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The opening animation for Alfred J. Kwak, it is first seen on the first episode of the first season. Which was first aired in Japan on TV Tokyo on 3 April 1989 in the Monday 17:00 - 17:30 slot, accompanied by the song Yakusoku Dayo "Kwak's Song".

Story

Summary

The camera zooms in on a red hardcover book resting on a wooden table. The red book has a circle in the center, within the circle, Alfred's head facing back. Surrounding the book are various objects: other books, pencils, a fountain pen, an eraser, a ruler, paper and under the book; lined paper.

As the camera has focused on only the front of the book, Alfred turns around, quacks twice, and, from within the circle, pulls out a material and places it swiftly in front of him. The red letters "ALFRED J. KWAK", drop on top of the material and heads of the characters Professor Paljass, K. Rokodil, Kapitein Olaf Stoppel, Henk de Mol, Wisal, Dolf, Hannibal Nijlpaard and Winnie Wana surround Alfred Jodocus Kwak around the circle, forming the logo of the series.

The book opens to reveal an overhead shot of Groot Waterland. The camera zooming in, fading into a shot of Henk's home and then inside, where Alfred and Henk are playing chess.

Alfred looks tired and by the end of the scene, he has fallen asleep. As he drifts into a dream, the scene fades, and Alfred is now floating beside the chess pieces de Witte Koningin and Het Schaakspel.

Suddenly, Alfred floats trough the chessboard. He then drops into the depths of the sea, and narrowly manages to dodge the rostrum of Wiede Wagen, a large sawfish. Behind him, a massive whale also appears. Alfred turns to face the camera once again, smiling.

Alfred then fades out of the scene and finds himself in de Jungle van Sinatra, falling onto the howdah of a walking Olifant. Alfred is visibly enjoying riding the Olifant, but then, a mysterious hand, belonging to the Heksenpriester, emerges from the top left of the frame. The hand tries to grab Alfred, failing the first time. But on the second attempt, successfully seizing Alfred by the head, gripping him between the ring and index fingers. Heksenpriester pulls him into a hellish world and casts a blinding beam of light into his face.

The beam appears to transport Alfred, now in a space suit, into outer space. In the next scenes, Alfred switches between his various costumes.

Henk smiles at the camera and leaps onto Alfred's back. Alfred quacks twice once more, and the scene fades to black.

Cultural references

Errata

In the first Japanese episode, song lyrics appear to be missing^[1]
The Finnish version includes extended Dutch-language credits (Additional text after the Heksenpriester-scene)

Cast

Character Gallery

Production

Language and Regional Variations

Sound

Music

Sound Effects

Notes

References

↑ Jack3376 (22 March 2010). "福星鸭小子1上". v.youku.com (in 中文). Retrieved 21 January 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[1] Jack3376 (22 March 2010). "福星鸭小子1上". v.youku.com (in 中文). Retrieved 21 January 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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 == Story ==
 === Summary ===
-The camera zooms into a red hardcover book on the table, next to it there are books, pencils, a fountain pen, an eraser, a ruler, paper and under the book; lined paper. All on a wooden table.
+The camera zooms in on a red hardcover book resting on a wooden table. The red book has a circle in the center, within the circle, [[Alfred Jodocus Kwak|Alfred]]'s head facing back. Surrounding the book are various objects: other books, pencils, a fountain pen, an eraser, a ruler, paper and under the book; lined paper.
-The book has a circle in the center, within the circle, [[Alfred]]'s head is facing back. As the camera has focused on only the front of the book, [[Alfred]] turns around, quacks twice and pulls out a material from within the circle and quickly places it in front. The letters "ALFRED J. KWAK" appear on top of the material and heads of the characters [[Professor Paljass]], [[K. Rokodil]], [[Kapitein Olaf Stoppel]], [[Henk de Mol]], [[Wisal]], [[Dolf]], [[Hannibal Nijlpaard]] and [[Winnie Wana]] surround [[Alfred Jodocus Kwak]] around the circle, effectively forming the logo of the series.
+As the camera has focused on only the front of the book, [[Alfred]] turns around, quacks twice, and, from within the circle, pulls out a material and places it swiftly in front of him. The red letters "ALFRED J. KWAK", drop on top of the material and heads of the characters [[Professor Paljass]], [[K. Rokodil]], [[Kapitein Olaf Stoppel]], [[Henk de Mol]], [[Wisal]], [[Dolf]], [[Hannibal Nijlpaard]] and [[Winnie Wana]] surround [[Alfred Jodocus Kwak]] around the circle, forming the [[Alfred J. Kwak Logos#Animated Series|logo]] of the series.
-The book opens up to a zoom-in of an overhead view of [[Groot Waterland]]. Then it fades into a zoom-in of [[Henk's home]] and inside, where [[Alfred Jodocus Kwak|Alfred]] and [[Henk de Mol|Henk]] are playing chess.
+The book opens to reveal an overhead shot of [[Groot Waterland]]. The camera zooming in, fading into a shot of [[Henk's home]] and then inside, where [[Alfred Jodocus Kwak|Alfred]] and [[Henk de Mol|Henk]] are playing chess.
-[[Alfred Jodocus Kwak|Alfred]] appears sleepy and by the end of the scene he seems to have fallen into a dream, right after the scene fades and [[Alfred Jodocus Kwak|Alfred]] is floating alongside the chess pieces; [[de Witte Koningin]] and [[Het SchaaKspel]](TODO: separate character names?).
+[[Alfred Jodocus Kwak|Alfred]] looks tired and by the end of the scene, he has fallen asleep. As he drifts into a dream, the scene fades, and [[Alfred Jodocus Kwak|Alfred]] is now floating beside the chess pieces [[de Witte Koningin]] and [[Het Schaakspel]].
-Then, [[Alfred]] passes trough the chessboard, almost as-if pulled by a force and is transported into the depths of the sea. He only barely manages to dodge [[Wiede Wagen]]'s rostrum. Behind the sawfish, [[Alfred Jodocus Kwak|Alfred]] is then face to face with a [[Whale]](TODO: name).
+Suddenly, [[Alfred Jodocus Kwak|Alfred]] floats trough the chessboard. He then drops into the depths of the sea, and narrowly manages to dodge the rostrum of [[Wiede Wagen]], a large sawfish. Behind him, a massive whale also appears. [[Alfred Jodocus Kwak|Alfred]] turns to face the camera once again, smiling.
-[[Alfred]] then fades out and is transported to [[de Jungle van Sinatra]] right on top of [[Olifant]], and falls onto his back. But not long after until [[Heksenpriester]]'s hand appears from the upper left side of the frame and grabs Alfred's head right in between the ring finger and the index finger. [[Heksenpriester]] pulls [[Alfred]] into a hellish world and uses his other hand to cast a bright beam into Alfred's face.
+[[Alfred Jodocus Kwak|Alfred]] then fades out of the scene and finds himself in [[de Jungle van Sinatra]], falling onto the howdah of a walking [[Olifant]]. Alfred is visibly enjoying riding the [[Olifant]], but then, a mysterious hand, belonging to the [[Heksenpriester]], emerges from the top left of the frame. The hand tries to grab [[Alfred Jodocus Kwak|Alfred]], failing the first time. But on the second attempt, successfully seizing [[Alfred Jodocus Kwak|Alfred]] by the head, gripping him between the ring and index fingers. [[Heksenpriester]] pulls him into a hellish world and casts a blinding beam of light into his face.
-The beam appears to have transported [[Alfred Jodocus Kwak|Alfred]] into outer space in his space costuum. In the next few scenes, [[Alfred Jodocus Kwak|Alfred]] switches between his various outfits.
+The beam appears to transport [[Alfred Jodocus Kwak|Alfred]], now in a space suit, into outer space. In the next scenes, [[Alfred Jodocus Kwak|Alfred]] switches between his various costumes.
-[[Henk de Mol|Henk]] smiles at the camera and jumps onto Alfred's back. Alfred quacks twice again and everything fades out.
+[[Henk de Mol|Henk]] smiles at the camera and leaps onto [[Alfred Jodocus Kwak|Alfred]]'s back. Alfred quacks twice once more, and the scene fades to black.
 === Cultural references ===