History WesternAnimation / PurnoDePurno

Originally airing on VPRO in 1989, the surreal, bizarre exploits of the purple-suited man proved popular with adults, teenagers, ''and'' children alike (due to airing on a [[MisaimedMarketing children's timeslot]], of all things). The series would later continue until 2007, with a total of five shows.

** One of the humans in the Homomuseum is called the ''Homo [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation Playstationus]]''. He even has the [=PlayStation=] controller's buttons as toenails!

** At the beginning of "Coconut Sjakie", Purno says "[[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem Now you're playing with power!]]"

Originally airing on VPRO in 1989, the surreal, bizarre exploits of the purple-suited man proved popular with adults, teenagers, ''and'' children alike (due to airing on a [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids children's timeslot]], of all things). The series would later continue until 2007, with a total of five shows.

* LostWorld: Purno, Sjakie, and Kiet end up discovering a [[OneMillionBC prehistoric]] world while trying to find a caveman that escaped the Homomuseum.

* CelebrityParadox: Averted. Purno watches his own show in one episode, implying that the companies that made the show in real life exist in the ''Purno'' universe.

* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: Early on in the series, Sjakie and Kiet were more humanoid in appearance. In the fourth series, Sjakie lost his body and basically became a walking version of his head, while Kiet had his design [[SuperDeformed simplified]] to some extent.

** Purno's hometown, Hootchie Cootchie Town, gets its name from Hootchie Cootchie Cartoons, which is one of the companies that worked on this show.

* SurrealHumor: Surrealism is pretty much ''the'' staple for Purno de Purno.

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* ArtEvolution: Doubling as a ArtShiftedSequel, starting from the fourth series development of the series moved from the now-antiquated Amiga 2000 setup to modern computers. Thanks to the technical limitations being lifted, the animation and art evolved to a more "rounded" style. Compare here and here.

[[caption-width-right:350:Purno himself, ready to [[MindScrew screw your mind up good]].]]

What do you get when a MindScrew and mature content have a baby? ''Purno de Purno'', of course!

''Purno de Purno'' (literally "Purno the Purno" in English and originally just ''Purno'') is a Dutch "children's" cartoon created by Hans Peter Wessels that has been around for at least two decades now, and was broadcast by VPRO, a channel notable for airing [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids rather mature "kids" shows]]. The show is about Purno, the eponymous purple-suited character, going on various bizarre adventures... and that's about it. At some point in the series, Purno would be joined by Sjakie (Dutch for Charlie), a completely tan-colored character, and Kiet (originally the Kietelaar), a blue character with red lips.

The show started around 1989-1990, and kept going until 1996. The show eventually got [[UnCanceled resurrected]] ten years later in 2006, and then ended again in 2007, for a total of five seasons. The show also had a SpinOff called ''Purno Poseert'', which depicted [[MediumBlending a CGI Purno mixed with live-action footage]].

* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: Several instances of 3D CGI are seen in this otherwise 2D show, such as the castle shown in Season 1.
* AllJustADream: It turns out that [[spoiler:Purno turning into a girl and going on a vacation in the Middle East]] was just a dream.

* AnimateInanimateObject: In "Sunil Baba and the Forty Degrees", Purno finds himself in a laundry world populated by sentient clothes.
* ArtEvolution: Starting from Season 4, the original Amiga 2000 animation is dropped in favor of a much, much more fluid and detailed art and animation style.
* ArtShiftedSequel: The 2006 revival series. The show was originally animated on an Amiga 2000, but usage of it for animation was dropped after Season 3.
* AscendedExtra: Sjakie and Kiet were originally just supporting characters. In Season 4, they become main characters alongside Purno.
* AsianBuckTeeth: Dr. Ha Chiu the AsianStoreOwner has buck teeth.

* AttractiveBentGender: Purno is this in the episode where he drinks a potion that changes his gender. [[spoiler:Kiet ends up ''having sex'' with "her" as a result.]]

* CatchPhrase: Purno's is "Sapperedosio!", which is a gibberish phrase that basically means "Oh, wow!".

* {{Cephalothorax}}: Sjakie initially has a typical body. Come Season 4, his body now consists only of his head, which has arms and legs attached to it.

** Buuf disappears after Season 2.
** Dr. Ha Chiu disappears after Season 3.

* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: Early on in the series, Sjakie and Kiet were more humanoid in appearance. In Season 4, Sjakie lost his body and basically became a walking version of his head, while Kiet was [[SuperDeformed chibi-fied]] to some extent.

* ExtremelyShortIntroSequence: The intro used in Season 3 is about 15 seconds long.

* InstrumentalThemeTune: The theme song for Season 1 does not contain any vocals. The succeeding theme songs for Seasons 2, 3, and 4 do have short voice clips, but no actual lyrics. Season 5's theme song, "Si Sa So Sapperedosio", has a full set of lyrics, thus averting the trope.

* LoveInterest: Purno had a girlfriend named Buuf in Season 2.
* MindScrew: ''Where do we begin?!'' The entire show is just a stream of constant weirdness, which isn't even saying much!
* MultilingualSong: The otherwise Dutch full version of "Si Sa So Sapperedosio", the theme song for Season 5, contains entire verses that are in English.
* NoPlotNoProblem: Averted in Season 1; the plot of said season is that Purno must restore beauty to a princess. Played straight in all subsequent seasons, which lack a season-wide arc of any kind and are comprised entirely of Purno going on random wacky adventures, similar to shows like ''WesternAnimation/FatDogMendoza''.
* PunnyName: Kiet's original name was the Kietelaar, which is a Dutch word for the clitoris.
* RogerRabbitEffect: The spin-off ''Purno Poseert'' has a CGI Purno appear alongside live-action actors.

* SubvertedKidsShow: How many people figured out the hard way that this actually isn't a kids show despite its target demographic is anyone's guess.
* SurrealHumor: Seems to be the show's main type of humor.
* ThemeTuneExtended: An extended version of the Season 5 theme song was featured on a CD.
* VagueAge: It's never explained how old Purno is in the show. WordOfGod is that Purno seems to almost literally be both an adult and a child at the same time, making matters more confusing.
* WinToExit: Averted. Purno gets trapped in a video game, but Buuf literally pulls him out of the game before he has a chance to win.

* CatchPhrase: Purno's is "Sapperedosio!", which is a gibberish phrase that basically means "Oh, golly gee!".

* ArtEvolution: Starting from Season 4, the original Amiga 2000 animation is dropped in favor of a much, much more fluid and detailed.

* ArtEvolution: Starting from Season 4, the original Amiga 2000 animation is dropped in favor of a much, much more fluid and detailed but also less pretty and appealing animation and art style.

* WidgetSeries: There's a lot of adult humor in this show despite it being marketed specifically to children. The United States has gotten away with similar cartoons, yes, but not to the extent inherent in ''Purno''.

* ArtEvolution: Starting from Season 4, the original Amiga 2000 animation is dropped in favor of a much, much more fluid and detailed animation and art style.

** Similarly, the name of the episode "[[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast Beauty on the Beach]]".

* CatchPhrase: Purno's is "Sapperedosio!", which literally translates to "Oh, golly gee!".

* ThreeDEffectsTwoDCartoon: Several instances of 3D CGI are seen in this otherwise 2D show, such as the castle shown in Season 1.

* ADogNamedDog: Purno is of a species of humanoid called the Purnos. It's even in the show's title!

* ConspicuousCG: Several instances of 3D CGI are seen in this otherwise 2D show, such as the castle shown in Season 1.

* WaddlingHead: Sjakie initially has a typical body. Come Season 4, his body now consists only of his head, which has arms and legs attached to it.

''Purno de Purno'' (literally "Purno the Purno" in English and originally just ''Purno'') is a Dutch "children's" cartoon created by Hans Peter Wessels that has been around for at least two decades now, and was broadcast by VPRO, a channel notable for airing [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids rather mature "kids" shows]]. The show is about Purno, the eponymous purple-suited character, going on various bizarre adventures... and that's about it. At some point in the series, Purno would be joined by Sjakie, a completely tan-colored character, and Kiet (originally the Kietelaar), a blue character with red lips.