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* FunnyAnimal: Apparently all Kangaroos and Penguins, implied with Koalas, Bears, Giraffes and Iguanas.
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* ThoseWackyNazis: Jörn Dwigs and his 'National conservative party for safety and responsibility.
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* ThoseWackyNazis: Jörn Dwigs and Former judge Jörg Dwigs, his 'National conservative party for safety and responsibility.responsibility and his banker twin brother Jörn, who is bankrolling his party [[spoiler: until they have a fallout and Jörn founds his own right-wing party]].
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Marc-Uwe Kling (born 1982) is a German author, comedian, satirist and songwriter from Berlin. Most of his early work was in poetry slam and with the punk band ''Die Gesellschaft'' [[note]] ''The Society'' [[/note]], but he is most famous for his radio broadcast and subsequent books about his life with his roommate, a communist kangaroo. Four of them have been published:
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Marc-Uwe Kling (born 1982) 1982 in Stuttgart) is a German author, comedian, satirist and songwriter from Berlin. Most of his early work was in poetry slam and with the punk band ''Die Gesellschaft'' [[note]] ''The Society'' [[/note]], but he is most famous for his radio broadcast and subsequent books about his life with his roommate, a communist kangaroo. Four of them have been published:
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A movie based loosely on the "Plot" of the Kangaroo novels (which are to a large extent episodic) was released in 2020 to mixed reviews and with a box office performance hampered by the Covid-19 pandemic closing cinemas shortly after release. Despite featuring an obvious SequelHook in the PostCreditsScene, it is not clear whether a subsequent movie will be made.
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* CuteMachines / FunnyRobot: The defect robots Peter keeps in his basement. There's Carrie, a drone who's scared to fly, a sex robot named Romeo who's fallen in love, a Qualitypad named Pink who's been messed with by an amateur hacker and has since adapted the personality of a [[SelfReferentialHumor certain leftist kangaroo]], a [[KillerRobot combat robot]] with PTSD, and Kalliope, an automatic poet with writer's block.
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* CuteMachines / FunnyRobot: The defect robots Peter keeps in his basement. There's Carrie, a drone who's scared to fly, a sex robot named Romeo who's fallen in love, a Qualitypad named Pink who's been messed with by an amateur hacker and has since adapted the personality of a [[SelfReferentialHumor certain leftist kangaroo]], a [[KillerRobot combat robot]] with PTSD, and Kalliope, an automatic poet with writer's block.
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Imagine 1984 but futuristic and funny.
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* ItBeganWithATwistOfFate: And a damn stupid one at that. In fact, the entire plot of the book can be summed up to Peter Arbeitsloser being delivered a dolphin vibrator by The Shop, an Amazon-esque delivery service that sends you stuff based on highly personalized algorithms that [[MindReading analyze your actions, moods and thoughts]] - when he obviously has no use for it, and him trying to return it. [[spoiler: Turns out he's gotta go all the way to the top and face Henryk Ingenieur, the chief executive officer of The Shop and the most powerful man in Qualityland, and not even ''he'' is willing to take back this product as admitting that something was wrongly sent to a customer would mean that the algorithm all of Qualityland's systems operate under is flawed.]]
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* ItBeganWithATwistOfFate: And a damn stupid one at that. In fact, the entire plot of the book can be summed up to Peter Arbeitsloser being delivered a dolphin vibrator by The Shop, Shop -- an Amazon-esque delivery service that sends you stuff based on highly personalized algorithms that [[MindReading analyze your actions, moods and thoughts]] - -- when he obviously has no use for it, and him trying to return it. [[spoiler: Turns out he's gotta go all the way to the top and face Henryk Ingenieur, the chief executive officer of The Shop and the most powerful man in Qualityland, and not even ''he'' is willing to take back this product as admitting that something was wrongly sent to a customer would mean that the algorithm all of Qualityland's systems operate under is flawed.]]
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* ThoseWackyNazis: A very unpleasant example - Peter and his girlfriend at the time go to see a musical named ''Hitler! - Das Musical. Die Geschichte von Ado and Eva.''[[note]]The Story of Ado and Eva. (Eve is named Eva in the German edition of the bible.[[/note]] Clearly, neither of them have any clue as to who these historical figures are, and accept the highly dramatized and romanticized portrayal of them without question.
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* ThoseWackyNazis: A very unpleasant example - Peter and his girlfriend at the time go to see a musical named ''Hitler! - Das Da Musical. Die Geschichte von Ado and Eva.''[[note]]The Story of Ado and Eva. (Eve is named Eva in the German edition of the bible.[[/note]] Clearly, neither of them have any clue as to who these historical figures are, and accept the highly dramatized and romanticized portrayal of them without question.
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While a lot of Kling's comedy is based on mundane everyday annoyances, his work is rarely unpolitical. He frequently criticizes right-wing politics (specifically the German far-right populist party Alternative für Deutschland or Donald Trump), capitalism, the police, authoritarianism and bureaucracy, makes fun of social conservatives and their ideas, but also pokes fun at the left. In Germany, ''Die Känguru-Chroniken'' are basically considered required reading for anyone on the political left.
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* LaResistance: A group of activists and terrorists named "Maschinenstürmer"[[note]]Machine Stormers[[/note]]. [[spoiler:One of them ends up almost killing Peter in an attempt to blow up John Of Us after he's become president.]]
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* LaResistance: A group of activists and revolutionary terrorists group named ''Vorderste Widerstandsfront gegen die Herrschaft der Maschinen''[[note]]Resistance Front Line against the Rule of the Machines[[/note]], mostly pejoratively and colloquially called "Maschinenstürmer"[[note]]Machine Stormers[[/note]].Stormers[[/note]]. They're mostly present in structurally weaker regions, trying to fight back against automation and the resulting loss of jobs for humans by destroying the machines in factories. [[spoiler:One of them ends up almost killing Peter in an attempt to blow up John Of Us after he's become president.]]
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* CuteMachine / FunnyRobot: The defect robots Peter keeps in his basement. There's Carrie, a drone who's scared to fly, a sex robot named Romeo who's fallen in love, a Qualitypad named Pink who's been messed with by an amateur hacker and has since adapted the personality of a [[SelfReferentialHumor certain leftist kangaroo]], a [[KillerRobot combat robot]] with PTSD, and Kalliope, an automatic poet with writer's block.
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* CuteMachine CuteMachines / FunnyRobot: The defect robots Peter keeps in his basement. There's Carrie, a drone who's scared to fly, a sex robot named Romeo who's fallen in love, a Qualitypad named Pink who's been messed with by an amateur hacker and has since adapted the personality of a [[SelfReferentialHumor certain leftist kangaroo]], a [[KillerRobot combat robot]] with PTSD, and Kalliope, an automatic poet with writer's block.
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* LaResistance: A group of activists and terrorists named "Maschinenstürmer"[[note]]Machine Stormers[[/note]]. [[spoiler:One of them ends up almost killing Peter in an attempt to blow up John Of Us after he's become president.]]
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* {{Doublethink}}: [[spoiler: Henryk Ingenieur's ]] explanation as to why he won't let Peter return his dolphin vibrator. [[spoiler: Acknowledging that a customer was sent a wrong product would mean acknowledging that there's a fault in the code that the systems of Qualityland operate under. So he simply decides that there ''is'' no fault in the code, and that Peter wasn't sent a wrong product.]] He is perfectly aware of his own cognitive dissonance.
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* {{Doublethink}}: CuteMachine / FunnyRobot: The defect robots Peter keeps in his basement. There's Carrie, a drone who's scared to fly, a sex robot named Romeo who's fallen in love, a Qualitypad named Pink who's been messed with by an amateur hacker and has since adapted the personality of a [[SelfReferentialHumor certain leftist kangaroo]], a [[KillerRobot combat robot]] with PTSD, and Kalliope, an automatic poet with writer's block.
* DoAndroidsDream: Romeo certainly does, as he's in love with TV hostess Julia Nonne. It's the reason he's been sent off to be scrapped.
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** [[spoiler: Henryk Ingenieur's ]] explanation as to why he won't let Peter return his dolphin vibrator. [[spoiler: Acknowledging that a customer was sent a wrong product would mean acknowledging that there's a fault in the code that the systems of Qualityland operate under. So he simply decides that there ''is'' no fault in the code, and that Peter wasn't sent a wrong product.]] He is perfectly aware of his own cognitivedissonance.dissonance.
** The death of the current elderly president. In the beginning of the book, doctors calculated that she only has 64 days left to live, so [[BecauseDestinySaysSo a new president is to be elected]] and announced on her exact death day. [[spoiler: The calculations are off. She cannot face that fact and instead begs a nurse to [[SelfFulfillingProphecy turn off her life support]], which he does.]]
* DoAndroidsDream: Romeo certainly does, as he's in love with TV hostess Julia Nonne. It's the reason he's been sent off to be scrapped.
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** [[spoiler: Henryk Ingenieur's ]] explanation as to why he won't let Peter return his dolphin vibrator. [[spoiler: Acknowledging that a customer was sent a wrong product would mean acknowledging that there's a fault in the code that the systems of Qualityland operate under. So he simply decides that there ''is'' no fault in the code, and that Peter wasn't sent a wrong product.]] He is perfectly aware of his own cognitive
** The death of the current elderly president. In the beginning of the book, doctors calculated that she only has 64 days left to live, so [[BecauseDestinySaysSo a new president is to be elected]] and announced on her exact death day. [[spoiler: The calculations are off. She cannot face that fact and instead begs a nurse to [[SelfFulfillingProphecy turn off her life support]], which he does.]]
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* JustAMachine: People's main argument against electoral candidate John Of Us, who's an android.
* LaResistance: A group of activists and terrorists named "Maschinenstürmer"[[note]]Machine Stormers[[/note]]. [[spoiler:One of them ends up almost killing Peter in an attempt to blow up John Of Us after he's become president.]]
* LaResistance: A group of activists and terrorists named "Maschinenstürmer"[[note]]Machine Stormers[[/note]]. [[spoiler:One of them ends up almost killing Peter in an attempt to blow up John Of Us after he's become president.]]
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** Qualityland's most famous TV host is named Julia Nonne[[note]]Julia Nun[[/note]]. It is very briefly mentioned that her birth was a major scandal.
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* CrapsackWorld: ''Qualityland'' is an extremely technologically advanced MegaCity and practically a [[BigBrotherIsWatching surveillance state]] ruled by the CEOs of the biggest monopolies.
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* ItBeganWithATwistOfFate: And a damn stupid one at that. In fact, the entire plot of the book can be summed up to Peter Arbeitsloser being delivered a dolphin vibrator by The Shop, an Amazon-esque delivery service that sends you stuff based on highly personalized algorithms that [[analyze [[MindReading analyze your actions, moods and thoughts]] - when he obviously has no use for it, and him trying to return it. [[spoiler: Turns out he's gotta go all the way to the top and face Henryk Ingenieur, the chief executive officer of The Shop and the most powerful man in Qualityland, and not even ''he'' is willing to take back this product as admitting that something was wrongly sent to a customer would mean that the algorithm all of Qualityland's systems operate under is flawed. ]]
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* {{Doublethink}}: [[spoiler: Henryk Ingenieur's ]] explanation as to why he won't let Peter return his dolphin vibrator. [[spoiler: Acknowledging that a customer was sent a wrong product would mean acknowledging that there's a fault in the code that the systems of Qualityland operate under. So he simply decides that there ''is'' no fault in the code, and that Peter wasn't sent a wrong product.]] He is perfectly aware of his own cognitive dissonance.
* ItBeganWithATwistOfFate: And a damn stupid one at that. In fact, the entire plot of the book can be summed up to Peter Arbeitsloser being delivered a dolphin vibrator by The Shop, an Amazon-esque delivery service that sends you stuff based on highly personalized algorithms that [[analyze your actions, moods and thoughts]] - when he obviously has no use for it, and him trying to return it. [[spoiler: Turns out he's gotta go all the way to the top and face Henryk Ingenieur, the chief executive officer of The Shop and the most powerful man in Qualityland, and not even ''he'' is willing to take back this product as admitting that something was wrongly sent to a customer would mean that the algorithm all of Qualityland's systems operate under is flawed.
* ItBeganWithATwistOfFate: And a damn stupid one at that. In fact, the entire plot of the book can be summed up to Peter Arbeitsloser being delivered a dolphin vibrator by The Shop, an Amazon-esque delivery service that sends you stuff based on highly personalized algorithms that [[analyze your actions, moods and thoughts]] - when he obviously has no use for it, and him trying to return it. [[spoiler: Turns out he's gotta go all the way to the top and face Henryk Ingenieur, the chief executive officer of The Shop and the most powerful man in Qualityland, and not even ''he'' is willing to take back this product as admitting that something was wrongly sent to a customer would mean that the algorithm all of Qualityland's systems operate under is flawed.
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* UnfortunateNames: In Qualityland, your last name corresponds to the job your mother/father (depending on your gender) had at the time you were born. This leads to people having names like Peter Arbeitsloser[[note]]Peter Jobless[[/note]], Melissa Sexarbeiterin[[note]]Melissa Sexworker[[/note]] or Toni Müllentsorger[[note]]Toni Garbage Disposer[[/note]] and effectively makes names like Sarah Müller[[note]]Sarah Miller[[/note]] rare.
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* UnfortunateNames: In Qualityland, your last name corresponds to the job your mother/father (depending on your gender) had at the time you were born. This leads to people having names like Peter Arbeitsloser[[note]]Peter Jobless[[/note]], Melissa Sexarbeiterin[[note]]Melissa Sexworker[[/note]] or Toni Müllentsorger[[note]]Toni Garbage Disposer[[/note]] and effectively makes names like Sarah Müller[[note]]Sarah Miller[[/note]] rare.Müller, Bauer or Fischer[[note]]Miller, Farmer, Fisher[[/note]], last names that are usually super common in Germany, rare.
* UselessProtagonist: Peter is a scrap merchant in an economy that follow the principle "Replace, don't repair!" He barely makes a living, has an extremely low level, no hobbies, special talents or interests, is in bad physical shape and generally seen as a loser, and initially feels no need to revolt against the opressive system of Qualityland.
* UselessProtagonist: Peter is a scrap merchant in an economy that follow the principle "Replace, don't repair!" He barely makes a living, has an extremely low level, no hobbies, special talents or interests, is in bad physical shape and generally seen as a loser, and initially feels no need to revolt against the opressive system of Qualityland.
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* CrapsackWorld: ''Qualityland'' is an extremely technologically advanced MegaCity and practically a [[BigBrotherIsWatching surveillance state]] ruled by the CEOs of the biggest monopolies.
* UnfortunateNames: In Qualityland, your last name corresponds to the job your mother/father (depending on your gender) had at the time you were born. This leads to people having names like Peter Arbeitsloser[[note]]Peter Jobless[[/note]], Melissa Sexarbeiterin[[note]]Melissa Sexworker[[/note]] or Toni Müllentsorger[[note]]Toni Garbage Disposer[[/note]] and effectively makes names like Sarah Müller[[note]]Sarah Miller[[/note]] rare.
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[[folder:Qualityland]]
* CrapsackWorld: ''Qualityland'' is an extremely technologically advanced MegaCity and practically a [[BigBrotherIsWatching surveillance state]] ruled by the CEOs of the biggest monopolies.
* UnfortunateNames: In Qualityland, your last name corresponds to the job your mother/father (depending on your gender) had at the time you were born. This leads to people having names like Peter Arbeitsloser[[note]]Peter Jobless[[/note]], Melissa Sexarbeiterin[[note]]Melissa Sexworker[[/note]] or Toni Müllentsorger[[note]]Toni Garbage Disposer[[/note]] and effectively makes names like Sarah Müller[[note]]Sarah Miller[[/note]] rare.
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Marc-Uwe Kling (born 1982) is a German author, comedian and songwriter from Berlin. Most of his early work was in poetry slam and with the punk band ''Die Gesellschaft'' [[note]] ''The Society'' [[/note]], but he is most famous for his radio broadcast and subsequent books about his life with his roommate, a communist kangaroo. Three of them have been published:
* ''Die Känguru-Chroniken'' [[note]] ''The Kangaroo-Chronicles'' [[/note]]
* ''Das Känguru-Manifest'' [[note]] ''The Kangaroo-Manifesto'' [[/note]]
* ''Die Känguru-Offenbarung'' [[note]] ''The Kangaroo-Revelation'' [[/note]]
* ''Die Känguru-Chroniken'' [[note]] ''The Kangaroo-Chronicles'' [[/note]]
* ''Das Känguru-Manifest'' [[note]] ''The Kangaroo-Manifesto'' [[/note]]
* ''Die Känguru-Offenbarung'' [[note]] ''The Kangaroo-Revelation'' [[/note]]
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Marc-Uwe Kling (born 1982) is a German author, comedian comedian, satirist and songwriter from Berlin. Most of his early work was in poetry slam and with the punk band ''Die Gesellschaft'' [[note]] ''The Society'' [[/note]], but he is most famous for his radio broadcast and subsequent books about his life with his roommate, a communist kangaroo. Three Four of them have been published:
* ''Die Känguru-Chroniken'' [[note]] ''TheKangaroo-Chronicles'' Kangaroo Chronicles'' [[/note]]
* ''Das Känguru-Manifest'' [[note]] ''TheKangaroo-Manifesto'' Kangaroo Manifesto'' [[/note]]
* ''Die Känguru-Offenbarung'' [[note]] ''TheKangaroo-Revelation'' Kangaroo Revelation'' [[/note]]
* ''Die Känguru-Apokryphen'' [[note]] ''The Kangaroo Apocrypha [[/note]]
* ''Die Känguru-Chroniken'' [[note]] ''The
* ''Das Känguru-Manifest'' [[note]] ''The
* ''Die Känguru-Offenbarung'' [[note]] ''The
* ''Die Känguru-Apokryphen'' [[note]] ''The Kangaroo Apocrypha [[/note]]
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In 2017, his [[BlackComedy comedic]] [[CrapsackWorld cyberpunk dystopian]] novel ''Qualityland'' was published. It tackles and criticizes subjects such as consumerism, capitalism, politics, populism and social relationships in the age of social media, features in-universe advertisements and news articles inbetween chapters, and exists in two available versions - One in light grey for optimists, one in dark gray for pessimists.[[note]] The content is exactly the same, Kling just says it's "the first step to personalized literature", a theme that comes up in the book as well.[[/note]]
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* InTheStyleOf: Some chapters adopt the style of classic books like the works of Creator/FriedrichNietzsche}} and Creator/FranzKafka. One of Kling's slam texts (''Dienstag vielleicht'' [[note]]''Maybe Tuesday''[[/note]]) was written in the style of Creator/{{Loriot}}.
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* InTheStyleOf: Some chapters adopt the style of classic books like the works of Creator/FriedrichNietzsche}} Creator/FriedrichNietzsche and Creator/FranzKafka. One of Kling's slam texts (''Dienstag vielleicht'' [[note]]''Maybe Tuesday''[[/note]]) was written in the style of Creator/{{Loriot}}.
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* HypocriticalHumor: Literally everywhere, and occasionally [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]].
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* ButtMonkey: Krapotke, a young man on military duty
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* DownerEnding: The second book ends with
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* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Surprisingly not the actual barkeep (her name is Herta), but the Kangaroo
* FirstNameBasis: Very few people are mentioned by their full name
* FunnyForeigner: Friedrich-Wilhelm and Otto von, two Turkish immigrants, get introduced as such
* GermanHumour: Not a household name of the scene, though
* InTheStyleOf: Some chapters adopt the style of classic books like the works of {{Nietzsche}} and {{FranzKafka}}. One of his slam texts (''Dienstag vielleicht'' [[note]] ''Maybe tuesday'' [[/note]]) was written in the style of {{Loriot}}
* KleptomaniacHero: The Kangaroo likes to ''borrow'' stuff
* LastNameBasis: Krapokte's first name is never mentioned
* FirstNameBasis: Very few people are mentioned by their full name
* FunnyForeigner: Friedrich-Wilhelm and Otto von, two Turkish immigrants, get introduced as such
* GermanHumour: Not a household name of the scene, though
* InTheStyleOf: Some chapters adopt the style of classic books like the works of {{Nietzsche}} and {{FranzKafka}}. One of his slam texts (''Dienstag vielleicht'' [[note]] ''Maybe tuesday'' [[/note]]) was written in the style of {{Loriot}}
* KleptomaniacHero: The Kangaroo likes to ''borrow'' stuff
* LastNameBasis: Krapokte's first name is never mentioned
to:
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Surprisingly Surprisingly, not the actual barkeep (her name is Herta), but the Kangaroo
Kangaroo.
* FirstNameBasis: Very few people are mentioned by their fullname
names.
* FunnyForeigner: Friedrich-Wilhelm and Otto von, two Turkish immigrants, get introduced assuch
such.
* GermanHumour: Not a household name of the scene,though
though.
* InTheStyleOf: Some chapters adopt the style of classic books like the works of{{Nietzsche}} Creator/FriedrichNietzsche}} and {{FranzKafka}}. Creator/FranzKafka. One of his Kling's slam texts (''Dienstag vielleicht'' [[note]] ''Maybe tuesday'' [[/note]]) [[note]]''Maybe Tuesday''[[/note]]) was written in the style of {{Loriot}}
Creator/{{Loriot}}.
* KleptomaniacHero: The Kangaroo likes to ''borrow''stuff
stuff.
* LastNameBasis: Krapokte's first name is nevermentionedmentioned.
* FirstNameBasis: Very few people are mentioned by their full
* FunnyForeigner: Friedrich-Wilhelm and Otto von, two Turkish immigrants, get introduced as
* GermanHumour: Not a household name of the scene,
* InTheStyleOf: Some chapters adopt the style of classic books like the works of
* KleptomaniacHero: The Kangaroo likes to ''borrow''
* LastNameBasis: Krapokte's first name is never
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* NoFourthWall: Exspecially when he's reading his stories live
* NoNameGiven: Most people, but most imporantly the Kangaroo
* NotHisSled: A few of the chapters in the books end differently from the broadcasts which they are based upon
* SequelEscalation: While the first book takes place mostly in Berlin, with Marc-Uwe Kling and the Kangaroo just bumming around for the most part, the second book has them stand up against a Nazi-party and takes them outside of Berlin at times. The third book takes place in Berlin, the United States, Vietnam, Australia and other places and features a world wide conspiracy
* SignatureStyle: When he's not [[InTheStyleOf doing a pastiche]], he writes in first person and present tense
* TheStoner: Have a wild guess who
* ThoseWackyNazis: Jörn Dwigs and his 'National conservative party for safety and responsibility'
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Liquor chocolate and vodka for the Kangaroo
* Troll: He likes to troll a bit both in his stories and in real life interviews. The Kangaroo has trolling as its modus operandi
* UnfortunateNames: Friedrich-Wilhelm and Otto von are Turkish immigrants which were given names of former German rulers so they are integrated better
* NoNameGiven: Most people, but most imporantly the Kangaroo
* NotHisSled: A few of the chapters in the books end differently from the broadcasts which they are based upon
* SequelEscalation: While the first book takes place mostly in Berlin, with Marc-Uwe Kling and the Kangaroo just bumming around for the most part, the second book has them stand up against a Nazi-party and takes them outside of Berlin at times. The third book takes place in Berlin, the United States, Vietnam, Australia and other places and features a world wide conspiracy
* SignatureStyle: When he's not [[InTheStyleOf doing a pastiche]], he writes in first person and present tense
* TheStoner: Have a wild guess who
* ThoseWackyNazis: Jörn Dwigs and his 'National conservative party for safety and responsibility'
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Liquor chocolate and vodka for the Kangaroo
* Troll: He likes to troll a bit both in his stories and in real life interviews. The Kangaroo has trolling as its modus operandi
* UnfortunateNames: Friedrich-Wilhelm and Otto von are Turkish immigrants which were given names of former German rulers so they are integrated better
to:
* NoFourthWall: Exspecially Especially when he's Kling is reading his stories live
live.
* NoNameGiven: Most people, but most imporantly theKangaroo
Kangaroo.
* NotHisSled: A few of the chapters in the books end differently from the broadcasts on which they arebased upon
based.
* SequelEscalation: While the first book takes place mostly in Berlin, with Marc-Uwe Kling and the Kangaroo just bumming around for the mostpart, part; the second book has them stand up against a Nazi-party Nazi party and takes them outside of Berlin at times. The third book takes place in Berlin, the United States, Vietnam, Australia and other places and features a world wide conspiracy
worldwide conspiracy.
* SignatureStyle: When he's not [[InTheStyleOf doing a pastiche]], he writes in first person and presenttense
tense.
* TheStoner: Have a wild guesswho
who.
* ThoseWackyNazis: Jörn Dwigs and his 'National conservative party for safety andresponsibility'
responsibility.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Liquor chocolate and vodka for theKangaroo
Kangaroo.
*Troll: He {{Troll}}: Kling likes to troll a bit both in his stories and in real life interviews. The Kangaroo has trolling as its modus operandi
operandi.
* UnfortunateNames: Friedrich-Wilhelm and Otto von are Turkish immigrants which were given names of former German rulers so they are integratedbetter
better.
* NoNameGiven: Most people, but most imporantly the
* NotHisSled: A few of the chapters in the books end differently from the broadcasts on which they are
* SequelEscalation: While the first book takes place mostly in Berlin, with Marc-Uwe Kling and the Kangaroo just bumming around for the most
* SignatureStyle: When he's not [[InTheStyleOf doing a pastiche]], he writes in first person and present
* TheStoner: Have a wild guess
* ThoseWackyNazis: Jörn Dwigs and his 'National conservative party for safety and
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Liquor chocolate and vodka for the
*
* UnfortunateNames: Friedrich-Wilhelm and Otto von are Turkish immigrants which were given names of former German rulers so they are integrated
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[-[[caption-width-right:300:Marc-Uwe Kling is the one pictured thrice]]-]
->''I live with a kangaroo. Said kangaroo is really into {{Nirvana}}, a [[TheScrounger damned scrounger]] and former Vietcong.''
'''Marc-Uwe Kling''' is a German author, comedian and songwriter from Berlin. Most of his early work was in poetry slam and with the punk band ''Die Gesellschaft'' [[note]] ''The Society'' [[/note]], but he is most famous for his radio broadcast and subsequent books about his life with his room mate, a communist kangaroo. Three of them have been published:
* ''Die Känguru-Chroniken'' [[note]] ''The Kangaroo-Chronicles'' [[/note]]
* ''Das Känguru-Manifest'' [[note]] ''The Kangaroo-Manifesto'' [[/note]]
* ''Die Känguru-Offenbarung'' [[note]] ''The Kangaroo-Revelation'' [[/note]]
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!! Marc-Uwe Kling's works include examples of the following tropes:
* AmbiguousGender: The Kangaroo acts stereotypically male, but it has a pouch, which would mean it's female.
* TheBartender: Herta, a grumpy lady with a local pub
* ButtMonkey: Krapotke, a young man on military duty
* ClusterFBomb: Whenever he's having problems with technical equipment
* CoolHat: The photo on this page is one of the very few of him without one
* DeadpanSnarker: His delivery is always deadpan and both he and the kangaroo are snarky.
* DownerEnding: The second book ends with [[spoiler: the Kangaroo being deported]]
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Since it doesn't accept that left yields to right, the Kangaroo never made a driving license. That doesn't keep it from driving.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Surprisingly not the actual barkeep (her name is Herta), but the Kangaroo
* FirstNameBasis: Very few people are mentioned by their full name
* FunnyForeigner: Friedrich-Wilhelm and Otto von, two Turkish immigrants, get introduced as such
* GermanHumour: Not a household name of the scene, though
* InTheStyleOf: Some chapters adopt the style of classic books like the works of {{Nietzsche}} and {{FranzKafka}}. One of his slam texts (''Dienstag vielleicht'' [[note]] ''Maybe tuesday'' [[/note]]) was written in the style of {{Loriot}}
* KleptomaniacHero: The Kangaroo likes to ''borrow'' stuff
* LastNameBasis: Krapokte's first name is never mentioned
* MetafictionalTitle: The chronicles, the manifesto and the revelation are all texts that Marc-Uwe writes within the stories. The actual books and the broadcast also exist inside the later stories.
* NoFourthWall: Exspecially when he's reading his stories live
* NoNameGiven: Most people, but most imporantly the Kangaroo
* NotHisSled: A few of the chapters in the books end differently from the broadcasts which they are based upon
* SequelEscalation: While the first book takes place mostly in Berlin, with Marc-Uwe Kling and the Kangaroo just bumming around for the most part, the second book has them stand up against a Nazi-party and takes them outside of Berlin at times. The third book takes place in Berlin, the United States, Vietnam, Australia and other places and features a world wide conspiracy
* SignatureStyle: When he's not [[InTheStyleOf doing a pastiche]], he writes in first person and present tense
* TheStoner: Have a wild guess who
* ThoseWackyNazis: Jörn Dwigs and his 'National conservative party for safety and responsibility'
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Liquor chocolate and vodka for the Kangaroo
* Troll: He likes to troll a bit both in his stories and in real life interviews. The Kangaroo has trolling as its modus operandi
* UnfortunateNames: Friedrich-Wilhelm and Otto von are Turkish immigrants which were given names of former German rulers so they are integrated better
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[-[[caption-width-right:300:Marc-Uwe Kling is the one pictured thrice]]-]
->''I live with a kangaroo. Said kangaroo is really into {{Nirvana}}, a [[TheScrounger damned scrounger]] and former Vietcong.''
'''Marc-Uwe Kling''' is a German author, comedian and songwriter from Berlin. Most of his early work was in poetry slam and with the punk band ''Die Gesellschaft'' [[note]] ''The Society'' [[/note]], but he is most famous for his radio broadcast and subsequent books about his life with his room mate, a communist kangaroo. Three of them have been published:
* ''Die Känguru-Chroniken'' [[note]] ''The Kangaroo-Chronicles'' [[/note]]
* ''Das Känguru-Manifest'' [[note]] ''The Kangaroo-Manifesto'' [[/note]]
* ''Die Känguru-Offenbarung'' [[note]] ''The Kangaroo-Revelation'' [[/note]]
----
!! Marc-Uwe Kling's works include examples of the following tropes:
* AmbiguousGender: The Kangaroo acts stereotypically male, but it has a pouch, which would mean it's female.
* TheBartender: Herta, a grumpy lady with a local pub
* ButtMonkey: Krapotke, a young man on military duty
* ClusterFBomb: Whenever he's having problems with technical equipment
* CoolHat: The photo on this page is one of the very few of him without one
* DeadpanSnarker: His delivery is always deadpan and both he and the kangaroo are snarky.
* DownerEnding: The second book ends with [[spoiler: the Kangaroo being deported]]
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Since it doesn't accept that left yields to right, the Kangaroo never made a driving license. That doesn't keep it from driving.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Surprisingly not the actual barkeep (her name is Herta), but the Kangaroo
* FirstNameBasis: Very few people are mentioned by their full name
* FunnyForeigner: Friedrich-Wilhelm and Otto von, two Turkish immigrants, get introduced as such
* GermanHumour: Not a household name of the scene, though
* InTheStyleOf: Some chapters adopt the style of classic books like the works of {{Nietzsche}} and {{FranzKafka}}. One of his slam texts (''Dienstag vielleicht'' [[note]] ''Maybe tuesday'' [[/note]]) was written in the style of {{Loriot}}
* KleptomaniacHero: The Kangaroo likes to ''borrow'' stuff
* LastNameBasis: Krapokte's first name is never mentioned
* MetafictionalTitle: The chronicles, the manifesto and the revelation are all texts that Marc-Uwe writes within the stories. The actual books and the broadcast also exist inside the later stories.
* NoFourthWall: Exspecially when he's reading his stories live
* NoNameGiven: Most people, but most imporantly the Kangaroo
* NotHisSled: A few of the chapters in the books end differently from the broadcasts which they are based upon
* SequelEscalation: While the first book takes place mostly in Berlin, with Marc-Uwe Kling and the Kangaroo just bumming around for the most part, the second book has them stand up against a Nazi-party and takes them outside of Berlin at times. The third book takes place in Berlin, the United States, Vietnam, Australia and other places and features a world wide conspiracy
* SignatureStyle: When he's not [[InTheStyleOf doing a pastiche]], he writes in first person and present tense
* TheStoner: Have a wild guess who
* ThoseWackyNazis: Jörn Dwigs and his 'National conservative party for safety and responsibility'
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Liquor chocolate and vodka for the Kangaroo
* Troll: He likes to troll a bit both in his stories and in real life interviews. The Kangaroo has trolling as its modus operandi
* UnfortunateNames: Friedrich-Wilhelm and Otto von are Turkish immigrants which were given names of former German rulers so they are integrated better
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