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* RealLifeWritesTheHairstyle: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. Both Koen Crucke (Alberto) and Walter Van de Velde (Octaaf) had a real moustache when they started their roles in the series, but they both shaved it off in later years. In the series, they wore fake moustaches hereafter.
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* TheDanza: Gert Verhulst as Gert. Although in the first seasons, he wasn't playing a character. It was a case of actor being himself. Only when the series became CashCowFranchise, Gert decided to distinguish himself from his fictional counterpart.
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* TheDanza: Gert Verhulst as Gert. Although in the first seasons, he wasn't playing a character. It was a case of actor being himself.him appearing [[AsHimself as himself]]. Only when the series became CashCowFranchise, Gert decided to distinguish himself from his fictional counterpart.
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* CashCowFranchise: The series served as this for production company Studio 100. ''Samson En Gert'' alongside ''Series/KabouterPlop'' and ''Piet Piraat'' is one of the company's most profitable [=IPs=] with the three aforementioned franchise still making live appearances at numerous live shows and special events across Belgium.
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* FlagshipFranchise: The series served as this for production company Studio 100. ''Samson En Gert'' alongside ''Series/KabouterPlop'' and ''Piet Piraat'' is one of the company's most profitable [=IPs=] with the three aforementioned franchise still making live appearances at numerous live shows and special events across Belgium.
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** Danny Verbiest and Koen Crucke have both appeared on the show [[AsHimself as themselves]]. At another occassion, Danny also voiced the part of a parrot.
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** Danny Verbiest (Samson) and Koen Crucke (Alberto) have both appeared on the show [[AsHimself as themselves]]. At another occassion, Danny also voiced performed the part voice of a parrot.parrot in the episode ''Coco''.
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* EditedForSyndication: All episodes from before around 1998 have undergone multiple edits to make them suitable for reruns.
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** Also, in one of the early episodes, the mayor's twin brother Basiel was played by actor Walter De Donder's real brother Eric. In his later appearances, Basiel was played by [[PlayingTheirOwnTwin Walter himself]] though.
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* ProductPlacement: The franchise has licensed many food products to be sold with the likeness of Samson on it, such as Samson lemonade, Samson biscuits and Samson bologna sausage. Many of those licensed products can be seen in episodes of the television series, which creates a very curious example of the CelebrityParadox.
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* ProductPlacement: The franchise has licensed many food products to be sold with the likeness of Samson on it, such as Samson lemonade, Samson biscuits and Samson bologna sausage. Many of those licensed products can be seen in episodes of the television series, which creates a very curious example of the CelebrityParadox.CelebrityParadox, by a series featuring its own merchandise in its fictional universe.
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* ProductPlacement: The franchise has licensed many food products to be sold with the likeness of Samson on it, such as Samson lemonade, Samson biscuits and Samson bologna sausage. Many of those licensed products can be seen in episodes of the television series, which creates a very curious example of the CelebrityParadox.
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* FollowTheLeader: The Flemish childrens show ''Big en Betsy'' from 1999 has a very similar format to ''Samson en Gert'', it being a sitcom for children about a girl living together with a [[TalkingAnimal talking]] pig and dealing with a cast of humoristic side characters. Interesting is that both ''Big en Betsy'' and ''Samson en Gert'' were made by [[Creator/Studio100 the same creators]], with the only difference that ''Samson en Gert'' was made for the public television while ''Big en Betsy'' was meant for the commercial television network.
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* FlagshipFranchise: The series served as this for production company Studio 100. ''Samson En Gert'' alongside ''Series/KabouterPlop'' and ''Piet Piraat'' is one of the company's most profitable IPs with the three aforementioned franchise still making live appearances at numerous live shows and special events across Belgium.
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* FlagshipFranchise: The series served as this for production company Studio 100. ''Samson En Gert'' alongside ''Series/KabouterPlop'' and ''Piet Piraat'' is one of the company's most profitable IPs [=IPs=] with the three aforementioned franchise still making live appearances at numerous live shows and special events across Belgium.
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* LiveOnStage: The show has produced a yearly Live On Stage show since 1991. Adults that saw the earlier shows as kids are taking their kids now. It's one of the better examples of this trope due to all the actual actors from the series itself being involved.
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* LiveOnStage: The show has produced a yearly Live On Stage show since 1991. Adults that saw the earlier shows as kids are taking their kids now. It's one of the better examples of this trope due to all the actual actors from the series itself being involved. ''Kabouter Plop'' and ''Piet Piraat'' followed the same approach with the same actors still reprising their roles for almost 20 years.
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* FlagshipFranchise: The series served as this for production company Studio 100. ''Samson En Gert'' alongside ''Series/KabouterPlop'' and ''Piet Piraat'' is one of the company's most profitable IPs with the three aforementioned franchise still making live appearances at numerous live shows and special events across Belgium.
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* FountainOfExpies: The show has become such a staple in Flemish television culture that Samson is a well-loved subject for parodies and impressions in Flemish comedy.
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* BannedEpisode: The episode ''Baby Vermist'' has never been aired due to the plot of the episode (a baby accidentally getting lost from its parents) was deemed to similar to the case of the Belgian serial killer Marc Dutroux, who was at the time being persecuted for the kidnapping, torturing, raping and murdering of young girls. While the episode was never transmitted on television, it has been released on a DVD.
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* BannedEpisode: The episode ''Baby Vermist'' has never been aired due to because the plot of the episode (a baby accidentally getting lost from its parents) was deemed to too similar to the case of the Belgian serial killer Marc Dutroux, who was at the time being persecuted for the kidnapping, torturing, raping and murdering of young girls. While the episode was never transmitted on television, it has been released on a DVD.
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* BannedEpisode: The episode ''Baby Vermist'' has never been aired due to the plot of the episode (a baby accidentally getting lost from its parents) was deemed to similar to the case of the Belgian serial killer Marc Dutroux, who was at the time being persecuted for the kidnapping, torturing, raping and murdering of young girls. While the episode was never transmitted on television, it has been released on a DVD.
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* WordOfGay: [[QueerCharacterQueerActor Koen Crucke]] has stated in interviews that his character Alberto is gay, [[WordOfSaintPaul although this is never explicitely confirmed in the series]].
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* WordOfGay: [[QueerCharacterQueerActor Koen Crucke]] has stated in interviews that his character Alberto is gay, [[WordOfSaintPaul gay, although this is has never been explicitely confirmed [[AmbiguouslyGay in the series]].series]] or [[WordOfSaintPaul by the makers]].
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** For the episode ''De tijger'', the production had to film a real tiger walking out of a cage. In order to film this, they cleared all crew from the studio and let the cameras roll unmanned while the cage was unlocked. Koen Crucke however, had to come to the studio later that day and happened to arrive just when the tiger was outside his cage. The technical director luckily managed to get him out quickly before something happened.
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** For the episode ''De tijger'', the production had to film a real tiger walking out of a cage. In order to film this, they cleared all crew from the studio and let the cameras roll unmanned while the tiger's cage was unlocked. Koen Crucke however, had to come to the studio later that day and happened to arrive just when the tiger was outside his cage. The technical director luckily managed to get him out quickly before something happened.
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** For the episode ''De tijger'', the production had to film a real tiger walking out of a cage. In order to film this, they cleared all crew from the studio and let the cameras roll unmanned. Koen Crucke however, had to come to the studio later that day and happened to arrive just when the tiger was outside his cage. The technical director luckily managed to get him out quickly before something happened.
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** For the episode ''De tijger'', the production had to film a real tiger walking out of a cage. In order to film this, they cleared all crew from the studio and let the cameras roll unmanned.unmanned while the cage was unlocked. Koen Crucke however, had to come to the studio later that day and happened to arrive just when the tiger was outside his cage. The technical director luckily managed to get him out quickly before something happened.
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* NeverWorkWithChildrenOrAnimals: As there are several episodes that feature living animals, the production has experienced some trouble with them:
** The weight of the elephant in the episode ''De olifant'' nearly caused the floor of the set to collapse, while Danny Verbiest playing Samson was underneath.
** For the episode ''De tijger'', the production had to film a real tiger walking out of a cage. In order to film this, they cleared all crew from the studio and let the cameras roll unmanned. Koen Crucke however, had to come to the studio later that day and happened to arrive just when the tiger was outside his cage. The technical director luckily managed to get him out quickly before something happened.
** The weight of the elephant in the episode ''De olifant'' nearly caused the floor of the set to collapse, while Danny Verbiest playing Samson was underneath.
** For the episode ''De tijger'', the production had to film a real tiger walking out of a cage. In order to film this, they cleared all crew from the studio and let the cameras roll unmanned. Koen Crucke however, had to come to the studio later that day and happened to arrive just when the tiger was outside his cage. The technical director luckily managed to get him out quickly before something happened.
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* WordOfGay: [[WordOfSaintPaul Koen Crucke]] has stated in interviews that his character Alberto is gay, although this is never explicitely confirmed in the series.
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* WordOfGay: [[WordOfSaintPaul [[QueerCharacterQueerActor Koen Crucke]] has stated in interviews that his character Alberto is gay, [[WordOfSaintPaul although this is never explicitely confirmed in the series.series]].
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* RecycledScript: As as much as 797 episodes were made between 1990 and 2017, there are quite a lot of later episodes that are actually remakes or variations on previous episodes.
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* WordOfGay: Koen Crucke has stated in interviews that his character Alberto is gay, [[WordOfSaintPaul although this is never explicitely confirmed in the series]].
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* WordOfGay: [[WordOfSaintPaul Koen Crucke Crucke]] has stated in interviews that his character Alberto is gay, [[WordOfSaintPaul although this is never explicitely confirmed in the series]].series.
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* WordOfGay: Koen Crucke has stated in interviews that his character Alberto is gay, [[WordOfSaintPaul although this is never explicitely confirmed in the series]].
