Locations
Fictional locations
This section is concerned with all the locations from the animated series and the books. The world Alfred Jodocus Kwak and the other characters inhabit is based on the real world. However, not all continents are given a proper name in the story itself, which makes most of the world building a little bit of guesswork.
Europe
This continent is never given a name in the series, but it contains all the countries based on real-life European countries.
Groot Waterland
- (lit. "Great Waterland")
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This country is based on the Netherlands.[1] This country is home to most of the protagonists of the animated series. It contains Polderstad, the King's castle and Waterslag among other places.
Breed Rietland
- (lit. "Wide Reedland")
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This country is likely based on Germany. This assumption is based on the geographical location in the series, Herman van Veen's connection to Germany. Breed Rietland is the country Alfred Jodocus Kwak and Dolf de Kraai were born in.[2][3]
Morena
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This location is likely based on Monaco. The city depicted in episode 50 is likely called Monte Carla (city), which is named in the song with the same name.[1]
France
The song Monte Carla clarifies that the language they speak in the city of Monte Carla is Frands[note 1] inferring that there is a France equivalence in this world.
Asia
This continent is never given a name in the series, but it contains all the countries based on real-life Asian countries.
Groot Musland
- (lit. "Great Sparrowland")
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Groot Musland is the homeland of Igor and seems to be a monoethnic country as all currently known characters who have lived here are depicted as sparrows. The country also seems to have spies infiltrating Groot Waterland. Groot Musland is without a doubt based on Russia as the name and the accent of Igor's handler suggest.
Jippon
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Jippon is the country visited by Professor Paljas von Pinguïn and Alfred Jodocus Kwak when the professor tries to sell his Flying Mill-space ship design. The country is fascinated by golf.[4] Jippon is based on Japan and it's name is an amalgamation of the word Japan and the Japanese word for Japan, namely Nippon.
Honoloyo mountain range
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Home of Malahidama and his family. Once considered a prime location for a ski resort by Kaspar Rokodil, Olaf Nijlpaard and Bart 'Bever' Beton.[5]
Arlon continent
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This is the only continent in the series given a name, and it's likely based on Africa.[6]
Zaïra (Zonder Waterland)
- (lit. "Zaïra (Without Waterland)")
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This is the country Alfred Jodocus Kwak wants to dig canals for to help the people of this country with irrigation. The country was explicitely named in Wat wijzer met Alfred Jodocus Kwak, but is generally known throughout the franchise as "Zonder Waterland". Zaïra is almost certainly based on Zaire.
Thuisland
- (lit. "Homeland")
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The inclusion of Thuisland on this continent is not based on mentions in the animated series itself, but based on the inclusion of the character designs of Kwa and Blanche Wana in the story that's set on this continent[7]. While their appearance was cut in the final episodes, Thuisland was mostly based on South Africa.
Het Land van de Piramiden
- (lit. "The Land of the Pyramids")
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Het Land van de Piramiden is very likely to be based on Egypt, as both are famous for their Pyramids.
Countries on unknown continents
Here is a list of countries that have not been confirmed to be in a certain continent.
The South Pole
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The continent of Antarctica, which is home to the whales that Alfred Jodocus Kwak and Henk de Mol were looking for to save the herrings in Waterslag.
Seas and oceans
This is an overview of islands, seas and oceans that are mentioned in the series.
De zee-engte van Gebral
- (lit. "The strait of Gebral")
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This is the strait that Colonel Rang Pang was stationed at, while Alfred Jodocus Kwak and Henk de Mol tried to pass through in the direction of the South Pole on their rubber boat.
Aroba
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The island that moved a small amount every year and eventually turned out to be on the back of a turtle.[8]
De Noord Meeuwenzee
- (lit. "The North Seagullsea")
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De Noord Meeuwenzee contains the Beton Maatschappij drilling rig and Atlantis under the sea floor.
Real-life locations
These are non-fictional locations related to Alfred Jodocus Kwak
The Netherlands
De Paltz estate
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This is Herman van Veen's and Harlekijn Holland's estate, which houses several theaters and the Herman van Veen Arts Center. The estate is open all days of the week from 8:00 to 18:00, and the Herman van Veen Arts Center Gallery and Gallery Café is open from Tuesday through Sunday from 10:00 to 17:00.
Locations to put in:
Oosters land uit geest in de fles
Yale & Salam
Onbewoond eiland met Marbo fruit
Het land waar Alfred op vakantie is
Noord-Amerika?
Sinatraeiland
Het land van Twee
Droom locaties? Western, de Heks Atlantische oceaan waar Alfred en Henk over varen
Notes
- ↑ 'Frands' is an intentional mispronunciation of the Dutch word 'Frans', which in this case refers to the French language.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1
"黄金の壺を捜し出せ (Ōgon no tsubo o sagashidase)" [Find the golden pot]. Alfred J. Kwak. Season 2. Episode 50. 1990-03-19. TV Tokyo. A brief shot of where the Flying Mill is going to land clearly shows the Netherlands. Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "Ep50" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ "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. As stated in the episode outlines for this episode.
- ↑ 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 86 and 87.
- ↑ "ゴルフがビジネス? (Gorufu ga bijinesu?)" [Golf is business?]. Alfred J. Kwak. Season 2. Episode 48. 1990-03-05. TV Tokyo.
- ↑ "心やさしい雪男 (Kokoro yasashii yukiotoko)" [The kind-hearted yeti]. Alfred J. Kwak. Season 1. Episode 26. 1989-09-25. TV Tokyo.
- ↑ "美しき虹を求めて (Utsukushiki niji wo motomete)" [In search of the beautiful Rainbow]. Alfred J. Kwak. Season 2. Episode 49. 1990-03-12. TV Tokyo.
- ↑
Siepermann, Harald; Bacher, Hans (1988). Character- and Color-Designs for Alfred J. Kwak. Duesseldorf - West-Germany.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ "南海の小島はカメ (Nankai no kojima wa kame)" [The Southern Sea's little island is a turtle]. Alfred J. Kwak. Season 2. Episode 30. 1989-10-23. TV Tokyo.