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==Personality==
==Personality==
He carries himself as a [[wikipedia:dandy|dandy]], strolling around with refined language and placing great importance on his appearance and leisurely hobbies. His use of [[wikipedia:deodorant|deodorant]] could be smelled from great distances.<ref>{{CiteBook|WW1}} ''Page 14''</ref>
He carries himself as a [[wikipedia:dandy|dandy]], strolling around with refined language and placing great importance on his appearance and leisurely hobbies.<ref name="Ep1" /><ref name="Goe" /> His use of [[wikipedia:deodorant|deodorant]] could be smelled from great distances.<ref>{{CiteBook|WW1}} ''Page 14''</ref>


He attempts to win over women with this attitude, as seen in his pursuit of [[Anna van de Polder]], boasting about his threefold inheritance.<ref name="DRO P84" /> However, when his claim to Anna is challenged by [[Johnny Hollyday]], he loses his composure and engages in a fight.<ref name="Ep1" /><ref name="Goe" />
He attempts to win over women with this attitude, as seen in his pursuit of [[Anna van de Polder]], boasting about his threefold inheritance.<ref name="DRO P84" /> However, when his claim to Anna is challenged by [[Johnny Hollyday]], he loses his composure and engages in a fight.<ref name="Ep1" /><ref name="Goe" />

Revision as of 11:18, 12 March 2025

Henri Dropshot
Character
"Anna van de Polder"
Anna in Episode 1
SpeciesDuck
BirthplaceBreed Rietland
First appearanceEpisode 1
Character Model Sheet number7/1[1]
Character Model Sheet name2 Kemphanen

Name in different languages
Dutch nameHenri Dropshot
Japanese name青年 (Seinen, or lit. Young Man)
German nameUnknown
English nameUnknown

Likely born in Breed Rietland, Henri Dropshot[2][3], also known as one of the Kemphanen[note 1][1], fights with Johnny Hollyday over Anna van de Polder, another resident of the Plaspoelpolder[2].

Appearance

He is a duck of regular size, sporting a small moustache and ginger hair. In the animated series, he is depicted with a relatively full head of hair; however, in the book De wonderlijke avonturen van de eend Alfred Jodocus Kwak: Goedemorgen, he is shown with only a few tufts of hair.

He wears a green colbert over a white undershirt, complemented by a bright red bowtie (rendered as red with blue spots in Goedemorgen) and white spats covering his feet. Finally, he accessorizes with a boater hat and a monocle, which he wears on his right eye in the animated series, but on the left eye in Goedemorgen. He is frequently seen carrying a tennis racket and a coin for tossing.[2][4][1]

Personality

He carries himself as a dandy, strolling around with refined language and placing great importance on his appearance and leisurely hobbies.[2][4] His use of deodorant could be smelled from great distances.[5]

He attempts to win over women with this attitude, as seen in his pursuit of Anna van de Polder, boasting about his threefold inheritance.[3] However, when his claim to Anna is challenged by Johnny Hollyday, he loses his composure and engages in a fight.[2][4]

According to Henk de Mol, while Henri was frequently seen carrying a tennis racket, he was never actually observed playing. He is also regularly depicted smoking cigarettes.[3]

Storyline

Voice actors

Japanese ¦ 島田 敏 (Bin Shimada) ¦ 青年 (Seinen)
Dutch ¦ Bob van Tol[note 2] ¦ Henri Dropshot
German ¦ ??? ¦ Unnamed
English ¦ ??? ¦ Unnamed

Appearances

Audio

Production background

Notes

  1. ↑ Kemphanen (singular: kemphaan) has a double meaning in Dutch. It literally translates to the Ruff, a species of wading bird. In Dutch, it is also used to describe two people who are frequently in conflict or rivalry.
  2. ↑ Miscredited on IMDb and several other pages as Paul van Vliet

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Siepermann, Harald; Bacher, Hans (1988). Character- and Color-Designs for Alfred J. Kwak. Duesseldorf - West-Germany.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "CCD" defined multiple times with different content
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "[[Alfred J. Kwak Episode {{{2}}}|]]". Alfred J. Kwak. Season Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{".. Episode {{{2}}}. N/A. Unknown. {{cite episode}}: Check date values in: |airdate= (help)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 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. Henri Dropshot is only named in this book, on page 84
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 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.
  5. ↑ 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 14