History Series / BassieEnAdriaan

In real life the actors are brothers who for more than 20 years had great success as an acrobat duo named “De Crocksons”. Near the end of the 1970s they started making TV series for children. First with help of Dutch TV producer Joop van den Ende, but later (after their cooperation with Van Den Ende ended because of an argument) they started producing and directing the series themselves. Most series feature treasure hunting or other traveling adventures which took them to exotic locations. They are often spied and shadowed by a group of stupid crooks. Several villains made their appearance over the course of the series, the most famous ones being a crime lord named “De Baron” and his henchmen "Vlugge Japie" and “B2”.

The franchise was a huge CashCowFranchise in both the Netherlands as Belgium and also sold to other countries like France and China. Besides the TV series, several music records, comic strips, radio dramas, short series, theater shows, etc. were made and since the actors kept all the marketing and merchandising rights they became rich. Since 1994 no new shows with both characters have been made, but due to frequent repeats, media appearances and parodies of Bassie and Adriaan remain popular and famous. After Aad retired, Bas van Toor went solo and released two more series of his own.

The franchise was a huge CashCowFranchise in both the Netherlands as Belgium and also sold to other countries like France and China. Besides the TV series, several music records, comic strips, radio dramas, short series, theater shows, etc. were made and since the actors kept all the marketing and merchandising rights they became rich. Since 1994 no new shows with both characters have been made, but due to frequent repeats, media appearances and parodies Bassie and Adriaan remain popular and famous. After Aad retired, Bas van Toor went solo and released two more series of his own.

* NonIronicClown: Bassie, defenitely.

* AdaptationDistillation: "Het Geheim van de Schatkaart" was adapted from a radio drama Bassie and Adriaan made a few years earlier. In this radio drama, the third crook was a Chinese named Pingpoen. Aad van Toor however considered this character to be too unrealistic for a tv-series, and replaced him with the already familiar B2. Also, for budgetary reasons, several scenes had to be changed or left out (for example: in the radio drama, the crooks burn down the circus, but putting this in the tv series would be too expensive)
* AmusingInjuries: The villains

* LeftHanging: "De Geheimzinnige Opdracht" is the only series where the villains (The Baron, Handige Harry and B100) are not captured.

** In the last episode of "The Geheimzinnige Opdracht", Bassie & Adriaan attempt to flee the Baron by crossing a river with a dam that's about to open. Most of the Baron's mooks flee, with the exception of Handige Harry and B100.

* Left Hanging: "De Geheimzinnige Opdracht" is the only series where the villains (The Baron, Handige Harry and B100) are not captured.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Bassie & Adriaan's robot friend Robin, who was a main character from "De Huilende Professor" to "De Verzonken Stad", is never seen or even mentioned in the last two series. He does appear in some other Bassie & Adriaan media made after the series ended however, including a car commercial and (along with Adriaan) in a Sinterklaas Movie.

* ReverseMole: In “De Huilende Professor”, Bassie and Adriaan receive help from an anonymous ally who provides them with information about professor Archibald Chagrijn and equipment. In the end, their ally turns out to be a Belgian police detective who had infiltrated in the professor’s organization.

* '''De Plaaggeest''' (''The Bully'' or ''The Teaser''): When Bassie fails to set the alarm clock, he and Adriaan oversleep and miss the departure of the circus to the next town. Since neither of them knows where the circus is now, they are forced to find a new job. They are however followed by a costumed villain named “De Plaaggeest”, who loves to play nasty pranks on everyone and keeps sabotaging all the duo’s attempts to find work.

* PutOnABus: several characters, mostly the villains. Examples include B1 and the crook boss after "De Diamand", and Vlugge Japie and B2 after "De Verzonken Stad". In the second case, Japie does have a brief appearance in the first episode of "de geheimzinnige opdracht", where he is seen abandoning the Baron.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: "Het Geheim van de Sleutel": when B2 thinks he accidentally killed Bassie and Adriaan because his attempt to sabotage their car went horribly wrong, he breaks down in tears stating he is now officially no longer an ordinary crook but a hardcore criminal, and regrets he didn't listen to his mother. He gets right back to his old ways when the two show up alive and well though.

* CigarChomper: the nameless crook boss from "Het Geheim van de Sleutel" and "De Diamant" always carries cigars around. Ironically, he never actually smokes them but only crushes them in his hand when he gets angry. This is even lampshaded by B2 when he is send to get new cigars.

* ButtMonkey: B100 will always be injured or unlucky. It's even his catchphrase: "I'm always unlucky! They always want me."

* HeroicFireRescue: in De Diamand, when Bassie and Adriaan come home from a party, they discover their caravan is on fire. Bassie immediately rushes into the burning caravan to rescue their pet parakeet Sweety, and Adriaan follows close behind to rescue Bassie. In the end Adriaan and Sweety get out unharmed, but Bassie has to be taken to the hospital.

* JustAMachine: in "het geheim van de schatkaart", Robin the robot is the only one who witnesses De Baron breaking into Bassie and Adriaans caravan and stealing the painting behind which the treasure map was hidden, and thus the only one who can testify against the baron after he is arrested. But unfortnately, the law does not allow robots to testify in court so De Baron is realeased again.

* BriefcaseFullOfMoney: Used twice. In "de Diamand", Bassie and Adriaan offer one of these to the crooks in return for the diamond, however only the top layer of the briefcase is actually filled with money. The rest consists of pieces of white paper and fireworks. In "de Verdwenen Kroon", the ransom for the crown is delivered this way.

The franchise was a huge CashCowFranchise in both the Netherlands as Belgium and also sold to other countries like France and China. Besides the TV series, several music records, comic strips, radio dramas, short series, theater shows, etc. were made and since the actors kept all the marketing and merchandising rights they became rich. Since 1994 no new shows with both characters have been made, but due to frequent repeats, media appearances and parodies Bassie and Adriaan remain popular and famous. Also, Bas van Toor went solo afterwards and released two series of his own.

* WetCementGag: Happens to Bassie in ''De Reis vol Verrassingen''. First, he accidently leaves his footprints in wet cement next to the hotel they are staying at. Then, when fixing his mistake, he manages to get himself stuck in the cement and has to be freed by Adrian. Later, after Bassie again fixes the concrete, the 3 crooks following them get stuck in it.

* EngineeredPublicConfession: used in "De Diamant" to prove B1, B2 and their boss are the real thieves of the diamond, and again in "het geheim van de schatkaart" to gather enough evidence against the three crooks to get them arrested.