Line #19 ComicStrip/QuickAndFlupke


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4	''Quick and Flupke'' (''Quick et Flupke'') is a Belgian comic strip drawn and written by Creator/{{Herge}}, best known as the creator of ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}''. It's his second best known comic book series, but never reached the same universal popularity Tintin did. After his death in 1983 [[DiedDuringProduction it was terminated]] too, though there hadn't been any new episodes since TheFifties.
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6	''Quick & Flupke'' is a gag comic in which two little boys are the protagonists. Quick is the elder of the two and always wears a beret and a red sweater. Flupke is a bit smaller and always wears a green coat and a long scarf. They live in Brussels and like playing pranks on everybody, including their ArchEnemy, police officer "Agent 15".
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9	!!Tropes found in ''Quick and Flupke''
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11	* AdolfHitlarious: Some 1930s gags poked fun at UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler and UsefulNotes/BenitoMussolini. After World War II, these innocent jokes suddenly weren't that funny anymore and thus no longer appear in the official album series. For Hergé they were an OldShame.
12	* AffectionateNickname: Flupke's official name is actually Philippe. The name "Flup" is a Flemish derivation of this name. The suffix "-ke" is a Belgian diminutive that means as much as "little, tiny, small". Thus "Flupke" is "little Flup". This also implies that he might be Flemish.
13	* AmusingInjuries: Some of them even lethal.
14	* AnimatedAdaptation: In 1983–85, an animated cartoon series was made for television.
15	* AntiHero: Quick and Flupke are misbehaving children.
16	* AnyoneCanDie: Hergé didn't mind killing off his characters for the sake of one joke and bringing them BackFromTheDead as if nothing happened in the next episode.
17	* ArchEnemy: Agent 15.
18	* AuthorAvatar: When Flupke is about to be arrested for a parking offence he calls up Creator/{{Herge}} and asks him to do something about it. Hergé then erases the top half of the ''no parking'' sign, leaving Agent 15 very confused.
19	* BlackComedy: In some gags Quick and Flupke die as a result of an explosion or accident and end up as angels in Heaven.
20	* BottleEpisode: All episodes take place in 1930s Brussels and usually in the streets.
21	* BratsWithSlingshots: Quick and Flupke, usually Flupke, enjoy pestering Agent 15 that way.
22	* BreakingTheFourthWall: Quick and Flupke are often seen breaking the fourth wall.
23	* ButtMonkey: Agent 15.
24	* ComicBookTime: Nobody ages.
25	* CreatorCameo:
26	** In one gag, Flupke goes skiing and hits the frame of the page. He then visits Hergé and beats him up out of revenge.
27	** In another gag Hergé is kidnapped by his characters and forced to promise that he will no longer take the monkey out of them in each episode.
28	* CreatorProvincialism: All action takes place in Brussels, Hergé's home town.
29	* DownerEnding: Some gags have Quick and Flupke die in car accidents or explosions and fly to Heaven.
30	* DubNameChange: In Sweden, they're called Smecken and Sulan.
31	* FaceFault: Used to accompany the punchline of some gags.
32	* FrozenInTime: All gags take place during the 1930s, the time the comic strip was made.
33	* FunetikAksent: Quick's handwriting is full of spelling mistakes.
34	* GagSeries: It's a gag comic with each story never being longer than two pages.
35	* HeterosexualLifePartners: Quick and Flupke are always seen together.
36	* HomeBase: All gags take place in Brussels. So much even that the characters have become somewhat of cultural icons of the city.
37	* KarmaHoudini: Interestingly enough, Quick and Flupke are not always punished for their bad behaviour.
38	* LimitedWardrobe: In one gag Flupke is even angry about the fact that Hergé keeps drawing him with a scarf... even in summer!
39	* ManChild: Agent 15.
40	** In one gag Quick and Flupke play leapfrog. Agent 15 can't resist the temptation and joins in.
41	** Once, Agent 15 catches Flupke drawing a doodle of him on the side of a wall. He demands to have the crayon and then draws himself arresting Flupke.
42	* MeddlesomePatrolman: Agent 15 always interferes or tries to interfere with Quick and Flupke's actions.
43	* MinimalistCast: Apart from Quick, Flupke and Agent 15 there are no notable recurring characters.
44	* NameAndName: The title is ''Quick and Flupke''.
45	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Several gags have Quick and Flupke accidentally breaking something then trying to get it back together again, with often disastrous results.
46	** In one gag they saw a book case and had the impression that the books were in danger of being full of mold. They use a hair dryer, a hot iron and then glue everything back together.
47	* NoNameGiven: We never learn Agent 15's real name.
48	* PoliceAreUseless: Agent 15 is just as childish as Quick and Flupke.
49	* ThePrankster: Quick and Flupke like playing pranks on people.
50	* {{Slapstick}}: Several gags involve slapstick.
51	* TheSmartGuy: Quick. He reads a lot and is dedicated to his studies.
52	* TheThirties: All gags were published in this decade.
53	* TimeMarchesOn: The entire atmosphere of the stories is very much based in the 1930s. The cars, telephones, radios, and police uniforms, are obviously dated nowadays.
54	* TrainProblem: Flupke has to solve a math problem about two trains leaving different stations and he must answer at what time they'll meet close to one another. Flupke then ask his uncle who works at a train station, but he couldn't find the answer. Both of them take the matter to the Ministry of Transport who couldn't resolve the problem either. [[MundaneSolution Finally, everyone all hop on a train and closely watch the time when the other train will come close-by]].

Context ComicStrip / QuickAndFlupke