Knalle
Eyes: Black
Hair: None
Race: Ostrich
Occupation: Former medic on the ship Mary II, currently king
Story: Knalle is an ostrich with a voracious appetite. Rasmus Klump and his friends first met him when he was trying to eat the steering wheel from the shipwrecked Mary [1]. For a while Knalle was a part of Rasmus Klump's adventures, eating anything in sight, which might be food. During his adventures on the ship Mary II, he became the ship's medic. After he got a bag with medicine and a first aid kit from a stork, he ran around "curing" everybody by giving them medicine or wrapping them in gauze [2].
Knalle was last seen when he became king after Rasmus. Knalle accidentally gave someone a potion, which made his hair grow and he had to stay behind to cut it. Rasmus wisely abdicated and Knalle became the new king [3].
Equipment: Knalle had a medicine bag for "curing" anybody who might be sick and a dustpan for eating anything resembling food in sight.
Continuity: Rasmus Klump
Publisher(s): P.I.B.
First app.: Rasmus Klump på Robinson Crusoe's ø (1962)
Creator(s): Carla Hansen
Vilhelm Hansen
Country of origin: Denmark
Background notes: Knalle was not a regular character in the Rasmus Klump series. He appeared from time to time and vanished again with no explanation
Names around the World:
Denmark | Knalle |
France | Petit Canard |
Germany | Karlchen |
Sweden | Struts Knalle Kalle |
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References: 1: Rasmus Klump på Robinson Crusoe's ø
2: Rasmus Klump - Kapsejlads I Fortidsland
3: Rasmus Klump - Sjov på slottet