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'''Käpt'n Blaubär (''Captain Bluebear'')''' is a hybrid puppet/animated show created by [[
Every episode starts with a puppet sequence, during which the Captain's grandchildren usually discover a strange object on the cramped ship which they start to ask their grandfather about. When he starts telling the story behind the object, his tale is shown in an animated sequence, often switching back to a puppet sequence when the grandchildren add their opinion on the tale. Almost every episode starts with a ridiculous premise about transporting a cargo of [[Visual Pun|Visual Puns]], and it usually gets crazier with every passing moment. Usually an episode ends with the grandchildren accusing their grandfather of just having made everything up.
Kapt'n Blaubär also starred in Walter Moers' first [[The
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* [[Amazing Technicolour Wildlife]]: The Captain himself and his three grandkids.
* [[Barefoot Cartoon
* [[Breakout Character]]/[[Spin
* [[Captain Color Beard]]: Or Captain Color ''Bear'', in this case.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Hein Blöd. His name literally means ''Hein Stupid''.
* [[Cool Boat]]: Käpt'n Blaubär's home is a ship sitting on a cliff above the sea. While not spectacular by itself, it's crammed up to the deck with [[Cow Tools|weird stuff]].
* [[A Day in
* [[Father Neptune]]: Käpt'n Blaubär is of course one.
* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: Hein calls him ''Käpt'n'' while the little bears call him ''Opa'' ("grampa").
* [[Gone Horribly Right]]: Sometimes the little bears try to prove their grandfather wrong by trying out the supposed magical devices he found on his travels. Quite often it turns out they really do work as claimed.
* [[Indy Ploy]]: The little bears often point out severe flaws in the captain's stories, which he then resolves by just making stuff up as he goes.
* [[Just
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Hein Blöd. Blöd is german for stupid.
* [[The Munchausen]]: The Captain.
* [[No Name Given]]: Käpt'n Blaubär's name is never given, and his grandchildren are always identified as ''die Bärchen'' (the little bears).
* [[Poirot Speak]]: Both the captain and Hein Blöd speak with a heavy [[German Dialects|north German accent]], but use Standard German vocabulary unless the meaning of a word is obvious by context -- regional accents in Germany [[Separated
* [[Raised
* [[Refuge in Audacity]]
* [[Retired Badass]]: The captain, obviously.
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