Alfred J. Kwak Opening

Alfred J. Kwak opening animation
Opening →
Running time	?
Original airdate	1989-04-03 (Japan)

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 and Henk 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.

Errata

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

Production

The animation is heavily based on illustrations and designs that are found in the Character- and Color-Designs for Alfred J. Kwak book.

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  Heksenpriester and Alfred Jodocus Kwak
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  Alfred's various costumes

Sound

Music

Below is a table with the music used in the opening, separated by language.

Language	Title	Literal Translation	Wiki ID
Japanese	Yakusoku Dayo "Kwak's Song"	It's a Promise	M-1B
Dutch	Spetter Pieter Pater	Splash, pitter, patter	M-2B