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The Shtreimels (April 17, 2011 – May 6, 2011) is an Israeli animated websites on YouTube, created by Tom Trager and Or Paz of Sugarzaza, who also created another religious satire, Ahmed and Salim. It's a sitcom about an ultra-Orthodox Ashkenazi Israeli family, focusing on the titular family, the Shtreimels, and all of the wacky antics they get into from their extremely religious lifestyle.
Associated Tropes:
- Adolf Hitlarious: Apparently, in this universe, the Israeli word for "God" is "Mein Fuhrer".
- Advertising by Association: The description of the first video was Tom and Or telling us that we can watch The Shtreimels, while they work on making more Ahmed and Salim.
- Aerith and Bob: Hannah is the only family member with an actual first name. The rest of the Shtreimels have foreign-sounding nonsense names.
- All Jews Are Ashkenazi: This show is literally about an extremely religious Ashkenazi family living in Israel.
- All Jews Are Cheapskates: Shlomke will take whatever means necessary (or unnecessary) to save a few pennies.
- Animated Shock Comedy: Though not as much as its spiritual predecessor, The Shtreimels does have its fair share of shock-humor and offensive jokes. In fact, you don't need to look any further than Episode 1 to see Shlomke having sex with a pig.
- As Long as It Sounds Foreign: A shtreimel is a fur-hat worn by Ashkenazi Jewish men, so although it may sound like an Israeli last name, naming the family this is essentially the equivalent of making an American sitcom about a family called "The Cowboy-Hats".
- Borscht Belt: The show runs on this type of humor.
- Catchphrase: Shlomke's iconic "Oy va va va voy!", which he says at least once in just about every episode.
- Comical Translation: As another subtitled series from Sugar Zaza, you can expect a lot of these types of hidden gags.
- Creator Thumbprint: Being made by the same creators of Ahmed and Salim, The Shtreimels parodies the other side of the coin by satirizing Israeli culture and Jewish religion with offensive jokes, comical translation gags, and a hot-tempered slow-witted dad with a silly catchphrase he always yells when he's mad.Shlomke: Oy va va va voy!
- Evil Cripple: Lamel is a horrible brother, who enjoys watching others suffer.
- Jewish and Nerdy: Kneidel.
- Jewish Complaining: Shlomke is always extremely dissatisfied with something and running his mouth about just how unhappy he is with the world.
- Jewish Mother: Inverted. Hannah is actually a very timid, relaxed, and care-free mother, who doesn't worry herself with small stuff. Meanwhile, Shlomke is the far more uptight, overbearing, and paranoid of the two.
- Jewish Smartass: All of them are kind of this but the most sarcastic of them all is Lamel.Hannah: Would you like me to give you a bath?Lamel: No, I'll manage, thanks.Hannah: What, really?Lamel: You think!? You cunt, just so I could talk to you, I need to piss on myself to relieve pressure from my liver, you bitch! I'm 500% handicapped! Of course, I need help!
- Jews Love to Argue: The Shtreimels can never seem to agree on anything and they'll be damned if they keep their opinions to themselves.
- Laugh Track: To help commit to the sitcom feel, The Shtreimels has a laugh track.
- Nice Jewish Boy: Kneidel.
- Running Gag: Shlomke shouting "Oy va va va voy!"
- Sibling Rivalry: Kneidel and Lamel are always at each other's throats. In fact, in Episode 3, Lamel even attempts to get Kneidel killed.
- Twofer Token Minority: Lamel is both crippled and autistic.
- Unusual Pets for Unusual People: The Shtreimels have a pet pig, even though the act of even approaching pork is strictly forbidden.
- Yiddish as a Second Language: Inverted. This is an Israeli-speaking TV show, where the characters will occasionally pepper words of any other language into their dialogue, including English, Spanish, German, and Arabic.
