]]"Rapid Arrows"[[/note]]. It is probably ''the'' comics if you're Czech, the old golden standard every other comics will inevitably be in some manner compared to (if only to say it is nothing like it) - and it introduced the unique flavour of "club comics" to the Czech scene.
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''Rychlé šípy'' šípy''[[note]]"Rapid Arrows"[[/note]] is a 20th-century Czech magazine-published comics series, directed at children and teenagers. It features a club of five boys named, of course, Rychlé šípy[[note]]"Rapid Arrows"[[/note]].šípy. It is probably ''the'' comics if you're Czech, the old golden standard every other comics will inevitably be in some manner compared to (if only to say it is nothing like it) - and it introduced the unique flavour of "club comics" to the Czech scene.
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''Rychlé šípy'' is a 20th-century Czech magazine-published comics series, directed at children and teenagers. It features a club of five boys named, of course, Rychlé šípy ("Fast Arrows" [[note]]English-language sources online usually use the habitual but somewhat awkward translation "Rapid Arrows"[[/note]]). It is probably ''the'' comics if you're Czech, the old golden standard every other comics will inevitably be in some manner compared to (if only to say it is nothing like it) - and it introduced the unique flavour of "club comics" to the Czech scene.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Left to right: Jindra Hojer, Jarka Metelka, Mirek Dušín, Rychlonožka, Červenáček]]
''Rychlé šípy'' is a 20th-century Czech magazine-published comics series, directed at children and teenagers. It features a club of five boys named, of course, Rychléšípy ("Fast Arrows" [[note]]English-language sources online usually use the habitual but somewhat awkward translation "Rapid Arrows"[[/note]]).šípy[[note]]"Rapid Arrows"[[/note]]. It is probably ''the'' comics if you're Czech, the old golden standard every other comics will inevitably be in some manner compared to (if only to say it is nothing like it) - and it introduced the unique flavour of "club comics" to the Czech scene.
[[caption-width-right:350:Left to right: Jindra Hojer, Jarka Metelka, Mirek Dušín, Rychlonožka, Červenáček]]
''Rychlé šípy'' is a 20th-century Czech magazine-published comics series, directed at children and teenagers. It features a club of five boys named, of course, Rychlé
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** In the books, there is the menacing M in Jan Tleskač's diary in ''Záhada hlavolamu'', in the end revealed to be [[spoiler: the elder Mažňák]], and Širokko, the mysterious figure from ''Stínadla se bouří''.
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** In the books, there is the menacing M Em in Jan Tleskač's diary in ''Záhada hlavolamu'', in the end revealed to be [[spoiler: the elder Mažňák]], and Širokko, the mysterious figure from ''Stínadla se bouří''.
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Červenáček and Rychlonožka are literally only known by their nicknames: their real names are never revealed.
** There are other characters as well: Dlouhé bidlo and Štětináč from Bratrstvo kočičí pracky are also nicknames unrelated to their unknown names (although a late story suggests Dlouhé bidlo's surname may be... Bidlo); the third member is known as Bohouš, which is a nickname for Bohumil or Bohuslav.
** Plus there are Podkova, Metráček, Bambus, Tlouštík and Pískloun, Saf...
** In the books, there is the menacing M in Jan Tleskač's diary in ''Záhada hlavolamu'', in the end revealed to be [[spoiler: the elder Mažňák]], and Širokko, the mysterious figure from ''Stínadla se bouří''.
** Borderline case with Haha Bimbi, who always introduces herself with her full name (Alžbětina Prknářová), but whom other characters refer to by her nickname, and fans tend to remember her by it.
** There are other characters as well: Dlouhé bidlo and Štětináč from Bratrstvo kočičí pracky are also nicknames unrelated to their unknown names (although a late story suggests Dlouhé bidlo's surname may be... Bidlo); the third member is known as Bohouš, which is a nickname for Bohumil or Bohuslav.
** Plus there are Podkova, Metráček, Bambus, Tlouštík and Pískloun, Saf...
** In the books, there is the menacing M in Jan Tleskač's diary in ''Záhada hlavolamu'', in the end revealed to be [[spoiler: the elder Mažňák]], and Širokko, the mysterious figure from ''Stínadla se bouří''.
** Borderline case with Haha Bimbi, who always introduces herself with her full name (Alžbětina Prknářová), but whom other characters refer to by her nickname, and fans tend to remember her by it.
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* SpellBook: One story arc concerns the old "witch" Jeremiáška and the club's continual efforts to get her magic book to prevent her (and others after her death) from performing (black) magic - which they may or may not believe in themselves.
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* SpellBook: One story arc concerns the old "witch" Jeremiáška and the club's continual efforts to get her magic book to prevent her (and others after her death) from performing (black) magic - which they may or may not believe in themselves.themselves.
* TotemPoleTrench: When Rychlé šípy are trying to inflitrate the editorial office of ''Mladý hlasatel'' over the protests of a porter and a cleaning lady in the building, they finally succeed by employing this tactic. Instead of a trench, though, they just use their own winter coats.
* TotemPoleTrench: When Rychlé šípy are trying to inflitrate the editorial office of ''Mladý hlasatel'' over the protests of a porter and a cleaning lady in the building, they finally succeed by employing this tactic. Instead of a trench, though, they just use their own winter coats.
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''Rychlé šípy'' is a 20th-century Czech magazine-published comics series, directed at children and teenagers. It features a club of five boys named, of course, Rychlé šípy ("Fast Arrows" [[note]]English-language sources online usually use the habitual but somewhat awkward translation "Rapid Arrows"[[/note]]). It is probably ''the'' comics if you're Czech, the old golden standard every other comics will inevitably be in some manner compared to (if only to say it is nothing like it) - and it introduced the unique flavour of "club comics" to the Czech scene.
It was originally (from 1938) published in the magazine ''Mladý hlasatel'' ("Young Herald"), and intended as a fun edifying and educational tool, especially as an inspiration to the reader clubs connected to the magazine. It was - just like the clubs themselves - the brainchild of the writer, and [[ScoutOut Scout leader]], Jaroslav Foglar. The two most prominent artists were newspaper cartoonist (originally lawyer) Jan Fischer (between 1938 and 1948), and illustrator and [[{{Bluegrass}} musician]] Marko Čermák (a PromotedFanboy, during the comics' revival in the wake of the Prague Spring). A few other artists filled in for Fischer a couple of times for a couple of issues/pages. Fischer's versions of the characters are the most iconic, and he captured the town sceneries well, while Čermák relished (and still relishes) drawing natural sceneries.
Rychlé šípy are an intentionally idealised group of teenaged boys who always try do the right thing, help the elderly, never utter vulgarities, etc. They also sometimes [[KidDetective solve mysteries]] because what young heroes of this kind don't? Many of the stories are only single- or double-page, although there is also a number of longer arcs. The majority is adventurous or depicting events intended to edify the readers, but there are also some comical ones.
Despite featuring five main characters, Rychlé šípy are ''not'' a FiveManBand - they're just too ''good'' to fill all the required roles... The members of the club are:
* Mirek Dušín - TheLeader and IdealHero who's so perfect he's become both a shorthand for IncorruptiblePurePureness and [[{{Parody}} a bit of a joke]] in Czech popular culture
* Jarka Metelka - TheLancer, and showing signs of being the intellectual one / the detective of the group
* Jindra Hojer - the one whose parents most often try to stop him from being in the club, and who sometimes does ill-advised things on impulse; in the books he is revealed to be a more recent transplant to the city
* [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname Červenáček]] - typified by his red cap and also occasional ill-advised adventures; he lives in the same house as Rychlonožka, the house where the club's club room is
* [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname Rychlonožka]] - the PluckyComicRelief, the LovableCoward, and the mishap magnet; his nickname comes from his fast legs, but [[InformedAbility we never see much of him actually putting them to use]]
* And then there are [[HeroesLoveDogs the two club dogs]], Bublina and his successor Kuliferda
The characters are also featured in three novels written by Foglar, the so-called ''Stínadla Trilogy'' dealing with the mysterious town district of Stínadla ("Shades", but also with "beheading" undertones in Czech) and its secretive and belligerent society of children, the Vonts. In these books, Rychlé šípy venture into Stínadla in order to unravel its mysteries. The first two books were originally published in serialised form in the magazines publishing the comics at the time; the third was first published abroad and then in Czechoslovakia after the Velvet Revolution in one volume with the first two. The books are:
* ''Záhada hlavolamu'' (1940-41, usually rendered in English as "The Mystery of the Conundrum" [[note]]Unfortunately for English readers unfamiliar with Czech, there is no one-to-one English equivalent of the Czech word "hlavolam" - the "conundrum" in question is namely [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedgehog_in_the_Cage a mechanical puzzle]], which makes this title very difficult to translate into English in a manner as impressive as the original is...[[/note]])
* ''Stínadla se bouří'' (1947, "Stínadla in Revolt")
* ''Tajemství Velkého Vonta'' (1986/1990, "The Secret of the Great Vont")
All three books were also adapted into comics form, with Marko Čermák as the artist.
Due to the 20th-century political upheavals in Czechia, the publishing of ''Rychlé šípy'' was stopped several times for varying lengths of time, what with ThoseWackyNazis having no use for the independent reader clubs, DirtyCommunists perceiving comics as the Western imperialist medium and likewise frowning on independent organisation, and Foglar's Scouting-influenced morality not suiting either of those groups. In a twist of fate, however, this may have only served to introduce new generations of fans to a work that might have otherwise run to the natural end of its course much earlier.
In 1998, the publishing house Olympia published all the stories in a single omnibus book complete with detailed explanatory section - which book, just like the comics itself, then became the standard to which such efforts are being compared in Czechia.
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!! The comics provides examples of:
* AmphibiousAutomobile: If you replace "automobile" with "pedal-driven vehicle" - Rychlé šípy build themselves one of those.
* AnAesop: Unsurprisingly, given the purpose of the comics, a great number of the stories carry some sort of message - either moral, or practical advice ("don't jump into cold water after physical exercise"). Some of the Aesops are somewhat unconventional, though: such as the story in which Rychlonožka wants to have his pictures published in ''Mladý hlasatel'' and after a series of hijinks the club manages to get to the editorial office, only to find out Rychlonožka's pictures don't meet the requirements - which are stated explicitly for the readers who might want to do the same.
* ArchEnemy: Bratrstvo kočičí pracky - " The Brotherhood of Cat's Paw" - are three boys who display many kinds of unworthy behaviour, including superstitiousness (the cat's paw was meant to be a talisman), and of course try to cross Rychlé šípy at any opportunity.
* AuthorTract: Foglar almost always wrote those, but he was good at making them entertaining.
* ComicBookTime: Big time. See above for the range of publishing dates. Beside seasonal changes, there is no obvious reference to time passing after the first year or two of the comics running, but subtle changes do occasionally happen - such as Rychlonožka entering an apprenticeship (thus having finished primary schooling).
* DeniedFoodAsPunishment: A variant in which a character is only given ''[[StockYuck bread soup]]''[[note]]maybe not so obviously Stock as others; mostly it's Yuck because of its greyish colour and porridge-y texture[[/note]] for dinner as punishment for coming home late.
* DreamSequence: Always Rychlonožka, and always PlayedForLaughs. Includes DreamsOfFlying.
* EnclosedSpace: One longer and tense story arc has Rychlé šípy trapped in a cave by rain and flood for several days.
* GoodIsNotSoft: Mirek may be a genuine NiceGuy who has better things to do than just constantly fight with other boys like [[TheBully those boys]] with no purpose in their life... but that doesn't mean he ''won't'' fight. And you probably don't want to be his opponent when that happens, because not only does his active lifestyle make him a good fighter... [[MagneticHero he will bring an army of willing followers]].
* GoshDangItToHeck: Foglar was actually ''good'' at making his [[UnusualEuphemism Unusual Euphemisms]] both fun and inventive, and a natural fit in the characters' speech - so good that ''himbajs šůviks'' and ''plantážník'' ("plantationer") have essentially become the series' [[CatchPhrase catchphrases]].
* IcePalace: In one Čermák-drawn story, Rychlé šípy find a mysterious and detailed ice building during a winter hike.
* TheRunaway: One story arc has Rychlé šípy following the tracks of three boys who ran away from home after they got bad end-of-year school reports. There is also the recurring character of the orphaned Tonda Pírko.
* SaveTheVillain: In one story, Rychlé šípy end up rescuing the leader of Bratrstvo kočičí pracky from drowning in a fountain.
* ShapedLikeItself: In one of the page-long stories, Rychlonožka needs the services of a clock-repairer, whose shop is however closed at the moment. When you look closely, the "Closed" sign actually reads "When I'm not here, I'm away."
* SmokingIsNotCool: A Fischer-drawn story has a formerly successful teenaged athlete succumbing to the influence of bad company and losing his athletic skills to smoking. A Čermák-drawn story has a PG-rated version of SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll with a popular local band of older boys teaching younger boys to smoke (trying to convince them it ''is'' cool, but thanks to the intervention of Rychlé šípy and the band's overreaction, it doesn't stick).
* SpellBook: One story arc concerns the old "witch" Jeremiáška and the club's continual efforts to get her magic book to prevent her (and others after her death) from performing (black) magic - which they may or may not believe in themselves.
It was originally (from 1938) published in the magazine ''Mladý hlasatel'' ("Young Herald"), and intended as a fun edifying and educational tool, especially as an inspiration to the reader clubs connected to the magazine. It was - just like the clubs themselves - the brainchild of the writer, and [[ScoutOut Scout leader]], Jaroslav Foglar. The two most prominent artists were newspaper cartoonist (originally lawyer) Jan Fischer (between 1938 and 1948), and illustrator and [[{{Bluegrass}} musician]] Marko Čermák (a PromotedFanboy, during the comics' revival in the wake of the Prague Spring). A few other artists filled in for Fischer a couple of times for a couple of issues/pages. Fischer's versions of the characters are the most iconic, and he captured the town sceneries well, while Čermák relished (and still relishes) drawing natural sceneries.
Rychlé šípy are an intentionally idealised group of teenaged boys who always try do the right thing, help the elderly, never utter vulgarities, etc. They also sometimes [[KidDetective solve mysteries]] because what young heroes of this kind don't? Many of the stories are only single- or double-page, although there is also a number of longer arcs. The majority is adventurous or depicting events intended to edify the readers, but there are also some comical ones.
Despite featuring five main characters, Rychlé šípy are ''not'' a FiveManBand - they're just too ''good'' to fill all the required roles... The members of the club are:
* Mirek Dušín - TheLeader and IdealHero who's so perfect he's become both a shorthand for IncorruptiblePurePureness and [[{{Parody}} a bit of a joke]] in Czech popular culture
* Jarka Metelka - TheLancer, and showing signs of being the intellectual one / the detective of the group
* Jindra Hojer - the one whose parents most often try to stop him from being in the club, and who sometimes does ill-advised things on impulse; in the books he is revealed to be a more recent transplant to the city
* [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname Červenáček]] - typified by his red cap and also occasional ill-advised adventures; he lives in the same house as Rychlonožka, the house where the club's club room is
* [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname Rychlonožka]] - the PluckyComicRelief, the LovableCoward, and the mishap magnet; his nickname comes from his fast legs, but [[InformedAbility we never see much of him actually putting them to use]]
* And then there are [[HeroesLoveDogs the two club dogs]], Bublina and his successor Kuliferda
The characters are also featured in three novels written by Foglar, the so-called ''Stínadla Trilogy'' dealing with the mysterious town district of Stínadla ("Shades", but also with "beheading" undertones in Czech) and its secretive and belligerent society of children, the Vonts. In these books, Rychlé šípy venture into Stínadla in order to unravel its mysteries. The first two books were originally published in serialised form in the magazines publishing the comics at the time; the third was first published abroad and then in Czechoslovakia after the Velvet Revolution in one volume with the first two. The books are:
* ''Záhada hlavolamu'' (1940-41, usually rendered in English as "The Mystery of the Conundrum" [[note]]Unfortunately for English readers unfamiliar with Czech, there is no one-to-one English equivalent of the Czech word "hlavolam" - the "conundrum" in question is namely [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedgehog_in_the_Cage a mechanical puzzle]], which makes this title very difficult to translate into English in a manner as impressive as the original is...[[/note]])
* ''Stínadla se bouří'' (1947, "Stínadla in Revolt")
* ''Tajemství Velkého Vonta'' (1986/1990, "The Secret of the Great Vont")
All three books were also adapted into comics form, with Marko Čermák as the artist.
Due to the 20th-century political upheavals in Czechia, the publishing of ''Rychlé šípy'' was stopped several times for varying lengths of time, what with ThoseWackyNazis having no use for the independent reader clubs, DirtyCommunists perceiving comics as the Western imperialist medium and likewise frowning on independent organisation, and Foglar's Scouting-influenced morality not suiting either of those groups. In a twist of fate, however, this may have only served to introduce new generations of fans to a work that might have otherwise run to the natural end of its course much earlier.
In 1998, the publishing house Olympia published all the stories in a single omnibus book complete with detailed explanatory section - which book, just like the comics itself, then became the standard to which such efforts are being compared in Czechia.
----
!! The comics provides examples of:
* AmphibiousAutomobile: If you replace "automobile" with "pedal-driven vehicle" - Rychlé šípy build themselves one of those.
* AnAesop: Unsurprisingly, given the purpose of the comics, a great number of the stories carry some sort of message - either moral, or practical advice ("don't jump into cold water after physical exercise"). Some of the Aesops are somewhat unconventional, though: such as the story in which Rychlonožka wants to have his pictures published in ''Mladý hlasatel'' and after a series of hijinks the club manages to get to the editorial office, only to find out Rychlonožka's pictures don't meet the requirements - which are stated explicitly for the readers who might want to do the same.
* ArchEnemy: Bratrstvo kočičí pracky - " The Brotherhood of Cat's Paw" - are three boys who display many kinds of unworthy behaviour, including superstitiousness (the cat's paw was meant to be a talisman), and of course try to cross Rychlé šípy at any opportunity.
* AuthorTract: Foglar almost always wrote those, but he was good at making them entertaining.
* ComicBookTime: Big time. See above for the range of publishing dates. Beside seasonal changes, there is no obvious reference to time passing after the first year or two of the comics running, but subtle changes do occasionally happen - such as Rychlonožka entering an apprenticeship (thus having finished primary schooling).
* DeniedFoodAsPunishment: A variant in which a character is only given ''[[StockYuck bread soup]]''[[note]]maybe not so obviously Stock as others; mostly it's Yuck because of its greyish colour and porridge-y texture[[/note]] for dinner as punishment for coming home late.
* DreamSequence: Always Rychlonožka, and always PlayedForLaughs. Includes DreamsOfFlying.
* EnclosedSpace: One longer and tense story arc has Rychlé šípy trapped in a cave by rain and flood for several days.
* GoodIsNotSoft: Mirek may be a genuine NiceGuy who has better things to do than just constantly fight with other boys like [[TheBully those boys]] with no purpose in their life... but that doesn't mean he ''won't'' fight. And you probably don't want to be his opponent when that happens, because not only does his active lifestyle make him a good fighter... [[MagneticHero he will bring an army of willing followers]].
* GoshDangItToHeck: Foglar was actually ''good'' at making his [[UnusualEuphemism Unusual Euphemisms]] both fun and inventive, and a natural fit in the characters' speech - so good that ''himbajs šůviks'' and ''plantážník'' ("plantationer") have essentially become the series' [[CatchPhrase catchphrases]].
* IcePalace: In one Čermák-drawn story, Rychlé šípy find a mysterious and detailed ice building during a winter hike.
* TheRunaway: One story arc has Rychlé šípy following the tracks of three boys who ran away from home after they got bad end-of-year school reports. There is also the recurring character of the orphaned Tonda Pírko.
* SaveTheVillain: In one story, Rychlé šípy end up rescuing the leader of Bratrstvo kočičí pracky from drowning in a fountain.
* ShapedLikeItself: In one of the page-long stories, Rychlonožka needs the services of a clock-repairer, whose shop is however closed at the moment. When you look closely, the "Closed" sign actually reads "When I'm not here, I'm away."
* SmokingIsNotCool: A Fischer-drawn story has a formerly successful teenaged athlete succumbing to the influence of bad company and losing his athletic skills to smoking. A Čermák-drawn story has a PG-rated version of SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll with a popular local band of older boys teaching younger boys to smoke (trying to convince them it ''is'' cool, but thanks to the intervention of Rychlé šípy and the band's overreaction, it doesn't stick).
* SpellBook: One story arc concerns the old "witch" Jeremiáška and the club's continual efforts to get her magic book to prevent her (and others after her death) from performing (black) magic - which they may or may not believe in themselves.
