Anton Snorman
| Doctorandus Anton Snorman | |
|---|---|
| Character | |
 | |
| Anton Snorman in Episode 12 | |
| Species | Cat |
| Birthplace | Groot Waterland |
| First appearance | Episode 12 |
| Character Model Sheet number | None available |
| Character Model Sheet name | N/A |
Name in different languages | |
| Dutch name | Anton Snorman[1][2] |
| Japanese name | No name given |
| German name | No name given |
| English name | No name given |
Doctorandus Anton Snorman is a fictional character from the animated show. He has a mansion, from which Dolf de Kraai robs jewelery[3]. He gets his name and more character backstory in the Dutch book De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak. He's also referred to as Snorremans (lit. "Moustache guy")[4], or de heer des huizes (lit. "the master of the house")[5].
Appearance
He looks like an orange cat with a big dark brown moustache and a dark brown beard goatee. His nose is large and pink and he has a furry striped tail. In his one appearance in the animated series he wears a thick purple night gown or bath robe with a sleeping cap, as well as a yellow scarf with brown spots, likely something he put on because he was going outside to check on the noise.[3]
Personality
Storyline
Anton Snorman is a cat born in nobility, who got his doctorandus degree studying dramaturgy in Waterslag aan Zee with a minor in 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.[6] Anton and Bas bonded over their mutual interest into minstrel Kukeleku who Bas had just discovered, but he had intimate knowledge of.[7]
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 voice-overs for an advertising agency. One of the people from the street that he uses the voice of for Nijlrok Hap-in-slik-door is Krabnagel. Usually Krabnagel comes scrounging for food and it takes a whole day to get the proper lines out of him.[8]
Anton Snorman's fiancée
Anton also has a girlfriend, a (according to him) beautiful Angora cat with whom he has a 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.[9][10]
Burglary
As Alfred Jodocus Kwak flies over Polderstad using the magic of the 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.
Voice actors
| Japanese | ¦ | ??? | ¦ | No name given |
| Dutch | ¦ | ??? | ¦ | Anton Snorman[2], Snorremans[4], de heer des huizes[5] |
| German | ¦ | ??? | ¦ | No name given |
| English | ¦ | ??? | ¦ | No name given |
| Finnish | ¦ | ??? | ¦ | No name given |
| Hungarian | ¦ | ??? | ¦ | No name given |
Appearances
TV Series
Audio
Books
Production background
Notes
References
- ↑ 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. [[Henk de Mol mentions his surname on page 75
- ↑ 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. Meester Bas Buldog says his full name for the first time on page 158
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "チェスの女王夢冒険 (Chesu no joō yume bōken)" [Queen of chess dream adventure]. Alfred J. Kwak. Season 1. Episode 12. 1989-06-19. TV Tokyo.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 van Veen, Herman (1990). De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak: De witte koningin [The wonderful adventures of Alfred J. Kwak: The white queen] (in Nederlands). Weert: Uitgeverij van Reemst, M&P bv. ISBN 9035905466. Page 16
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 van Veen, Herman (1991). De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak: het grote voorleesboek [The wonderful adventures of Alfred J. Kwak: the big reading book] (in Nederlands). Kampen, the Netherlands: Uitgeverij Kok. ISBN 9789043518383. Page 101
- ↑ 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. Page 159
- ↑ 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. Page 165
- ↑ 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. Pages 164 & 165
- ↑ 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. Page 167
- ↑ 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. On page 218 Krabnagel de Kater reveals that it's not just a girlfriend, but Anton Snorman's fiancée.