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==Appearance==
==Appearance==
Olaf Nijlpaard is a yellowish [[:Category:Hippopotamus_Character|hippopotamus]]. He is large-bodied with brown hair, [[wikipedia:Sideburns|sideburns]] and a curly [[wikipedia:Moustache|moustache]]. His ears are usually perked up and he's almost always depicted with slightly heavier eyelids.  
Olaf Nijlpaard is a yellowish [[:Category:Hippopotamus_Character|hippopotamus]]. He is large-bodied with brown hair, [[wikipedia:Sideburns|sideburns]] and a curly [[wikipedia:Moustache|moustache]]. His ears are usually perked up and he's almost always depicted with slightly heavier eyelids and slight bags under the eyes.  


He wears small round [[wikipedia:Glasses|glasses]] and is alway swell-dressed. He wears a maroon blazer, with lighter maroon lapels.  
He wears small round [[wikipedia:Glasses|glasses]], without end pieces, and is alway swell-dressed. He wears a three-piece [[wikipedia:Suit|business suit]] comprised of an unbuttoned single-breasted maroon [[wikipedia:Suit jacket|jacket]], with lighter maroon peaked [[wikipedia:Lapel|lapels]] and golden buttons. Under that he wears a pink [[wikipedia:Waistcoat|waistcoat]] with lighter pink lapels and 4 golden buttons. He also wears a Moroccan blue shawl, with French navy [[wikipedia:Polka dots|polka dots]], that covers his white [[wikipedia:Dress shirt|dress shirt]]. In the character designs he wears cobalt blue suit trousers with vertical turquoise stripes, but these are simplified to just cobalt suit trousers in the [[Alfred J. Kwak|animated series]]. His trousers are held up by two golden buttons. He also wears brown [[wikipedia:Dress shoes|dress shoes]] with four darker brown buttons.


==Personality==
==Personality==
Johan is initially portrayed as a scatterbrained daydreamer who enjoys leading an uneventful life. Described as a free spirit, Johan is characterized by his loyalty to his friends, which is demonstrated by the importance he places on fulfilling his promise to [[Henk de Mol]] to meet in spring. Upon meeting [[Anna van de Polder]], Johan becomes nervous and anxious, immediately developing a crush on her. Shortly thereafter, he exhibits a hint of vanity, ensuring that he looks and smells fresh before attempting to court Anna again.<ref name="Ep1">{{CiteAJKep|JA|1}}</ref>
TBD
 
Johan's loyalty to his family is illustrated by the determination he displays in recovering the egg that has fallen from the nest. He becomes angry on three occasions: first at [[Henri Dropshot]] and [[Johnny Hollyday]] for attempting to court Anna, when [[Schor de Kraai]] berates Anna and his eggs, and later when their pasture is threatened with destruction by the [[Beton Maatschappij]]. With Schor de Kraai he holds a longstanding mutual-grudge. [[Schor de Kraai]] considers the color of Johan's feathers repulsive and views Johan's friendship with [[Henk de Mol]] as an aberration. Fortunately, Johan's moments of anger are balanced by the joy he experiences in his relationship with [[Anna van de Polder]] and the love and protectiveness he feels for his children<ref name="Ep1">{{CiteAJKep|JA|1}}</ref><ref>{{CiteBook|DRO}}''Page89''</ref>.
 
Johan can apparently play the [[wikipedia:contrabass|contrabass]]<ref>{{CiteBook|MUZ18}} ''He's seen playing the [[wikipedia:contrabass|contrabass]] on the cover of this book''</ref>.


==Storyline==
==Storyline==
As spring arrives in [[Breed Rietland]] and the [[Plaspoelpolder]] where Johan Sebastiaan Kwak resides, he meets his long-time friend [[Henk de Mol]] as they had promised. When the topic of marriage arises, Johan states that he is definitely not ready for such commitments. Shortly after, he hears the sound of [[Anna van de Polder]] singing. Henk introduces them, and Johan falls in love. Nervously stumbling over his words, Johan becomes overwhelmed and runs off before Anna has a chance to get to know him.<ref>{{CiteBook|DRO}} ''Page 79''</ref> 
TBD
[[File:Mpvsnap 2024-10-27 0002 EDIT.png|thumb|right|300px|Johan hands [[Anna van de Polder]] a bouquet on their wedding day.]] 
 
The following day, he hears Anna singing again and quickly freshens up before approaching her. He finds [[Henri Dropshot]] and [[Johnny Hollyday]] attempting to court Anna. Johan becomes angry, but before he can intervene, Henri and Johnny start fighting, leaving Anna open to talk. Johan brings her some flowers, including ones he had previously seen her carrying. Anna rewards him with a small kiss.<ref>{{CiteAJKep|JA|1}}</ref> 
 
Soon after, Johan and Anna become a couple and eventually marry. Their small wedding includes Henk as Johan's witness and the great-great-great-grandmother of [[Amanda de Vlinder]] as Anna's witness.<ref>{{CiteBook|WW1}} ''Page 18''</ref><ref>{{CiteBook|DRO}} ''Page 86''</ref> 
 
The couple produces seven eggs. Johan grows extremely nervous about becoming a father, nearly having a heart attack when Henk de Mol visits to check on them. After Henk leaves and Anna steps away, Johan is left alone with the eggs. During this time, [[Schor de Kraai]] and [[Miriam Merel]] arrive to judge the eggs. Johan and Schor share a long-standing mutual disdain. [[Rap de Kiekendief]] uses this distraction to steal one of the eggs. Johan chases him, but Rap trips over Henk, causing the egg to fall into water atop [[Snel de Snoek]]. Snel swallows the egg, but Johan retrieves it from his mouth before it is digested. 
 
The egg hatches into Johan and Anna's first-born, [[Alfred Jodocus Kwak]]. The remaining six eggs hatch into [[Alfred's brothers and sisters|Josefien, Clara, Marjolein, Hans, Jan, and Robbie]]. Johan almost loses Alfred again when the duckling becomes distracted and leaves the clog, but Henk saves him. 
[[File:Mpvsnap 2024-10-23 0018 EDIT.png|thumb|right|300px|In a state of excitement, Johan kisses [[Henri Dropshot]] (left) and [[Johnny Hollyday]] (right) after [[Anna van de Polder]] gives him a kiss.]] 
 
At that moment, the entire polder shakes as construction workers begin destroying the meadow where Johan and his family live. Frustrated, Johan tries to reason with [[Olaf Nijlpaard]], who is overseeing the construction of a large theme park called [[Groot Speelgoed Land]]. Johan's pleas are unsuccessful, and when he learns that Olaf and the [[Beton Maatschappij]] have a permit to build there, he realizes there is nothing he can do.<ref name="Ep1">{{CiteAJKep|JA|1}}</ref>
 
Henk convinces Johan to leave their home and emigrate to [[Groot Waterland]] to live in the miner's house of Henk's grandfather, [[Alfred de Mol]]. The entire family departs the Plaspoelpolder en route to [[Polderstad]]. Alfred becomes distracted, prompting Henk to chase after him. Meanwhile, Johan, Anna, and their six other children cross the road and are struck by a car carrying Olaf Nijlpaard and his investor [[Alfons Rokodil]].<ref group="note">In some continuities, referring to certain books or stage plays, they are hit by a truck instead. Additionally, in versions where a car carrying [[Olaf Nijlpaard]] is involved, it may sometimes carry [[Kaspar Rokodil]] instead of [[Alfons Rokodil]] likely due to an error.</ref><ref name="Ep2">{{CiteAJKep|JA|2}}</ref> 
 
Years later, after adopting Alfred, Henk de Mol recounts the story of Johan and Anna to the young duck.<ref>{{CiteBook|DRO}} ''Page 78''</ref>


==Family Tree==
==Family Tree==
{{Alfred family tree}}
{{Nijlpaard family tree}}
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===[[Alfred J. Kwak|TV Series]]===
===[[Alfred J. Kwak|TV Series]]===
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<gallery widths=100 heights=100>
File:Episode1 Johan Sebastiaan Kwak.jpg|link=Alfred J. Kwak Episode 1|[[Alfred J. Kwak Episode 1]]
File:Episode1 Olaf Nijlpaard.jpg|link=Alfred J. Kwak Episode 1|[[Alfred J. Kwak Episode 1]]
File:Episode2 Johan Sebastiaan Kwak.jpg|link=Alfred J. Kwak Episode 2|[[Alfred J. Kwak Episode 2]]
File:Episode2 Olaf Nijlpaard.jpg|link=Alfred J. Kwak Episode 2|[[Alfred J. Kwak Episode 2]]
File:Episode26 Olaf Nijlpaard.jpg|link=Alfred J. Kwak Episode 26|[[Alfred J. Kwak Episode 26]]
File:Episode51 Olaf Nijlpaard.jpg|link=Alfred J. Kwak Episode 51|[[Alfred J. Kwak Episode 51]]
</gallery>
</gallery>


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===[[Books]]===
===[[Books]]===
<gallery widths=100 heights=100>
<gallery widths=100 heights=100>
File:Goedemorgen Johan.jpg|link=De wonderlijke avonturen van de eend Alfred Jodocus Kwak: Goedemorgen|[[De wonderlijke avonturen van de eend Alfred Jodocus Kwak: Goedemorgen]] (1989) (Dutch)
File:Goedemorgen Olaf.jpg|link=De wonderlijke avonturen van de eend Alfred Jodocus Kwak: Goedemorgen|[[De wonderlijke avonturen van de eend Alfred Jodocus Kwak: Goedemorgen]] (1989) (Dutch)
File:De Zeven Eieren Johan.jpg|link=De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak: De zeven eieren|[[De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak: De zeven eieren]] (1989) (Dutch)
File:De Zeven Eieren Olaf.jpg|link=De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak: De zeven eieren|[[De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak: De zeven eieren]] (1989) (Dutch)
File:De Zeven Eieren Johan.jpg|link=De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak: Omnibus 1|[[De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak: Omnibus 1]] (1989) (Dutch)
File:De Zeven Eieren Olaf.jpg|link=De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak: Omnibus 1|[[De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak: Omnibus 1]] (1989) (Dutch)
File:Achter Tralies Johan.jpg|link=Johan Sebastiaan Kwak|[[De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak: Achter tralies]] (1989) (Dutch)
File:Achter Tralies Olaf.jpg|link=Johan Sebastiaan Kwak|[[De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak: Achter tralies]] (1989) (Dutch)
File:De Zeven Eieren Johan.jpg|link=De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak: De zeven eieren (mini)|[[De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak: De zeven eieren (mini)]] (1990) (Dutch)
File:De Zeven Eieren Olaf.jpg|link=De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak: De zeven eieren (mini)|[[De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak: De zeven eieren (mini)]] (1990) (Dutch)
File:No Picture for Character.jpg|link=Alfred J. Kwak Mijn avontuurlijke leven|[[Alfred J. Kwak Mijn avontuurlijke leven]] (1991) (Dutch)
File:No Picture for Character.jpg|link=De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak (book)|[[De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak (book)|De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak]] (1991) (Dutch)
File:No Picture for Character.jpg|link=De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak (book)|[[De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak (book)|De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak]] (1991) (Dutch)
File:Filmstripboek1 Johan.jpg|link=Alfred J. Kwak Filmstripboek Deel 1|[[Alfred J. Kwak Filmstripboek Deel 1]] (2006) (Dutch)
File:Filmstripboek1 Olaf.jpg|link=Alfred J. Kwak Filmstripboek Deel 1|[[Alfred J. Kwak Filmstripboek Deel 1]] (2006) (Dutch)
File:No Picture for Character.jpg|link=De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak: het grote voorleesboek|[[De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak: het grote voorleesboek]] (2010) (Dutch)
File:No Picture for Character.jpg|link=De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak: het grote voorleesboek|[[De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak: het grote voorleesboek]] (2010) (Dutch)
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Production background==
==Production background==
Johan Kwak appears on sheet 4 of the [[Character- and Color-Designs for Alfred J. Kwak]] book, which was made in March of 1988. As per the outline [[Herman van Veen]] wrote, Johan was only set to appear in [[Alfred J. Kwak Episode 1|Episode 1]] according to his character sheet<ref name="Harald Siepermann's Blog">{{cite web|url=https://alfredjkwak.blogspot.com/2005/10/original-treatment-of-first-tv-episode.html|title=The original treatment of the first TV-episode.|website=alfredjkwak.blogspot.com|author=Harald Siepermann|language=en|date=16 October 2005}}</ref>, but as the incident that killed him was moved to the first half of [[Alfred J. Kwak Episode 2|Episode 2]] he also appeared there.
Olaf Nijlpaard appears on sheet 11 of the [[Character- and Color-Designs for Alfred J. Kwak]] book, which was made in March of 1988. As per the outline [[Herman van Veen]] wrote for [[Alfred J. Kwak Episode 1|Episode 1]], the character was referred to O. Nijlpaard, just like the Character Design page. The character receives his full name in the book [[De wonderlijke avonturen van de eend Alfred Jodocus Kwak: Goedemorgen]], and is explicitely named in [[De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak (book)|De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak]] as well.  
<gallery widths=300 heights=200>
File:20051025 Johan2.jpg|Johan Kwak Character Sheet.
</gallery>
Johan’s appearance was modeled after series creator [[Herman van Veen]], who also provided his voice in both the Dutch and German versions of the series. [[Marlous Fluitsma]], Van Veen’s wife, voiced [[Anna van de Polder]] in the Dutch and German versions, making Alfred’s parents portrayed by a real-life couple. Some of the lines and sounds from [[Herman van Veen]]'s Dutch portrayel were kept in the different international versions. For example in the English version of episode 1, just after Johan is kissed by Anna van de Polder the sounds he makes while he jumps up and kisses the other two ducks are taken from the Dutch version.
 
As Herman van Veen voiced Johan Kwak using his natural voice, unlike the character voices he used for [[Krabnagel de Kater]] and [[Professor Paljas]], the songs performed by Johan in the Dutch and German versions can be interpreted as Johan’s wisdom imparted to his son, [[Alfred Jodocus Kwak]], through song.
 
During the initial storyboard and writing phase of the first few episodes, [[Hiroshi Saitō]], the series director, needed to be personally convinced by [[Harald Siepermann]] of the legitimacy of the reasons behind Johan and his family's immigration to a different country. Such actions were considered treasonous in Japanese culture<ref name="Blog1">{{cite web|url=https://alfredjkwak.blogspot.com/2005/10/alfred-jodocus-kwak-guten.html|title=The first spread of Guten Morgen in Pierrot|website=alfredjkwak.blogspot.com|author=Harald Siepermann|language=en|date=15 October 2005}}</ref>.
 
In 2002, while receiving the award for [[Alfred Jodocus Kwak]] being named honorary duck of IJsselstein, Herman van Veen humorously revealed that during his youth, he would travel from Utrecht to IJsselstein to visit Johan Kwak, who was purportedly living there<ref name="Ijssel">{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date= 8 July 2002|title= Alfred J.Kwak ere-eend van IJsselstein| trans-title  = Alfred J.Kwak honorary-duck of Ijsselstein|language= nl|url= https://www.veenpers.nl/080702un.htm|url-status= live |work= Utrechts Nieuwsblad|location= Utrecht}}</ref>.


A comment made in an interview for AT, conducted when Herman van Veen received the Cuxhaven Joachim Ringelnatzpreis for poetry in 2021, might provide the inspiration for Johan's middle name. When asked which famous person he would most like to meet, Van Veen replied, "[[wikipedia:Johann Sebastian Bach|Johann Sebastian Bach]]," adding, "He is everything to me," though he acknowledged that such a meeting would be impossible<ref name="AT">{{cite news |last= Potschka |first= Jens Jürgen|date= 21 June 2021|title= „Schau, hör, schnupper..."| trans-title  = "Look, listen, sniff..."|url= https://veenpers.nl/210621at.htm|url-status= live |work= AT|location= Cuxhaven|language= de}}</ref>.
Unfortunately, Olaf is regularly confused with the character of [[Hannibal Nijlpaard]], who is Olaf's son. Olaf is the businessman that [[Alfons Rokodil]] and later -- more frequently -- [[Kaspar Rokodil]] work with, while Hannibal is the inventor.  


==Character gallery==
==Character gallery==
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File:Goedemorgen Klomp boot.jpg|thumb|
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File:Cel 01 Johan Kwak4 Harlekijn.jpg|thumb|
File:Cel 01 Johan Kwak3 Harlekijn.jpg|thumb|
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File:Cel 01 Johan and Anna Harlekijn.jpg|thumb|
File:De Zeven Eieren 06.jpg|thumb|
File:De Zeven Eieren 04.jpg|thumb|
File:Cel 01 Johan and Anna1 Unknown.jpg|thumb|
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File:De Zeven Eieren 08.jpg|thumb|
File:Cel 01 Johan Kwak1 Unknown.jpg|thumb|
File:Cel 01 Alfred en Johan1 Harlekijn.png|thumb|
File:Cel 01 Family1 Unknown.jpg|thumb|
File:Cel 01 Johan Kwak2 Harlekijn.jpeg|thumb|
File:Cel 01 Johan and Henk Harlekijn.jpg|thumb|
File:De Zeven Eieren 13.jpg|thumb|
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Latest revision as of 19:10, 10 November 2026

Olaf Nijlpaard
Character
"Olaf Nijlpaard"
Olaf in Episode 1
SpeciesHippopotamus
BirthplaceUnknown
First appearanceEpisode 1
Character Model Sheet number12/1 (sheet 11)[1]
Character Model Sheet nameO. Nijlpaard (Direkteur van Sprookjeswereld)
Name in different languages
Dutch nameOlaf Nijlpaard
Japanese nameヒポポタマス (Hipopotamasu) Hippopotamus
German nameHippo Nilpferd
English nameHippopotamus

Olaf Nijlpaard[2][3] is a fictional character from the animated show and several books and comics. He is the financial advisor to Alfons Rokodil and later his son Kaspar Rokodil. Like his business partners Alfons and Kaspar he is regularly confused by audiences and production staff with his inventor son Hannibal Nijlpaard.

Olaf Nijlpaard is one of the characters that has a negative influence on Alfred's life starting with being responsible for choosing his birthplace in the Plaspoelpolder in Breed Rietland as the place for Groot Speelgoedland displacing many animals including Alfred's family and eventually driving the car that struck Alfred's biological family.[4][5] He is seen at the start of the series and appears several times all the way through the penultimate episode where he is arrested for colluding with Kaspar Rokodil and Dolf de Kraai to steal documents from Professor Paljas van Pinguïn. Until the end of the series his design never changes.[6]

Appearance

Olaf Nijlpaard is a yellowish hippopotamus. He is large-bodied with brown hair, sideburns and a curly moustache. His ears are usually perked up and he's almost always depicted with slightly heavier eyelids and slight bags under the eyes.

He wears small round glasses, without end pieces, and is alway swell-dressed. He wears a three-piece business suit comprised of an unbuttoned single-breasted maroon jacket, with lighter maroon peaked lapels and golden buttons. Under that he wears a pink waistcoat with lighter pink lapels and 4 golden buttons. He also wears a Moroccan blue shawl, with French navy polka dots, that covers his white dress shirt. In the character designs he wears cobalt blue suit trousers with vertical turquoise stripes, but these are simplified to just cobalt suit trousers in the animated series. His trousers are held up by two golden buttons. He also wears brown dress shoes with four darker brown buttons.

Personality

TBD

Storyline

TBD

Family Tree

Template:Nijlpaard family tree

Voice actors

Japanese ¦ 神山 卓三 (Takuzō Kamiyama) ¦ ヒポポタマス (Hipopotamasu)
Dutch ¦ Kees Schilperoort ¦ Olaf Nijlpaard
German ¦ Wolfgang Völz ¦ Hippo NilpferdJohann Kwak
English ¦ ??? ¦ Hippopotamus

Appearances

TV Series

Audio

Books

Production background

Olaf Nijlpaard appears on sheet 11 of the Character- and Color-Designs for Alfred J. Kwak book, which was made in March of 1988. As per the outline Herman van Veen wrote for Episode 1, the character was referred to O. Nijlpaard, just like the Character Design page. The character receives his full name in the book De wonderlijke avonturen van de eend Alfred Jodocus Kwak: Goedemorgen, and is explicitely named in De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak as well.

Unfortunately, Olaf is regularly confused with the character of Hannibal Nijlpaard, who is Olaf's son. Olaf is the businessman that Alfons Rokodil and later -- more frequently -- Kaspar Rokodil work with, while Hannibal is the inventor.

Notes


References

  1. ↑ Siepermann, Harald; Bacher, Hans (1988). Character- and Color-Designs for Alfred J. Kwak. Duesseldorf - West-Germany.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ↑ van Veen, Herman (1989). De wonderlijke avonturen van de eend Alfred Jodocus Kwak: Goedemorgen. Artwork by Harald Siepermann & Hans Bacher. Soest: Harlekijn Uitgeverij. ISBN 9063860706. Page ??
  3. ↑ van Veen, Herman; Holzhaus, Hanneke (1991). De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak [Alfred Jodocus Kwak's Dream] (in Nederlands). Soest, the Netherlands: Harlekijn, Westbroek. ISBN 9063860862. Page 106
  4. ↑ "アルフレッド誕生 (Arufureddo tanjō)" [The birth of Alfred]. Alfred J. Kwak. Season 1. Episode 1. 1989-04-03. TV Tokyo.
  5. ↑ "初めてのバースデー (Hajimete no bāsudē)" [First birthday]. Alfred J. Kwak. Season 1. Episode 2. 1989-04-10. TV Tokyo.
  6. ↑ "緑の自然を守れるか (Midori no shizen wo mamoreruka)" [Can we protect green nature?]. Alfred J. Kwak. Season 2. Episode 51. 1990-03-26. TV Tokyo.
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