Margareet Tikker
| Margareet Tikker | |
|---|---|
| Character | |
 | |
| Stip in Episode 1 | |
| Species | Woodpecker |
| Birthplace | Unknown |
| First appearance | Wat Wijzer met Alfred Jodocus Kwak |
| Character Model Sheet number | 110/19[1] |
| Character Model Sheet name | Margret Tikker |
Name in different languages | |
| Dutch name | Margareet Tikker |
| Japanese name | Unnamed |
| German name | Unnamed |
| English name | Unnamed |
Margareet Tikker (or Margareth Tikker or Margret Tikker) is a character that was set to appear in Alfred J. Kwak's 52nd episode[2][3] , but the story of the episode was changed in production. Just like many unused character designs for episode 52, this character design was used for the book Wat wijzer met Alfred Jodocus Kwak. Her character design was based on Margaret Thatcher.[2]
Appearance
Margareet Tikker is a middle-aged grey-ish woodpecker in a green three-piece suit. She wears a big golden broche on her chest and similarly shaped golden earrings. She has exaggerated buck teeth, one of which is golden, and a huge bush of blonde hair. She wears a golden ring and is usually seen smoking a cigar.[3][4]
Personality
She comes across very suave and in controle and doesn't shy away from flaunting her riches, which also include a huge car, with her initials on the vanity plate. She's also very sly as she uses Alfred Jodocus Kwak's outburst over sharing money and using teamwork during the International Business Corporation meeting to start working together with only the rich representatives.[4]
Storyline
When Alfred Jodocus Kwak visits the Groot Groot Waterlandse Bank to borrow money, he gets stuck in the revolving doors with the bank's director. Margareet Tikker breaks both of them out by pecking away the glass of the revolving door. The director vaguely accuses Alfred of him missing his meeting and runs off. Tikker mistakes Alfred for being the Groot Groot Waterlandse Bank representative and takes him in her big car to a International Business Corporation meeting where Alfred is told to await the end result of the ganzebord game the other representatives are playing. Alfred causes a stir by telling the countries to work together and share the wealth with lower income countries, however Tikker takes this opportunity to instead work together with the other wealthy countries and make eachother even richer.[4]
Appearances
Books
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Wat wijzer met Alfred Jodocus Kwak (1988) (Dutch)
Production background
Margareet Ticker's character design was made in April of 1988 for the Character- and Color-Designs for Alfred J. Kwak in preparation for the animated series. However her design could've originally been from the book Wat wijzer met Alfred Jodocus Kwak as that possibly precedes the creation of the character design book. Her character design is based on Margaret Thatcher as revealed to de Telegraaf on the second of December 1989. She was originally set to appear in episode 52, which likely means she was part of Herman van Veen's original outline for this episode.[2]
The character design in Character- and Color-Designs for Alfred J. Kwak is exactly the same picture as was used in Wat wijzer met Alfred Jodocus Kwak page 33.
References
- ↑
Siepermann, Harald; Bacher, Hans (1988). Character- and Color-Designs for Alfred J. Kwak. Duesseldorf - West-Germany.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Detiger, Thea (2 December 1989). "De eend van 36 miljoen" [The 36 million duck]. Telegraaf (in Dutch). Amsterdam. p. 2. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1
Siepermann, Harald; Bacher, Hans (1988). Character- and Color-Designs for Alfred J. Kwak. Duesseldorf - West-Germany.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Margret Tikker, character sheet number 110/19 - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 van Veen, Herman; van Ede, Bies; Weijters, Jacques (1988). Wat wijzer met Alfred Jodocus Kwak. Artwork by Harald Siepermann & Hans Bacher. Soest, The Netherlands: Harlekijn Uitgeverij. ISBN 9789063860653.