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'''Piet Pienter en Bert Bibber''' was a Belgian/Flemish comic book series drawn by Jozef Van Hove (1919-2014) under the pseudonym "Pom". It ran from 1950 until 1995 and featured the adventures of two good friends, Piet Pienter and Bert Bibber.
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'''Piet Pienter en Bert Bibber''' was a Belgian/Flemish comic book series drawn by Jozef Van Hove (1919-2014) under the pseudonym "Pom". It ran from 1950 until 1995 and featured the adventures of two good friends, Piet Pienter and Bert Bibber.
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* '''Theo Flitser''': a young and enthusiastic photographer who works for a news paper newspaper and always searchs searches for a sensational scoop. Susan admires his professionalism and therefore Bert Bibber envies Theo.
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* BlankWhiteEyes: Piet, Bert and Susan have these kind of eyes.
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* MaddenIntoMisanthropy: Author Pom, who was reluctant to meet the press and refused to talk about his comic strip career. He prefered to be left alone.
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* FieryRedhead: Downplayed. Piet is in normally way calmer than Bert, but he gets easily annoyed by his friends and is not afraid to use his fists and swear words when needed.
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* DistressedDamsel: Susan plays this part a number of times -- often via KnockoutAmbush or InstantSedation, whereupon she'll spend much of the story asleep.
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* KnockoutAmbush: A trademark tactic for the bad guys of the series when they want to kidnap or incapacitate the good guys. KnockoutGas is a favorite, but any kind of InstantSedation might be employed.
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** Theo Flitser is a photographer. A "flitser" is the device used to flash the camera.
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''Piet Pienter en Bert Bibber'' was a Belgian/Flemish comic book series drawn by Jozef Van Hove (1919-2014) under the pseudonym "Pom". It ran from 1950 until 1995 and featured the adventures of two good friends, Piet Pienter and Bert Bibber.
Piet is the clever one, as his name indicates ("''pienter''" is a Dutch synonym for being smart). He often smokes a pipe and is generally a normal human being. Bert is the AntiHero. He is clumsy, naïve, impulsive, not very bright, frequently overestimates his own powers and often bad-tempered when his luck runs out. But in general he has a good heart and sometimes shows moments of pure genius or craftiness. Other important main characters are:
Piet is the clever one, as his name indicates ("''pienter''" is a Dutch synonym for being smart). He often smokes a pipe and is generally a normal human being. Bert is the AntiHero. He is clumsy, naïve, impulsive, not very bright, frequently overestimates his own powers and often bad-tempered when his luck runs out. But in general he has a good heart and sometimes shows moments of pure genius or craftiness. Other important main characters are:
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* TheAlcoholic: Professor Hilarius Warwinkel is frequently drunk.
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* ActionGirl: Susan
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* ActionGirl: SusanSusan.
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* AuthorExistenceFailure: Pom ended the series in 1995, but in 2010 he allowed a one-off special tribute album to be drawn by other Flemish comic strip artists for charity. He died in 2014.
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* CreatorBacklash: Later in life Pom refused to be interviewed about his comic strip. He despised that period of his life and could not be humoured about it.
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''Piet Pienter en Bert Bibber'' was a Belgian/Flemish comic book series drawn by Jozef Van Hove (1919-2014) under the pseudonym "Pom". It ran from 1950 until 1995 and featured the adventures of two good friends, Piet Pienter and Bert Bibber.
Piet is the clever one, as his name indicates ("''pienter''" is a Dutch synonym for being smart). He often smokes a pipe and is generally a normal human being. Bert is the AntiHero. He is clumsy, naïve, impulsive, not very bright, frequently overestimates his own powers and often bad-tempered when his luck runs out. But in general he has a good heart and sometimes shows moments of pure genius or craftiness. Other important main characters are:
* '''Susan''': the young and pretty daughter of an American millionaire. She often comes to aid when Piet and Bert have financial troubles or need stuff that regular folks cannot afford. Bert has a secret crush on her.
* '''Theo Flitser''': a young and enthusiastic photographer who works for a news paper and always searchs for a sensational scoop. Susan admires his professionalism and therefore Bert Bibber envies Theo.
* '''Professor Kumulus''' and '''Professor Snuffel''': two very smart and absent-minded professors.
* '''Commissaris Knobbel''': The unsympathetic and useless head of the police whose actions only make things worse. Still, whenever Piet and Bert solve a case, he pretends he solved them solely by himself.
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* AbsentMindedProfessor:
** The series even has two: professor Kumulus and professor Snuffel.
** Professor Warwinkel can be considered a third.
* ActionGirl: Susan
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Piet Pienter and Bert Bibber.
* AlliterativeName and AlliterativeTitle: '''P'''iet '''P'''ienter en '''B'''ert '''B'''ibber.
* AntiHero: Bert Bibber
* AntiquatedLinguistics: Pom enjoyed playing with language. His characters often mispronounce certain words.
* AuthorExistenceFailure: Pom ended the series in 1995, but in 2010 he allowed a one-off special tribute album to be drawn by other Flemish comic strip artists for charity. He died in 2014.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Many people who behave nice and friendly at first turn out to be villains who cannot be trusted.
* BlankWhiteEyes: Piet, Bert and Susan have these kind of eyes.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Happens ALL the time. Small captions or notes often give ironic comments about the plot developments.
* ButtMonkey: Bert Bibber
* CameraFiend: Theo Flitser, who is always on the search for a scoop.
* ComicBookTime: A very strange example. The characters themselves don't age, but [[FrozenInTime the backgrounds, fashions and expressions always kept a 1950s look]]. This is even more astonishing considering this comic strip was published until 1995.
* CrapsackWorld
* CreatorBacklash: Later in life Pom refused to be interviewed about his comic strip. He despised that period of his life and could not be humoured about it.
* CreatorCameo:
** Pom sometimes gives himself a cameo.
** The character Theo Flitser is a young version of himself.
* CulturalTranslation: The comic strip always remained a Flemish phenomenon.
* DefectorFromCommieLand: The Eastern Bloc is often visited and usually full with Cold War stereotypes.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: For many years albums were published in black-and-white, because author Pom refused to publish in color!
* DeusExMachina: Susan, the rich and attractive young woman, who always helps out Bert and Piet when they have financial troubles.
* DistinguishedGentlemansPipe: Piet Pienter.
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: See below.
* FictionalCountry: San Doremi, Buldarije,...
* FrozenInTime: The characters always seemed to remain in TheFifties.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Pom loved to draw amusing advertising boards in the backgrounds.
* TheFifties: Originated in the decade and remained FrozenInTime until the very last album in 1995.
* GratuitousIambicPentameter: Many names are Flemish dialect expressions.
* GravityScrew: In ''De Anti-Zwaartekracht Generator'' professor Kumulus invents a device that makes people float in the air when you aim it at them.
* GreenEyedMonster: Bert is very jealous of Theo Flitser who frequently impresses his love interest Susan.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Piet and Bert share the same house together, but are definitely not gay since Bert has a secret crush on Susan. Near the end of the series Susan moves in with Piet and Bert.
* IdeaBulb: Used now and then.
* LemonyNarrator: Pom enjoyed giving ironic commentary on the plot developments in his stories.
* LimitedWardrobe: Characters always wear the same outfits.
* MaddenIntoMisanthropy: Author Pom, who was reluctant to meet the press and refused to talk about his comic strip career. He prefered to be left alone.
* MeaningfulName:
** Piet Pienter ("pienter" is Dutch for "smart". Piet is clever.)
** Bert Bibber ("bibber" means "shiver". Bert is a coward.)
** Professor Kumulus
* PoliceAreUseless: Commissaris Knobbel is the local head of the police who doesn't like the fact that Piet and Bert always solve his cases. He always makes wrong decisions that cause the villains to escape. Knobbel only appears on the scene when a case is closed and STILL has the nerve to take all the credit. Policemen in general are very incompetent in this comic strip, always there to draw the wrong conclusions and let the villains go, instead of arresting them.
* PrintLongRunners: From 1950 until 1995.
* PunnyName: Many characters have names that are puns of Flemish dialect expressions.
* {{Slapstick}}: Several moments.
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Both professor Kumulus and Snuffel wear glasses.
* SmokingIsCool: Pom himself smoked pipe and thus Piet Pienter shares the same habit.
* TimeMachine: Plot element in the album ''De Tijdmachine''.
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''Piet Pienter en Bert Bibber'' was a Belgian/Flemish comic book series drawn by Jozef Van Hove (1919-2014) under the pseudonym "Pom". It ran from 1950 until 1995 and featured the adventures of two good friends, Piet Pienter and Bert Bibber.
Piet is the clever one, as his name indicates ("''pienter''" is a Dutch synonym for being smart). He often smokes a pipe and is generally a normal human being. Bert is the AntiHero. He is clumsy, naïve, impulsive, not very bright, frequently overestimates his own powers and often bad-tempered when his luck runs out. But in general he has a good heart and sometimes shows moments of pure genius or craftiness. Other important main characters are:
* '''Susan''': the young and pretty daughter of an American millionaire. She often comes to aid when Piet and Bert have financial troubles or need stuff that regular folks cannot afford. Bert has a secret crush on her.
* '''Theo Flitser''': a young and enthusiastic photographer who works for a news paper and always searchs for a sensational scoop. Susan admires his professionalism and therefore Bert Bibber envies Theo.
* '''Professor Kumulus''' and '''Professor Snuffel''': two very smart and absent-minded professors.
* '''Commissaris Knobbel''': The unsympathetic and useless head of the police whose actions only make things worse. Still, whenever Piet and Bert solve a case, he pretends he solved them solely by himself.
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!!Tropes:
* AbsentMindedProfessor:
** The series even has two: professor Kumulus and professor Snuffel.
** Professor Warwinkel can be considered a third.
* ActionGirl: Susan
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Piet Pienter and Bert Bibber.
* AlliterativeName and AlliterativeTitle: '''P'''iet '''P'''ienter en '''B'''ert '''B'''ibber.
* AntiHero: Bert Bibber
* AntiquatedLinguistics: Pom enjoyed playing with language. His characters often mispronounce certain words.
* AuthorExistenceFailure: Pom ended the series in 1995, but in 2010 he allowed a one-off special tribute album to be drawn by other Flemish comic strip artists for charity. He died in 2014.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Many people who behave nice and friendly at first turn out to be villains who cannot be trusted.
* BlankWhiteEyes: Piet, Bert and Susan have these kind of eyes.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Happens ALL the time. Small captions or notes often give ironic comments about the plot developments.
* ButtMonkey: Bert Bibber
* CameraFiend: Theo Flitser, who is always on the search for a scoop.
* ComicBookTime: A very strange example. The characters themselves don't age, but [[FrozenInTime the backgrounds, fashions and expressions always kept a 1950s look]]. This is even more astonishing considering this comic strip was published until 1995.
* CrapsackWorld
* CreatorBacklash: Later in life Pom refused to be interviewed about his comic strip. He despised that period of his life and could not be humoured about it.
* CreatorCameo:
** Pom sometimes gives himself a cameo.
** The character Theo Flitser is a young version of himself.
* CulturalTranslation: The comic strip always remained a Flemish phenomenon.
* DefectorFromCommieLand: The Eastern Bloc is often visited and usually full with Cold War stereotypes.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: For many years albums were published in black-and-white, because author Pom refused to publish in color!
* DeusExMachina: Susan, the rich and attractive young woman, who always helps out Bert and Piet when they have financial troubles.
* DistinguishedGentlemansPipe: Piet Pienter.
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: See below.
* FictionalCountry: San Doremi, Buldarije,...
* FrozenInTime: The characters always seemed to remain in TheFifties.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Pom loved to draw amusing advertising boards in the backgrounds.
* TheFifties: Originated in the decade and remained FrozenInTime until the very last album in 1995.
* GratuitousIambicPentameter: Many names are Flemish dialect expressions.
* GravityScrew: In ''De Anti-Zwaartekracht Generator'' professor Kumulus invents a device that makes people float in the air when you aim it at them.
* GreenEyedMonster: Bert is very jealous of Theo Flitser who frequently impresses his love interest Susan.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Piet and Bert share the same house together, but are definitely not gay since Bert has a secret crush on Susan. Near the end of the series Susan moves in with Piet and Bert.
* IdeaBulb: Used now and then.
* LemonyNarrator: Pom enjoyed giving ironic commentary on the plot developments in his stories.
* LimitedWardrobe: Characters always wear the same outfits.
* MaddenIntoMisanthropy: Author Pom, who was reluctant to meet the press and refused to talk about his comic strip career. He prefered to be left alone.
* MeaningfulName:
** Piet Pienter ("pienter" is Dutch for "smart". Piet is clever.)
** Bert Bibber ("bibber" means "shiver". Bert is a coward.)
** Professor Kumulus
* PoliceAreUseless: Commissaris Knobbel is the local head of the police who doesn't like the fact that Piet and Bert always solve his cases. He always makes wrong decisions that cause the villains to escape. Knobbel only appears on the scene when a case is closed and STILL has the nerve to take all the credit. Policemen in general are very incompetent in this comic strip, always there to draw the wrong conclusions and let the villains go, instead of arresting them.
* PrintLongRunners: From 1950 until 1995.
* PunnyName: Many characters have names that are puns of Flemish dialect expressions.
* {{Slapstick}}: Several moments.
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Both professor Kumulus and Snuffel wear glasses.
* SmokingIsCool: Pom himself smoked pipe and thus Piet Pienter shares the same habit.
* TimeMachine: Plot element in the album ''De Tijdmachine''.
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