History Series / Kulderzipken

* CoolChair: While the King and Queen's thrones are fairly straightforward, but Princess Prieeltje sits on a suspended swing.

* TomboyPrincess: Princess Prieeltje is a perfect example. She is rebellious, has dreams about fighting and refuses to do her ballet exercises, but prefers to jump on her father's bed.

* SdrawkcabName: a variation, the Knoerifast can be calmed by the "ge-ur van growentensojep" which is [[spoiler: "the scent of vegetable soep", but pronounced incorrectly by the brothers Grimm by mistakingly reading out the diphtongs "eu" and "oe" as seperate vowels. It should read "geur van groentensoep".]] Kulderzipken discovers this at the end of the show, and saves the castle once more from the Knoerifast.
* SealedEvilInACan: King Jozef's sister, Saint-Lutgardis, goes around punishing sinners by locking them up... in mustard jars.
* SiblingRivalry: King Jozef and his brother Diederik and Saint-Lutgardis aren't on great terms.
* SpotTheImposter: After [[spoiler:Havanna magically clones Queen Angina]], there is heavy discussion as to who the real [[spoiler:Angina]] is.
* StandardHeroReward: King Jozef is very specific about not mentioning the reward for the contest publicly. Had the winner been a decent candidate, though, the reward would have been his daughter's hand in marriage.
* TheDevilIsALoser: "The Devil" is a wimpy {{manchild}}, living with his wicked mother, who tries her very best to educate him in her evil ways. The devil does manage to scare some of the more stupid guest characters, but he never really intends any harm.
* TemptingApple: In the final episode of the first season, Prieeltje is fed a poisonous candy apple. Then [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]].
--> '''Grimms''': "A poisonous apple, a device often used in Fairytales."
* TheseQuestionsThree: season 2, episode 18, where Kulderzipken has to solve three impossible tasks for the king of Alsdanië, to prevent everyone in the castle being transformed into toddlers.
* TomboyPrincess: Princess Prieel refuses to do her ballet exercises, but prefers to jump on her father's bed.

* YouCantGoHomeAgain: The Ghost in the first episode of season two was banished from the land of ghosts because he couldn't remember a hopscotch rhyme.
* YourMindMakesItReal: sort of - in episode 14, season 2 ("Oom Nonkel"), Kulderzipken has to step inside a dream machine built by the Grimm brothers, to defeat a Viking guarding a pudding in a dream by the sleeping king. However, should the dreamer wake up, the person in the machine dies.

The series takes place in a fairytale kingdom ruled by King Jozef and Queen Angina. In the first episode, the king organizes a competition to find a husband for his daughter princess Prieel, which is accidentally won by a simple [[FarmBoy farm boy]] named Kulderzipken. The boy is granted a stay in the royal castle, but King Jozef isn't happy at all with the idea of his daughter marrying a simple peasant. The first season primarily focuses on King Jozef's attempts at coming up with "impossible tasks" with the goal of kicking Kulderzipken out of his castle to prevent his daughter Prieel from falling in love with him. In the second season, the marriage between Prieel and Kulderzipken is finally being prepared, while King Jozef teaches his son-in-law all there is to know about being a king.

* AccidentalMisnaming: The Grimm Brothers have a very hard time remembering Kulderzipken's name and call him all sorts of random names. In similar vein, in one episode Kulderzipken teases Princess Prieel by calling her wrong names.
* AllMythsAreTrue: The three golden hairs on the chin of the Devil's Mother, the pearl in the flower on top of the highest mountain in the world, the Invisible Emperor... Of course, this is a fairy tale.
* AnIcePerson: Aunt Hildegarde is a sorceress who needs ice to be able to perform magic.
* BerserkButton: Queen Angina's is pushed when her childhood friend Havanna insults her.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: The Devil and his Mother disappear after season one and are never mentioned again in season two. Justified, though, as [[spoiler: the Devil's Mother tried to kill Princess Prieel]]
* CloudCuckoolander: In the second season, the Grimms are obsessed with inventions to make them fly.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: The Grimms are told to address everyone with "sir". They adress everyone with "sir". Especially the Princess.
* CoolChair: While the King and Queen's thrones are fairly straightforward, Princess Prieeltje has her own suspended swing.
* CrystalBall: Originally, the Devil's Mother owns one.

* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Kulderzipken travels into King Jozef's dream so he can obtain the pudding he's been dreaming of for weeks.

* EveryEpisodeEnding: In the first season, each episode ends with dancing in the throne room, as the camera backs out of the room and the doors slam shut. In the second season, the very final scene is always everyone sitting at the dinner table.

* FleetingPassionateHobbies: For the first few episodes of the second season, Queen Angina tries her hand at sculpting, painting, carpentry... Until finally setting on the trombone.

* HeirClubForMen: As King Jozef attempts to find a suitor for his daughter:

* ImpossibleTask: King Jozef does his very best to think of these to get rid of Kulderzipken, yet somehow Kulderzipken always succeeds...
* {{Invisibility}}: The Invisible Emperor is invisible.

* ManlyMenCanHunt: As part of the Kingly Essentials, King Jozef tries to teach Kulderzipken how to hunt. King Jozef is a terrible hunter.
* MeaningfulName: as this is a kid's show, few children would have recognized that "Angina" (the queen's name), is a pun on a disease sounding a lot like the more traditional name "Aegina". Simpler puns abide, like Alsdanië (Ifthenistan), Vindikooks (the Thinksotoos)...

* OffWithHisHead: The only way to save Princess Prieel from dying is by chopping off the head of the person she loves the most.
* RagsToRoyalty: Kulderzipken starts out as "just a simple farm boy". In the final episode, he marries the Princess.

The series takes place in a fairytale kingdom ruled by king Jozef and queen Angina. In the first episode, the king organizes a competition to find a husband for his daughter princess Prieel, which is accidentally won by a simple [[FarmBoy farm boy]] named Kulderzipken. The boy is granted a stay in the royal castle, but king Jozef isn't happy at all with the idea of his daughter marrying a simple peasant, so during the first season, he frequently attempts to come up with "impossible tasks" as a way of kicking Kulderzipken out of his castle and to prevent Prieel from falling in love with him. He eventually comes to appreciate the boy though, and the second season is focused on Kulderzipken and Prieel preparing for their marriage and king Jozef preparing them to become the future king and queen.

Other recurring characters are the brothers Grimm, two inventors who make up the entire household of the castle, and nearly every episode revolves around one or more guest characters coming to the castle and causing trouble for it's inhabitants.

* {{Homage}}: The Grimm brothers are named after the real [[Creator/TheBrothersGrimm Grimm Brothers]], who are famous for writing many well-known [[FairyTale fairy tales]]. But apart from the name, the characters have little in common with their inspirers.

The protagonist is a simple [[FarmBoy farm boy]], named Kulderzipken, who earns a stay in the castle of King Jozef after accidentally winning a competition. The first season focuses on King Jozef's attempts at coming up with "impossible tasks" to kick Kulderzipken out of his castle to prevent his daughter Prieel from falling in love with him.
In the second season, the marriage between Prieel and Kulderzipken is being prepared, while King Jozef teaches his son-in-law all there is to know about being a king.

Other recurring characters were Queen Angina and the Brothers Grimm. Usually, each episode included a different set of guest characters visiting the castle.

''Kulderzipken'' is a Flemish television series, written by Hugo Matthysen and well known for its absurd humor, wordplay and its fairytale atmosphere. It had two seasons and ran from 1995 to 1997, but there are frequent reruns on the Flemish children network Ketnet.

* {{Homage}}: The Grimm brothers are named after the real [[Creator/TheBrothersGrimm Grimm Brothers]], who are famous for writing many well-known [[FairyTale fairy tales]]. Apart from the name, the characters have little in common with their inspirers however.

* {{Homage}}: The Grimm brothers are named after the real [[Creator/TheBrothersGrimm Grimm Brothers]], who are famous for writing many well-known [[Fairy Tale fairy tales]]. Apart from the name, the characters have little in common with their inspirers however.

* TheDevilIsALoser: "The Devil" is a wimpy man, living with his wicked mother, who tries her very best to educate him in her evil ways. The devil does manage to scare some of the more stupid guest characters, but he never really intends any harm.

* HeelFaceTurn: The villain of every episode usually ends up at the ball or at the dinner table with the castle's inhabitants.

* UltimateEvil: The episode about Dragon Hunting.

* CompletelyMissingThePoint: The Grimms are told to adress everyone with "sir". They adress everyone with "sir". Especially the Princess.

* VillainousHarlequin: The Potsenschouwspelgoochelzanggrapjas is a travelling [[TheJester jester]] with three legs who intends to rob King Jozef.

* YourMindMakesItReal: sort of - in episode 14, season 2 ("Oom Nonkel"), Kulderzipken has to step inside a dream machine built by the Grimm brothers, to defeat a Viking guarding a pudding in a dream by the sleeping king. However, should the dreamer wake up, the person in the machine dies.

Kulderzipken is a Flemish television series, written by Hugo Matthysen and well known for its absurd humor, wordplay and its fairytale atmosphere. It had two seasons and ran from 1995 to 1997, but there are frequent reruns on the Flemish children network Ketnet.

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* YourMindMakesItReal: sort of - in episode 14, season 2 ("Oom Nonkel"), Kulderzipken has to step inside a dream machine built by the Grimm brothers, to defeat a Viking guarding a pudding in a dream by the sleeping king. However, should the dreamer wake up, the person in the machine dies.

* HowDoYouLikeThemApples: In the final episode of the first season, Prieeltje is fed a poisonous candy apple. Then [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]].
--> '''Grimms''': "A poisonous apple, a device often used in Fairytales."

* RealLifeRelative: King Jozef and Saint-Lutgardis are played by real-life siblings Jan and Reinhilde Decleir.

* TheOtherDarrin: In the second season, one of the Grimm Brothers is replaced by another actor. The previous actor was unavailable because he was shooting another show in Congo. They did try to make the replacement [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute different]] by giving him another hair color and the passion for flying.