Alfred J. Kwak Episode 2
| Alfred J. Kwak "De Eieren" | |
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Animation Staff | |
| Episode direction | Masayuki Kojima |
| Animation direction | Kazuo Tomizawa |
| Episode storyboards | Hiroshi Saitō |
| Screenplay | Akira Miyazaki |
| Music | Herman van Veen Erik van der Wurff Nard Reijnders |
| Sound director | Shigeharu Shiba |
| Running time | 25 min |
| Original airdate | 3/4/1989 (Japan) |
"De Eieren" (lit: The Eggs) or "アルフレッド誕生" (Arufureddo tanjō; lit: Alfred's birth) Is the first episode of Alfred J. Kwak's first season. The episode first aired in Japan on TV Tokyo on 3 April 1989 in the Monday 17:00 - 17:30 slot.
Story
Summary
Op een mooie lentedag wordt Johan Eend door Henk voorgesteld aan Anna van de Polder. De twee worden smoorverliefd en al snel legt Anna eieren. Johan en Anna zijn Henk erg dankbaar en dus besluiten ze het eerste eendje dat uit het ei komt te vernoemen naar de overgrootvader van Henk, 'Alfred'.
Language and Regional Variations
Continuity
- Several characters in the series can be interpreted as the parents of characters who appear later in the show. For example, the parents of Dolf are explicitly shown, as well as characters who are likely the fathers of K. Rokodil and Hannibal Nijlpaard. Additionally, the two kemphanen (ruff birds) bear a strong resemblance to the older versions of Hannes and Wannes. However, this interpretation is complicated by the fact that Hannes and Wannes are brothers. One possible explanation is that the character resembling an older Wannes could actually be the father of a character originally named Hans de Gans, but later renamed to Wannes in the series, suggesting that what were initially two distinct characters became merged into one.
- Any character depicted as a parent of those appearing later in the series must also have emigrated to a similar location in Groot Waterland as the Kwak family would attempt to in the next episode. This migration could also have been a direct reaction to the construction of the theme park or could have occurred for other reasons.
Cultural references
Errata
- In the original script by Herman van Veen, a longer period—spanning several weeks—passes between the start of the theme park's construction and the Kwak family's departure. However, in the televised episode, it appears as though the construction team completes a significant portion of the park in just one day. This is evidenced by the presence of a large tent and a robotic gorilla that frightens Alfred, suggesting an accelerated timeline in the adaptation.
Cast
Character Gallery
Voice Actors
Main staff list
Production
Scripts
In the original outline written by Herman van Veen, the episode ends right after Alfred's family was run over by a car.[1] This was later changed to happen in Episode 2. There are many minor changes between the original script and the final episode, but the biggest changes include:
- The order of events has been slightly changed. For example, the scene in the office with A. Rokodil and O. Nijlpaard discussing over a model version of the amusement park is moved to earlier on in the story. The hatching of Alfred's egg also happens earlier, as the egg is seen waggling by Johan, Anna and Rap in the script, but only hatches after Johan has saved Alfred from Rap and Snel in the episode. Finally, Henk offering the idea to emigrate is before Alfred goes to the attractionpark in the episode, but after in the script. This was likely reworked to make Alfred returning to the nest after being scared in the park (plus the lingering question of emigration) the ending to the episode.
- The passage of time is also different between each versions. It seems like a few days pass after Alfred and his brothers and sisters hatch in the episode before they are interrupted by construction work, but in the script it's almost simultaneous. Conversely, in the script several weeks go by before Johan, Anna and Henk decide to emigrate, but in the episode they only sleep on that decision for one night. However Episode 2 keeps it ambiguous how much time transpired between episodes.
- In the eventual episode Henk is not the one missed by the car, but Johan is.
- Johan originally drove the two drakes that are fighting over Anna apart, but in the episode the drakes turn on each other and Johan uses this opportunity to start a conversation with Anna.
- Schor de Kraai, who turns out to be Dolf de Kraai's father, visits the clog while Anna goes to the bathroom in the episode, but in the original script Schor actually steals one of the eggs.
- Henk plays a much larger role in the episode. In the script he's absent until the Kwak family is thinking of moving, while in the episode he's there when Johan and Anna get married, have eggs, and is involved in Johan's fight to get Alfred's egg back from Rap.
- In the original script, when Johan gets Alfred home all Alfred's brothers and sisters have already hatched, making it unclear if Alfred was the eldest, while in the episode this remains unambiguous.
- In the Dutch version of the episode the name of the amusement park, "SPROOKJESWERELD" (Fairy Tail World), was changed to "GROOT SPEELGOEDLAND" (Toy Land) in the episode.
- In the episode version Henk mentions the mine his grandfather owned as a place to move to. This hadn't been added yet in the script stage.
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Character Designs

For this episode 21 characters were designed by Harald Siepermann and Hans Bacher, based on the script outline by Herman van Veen. Several other characters appear, for example Dolf's mother. Also a character design for a very young Hannibal Nijlpaard appears here, who at some stage of the production might've been part of the story.
Regional variations
What is different in between the different languages and versions?
Music
The following table is a list of the musical cues used in this episode, accompanied by our in-house wiki ids. The Opening and Ending songs Yakusoku Dayo and Happy Happy are performed by Megumi Hayashibara. A7 / Nog Nooit is sung by Herman van Veen.
| Alfred J. Kwak: Episode 1 OST | ||||||
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| Catalogue | NTSC Time Range | Title | Wiki ID | Availability | Notes | |
| OP | 0:00 - ?:?? | Yakusoku Dayo (TV Size) |
M-1B | Unreleased | ||
| TC | Untitled Cue (UC-1) | M-3A | Unreleased | |||
| A1 | Voorjaar In Groot Waterland | M-7A | Partial | |||
| A2 | Spetter Pieter Pater | M-2A | Unreleased | |||
| A3 | Untitled Cue (UC-3) | M-9A | ? | |||
| A4 | In De Val | M-8A | ? | |||
| A5 | Untitled Cue (UC-4) | M-10A | ? | |||
| A6 | In De Val | M-8B | ? | |||
| A7 | Nog Nooit | M-11A | With SFX | |||
| A8 | K. Rokodil | M-12A | ||||
| A9 | Untitled Cue (UC-5) | M-13A | ||||
| B1 | Untitled Cue (UC-6) | M-14A | ||||
| B2 | Untitled Cue (UC-7) | M-15A | ||||
| B3 | Zo Vrolijk (Rode Wangen) |
M-16A | Released | |||
| B4 | In De Val | M-8C | ? | |||
| B5 | Untitled Cue (UC-4) | M-10A | ? | |||
| B6 | K. Rokodil | M-12A | ||||
| B7 | K. Rokodil | M-12A | ||||
| B8 | Untitled Cue (UC-8) | M-16A | ||||
| B9 | Untitled Cue (UC-9) | M-17A | ||||
| B10 | Help Help | M-18A | Released | |||
| B11 | Schuilen | M-19A | Released | |||
| EP | Untitled Cue (UC-2) | M-4A | Unreleased | |||
| ED | Happy Happy (TV Size) |
M-5B | Released | |||
| Alfred J. Kwak: Episode 1 Major OST Differences | ||||||
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| Catalogue | Version | Title | Wiki ID | Availability | Notes | |
| A.7 | French | Nog Nooit | M-11A | Partial | Instrumental | |
| A.7 | Hungarian | Nog Nooit | M-11A | Partial | Instrumental | |
Tidbits
Small trivia like things that couldn't go anywhere else.
Availability
What home releases can this be found under??
External Links
Here could be a link to the youtube of Herman van Veen, or other links that are actual official links.
Notes
- ↑ In Dutch, "Snateren" means to talk a lot or to quack.
- ↑ In Dutch, a "Kemphaan" is somehow who likes to enter into discussion, but literally it's also a bird, belonging to the order of waders, and the size of an ordinary turtledove.
- ↑ Herman van Veen erroneously calls Breed Rietland 'Breed Waterland', making it an amalgamation of Breed Rietland and Groot Waterland.
References
- ↑ Harald Siepermann (16 October 2005). "The original treatment of the first TV-episode". alfredjkwak.blogspot.com.