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'''Anton Snorman''' is a fictional character from the [[Alfred J. Kwak|animated show]]. He has a [[Anton Snorman's mansion|mansion]], which is robbed in [[Alfred J. Kwak Episode 12|episode 12]] by [[Dolf de Kraai]]. He gets his name and a little more character backstory in the Dutch book [[De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak]].  
[[wikipedia:Doctorandus|Doctorandus]] '''Anton Snorman''' is a fictional character from the [[Alfred J. Kwak|animated show]]. He has a [[Anton Snorman's mansion|mansion]], from which [[Dolf de Kraai]] robs jewelery<ref name="Ep12">{{CiteAJKep|JA|12}}</ref>. He gets his name and more character backstory in the Dutch book [[De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak]]. He's also referred to as ''Snorremans'' (lit. "Moustache guy")<ref name="DWA10">{{CiteBook|DWA10}} ''Page 16''</ref>, or ''de heer des huizes'' (lit. "the master of the house")<ref name="HGVB">{{CiteBook|HGVB}} ''Page 101''</ref>.
 
==Appearance==
==Appearance==
 
He looks like an orange cat with a big dark brown moustache and a dark brown beard goatee. His nose is large and pink and he has a furry striped tail. In his one appearance in the [[Alfred J. Kwak|animated series]] he wears a thick purple night gown or bath robe with a sleeping cap, as well as a yellow scarf with brown spots, likely something he put on because he was going outside to check on the noise.<ref name="Ep12" />


==Personality==
==Personality==
Anton Snorman is a cat born in nobility, who looks down on the normal working man, and even more on animals that live on the street, like [[Krabnagel de Kater]]. Especially the way they speak makes them repulsive to Snorman. Snorman's financial situation is bothersome to him as he lives in large [[Anton Snorman's mansion]] with a large number of antiques, that require many hours and a lot of money to maintain. This requires Snorman to drop his education and focus on making money, which puts him in contact with animals like Krabnagel, even though he would prefer to work with real actors. He also dismisses his guest, [[Meester Bas Buldog]], quite quickly in favor of his fiancée arriving.


He can play the piano and would've preferred to be an actor himself.<ref name="p164a">{{CiteBook|DRO}}''Pages 164-167''</ref>


==Storyline==
==Storyline==
After failing his entrance exam for theater school, Anton Snorman got his [[wikipedia:Doctorandus|doctorandus]] degree studying [[wikipedia:Dramaturgy|dramaturgy]] in [[Waterslag aan Zee]] with a minor in [[wikipedia:Literary theory|literature]]. His interest in literature is what interested [[Meester Bas Buldog]], the primary school teacher from [[Polderstad]], to visit Anton in his [[Anton Snorman's mansion]] in [[Polderstad-West]], after previously having met him on the [[Vorige Burgemeesterplantsoen]].<ref name="p159">{{CiteBook|DRO}}''Page 159''</ref> Anton and Bas bonded over their mutual interest into minstrel [[Kukeleku]] who Bas had just discovered, but he had intimate knowledge of.<ref name="p165">{{CiteBook|DRO}}''Page 165''</ref>
His mansion is filled with antiques that require a lot of maintenance, causing Anton to need to fire his mansion staff and needing to find a free-lance job in directing [[wikipedia:Voice-over|voice-overs]] for an advertising agency. One of the people from the street that he uses the voice of for [[K. Rokodil and Olaf Nijlpaard's companies|Nijlrok Hap-in-slik-door]] is [[Krabnagel de Kater|Krabnagel]]. Usually Krabnagel comes scrounging for food and it takes a whole day to get the proper lines out of him.<ref name="p164">{{CiteBook|DRO}}''Pages 164 & 165''</ref>


===Anton Snorman's fiancée===
Anton also has a '''girlfriend''', a (according to him) beautiful [[wikipedia:Turkish Angora|Angora cat]]  with whom he has a [[wikipedia:Long-distance relationship|long-distance relationship]]. She sings in  a commercial catchoir. One of their weekly meetings was reason to prematurely kick out Bas Buldog out of his house. In the [[Alfred J. Kwak Episode 12|episode]], only her voice is heard, coming from inside the mansion.<ref name="p167">{{CiteBook|DRO}}''Page 167''</ref><ref name="p218">{{CiteBook|DRO}}''On page 218 [[Krabnagel de Kater]] reveals that it's not just a girlfriend, but Anton Snorman's fiancée.''</ref>
===Burglary===
As [[Alfred Jodocus Kwak]] [[Flying in Alfred J. Kwak|flies]] over [[Polderstad]] using the magic of the [[The white chess queen|white chess queen]] he spots [[Dolf de Kraai]] breaking into Anton Snorman's mansion. The two take a closer look, but find Krabnagel who has it out for Alfred. The white chess queen fools Krabnagel in trying to eat her, but changes back to her chess piece form and makes Krabnagel break his teeth missing biting her. All this commotion wakes Anton and - likely - his visiting girlfriend up and he walks outside to see what is happening. Dolf then runs past him carrying some stolen antiques. Dolf is spotted by Alfred, but this causes Anton to confuse Alfred as a possible partner in crime to Dolf and Alfred flees away.<ref name="Ep12" />
In the alternate retelling from [[De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak]], this story takes place in the summer holiday, rather than in the winter. In this retelling Krabnagel is only visiting, because of the voice-over job and the need to get some food at Anton Snorman's mansion. Also, someone, presumably Dolf de Kraai, gets arrested by [[Holmes de Hond]]. The white chess queen assures Alfred that this could all be a dream.<ref name="p214">{{CiteBook|DRO}}''Pages 214-218''</ref>


==Voice actors==
==Voice actors==
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===[[Alfred J. Kwak|TV Series]]===
===[[Alfred J. Kwak|TV Series]]===
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File:Episode04 Meester Bas Buldog.jpg|link=Alfred J. Kwak Episode 4|[[Alfred J. Kwak Episode 4]]
File:Episode12 Anton Snorman.jpg|link=Alfred J. Kwak Episode 12|[[Alfred J. Kwak Episode 12]]
File:Episode05 Meester Bas Buldog.jpg|link=Alfred J. Kwak Episode 5|[[Alfred J. Kwak Episode 5]]
File:Episode06 Meester Bas Buldog.jpg|link=Alfred J. Kwak Episode 6|[[Alfred J. Kwak Episode 6]]
File:Episode08 Meester Bas Buldog.jpg|link=Alfred J. Kwak Episode 8|[[Alfred J. Kwak Episode 8]]
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===[[Books]]===
===[[Books]]===
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File:Op school Meester Bas Buldog.jpg|link=De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak: Op school|[[De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak: Op school]] (1989) (Dutch)
File:De witte koningin Anton Snorman.jpg|link=De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak: De witte koningin|[[De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak: De witte koningin]] (1990) (Dutch)
File:Krab de kat Meester Bas Buldog.jpg|link=De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak: Krab de kat|[[De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak: Krab de kat]] (1989) (Dutch)
File:No Picture for Character.jpg|link=De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak|[[De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak]] (1991) (Dutch)
File:Op school Meester Bas Buldog.jpg|link=De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak: Omnibus 2|[[De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak: Omnibus 2]] (1989) (Dutch)
File:De zeeverkenners Meester Bas Buldog.jpg|link=De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak: De zeeverkenners|[[De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak: De zeeverkenners]] (1990) (Dutch)
File:No Picture for Character.jpg|link=Alfred J. Kwak Mijn avontuurlijke leven|[[Alfred J. Kwak Mijn avontuurlijke leven]] (1991) (Dutch)
File:Filmstripboek2 Bas.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)
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</gallery>


==Production background==
==Production background==
 
Anton Snorman is a character that goes unnamed in the one episode he appears in. He was given no character design page in [[Character- and Color-Designs for Alfred J. Kwak]]. His story was expanded greatly in the book [[De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak]], which is also where he gets his name from.
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Latest revision as of 21:51, 26 May 2026

Doctorandus Anton Snorman
Character
"Anton Snorman"
Anton Snorman in Episode 12
SpeciesCat
BirthplaceGroot Waterland
First appearanceEpisode 12
Character Model Sheet numberNone available
Character Model Sheet nameN/A
Name in different languages
Dutch nameAnton Snorman[1][2]
Japanese nameNo name given
German nameNo name given
English nameNo name given

Doctorandus Anton Snorman is a fictional character from the animated show. He has a mansion, from which Dolf de Kraai robs jewelery[3]. He gets his name and more character backstory in the Dutch book De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak. He's also referred to as Snorremans (lit. "Moustache guy")[4], or de heer des huizes (lit. "the master of the house")[5].

Appearance

He looks like an orange cat with a big dark brown moustache and a dark brown beard goatee. His nose is large and pink and he has a furry striped tail. In his one appearance in the animated series he wears a thick purple night gown or bath robe with a sleeping cap, as well as a yellow scarf with brown spots, likely something he put on because he was going outside to check on the noise.[3]

Personality

Anton Snorman is a cat born in nobility, who looks down on the normal working man, and even more on animals that live on the street, like Krabnagel de Kater. Especially the way they speak makes them repulsive to Snorman. Snorman's financial situation is bothersome to him as he lives in large Anton Snorman's mansion with a large number of antiques, that require many hours and a lot of money to maintain. This requires Snorman to drop his education and focus on making money, which puts him in contact with animals like Krabnagel, even though he would prefer to work with real actors. He also dismisses his guest, Meester Bas Buldog, quite quickly in favor of his fiancée arriving.

He can play the piano and would've preferred to be an actor himself.[6]

Storyline

After failing his entrance exam for theater school, Anton Snorman got his doctorandus degree studying dramaturgy in Waterslag aan Zee with a minor in literature. His interest in literature is what interested Meester Bas Buldog, the primary school teacher from Polderstad, to visit Anton in his Anton Snorman's mansion in Polderstad-West, after previously having met him on the Vorige Burgemeesterplantsoen.[7] Anton and Bas bonded over their mutual interest into minstrel Kukeleku who Bas had just discovered, but he had intimate knowledge of.[8]

His mansion is filled with antiques that require a lot of maintenance, causing Anton to need to fire his mansion staff and needing to find a free-lance job in directing voice-overs for an advertising agency. One of the people from the street that he uses the voice of for Nijlrok Hap-in-slik-door is Krabnagel. Usually Krabnagel comes scrounging for food and it takes a whole day to get the proper lines out of him.[9]

Anton Snorman's fiancée

Anton also has a girlfriend, a (according to him) beautiful Angora cat with whom he has a long-distance relationship. She sings in a commercial catchoir. One of their weekly meetings was reason to prematurely kick out Bas Buldog out of his house. In the episode, only her voice is heard, coming from inside the mansion.[10][11]

Burglary

As Alfred Jodocus Kwak flies over Polderstad using the magic of the white chess queen he spots Dolf de Kraai breaking into Anton Snorman's mansion. The two take a closer look, but find Krabnagel who has it out for Alfred. The white chess queen fools Krabnagel in trying to eat her, but changes back to her chess piece form and makes Krabnagel break his teeth missing biting her. All this commotion wakes Anton and - likely - his visiting girlfriend up and he walks outside to see what is happening. Dolf then runs past him carrying some stolen antiques. Dolf is spotted by Alfred, but this causes Anton to confuse Alfred as a possible partner in crime to Dolf and Alfred flees away.[3]

In the alternate retelling from De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak, this story takes place in the summer holiday, rather than in the winter. In this retelling Krabnagel is only visiting, because of the voice-over job and the need to get some food at Anton Snorman's mansion. Also, someone, presumably Dolf de Kraai, gets arrested by Holmes de Hond. The white chess queen assures Alfred that this could all be a dream.[12]

Voice actors

Japanese ¦ ??? ¦ No name given
Dutch ¦ ??? ¦ Anton Snorman[2], Snorremans[4], de heer des huizes[5]
German ¦ ??? ¦ No name given
English ¦ ??? ¦ No name given
Finnish ¦ ??? ¦ No name given
Hungarian ¦ ??? ¦ No name given

Appearances

TV Series

Audio

Books

Production background

Anton Snorman is a character that goes unnamed in the one episode he appears in. He was given no character design page in Character- and Color-Designs for Alfred J. Kwak. His story was expanded greatly in the book De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak, which is also where he gets his name from.

Meester Bas Buldog teaching a history class at the Polderstad primary school.

Notes


References

  1. ↑ 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. [[Henk de Mol mentions his surname on page 75
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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. Meester Bas Buldog says his full name for the first time on page 158
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "チェスの女王夢冒険 (Chesu no joō yume bōken)" [Queen of chess dream adventure]. Alfred J. Kwak. Season 1. Episode 12. 1989-06-19. TV Tokyo.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 van Veen, Herman (1990). De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak: De witte koningin [The wonderful adventures of Alfred J. Kwak: The white queen] (in Nederlands). Weert: Uitgeverij van Reemst, M&P bv. ISBN 9035905466. Page 16
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 van Veen, Herman (1991). De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak: het grote voorleesboek [The wonderful adventures of Alfred J. Kwak: the big reading book] (in Nederlands). Kampen, the Netherlands: Uitgeverij Kok. ISBN 9789043518383. Page 101
  6. ↑ 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. Pages 164-167
  7. ↑ 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 159
  8. ↑ 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 165
  9. ↑ 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. Pages 164 & 165
  10. ↑ 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 167
  11. ↑ 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. On page 218 Krabnagel de Kater reveals that it's not just a girlfriend, but Anton Snorman's fiancée.
  12. ↑ 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. Pages 214-218
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