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* [[But Not Too Foreign]]: Rocce, the half-Brazilian |
* [[But Not Too Foreign]]: Rocce, the half-Brazilian |
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* [[Catch Phrase]]: "Alles ist gut, solange du wild bist!" (Everything's cool, as long as you're wild!) |
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "Alles ist gut, solange du wild bist!" (Everything's cool, as long as you're wild!) |
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* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: Willi disappeared after the first movie. Other members of the team were [[Put |
* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: Willi disappeared after the first movie. Other members of the team were [[Put on a Bus]]. Sometimes, [[The Bus Came Back]]. |
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* [[Cool Bike]]: For a gag, in the bike scenes they added sound effects of motorbikes. And in #4, they get real bikes. |
* [[Cool Bike]]: For a gag, in the bike scenes they added sound effects of motorbikes. And in #4, they get real bikes. |
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* [[The Cuckoolander Was Right]]: When Leon disappears in #5, Raban and Joschka get the idea that he was abducted by vampires. |
* [[The Cuckoolander Was Right]]: When Leon disappears in #5, Raban and Joschka get the idea that he was abducted by vampires. |
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* [[A Day in the Limelight]]: Each and everyone of the "Wilden Kerle" has their own book. |
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* [[Defeat Means Friendship]] |
* [[Defeat Means Friendship]] |
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* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: Unbesiegbare Sieger, Biestige Biester (two of their opponents) |
* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: Unbesiegbare Sieger, Biestige Biester (two of their opponents) |
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* [[Gadgeteer Genius]]: Hadschi, "Düsentrieb" in #5 for the vampires. |
* [[Gadgeteer Genius]]: Hadschi, "Düsentrieb" in #5 for the vampires. |
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* [[Genre Shift]]: The first movie was a quite conventional kids' sports movie. Later movies added romance (appropriate since the boys grew up), adventure (OK, I guess) and fantasy / horror (???). |
* [[Genre Shift]]: The first movie was a quite conventional kids' sports movie. Later movies added romance (appropriate since the boys grew up), adventure (OK, I guess) and fantasy / horror (???). |
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* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: Justified, you need eleven people for a real football team. Many of those (at least of our heroes) get [[A Day in |
* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: Justified, you need eleven people for a real football team. Many of those (at least of our heroes) get [[A Day in the Limelight]]. |
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* [[Love Interest]]: Gonzo for Vanessa in the 2nd, [[Who Names Their Kid "Dude"?|Horizon]] in the 4th movie. |
* [[Love Interest]]: Gonzo for Vanessa in the 2nd, [[Who Names Their Kid "Dude"?|Horizon]] in the 4th movie. |
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* [[The Merch]]: Including stuff you "need" if you want to found an official "Wilde Kerle" team in [[Real Life]]. |
* [[The Merch]]: Including stuff you "need" if you want to found an official "Wilde Kerle" team in [[Real Life]]. |
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* [[Nerd Glasses]]: Raban |
* [[Nerd Glasses]]: Raban |
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* [[Oddly-Named Sequel 2: Electric Boogaloo]]: All of them, except #2. |
* [[Oddly-Named Sequel 2: Electric Boogaloo]]: All of them, except #2. |
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* [[One Steve Limit]]: However, in another way broken - until the books came out, "Joschka" pretty much referred to politician [ |
* [[One Steve Limit]]: However, in another way broken - until the books came out, "Joschka" pretty much referred to politician [[wikipedia:Joschka Fischer|Joschka Fischer]]. |
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* [[Our Vampires Are Different]]: In #5. They like to play what you may call 3D soccer. |
* [[Our Vampires Are Different]]: In #5. They like to play what you may call 3D soccer. |
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* [[Putting the Band Back Together]]: In #3. |
* [[Putting the Band Back Together]]: In #3. |
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* [[The Quiet One]]: Maxi, who never speaks |
* [[The Quiet One]]: Maxi, who never speaks |
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* [[Repetitive Name]]: Hadschi ben Hadschi ben Hadschi ben Hadschi. ([[Shout |
* [[Repetitive Name]]: Hadschi ben Hadschi ben Hadschi ben Hadschi. ([[Shout-Out]] to [[Karl May]].) |
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* [[The Series]]: Animated, will come to your TV in 2012. |
* [[The Series]]: Animated, will come to your TV in 2012. |
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* [[Shout-Out]]: Two vampires [[Theme Naming|are named]] [[Jekyll and Hyde|"Jekyll" and "Hyde"]]. |
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* [[The Smurfette Principle]]: Vanessa. |
* [[The Smurfette Principle]]: Vanessa. |
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** Inverted with their opponent team "Die biestigen Biester" - all females |
** Inverted with their opponent team "Die biestigen Biester" - all females |
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Latest revision as of 23:01, 23 December 2022
Die Wilden Kerle (lit: "the wild guys") are a German movie series (based on the children's book series Die Wilden Fussball Kerle, which became The Wild Soccer Bunch in the Cultural Translation in America) from The Noughties about a team of boys (and Vanessa) who like to play football (soccer, for Americans).
There are no less than five movies about them:
- "Alles ist gut, solange du wild bist!": The team has a problem: A bunch of older bullies, lead by "fat Micky", have occupied the place where they use to play football. A match (naturally) shall decide who gets the right for the place. Fortunately, former football pro Willi is there to train the boys.
- They need money for an upgrade of their sports field for a match vs. the national team, and Vanessa has fallen in love with the cool skater boy Gonzo and is missing for an important match.
- "Die Attacke der Biestigen Biester": The bunch is challenged for the title of "wildest team in the world" - by an all-girls team, of all things.
- "Der Angriff der Silberlichten": The team has to do a freestyle soccer contest against the "wolves of Ragnarök". Then, the "Silberlichten" team lead by the girl Horizon appears. And she tries to seduce the boys...
- "Hinter dem Horizont": After Leon has disappeared, the team looks for him and crosses the borders of reality, it seems. They discover a castle inhabited by vampires, who challenge them to a "Soccer 3D" match.
Especially the later movies weren't exactly liked by the critics, but they still were commercially successful.
Tropes used in Die Wilden Kerle include:
- The Alcoholic: Willi has a problem.
- Broken Pedestal: Willi in the first movie, when they learn (from fat Micky, of all people) that Willi wasn't a pro as he claimed.
- But Not Too Foreign: Rocce, the half-Brazilian
- Catch Phrase: "Alles ist gut, solange du wild bist!" (Everything's cool, as long as you're wild!)
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Willi disappeared after the first movie. Other members of the team were Put on a Bus. Sometimes, The Bus Came Back.
- Cool Bike: For a gag, in the bike scenes they added sound effects of motorbikes. And in #4, they get real bikes.
- The Cuckoolander Was Right: When Leon disappears in #5, Raban and Joschka get the idea that he was abducted by vampires.
- A Day in the Limelight: Each and everyone of the "Wilden Kerle" has their own book.
- Defeat Means Friendship
- Department of Redundancy Department: Unbesiegbare Sieger, Biestige Biester (two of their opponents)
- Distaff Counterpart: Die biestigen Biester
- Early Installment Weirdness: Inverted. The first movies were about mundane topics, but in the latter they had to play against vampires. ???
- Earth Drift
- Face Heel Turn / Heel Face Turn: Several members have left the "Wilden Kerle" for the one or other reason, and sometimes even joined other teams, but returned later. More common in the movies.
- Fat Bastard: Der dicke Michi (fat Micky)
- Film of the Book: Five of them.
- Free-Range Children: A very Egregious case. Im the fifth movie, they look for Leon who has disappeared. The search takes ten months! Do they still have parents??
- Gadgeteer Genius: Hadschi, "Düsentrieb" in #5 for the vampires.
- Genre Shift: The first movie was a quite conventional kids' sports movie. Later movies added romance (appropriate since the boys grew up), adventure (OK, I guess) and fantasy / horror (???).
- Loads and Loads of Characters: Justified, you need eleven people for a real football team. Many of those (at least of our heroes) get A Day in the Limelight.
- Love Interest: Gonzo for Vanessa in the 2nd, Horizon in the 4th movie.
- The Merch: Including stuff you "need" if you want to found an official "Wilde Kerle" team in Real Life.
- Nerd Glasses: Raban
- Oddly-Named Sequel 2: Electric Boogaloo: All of them, except #2.
- One Steve Limit: However, in another way broken - until the books came out, "Joschka" pretty much referred to politician Joschka Fischer.
- Our Vampires Are Different: In #5. They like to play what you may call 3D soccer.
- Putting the Band Back Together: In #3.
- The Quiet One: Maxi, who never speaks
- Repetitive Name: Hadschi ben Hadschi ben Hadschi ben Hadschi. (Shout-Out to Karl May.)
- The Series: Animated, will come to your TV in 2012.
- Shout-Out: Two vampires are named "Jekyll" and "Hyde".
- The Smurfette Principle: Vanessa.
- Inverted with their opponent team "Die biestigen Biester" - all females
- Team Pet: The dog Socke.
- Token Minority: Deniz, the Turk
- Tomboy: Vanessa, natch. She wants to become the first woman in the (men's!) national team.
- Unfortunate Names: "Die biestigen Biester" can mean "the beastly beasts" or even "the bitchy bitches".
- Write What You Know: Author / director Joachim Masannek trained a boys' soccer team.
- Write Who You Know: Two main characters are named Leon and Marlon, like the sons of the author.