History Series / Smartskalle

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''{{Smartskalle}}'' (literally 'smart skull' or 'wise guy') is a Swedish children's edutainment show, or 'science show for children', as Wiki/TheOtherWiki calls it. It stars Tobbe Blom as the host, along with his {{Mook}}s -- 'smartskallarna', who are played by Fredrik Lexfors, Daniel Ottosson, Ebba Wallmén, and Alex Kantsjö. They take such concepts as static electricity, Newtons laws, magnetism, various 'parental lies', and a lot of unrelated things, and present them in a way which is both understandable to children and actually pretty funny.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Tobbe manages to swear pretty freely. Also, when talking about Easter, he mentions this:
-->'''Tobbe''': And the strangest thing of all is that people seem to believe that a large bunny places the eggs out. I think it's safe to say that the person who came up with that ''(caricature of a drunk comes up on screen)'' had been drinking a ''bit'' too much [[UnusualEuphemism Adult]] [[FrothyMugsOfWater Kool-Aid]].
** In one episode, art from a painting of Adam and Eve is seen. A painting where they're completely naked except for strategically placed leaves on the lower regions. Eve's breasts are completely exposed and her nipples are even faintly visible.

* AcceptableTargets: Judging from 'the American Way'? Well...[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Americans.]]

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: "This is our smartskalle. He wants to make a cake with whipped cream, but he doesn't have a whisk -- electric or regular. He ''does'', however, have a boat motor..."
* ExcitedKidsShowHost: Tobbe Blom is a type 2.

* HilariousInHindsight: Oh hey, I know that guy, Tobbe 'Trollkarl' Blom, the magician, really famous, wonder what trick he's going to do this time... ...wait, he hosted a ''science'' show?

* JerkAss: Again, Tobbe Blom -- at least, toward the Smartskallar.

* {{Mook}}: The Smartskallar.
* NightmareFuel: ''oh god the fire truck with a human mouth oh god oh god''

* TooDumbToLive: [[OverlyLongGag Again,]] ''the Smartskallar''.

''{{Smartskalle}}'' (literally 'smart skull' or 'wise guy') is a Swedish children's edutainment show, or 'science show for children', as TheOtherWiki calls it. It stars Tobbe Blom as the host, along with his {{Mook}}s -- 'smartskallarna', who are played by Fredrik Lexfors, Daniel Ottosson, Ebba Wallmén, and Alex Kantsjö. They take such concepts as static electricity, Newtons laws, magnetism, various 'parental lies', and a lot of unrelated things, and present them in a way which is both understandable to children and actually pretty funny.

It shares more than a few similarities with BrainiacScienceAbuse (even down to the title), but is directed at a far younger audience. Plus, it has different actors! [[InSpace In Swedish]]!