Rudi is a German comic by Peter Puck. It tells about the life of Rudi and his buddy Freddy, their attempts to pick up women, parties in the scene and other hijinks.It started out as a comic strip in various magazines. The strips have been collected in several anthology comic books.Has a very good (German) homepage here.
Country Cousin: Rudi's cousin Alfi from the Bavarian countryside.
Critical Psychoanalysis Failure: Rudi's buddy whose shrink became depressed himself after analyzing him and ended up as a beggar.
The Cult: They end up on a Silvester party by them, and find out that collective suicide is due.
Deadpan Snarker: Rudi, oh so much. His sister also has this somewhat: When Rudi reprimands her for wearing a sexy Little Black Dress, so all the guys on the street are staring at her:
Vicky: "Don't like it? Sorry, but my burqa is being dry-cleaned..."
A Degree In Useless: Two strippers Freddy hired for Rudi's birthday. One of them studies humanities - and still hopes to make big money in her line of work.
Disguised in Drag: Rudi and Freddy do this to visit a silvester party organized by a group of Straw Feminists. It doesn't end well.
Eat The Dog: After being badly bitten by a dog, Rudi buys a Korean cookbook and invites the owner and his dog for "dinner", while preparing everything.
And during the war, Rudi's grandma and her family ate the cat when nothing else was left.
The Eeyore: Rudi, sometimes. But especially his buddy whose dog is named Kafka.
Fan Disservice: Rudi and Freddy take drawing lessons because they hope, they'll have to draw a sexy nude model. Unfortunately the teacher chooses an old guy instead as a model.
Fanservice: Rudi isn't good at picking up sexy women, but at least the fans get something to look at. And one of the hottest is Rudi's sister Vicky, a model.
Foil: Freddy is more optimistic and happy than Rudi.
German Dialects: Alfi speaks with a thick Bavarian accent. Occasionally, other dialects also appear, mostly Swabian.
Good Angel, Bad Angel: Fighting whether Rudi should take up smoking again or not. (Freddy started it again, we see, because his five or so shoulder devils mashed up his shoulder angel.)
Heterosexual Life Partners: Rudi and Freddy. Goes so far that they don't get an apartment because the landlady thinks they're really a gay couple, which she can't stand.
Hollywood Dateless: Rudi. Of course, it's harder to tell, since it's not a weekly TV series.
I Can't Feel My Legs: Rudi tries to pick up a woman at the supermarket by "accidentally" hitting her with his shopping cart. But he is nervous and uses too much power...
The Ingénue: Alfi is enthusiastic about "digging the scene!!!", while Rudi is as cynical as possible.
In Vino Veritas: Some cute song birds start sieg-heiling, picking fights and generally acting like most obnoxious drunks after drinking beer.
Kavorka Man: Cousin Alfi is a kind of country bumpkin, but has success with the ladies. The fact that he saves one woman, White Knight-style, from a drug dealer who wants to cut up her face probably helped.
Limited Social Circle: At the beginning Rudi used to meet many different friends, but later his social circle shrunk to Freddy, Bully and Heinz. And the Girl of the Week.
Only One Name: His last name, if he has one at all, is never revealed. Even his doctor only calls him "Herr... er... Rudi".
Playful Hacker: Freddy isn't really a computer expert (he even talks about the "kilojoule" of his computer), but still manages to hack the Russian army computers.
UsefulNotes.Punk: Punks often appear in the comic. Heinz is the most prominent one.
Reincarnation: Rudi once gets hypno-treatment (from a quack) and "remembers" that his back pain comes from an earlier life when he was crucified at the same time/place as Jesus.
Talking Animal: Apparently ants and slugs not only are this, but are also organized like a fascist state and actively planning to bring down human society. Especially, eat all their food. In other words, not only Humans Are Bastards in this comic.
Think Unsexy Thoughts: Rudi does this one time at a nude beach. Problem is that everything he tries to think of only makes him more horny. ("Square root of 4761 makes... 69! Shit, maths is too perverted!") Then, when he finally manages to get his Raging Stiffie under control (by thinking about cancer) - a pissed-of wasp stings him several times in a male body part, making things even worse.
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