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2 | [[caption-width-right:258:Flupke (left) and Quick (right).]] |
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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]]. |
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