After failing his entrance exam for theater school, Anton Snorman got his [[wikipedia:Doctorandus|doctorandus]] degree studying [[wikipedia:Dramaturgy|dramaturgy]] in [[Waterslag aan Zee]] with a minor in [[wikipedia:Literary theory|literature]]. His interest in literature is what interested [[Meester Bas Buldog]], the primary school teacher from [[Polderstad]], to visit Anton in his [[Anton Snorman's mansion]] in [[Polderstad-West]], after previously having met him on the [[Vorige Burgemeesterplantsoen]].<ref name="p159">{{CiteBook|DRO}}''Page 159''</ref> Anton and Bas bonded over their mutual interest into minstrel [[Kukeleku]] who Bas had just discovered, but he had intimate knowledge of.<ref name="p165">{{CiteBook|DRO}}''Page 165''</ref>
His mansion is filled with antiques that require a lot of maintenance, causing Anton to need to fire his mansion staff and needing to find a free-lance job in directing [[wikipedia:Voice-over|voice-overs]] for an advertising agency. One of the people from the street that he uses the voice of for [[K. Rokodil and Olaf Nijlpaard's companies|Nijlrok Hap-in-slik-door]] is [[Krabnagel de Kater|Krabnagel]]. Usually Krabnagel comes scrounging for food and it takes a whole day to get the proper lines out of him.<ref name="p164">{{CiteBook|DRO}}''Pages 164 & 165''</ref>
===Anton Snorman's fiancée===
Anton also has a '''girlfriend''', a (according to him) beautiful [[wikipedia:Turkish Angora|Angora cat]] with whom he has a [[wikipedia:Long-distance relationship|long-distance relationship]]. She sings in a commercial catchoir. One of their weekly meetings was reason to prematurely kick out Bas Buldog out of his house. In the [[Alfred J. Kwak Episode 12|episode]], only her voice is heard, coming from inside the mansion.<ref name="p167">{{CiteBook|DRO}}''Page 167''</ref><ref name="p218">{{CiteBook|DRO}}''On page 218 [[Krabnagel de Kater]] reveals that it's not just a girlfriend, but Anton Snorman's fiancée.''</ref>
===Burglary===
As [[Alfred Jodocus Kwak]] [[Flying in Alfred J. Kwak|flies]] over [[Polderstad]] using the magic of the [[The white chess queen|white chess queen]] he spots [[Dolf de Kraai]] breaking into Anton Snorman's mansion. The two take a closer look, but find Krabnagel who has it out for Alfred. The white chess queen fools Krabnagel in trying to eat her, but changes back to her chess piece form and makes Krabnagel break his teeth missing biting her. All this commotion wakes Anton and - likely - his visiting girlfriend up and he walks outside to see what is happening. Dolf then runs past him carrying some stolen antiques. Dolf is spotted by Alfred, but this causes Anton to confuse Alfred as a possible partner in crime to Dolf and Alfred flees away.<ref name="Ep12" />
In the alternate retelling from [[De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak]], this story takes place in the summer holiday, rather than in the winter. In this retelling Krabnagel is only visiting, because of the voice-over job and the need to get some food at Anton Snorman's mansion. Also, someone, presumably Dolf de Kraai, gets arrested by [[Holmes de Hond]]. The white chess queen assures Alfred that this could all be a dream.<ref name="p214">{{CiteBook|DRO}}''Pages 214-218''</ref>
Kukeleku (lit. "cock-a-doodle-doo")[note 1] is a fictional character from the animated show. He is a minstrel from Alfred Jodocus Kwak's imagination as he daydreams during the class from Meester Bas Buldog.[3] He gets his name and more character backstory in the Dutch book De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak, where he has more interaction with Alfred in his dream, which seems to have somehow influenced the minstrel in the actual history of the story as in his collected works he seems to refer to Alfred in his final song.[4][5] Kukeleku appears once more when Alfred daydreams about living in the 800 years ago and being banished from Polderstad we see Kukeleku look from a rooftop window judging what is happening.[6]
↑van Veen, Herman; Holzhaus, Hanneke (1991). De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak [Alfred Jodocus Kwak's Dream] (in Nederlands). Soest, the Netherlands: Harlekijn, Westbroek. ISBN9063860862.
Page 171 contains the last song of minstrel Kukeleku where the writer impossibly refers to a little duck and his [[wikipedia:Ballpoint pen|ballpoint pen. Likely this is all tongue in cheek and is not meant to be taken seriously.
De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak (1991) (Dutch)
