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Hugely popular Dutch children's duo who have been active since 1978. "Bassie" (played by Bas van Toor) is a naive, but jolly clown who always cracks jokes. "Adriaan" (played by Ad van Toor) is the more intelligent, serious but nevertheless also happy-go-lucky acrobat. In real life the actors are brothers who indeed formerly had a career in the circus. Near the end of the 1970s they started making TV series for children, usually treasure hunting adventures which took them to exotic locations. They are often spied and shadowed by a group of villains, usually the Baron and his henchmen or "Vlugge Japie". Since Ad van Toor usually played the role of the Baron and Bas van Toor "Vlugge Japie" Bassie and Adriaan and the thieves are never seen in the same scene together.

 

The series was a huge [[Cash Cow Franchise]] in both the Netherlands as Belgium and was also sold to other countries like France and China. Music records, comic strips, videos, theater shows,... were made and since the actors kept all the marketing and merchandising rights they became rich. Since 1994 no new shows have been made, but due to frequent repeats, media appearances and parodies Bassie and Adriaan remain popular and famous.

 

* [[Amusing Injuries]]: The villains

* [[Aristocrats Are Evil]]: A baron is the main antagonist.

* [[Good Is Boring]]: Adriaan is the less enjoyable character in the series, since he is very normal and has no special eccentric characteristics.

* [[Long Runners]]: Since 1978

* [[Musical World Hypotheses]]: Bassie and Adriaan's adventures are frequently interrupted for a sing-a-long musical number, despite the fact that their adventures take place in the real world.

* [[No Except Yes]]: Used as a [[Running Gag|repeated example]]:

** Usually this implied "I'm going to dream about that."

*** Bassie also frequently says: "Yes, I understand, but I don't get it."

** One of the villains, Handige Harry, usually prepares bombs that explode in the faces of the villains themselves because Harry did something wrong. This causes the Baron to become furious.

** Whenever his spies lose track of Bassie and Adriaan the Baron crushes his (cell) phone in furious anger.

* [[Worthless Treasure Twist]]: one of the seasons has them go on holiday in Greece. While diving, Bassie finds a stone tablet with strange writing. When they call they call their friends back home and ask them to translate the tablet, the regular villains overhear them and partial translations suggest it is gives the location of sources of wealth and/or power. Guess what these are?

 

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