History Series / TheJulekalender

* BilingualBonus: As well as the numerous cases of the Nisses' terrible English causing them to say something completely different from what they tried to say, there are also a couple episodes in which Günther thinks he's a German tracker dog that only speaks German.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Benny claims to work for a firm called "Kock Sokker". Kock is the last name of the founder, and "sokker" is Danish for "socks", but try saying that name out loud...

** There are only a few video clips of the dog, and they are played over and over again.

** Actually, the de facto Danish term for bad English with included Danish words/grammar/sentence structure has become "The Julekalender English" after the series' first couple of runs.

** The narrator will often ask a few serious questions [[ArsonMurderAndJaywaling followed by a silly one]] like "Is this a {{julekalender}}?", "Can the Nisses sing, or is it playback?", and "Is it advisable to drink Christmas beer this early in a {{julekalender}}?".

* EvilDetectingDog: Averted (at least mostly). The dog may initially look at [[spoiler: Benny]] in a suspecting way, but the two will soon get along and even [[spoiler: end up sharing the bed]].

* FindOutNextTime: Played straight, but also parodied with some questions being ridiculous, for instance "Is this a {{julekalender}}?", "Can the Nisses sing, or is it playback?", and "Is it advisable to drink Christmas beer this early in a {{julekalender}}?".

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Inverted; the Danish actors are on the whole notably better-looking than the Norwegian and Finnish actors. Compare, say, the Danish and Norwegian Hansi -- the Danish Hansi is downright handsome, while his Norwegian counterpart... is less so. ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMsZJMSI6qU&list=UUBHvQ0EWfO_twNSU_Ysypzg He's a great singer, though]].)

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Inverted; the Danish actors are on the whole notably better-looking than the Norwegian and Finnish actors. Compare, say, the Danish and Norwegian Hansi -- the Danish Hansi is downright handsome, while his Norwegian counterpart... isn't.

* AlienBlood: Nisses apparently have green blood, as shown in one episode, when Günther accidentally cuts himself.

* VillainousBreakdown: [[ExaggeratedTrope Exaggerated]] in the final episode, [[spoiler: when Benny notices he took a wrong book and completely loses his temper as a result]].

---> '''Gertrud:''' Oluf! Have you seen Benny?
---> '''Oluf:''' I guess he's somewhere in the middle of all those Christmas decorations!

* LampshadeHanging: In the end of episode 4, the narrator asks if we ever find out who the mysterious stranger in the dark is. [[spoiler: The stranger is revealed in the next episode.]] [[note]]The Julekalender is partly satirical, and one of the traits of satire is subtle aggravation of things. Here, the target of satire is the slow unfolding of plots in traditional {{julekalender}}s, which is made even a little slower especially in the first episodes of The Julekalender. The narrator's question can also be seen as lampshade-hanging to this. [[/note]]

* VillainousBreakdown: In the final episode, [[spoiler: when Benny notices he took a wrong book]].

* EvilDetectingDog: Averted (at least mostly). The dog may initially look at [[spoiler: Benny]] in a suspecting way, but the two will soon get along and even end up sharing the bed.

* ItWasADarkAndStormyNight: All the episodes start with that exact phrase; except for episode 20. In Danish and Norwegian versions, that one starts with [[SubvertedTrope "it was a dark and stormy morning"]] whereas any variation of that line is [[AvertedTrope omitted]] from said episode of the Finnish version.

'''Gertrud:''' ''(cheerfully walks to the kitchen)'' I'll go do that then.

* Foreshadowing: In episode 9, when Benny sees a map Oluf found, he makes a creepy face and some unsettling music is played. [[spoiler: He makes a similar face and the same music is played a few episodes later when his true form is shown.]]

* LampshadeHanging: In the end of episode 4, the narrator asks if we ever find out who the mysterious stranger in the dark is. [[spoiler: The stranger is revealed in the next episode.]] [[note]]The Julekalender is partly satirical, and one of the traits of satire is subtle aggravation of things. Here, the target of satire is the slow unfolding of plots in traditional {{julekalender}}s, which is made even a little slower especially in the first episodes of The Julekalender. The narrator's question can be seen as lampshade-hanging to this. [[/note]]

* Greed: Benny's motive.

* LampshadeHanging: In the end of episode 4, the narrator asks if we ever find out who the mysterious stranger in the dark is. [[spoiler: The stranger is revealed in the next episode.]] [[note]]The Julekalender is partly satirical, and one of the traits of satire is to subtly aggravate things. Here, the target of satire is the slow unfolding of plots in traditional {{julekalender}}s which is made even a little slower especially in the first episodes of The Julekalender. The narrator's question can be seen as a lampshade to this. [[/note]]

* AnimalReactionShot: Sometimes, especially during news, short clips of Oluf and Gertud's dog are shown at appropriate places, so the viewer could see how the dog reacts to things that happen or (more commonly) are said.

* TheNineties: All versions are made in the 1990s and they have [[ShoutOut Shout-Outs]] to things that happened during the decade. In one episode, one of the Nisses say the exact date, including the year (1991, 1994 or 1997 depending on the version).