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:''These descriptions are based on their appearance in the books [[De wonderlijke avonturen van de eend Alfred Jodocus Kwak: Goedemorgen]] and [[De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak]].''
===Clara===
===Clara===
Clara had a round tummy. She was named after [[Anna van de Polder]]'s bosem friend Clara.
===Jan===
Jan had a wise look in his eyes. He was, according to [[De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak]] named after Anna's oldest brother Jan van de Polder<ref group="note">In the [[Alfred J. Kwak|animated series]], Jan van de Polder is identified as Anna's father, a name provided by [[Henk de Mol]]. However, the books assign him a different name. In [[De wonderlijke avonturen van de eend Alfred Jodocus Kwak: Goedemorgen]] and [[De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak: De zeven eieren]], he is referred to as Woerd. [[De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak]] elaborates further, naming him Hans Woerd van de Polder. 
As [[De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak]] is narrated by Henk de Mol, it could be interpreted that Henk inadvertently swapped the names of Jan and Hans. Additionally, Woerd may be a nickname used to differentiate him from his son, who could then be referred to as Jan van de Polder Junior to align the various versions of the story.
Hans could either be another sibling, or Jan van de Polder Junior could actually be called Hans van de Polder.</ref>.




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Alfred's brothers and sisters
Characters
"Johan Sebastiaan Kwak"
Alfred and his 6 siblings in Episode 1
SpeciesDuck
BirthplaceBreed Rietland
First appearanceEpisode 1
Character Model Sheet number15/1[1]
Character Model Sheet nameAlfred's Broers en Zussen (lit. Alfreds brothers and sisters)
Names in different languages
Dutch namesClara, Hans, Jan, Josefien, Marjolein and Robert
Japanese namesUnknown
German namesUnknown
English namesUnknown

Alfred Jodocus Kwak was the firstborn in a nest of seven. His brothers and sisters were unnamed in the animated series but were later named and described in books[2][3][4]. They, along with their parents Johan Sebastiaan Kwak and Anna van de Polder, were struck by a car carrying Olaf Nijlpaard and Alfons Rokodil while emigrating from their birthplace, Breed Rietland, to Groot Waterland[5].

The series and books differ in their depiction of how many brothers and sisters Alfred has. The series appears to show four brothers and two sisters, though the exact numbers are unclear and unspecified. Conversely, the books explicitly state that Alfred has three brothers and three sisters (even though De wonderlijke avonturen van de eend Alfred Jodocus Kwak: Goedemorgen uses designs based on the character sheets from Character- and Color-Designs for Alfred J. Kwak like the series does. Therefore the pictures can be considered at odds with the text). Due to the additional details provided in the books, this page primarily follows that interpretation. The books give their names as Clara, Hans, Jan, Josefien, Marjolein and Robert[6][7].

Appearance

These descriptions are based on their appearance in the books De wonderlijke avonturen van de eend Alfred Jodocus Kwak: Goedemorgen and De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak.

Clara

Clara had a round tummy. She was named after Anna van de Polder's bosem friend Clara.

Jan

Jan had a wise look in his eyes. He was, according to De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak named after Anna's oldest brother Jan van de Polder[note 1]. 



Hans, Jan, Josefien, Marjolein and Robert

Personality

Storyline

Family Tree

Kwak/van de Polder/Wana/de Mol family tree


Alfred de MolMarjolein de Mol
Robert KwakMarjolein KwakJan "Woerd" van de PolderJosefien van de PolderHenk's parent
Johan Sebastiaan KwakAnna van de PolderJan van de Polder JuniorHenk de MolKwa WanaBlanche Wana
Clara KwakHans KwakJan KwakJosefien KwakMarjolein KwakRobert "Robbie" KwakAlfred Jodocus KwakWinnie Mandoline WanaTom Wana


Voice actors

Japanese ¦ Unknown ¦ Unknown
Dutch ¦ Ryan van de Akker ¦ Clara, Hans, Jan, Josefien, Marjolein and Robert
German ¦ Ryan van de Akker ¦ Unknown
English ¦ Unknown ¦ Unknown

Appearances

TV Series

Audio

Books

Production background

Alfred's siblings appear on sheet 15 of the Character- and Color-Designs for Alfred J. Kwak book, which was made in July of 1988. As per the outline Herman van Veen wrote, Alfred's siblings were only set to appear in Episode 1 according to his character sheet[8], but as the incident that killed them was moved to the first half of Episode 2 they also appeared there.

The siblings appear as four boys and two girls. While black ducks will become an important part of the narrative at the start of season 2 of the animated series, it seems that some ducks can be born black or with dark spots, without being a relative to originally black ducks.

Notes

  1. ↑ In the animated series, Jan van de Polder is identified as Anna's father, a name provided by Henk de Mol. However, the books assign him a different name. In De wonderlijke avonturen van de eend Alfred Jodocus Kwak: Goedemorgen and De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak: De zeven eieren, he is referred to as Woerd. De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak elaborates further, naming him Hans Woerd van de Polder. As De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak is narrated by Henk de Mol, it could be interpreted that Henk inadvertently swapped the names of Jan and Hans. Additionally, Woerd may be a nickname used to differentiate him from his son, who could then be referred to as Jan van de Polder Junior to align the various versions of the story. Hans could either be another sibling, or Jan van de Polder Junior could actually be called Hans van de Polder.

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. ↑ "De eieren". Alfred J. Kwak. Season 1. Episode 1. April 3, 1989. TV Tokyo.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ van Veen, Herman; Holzhaus, Hanneke (1991). De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak [The Dream of Alfred Jodocus Kwak] (in Nederlands). Soest, the Netherlands: Harlekijn, Westbroek. ISBN 9063860862.
  5. ↑ "Het verjaardagsfeestje". Alfred J. Kwak. Season 1. Episode 2. April 10, 1989. TV Tokyo.
  6. ↑ 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 102 and 103
  7. ↑ van Veen, Herman; Holzhaus, Hanneke (1991). De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak [The Dream of Alfred Jodocus Kwak] (in Nederlands). Soest, the Netherlands: Harlekijn, Westbroek. ISBN 9063860862. Page 25
  8. ↑ Harald Siepermann (16 October 2005). "The original treatment of the first TV-episode". alfredjkwak.blogspot.com.
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