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| image        = Alfredjodocuskwak logo.jpg
| caption      = Logo of ''Alfred J. Kwak''
| runtime      = 22−23 minutes
| starring     = {{plainlist|
* [[:nl:Ryan van den Akker|Ryan van den Akker]]
* Shigeru Chiba
* Yuko Kobayashi
* Takuzo Kamiyama
}}
| creator      = [[Herman van Veen]]<ref name="ChicagoTribune">{{cite news|title= Herman Van Who?|work= Chicago Tribune|date=11 November 1990|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1990-11-11-9004030396-story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181019001443/http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1990-11-11-9004030396-story.html |archive-date=2018-10-19 |access-date=19 October 2010|first=Matt|last=Wolf}}</ref>
| company      = {{Plainlist|
* [[Telescreen (company)|Telecable Benelux B.V.]]
* [[Omroepvereniging VARA|VARA]]
* [[Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen|ZDF]]
* {{lang|es|[[Televisión Española]]|i=no}}
* [[TV Tokyo]] }}
| director     = Hiroshi Saitō
| writer       = Akira Miyazaki
| executive_producer = {{Plainlist|
* Herman van Veen
* [[Dennis Livson]] }}
| producer     = {{Plainlist|
* Kazuo Tabata
* Sumio Takahashi
* Manabu Tamura
* Mutsuo Shimizu }}
| music        = {{Plainlist|
* [[Erik van der Wurff]]
* [[Harry Sacksioni]]
* [[Herman van Veen]]
* [[Hans-Jürgen Buchner]] }}
| country      = {{Plainlist|
* Netherlands
* Germany
* Japan
* Spain
}}
| network      = [[TV Tokyo]]
| first_aired  = {{start date|1989|4|3|df=y}}
| last_aired   = {{end date|1990|3|29|df=y}}
| network2     = [[Omroepvereniging VARA|VARA]]
| first_aired2 = {{start date|1989|12|24|df=y}}
| last_aired2  = {{end date|1991|3|16|df=y}}
| network3     = [[ZDF]]
| first_aired3 = {{start date|1990|10|13|df=y}}
| last_aired3  = {{end date|1993|2|16|df=y}}
| network4     = [[La 1 (Spanish TV channel)|TVE 1]]
| first_aired4 = {{start date|1991|4|20|df=y}}
| last_aired4  = {{End date|1992}}
| num_episodes = 52<ref name="ChicagoTribune"/>
}}

'''''Alfred J. Kwak'''''{{efn|Known in Japan as {{nihongo|'''''Kwak the Duck'''''|あひるのクワック|Ahiru no Kuwakku|lead=yes}}}} is a children's animated [[comedy-drama]] television series based on a Dutch theatre show by [[Herman van Veen]], produced by [[Telescreen (company)|Telecable Benelux B.V.]] in co-production with [[Omroepvereniging VARA|VARA]], [[Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen|ZDF]], {{lang|es|[[Televisión Española]]|i=no}}, [[TV Tokyo]], and animated by Telescreen Japan, and first shown in 1989. It consists of 52 episodes. The series characters were designed by [[Harald Siepermann]].<ref name=cbrew>{{cite news |first=Amid|last=Amidi|title=Harald Siepermann (1962-2013) |url=http://www.cartoonbrew.com/animators/harald-siepermann-1962-2013-78050.html |work= [[Cartoon Brew]]  |date=16 February 2013 |access-date=2 March 2013}}</ref> There are also toys and a comic based on the animated series.

The series has been broadcast in many countries and has been [[dubbing (filmmaking)|dubbed]] and subtitled in Dutch, French, Japanese, Greek, English, Italian, Spanish, Hebrew, Arabic, Hungarian, Finnish, Serbian, Polish, German, Swedish, Danish, Icelandic, Chinese, Czech, Romanian, Korean and Norwegian.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Clements|first1=Jonathan|last2=McCarthy|first2=Helen|title=The Anime Encyclopedia: A Century of Japanese Animation|date=2015|publisher=Stone Bridge Press|isbn=9781611729092|page=103|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E03KBgAAQBAJ&q=Alfred+J.+Kwak&pg=PT103|access-date=12 July 2017|language=en}}</ref>

In 1991, Herman van Veen won the [[Verleihung der Goldenen Kamera|Goldene Kamera]] award for the cartoon.

==Origins==
{{Blockquote|When our children were still young, I wrote the first story on Alfred Jodocus Kwak. This was really caused by two things. One night I was driving my car home through the countryside, when I accidentally ran over a duck. I regretted it deeply. A few days later I was on the telephone at home and saw a mother duck and seven little ducklings wobbling through our garden. The man I was talking to on the phone was the leader of a symphonic orchestra. He asked if I could write a fairytale and if I could come over and tell and sing about it, while the orchestra would provide musical accompaniment. While we were talking<!--The Dutch version may use the active voice, but it doesn't imply Van Veen was actually talking; in fact, context makes it clear he was silent for a while, lost in thought.--> I thought: "Could that mother duck be looking for her husband? And how do you explain to a duck that you've ran over another duck?" "Hello, hello?", the voice on the phone said, "What are you thinking about?" "I'm thinking of a duck", I replied. The man said: "Excellent, so you'll write us a fairytale about a duck." And that's how Alfred Jodocus Kwak was born, by accident.| [[Herman van Veen]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alfredjodocuskwak.nl/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071019012434/http://www.alfredjodocuskwak.nl/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-10-19 |title=Alfred Jodocus Kwak |access-date=2017-07-12}} (It's in the ‘Over Alfred’ section: ‘Toen onze … geboren, per ongeluk.’)</ref>}}

==Plot==
Alfred J. Kwak was born as the son of Johan Sebastian and Anna Kwak. Some time after his birth, Alfred loses his parents and his brothers and sisters after a car hits them as they're moving their home during a heavy rainstorm. Alfred was saved due to his being distracted by a frog, which he broke away from his family to chase. Henk the [[Mole (animal)|mole]], a good friend of the Kwak family, raises the little orphan duck. Alfred experiences a lot of adventures.

Unlike many other cartoons targeted for children, ''Alfred J. Kwak'' features exceptionally mature and often dark themes. Amongst others it deals with different social and political issues, such as abuse of power, but also raises important values such as friendship and [[social solidarity|solidarity]].

The cartoon is also notable for the political themes on which it touches. In the cartoon, Alfred fights against a [[Fascism|fascist]] dictator, takes in refugees fleeing from a country under [[apartheid]] (with white geese and black ducks), saves whales against hunters, and oversees the changeover of his country from an [[absolute monarchy]] to a [[constitutional monarchy]] with a democratically elected president. Such themes are far from typical in a children's cartoon, and form a big part of ''Alfred J. Kwak'''s appeal. Other episodes have satirised the Japanese love of golf, and criticised countries which have sharp north/south economic divides.

The cartoon is also unusual for the subtlety of its long-term narrative. In most children's cartoons, the characters do not age. In ''Alfred J. Kwak'', we see the progress of the main characters from very young children to adulthood as the series advances. This is particularly striking in the character of Dolf, who is initially a mere schoolboy, but who, as time passes, becomes a criminal and a dictator.

===Setting===
The time setting of the cartoon is somewhat [[Surrealism|surreal]]. On the whole the technology and dress of most characters seems appropriate to the late 20th century, and yet Alfred and Paljas/Boffin often travel in a spaceship with a technology far more advanced than that, while many characters such as the king's staff, Scratchpaws the cat, and Dolf in his Napoleonic incarnation wear clothes more appropriate to previous ages. Other surreal elements to the cartoon include such strange characters as the evil genie of the bottle, living chess pieces from Alfred's chess game, [[Pied Piper of Hamelin|Pied Piper]] style Clown on the Moon, and aliens who appear like ducks except for their human-style feet, and a "dream" style [[wild West]] episode during which Dolf seems to become aware that he is a character in a cartoon.

==Characters==

===Main characters===

====Alfred====
'''Alfred Jodocus Kwak''' is a [[duck]]. As a baby he lived in a giant [[clogs|clog]] with his family. After his family was run over by a car, he was adopted by Henk and lives with him in Henk's grandfathers house. Later Alfred moves in to a clog-shaped house, using his old cradle as his bed. He is very concerned with other people and values many virtues, like human rights and good manners. Friends, family and the environment, are also close to his heart and he in some episodes even risks his own safety when it comes to do the right thing. Although he has gone through a lot of sad things, his favourite song is 'Ik ben vandaag zo vrolijk' (I'm so happy today). In the English version, his middle name is changed to "Johnathan". In the Hebrew version, His name is "Shealtiel". In the Icelandic version he is named Alfreð Önd.

====Dolf====
'''Dolf''' is Alfred's [[archenemy]] and first appears in episode 4. In the first episode Dolf's parents, a [[crow]] and a [[common blackbird|blackbird]], can be seen making disparaging comments on the eggs of Alfred's mother. Both are dressed in [[Tracht|traditional German garments]]. The father wears [[lederhosen]], a feathered hat and, in the Dutch original, speaks with a heavy German accent, while Dolf's mother is seen in a [[dirndl|dirndl outfit]]. In the German version, Dolf is called '''Kra''', in the Finnish version, he is called '''Korppi'''.
{{blockquote|Oh, they look repulsive. [[Waterfowl]] aren't real birds, like us. So in a way I can understand why they are so vile and disgusting.|Dolf's father, episode 1}}

Dolf gradually develops from a mere naughty schoolboy to a merciless dictator, an arms dealer, a reckless politician, and overall criminal. Though the show clearly portrays Dolf's acts as inherently negative and wrong, it also provides the background on how Dolf became who he is. For example, as a child, Dolf is prone to [[Blame|blame others for problems]] in which he too played a role. Dolf mentions that his mother died very early and that his father neglects him due to alcoholism. Dolf can also be seen to express a sense of [[self hate]] and poor [[self image]]; as he is disgusted by the fact that he is only part crow, and paints his orange beak black to disguise his true identity. When Alfred accidentally finds out about this, he cannot understand why Dolf is so ashamed and urges him to drop the secret and tell others about it. Dolf however is petrified and convinced that his friends will make fun of him, and makes Alfred swear he will never tell anyone about it.
Episode 22 through 25 are essentially an allegory of the rise and fall of [[Fascism]] and [[Nazism]], with Dolf himself, though wearing a Napoleonic uniform, as a clear caricature of [[Adolf Hitler]]. It begins with Dolf returning from abroad, in a train with Austrian markings, and meeting up with his friends. He then discusses the current political climate in Great Waterland, and expresses disgust of it. Dolf then decides to found a political party, the later ''National Crows Party'', for which he goes to Alfred to lend money. He explains his ideas, but Alfred refuses and Dolf barges out of Alfred's house in a fit of rage. Alfred and Henk express their fear of Dolf, but Henk reassures Alfred that Dolf will never gather enough money to fund his intended party. Not much later however, Dolf inherits a huge fortune. He founds his party, which through promising employment and change quickly becomes a major and powerful political movement. Dolf eventually stages a [[coup d'etat]] and takes over the country. Political opponents, including Alfred, are imprisoned on the charge of [[high treason]]. Alfred and his friends barely escape and flee abroad to the neighboring country of Great [[Reed bed|Reedland]]. Not much later the King of Great Waterland himself flees as well, and Dolf proclaims himself [[Emperor]] Dolf I. Alfred and the other political dissidents however devised a plan to dispose of Dolf and steal Dolf's inheritances from the vaults of his palace. Without his money, Dolf's power quickly dwindles and he is forced to flee.

Dolf eventually makes an appearance as an illegal arms dealer and general criminal in further episodes. In the 43rd and 44th episodes, the King has decided to abdicate and for the first time democratic elections are held. Dolf once again attempts to rule Great Waterland as one of the three official candidates. In order to get ahead of other two candidates (Ollie being the first candidate), he hires some foreigners to sabotage the dam, which protects the waterland from being flooded by the seawater. After the dam has broken, Dolf cunningly withdraws his entry because he wants to *help* people and cannot waste time on a campaign. Dolf then publicly funds the repairs of the dam, skyrocketing his popularity and prompting his reentry in the presidential race. He then, in an attempt to get rid of any compromising evidence, tries to kill Lispel, who saw the criminal act. Lispel manages to escape and, though heavily wounded, is able to tell Alfred the truth on the flood.

Dolf manages to escape and continues his life of crime. In the final two episodes, Dolf becomes the henchman of an oil magnate who is attempting to get his hands on the blueprints of an environmentally friendly fuel, invented by Professor Buffon. After a fight, in which Dolf attempts to kill Alfred by pushing his car off the road, Dolf is again captured and is sentenced to 26 years of imprisonment. Aided by a former member of his Crows Party, he can escape and takes Winnie, Alfred's girlfriend, hostage. In the series' finale, after a manic hunt, Alfred finds Dolf, who tells him where Winnie is. After telling Alfred her whereabouts, Dolf attempts to escape, only to be caught by the police and put back into prison.

====Henk====
'''Henk''' is a [[Mole (animal)|mole]] and the adoptive father of Alfred. In the Israeli version, he is called '''Hafi''', a diminutive for "Hafarperet" - the Hebrew word for "mole".

====Winnie====
'''Winnie''' is a black duck and Alfred's girlfriend, her name is a reference to [[Winnie Madikizela-Mandela|Winnie Mandela]]. In the Dutch version, she speaks [[Afrikaans]]-accented Dutch; Afrikaans being a language closely related to Dutch and spoken in [[South Africa]]. Alfred meets her and her family, in episode 27, on a train leaving for Great Waterland after his holidays. Her family are refugees who escaped from their home country after it has been [[Apartheid|taken over by white geese]]. After Alfred helps her parents to sort out the problems in her country, she joins Alfred on many of his adventures and holidays. She works in the local university as a secretary (as first seen in episode 34) and lives with her brother Tom in a little house near the forest.

===Secondary characters===
* '''Professor Paljas''' is an interdisciplinary academic. He is a [[polar bear]], and speaks with a German accent. In the UK, Hungarian, Serbian, and Israeli versions he is called '''Professor Buffon'''. He makes his first appearance in episode 18, in which he attempts to communicate with the whales in the South Pole using his new invention "Jonus". He returns in episode 26, in which he asks Alfred to join him on his expedition to the [[Himalayas]]. He also travels (with Alfred of course), to Egypt to find the only medicine which can cure his ill colleague, and the jungle to investigate a volcano which keeps erupting. He cares a lot about the environment and develops a petrol for vehicles that doesn't expose any [[carbon monoxide]] and prevents [[acid rain]].
*'''Ollie''' is Alfred's close school-friend, a [[stork]] who grows up to be a lawyer, and later, after the defeat of Dolf, the first democratically elected president of Great Waterland. In the Dutch version, Ollie is a girl during childhood, but a male when he is an adult, confirming his status as [[transgender]]. This change is never directly addressed in the series. In a Dutch interview from 2013 however, Van Veen stated that this gender change was intentional, since that also happens in the real world.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/be/article/avx8gz/ik-stelde-herman-van-veen-alle-vragen-over-alfred-jodocus-kwak-die-ik-ooit-nog-wilde-stellen|title=Ik stelde Herman van Veen alle vragen over Alfred Jodocus Kwak die ik ooit nog wilde stellen|website=Vice|date=8 November 2013 |language=nl|access-date=2017-07-15}}</ref> In the Israeli version, is a female and is named Luli.
*'''Pikkie''' is another friend of Alfred's from his schooldays. A [[magpie]], Pikkie is prone to [[Kleptomania|stealing shiny objects]], a trait which often lands his friends in trouble. Pikkie is called '''Stibitzi''' (and portrayed as female) in the German version, '''Ruby''' in the Israeli version, '''Grabbie''' in the UK version, '''Hannu''' in Finnish version and '''Grabljivko''' in Serbian version. He makes his first appearance in episode 2, in which he attends Alfred's first birthday party. He steals the king's ruby during a visit in the king's castle and Alfred gets blamed for it. He is often seen in the early episodes when Alfred was still at school. After episode 12 he isn't seen or spoken of for 19 episodes. We are not told what he did or where he was during Dolf's activism and other events. Alfred and Henk meet him again coincidentally on an oil rig, sporting a stubbly beard, where he worked as a diamond expert. In episode 49 he falls from the sky in front of Alfred's house after trying to fly to the rainbow. He joins Alfred, Prof. Paljas and Henk on an expedition to the rainforest in which the legendary [[Rainbows in culture|Pot of Gold]] is kept. His weakness for shining objects persuades him to steal it but Dolf takes it from him at the airport.
* '''Franz Ferdinand''' is a [[lion]] and the king of Great Waterland, the country in which Alfred lives. He is a well-meaning, yet lazy and incompetent monarch, with no interest in politics. He is named after the real historical figure [[Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria|Franz Ferdinand]]. He makes his first appearance in episode 2. In episode 20 Alfred wonders what kind of a king he is. He then is shown lying in his lemonade bath and enjoying life, when a servant comes in and tells him that the messenger from Great Sparrowland has arrived and wants to speak him. The king claims that he just got into the bath, but the servant reassures him that he's been in it for over two hours. The king asks the servant to speak with the messenger for him but since his signature is needed he reluctantly gets out of the bath. In episode 21 the king goes bankrupt and is forced to take loan from Alfred, which he doesn't pay back. After the rise of Dolf, the exiled king realises how careless and reluctant he has been, and begins to take interest in politics. After Dolf's fall, in the planning of which Franz Ferdinand was involved, he becomes a just and beloved king. In episode 43 however, he decides to surrender all his executive power and remain only as a ceremonial head of state, with a [[democracy|democratically]] elected president as the actual head of government.
*'''Lispel''' is a sinister [[jellyfish]] and a spy working for the mayor of the city. As his name suggests, he talks with a lisp. He makes his first appearance in episode 7 as a contact to another agent. In episodes 14, 16 & 19 he informs the mayor of Alfred's plans of preventing him from making ships that catch all fish of the world. In episode 23, during Dolf's activism Lispel informs Dolf where Alfred and his friends are hiding after they escaped imprisonment. In episode 27 he sees Alfred taking in the refugees and threatens to tell the authorities unless he gets three gold coins. Alfred gives him the money but doesn't listen to Lispel's information (Which he must tell him, because he got his money). After several attempts of getting Alfred to listen to him, Lispel does go to the police and betrays them. Lispel makes some minor appearances in later episodes, but in episode 44, before the presidential elections, he sees Dolf and some hired foreigners damaging the dam which causes a huge flood. Dolf pays for repairs and equipment to become more popular, but Lispel threatens to tell unless he gets his gold. Dolf refuses because he thinks that Lispel will keep returning for more gold. By the docks (Their meeting point), Dolf pulls out a revolver and shoots Lispel several times. Lispel falls into the sea. Later in the episode he stands, badly injured, in Alfred's front garden and tells him everything. His last appearance is in episode 51 in which he informs the mayor of Prof. Paljas's plans on making a petrol which doesn't expose any gases or fumes. He receives his payment, leaves the mayor's house and is never seen again. He is not present at Alfred's birthday in the last episode.

===Setting===

====Great Waterland====
'''Great Waterland''' (''Groot-Waterland'' in Dutch) is arguably the most important setting within the series. It is Alfred's birthplace as well the home, or future home, of many of the show's characters. It is, partly, a caricature of the Netherlands. The land consists of [[polder]]s, the town Alfred lives in is built in a [[Dutch architecture|typical Dutch style]], while he himself lives in a house made from a [[clog (shoe)|clog]]. For most of the series Great Waterland is an absolute monarchy, led by Franz Ferdinand, a lion. Near the conclusion of the show's first season Dolf assumes command, and Waterland briefly becomes an [[authoritarian]] [[fascist]] state, before reverting to a monarchy and eventually becoming a [[constitutional monarchy]] with an elected president.

==Episode list==
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'''Season 1'''
{{ordered list|start=1
| Alfred Comes to Life
| Alfred's First Birthday
| The Ruby of the Crown
| My Father Is Henk
| Dolf's Secret
| The Great Race
| Sea Scouts Part 1
| Sea Scouts Part 2
| The Strange Bottle
| Flying Carpet
| Alfred Joins the Circus
| Alfred's Chess Adventure
| The Queen Loses Her Crown
| Let's Find the Sawfish
| Alfred's Perilous Voyage
| The Search for the Whales
| Visitors from Outer Space
| The Southern Cross
| The Ocean Belong to All of Us
| Desert Dream
| The King Takes a Loan
| Dolf Is Justice
| Escape from the Crow Party
| Emperor Dolf the First
| The Decline and Fall of Emperor Dolf
| The Snowman
}}
{{col-break}}
'''Season 2'''
{{ordered list|start=27
| Love at First Sight
| A Gift from the King
| Journey to At
| A Turtle Island
| Drilling for Oil
| They Come to Atlantis
| Gunfight at Tombstone
| The Riddle of the Pyramid
| The Labyrinth
| The Course of True Love
| An Invitation from the Prince
| Love Unites
| Who Wants to Marry a Witch
| The Stolen Pan
| The Volcano Erupts
| Save the Dragon
| Vote for Ollie
| Dolf Takes a Chance
| The Strange Epidemic
| Clown on the Moon
| The Magic Fiddle
| How About a Game of Golf
| Looking for the Rainbow
| Pot of Gold
| Forests of Fuel?
| Dolf's Last Stand
}}
{{col-end}}

==Theme songs and voice actors==
{{Unreferenced section|date=November 2020}}

===Dutch version===
''Spetter Pieter Pater''
* Performed by [[Herman van Veen]] (OP)
''Zo vrolijk''
* Performed by [[:nl:Ryan van den Akker|Ryan van den Akker]] and [[Herman van Veen]] (ED)

===Dutch===
Alfred J. Kwak is one of the first cartoon series in the Netherlands to feature an (almost) all-star cast. Actress Ryan van den Akker is Alfred and Herman van Veen is Professor Paljas (an alternate phrase for fool, clown).

===Japanese version===
''Yakusoku da yo'' (約束だよ)
* Performed by [[Megumi Hayashibara]] (OP)
''Happy Happy'' (ハッピー・ハッピー ''Happī Happī'')
* Performed by [[Megumi Hayashibara]] (ED)

===German version===
''Plätscher, Plitscher, Feder''
* Performed by [[:nl:Ryan van den Akker|Ryan van den Akker]] (lalala part) and [[Herman van Veen]] (OP)

''Warum bin ich so fröhlich''
* Performed by [[:nl:Ryan van den Akker|Ryan van den Akker]] and [[Herman van Veen]] (ED)

===English version===
''Never keep a good Duck down''
* Performed by Alan Carr, [[Russell Shaw (composer)|Russell Shaw]] (OP)
''Alfred Song''
* Performed by Alan Carr (ED)

===Danish version===
{{lang|da|Sprøjte, pjatte, plaske}}
* Performed by Lasse Lunderskov (OP)
''I dag er jeg så lyk'lig''
* Performed by Vibeke Dueholm and Lasse Lunderskov (OP)

===Hebrew version===
''בין טיפות המים''
* Performed by Orit Yaron
''תמיד אני שמח''
* Performed by Orit Yaron and [[Yuval Zamir]]

===Finnish version===
''Alfred J. Kwak''
* Performed by Katja Liljestrand, Liisa Lind, Solveig Sundqvist and Heidi Yrjä
''Onnenpäivä''
* Performed by Katja Liljestrand, Liisa Lind, Solveig Sundqvist and Heidi Yrjä

===Italian version===
"Niente paura, c'è Alfred!" (used as opening and ending theme)
*Performed by [[Cristina D'Avena]], lyrics written by Alessandra Valeri Manera, and composed by Ninni Carucci

===Serbian version===
*Performed by Željko Plivelić


'''<big>Swedish version</big>'''

"Plaska, stänka, skvätta!"

Performed by Håkan Mohede

"Jag är så lycklig"

Performed by Nina Gunke

==Credits==
{{Unreferenced section|date=November 2020}}
*Original idea and storylines: [[Herman van Veen]]
*Scripts and storyboards: Akira Miyazaki
*Director: Hiroshi Saito
*Production supervisor: Matsue Jimbo
*Character designer and storyboard supervisor: [[Harald Siepermann]]
*Background designs: Hans Bacher, Susumu Shiraume, Masaru Amamizu
*Colour designs: Hans Bacher
*Filming director: Hisao Shirai
*Music: [[Herman van Veen]], [[Erik van der Wurff]], Nard Reijnders
*Lyrics: [[Herman van Veen]]
*Sound direction: [[Shigeharu Shiba]]
*Production managers: Manabu Tamura, Tamehide Hyakuzuka, Tuneumi Nakamura
*Production studios: [[Telescreen (company)|Telescreen Japan Inc]], Teleimage Inc, Visual '80
*Producer: Kazuo Tabata
*Executive producer: [[Dennis Livson]]
*Produced by: [[Telescreen (company)|Telecable Benelux B.V.]]
*In co-production with: [[TV Tokyo]] (Japan), [[Omroepvereniging VARA|VARA]] (Netherlands), [[ZDF]] (Germany), [[Televisión Española]] (Spain)

===English version===
*Recorded at: EPK Work in Arts, [[Bray Studios (UK)]]
*Voices: John Baddeley, Alan Carr, [[Steve Cooke]], [[Melvyn Hayes]], Jill Lidstone, [[Hugo Myatt]], Lyn Beardsall
*Director: Stanley Joseph
*Dubbing editor: Russell Shaw

===Danish version===
*Distribution: Scanbox Danmark A/S
*Translation: Tekstkontoret
*Voices: Lasse Lunderskov, Tim Mehrens, Vibeke Dueholm

===Hebrew version===

*Recorded at: Triton Studio
*Voices: Orit Yaron, [[Yuval Zamir]], [[Efron Etkin]], [[Eli Gorenstein]], Itzik Saidoff, [[Dov Reiser]], Sarit Baruch-Seri, Shimon Cohen, Shosh Marciano, Gilat Ankori
*Translator and director: [[Safrira Zachai]]
*Producer: Hasia Wertheim
*Dubbing editor: Sonia Yudilevich

===Finnish version===
*Recorded at: [[Yleisradio]]
*Translation: Irja Hämäläinen, Marjatta Kilpi-Wikström, Arja Kuittinen, Marjatta Sario, Arja Kataja, Pirjo Aaltonen, Arja Kari-Ovaskainen, Marja Huuskonen, Kirsti Luova, Maija Rantanen, Jertta Ratia-Kähönen
*Voices: [[Jarmo Koski]], Martti Tschokkinen, [[Titta Jokinen]], Pekka Autiovuori, Harri Hyttinen, Rabbe Smedlund, Pirkko Aarnio, [[Kauko Helovirta]], Jukka Voutilainen (actor), Maria Salo, Kaija Kiiski, Voitto Nurmi
*Director: Irja Hämäläinen, Marja Huuskonen
*Voice recording: Timo Hintikka, Tarja Laaksonen, [[Pekka Heinonen]], Matti Nuotio, Veijo Lehti, Ari Lyytikäinen, Heikki Häkkinen, Pekka Vanhanen

===Serbian version===
*Voices: Violeta Peković, Nebojša Burović, Tatjana Stanković, Goran Peković
*Translation: Neda Kovačević
*Songs: Željko Plivelić
*Tone master: Nebojša Burović
*Executive producer: Vladan Škrkić
*Dubbed by: [[RTV BK Telecom|BK TV]]

===Greek version===

*Voices: Rania Ioannidou, Matina Karra, Vina Papadopoulou, [[Giorgos Vasiliou (actor)|Giorgos Vasiliou]], Dimitra Dimitriadou, Tasos Masmanidis
*Translator and director: Dimitra Dimitriadou
*Songs: Panos Tsaparas
*Dubbed by: [[Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation|ERT]]

==Alternative titles==
*''Alfred J. Quack''
*''Little Duck's Big Love Story''
*''The Adventures of Alfred J. Quack''
*''Alfred Jodocus Kwak'' (Dutch)
*''Alfred Jonatan Kwak'' (Polish)
*Приключения Альфреда Квака (''Priklyuchenia Alfreda Kwaka'') (Russian)
*''Niente paura, c'è Alfred!'' (Italian)
*''Rasmus Rap'' (Danish)
*آلفرد كواك ("Alferd Quack") (Arabic)
*שאלתיאל קוואק (''She'al'ti'el Quack'') (Hebrew)
*''Alfred Andreas Kvakk'' (Norwegian)
*''Alfred Jeremias Kvack'' (Swedish)
*''Alfred J. Kwak'' (Finnish)
*''Alfréd a kacsa'' (Hungarian)
*''Rățoiul Alfred'' (Romanian)
*''Alfred Džonatan Kvak'' (''Алфред Џонатан Квак'') (Serbian)
*鴨鴨歷險記 (''Yia1 Yia1 Li4 Tian3 Gi4'', ''The Adventures of Ducky'') (Chinese)
*''Alfreð Æringi Önd'' (Icelandic)
*''Ο Άλφρεντ το παπί'' (O Álfred to papí) (Greek)
*''오리대장 꽉꽉'' (Ori Daejang Ggwak Ggwak, "Captain Duck Ggwak Ggwak") (Korean)

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070429235134/http://www.jodokus.nl/ jodokus.nl] - A more complete overview of the story's history (Dutch)
* {{anime News Network|anime|1049|Alfred J. Kwak}}
* {{IMDb title|0098737|Alfred J. Kwak}}

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