History Series / BrodreneDal

* DistractedByTheSexy: The bad guys' plan to sneak in an extra paragraph in the Norwegian Constitution hinges on this: Have a naked woman walk by outside just as everyone is about to sign the document, then call attention to her and sneak in the extra paragraph while everyone crowds by the window to see.

* BeenThereShapedHistory: All three brothers are this in both series that deal with time travel. Among other things, they inspired Egyptian slaves to dig the Suez Canal, convinced Prince Carl of Denmark to become King Haakon of Norway, and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers inspired the invention of danish red hot dogs]].

* DamselInDistress: Mette-Mari briefly becomes this in ''Karl XIIs gamasjer'' when she is kidnapped by two thugs. [[spoiler: She ends up bossing her kidnappers around so much that they end up throwing her out and telling her to get lost, just in time for her brothers to show up to "rescue" her.]]

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** The eponymous Spectral Stones are this, as they power the time machine and almost each episode is about the brothers looking for the next stone to take them sometime new. [[spoiler: Near the end it appears that the aliens had them gather the stones for their own ends.]]

''Brødrene Dal'' (the Dal Brothers) is a trio of fictional explorers featured in a series of Norwegian television shows and a feature-length film. Written and portrayed by Lars Mjøen, Knut Lystad and Trond Kirkvaag (known collectively as KLM - the Norwegian equivalent to Creator/MontyPython), the three brothers are Gaus (Mjøen), the straight-faced, natural leader of the group; Roms (Lystad), the most easy-going brother, sometimes to the point of naivety; and Brumund (Kirkvaag), the most quirky member, identified by his [[NiceHat distinctive propeller hat]].

* NiceHat: As depicted in the trope picture, they each have their own, distinctive hat. Brumund's hat, namely a pith helmet, features a distinctive, motorized propeller strong enough to be used as a makeshift boat motor.

* OnlySaneMan: Of the three brothers, Gaus is the one least involved in their more frivolous activities, and the one least inclined to get the punchlines. This is pretty consistent with Lars Mjøen's role in KLM; he was most often the straight-faced reporter or host that Kirgvaag and Lystad, in more comical roles, could play off of. That said, Gaus does have his NotTSoAboveItAll moments.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: There really are a lot of them, though the degree of characterization or spotlight they are given varies intensely.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: The final episode of ''Brødrene Dal og Spektralsteinene'' ends with an elaborate, ten-minute chase scenes between parties interested in obtaining the vial of Kurium 82.

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Muffens' henchmen Birger and Hroar from ''Legenden om Atlant-is'', as well as the two hired thugs in ''Karl XII's gamasjer''.

* OnlySaneMan: Of the three brothers, Gaus is the one least involved in their more frivolous activities, and the one least inclined to get the punchlines. This is pretty consistent with Lars Mjøen's role in KLM; he was most often the straight-faced reporter or host that Kirgvaag and Lystad, in more comical roles, could play off of. That said, Gaus does have his NotTSoAboveItAll moments.
* OutOfFocus: In ''Vikingsverdets Forbannelse'', Brumund is accidentally left behind in the present as Gaus and Roms travel to the Viking age, and as such he has a much smaller role than his brothers, only interacting with them via "video calls to the future." The reason for this was that during the run of the original stage play, Trond Kirkvaag couldn't appear on stage with the others due to health problems, so instead he filmed his scenes which was then projected onto a screen for the actors on the stage to "interact" with. By the time the play was turned into a movie, Kirkvaag had passed away and so naturally couldn't record any more scenes.

* OnlySaneMan: Of the three brothers, Gaus is the one least involved in their more frivolous activities, and the one least inclined to get the punchlines. This is pretty consistent with Lars Mjøen's role in KLM; he was most often the straight-faced reporter or host that Kirgvaag and Lystad, in more comical roles, could play off of. That said, Gaus does have his NotToAboveItAll moments.
* OutOfFocus: In ''Vikingsverdets Forbannelse'', Brumund is accidentally left behind in the present as Gaus and Roms travel to the Viking age, and as such he has a much smaller role than his brothers, only interacting with them via "video calls to the future." The reason for this was that during the run of the original stage play, Trond Kirkvaag couldn't appear on stage with the others due to health problems, so instead he filmed his scenes which was then projected onto a screen for the actors on the stage to "interact" with. By the time the play was turned into a movie, Kirkvaag had passed away and so naturally couldn't record any more scenes.

* AdaptedOut: Brumund's secret wife, Arlene, appears in the fourth series, but not in the novelization of that same series. She ''does'' appear in the comic based on the series, [[AscendedExtra and in a much larger role at that]]... but Joste, Snerting and Mette-Mari don't.

** A curious example with Bumund's wife, Arlene. Her appearances in the fourth series are just a RunningGag and she doesn't play any part in the plot. In the comic album that ''very'' loosely adapts the same series, she is a fairly major character, and turns out to be the SpannerInTheWorks that thwarts the bad guys' plan.

* OnlySaneMan: Of the three brothers, Gaus is the one least involved in their more frivolous activities.
* OutOfFocus: In ''Vikingsverdets Forbannelse'', Brumund is accidentally left behind in the present as Gaus and Roms travel to the Viking age, and as such he has a much smaller role than his brothers, only interacting with them via "video calls to the future." The reason for this was that during the run of the original stage play, Trond Kirkvaag couldn't appear on stage with the others due to health problems, so instead he filmed his scenes which was then projected onto a screen for the actors on the stage to "interact" with. By the time the play was turned into a movie, Kirkvaag had passed away and so naturally couldn't record any more scenes.

* HornyVikings: Mostly averted; when vikings appear in the series, their clothes and helmets tend to be fairly historically accurate. The few exeptions to this are parodies: the viking family (father, mother and son) we briefly meet in ''Sepktralsteinene'' all wear horned helmets and never take them off, though nobody else wears such helmets. In ''Vikinsverdets forbannelse'' which takes place in the Viking ages, the costumes are again historically accurate and the only Viking who wears horns is Fimbul the sorcerer, the LargeHam villain.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Skalter and Valter, owners of the consultant company Skalter & Valter, that are secretly part of Pavo with the goal of [[spoiler:making Norway a subject state to Sweden]].

* PunnyName: A staple not only of Brødrene Dal, but KLM as a whole. Notably, the brothers' names when combined with their last names are the names of Norwegian locations. This goes for their relatives, as well. In fact, the official KLM fanclub allows members to create their own fictional Dal relative.