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Other characters include:
* Lambik: Somewhat of a [[Small Name, Big Ego]]. Sidonia's [[Will They or Won't They?|love interest]] when the plot calls for it.
* Jerom: A [[All Cavemen Were Neanderthals|thawed-out caveman with super strength]], who quickly adapts to modern life. Lambik's best friend.
* Professor Barabas: Intelligent, but [[Absent
* Schanulleke: Wiske's rag doll, who magically comes to life in a few issues.
* Sus Antigoon: Suske's ancestor, an [[Off the Wagon]] ghost powered by alcohol.
* Arthur: Lambik's [[Long
* Krimson: The villain.
Many stories are inspired by fantasy elements and folkloric tales, but a lot of albums are also time travel or world travel stories. From the very start, "Suske and Wiske" had a strong moralistic undertone, which increased over the years.
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* [[And Knowing Is Half the Battle]]: Many of the later albums end with a message to the readers, usually hoping that the world will change for the better.
* [[And Now You Must Marry Me]]: Lambik is saved from being killed by Native Americans in "Bibbergoud" (''Shivergold''), but has to marry an old hag who fancies him.
* [[Anti
* [[Antiquated Linguistics]]: When the characters travel back in the time the people they encounter often use old fashioned words and expressions, typical of that time period.
* [[Arabian Nights Days]]: Used as plot basis for "Prinses Zagemeel". (''Princess Sawdust'')
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** Another Vandersteen character, the dog Bessy, makes a cameo in "De Zwarte Zwaan". (''The Black Swan'')
** Marcel Kiekeboe of [[De Kiekeboes]] has a cameo appearance in "De Speelgoedspiegel" (''The Toy Mirror'')
** Snowy from "[[Tintin (Comic Book)]]" passes by in "De Kleurenkladder" (''The Colour Mess'')and Lambik sadly notes: "Poor animal. It's just as if I recognize you from somewhere, but I don't know from where. You've lost your owner too, huh?" (Hergé has died a few years before the publication of this album).
** At the end of "The Krimson Crisis" the characters from the comic strip "Nero" make a cameo appearance.
* [[Atop a Mountain of Corpses]]: Jerom singlehandedly defeats an entire army of (relatively) intelligent apes in "De Tamtamkloppers" (''The Tamtam Knockers'') and is later found by his friends on top of one of the piles. He informs them that "the fight was so monotonously easy that he fell asleep while fighting".
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* [[Eye Pop]]: Lambik's eyes do this in the [[Suske En Wiske]] album "De Dolle Musketiers" (''The Mad Musketeers'') when he first sees Jerom.
* [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture]]: The isle Amoras is an exact copy of the city Antwerp, where Vandersteen was born.
* [[
* [[Fictional Country]]:
** Chocowakije in "Rikki en Wiske in Chocowakije"
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* [[Put On a Bus]]: Wiske's brother Rikki, who disappeared afther just one issue and was never mentioned again. It took almost 50 years for the bus to come back and finally reveal Rikki's fate.
* [[Race Against the Clock]]: In "De Gouden Cirkel" (''The Golden Circle'') the characters have to travel to various parts of the globe to collect stuff so they can save a very ill Professor Barabas.
* [[Relax
* [[Running Gag]]: Several.
* [[Seven Heavenly Virtues]]: A major plot device in "De Zeven Snaren". (''The Seven Strings'')
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* [[Smart People Wear Glasses]]: Professor Barabas.
* [[Somewhere a Paleontologist Is Crying]]: Every time the characters travel to the Stone Age ("Wattman", "De Groene Splinter"<ref>''The Green Shard''</ref>, "De Malle Mergpijp"<ref>''The Silly Marrowbone''</ref>, "De Slimme Slapjanus" <ref>''The smart Weakling''</ref>,...) cavemen and dinosaurs live together in the same time period.
* [[Spin
** [[Spinoff Babies]]: The series "Klein Suske en Wiske"<ref>Little Suske and Wiske''</ref>
* [[Squashed Flat]]: Jerom is squashed flat in "De [[I Jzeren]] Schelvis"<ref>The Iron Haddock</ref> due to the water pressure.
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* [[Wicked Witch]]: De Zwarte Madam in "De Zwarte Madam"<ref>The Black Madam</ref>, An Tanneke in "De Zeven Snaren"<ref>The Seven Strings</ref>
* [[Wild Take]]
* [[Whole
** "De Apekermis"<ref>The Ape Festival</ref> and "[[James Bond]]"
** "De Bevende Baobab"<ref>The Shaking Baobab</ref> and "[[Tarzan]]"
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** "De Jolige Joffer"<ref>The Jolly Maiden</ref> and "[[Cyrano De Bergerac]]"
** "De Junglebloem"<ref>The Jungle Flower</ref> and "[[The Jungle Book (Literature)|The Jungle Book]]"
** "Robotkop"<ref>Robot Head</ref> and "[[
** "Big Mother" and "[[Nineteen Eighty
** "Wattman" and "[[Batman]]"
** "De Rebelse Reynaert"<ref>The Rebel Reynaert</ref> and "Van Den Vos Reynaerde"
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* [[Why Do You Hate the Dog]]?: Lambik hates the new dog, Tobias, in "Het Hondenparadijs"<ref>The Dog Paradise</ref>.
* [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]]: The cast meets him as a child in "Het Wondere Wolfje"<ref>The Miraculous Wolfy</ref>.
* [[
* [[Write Who You Know]]:
** The name of the character Suske was inspired by Vandersteen's father, who was named "Sus"
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