History Comicbook / TomPoes

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Professor Zbygniew Prlwytzkofsky ("with a 'z' in der middle").

* CoolCar: Bommel's car, ''"De Oude Schicht"''

* CunningLikeAFox: Joris Goedbloed.

* EvilSorcerer: Hocus P. Pas

* MyNameIsNotDurwood: Captain Wal Rus always mispronounces Bommel's name.
* OnlySaneMan: Tom Poes.

* ParentalBonus: ''Tom Poes'' can be enjoyed by both children and adults.

* PrintLongRunners: From 1941 until 1986.

* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: Bommel.

* ButtMonkey: Olivier B. Bommel, who isn't taken seriously by the other villagers.
** Garmt Grootgrut, a sheep who owns a store and frequently complains how "small shop keepers are always unlucky."
* CanineCompanion: Bommel's loyal butler Joost is a anthropomorphic dog.

** ''"Ik ga je opschrijven, Bommel! Wat is je naam?"'' - Bulle Bas ("I'm going to write you down, Bommel! What is your name?")

* BadassBeard: Hocus Pas and Professor Zbygniew Prlwytzkofsky.
* BadassMoustache: Wal Rus. Naturally since he is a walrus.

** ''"Wie is er weer de dupe? De kleine middenstander!"'' - Garmt Grootgrut ("Who is the victim once more? The small proprietorship")

* FictionalCountry: The entire world is an anthropomorphic animal world. Sometimes humans are seen, but not often.

* FunnyAnimal

** ''"Als je begrijpt wat ik bedoel."''- Olivier B. Bommel ("if you understand what I mean")

** ''"Zoals mijn goede vader zei."'' - Olivier B. Bommel ("like my good father used to say")
** ''"Verzin toch eens een list, jonge vriend!"'' - Olivier B. Bommel ("Will you (finally) think of a ploy, young friend!" - The phrasing implies impatience and excessive demand, which can't be conveyed well into English without adding "finally".)
** ''"Hihi, wat enigjes"''- Wammes Waggel ("hihi, how preciousish" - this is a bad translation, but the phrase is almost untranslatable. "Enig" means "only" and can be used endearingly, hence "precious". "-jes" puts the word in the diminutive, which doesn't work in English, so "ish" will have to do. It is the chosen expression of delight from a character who is very childish/mentally underdeveloped in nature.)

** ''"Ik ga je opschrijven, Bommel, wat is je naam?"'' - Bulle Bas ("I'm going to write you down, Bommel! What is your name?")
** ''"Met uw welnemen"''- Joost ("with your permission")

''Tom Poes'' (also known as the ''"Bommelsaga"'') was a [[PrintLongRunners long running]] Dutch newspaper comic strip written and drawn by Marten Toonder (1912-2005) from 1941 to 1986. The series take place in an antropomorphic animal fantasy world. The main protagonist is Tom Poes, a noble, courageous and intelligent little white cat and his best friend, Olivier B. Bommel, a vain, cowardly, but good natured bear who claims to be a ''lord'' and lives in a large castle, with his own butler, Joost. The series was a text comic (comic strips without text balloons and the text below the images), but has been published in text balloon format too.

* AnimalStereotypes: Bommel is a dumb bear, butler Joost is a noble and trusty dog, Marquis de Canteclaer is a proud cockerel, Tom Poes is a clever cat, Wammes Waggel a silly goose, Officer Bulle Bas is a police bulldog, Wal Rus is a sea captain walrus.

* TheRival: Bommel and the Marquis de Canteclaer have a rivalry going on. They are both rich noblemen, but the Marquis is so snobbish that he always belittles Bommel whenever he can.

** ''"Een eenvoudige, doch voedzame maaltijd."''- Olivier B. Bommel ("a simple but wholesome meal" - given that he lives in a castle, these tend to be elaborate and extravagant)

** ''"Verzin toch eens een list, jonge vriend!"'' - Olivier B. Bommel ("Do think of a plan, young friend" - it should be mentioned that the phrasing implies impatience and excessive demand)
** ''"Hihi, wat enigjes"''- Wammes Waggel ("hihi, how delightful" - this is a bad translation, but the phrase is almost untranslatable. It is the expression of delight from a character who is very childish/mentally underdeveloped in nature)

** ''"Wie is er weer de dupe? De kleine middenstander!"'' - Garmt Grootgrut ("Who again is the victim? The small proprietorship")

** ''"Ik ga je opschrijven, Bommel, wat is je naam?"'' - Bulle Bas ("I will write you down, Bommel! What is your name?")

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[[caption-width-right:288:Olivier B. Bommel and Tom Poes, [[CatchPhrase if you understand what we mean...]]]]

* TheJerk: Marquis de Canteclaer who acts really snobbish, especially against Bommel. This is because Canteclaer is ''real'' nobility, and Bommel is ''pretend'' nobility - i.e. just a rich idiot who owns a castle, but no ''class''.

''Tom Poes'' was not the first Dutch comic strip, but is generally considered to be [[FollowTheLeader the one that inspired all other comic strip artists in the country]]. It started off as a children's comic strip, but quickly [[GrowingTheBeard transformed]] in stories with a ParentalBonus. It's also one of the few to have a considerable impact on Dutch popular culture, with many phrases and characters inspiring everyday Dutch words and expressions. In the Netherlands ''Tom Poes'' is highly regarded as clever {{satire}} with [[SceneryPorn exquisite art work]], very creative storytelling and lots of AntiquatedLinguistics. For years it was even one of the few comic strips in the Netherlands to be considered ''literature''. Creator Toonder received countless awards during his long and fruitful career and built the only comic strip studio the Netherlands ever had.

* AnimalStereotypes: Bommel is a dumb bear, butler Joost is a noble and trusty dog, Marquis de Canteclaer is a proud peacock, Tom Poes is a clever cat, Wammes Waggel a silly goose, Officer Bulle Bas is a police bulldog, Wal Rus is a sea captain walrus.

'''Tom Poes''' (also known as the ''"Bommelsaga"'') was a [[PrintLongRunners long running]] Dutch newspaper comic strip written and drawn by Marten Toonder (1912-2005) from 1941 to 1986. The series take place in an antropomorphic animal fantasy world. The main protagonist is Tom Poes, a noble, courageous and intelligent little white cat and his best friend, Olivier B. Bommel, a vain, cowardly, but good natured bear who claims to be a ''lord'' and lives in a large castle, with his own butler, Joost. The series was a text comic (comic strips without text balloons and the text below the images), but has been published in text balloon format too.

* GoodIsBoring: Tom Poes, the protagonist, is the least memorable of all characters.

* MeaningfulName: The town's psychiatrist is named ''"Zielknijper"'' (literally translated: ''"Soulpincher"''), which became a Dutch neologism later.

* ContemporaryCaveman

* MatureAnimalStory: This looks like a general "funny animals" comicstrip, but the language, themes and allusions are very much adult.

* {{Slapstick}}