Line #35 Series/JulISkomakergata


1	''Jul i Skomakergata'' ("Christmas in Skomakergata") is a SliceOfLife {{julekalender}} about the kindly old shoe repairer Jens Petrus Andersen and his interactions with friends and townspeople who come to him to have their shoes repaired, and more often than not stay for a nice chat. Many episodes also feature character songs.
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3	Each episode also features Tøfflus, [[AnimateInanimateObject an inexplicably animate slipper]], showing an episode of the German show ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Sandmannchen}} Sandmännchen]]'' and teaching about children's rights.
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5	The series was first broadcast in 1979, and then six more times before it was announced that the 2003 broadcast would be the last.
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7	''Den første julen i Skomakergata'' (The First Christmas in Skomakergata), a DarkerAndEdgier {{prequel}}, was released in November 2023. It takes place during the first Christmas after UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, where a 9-year-old Stine runs away from her boarding school and ends up looking for shoemaker Andersen, who turns out to be a grumpy recluse. While the meeting between them gradually gets him to warm up, Stine must hide from those who seek to get her back...
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9	Other derivative works include a book adaptation and a soundtrack CD were released in 1980, a LicensedGame was released in 2003, and some theatre adaptations. There used to be a full-scale version of the setting in Ride/KristiansandDyrepark, though it was demolished to make way for an Africa-inspired village in 2014.
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11	!!The series provides examples of:
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13	* AnimateInanimateObject: Andersen's friend Tøfflus is a living slipper.
14	* ChristmasCreep: One episode has Andersen meet a woman who takes the anti-Christmas-creep mentality so far that she thinks any celebration before Christmas Eve itself is too early, though he manages to make her soften her stance. On the other hand, there's also an episode where an obnoxious door-to-door salesman tries to push an overly-commercialized Christmas on people, which makes the normally-mild-mannered Andersen kick him out and angrily tell him to leave the town. Ultimately, the show's stance is that over-commercialization of Christmas is bad, but also that you should embrace celebration
15	* EmbarrassingHobby: Officer Klinke and Andersen enjoy meeting up to play ''Ludo'', but are careful to hide it because ''Ludo'' is generally considered a children's game. In particular, this contrasts with Klinke's image as a police officer.
16	* FakeInteractivity: Andersen likes to talk to the viewer and act as though they were responding to his dialogue.
17	* ThePlace: The show is named after its setting Skomakergata ("The Shoe Mender Street").
18	* SelfDeprecation: The name of the band Andersen plays in calls itself "disharmonic".
19	* SliceOfLife: The series revolves around Andersen's daily life in the time leading up to Christmas.
20	* TrademarkFavouriteFood: Tøfflus's love for curly leaf parsley is frequently brought up.
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23	!! The LicensedGame provides examples of:
24	* DigitalTabletopGameAdaptation: The game features a limited ''Ludo'' adaptation that can accommodate two players (you against a friend or a computer-controlled Officer Klinke). It's a reference to the episode where the main character secretly meets his friend Klinke to play Ludo.
25	* MemoryMatchMiniGame: One mini-game has you reveal two shoes at a time and trying to find matching pairs.
26	* MinigameGame: The game consists of various mini-games and activities.
27	* RacingMiniGame: One of the minigames is a sledding race that offers one opponent and one course.
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29	!! The prequel film provides examples of:
30	* ControlFreak: In the climax, Andersen finally admits to Stine [[spoiler:how his daughter Jenny ended up estranged from him: after his wife [[DeathByChildbirth died in childbirth]], he became terrified of losing Jenny too and became so controlling that Jenny ran away at 15.]]
31	* DadsOffFightingInTheWar: Stine explains that she went to a boarding school because her mother had died and her father was off fighting in the war, and that she's waiting for him to come back and pick her up so that they can celebrate Christmas together. [[spoiler:It is later revealed that he [[DeadAllAlong died in the war]].]]
32	* DarkerAndEdgier: The original series is a cozy SliceOfLife show that never gets much darker than "a woman is a bit of a [[TheGrinch Christmas hater]] before Andersen gets her to warm up to it" or "a furious Andersen kicks out an obnoxious door-to-door salesman". While there's still a lot of humour and charm in this film, it has much more drama and tension: Stine has to evade those who are looking for her while hoping the townspeople don't see through her lies, several characters are revealed to have tragic backstories, and the climax involved mortal danger.
33	* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:Stine often mentions that she just needs to stay in Skomakergata for a little more until her father can pick her up and celebrate Christmas with her. It's later revealed that her father died in the war .]]
34	* DeathByChildbirth: [[spoiler:It's revealed that Andersen lost his wife when their daughter Jenny was born. This led to him becoming a ControlFreak, which made Jenny so miserable that she ran away at 15, leaving the regretful Andersen as a recluse.]]
35	* DefrostingIceKing: Andersen starts the film as a recluse who hasn't even left his house in years, but warms up when Stine
36	* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:In the climax, Stine and Andersen are stuck near the top of a collapsing church. The townspeople hold up a big sheet and tell them to jump on it. Upon impact, the screen goes black for long enough to make you wonder if they made it or died anyway.]]
37	* IHaveNoSon: When [[spoiler:Jenny]] ran away from home after being subjected to ControlFreak-style parenting, they were disowned in response. [[spoiler:The father was Andersen, [[PartingWordsRegret who very much regrets these parting words.]]]]
38	* ItsAllAboutMe: Tilla is a OneHitWonder[[invoked]] singer who only cares about the case of the missing Stine because she think it will make her famous again.
39	* PartingWordsRegret: [[spoiler:Andersen]] regrets disowning their estranged child.
40	* OneHitWonder:[[invoked]] Tilla is a former singer who had a single hit years ago. She tries to find Stine because she hopes that the coverage of the case will let her recapture her old glory.
41	* ReflexiveResponse: Stine uses the fake name "Anna" to most of the townspeople to hide her identity as the girl who ran away from the boarding school. The lie is revealed when someone calls for Stine and she reflexively reacts to it.
42	* SavedByCanon: In the climax, [[spoiler:Andersen and Stine]] are in mortal danger, but you know they're going to make it since they appear in the original series.
43	* TheStoolPigeon: Jørgen. When Stine tries to get Mrs. Frantzen to give her another orange while she's distracted by her crush, Jørgen threatens to tattle on her and asks, "do I look like someone who ''wouldn't'' tattle?"

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