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|above = '''Schor de Kraai'''  
|above = '''Miriam Merel'''  
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|subheader = Character
|subheader = Character
|image = [[Image:Schor de Kraai.jpg|200px|alt="Schor de Kraai"]]
|image = [[Image:Miriam Merel.jpg|200px|alt="Miriam Merel"]]
| header1 = Schor in [[Alfred J. Kwak Episode 1|Episode 1]]
| header1 = Miriam in [[Alfred J. Kwak Episode 1|Episode 1]]
| label2        = Species
| label2        = Species
| data2        = [[:Category:Crow_Character|Crow]]
| data2        = [[:Category:Thrush_Character|Thrush]]
| label3        = Birthplace
| label3        = Birthplace
| data3        = [[Breed Rietland]]
| data3        = [[Breed Rietland]]
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| data4        = [[Alfred J. Kwak Episode 1|Episode 1]]
| data4        = [[Alfred J. Kwak Episode 1|Episode 1]]
| label5        = Character Model Sheet number
| label5        = Character Model Sheet number
| data5        = 8/1 (sheet 7)<ref name="CCD">{{CiteBook|CCD}}</ref>
| data5        = 50/5 (sheet 36)<ref name="CCD">{{CiteBook|CCD}}</ref>
| label6      = Character Model Sheet name
| label6      = Character Model Sheet name
| data6        = Schor
| data6        = Dolf's Moeder
| header11 = <hr /> Name in different languages
| header11 = <hr /> Name in different languages
| label12        = Dutch name
| label12        = Dutch name
| data12        = Schor de Kraai<ref name="DRO P88" /><ref>{{CiteBook|CCD}}</ref>
| data12        = Miriam Merel<ref name="DRO P92" /><ref>{{CiteBook|CCD}}</ref> / Esther
| label13        = Japanese name
| label13        = Japanese name
| data13        = ニコル (Nicol)<ref name="Ep1C" />
| data13        = ニコルの妻 (Nikoru no tsuma) Nicol's wife<ref name="Ep1">{{CiteAJKep|JA|1}} Named like this in the end credits.</ref>
| label14        = German name
| label14        = German name
| data14        = Schor<ref>{{cite AV media |last= van Veen|first= Herman|date= 1990|title= [[843 500-4 Alfred J. Kwak 1 - Hurra, Er Ist Da! / Böse Überraschung|Alfred J. Kwak 1 - Hurra, Er Ist Da! / Böse Überraschung]]|trans-title= Alfred J. Kwak 1 - Hooray, he's here! / Bad Surprise |series= [[Karussel audio cassettes]] |type= Cassette tape|language= de|publisher= [[Karussell]]|location = Leipzig|id = 843 500-4}} ''In the credits list''.</ref>
| data14        = Kra Mutter<ref>{{cite AV media |last= van Veen|first= Herman|date= 1990|title= [[843 500-4 Alfred J. Kwak 1 - Hurra, Er Ist Da! / Böse Überraschung|Alfred J. Kwak 1 - Hurra, Er Ist Da! / Böse Überraschung]]|trans-title= Alfred J. Kwak 1 - Hooray, he's here! / Bad Surprise |series= [[Karussel audio cassettes]] |type= Cassette tape|language= de|publisher= [[Karussell]]|location = Leipzig|id = 843 500-4}} ''In the credits list''.</ref>
| label15        = English name
| label15        = English name
| data15        = Dolf's father
| data15        = Dolf's mother
}}
}}


'''Schor de Kraai'''<ref name="DRO P88">{{CiteBook|DRO}} ''Schor is named in this book on page 88''</ref>, or '''Nicol''' in the Japanese version<ref name="Ep1C">{{CiteAJKep|JA|1}} ''In the end credits''</ref>, is the father of [[Dolf de Kraai]] who lived in [[Breed Rietland]] together with [[Miriam Merel]], his wife. Deeply afraid of the unnatural, Schor has a need to use aggression and anger to try and chase those elements away. He struggles with [[wikipedia:Alcoholism|alcohol]] and his mental coherence deteriorates rapidly over the course of his life and after moving to [[Groot Waterland]] wanders around [[Polderstad]] in a state of confusion.<ref name="DRO P90">{{CiteBook|DRO}} ''Page 90''</ref><ref name="DRO P170" />
'''Schor de Kraai'''<ref name="DRO P92">{{CiteBook|DRO}} ''Miriam is named in this book on page 92''</ref>, or '''Esther'''  


==Appearance==
==Appearance==
He's a greying crow when [[Johan Sebastiaan Kwak]] has his first confrontation with him. His skin isn't dark anymore and is quite light, as is his beak. He seems to be bald apart from bushy eyebrows and a Hungarian style of [[wikipedia:Moustache|moustache]]. He has some [[wikipedia:Liver spots|liver spots]] on the sides of his head and bright orange eyes. He usually has a resentful look on his face.
Schor wears a white short sleeved shirt and green [[wikipedia:Lederhosen|lederhosen]] with red trims and red tassles. He wears a [[wikipedia:Tyrolean hat|Tyrolean hat]] with that and brown leather shoes, completing his [[wikipedia:Bavaria|Bavarian]] style wardrobe.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lederhosen|title=Lederhosen page on Wikipedia|website=en.wikipedia.org|language=en}}</ref> 
He has a slight redesign in [[De wonderlijke avonturen van de eend Alfred Jodocus Kwak: Goedemorgen]] where he also wears red and white stripes socks, wears a golden button on his shirt, his shoes have steel toe caps and his braces come together in the front in a green-and-red circular design.


==Personality==
==Personality==
Schor is a grumpy conformist, with a dash of speciesism, known for a rigid belief that every species should stick to their designated traditional roles. This is reflected in his old-fashioned traditional [[wikipedia:Bavaria|Bavarian]] garb.<ref name="Ep1">{{CiteAJKep|JA|1}}</ref>


He lashes out to others for being strange or forming strange relationships, likely trying to project his own insecurities over having a [[:Category:Thrush Character|thrush]] as a partner and a cross-breed son. He takes this frustration out on his family themselves as well. He treats [[Miriam Merel]] poorly when she only lays one egg, and doesn't take any responsibility in raising his son [[Dolf de Kraai|Dolf]].<ref name="DRO P90">{{CiteBook|DRO}} ''Page 90''</ref> <ref name="DRO P93">{{CiteBook|DRO}} ''Page 93''</ref>
He has psychotic tendencies, regularly suffering from memory loss and concentration problems.<ref name="DRO P89">{{CiteBook|DRO}} ''Page 89''</ref> He's even known to fly from tree to tree, drinking the juice of poisoned berries daily.<ref name="DRO P90">{{CiteBook|DRO}} ''Page 90''</ref><ref group="note">While the book [[De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak (book)|De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak]] doesn't make this explicit, it could be that drinking the juice of poisoned berries is a euphemism for [[wikipedia:Alcoholism|alcoholism]], which is made explicit in [[Alfred J. Kwak Episode 5|episode 5]] of the [[Alfred J. Kwak|animated series]].</ref> Together with a drinking problem that even his son could identify at a young age<ref name="Ep5">{{CiteAJKep|NL|5}}</ref> it is possible that Schor might suffer from [[wikipedia:Korsakoff syndrome|Korsakoff syndrome]], but this is pure conjecture.


==Storyline==
==Storyline==
During his life in the [[Plaspoelpolder]] he made sure to make [[Johan Sebastiaan Kwak]]'s life a miserable hell as he couldn't understand that a [[:Category:Duck Character|duck]] could be friends with a [[:Category:Mole Character|mole]]. While [[Henk de Mol]], Johan's mole friend, didn't engage with Schor, it really got under Johan's nerves and he and Schor frequently got into fights.<ref name="DRO P88A">{{CiteBook|DRO}} ''Page 88''</ref>
His [[:Category:Thrush Character|thrush]] wife [[Miriam Merel]] keeps her surname, likely due to shame on Schor's part. They make one egg together, which hatches into [[Dolf de Kraai]], a crow with a yellow beak, which is something Schor couldn't accept. After they had a child together, Schor felt compelled to remain with Miriam, as his own beliefs demanded that they stay together, regardless of how unhappy he was with her.<ref name="DRO P94">{{CiteBook|DRO}} ''Page 94''</ref>
After leaving the Plaspoelpolder, because of the construction of [[Groot Speelgoedland]], and settling in a tree near [[Polderstad]] he grew increasingly impatient with Miriam's depression and would regularly call out for her to commit [[wikipedia:Suicide|suicide]] if she wasn't feeling happy, as it would do him a favor as well. This emotionally weakened Miriam even more, on top of her duty of care to their son and providing food, which Schor refused to do.<ref name="DRO P118">{{CiteBook|DRO}} ''Page 118''</ref>  This situation came to a head when Schor invited Miriam for a flight over Polderstad, an unfamiliar airspace to Miriam, then exploited her in her weakened state and directed her to crash into the [[Stompe Toren]], killing her. According to [[Henk de Mol]], [[Ollie de Ooievaar#Mollie de Ooievaar|Mollie de Ooievaar]] was the only witness. Afterwards he claimed that Miriam had deliberately flown into the tower, and this account became the prevailing belief in Polderstad.<ref name="DRO P119">{{CiteBook|DRO}} ''Page 119-121''</ref>


After the incident Dolf came home from [[wikipedia:Kindergarten|kindergarten]] to find his home empty. Schor never acknowlegded him ever again, either on purpose or from his prolonged psychological deterioration.<ref name="DRO P121">{{CiteBook|DRO}} ''Page 121''</ref> Schor would then wander about meaninglessly, flying around and screaming, only to get worse and worse.<ref name="DRO P170">{{CiteBook|DRO}} ''Page 170''</ref>


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Revision as of 00:38, 24 June 2026

Miriam Merel
Character
"Miriam Merel"
Miriam in Episode 1
SpeciesThrush
BirthplaceBreed Rietland
First appearanceEpisode 1
Character Model Sheet number50/5 (sheet 36)[1]
Character Model Sheet nameDolf's Moeder
Name in different languages
Dutch nameMiriam Merel[2][3] / Esther
Japanese nameニコルの妻 (Nikoru no tsuma) Nicol's wife[4]
German nameKra Mutter[5]
English nameDolf's mother

Schor de Kraai[2], or Esther

Appearance

Personality

Storyline

Miriam Merel and her husband Schor de Kraai confronting Johan Sebastiaan Kwak about his eggs, with a claw from Rap de Kiekendief, from the book De wonderlijke avonturen van de eend Alfred Jodocus Kwak: Goedemorgen

Voice actors

Japanese ¦ 鈴木 れい子 (Reiko Suzuki) ¦ ニコルの妻 (Nikoru no tsuma) Nicol's wife
Dutch ¦ Doris Baaten ¦ Miriam Merel
German ¦ Eva Maria Miner ¦ Mutter Kra
English ¦ Unknown ¦ Dolf's mother

Appearances

TV Series

Audio

Books

Production background

Schor de Kraai's character design from the Character- and Color-Designs for Alfred J. Kwak book.

Notes


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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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. Miriam is named in this book on page 92
  3. ↑ Siepermann, Harald; Bacher, Hans (1988). Character- and Color-Designs for Alfred J. Kwak. Duesseldorf - West-Germany.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ↑ "アルフレッド誕生 (Arufureddo tanjō)" [The birth of Alfred]. Alfred J. Kwak. Season 1. Episode 1. 1989-04-03. TV Tokyo. Named like this in the end credits.
  5. ↑ van Veen, Herman (1990). Alfred J. Kwak 1 - Hurra, Er Ist Da! / Böse Überraschung [Alfred J. Kwak 1 - Hooray, he's here! / Bad Surprise] (Cassette tape). Karussel audio cassettes (in Deutsch). Leipzig: Karussell. 843 500-4. In the credits list.
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