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''"Piet Pienter en Bert Bibber"'' was a Belgian/Flemish comic strip series drawn by Jozef Van Hove (1919) 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 [[Anti Hero]]. 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 [[Anti-Hero]]. 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.

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* '''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 did him solely by himself.

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=== This trope provides examples of: ===

* [[Absent Minded Professor]]: The series even has two: professor Kumulus and professor Snuffel.

* [[Absent-Minded Professor]]: The series even has two: professor Kumulus and professor Snuffel.

* [[Added Alliterative Appeal]]: Piet Pienter and Bert Bibber

* [[Anti Hero]]: Bert Bibber

* [[Anti-Hero]]: Bert Bibber

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Many people that behave friendly or nicely at first turn out to be villains who cannot be trusted.

* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: Happens ALL the time. Small captions or notes often give ironic comments about the plot developments.

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* [[Gratuitous Iambic Pentameter]]: Many names are Flemish dialect expressions.

* [[Gravity Screw]]: In ''"De Anti-Zwaartekracht Generator"'' professor Kumulus invents a device that makes people float in the air when you aim it at them.

* [[Green Eyed Monster]]: Bert is very jealous of Theo Flitser who frequently impresses his love interest Susan.

* [[Green-Eyed Monster]]: Bert is very jealous of Theo Flitser who frequently impresses his love interest Susan.

* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: 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.

* [[Idea Bulb]]

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