| “ | Don't you dare forget this evening, because neither will I. Goodnight, gentlemen. [clicks his heels] DOLF IS RIGHTEOUS! | „ |
| ~ Dolf after being rejected by Alfred Jodocus Kwak. |
Dolf is the main antagonist of the Dutch-Japanese animated series Alfred J. Kwak. A troubled child of a crow and a blackbird, when he was young, Dolf was a irresponsible troublemaker amongst people close to protagonist Alfred Jonathan Kwak. From a mere mischief-maker, he would grow into a full-blown malefactor, who has dabbled in criminal activities ranging from burglary to becoming a outright dictator of Waterland.
He was voiced by Shigeru Chiba in Japanese (who also voiced Buggy in One Piece and Yoshihiro Kira in Jojo's Bizarre Adventure), Johnny Kraaijkamp Jr. in Dutch, and Melvyn Hayes in English.
Personality[]
Dolf comes from a troubled upbringing. As a child, he was raised by neglective, alcholic and bigotted father, with his mother having died early in his life. As a result, he shaped up to be a boy with a poor self-image, tendency to blame others for troubles he has caused (or taken part of) and constantly causing problems at school, especially at expense of Alfred J. Kwak. He would become a worse and worse person as he would mature, going from a mere troublemaker at school, to a outright criminal, and at worst, a cruel authoritarian.
He is extremely sensetive about his mixed heritage, being son of a crow and a blackbird. As a result, he hides his true identitiy by painting his beak black. When Alfred accidentally finds out about it and tells Dolf to come clean, the latter tells that he is convinced that he will be subject of endless mockery if he would. Even as a adult, when he had dictatorial powers, he would continue painting his beak black - and when a rat throws cheese at him that leads to the exposition of his yellow beak, his rage is so severe that he orders the exermination of all mice in Waterland.
While he suffers from persecutory delusions and/or a warped sense of social interactions, Dolf regardless is good at observing other people's weaknesses and exploiting them. In his childhood, extorted Pikkie into stealing pills from a pharmacy by threathening to expose him as the one who stole a shop's marbles after receiving a warning for stealing the King's ruby. Not only that, but even his ascent to dictatorial powers was built off from exploiting King Franz Ferdinand II's ignorant ways and the public's anger.
Biography[]
Circumastances of birth[]
Dolf's parents were a crow (named Schor) and blackbird pair. His mixed heritage would become a great sorespot for Dolf as he grew up. From what can be inferred from their appearance in the first episode, they were bigotted people, chiding Alfred's parents and the look of his mother's eggs.
Childhood (Ep. 4-??)[]
| “ | Dolf: They'll all be sorry! They'll all shudder in fear! ONE DAY I WILL BE THE STRONGEST! YES, GOTTA GROW STRONG! I MUST BE STRONG! Alfred: Take it easy, Dolf Dolf: I'LL BE IN CHARGE, AND HAVE THE WORLD LYING AT MY FEET! |
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| ~ A young Dolf ranting about his megalomaniac dreams, foreshadowing the events yet to come. |
Dolf makes his first appearance in Episode 4, where he is introduced by throwing a snowball at Alfred's adoptive father Henk and then running from the scene with his friends.
In Episode 10, he helps Alfred to accidentally release The Evil Spirit of Darkness.
Dictatoship (Ep. 22-25)[]
Dolf returns back to Waterland in Episode 22. Arriving by train, his old childhood cohorts are impressed by his new mustache. He begins talk politics and voices intrest in founding his own political party (National Crows Party) and goes to Alfred, hoping he would borrow some money to help establish it.
Defeat (Ep. 52)[]
Dolf manages to escape and continues his life as a criminal. He becomes the henchman of an oil magnate who is attempting to get his hands on the blueprints of an environmentally friendly fuel, invented by Professor Buffon. After a fight, in which Dolf attempts to kill Alfred by pushing his car off the road, Dolf is then sentenced to 26 years of prison for his crimes. Aided by a former member of his Crows Party, he escapes and takes Winnie, Alfred's girlfriend, hostage. After a manic hunt, Alfred finds Dolf, who tells him where Winnie is. After telling Alfred her whereabouts, as Dolf is then surrounded by numerous police cars and helicopters, sending him back to prison for good.
Quotes[]
| “ | Dolf:I'm going to provoke a revolution, and there are some already who want to do their part for that. Alfred: Are you making a bad joke or...? Dolf: Of course not! Just look at how this country is doing! The king isn't interested in politics, and has lost the faith of the people. The unemployment rate is sky high, and nobody's doing anything about it! Alfred: Is it that bad? Dolf: Come come, Alfred. You want to do something good for another country while you don't even know what's happening in your own country. Alfred: The king may not be very interested, but he doesn't seem all that bad to me. Dolf: The monarchy is hopelessly outdated! |
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| ~ Dolf explaining his politics and plans to overthrow the monarchy and rule Great Waterland |
| “ | Geppe: And what about the traitors locked up at headquarters? Shall we get rid of them tonight? Dolf: Just quitely leave them there. They're scared that they'll be banished, but in reality they'll starve to death. Geppe: That's fine too. Dolf: Before their skeletons are found, we'll just say they went into hunger strike. Geppe: That's perfect, Mr. president! Dolf: I'm glad you agree, Geppe, quite glad. |
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| ~ Dolf and his henchman Geppe about an imprisoned Alfred J. Kwak and his allies. |
| “ | Alfred: Dolf! Dolf: You're the one behind all this. I'll never forget this! Never, never, never! Alfred: But Dolf... Dolf: You may have pulled this off, but one day, i'll regain my power and return! THEN I WILL RETURN! |
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| ~ Dolf swearing revenge against Alfred J. Kwak for causing the dissolution of the National Crows Party and Dolf's fall from power. |
| “ | No! NOOOOOO! | „ |
| ~ Dolf's final words before he is arrested for the last time |
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Trivia[]
- Dolf is, evidently, based on Adolf Hitler, as well as Napoleon.
- Dolf is maybe partly inspired by the more villanous aspects of the earlier incarnation(s) of King Franz Ferdinand, who was the main villain in the original 1978 musical and in the comic books, and was revised into an oblivious royal buffoon in the animated series.
- Dolf's Finnish voice actor, Pekka Autiovuori has also voiced Mean Mike, another character heavily inspired by Adolf Hitler.