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| 12 | !! Main characters |
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| 14 | [[folder:Alfred Jodocus Kwak]] |
| 15 | [[quoteright:257:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ajkwak.png]] |
| 16 | [[caption-width-right:257:Adult Alfred wearing a red scarf.]] |
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| 18 | The protagonist of the series, a duck who lost his entire family as a child. |
| 19 | ---- |
| 20 | * AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Adult Alfred is always seen wearing his iconic red scarf and sometimes even a hat, but usually nothing else. |
| 21 | * AllJustADream: Several separate occasions. |
| 22 | ** Most notably the one where Alfred dreams he is [[CowboyEpisode a gunslinger in the Wild West]]. |
| 23 | ** "The White Queen" two-parter is unique in that another character (Dolf) is the one that figures out that they're actually in one of Alfred's dreams. For some reason, Dolf and several others are sharing the dream with Alfred. [[OrWasItADream Then the Queen shows up again after Alfred wakes up...]] |
| 24 | * AndNowYouMustMarryMe: A rare gender-reversal when a Wicked Witch tries to force Alfred to marry her. The witch actually succeeds [[spoiler:, but it thankfully turns out to a nightmare Alfred was having.]] |
| 25 | * AnimalStereotypes: A funny duck. |
| 26 | * AnthropomorphicShift: Before 1985, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMFdVoi7em4&t=157s Alfred used to look like an actual duck and wasn't yellow]]. |
| 27 | * ArtEvolution: Harald Sieperman's [[https://img.discogs.com/09D9ileVJRi0W43y_p7aDOAzn4o=/fit-in/600x605/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-13275318-1551191816-9337.jpeg.jpg original design for Alfred]] resembled Donald Duck. He later gained a new design beginning with the 1989 animated series. |
| 28 | * BabiesEverAfter: 21 years after the show's conclusion, he and Winnie eventually have a duckling of their own. A 2010 CD by Creator/HermanVanVeen called "Papa Kwak" explores Alfred and Winnie's parenthood. |
| 29 | * BadButt: Despite generally being a well-mannered, peace-loving, happy-go-lucky duck, Alfred is not afraid to get physical when the situation calls for it, especially when it comes to standing up to Dolf. |
| 30 | %%* BadassAdorable |
| 31 | %%* BarefootCartoonAnimal |
| 32 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: Alfred is overall a nice person but you better be careful if you hurt his friends of family. |
| 33 | * BlowYouAway: In the original musical, to save himself from execution by hanging. Alfred calls help from the bees to blow the King away from Waterland for good. |
| 34 | * CatchPhrase: "Pico bello!" |
| 35 | * ClearMyName: Alfred is wrongfully accused of crimes numerous times, leading to him getting LockedInTheDungeon, and often resulting in him screaming that he's innocent. |
| 36 | * CrossdressingVoices: He is voiced by a woman in the original Dutch dub, German dub, English dub, and Japanese dub. In some dubs of the series, Alfred is voiced by a man once he becomes an adult. |
| 37 | * DeadGuyJunior: He's named after Henk's grandfather who's probably dead, seeing that his house is unoccupied, he never shows up, and Henk is an adult. |
| 38 | * DreadfulMusician: On a more humorous note, Alfred's piano playing is apparently so catastrophically bad that it causes Henk physical pain to listen to, and at one point he is even blown away by an onslaught of musical notes when he opens the door to Alfred's house. In the Finnish dub, Henk says Alfred's playing [[BrownNote gives him a diarrhea]]. |
| 39 | * DubNameChange: In almost every dub his name remains exactly the same, except the English one where his middle name is changed to Jonathan and in the Hebrew dub where he's named Shealtiel. |
| 40 | * FullNameBasis: Alfred commonly introduces himself, or is introduced, by his full name, Alfred Jodokus Kwak. Notably, he's always called either by his first or full name. Nobody ''ever'' calls him just "Kwak". |
| 41 | * FunnyAnimal: Alfred is given this design starting in [[http://images.genius.com/f6f19e6ca488a440a535ed0f51844f60.600x592x1.jpg 1985]] by [[https://haraldsiepermann.com/his-work/alfred-j-kwak/ Harald Siepermann]]. |
| 42 | * GreenEyedMonster: Whenever he sees another male bird (Michael Duckson, the golf instructor, even the HappilyMarried Ollie) getting close to Winnie. |
| 43 | * HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Occassionally wears a coat (in the North pole and Himalayas), and wears pants and suspenders when he goes to school. |
| 44 | * [[spoiler: HappilyAdopted: By Henk, who was close friends with Alfred's mother and father.]] |
| 45 | [[spoiler: * HeartwarmingOrphan]] |
| 46 | * HeroBall: If there's something - anything - bad going on, expect Alfred to be drawn into it. |
| 47 | * ImagineSpot: Alfred has these a LOT, as his imagination has a tendency to run away with him at times. |
| 48 | * InformedAbility: The Hebrew dub for the series renamed Alfred ‘Shealtiel’, or ‘Shalti’ for short, and as the name is derived from the same root used by the words ‘question’ or ‘asking’, he was said to be very curious in the opening segment. This doesn’t seem to show up much in the series itself. |
| 49 | * InterspeciesAdoption: [[spoiler:Henk, a mole, adopts him after Alfred's parents and siblings get run over]]. |
| 50 | * {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsUD7koW_4g "Zo Vrolijk"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDaRe8u8Doc "Spetter Pieter Patter"]]. |
| 51 | * ALizardNamedLiz: He's a duck with the family name "Kwak". |
| 52 | * LockedInTheDungeon: Happens to Alfred far too many times to count, most commonly after being wrongfully accused of a crime, to the point that you could make a drinking game out of it. It even gets lampshaded in the song "In De Val" ("Trapped") on one of the soundtrack albums, where Herman van Veen wonders "Do barred windows like ducks, perhaps?" |
| 53 | * MagicMusic: [[spoiler: The magical violin owned by the clown on the moon, which, among other things, is able to make things disappear. Alfred uses it to destroy the deadly Mozons virus.]] |
| 54 | * {{Mascot}}: Between the late 80s and early 90s, Alfred was the mascot for the defunct TV station VARA which aired the series in The Netherlands. |
| 55 | ** He was also a "spokeperson" for Unicef at one point. |
| 56 | * MeaningfulName: Invoked; his middle name "Jodokus" apparently means "jokester"; his father gave him the name due to his natural curiosity and tendency to wander off from home. |
| 57 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Alfred and Henk have a moment like this after they [[spoiler: get a sawfish to sabotage K. Rokodil's new advanced fishing boat, which results in a massive explosion that sinks the ship, and the sailors on board to barely escape alive. Worse, Captain Stoppel has a minor HeroicBSoD at the sight of his beautiful new ship sinking, and the situation only gets worse when Rokodil announces that he's going to build an even more advanced ship as a result.]] |
| 58 | * MusicForCourage: In the original theater show, Alfred is occasionally heard singing "Kwek Kwek Kwek, Ik ben wel goed, Maar ik ben niet Gek" to cheer himself up. He's heard [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zm4Ebqspxs singing the song]] brifely in the 21st episode. |
| 59 | * NearDeathExperience: [[spoiler: After Alfred and Henk visit the sawfish to ask for his help, they're caught in a storm and Alfred is thrown overboard. He almost drowns and has a trippy nightmare in which he imagines being alone in the world, before being resuscitated in Captain Stoppel's home.]] |
| 60 | ** He's also seen wearing a brimmed hat in one season 2 episode. |
| 61 | * NotAllowedToGrowUp: Averted. The show follows Alfred from his birth up until he is an adult. |
| 62 | * OhCrap: Alfred get's this reaction after forgetting about seeing a stage play with Winnie that Henk brought up. |
| 63 | * ThePollyanna: Even after [[spoiler: losing his parents and living through a dictatorship]] he keeps a positive attitude. |
| 64 | * RunForTheBorder: He and his friends and family flee to neighboring Broad Reedland when [[spoiler:Great Waterland is turned into a fascist dictatorship by Dolf and his National Crows Party]]. |
| 65 | * ScarfOfAsskicking: While hardly a violent character, the sheer amount of dangerous situations Alfred escapes while wearing his signature red scarf, he certainly qualifies. |
| 66 | * SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism: His wings change into hands when convenient, and he swims like a real duck. |
| 67 | * StewedAlive: Alfred has this happening to him in one episode [[spoiler: when he and the others are captured by some angry natives who decide to cook them into soup]]. Although he survives, it is a pretty disturbing scene, not at all PlayedForLaughs. |
| 68 | * StormingTheCastle: Alfred does this three times, two of them literal. [[spoiler: First he storms Dolf's home with an entire army of living chess pieces in tow to get back the White Queen's crown. The second time he goes to get back the money he loaned to the king after he won't pay him back, where he ends up driving the entire royal family out of the castle with the help of some bees. Lastly, Alfred tries to slip past the guards to get the king to give the Wana family a residence permit and make them legal citizens.]] |
| 69 | * TakenForGranite: The witch threatens to turn Alfred into stone if he doesn't marry her. When he tries to escape during their wedding, she actually does it to his lower half so he can't run away. |
| 70 | * ToothyBird: Even though he obviously doesn't normally have teeth, Alfred occasionally bares them when he's angry. In one episode, he even brushes his teeth after getting out of bed. |
| 71 | * VagueAge: He always looks exactly the same, only changing size. However, he's most likely a young adult, seeing that Dolf and Ollie are about his age and they visibly grow up during the series, having distinct child, teen, and adult designs. |
| 72 | * WeCanRuleTogether: |
| 73 | ** Alfred inverts it when he [[spoiler:barges into Dolf's office during the Crow's Party arc, demanding that Dolf (a CardCarryingVillain) stop his evil plans and immediately step down. Dolf laughs in his face and just summarily imprisons him.]] |
| 74 | ** Dolf offers this to him, first when he [[spoiler:tries to loan money from Alfred for his campaign, and the second time when he has already gotten the funds from elsewhere and had set his plans into motion]]. |
| 75 | * WhatExactlyIsHisJob: Although Alfred starts harvesting duckweed at one point, he always reiterates that the proceeds for it go to charity, and so it's unclear if he does actually have a paying job. The way Alfred is constantly ready to go on long trips at the drop of a hat suggests that he doesn't. Kind of glaring considering that most of his friends are shown to have jobs once they grow up. |
| 76 | ** He does mention making a small company out of the duckweed harvesters he designs. He also never says ''all'' the profits go to charity. |
| 77 | * OddNameOut: In the Finnish dub he's the only character to not have had a DubNameChange. While "Alfred" ''can'' be a name in Finland, it's more unusual than the other character's Finnish names. |
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| 79 | |
| 80 | [[folder:Henk]] |
| 81 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/henkjpg.jpg]] |
| 82 | A mole who's close friends with Alfred's parents. |
| 83 | ---- |
| 84 | * AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: In the original stage show, he was Alfred's closest friend and doesn't return until the finale. In the comics and TV series, he [[spoiler: becomes Alfred's adoptive father after the death of his parents.]] |
| 85 | * AnimalStereotypes: Wears shades because he apparently can't stand daylight that well. |
| 86 | * AnthropomorphicShift: Henk's original design by Annet Kossen was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Flag_fkNaQI more realistic and looked like an actual mole]]. Once Harald Sipermann took over in 1985, Henk was given a more humanoid apperance before getting a third redesign in 1987 gave him sunglassses which became his finalized design. |
| 87 | * AscendedExtra: In the original stage musical, Henk is a minor character who only shows up at the beginning of the first act and doesn't return until the final act, when Alfred becomes king. In the [[https://haraldsiepermann.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Alfred-J.-Kwak-comic-books.jpg comic]] and animated series, Henk is a supporting character [[spoiler: who becomes a new father to Alfred.]] |
| 88 | %%* BarefootCartoonAnimal |
| 89 | * BlackBeadEyes: Occasionally when he removes his sunglasses, he is depicted with beady eyes. Though they often have visible whites too, particularly when he's shocked. |
| 90 | * BrownNote: In the Finnish dub he complains that [[DreadfulMusician Alfred's piano playing]] is so bad it gives him a diarrhea. |
| 91 | * CatchPhrase: "Alle molshopen!" ("Great molehills!"). |
| 92 | * DadTheVeteran: After he fully adopts Alfred after witnessing the death of his parents and siblings. We see an old photograph showing Henk as a soldier guard standing outside his house. While never referenced, it's implied that Henk was a survivor of an unknown world war (possibly based on either UsefulNotes/WorldWarI or UsefulNotes/WorldWarII). |
| 93 | * DangerThinIce: In an early episode taking place in Alfred's youth during winter, it's mentioned that the lake has frozen over, and after Alfred goes missing Henk worries that he fell through the ice and drowned. Alfred actually fell into an empty well with the school bully Dolf and is stuck there, before they're discovered by the hungry cat Krabnagel. [[spoiler: In the climax, Henk saves Alfred by distracting Krabnagel, who then pursues him onto the ice and because of his much larger weight ends up breaking it. However, Krabnagel survives thank to HarmlessFreezing, as |
| 94 | * DubNameChange: He's named Khefi in Hebrew and Mauri Myyrä in Finnish. |
| 95 | %%* FullyDressedCartoonAnimal |
| 96 | * GoodParents: W[[spoiler:ith Alfred after the death of his parents.]] |
| 97 | * InterspeciesAdoption: Henk a mole, adopts [[spoiler:Alfred after his family is killed]]. |
| 98 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Alfred and Henk have a moment like this after [[spoiler: they get a sawfish to sabotage K. Rokodil's new advanced fishing boat, which results in a massive explosion that sinks the ship, and the sailors on board to barely escape alive. Worse, Captain Stoppel has a minor HeroicBSoD at the sight of his beautiful new ship sinking, and the situation only gets worse when Rokodil announces that he's going to build an even more advanced ship as a result.]] |
| 99 | * NoNameGiven: In the original musical, Henk wasn't given a name and was referred as "Mole". He wasn't named "Henk" until 1987 when the comic series was created. |
| 100 | * ParentalSubstitute: Henk functions as this to Alfred [[spoiler: after Alfred’s parents and siblings were killed in a car accident. He was a close friend of Alfred's late father, and resolved to raise the boy in his stead]]. Discussed by Dolf, who thinks Alfred is weird or even inferior for having been raised by someone not his own species. |
| 101 | * RelatedInTheAdaptation: In the animated series, Henk is Alfred's adoptive father. In the original musical, he was Alfred's friend and had a very small role in the first act. |
| 102 | * SunglassesAtNight: Henk always wears sunglasses to protect his eyes from light. |
| 103 | * WhatExactlyIsHisJob: Henk is never explicitly stated to have a job either, but it's reasonable to assume that he makes a living mining coal in the mine next to his house. |
| 104 | ** In the oil rig episode, he goes there as a mining expert, and is also able to estimate how much digging canals in the desert will cost. |
| 105 | * PapaWolf: He fights Krabnagel to [[spoiler:draw him away from Alfred]] |
| 106 | * InexplicablyTailless: Henk is propably an [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_mole european]][[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/03/8e/b7/038eb7cb90d0be2a9f6816acacf82809.jpg mole]]. However european moles are supposed to have noticeable tails, which Henk lacks. |
| 107 | [[/folder]] |
| 108 | |
| 109 | [[folder:Dolf]] |
| 110 | [[quoteright:308:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/972b1043_a844_410b_bfcd_50a96e418026.jpeg]] |
| 111 | [[caption-width-right:308: Adult Dolf sporting a toothbrush mustache.]] |
| 112 | A crow who goes to school with Alfred and is shown becoming one of the series' biggest villains. |
| 113 | ---- |
| 114 | * AdaptationSpeciesChange: The Finnish dub consistently refers to him as a raven instead of a crow. |
| 115 | * AdultsAreMoreAnthropomorphic: PlayedWith; Dolf goes from a FunnyAnimal with almost human-like anatomy but with no clothes (as a child), to a still unclothed and anthropomorphic but decidedly more crow-like appearance with tail and wings -- that are always clearly wings while everybody else's wings turn into hands when convenient -- and ability to fly when many other bird characters can't or won't (as a teen), back to FunnyAnimal / FullyDressedCartoonAnimal (as an adult). |
| 116 | * AlcoholicParent: It's heavily implied that Dolf's father frequently gets drunk on beer following the death of his wife. This, of course, does not contribute at all to his son's self-esteem. |
| 117 | * AllGermansAreNazis: Dolf's parents are rather obviously German expies, and incredibly racist. Subverted with Dolf who has no obvious German traits of his own. |
| 118 | * AnimalSpeciesAccent: In the Finnish dub, Dolf often sounds very birdlike and makes weird noises, and in German dub he uses [[PokemonSpeak "Kra!"]] as an exclamation. |
| 119 | * AnimalStereotypes: An evil crow. |
| 120 | * ArchEnemy: Alfred's nemesis. While he isn't behind ''every'' single plot in the series, he is the villain Alfred faces off against most frequently. Their shared youth also makes their antagonism very personal. |
| 121 | * ArtisticLicenseOrnithology: Dolf is half-crow, half-blackbird, an impossible cross-breed, with a yellow beak that he hides by covering it with shoe polish. He also has a crooked beak that doesn't resemble either a crow's or a blackbird's and looks more like an eagle's. His father, supposedly a full crow, has the same type of beak, so we know where he inherited it from. |
| 122 | * BadGuysPlayPool: He's seen playing pool when he's a thief as a teenager, and latest when he's an adult and [[spoiler: plotting a fascist coup]]. |
| 123 | * BarefootCartoonAnimal: Until in the second season when he begins to wear shoes. |
| 124 | * BoomerangBigot: One of his defining characteristics. He's extremely xenophobic towards half-breeds and cross-species families, as evident in his attitude towards [[spoiler:Alfred being raised by a mole]]. However, he himself is [[spoiler:half-blackbird, and absolutely loathes himself for it]]. |
| 125 | * TheBully: Dolf is this during his childhood. He torments Alfred for having a mole as a father and blackmails Pikkie into stealing things for him. |
| 126 | * CanonForeigner: Dolf is one of the few characters that was created exclusively for the animated series. |
| 127 | * CatchPhrase: |
| 128 | ** Dolf likes to tell people to "kras op!" ("bug off!") |
| 129 | ** He uses "Kra!" in German dub. |
| 130 | * CleverCrows: Dolf is a highly intelligent person who happens to be a crow. |
| 131 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: He lost his mother when he was very young and it is implied that his father was an alcoholic. |
| 132 | * DayOfTheJackboot: During the Crow's Party arc, Dolf uses his [[spoiler: fascist party to take power in Great Waterland, [[RunForTheBorder forcing Alfred and his friends to flee to the neighboring country]]]]. |
| 133 | * DefeatByModesty: Alfred and Dolf get into a fight after school, and in the process Alfred [[spoiler: discovers Dolf's beak is actually covered in shoe polish to hide the fact that it's yellow]]; Dolf is so embarrassed that he runs away crying. |
| 134 | * DemotedToDragon: He's reduced to being K. Rokodil's minion in season 2. |
| 135 | * DerangedAnimation: In the last episode his expressions are drawn all weird. |
| 136 | * DisproportionateRetribution: Dolf reacts to a rat [[spoiler: revealing his yellow beak]], thereby humiliating him in public, by vowing to exterminate every rat and mouse on the planet. |
| 137 | * ADogNamedDog: His Finnish name is Korppi, which means ''raven'', and the rest of the dub [[AdaptationSpeciesChange refers to Dolf as being a raven as opposed to the original dub calling him a crow.]] |
| 138 | * TheDragon: Sometimes acts as this to Rokodil in the second season. |
| 139 | * DubNameChange: He's named Kra in German and Korppi in Finnish. The Finnish name of the National Crow's Party is Kansallinen Korppipuolue (Finnish for National Ravens Party), which carries an implication he named it after himself. For an unknown reason, the Finnish translation of the panini sticker book calls him ''Roope''[[note]] This could be trying to be a reference to the voice actor Pekka Autiovuori's role in [[WesternAnimation/Ducktales another cartoon]], but it's propably just a weird mistake[[/note]]. |
| 140 | * EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: As a child Dolf's body was light gray and his wings were darker shade of gray. As an adult his whole body is even shaded dark gray. |
| 141 | * TheEmperor: Briefly becomes one when he and his party take over Waterland. He even declares himself Emperor Dolf the First. |
| 142 | * EvilCounterpart: To Alfred. They both experience traumas during childhood — Alfred [[spoiler: loses his parents and siblings soon after he hatched]] and ends up twice in a cell on ungrounded charges, while Dolf has serious issues with his origins (see ParentalIssues below). Dolf bullies Alfred for being raised by a mole [[spoiler: while dying his yellow beak black out of fear of being bullied himself]]. At adulthood, both birds prove themselves to be highly capable and charismatic, but unlike Dolf, Alfred doesn't let his past traumas to influence his presence and justify selfish and evil acts. |
| 143 | %%* EvilLaugh: At the end of the first episode of the Reign of Dolf arc. |
| 144 | %%* EvilSoundsDeep: In the English dub. |
| 145 | * FantasticRacism: See above. Also Dolf's parents. ("At some level, you have to pity other birds for being so disgusting.") |
| 146 | * FauxAffablyEvil: He can present himself as very charming when he wants to be, but when things don't go his way he immediately shows his true colors. |
| 147 | * FinalSolution: To complete Dolf's resemblance to UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler, he resolves to kill every mouse (mice have long been used as an analogy for the Jews, see ComicBook/{{Maus}} for instance) on the planet because they (actually a rat, but Dolf seemingly makes no difference between them) angered him. |
| 148 | * FriendlyEnemy: Alfred and Dolf have this dynamic throughout the first season. Even when Dolf vengefully confronts Alfred after he has been defeated, Alfred seems more concerned about his former frenemy's mental well-being than about the things Dolf might do to him. |
| 149 | %%* FunnyAnimal |
| 150 | * HarmlessFreezing: In a later episode, Dolf hides from Alfred in a freezer. As soon as Alfred opens the door, the frozen-solid Dolf comes tumbling out. |
| 151 | * HowTheMightyHaveFallen: He's at his most powerful during the Crow's Party arc at the end of season 1, when he's the fascist dictator of Great Waterland. After his regime is toppled, he's forced to spend most of season 2 as a PsychoForHire working for other villains. |
| 152 | * InexplicablyTailless: He has a tail as a child and a teenager, and still has one as an adult. However it disappears whenever he's wearing pants. |
| 153 | * KarmaHoudini: Dolf is the king of these. Even after [[spoiler: becoming the fascist dictator of all of Great Waterland]], he's not persecuted for his crimes (although he has to flee the country), and even comes back later to legally run for presidency in the elections. |
| 154 | * KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Finally receives his proper comeuppance in the series finale. After failing to win the presidential election, kidnapping Winnie, and trying to escape from the authorities only to get arrested afterwards. |
| 155 | * MeaningfulName: "Dolf" is the Dutch form of "Adolf", popular among Dutch fascists during the country's occupation. Although sometimes it's a short form for "Rudolf". |
| 156 | * MilkingTheGiantCow: [[spoiler: When holding speeches in the Crows' Party episodes, much like Hitler.]] |
| 157 | * NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Come on, guess! Doubles as NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast for obvious reasons. |
| 158 | * NationalAnimalStereotypes: Dolf, the Adolf Hitler expy, is a German bird. While he is referred to as a crow, his crooked beak recalls the German Imperial Eagle. |
| 159 | * ANaziByAnyOtherName: [[spoiler: A half-breed crow named Dolf founds the National Crows Party and takes over Great Waterland in a fascist coup. He also likes to constantly talk about how much superior crows are and decides to exterminate all mice over a personal humiliation (his yellow beak being revealed to his followers by said mouse).]] |
| 160 | * NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: He's very blatantly based on UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler and UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte. |
| 161 | * NonhumanHumanoidHybrid: Dolf's parents are [[spoiler:a crow and a blackbird. Dolf has a yellow beak to show for it.]] |
| 162 | * NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: Dolf [[spoiler: leads a fascist coup of Great Waterland after building up his own political movement and making public speeches denouncing the King's terrible spending and that he doesn't take his job very seriously. While Dolfabsolutely right about those things and his own popularity with the people is what gets him into power, he is actually only interested in seizing the throne for himself. After deposing the King, he immediately names himself Emperor and becomes even more tyrannical than his predecessor.]] |
| 163 | * OnlyOneName: Seems to be the case. Not even the lawyer calls him anything but "Dolf". |
| 164 | * ParentalIssues: A significant reason why Dolf is so messed up: his mother [[spoiler: was a blackbird, which greatly shames him since he wants to be a full-blood crow]]. Worse, she apparently dies while Dolf is still young, resulting in Dolf's father becoming an alcoholic. |
| 165 | * PokemonSpeak: Dolf's name in the German dub is Kra ("Caw"), the sound crows make, and his CatchPhrase when startled or annoyed. |
| 166 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: As said before, he's basically bird version of Hitler. During the Crow's Party arc he rants about racial purity on television. |
| 167 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: Dolf gets these when he is in a particularly nasty mood; most prominently when [[spoiler: he tries to kill Lispel so he can't tell anybody about Dolf breaching the dike.]] |
| 168 | * RevolversAreJustBetter: All the handguns he uses in the series are revolvers. |
| 169 | * SanitySlippage: He really starts losing whatever sanity was ''left'' in him in the final episode when he kidnaps Winnie and sets a plot just get Alfred killed. |
| 170 | * SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp: While originally he is a mischievous child due to his upbringing he quickly ascends through the ranks of villainy, at several different points being a [[spoiler: fascist dictator]], a thief, an arms dealer, and closest the series has to a BigBad. |
| 171 | * SlowlySlippingIntoEvil: During season 1. Dolf starts out as a child who bullies Alfred but has an understandable FreudianExcuse. As a teenager, he becomes a small-time criminal but they remain somewhat FriendlyEnemies. Once he returns as an adult in the Crows' Party arc, however, he has become an evidently genocidal [[ANaziByAnyOtherName fascist]], and stages a coup. After his fall from power, he is forced to live as a gun-for-hire. |
| 172 | * TakeOverTheWorld: Because of an innate fear of being perceived as weak by others, when he's still a child Dolf decides that one day he will simply rule over everyone and everything. Moreover, when he [[spoiler: stages his coup]] he outright declares that he simply wants power for its own sake. A dream he has in the final episode reveals that despite many years having passed he still harbours this desire. |
| 173 | * TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: [[spoiler: Under Dolf's rule, citizens are punished for referring to him as anything but "President Dolf".]] |
| 174 | * TimeStandsStill: In the finale, Dolf dreams about bulldozing a massive, multi-story hourglass, and promptly presents an ultimatum to the world that everything will stop unless he is named the ruler of the world. |
| 175 | * TheUsurper: In the "Crows Party" arc, Dolf [[spoiler:uses his new fascist party to throw King Franz Ferdinand out of his palace and declare himself Emperor Dolf I]]. |
| 176 | * VillainBall: Dolf has one of these implanted in his skull. You may have noticed he is really not a nice person. |
| 177 | * VillainHasAPoint: While Dolf's campaign to take over the leadership of the Great Waterland is done out of his own ambitions rather than real concern for the country, leading Alfred and Henk not to trust him, he's correct to say that King Ferdinand is not taking his political responsibility seriously enough and no one's doing enough to rectify the growing unemployment. Similar to how Adolf Hitler gained power, Dolf wins the people's initial trust by expressing awareness of the country's instability and offering solutions such as higher employment rates. [[spoiler: After Dolf has driven King Ferdinand away, the king acknowledges that his irresponsibility contributed to Dolf's uprising.]] Also, Dolf's claim of the monarchy being outdated gains weight during the second season [[spoiler: when King Ferdinand decides to change the Great Waterland from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy with a democratically elected president (which is ironically something Dolf predicted would happen long before his coup d'état).]] |
| 178 | * VillainousBreakdown: On several occasions when his plans are foiled. Especially prominent is when he loses [[spoiler:the presidential elections to Ollie, and walks off into the sunset with crazy eyes while muttering to himself how he's the only one fit to rule, and later when he gets arrested after stealing Professor Paljas' formula for a clean automobile fuel]]. |
| 179 | * VillainWithGoodPublicity: Dolf, both times that he tries to become president of Great Waterland. The second time is especially egregious considering [[spoiler: he staged a fascist coup the first time.]] |
| 180 | * WarForFunAndProfit: Dolf's last villanous occupation is a combination of arms dealer and warmonger. |
| 181 | * WeCanRuleTogether: Dolf twice offers this to Alfred, first when he's looking for money to fund a political party, second when [[spoiler: he's found the money elsewhere and is already in the process of seizing power in the entire country.]] |
| 182 | * WeWillMeetAgain: After Alfred [[spoiler: destroys Dolf's fascisct coup, Dolf and his associates are forced to flee]]. Just before he does that, he shows up at Alfred's door, and warns him that he may have won this time, but that one day he'll come back and be powerful again. |
| 183 | * WholeCostumeReference: His Napoleon attire from the Reign Of Dolf arc. |
| 184 | * WoundThatWillNotHeal: Dolf makes repeated mentions of how breaking his wing when falling down the well messed it up for life, and how it still aches periodically. |
| 185 | * YouAreWhatYouHate: [[spoiler: Dolf's not a full-blooded crow; His mother was a blackbird, though he darkens his yellow beak with shoe polish to hide it.]] |
| 186 | * YourSizeMayVary: As a grown-up, Dolf is generally drawn to be taller than Alfred, but sometimes he's depicted as downright minuscule to make him seem like TheNapoleon [[spoiler: especially when he's on his fascist dictator power trip]]. |
| 187 | [[/folder]] |
| 188 | |
| 189 | !! Alfred's family |
| 190 | |
| 191 | [[folder:Johan Sebastian Kwak]] |
| 192 | Alfred's father. Lived in a shoe where he later built a nest for his and Anna's eggs. |
| 193 | ---- |
| 194 | * AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Wears a hat and a scarf. |
| 195 | %%* Adorkable |
| 196 | * KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:He dies in the beginning of episode 2.]] |
| 197 | * PapaWolf: He goes through hell to get back an egg stolen from his nest by a hungry eagle. |
| 198 | * ToothyBird: He brushes a mouthful of teeth before going to court Anna. |
| 199 | [[/folder]] |
| 200 | |
| 201 | [[folder:Anna Kwak]] |
| 202 | Alfred's mother. Her maiden name is Anna van de Polder. |
| 203 | ---- |
| 204 | * AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Naked save for a traditional Dutch hat. |
| 205 | * KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:She dies at the beginning of episode 2.]] |
| 206 | * TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Has eyelashes. |
| 207 | [[/folder]] |
| 208 | |
| 209 | [[folder:Alfred's siblings]] |
| 210 | Alfred's six nameless siblings; four males and two females. |
| 211 | ---- |
| 212 | * DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Their deaths in the beginning of episode 2 come out of the blue.]] |
| 213 | * FlatCharacter: They exhibit no personalities and have no spoken lines. |
| 214 | * NoNameGiven: Unlike Alfred, six of their siblings are never given names. |
| 215 | * TertiarySexualCharacteristics: One of the female ducklings had a bow and the other had a ponytail. |
| 216 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:They die in their second episode along with Anna and Johan.]] |
| 217 | [[/folder]] |
| 218 | |
| 219 | !! Supporting characters |
| 220 | |
| 221 | [[folder:Ollie]] |
| 222 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ollie_93.png]] |
| 223 | [[caption-width-right:350:Adult Ollie wearing a suit.]] |
| 224 | One of Alfred's childhood friends, and escapes Dolf's regime with him after they're arrested. |
| 225 | ---- |
| 226 | * AdaptationalSpeciesChange: The Finnish translation of the Panini sticker book insists that he's a crane. |
| 227 | * CrossdressingVoices: Like Alfred, he's voiced by a woman. This makes sense in-universe, as the series' world is set somewhere between the middle ages and the nineties and Ollie thus might not have access to testosterone shots. |
| 228 | * DubNameChange: He's named Olli in Finnish and Lolly in Hebrew. |
| 229 | %%* FunnyAnimal |
| 230 | %%* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal |
| 231 | * HappilyMarried: He gets a wife and kids in season 2. |
| 232 | %%* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: [[spoiler:A clear example of the President Personable kind.]]%%ZCE -- how? |
| 233 | * ShesAManInJapan: In the original Dutch version, female pronouns are used at first used for Ollie before everybody starts using male pronouns mid-series. Most dubs stick with one set of pronouns, however. |
| 234 | [[/folder]] |
| 235 | |
| 236 | [[folder:Pikkie]] |
| 237 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pikkie.png]] |
| 238 | [[caption-width-right:350:Pikkie as a child.]] |
| 239 | * AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Pikkie doesn't wear anything as a child, but he becomes this as an adult. |
| 240 | * AnimalStereotypes: A thieving magpie. Unlike the other AnimalStereotypes in the show, the other characters frequently mention this during his childhood. |
| 241 | * {{Blackmail}}: [[spoiler: In the childhood episodes, Dolf blackmails him into breaking in a pharmacy to steal [[DrugsAreBad pills]] for Hannes so he will win a triathlon, by threatening to tell king Radbout Pikkie is still occasionally stealing stuff despite having gotten a royal warning in episode 3.]] |
| 242 | * CrossdressingVoices: Has a female voice actor in the Finnish dub's season 1. In season 2, she's replaced by Pekka Autiovuori ([[ManOfAThousandVoices who's already voicing several other characters, like Kwa Wana, Dolf, and Krabnagel]]). |
| 243 | * DubNameChange: He's named Hannu in Finnish, Grabby in English and Spanish, Ruby in Hebrew and Stibitzi in German. |
| 244 | * FantasticRacism: Whenever Pikkie steals something, it's shrugged off as inevitble because he's a magpie. |
| 245 | %%* FunnyAnimal |
| 246 | * {{Leitmotif}}: Has his own [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q15SlWEaSMA character theme in the show]]. |
| 247 | * MeaningfulName: Has a habit of stealing things, due to being a magpie. |
| 248 | * MindControlEyes: Gets them whenever he sees something shiny. The first time it happens is even accompanied by a DisneyAcidSequence in which the shiny object calls out to him, begging him to steal it. |
| 249 | * MrViceGuy: Pikkie is a friendly and affable person... it's just that he gets these bursts of uncontrolled thieving. |
| 250 | %%* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Pikkie, translated as "Grabbie". |
| 251 | %%* RedEyesTakeWarning: With MindControlEyes. |
| 252 | * ShesAManInJapan: Female in the German dub. |
| 253 | %%* StickyFingers |
| 254 | * ThievingMagpie: He is actually compelled to steal anything shiny that he lays his eyes on, gaining Mind-Control Eyes in the process. In the first episodes he appears, he steals a key [[spoiler: and then the king's ruby, accidentally framing Alfred and almost getting him a death sentence when he ends up looking responsible. When the truth is revealed, the king pardons Pikkie [[FantasticRacism since as a magpie he apparently can't help himself]]]]. It seems to be something Pikkie can't control, but also seems to fade away with age, as he's shown to be able to handle diamonds without any compulsions as an adult. |
| 255 | [[/folder]] |
| 256 | |
| 257 | [[folder: Snel]] |
| 258 | Alfred's classmate. |
| 259 | ---- |
| 260 | * BackForTheFinale: In the final episode [[spoiler: after Alfred has has rescued Winnie who had been kidnapped by Dolf and they return to Alfred's house in the middle of the night]],[[spoiler: Alfred's friends and allies across the series, Snel amongst them, are waiting and throw a surprise birthday party for him.]] |
| 261 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: What happened to him after episode 10? The only sign of him between that and the finale is a cameo in professor Ramses' university class. |
| 262 | [[/folder]] |
| 263 | |
| 264 | [[folder:Winnie Wana]] |
| 265 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/winnie_4.png]] |
| 266 | [[caption-width-right:350:Winnie Wana in her first appearance.]] |
| 267 | |
| 268 | The oldest child of the Wana family and Alfred's love interest. She first meets Alfred while the Wanas are hiding on a train to Great Waterland to escape Atrique's police. |
| 269 | ---- |
| 270 | * CanonForeigner: Prior to the 1989 series, Winnie was originally a comic only character that debuted in 1987. |
| 271 | * DamselOutOfDistress: [[spoiler:When Dolf kidnaps Winnie]], she manages to wiggle out of her bindings and pick up a chair to bash his head in -- except that [[spoiler:Alfred gets there first]]. |
| 272 | * DubNameChange: She's named Iiris Wana in the Finnish dub. The Finnish translation of the Panini sticker book calls her "Vinni" instead. |
| 273 | %%* FurryFemaleMane |
| 274 | * NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: She's named after Nelson Mandela's wife. |
| 275 | %%* PinkMeansFeminine |
| 276 | * SmurfettePrinciple: She's the only recurring and important female character in the entire series. |
| 277 | * TertiarySexualCharacteristics: She has hair, eyelashes, bow, and jewelry. |
| 278 | [[/folder]] |
| 279 | |
| 280 | [[folder:Tom Wana]] |
| 281 | [[quoteright:139:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tom_3.PNG]] |
| 282 | |
| 283 | Winnie's little brother. |
| 284 | ---- |
| 285 | * AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: He wears shoes and a hat. |
| 286 | * BackForTheFinale: Appears at the end of the last episode but has no speaking role. |
| 287 | * DubNameChange: The Finnish translation of the Panini sticker book spells his name as "Toom". |
| 288 | %%* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal |
| 289 | * HumanlikeAnimalAging: Tom's clearly a child and in episode 33 says he's almost thirteen years old (though the statement ''is'' made in Alfred's dream, and Alfred himself seemed to age differently despite being same species[[note]] Alfred could speak at two days old, and in episodes 2-3 was clearly more developed than a 1-year old human[[/note]]). |
| 290 | * ValuesDissonance: In episode 30, he thinks he has to "keep an eye on" Winnie when he figures that her feelings for Alfred are serious. |
| 291 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Disappears after episode 30. |
| 292 | [[/folder]] |
| 293 | |
| 294 | [[folder:Kwa Wana]] |
| 295 | [[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kwa.PNG]] |
| 296 | |
| 297 | The leader of the black ducks' resistance in Atrique, which is heavily based on Apartheid-era South Africa. He escaped to Great Waterlands with his wife and children. He's based on Nelson Mandela. |
| 298 | ---- |
| 299 | * FurryBaldness: He's partly bald. |
| 300 | * LaResistance: He's the leader of a movement that resists the white geese government that has taken over Atrique and made the natives second-class citizens. |
| 301 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He's based on Nelson Mandela. |
| 302 | * BackForTheFinale: He appears at the end of the last episode but has no speaking role. |
| 303 | * HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: While fully clothed, he's never seen wearing any shoes. |
| 304 | [[/folder]] |
| 305 | |
| 306 | [[folder:Blanche Wana]] |
| 307 | [[quoteright:132:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/blanche.PNG]] |
| 308 | |
| 309 | Kwa Wana's wife. |
| 310 | ---- |
| 311 | * IronicName: Blanche means white in French. |
| 312 | * TertiarySexualCharacteristics: She has eyelashes. |
| 313 | * BackForTheFinale: She appears at the end of the last episode but has no speaking role. |
| 314 | * BarefootCartoonAnimal: She has a shirt and a skirt, but no shoes. |
| 315 | * FurryFemaleMane: Like her daughter, she has hair. |
| 316 | * NoNameGiven: In the Finnish dub, she's only ever referred to as "mother". |
| 317 | * DubNameChange: In the Finnish translation of the illustrated booklets that narrate the events of episodes, she's called Praa. She's also called that in the Finnish translation of the Panini sticker book. |
| 318 | [[/folder]] |
| 319 | |
| 320 | [[folder:Von Paljas]] |
| 321 | A polar bear inventor Alfred meets and befriends after traveling to the north pole in order to stop whalers. |
| 322 | ---- |
| 323 | * AscendedExtra: He only appears in one episode in season 1, but in season 2 he becomes Alfred's BestFriend or sidekick depending on how you look at it as they travel across the globe and partake in many adventures together. |
| 324 | * BearyFriendly: He's a polar bear who tries to save whales and befriends Alfred. |
| 325 | * BilingualBonus: "Scheisse" is German for "shit". |
| 326 | * DubNameChange: He's named Von Pallas in Finnish. |
| 327 | * GadgeteerGenius: He's capable of crafting random SchitzoTech. |
| 328 | * GratuitousGerman: Notably, "Ja!" and "Scheisse!" |
| 329 | * HerrDoktor: He's German in at least the original Dutch dub. |
| 330 | * NeverSayDie: While the series usually averts this hard, Von Paljas, for whatever reason, says his spaceship crashing into the Himalayas would "destroy" him and Alfred. |
| 331 | * OmniDisciplinaryScientist: Professor Paljas, adult Alfred's friend and ally, who is apparently an expert in mechanical engineering, rocket science, Egyptology, and linguistics, among other things. Downplayed because he does mention that global warming is not his field. |
| 332 | * PoirotSpeak: Professor Paljas has a habit of mixing random German words into his sentences, to the point where some of what he says becomes absolutely incomprehensible. |
| 333 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He's a professor, but his field is never specified. |
| 334 | [[/folder]] |
| 335 | |
| 336 | [[folder: Inspector Sherlock]] |
| 337 | A basset hound police inspector. |
| 338 | ---- |
| 339 | %%* BarefootCartoonAnimal: |
| 340 | * DogStereotype: He's a basset hound and a cop. |
| 341 | * DubNameChange: Inspector Holmes in German. |
| 342 | %%* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal |
| 343 | * SympatheticInspectorAntagonist: He arrests the Wanas because they're breaking the law, but openly encourages Alfred's efforts to free them. |
| 344 | [[/folder]] |
| 345 | |
| 346 | [[folder:Captain Stoppel]] |
| 347 | A walrus captain. |
| 348 | ---- |
| 349 | * FullyDressedCartoonAnimal: He wears a shirt, a coat, a hat, a scarf, shoes, and pants. |
| 350 | * HappilyMarried: He's going steady with his wife Lisa. |
| 351 | %%* ReasonableAuthorityFigure |
| 352 | * LastNameBasis: His first name is never heard. |
| 353 | * DubNameChange: "Tunkki" in the Finnish dub. |
| 354 | [[/folder]] |
| 355 | |
| 356 | [[folder: Lisa Stoppel]] |
| 357 | Captain stoppel's wife. |
| 358 | ---- |
| 359 | * DubNameChange: Liisa Tunkki in the Finnish dub. |
| 360 | %%* HappilyMarried: With stoppel. |
| 361 | [[/folder]] |
| 362 | |
| 363 | [[folder: Pel the pelican]] |
| 364 | A pelican who appears as a bus driver, king Radbout's driver, Stoppel's friend who keeps a lighthouse, and later as king Franz's driver. |
| 365 | ---- |
| 366 | %%* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal |
| 367 | %%* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal |
| 368 | * NewJobAsThePlotDemands: Pel appears as a bus driver, king Radbout's driver, a lighthouse keeper, and then king Franz's driver. |
| 369 | * RecurringExtra: Shows up in the background after the fishing arc, for example as Franz Ferdinand's driver when he gis exiled and when he returns to Waterland at the end of episode 25. |
| 370 | [[/folder]] |
| 371 | |
| 372 | [[folder:Professor Ramses]] |
| 373 | A cat professor from the university and Von Paljas' old friend. |
| 374 | ---- |
| 375 | %%* FullyDressedCartoonAnimal |
| 376 | * ModestRoyalty: [[spoiler:He's a part of a royal family, but lives as an ordinary university teacher in Great Waterland.]] |
| 377 | * UncannyFamilyResemblance: He looks like he could be the identical twin brother of his cousin, [[spoiler: who works as a seer in The Land Of Pyramids and apparently belongs to an ancient Egyptian royal family.]] |
| 378 | * VagueAge: He looks [[UncannyFamilyResemblance excatly]] like his cousin, who's the grandfather of an adult woman. |
| 379 | [[/folder]] |
| 380 | |
| 381 | [[folder: Alfred's teacher]] |
| 382 | A dog named Bas who's Alfred's teacher. |
| 383 | ---- |
| 384 | * FantasticRacism: Vaguely prejudiced against the idea that a duck and a mole are a family. |
| 385 | [[/folder]] |
| 386 | |
| 387 | [[folder: The White Queen]] |
| 388 | An apparently magical chess piece that can turn into a living... thing that's shaped like a human from the waist up and has no lower body. |
| 389 | ---- |
| 390 | [[/folder]] |
| 391 | |
| 392 | [[folder: Malahydama (of Mala Hidama)]] |
| 393 | A yeti living in the Himalayas, whom Alfred and Von Paljas meet when they fly there. |
| 394 | ---- |
| 395 | [[/folder]] |
| 396 | |
| 397 | [[folder: Professor Tsjang]] |
| 398 | A koala maritime biologist who has won a Nobel prize. |
| 399 | ---- |
| 400 | [[/folder]] |
| 401 | |
| 402 | [[folder: Prince Shallaman]] |
| 403 | The prince of Salem. |
| 404 | ---- |
| 405 | %%* StarCrossedLovers: With Budor. |
| 406 | [[/folder]] |
| 407 | |
| 408 | [[folder: Princess Budor]] |
| 409 | The princess of Yil. |
| 410 | ---- |
| 411 | * AssassinOutclassin: [[spoiler:She disarms Shallaman's would-be assassin with one strike.]] |
| 412 | %%* PinkMeansFeminine |
| 413 | %%* StarCrossedLovers: With Shallaman. |
| 414 | * StopOrIShootMyself: [[spoiler:She threatens to commit suicide if her father has Shallaman killed.]] |
| 415 | * DubNameChange: Mirha in the Finnish dub. |
| 416 | [[/folder]] |
| 417 | |
| 418 | [[folder: The king of Salem]] |
| 419 | Shallaman's father. |
| 420 | ---- |
| 421 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: More reasonable than the king of Yil, at least. |
| 422 | [[/folder]] |
| 423 | |
| 424 | [[folder: Parmezanidas]] |
| 425 | An ancient hermit crab who gives Alfred and henk advice in their fight against K. Rokodil's fishing business. |
| 426 | ---- |
| 427 | * DubNameChange: Parmezan in the Finnish dub. |
| 428 | [[/folder]] |
| 429 | |
| 430 | [[folder: Wiedewiegewage]] |
| 431 | A sawfish Parmezanidas knows. Apparently he's in the shady business. |
| 432 | ---- |
| 433 | * DubNameChange: Kerkko in the Finnish dub. His companion's name is translated as Jarkko. |
| 434 | * GoneHorriblyRight: Alfred and Henk ask him to quietly sink K. Rokodil's ship by sawing a hole in the bottom. Wiedewiegewage agrees, but decides to instead saw underneath the engine room so that cold water would flood into the steam engine and cause a massive explosion that instantly destroys the ship. The only sailor on board can barely get out, and Captain Stoppel is horrified when he learns what happened. |
| 435 | [[/folder]] |
| 436 | |
| 437 | [[folder: Cleo Kat-Kammon]] |
| 438 | The ruler of a tribe of cats in Pyramidland. |
| 439 | ---- |
| 440 | * DubNameChange: Cleo/Kleo Kattimon in the Finnish dub. |
| 441 | * KingIncognito: She's actually a pharaoh, but keeps TheMasquerade going by posing as a civilian. |
| 442 | [[/folder]] |
| 443 | |
| 444 | [[folder: Professor Kells]] |
| 445 | A professor of law who travels to Salem with Stoppel and Alfred. He's a tiny owl. |
| 446 | ---- |
| 447 | * DubNameChange: ''Doctor'' Nalli in the Finnish dub. |
| 448 | [[/folder]] |
| 449 | |
| 450 | [[folder: Ollie's kids]] |
| 451 | Ollie's five children. |
| 452 | ---- |
| 453 | %%* DubNameChange |
| 454 | [[/folder]] |
| 455 | |
| 456 | [[folder: Ollie's wife]] |
| 457 | Ollie's wife, another stork. |
| 458 | ---- |
| 459 | * AdaptationalSexuality: In the Hebrew dub where Ollie is female, his wife is still there, making them a lesbian couple. |
| 460 | * NoNameGiven: She's never named. |
| 461 | * SatelliteCharacter: She doesn't have characterization. |
| 462 | [[/folder]] |
| 463 | |
| 464 | [[folder: Doctor Livingston]] |
| 465 | A friend of Von Paljas' who explores the Arlon continent, and believes he has found the origin point of rainbows. |
| 466 | ---- |
| 467 | * DubNameChange: In the English dub his name sounds like Lovingstone. |
| 468 | %%* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous |
| 469 | [[/folder]] |
| 470 | |
| 471 | [[folder: Janola]] |
| 472 | An Arlonian native from the tribe Livingston had been living with. He acts as the expedition party's guide. |
| 473 | ---- |
| 474 | * GenderFlip: Female in the Finnish dub. |
| 475 | [[/folder]] |
| 476 | |
| 477 | [[folder: The Dragon]] |
| 478 | The dragon in the Sinatran volcano. Revealed to be from outer space. |
| 479 | ---- |
| 480 | * NoNameGiven: He never tells Alfred or Von Paljas his name. |
| 481 | [[/folder]] |
| 482 | |
| 483 | [[folder: Alem Palem]] |
| 484 | The sinatran governor who helps Alfred, Von Paljas, and Stoppel to get to the volcano. |
| 485 | ---- |
| 486 | [[/folder]] |
| 487 | |
| 488 | [[folder: Kasim]] |
| 489 | One of Palem's men. |
| 490 | ---- |
| 491 | [[/folder]] |
| 492 | |
| 493 | [[folder: Queen Nora]] |
| 494 | A queen from the Arlon continent and the guardian of the pot of gold, a position she inherited from her mother. Her dialogue indicates she has some kind of psyching abilities. |
| 495 | ---- |
| 496 | * DubNameChange: Noora in the Finnish dub. |
| 497 | [[/folder]] |
| 498 | |
| 499 | [[folder: King Alexander]] |
| 500 | The king of Pyramidland. |
| 501 | ---- |
| 502 | * DubNameChange: Aleksanteri in the Finnish dub. |
| 503 | [[/folder]] |
| 504 | |
| 505 | [[folder: The king of Reedland]] |
| 506 | The king of Reedland and Radbout's cousin. |
| 507 | ---- |
| 508 | [[/folder]] |
| 509 | |
| 510 | [[folder: General Brüll]] |
| 511 | A general in Reedland's army. |
| 512 | ---- |
| 513 | * AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Wears a hat, boots, and a medal that's apparently pinned into his skin. |
| 514 | * DubNameChange: Named Kurnu ("croak") in the Finnish dub. |
| 515 | [[/folder]] |
| 516 | |
| 517 | [[folder: Sergo]] |
| 518 | The brown rat who appears in Alfred's dream about Dryland. He shows alfred around and explains the country's situation and why it isn't getting better despite the foreign aid. |
| 519 | ---- |
| 520 | * DubNameChange: Severi in the Finnish dub. |
| 521 | [[/folder]] |
| 522 | |
| 523 | [[folder: Leifeet the singer]] |
| 524 | A swan singer whom Alfred and Henk see on television. He later appears in Alfred's dream. |
| 525 | ---- |
| 526 | * DubNameChange: Leevi Laulaja in the Finnish dub. It's unclear if it's supposed to be interpreted as "Leevi the singer" like first name and profession, or "Leevi Singer" like a full name. |
| 527 | * TakeThat: To celebrities who only do charity as a publicity stunt. |
| 528 | [[/folder]] |
| 529 | |
| 530 | [[folder: Vlier the apotechary]] |
| 531 | The owner of a Polderstadt apotechary. [[spoiler: Dolf makes Pikkie steal elephant pills from him.]] |
| 532 | ---- |
| 533 | * DubNameChange: Valto in the Finnish dub. |
| 534 | [[/folder]] |
| 535 | |
| 536 | [[folder: Stampf the elephant]] |
| 537 | An ill elephant who visits Vlier's apotechary. His very strong, elephant-only medication is making him recover so fast even his doctor is amazed. |
| 538 | ---- |
| 539 | * DubNameChange: Pontso in the Finnish dub. |
| 540 | [[/folder]] |
| 541 | |
| 542 | [[folder: Sheikh Alham]] |
| 543 | The ruler of an unnamed middle eastern country. His ancestor accidentally freed The Evil Genie of Darkness 200 years ago but trapped him again. His family has kept the bottle in their possession anfåd guarded it since, until it's stolen from the palace in a break-in. |
| 544 | ---- |
| 545 | [[/folder]] |
| 546 | |
| 547 | [[folder: Alishar]] |
| 548 | Sheikh Alham's fifteen year old son. |
| 549 | ---- |
| 550 | [[/folder]] |
| 551 | |
| 552 | [[folder: The tigers]] |
| 553 | The two tigers that Alham sends to recover the bottle at any cost. |
| 554 | ---- |
| 555 | [[/folder]] |
| 556 | |
| 557 | [[folder: The newscaster]] |
| 558 | A sunglasses-wearing orangutan newscaster who's literally everywhere? |
| 559 | ---- |
| 560 | * WhatExactlyIsHisJob: Obviously he's a newscaster, but he also goes literally anywhere to report and also does weather forecasting. |
| 561 | [[/folder]] |
| 562 | |
| 563 | [[folder: Valentino]] |
| 564 | A circus ringmaster. |
| 565 | ---- |
| 566 | * TrrrillingRrrs: He speaks like this even outside the ring. |
| 567 | [[/folder]] |
| 568 | |
| 569 | [[folder: Jersomina]] |
| 570 | A trapeze artist in Valentino's circus whom Alfred develops a crush on. |
| 571 | ---- |
| 572 | * AmbiguousSpecies: Is she a really pale duck, or a swan, or something else? What's with the red ring around her neck? |
| 573 | [[/folder]] |
| 574 | |
| 575 | [[folder: Horst]] |
| 576 | The human tamer in valentino's circus. |
| 577 | ---- |
| 578 | * UnknownRival: Alfred becomes jealous when he realizes Horst is either in a relationship with or just making moves on Jersomina. Horst never finds out about it. |
| 579 | [[/folder]] |
| 580 | |
| 581 | [[folder: Colombo]] |
| 582 | The clown in valentino's circus. |
| 583 | ---- |
| 584 | * SoapOperaDisease: He's suffering from an unelaborated illness, which is apparently serious. |
| 585 | * AmbiguousSpecies: It isn't entirely clear what he is supposed to be. |
| 586 | [[/folder]] |
| 587 | |
| 588 | [[folder: Leo the human]] |
| 589 | The nonsapient circus human who is used the same way old-timey circuses used lions. He also acts like a normal animal, not possessing ability to speak or the human-level sapience all the actual animals in the series do. |
| 590 | ----- |
| 591 | * LittleBitBeastly: He has a weird troll tail with a tuft at the end. |
| 592 | * {{Acrofatic}}: His tricks are pretty impressive for hus size and body type. |
| 593 | [[/folder]] |
| 594 | |
| 595 | [[folder: Biljel]] |
| 596 | Von Paljas' seer friend who's the mayor in the Land of Two's poverty-stricken south. |
| 597 | ---- |
| 598 | * EarlyBirdCameo: He randomly shows up in episode 43 consulting Dolf from a crystal ball. His first proper appearance happens in episode 45. |
| 599 | * DubNameChange: Pippo in the Finnish dub. |
| 600 | [[/folder]] |
| 601 | |
| 602 | [[folder: Jordan]] |
| 603 | Waterland's ambassador to the Land of Two. |
| 604 | ---- |
| 605 | [[/folder]] |
| 606 | |
| 607 | [[folder: Pierrot]] |
| 608 | A clown who owns a magic violin and lives in the moon, and apparently has psychic powers because he's able to contact Von paljas' seer friend in his dreams. |
| 609 | ---- |
| 610 | %%* MagicMusic: His violin. |
| 611 | [[/folder]] |
| 612 | |
| 613 | [[folder: Dr. Parses]] |
| 614 | |
| 615 | A toucan doctor working in a hospital in Land of Two's south capital. |
| 616 | ---- |
| 617 | %%* Satellitecharacter |
| 618 | [[/folder]] |
| 619 | |
| 620 | [[folder: Salibad]] |
| 621 | A bear working in dr. Parses' hospital. |
| 622 | ---- |
| 623 | %%* SatelliteCharacter |
| 624 | [[/folder]] |
| 625 | |
| 626 | !! The king & his court |
| 627 | |
| 628 | [[folder: As a whole]] |
| 629 | The King's council that consists of, among others, colonel Rangpang, Sir Poen, the Archbishop, and the Secretary of the Treasury. |
| 630 | --- |
| 631 | * DecadentCourt: They are happy to jail an innocent man and steal in order to maintain their lavish lifestyle during the country's economic hardships. Well, everybody but Franz Ferdinand himself. He hesitates, but is quickly convinced to do what the council wants. |
| 632 | %%* {{Greed}} |
| 633 | * HeelRealization: [[spoiler: Dolf's coup give many of them a reality check, in particular the King. Colonel Rangpang and Poen van Kalekoen take the time to apologize to Alfred for their theft before they escape Dolf.]] |
| 634 | * RoyallyScrewedUp: Radbout is actually violently insane, though his son Franz is just very lazy and stupid. |
| 635 | * VillainousGlutton: They immediately spend [[spoiler: Alfred's]] money on banquets. |
| 636 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We don't know what happens to them after [[spoiler: Franz Ferdinand abdicates]]. |
| 637 | [[/folder]] |
| 638 | |
| 639 | [[folder:King Franz Ferdinand]] |
| 640 | The King of Waterland and the son of King Radbout. Franz seems to be a little divorced from reality and used to living in luxury, but is a mostly good person. He never wanted to be a king. |
| 641 | ----- |
| 642 | * AbdicateTheThrone: In season 2, [[spoiler:he decides to step down and let his people elect a president]]. |
| 643 | * AccidentalMisnaming: Episode 6 of the Finnish dub calls him prince Rohkea and his ''father'' Leijonamieli III. In all later episodes Franz is consistently called Leijonamieli III and his father is not named. |
| 644 | * AdaptationalNiceGuy: In the animated series, King Franz Ferdinand is a lot more sympathetic and likeable compared to his role in the original musical [[BigBad where he was the main antagonist.]] |
| 645 | * BigBad: Only in the stage musical and the 1987 comic adaptation, where he's a PsychopathicManchild who steals Alfred's money [[spoiler:and is ultimately killed]]. |
| 646 | * ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: His father, Radbout, is never seen again after Franz Ferdinand ascends to the throne. Since his son is the new King after the TimeSkip he probably died in the interim, but it's never mentioned. |
| 647 | * DubNameChange: He's named Leijonamieli III in Finnish. |
| 648 | %%* FullyDressedCartoonAnimal |
| 649 | * KingOfBeasts: A lion and the king of a country of anthropomorphic animals. |
| 650 | * {{Manchild}}: In the original musical, the King acted very childish. He starts giggling after he addresses the audience by making them cheer by raising his hands. |
| 651 | * MissingMom: No reference is ever made to a queen of Waterland. |
| 652 | %%* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Eventually. |
| 653 | * ReluctantRuler: He never wanted to be a king. |
| 654 | * RichInDollarsPoorInSense: Because of his priviledged upbringing, Franz has little understanding of the things commoners go through. |
| 655 | * RightfulKingReturns At the end of the Crow's Party arc, when [[spoiler:Dolf is dethroned and escapes. Interestingly, Franz doesn't seem to return the money Dolf had taken from the commoners by force.]] |
| 656 | * ShelteredAristocrat: Doesn't seem to understand lots of things. [[spoiler:Dolf's take-over of his kingdom]] is a great learning experience for him. |
| 657 | * ShoutOut: |
| 658 | ** His original name refers to archduke Franz Ferdinand von Habsburg. |
| 659 | ** "Kuningas Leijonamieli" is commonly used as a stock name for fictional kings in Finland, referring to King Richard the Lionheart. |
| 660 | * UnwittingPawn: His negligence leads to [[spoiler: Dolf being able to take over all of Great Waterland and usurp him without any resistance. However, this does lead the king to realize what a fool he's been all along.]] |
| 661 | * UpperClassTwit: King Franz Ferdinand is at first a totally oblivious ruler who neglects his subjects, though when we first see him as a young man it's clear that he didn't particularly want to be king anyway. He spends most of his time in his lemonade baths and swindles Alfred out of a significant sum of money. When [[spoiler: Dolf takes over in a fascist coup Franz Ferdinand demonstrates such a level of ignorance that Dolf and his cronies openly laugh at him before exiling the King. Subverted when this leads Franz Ferdinand to reconsider his own actions and he becomes a better ruler after he returns to Great Waterland.]] |
| 662 | * WhatsUpKingDude: In season 2, Franz Ferdinand lets Alfred come and go as he pleases, even if the guards don't like it. |
| 663 | * TheWrongfulHeirToTheThrone: He's ignorant and bad at his job. He sees the errors of his ways after Dolf's coup and genuinely starts to care for his subjects. He eventually decides to institute a democracy in place of the monarchy. |
| 664 | * YouDontLookLikeYou: In his first appearance in episode 6, he has different features and even a different fur colors than in his later appearances as a king. |
| 665 | [[/folder]] |
| 666 | |
| 667 | [[folder:King Radbout]] |
| 668 | Franz Ferdinand's father and the previous king. |
| 669 | ---- |
| 670 | * TheCaligula: Aside from the gun incidents mentioned below, Radbout also wants to execute an one-year old child for [[spoiler: stealing his ruby,]] and has to be convinced to do as much as arrange a trial. |
| 671 | * ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Radbout is never seen again after Franz Ferdinand ascends to the throne. Since his son is the new King after the TimeSkip he probably died in the interim, but it's never mentioned. In episode 12, Dolf tells Hannes and Wannes that Radbout is going to die soon, though he's not shown. This may hint at terminal illness or just old age. |
| 672 | * GunNut: Goes on hunting trips. In a world filled with sentient animals. To shoot birds that might or might not have human-level sentience. He also shoots at a bus because he somehow mistakes the sound it makes for a moose call. Later, he's upset that the start pistol he's given for the triathlon is loaded with blanks, complaining that it isn't any fun that way. |
| 673 | %%* RoyalWe |
| 674 | * TooImportantToWalk: In his hunting trip, he's carried around on some kind of a rocking horse by four servants. |
| 675 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He dissappears from the series after episode 6. It can be assumed he dies, because his son ascends to the throne. In episode 12, Dolf says he's confident Radbout would die soon, which implies the king was getting old and/or ill. |
| 676 | [[/folder]] |
| 677 | |
| 678 | [[folder:Colonel Rangpang]] |
| 679 | An orangutan navy colonel and a part of the king's council. |
| 680 | ---- |
| 681 | * DressingAsTheEnemy: [[spoiler:With Alfred, to make their way through the NCP-controlled city and sneak into the castle.]] |
| 682 | %%* FullyDressedCartoonAnimal |
| 683 | * HighClassGlass: Wears a monocle. [[spoiler: Even when disguised as a NCP redshirt. Somehow it doesn't strike the enemy as weird.]] |
| 684 | %%* ReasonableAuthorityFigure |
| 685 | [[/folder]] |
| 686 | |
| 687 | [[folder: Poen van Kalekoen]] |
| 688 | A turkey with a seat in the king's court. |
| 689 | ---- |
| 690 | * DubNameChange: He's named Ruupertti in Finnish and just called "the Baron" in English. |
| 691 | * NoNameGiven: In the English dub, he's just the Baron. |
| 692 | [[/folder]] |
| 693 | |
| 694 | [[folder: Unnamed frog minister]] |
| 695 | Franz Ferdinand's closest aide. |
| 696 | %%---- |
| 697 | %%* NoNameGiven: In the Finnish dub. |
| 698 | [[/folder]] |
| 699 | |
| 700 | [[folder: The minister of treasury]] |
| 701 | A crocodile minister in charge of the royal family's treasury. |
| 702 | ---- |
| 703 | [[/folder]] |
| 704 | |
| 705 | [[folder:The Archbishop]] |
| 706 | * CorruptChurch: The Archbishop of Great Waterland seems to be interested only in his personal gain. [[spoiler: He initially remains on the sidelines when Dolf prepares to take over the country (citing the fruitful affiliation between the crown and the church), but openly supports his new regime after receiving a hefty bribe.]] |
| 707 | %%* FullyDressedCartoonAnimal |
| 708 | * NoNameGiven: He's only ever called "Archbishop". |
| 709 | %%* OpportunisticBastard |
| 710 | * KarmaHoudini: During the Crows' Party arc, he conspires with Dolf, but apparently nobody finds out because the archbishop is still in Franz Ferdinand's council in season 2. |
| 711 | [[/folder]] |
| 712 | |
| 713 | [[folder: The palace guards]] |
| 714 | Weird creatures that guard the palace. They vary in anatomy, but they're all grey and warty. |
| 715 | ---- |
| 716 | * CartoonCreature: Obviously, nothing like them really exists. |
| 717 | * MixAndMatchCritters: Aside from theor vaguely reptilian appearance, some have fur tufts, bird feet, crocodile faces, and the like. |
| 718 | * NonUniformUniform: Basically they all wear random shit. One has a picklehaube and a '''diaper''', one has a viking helmet and a dagger, one has a ''propeller hat'', and more. |
| 719 | [[/folder]] |
| 720 | |
| 721 | !! Other Villains & Antagonists |
| 722 | |
| 723 | [[folder:Hannes]] |
| 724 | %%* DrugsAreBad |
| 725 | * DubNameChange: He's named Hanski in Finnish and Andy in English. |
| 726 | * TerribleTrio: He forms one with Dolf and Wannes when they're young. |
| 727 | %%* ThoseTwoGuys: With Wannes. |
| 728 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: While Hannes and Wannes were both seen picking on Alfred and Henk as children, they had a very brief friendship with Alfred and Henk (especially during Alfred's first birthday). |
| 729 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He disappears after the Reign of Dolf arc. |
| 730 | * AdaptationalSpeciesChange: The Finnish translation of the Panini sticker book calls them ducks, though in the cartoon proper Wannes says that he's a goose. |
| 731 | [[/folder]] |
| 732 | |
| 733 | [[folder:Wannes]] |
| 734 | * AdaptationalSpeciesChange: The Finnish translation of the Panini sticker book calls them ducks, though in the cartoon proper Wannes says that he's a goose. |
| 735 | * BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler: Towards Dolf in episodes 43 and 44, largely in 44 but there already are shades of this in episode 43. You can see him grow increasingly terrified of Dolf and his actions.]] |
| 736 | * DubNameChange: He's named Harri in Finnish and Harry in English. |
| 737 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: He's a racist asshole, but balks at the idea of actually killing people. [[spoiler:After the flood he helped Dolf engineer in the election episode, he's clearly terrified from the beginning, tries to [[DrinkingAwayMySorrows drink it away]] after the deed and news of people dying, and finally goes to Alfred and the police to witness against his former friend]]. |
| 738 | * FourEyesZeroSoul: He starts wearing glasses at The beginning of season 2, where he's at his most villainous. |
| 739 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Wannes is basically the personification of racism during the Apartheid arc. |
| 740 | * TerribleTrio: Forms one with Dolf and Hannes when they're young. |
| 741 | * ThoseTwoGuys: With Hannes until he dissappears from the series after season 1, and Wannes makes his following appearances alone. |
| 742 | * TookALevelInJerkass: Wannes starts out as one half of Dolf's duo of mostly harmless, dim-witted henchmen. Following a TimeSkip, he becomes a well-dressed, wealthy goose who is openly racist against black ducks, to the point where he relentlessly hounds the Wana family and tries to get them arrested. |
| 743 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Does not appear again after the election episodes. [[spoiler:Given what he got involved with in those episodes, he may have gone to prison.]] |
| 744 | [[/folder]] |
| 745 | |
| 746 | [[folder:Lispel]] |
| 747 | An octopus spy first seen spying for Sparrowland. He has some kind of a compulsion about telling people things (for a price, of course). |
| 748 | ---- |
| 749 | * DubNameChange: Liero Lonkero ("sneaky/louse tentacle(s)") in Finnish. |
| 750 | * MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: He's so horrified that Dolf actually attempted to murder him for knowing too much that he willingly tells Alfred about Dolf's secrets. |
| 751 | * OnlyInItForTheMoney: Lispel will spy on anybody and sell the information to whoever pays him the most, but objects when asked to perform sabotage, and only agrees to do it when threatened. |
| 752 | * PrinciplesZealot: Of all people, maybe as part of his BlueAndOrangeMorality. When somebody has paid him to disclose secres, he simply has to tell them (even if the buyer alredy knows the secrets). Not disclosing information that has been paid for literally makes him sick. |
| 753 | * StealthyCephalopod: Lispel seems to be an octopus (he has suckers on his tentacles like an octopus), yet strangely refers to himself as a jellyfish. Either way, he is a freelance spy who will work for anyone who is willing to pay him for his services. It should be noted that the Dutch word for jellyfish, ''kwal'', can also refer to a slimy and untrustworthy person. So even though Lispel looks and behaves like an octopus, the PunnyName was probably too good to pass up. He also uses SssssnakeTalk. |
| 754 | * TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: "It's 'mr. Jellyfish' to you." Nevermind that he's pretty clearly not an actual jellyfish. |
| 755 | [[/folder]] |
| 756 | |
| 757 | [[folder: Geppe]] |
| 758 | A hippo who acted as Dolf's closest aide. |
| 759 | ---- |
| 760 | * TheDragon: He serves as Dolf's second-in-command and [[TheConsigliere closest advisor]] during his leadership of the National Crow's Party and tenure as Emperor of Great Waterland. |
| 761 | * DubNameChange: His name is Hermann in the English dub. |
| 762 | * HonestAdvisor: He actually avoids the YesMan trope. Despite being willing to stroke Dolf's ego, he corrects and gives him useful advice as well, pointing out that they needn't be in any hurry to seize power and can afford to wait for the most opportune moment to dethrone the King (which is already an inevitability at that point with Ferdinand's ZeroPercentApprovalRating) and tells Dolf that they cannot simply dismiss the Church and will need the archbisop on their side to legitimize Dolf's regime. Even when [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere he abandons Dolf's side]], Geppe leaves him a letter advising him to flee. His instinct turns out to be correct and keeps Dolf out of chains. |
| 763 | %%* NoNameGiven: In the Finnish dub. |
| 764 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler: He sees the writing on the wall when Dolf loses all his money and flees. He leaves a note for Dolf advising him to do the same before he's arrested when the King returns.]] |
| 765 | * NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: The [[UsefulNotes/HermannGoring meaning behind his english name, Hermann]], is very apparent when you consider the context he appears in. He's also a hippo, which make him quite a FatBastard. |
| 766 | * UndyingLoyalty: Even after the fall of Dolf's regime, Geppe remains personally loyal to Dolf, [[spoiler:helping him escape from prison in the GrandFinale.]] |
| 767 | [[/folder]] |
| 768 | |
| 769 | [[folder:Mayor K. Rokodil]] |
| 770 | A ruthless businessman. |
| 771 | ---- |
| 772 | * ADogNamedDog: A crocodile named K. Rokodil. |
| 773 | * AnimalStereotypes: An evil crocodile. |
| 774 | * CorruptCorporateExecutive: His actions threaten the environment, people's livelihood, and sometimes even somebody's life. |
| 775 | %%* FullyDressedCartoonAnimal |
| 776 | * InterspeciesRomance: He's married to a quail. They are also said to have children (who never appear in person). Whether they're his biological children or not is left unexplained. |
| 777 | * KarmaHoudini: For most of the series, he gets away with everything. |
| 778 | * PunnyName: His name in the Finnish dub is [[DubNameChange K. Rokodiili]]. The actual Finnish word for crocodile is kroko''tiili'', while ''diili'' means "deal" as in a business deal. |
| 779 | * EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Like king Franz, Rokodil looks completely different in his first two appearances than he does for the rest of the series (episodes 1, 2, and the chess queen episodes). His skin is a different color and he's wearing different clothes. |
| 780 | * HighClassGlass: In his initial design. |
| 781 | [[/folder]] |
| 782 | |
| 783 | [[folder: Nina Rokodil]] |
| 784 | Rokodil's equally greedy wife. |
| 785 | ---- |
| 786 | * DubNameChange: She's named Niina in the Finnish dub and Gloria in the German dub (where the fishing ship is named after her). |
| 787 | * FurAndLoathing: She wears a small fox. |
| 788 | * InterspeciesRomance: She's a small bird married a crocodile. |
| 789 | [[/folder]] |
| 790 | |
| 791 | [[folder:Hannibal]] |
| 792 | A hippo scientist working for K. Rokodil. |
| 793 | ---- |
| 794 | * AffablyEvil: He always acts rather chipper and without any care about what his devices can do or what they're used for. |
| 795 | %%* {{Foil}}: Can be seen as one to professor Von Paljas, at least in the fishing arc. Both of them are technological geniuses, but while Von Paljas does everything to protect nature and animals, Hannibal cheerfully disregards everything in the name of money and scientific advancement. They both act nice, although during the fishing arc it's Von Paljas who's shown losing his temper, while Hannibal remains nonchalant/cheerful until [[spoiler: Rokodil plots to murder the protesting fishermen and their families.]]%%Examples aren't ambiguous. He is or he isn't. |
| 796 | %%* FullyDressedCartoonAnimal |
| 797 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: He's shocked when [[spoiler:Rokodil decides to kill the people protesting his fishing ship who are blocking their way, although he doesn't do anything about it]]. |
| 798 | %%* EyesAlwaysShut: Most of the time, unless he's shocked. |
| 799 | * OnlyInItForTheMoney: Hannibal is happy to design whatever K. Rokodil needs, regardless of its intended purpose. |
| 800 | [[/folder]] |
| 801 | |
| 802 | [[folder: Hippo]] |
| 803 | A hippo with glasses, and brown hair and mustache, who works for/with K. Rokodil in episode 1 and more in season 2. [[spoiler: Gets arrested alongside Rokodil in episode 51.]] |
| 804 | ---- |
| 805 | * AccidentalMisnaming: The english dub insists that he's Hannibal. While he and Hannibal never show up in the same episode, Hannibal shows up between this guy's appearances looking the same he always did, and the Finnish dub gives this guy a different name. |
| 806 | * DubNameChange: |
| 807 | ** The Finnish dub calls him Virta Heponen, a pun on "virtahepo" (Finnish for "hippo"). |
| 808 | ** The German dub calls him "Hippo Nilpferd" ("Hippo Hippo"). It's unclear of that's his full name or if it's supposed to be understood as "Hippo ''the'' Hippo"). |
| 809 | [[/folder]] |
| 810 | |
| 811 | [[folder:Krabnagel]] |
| 812 | A cat bandit who's usually shown trying to eat small people and children. He dissappears from the series after resisting arrest when he's suspected of burglary. |
| 813 | ---- |
| 814 | %%* BarefootCartoonAnimal |
| 815 | * CatsAreMean: He tries to eat Henk, child Dolf and Alfred, and the White Queen. |
| 816 | * CarnivoreConfusion: He's a dangerous criminal and known to eat others (including little children). He is never charged for this, when he ends up in prison it's for other crimes. |
| 817 | * DangerThinIce: In an early episode taking place in Alfred's youth during winter, it's mentioned that the lake has frozen over, and after Alfred goes missing Henk worries that he fell through the ice and drowned. Alfred actually fell into an empty well with the school bully Dolf and is stuck there, before they're discovered by the hungry cat Krabnagel. [[spoiler: In the climax, Henk saves Alfred by distracting Krabnagel, who then pursues him onto the ice and because of his much larger weight ends up breaking it. However, Krabnagel survives thank to HarmlessFreezing, as he returns in later episodes.]] |
| 818 | * DubNameChange: He's named Karski-Katti in Finnish and Kratznagel in German. |
| 819 | %%* ExpressiveMask |
| 820 | %%* FullyDressedCartoonAnimal: Sans shoes. |
| 821 | * HarmlessFreezing: He survives being frozen in a block of ice and sinking into a lake. |
| 822 | %%* RunningOnAllFours: When following scents and attacking. |
| 823 | * SapientEatSapient: He tries to eat Dolf and Alfred when they're children, and chased Henk on two separate occasions. [[spoiler: He tries to kill Alfred again when he's a teenager, and also attacks The White Queen.]] |
| 824 | * StarterVillain: He is one of the first villains that Alfred faces, but since Krabnagel is just a lowly criminal, he doesn't compare to the threats that Alfred faces later on, such as dictator Dolf, the Mouson virus, or the white geese Apartheid junta in Atrique. |
| 825 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Dissappears from the series after being accused of burglary, resisting arrest, and shooting at the police. Given the strict laws of Great Waterlands at the time, his other crimes, and the fact the real burglar [[spoiler: (Dolf)]] was never exposed, it's possible Krabnagel was sentenced to death. |
| 826 | [[/folder]] |
| 827 | |
| 828 | [[folder: Igor a.k.a Peter]] |
| 829 | A spy from [[CommieLand Sparrowland]] [[spoiler: who later defects and helps Alfred and his friends escape NCP, going to Broad Reedlands with them]]. |
| 830 | ---- |
| 831 | * DubNameChange: He's named Iiro/Petteri in Finnish. |
| 832 | * FakeNationality: He pretends to be natives to Broad Reedlands while in actuality being from Sparrowland. |
| 833 | * ImprobableAge: He's around Alfred's age (a few years old at most) while doing the spying. |
| 834 | * SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism: His anatomy is completely like that of an actual sparrow (including his ''size''!) except that his wings function as hands. |
| 835 | * SunglassesAtNight: He's never seen without the glasses. |
| 836 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He's never seen again after the Reign Of Dolf arc. |
| 837 | [[/folder]] |
| 838 | |
| 839 | [[folder: Sparrowland general]] |
| 840 | Igor's superior on the mission to infiltrate ''Sea Wolf''. |
| 841 | ---- |
| 842 | * CommieLand: Sparrowland seems to be one, and at least the Finnish dub gives him a Russian accent. |
| 843 | [[/folder]] |
| 844 | |
| 845 | [[folder: Bart Beton]] |
| 846 | A beaver who's the CEO of the Concrete Company that had a part in destroying the home of Alfred's parents and Henk. Later appears in episodes 26, 31, and 32. |
| 847 | ---- |
| 848 | * DubNameChange: Bert in German. |
| 849 | * HighClassGlass: He wears a monocle. |
| 850 | * KarmaHoudini: He never faces any consequences for the things he was a part of. |
| 851 | [[/folder]] |
| 852 | |
| 853 | [[folder: Mr. Knox]] |
| 854 | A dog investor who first appears in episode 26 as Rokodil's funder, and later [[spoiler: runs for president in episodes 43 and 44]]. |
| 855 | ---- |
| 856 | * DubNameChange: Named Taalavaara in the finnish dub. |
| 857 | [[/folder]] |
| 858 | |
| 859 | [[folder: The Poodle]] |
| 860 | A female poodle that only shows up in the 26th episode. She's mr. Knox's secretary during their visit to the Himalayas. |
| 861 | ---- |
| 862 | * GratuitousFrench: In the Dutch version, she speaks while also mixing in some french language. |
| 863 | %%* MsFanservice: A very attractive poodle. |
| 864 | * NoNameGiven: She is never given a name. |
| 865 | * OneShotCharacter: She only shows up in one episode and is never seen again. |
| 866 | * TertiarySexualCharacteristics: She is seen wearing a large pink bow on her head. |
| 867 | [[/folder]] |
| 868 | |
| 869 | [[folder: The Evil Spirit of Darkness]] |
| 870 | An evil genie that terrorized Sheik Alham's homeland two thousand years ago. |
| 871 | ---- |
| 872 | * AlmightyIdiot: He is very powerful, but he's also incredibly stupid. He was tricked into letting himself be trapped back in the bottle and almost fell for the same trick again before remembering it. |
| 873 | * DivineIntervention: His evil was so abhorrent that the actual Almighty God directly intervened to imprison him. |
| 874 | * FatBastard: He's a fat, rotund hippo and a spirit of destruction. |
| 875 | * ForgetfulJones: He forgot about the trick that the traveler used on him and only remembered as he was about to fall for it again. |
| 876 | * ForTheEvulz: He terrorized the land and killed people for fun. |
| 877 | * GreenAndMean: He has bluish green skin and is evil. |
| 878 | * JackassGenie: He doesn't grant wishes, he just goes around destroying and killing. He pretends to be the wish-granting type to trick some unfortunate sap into freeing him from his prison. |
| 879 | * TheOmnipotent: Claims to be, yet he has weaknesses and can't escape the bottle. |
| 880 | * SealedEvilInACan: So long as he is trapped in the bottle, he cannot complete his mission to destroy the kingdom he hails from. He escapes from the bottle twice and is resealed both times. |
| 881 | * UngratefulBastard: He vowed to eat whoever freed him from the bottle as an act of revenge against the [[GodIsGood almighty one]] for imprisoning him. |
| 882 | * VileVillainSaccharineShow: Relatively speaking. The show was not without dark and mature themes, but the Spirit is far more terrifying than any other villain in the series, even Dolf. A flashback montage shows him to have destroyed entire cities and killed many people, including children, on a whim. |
| 883 | * WeakenedByTheLight: His eyes are very sensitive to light. |
| 884 | * WouldHurtAChild: Tries to eat Alfred and is shown to have killed children in the past. |
| 885 | [[/folder]] |
| 886 | |
| 887 | [[folder: Dolf's parents]] |
| 888 | Dolf's father Schor, and Dolf's unnamed mother. |
| 889 | ---- |
| 890 | %%* AbusiveParents: Schor to Dolf. |
| 891 | * AlcoholicParent: After his wife's death, Schor frequently gets drunk on beer. |
| 892 | * AllThereInTheManual: Schor's name can only be seen on [[https://haraldsiepermann.com/2018/12/03/introduction-to-dolf-de-kraai/ his character]] [[https://haraldsiepermann.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Harald-Siepermann-Dolfs-father-Model-Sheet.jpg sheet]]. |
| 893 | * DroppedABridgeOnHim: Dolf's mother just suddenly dies somewhere before episode 4. |
| 894 | %%* FantasticRacism: They mock Johan's and Anna's eggs together.%%Which is an example why? |
| 895 | * InterspeciesRomance: [[spoiler:Interestingly, considering their speciesism, they're an interspecies couple. She is a blackbird, resulting in Dolf having a yellow beak.]] |
| 896 | * SatelliteCharacter: Both of them only physically appear in episode 1, and don't have any characterization besides their speciesism. Schor is mentioned once in the well episodes, and the same episode mentions that his wife had died. |
| 897 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: Their speciesism is demonstrated in their only physical appearance, and Schor's abuse has a large part in making Dolf who he is. |
| 898 | %%* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: His wife is dead, but how about Schor?%%What about him? |
| 899 | [[/folder]] |
| 900 | |
| 901 | [[folder: Rap the hawk]] |
| 902 | The hawk who tries to steal the egg Alfred, and later stalks hatchling Alfred before getting beaten up by Henk. |
| 903 | ---- |
| 904 | [[/folder]] |
| 905 | |
| 906 | [[folder: Tam-Tam]] |
| 907 | The leader of a tribe in Arlon. When the expedition party arrives to his territory via a waterfall, he tries to boil Alfred alive. |
| 908 | ---- |
| 909 | * CannibalTribe: His tribe apparently eats anything that comes through the waterfall. Including an expedition party. |
| 910 | * HollywoodNatives: Tam-Tam's people are dangerous cannibals ruled by tradition and superstition. |
| 911 | [[/folder]] |
| 912 | |
| 913 | [[folder: The witch]] |
| 914 | A witch who initially appears as an (apparently) living book illustration. She then appears to Alfred when Ollie's children are asleep and tries to make him marry her. |
| 915 | ---- |
| 916 | %%* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: A rare gender inversion. |
| 917 | * MixAndmatchCritters: Looks kind of similiar to Waterland's palace guards. |
| 918 | * NonMammalMammaries: When shapeshifting into a female duck. |
| 919 | * OrWasItADream: The episode is ambiguous on this. She could still be a hallucination because there's no physical proof for anything and Alfred woke up on the floor after falling from the sky in the dream. |
| 920 | %%* TakenForGranite: She does this to Alfred twice.%%Does what? |
| 921 | %%* VoluntaryShapeshifting |
| 922 | [[/folder]] |
| 923 | |
| 924 | [[folder: Nikiloko Poen]] |
| 925 | A rich Sinatran monkey who owns a third of the island, including the volcano Alfred, Stoppel, and Von paljas need to go to. Nikiloko makes them pay a large sum for passage, and plans to turn the volcano phenomenon into an expensive tourist attraction. |
| 926 | ---- |
| 927 | [[/folder]] |
| 928 | |
| 929 | [[folder: The king of Yil]] |
| 930 | Princess Budor's father. |
| 931 | ---- |
| 932 | * BadBoss: He repeatedly manhandles acsubordinate in rage. |
| 933 | * EasyEvangelism: He gives into the idea of truce and unificstion of Yil and Salem in a few minutes, though in a tired way. |
| 934 | %%* HairTriggerTemper |
| 935 | [[/folder]] |
| 936 | |
| 937 | [[folder: Mr. Hoto]] |
| 938 | A Nipponese businessman who's interested in buying Von Paljas' submarine. Their golf game is initially just a part of the negotiations, but when they disagree about the submarine's name they make a bet that the winner can choose the name. |
| 939 | ---- |
| 940 | * DubNameChange: Mr. Ford. |
| 941 | %%* SeriousBusiness: The submarine's name. |
| 942 | [[/folder]] |
| 943 | |
| 944 | [[folder: The golf instructor]] |
| 945 | A golf teacher hired by Von Paljas. When Winnie comes along, he neglects actually teaching Alfred and instead tries to get close to her, infuriating Alfred. |
| 946 | ---- |
| 947 | * HandsOnApproach: First he touches Winnie's butt under the pretense of showing her a good position. Later he does the more traditional variant of this trope. |
| 948 | [[/folder]] |
| 949 | |
| 950 | [[folder: Michael Duckson]] |
| 951 | A world famous pop star Winnie has a crush on. |
| 952 | ---- |
| 953 | * BrokenPedestal: After Duckson has spent the dinner flirting with Winnie and trying to get her into bed his wife Carmen, whose existence Winnie wasn't aware of, suddendly shows up. After learning that Duckson is a liar and a cheater, Winnie leaves. |
| 954 | %%* TheCasanova |
| 955 | %%* {{Expy}}: Of Michael Jackson. |
| 956 | [[/folder]] |
| 957 | |
| 958 | [[folder: The casino owner]] |
| 959 | The owner of a casino in Moreena Dolf is in massive debt to. He almost has Dolf killed before he proves he can pay, and then tries to make him give him the whole pot of gold. |
| 960 | ---- |
| 961 | %%* TheMafia: He even has an Italian accent.%%And is he also a mafioso, or...? |
| 962 | [[/folder]] |
| 963 | |
| 964 | [[folder: The casino owner's minion]] |
| 965 | A coyote who works for the casino owner. He makes dolf meet the owner and waits for the order to kill him over his debt, but the casino owner tells him off after finding out Dolf has become rich. |
| 966 | ---- |
| 967 | %%* TheMafia: He even has an Italian accent. |
| 968 | [[/folder]] |
| 969 | |
| 970 | [[folder: The king of the Land of Two]] |
| 971 | The king of the Land of Two, who naturally lives in the rich north. |
| 972 | ----- |
| 973 | [[/folder]] |
| 974 | |
| 975 | [[folder: The ministers of the Land of Two]] |
| 976 | The king's classist ministers, who naturally live in the rich north. The bullterrier chancellor Borund is the only named one. |
| 977 | ---- |
| 978 | * DogStereotype: Borund is a villain, though in a completely different way from the usual bullterrier stereotype. |
| 979 | [[/folder]] |
| 980 | |
| 981 | !! Characters exclusive to the original stage musical |
| 982 | |
| 983 | [[folder: The Fox]] |
| 984 | The fox that Alfred encounters in the musical. |
| 985 | [[/folder]] |
| 986 | |
| 987 | [[folder: The Ladder]] |
| 988 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/latter.PNG]] |
| 989 | [[caption-width-right:350:The Ladder as played by Herman Van Veen.]] |
| 990 | An effeminate talking french ladder that helps Alfred as he's heading towards the king's castle. |
| 991 | ---- |
| 992 | %%* AnimateInanimateObject |
| 993 | * GratuitousFrench: The ladder can be heard using various french words and refers to Alfred as "Alfredo". |
| 994 | * IncrediblyLongNote: He's mostly heard singing very long notes. Eric Van Der Wurff can be seen conducting his performance. |
| 995 | [[/folder]] |
| 996 | |
| 997 | [[folder: The River]] |
| 998 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/river_8.PNG]] |
| 999 | A talking river that helps Alfred. |
| 1000 | %%---- |
| 1001 | %%* AnimateInanimateObject |
| 1002 | [[/folder]] |
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