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'''Schor de Kraai'''<ref name="DRO P88">{{CiteBook|DRO}} ''Schor is named in this book on page 88''</ref>, or '''Nicol''' in the Japanese version<ref name="Ep1C">{{CiteAJKep|JA|1}} ''In the end credits''</ref>, is the father of [[Dolf de Kraai]] who lived in [[Breed Rietland]] together with [[Miriam Merel]], his wife. Deeply afraid of the unnatural, Schor has a need to use aggression and anger to try and chase those elements away. He loses mental coherence later in life and after moving to [[Groot Waterland]] wanders around [[Polderstad]] lost.<ref name="DRO P90">{{CiteBook|DRO}} ''Page 90''</ref>
'''Schor de Kraai'''<ref name="DRO P88">{{CiteBook|DRO}} ''Schor is named in this book on page 88''</ref>, or '''Nicol''' in the Japanese version<ref name="Ep1C">{{CiteAJKep|JA|1}} ''In the end credits''</ref>, is the father of [[Dolf de Kraai]] who lived in [[Breed Rietland]] together with [[Miriam Merel]], his wife. Deeply afraid of the unnatural, Schor has a need to use aggression and anger to try and chase those elements away. He struggles with [[wikipedia:Alcoholism|alcohol]] and his mental coherence deteriorates rapidly over the course of his life and after moving to [[Groot Waterland]] wanders around [[Polderstad]] in a state of confusion.<ref name="DRO P90">{{CiteBook|DRO}} ''Page 90''</ref><ref name="DRO P170" />


==Appearance==
==Appearance==
He's a greying crow when [[Johan Sebastiaan Kwak]] has his confrontation with him. His skin isn't dark anymore and is quite light, as is his beak. He seems to be bald apart from bushy eyebrows and a Hungarian style of [[wikipedia:Moustache|moustache]]. He has some [[wikipedia:Liver spots|liver spots]] on the sides of his head and bright orange eyes. He usually has a resentful look on his face.
He's a greying crow when [[Johan Sebastiaan Kwak]] has his first confrontation with him. His skin isn't dark anymore and is quite light, as is his beak. He seems to be bald apart from bushy eyebrows and a Hungarian style of [[wikipedia:Moustache|moustache]]. He has some [[wikipedia:Liver spots|liver spots]] on the sides of his head and bright orange eyes. He usually has a resentful look on his face.


Schor wears a white short sleeved shirt and green [[wikipedia:Lederhosen|lederhosen]] with red trims and red tassles. He wears a [[wikipedia:Tyrolean hat|Tyrolean hat]] with that and brown leather shoes, completing his [[wikipedia:Bavaria|Bavarian]] style wardrobe.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lederhosen|title=Lederhosen page on Wikipedia|website=en.wikipedia.org|language=en}}</ref>   
Schor wears a white short sleeved shirt and green [[wikipedia:Lederhosen|lederhosen]] with red trims and red tassles. He wears a [[wikipedia:Tyrolean hat|Tyrolean hat]] with that and brown leather shoes, completing his [[wikipedia:Bavaria|Bavarian]] style wardrobe.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lederhosen|title=Lederhosen page on Wikipedia|website=en.wikipedia.org|language=en}}</ref>   
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He lashes out to others for being strange or forming strange relationships, likely trying to project his own insecurities over having a [[:Category:Thrush Character|thrush]] as a partner and a cross-breed son. He takes this frustration out on his family themselves as well. He treats [[Miriam Merel]] poorly when she only lays one egg, and doesn't take any responsibility in raising his son [[Dolf de Kraai|Dolf]].<ref name="DRO P90">{{CiteBook|DRO}} ''Page 90''</ref> <ref name="DRO P93">{{CiteBook|DRO}} ''Page 93''</ref>
He lashes out to others for being strange or forming strange relationships, likely trying to project his own insecurities over having a [[:Category:Thrush Character|thrush]] as a partner and a cross-breed son. He takes this frustration out on his family themselves as well. He treats [[Miriam Merel]] poorly when she only lays one egg, and doesn't take any responsibility in raising his son [[Dolf de Kraai|Dolf]].<ref name="DRO P90">{{CiteBook|DRO}} ''Page 90''</ref> <ref name="DRO P93">{{CiteBook|DRO}} ''Page 93''</ref>


During his life in the [[Plaspoelpolder]] he made sure to make [[Johan Sebastiaan Kwak]]'s life a miserable hell as he couldn't understand that a [[:Category:Duck Character|duck]] could be friends with a [[:Category:Mole Character|mole]]. While [[Henk de Mol]], Johan's mole friend, didn't engage with Schor, it really got under Johan's nerves and he and Schor frequently got into fights.<ref name="DRO P88">{{CiteBook|DRO}} ''Page 88''</ref>  
He has psychotic tendencies, regularly suffering from memory loss and concentration problems.<ref name="DRO P89">{{CiteBook|DRO}} ''Page 89''</ref> He's even known to fly from tree to tree, drinking the juice of poisoned berries daily.<ref name="DRO P90">{{CiteBook|DRO}} ''Page 90''</ref><ref group="note">While the book [[De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak (book)|De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak]] doesn't make this explicit, it could be that drinking the juice of poisoned berries is a euphemism for [[wikipedia:Alcoholism|alcoholism]], which is made explicit in [[Alfred J. Kwak Episode 5|episode 5]] of the [[Alfred J. Kwak|animated series]].</ref> Together with a drinking problem that even his son could identify at a young age<ref name="Ep5">{{CiteAJKep|NL|5}}</ref> it is possible that Schor might suffer from [[wikipedia:Korsakoff syndrome|Korsakoff syndrome]], but this is pure conjecture.


After leaving the Plaspoelpolder, because of the construction of [[Groot Speelgoedland]], and settling in a tree near [[Polderstad]] he grew increasingly impatient with Miriam's
==Storyline==
depression and would regularly call out for her to commit [[wikipedia:Suicide|suicide]] if she wasn't feeling happy, as it would do him a favor too. This emotionally weakened Miriam even more, on top of Miriam having to take care of food for the three of them.<ref name="DRO P118">{{CiteBook|DRO}} ''Page 118''</ref>  This situation came to a head when Schor invited Miriam for a fly over Polderstad, an unfamiliar airspace to Miriam, and he guided her to crash into the [[Stompe Toren]] and fall to her death, having been witnessed only by [[Ollie de Ooievaar#Mollie de Ooievaar]] according to [[Henk de Mol]].<ref name="DRO P119">{{CiteBook|DRO}} ''Page 119''</ref>
During his life in the [[Plaspoelpolder]] he made sure to make [[Johan Sebastiaan Kwak]]'s life a miserable hell as he couldn't understand that a [[:Category:Duck Character|duck]] could be friends with a [[:Category:Mole Character|mole]]. While [[Henk de Mol]], Johan's mole friend, didn't engage with Schor, it really got under Johan's nerves and he and Schor frequently got into fights.<ref name="DRO P88A">{{CiteBook|DRO}} ''Page 88''</ref>  


==Storyline==
His [[:Category:Thrush Character|thrush]] wife [[Miriam Merel]] keeps her surname, likely due to shame on Schor's part. They make one egg together, which hatches into [[Dolf de Kraai]], a crow with a yellow beak, which is something Schor couldn't accept. After they had a child together, Schor felt compelled to remain with Miriam, as his own beliefs demanded that they stay together, regardless of how unhappy he was with her.<ref name="DRO P94">{{CiteBook|DRO}} ''Page 94''</ref>
 
After leaving the Plaspoelpolder, because of the construction of [[Groot Speelgoedland]], and settling in a tree near [[Polderstad]] he grew increasingly impatient with Miriam's depression and would regularly call out for her to commit [[wikipedia:Suicide|suicide]] if she wasn't feeling happy, as it would do him a favor as well. This emotionally weakened Miriam even more, on top of her duty of care to their son and providing food, which Schor refused to do.<ref name="DRO P118">{{CiteBook|DRO}} ''Page 118''</ref>  This situation came to a head when Schor invited Miriam for a flight over Polderstad, an unfamiliar airspace to Miriam, then exploited her in her weakened state and directed her to crash into the [[Stompe Toren]], killing her. According to [[Henk de Mol]], [[Ollie de Ooievaar#Mollie de Ooievaar|Mollie de Ooievaar]] was the only witness. Afterwards he claimed that Miriam had deliberately flown into the tower, and this account became the prevailing belief in Polderstad.<ref name="DRO P119">{{CiteBook|DRO}} ''Page 119-121''</ref>


After the incident Dolf came home from [[wikipedia:Kindergarten|kindergarten]] to find his home empty. Schor never acknowlegded him ever again, either on purpose or from his prolonged psychological deterioration.<ref name="DRO P121">{{CiteBook|DRO}} ''Page 121''</ref> Schor would then wander about meaninglessly, flying around and screaming, only to get worse and worse.<ref name="DRO P170">{{CiteBook|DRO}} ''Page 170''</ref>


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File:De Zeven Eieren Kemphaan.jpg|link=De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak: De zeven eieren|[[De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak: De zeven eieren]] (1989) (Dutch)
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Schor de Kraai
Character
"Schor de Kraai"
Schor in Episode 1
SpeciesCrow
BirthplaceBreed Rietland
First appearanceEpisode 1
Character Model Sheet number8/1 (sheet 7)[1]
Character Model Sheet nameSchor
Name in different languages
Dutch nameSchor de Kraai[2][3]
Japanese nameニコル (Nicol)[4]
German nameSchor[5]
English nameDolf's father

Schor de Kraai[2], or Nicol in the Japanese version[4], is the father of Dolf de Kraai who lived in Breed Rietland together with Miriam Merel, his wife. Deeply afraid of the unnatural, Schor has a need to use aggression and anger to try and chase those elements away. He struggles with alcohol and his mental coherence deteriorates rapidly over the course of his life and after moving to Groot Waterland wanders around Polderstad in a state of confusion.[6][7]

Appearance

He's a greying crow when Johan Sebastiaan Kwak has his first confrontation with him. His skin isn't dark anymore and is quite light, as is his beak. He seems to be bald apart from bushy eyebrows and a Hungarian style of moustache. He has some liver spots on the sides of his head and bright orange eyes. He usually has a resentful look on his face.

Schor wears a white short sleeved shirt and green lederhosen with red trims and red tassles. He wears a Tyrolean hat with that and brown leather shoes, completing his Bavarian style wardrobe.[8]

He has a slight redesign in De wonderlijke avonturen van de eend Alfred Jodocus Kwak: Goedemorgen where he also wears red and white stripes socks, wears a golden button on his shirt, his shoes have steel toe caps and his braces come together in the front in a green-and-red circular design.

Personality

Schor is a grumpy conformist, with a dash of speciesism, known for a rigid belief that every species should stick to their designated traditional roles. This is reflected in his old-fashioned traditional Bavarian garb.[9]

He lashes out to others for being strange or forming strange relationships, likely trying to project his own insecurities over having a thrush as a partner and a cross-breed son. He takes this frustration out on his family themselves as well. He treats Miriam Merel poorly when she only lays one egg, and doesn't take any responsibility in raising his son Dolf.[6] [10]

He has psychotic tendencies, regularly suffering from memory loss and concentration problems.[11] He's even known to fly from tree to tree, drinking the juice of poisoned berries daily.[6][note 1] Together with a drinking problem that even his son could identify at a young age[12] it is possible that Schor might suffer from Korsakoff syndrome, but this is pure conjecture.

Storyline

During his life in the Plaspoelpolder he made sure to make Johan Sebastiaan Kwak's life a miserable hell as he couldn't understand that a duck could be friends with a mole. While Henk de Mol, Johan's mole friend, didn't engage with Schor, it really got under Johan's nerves and he and Schor frequently got into fights.[13]

His thrush wife Miriam Merel keeps her surname, likely due to shame on Schor's part. They make one egg together, which hatches into Dolf de Kraai, a crow with a yellow beak, which is something Schor couldn't accept. After they had a child together, Schor felt compelled to remain with Miriam, as his own beliefs demanded that they stay together, regardless of how unhappy he was with her.[14]

After leaving the Plaspoelpolder, because of the construction of Groot Speelgoedland, and settling in a tree near Polderstad he grew increasingly impatient with Miriam's depression and would regularly call out for her to commit suicide if she wasn't feeling happy, as it would do him a favor as well. This emotionally weakened Miriam even more, on top of her duty of care to their son and providing food, which Schor refused to do.[15] This situation came to a head when Schor invited Miriam for a flight over Polderstad, an unfamiliar airspace to Miriam, then exploited her in her weakened state and directed her to crash into the Stompe Toren, killing her. According to Henk de Mol, Mollie de Ooievaar was the only witness. Afterwards he claimed that Miriam had deliberately flown into the tower, and this account became the prevailing belief in Polderstad.[16]

After the incident Dolf came home from kindergarten to find his home empty. Schor never acknowlegded him ever again, either on purpose or from his prolonged psychological deterioration.[17] Schor would then wander about meaninglessly, flying around and screaming, only to get worse and worse.[7]

Schor and his wife Miriam confronting Johan Sebastiaan Kwak about his eggs, with a claw from Rap de Kiekendief, from the book De wonderlijke avonturen van de eend Alfred Jodocus Kwak: Goedemorgen

Voice actors

Japanese ¦ 山寺 宏一 (Kōichi Yamadera) ¦ ニコル (Nicol)
Dutch ¦ Johnny Kraaijkamp jr ¦ Schor de Kraai
German ¦ Wolf Rüdiger Reutermann ¦ Schor
English ¦ Unknown ¦ Dolf's father

Appearances

TV Series

Audio

Books

Production background

Schor de Kraai's character design from the Character- and Color-Designs for Alfred J. Kwak book.

Notes

  1. ↑ While the book De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak doesn't make this explicit, it could be that drinking the juice of poisoned berries is a euphemism for alcoholism, which is made explicit in episode 5 of the animated series.

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. ↑ 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. Schor is named in this book on page 88
  3. ↑ Siepermann, Harald; Bacher, Hans (1988). Character- and Color-Designs for Alfred J. Kwak. Duesseldorf - West-Germany.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "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. In the end credits
  5. ↑ van Veen, Herman (1990). Alfred J. Kwak 1 - Hurra, Er Ist Da! / Böse Überraschung [Alfred J. Kwak 1 - Hooray, he's here! / Bad Surprise] (Cassette tape). Karussel audio cassettes (in Deutsch). Leipzig: Karussell. 843 500-4. In the credits list.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 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 90
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 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. Page 170
  8. ↑ "Lederhosen page on Wikipedia". en.wikipedia.org.
  9. ↑ "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.
  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 93
  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. Page 89
  12. ↑ "De kater" [The tomcat]. Alfred J. Kwak. Season 1. Episode 5. 1990-01-14. VARA.
  13. ↑ 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 88
  14. ↑ 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 94
  15. ↑ 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 118
  16. ↑ 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 119-121
  17. ↑ 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 121
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