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Rob de Nijs is one of most well-known Dutch singers of the post-war era. After having his first hit single with Rob de Nijs & the Lords in 1963, he continued to chart as a soloist into the next century while remaining one of the most-played Dutch artists on Dutch radio. In 2001, he received the Radio 2 Zendtijd Award -- an award presented to nationals with lasting influence on Dutch music. DJ Frits Spits once called de Nijs 'the embodiment of the history of Dutch pop music.'
Robert de Nijs was born in Amsterdam on December 26, 1942, during World War II. An asthmatic child, he started playing the accordion when he was just eight years old. De Nijs wanted to go to acting school but was too young and instead attended an HBS high school. Before he even entered his twenties, de Nijs decided to compete in a talent show with his band Rob de Nijs & the Lords. He won, and the first prize was a recording contract. His first two singles failed to make an impression, but the third single, 1963's 'Ritme van de Regen,' became a massive success, selling over 100,000 copies. In that same year de Nijs was the Dutch entry in the Songfestival competition.
De Nijs released his solo debut, Dit Is Rob de Nijs, in 1964, and in 1965, Rob de Nijs & the Lords split up. After a few years as a solo artist, he retreated from the stage and started working in a circus. He also became co-owner of a few clubs. At the end of 1969, de Nijs returned in the popular eye, this time as an actor. He was first seen in the show Oebele, and from 1971 to 1976 he played the role of Bertram Bierenbroodspot in the popular TV series Kunt U Mij de Weg Naar Hamelen Vertellen, Mijnheer? During these TV years, de Nijs took advantage of his regained popularity and co-wrote an album with lyricist Lennaert Nijgh and producer Boudewijn de Groot. In May 1973, de Nijs charted the first of a few of the collaborations, 'Jan Klaassen de Trompetter.' Other hits included 'Zuster Ursula,' 'Miralle,' 'Hé Speelman,' and 'Malle Babbe.' The two albums made with Nijgh and de Groot were crowned in 1976, when de Nijs was pronounced most popular Dutch singer by the NIPO.
The end of the '70s were the glory years for de Nijs, both critically and commercially. In 1980, he married Belinda Meulendijk, who became his principal lyricist. Over the course of the '80s and '90s, de Nijs had a prolific output, releasing an album almost every year. At Christmas in 1985, de Nijs and Meulendijk scored their biggest success: 'Laat Alles Wat Ademt,' an end-of-the-year peace song that reached the number two position. It took de Nijs more than a decade to right that wrong: in 1996, he finally hit number one with 'Banger Hart' -- his first in 35 years as a recording artist. During the '90s and the beginning of the new century, the singer toured constantly, both in theaters and in bigger venues, and he steered his musical style toward more rock-like territory. In 2000, de Nijs was made a knight, and he was awarded an Edison Award in 2002 for his entire oeuvre.
In 2006, de Nijs and Meulendijk announced their divorce, and de Nijs was without a lyric writer. He recorded a cover version of the Stevie Wonder classic 'For Once in My Life' for the soundtrack of the heist movie Dennis P, and his next full-length was a covers album. Consisting of translated popular French songs, Chansons reached number six on the Dutch album chart upon its release in 2008. His popularity continued into the 2010s as he released several more Top Ten albums, including Eindelijk Vrij, Nieuwe Ruimte, and Niet Voor het Laatst. Issued in 2017, the latter saw him reunite his writing partnership with Meulendijk. ~ Philip D. Huff

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Kabouter Plop (Lutin Plop) is a Belgian Live-Action children's show by Studio 100 about a group of gnomes. The main characters are Plop, Klus, Kwebble and Lui. In the early 2000's new characters were introduced: Big Eater Smul and the beautiful Smal. The show first began airing in 1997 on the Flemish station 'VTM' and was also aired on the Dutch station 'Zappelin'. The series later gained a french version in 2007 called 'Lutin Plop' for the Walloon region of Belgium. The characters from the show are also commonly spotted in various live shows in Belgium.

In October 2015, a new show starring Plop called Plop & de Peppers was created. This show stars Plop with three new characters Pip a female mouse, Pepijn a male bunny, and and Pole a male mole.

On September 2017, a third show starring Plop was created called Plop & Felle which introduced a third female gnome as part of the main cast.

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• Adaptational Attractiveness: In the Walloon version, Kwebbel (Pipolette in French) looks a lot younger and beautiful compared to the original Flemish version of the series where she is played by a middle aged woman. Same goes for Lui (Dordebou) who is now the same size as (or even smaller than) the others while in the Flemish version he's the tallest of the bunch.
• A Day in the Limelight: Het kraampje van Smul has Smul as the main protagonist for that episode.
• Agony of the Feet: One episode has Klus trick the other gnomes into kicking a rock thinking it was a soccer ball.
• All Trolls Are Different: The gnomes encounter a troll during their live show 'Kabouter Plop en De Treitertrol' and in in the movie 'Plop wordt Kabouterkoning'.

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• Ambiguously Human: While Plop & Friends are technically human they are still gnomes. They are even seen with humans in films that star the characters.
• An Aesop: Plop would explain the moral to one episode near the end.
• An Odd Place to Sleep: Lui, a couple of times, falls asleep on (or in) the weirdest places. Like in a boat, under a table or standing up.
  • Plop falls asleep by a rudder during the movie 'Plop in de Wolken'.
• Anti-Sneeze Finger: Plop does this to Klus two times in the movie 'Plop en het vioolavontuur'.
• Artistic Age: Even though Plop looks (and acts) older than the rest of the gnomes, it's almost impossible to put any specific age on any of them. They can act like grown ups, build complex structures and have day jobs, and at the same time they get scared easily, cry over stuffed animals, play school and enjoy drinking milk and eating cookies more than anything else.
• Audience Participation Song: In most of the live shows most of the characters would encourage the audience to sing along with them at some point in a song and would even had one section sing them by themselves while they tell them what part they sing. The most notable would be the song Daar zijn vrienden voor and De Dagen Van De Week.
• Bedsheet Ghost: Klus uses this for scaring the other gnomes in the song 'Het Spook'
• Big Eater: Smul who loves cakes and tarts
• Butt-Monkey: Klus
• Birthday Episode: The episode 'Lui is verdwenen' features Plop,Smal, and Kwebbel preparing to surprise Lui with a birthday cake. However Lui gets bored of waiting and decides to leave somewhere. The three decide to look for him but are later sad after looking everywhere for him and not finding him, until the ending where Plop is narrating in bed and Lui was sleeping next to his bed the whole time. Plop then gives the birthday cake to him.
  • It's Plop's birthday in the episode 'Plops Verjaardagstaart', in which Plop believes the gang has forgotten about his birthday.
  • 'Plop en de Wenssteen', in which Klus has forgotten about Plop's birthday and tries to give him a regular stone as a present, presenting it as a wishing stone. It backfires as Plop wishes for his birthday to be every day, and Klus has to make sure his wish comes true.
• Black Bead Eyes: Kwebbel,Smal, and Plop were mostly portrayed like this during the early years of the series until 2006.
• Big Fun: All of the gnomes with the exception of Smal. But especially Smul
• Blush Sticker: In the earlier episodes the gnomes were given red blush makeup.
• Catchphrase: Each gnome have their own greetings whenever they enter Plop's home.
  • Lui would usually respond to certain stuff such with 'Ik Word Daar Zo Moe Van'.
• Celebrity Star: Dutch singer Frans Bauer sings with the main characters in the song 'Weet dat het zonnetje schijnt'.
  • Belgian singer and actor Jelle Cleymans also makes a cameo in the movie 'Plop en Kwispel'
• Chuck Cunning Ham Syndrome: In the Walloon version of the series, Smal and Smul aren't present.
  • Smul hasn't been seen in newer material since the 2013 film Plop & de Kabouterkermis
• Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are: The song 'Waar Zijn Mij Belletjes' deals with Klus looking for his missing two bells that were on top of his hat. He later learns that Lui found the missing bells and gave them to Kwebbel which she later sowed them back onto his hat.
• Companion Cube: Lui has a stuffed rabbit named Snuffie which he loves more than anything. In the episode Het konijn van Lui' he cries when it loses its eyes and ear, and then again when he thinks it's been stolen.
  • Smal also has a stuffed rabbit, and this one is named Snuffeltje. She sings a song about it.
• *Crack!* 'Oh, My Back!': Plop during the episode 'De beste kaboutertennisser'.
• Cry into Chest: Kwebbel (and Kabouter Slim) to Lui near the end of the movie 'Plop in de Wolken'
  • Also Kwebbel to Plop in the special 'Plop en het ei'
• Deranged Animation: The CGI music video for 'Lalala'
• Dance Party Ending: The ending of Plop Wordt Kabouterkoning features Plop, Klus, Kwebbel, Lui and the entire gnome kingdom throw a dance party in honor of the crowning of the new gnome king.
• Dark Reprise: When ever a sad moment happens in the show. A sadder and soberer version of the shows theme song is heard such as the episode 'Het Konijn Van Lui'.
• Egg MacGuffin: The gang takes care of an egg in the TV special 'Plop en het ei'
• Everything's Better with Penguins: The 2007 film Plop en de pinguïn has Plop and friends befriending and protecting a baby penguin from being turned into penguin soup by Louise Appelboom by secretly traveling on her boat during her trip to the South Pole. The penguin also made an appearance in previous live stage shows.
• Everybody Cries: Near the end of the movie 'Plop in de Wolken'
• Everybody Laughs Ending: Very common in the series.
• Every Episode Ending: Plop would always end an episode with him saying 'Plopper De Plopper De Plop' and his night cap would rise up before panning away from the mushroom house.
• Exact Eavesdropping: Seen in the music video and song Jij Praat Teveel
• Face Doodling: Lui gets drawn on while sleeping during the live show 'Plop en de Treitertrol'.
  • The same happens during the episode 'Lui is groen'.
• Fat and Proud: Most of the main characters except Lui,Smal and Klus are chubby. In Walloon version, they are less chubby and a bit slimmer most notable being Kwebbel (Pipolette)
• Fear of Thunder: Lui is extremely scared of thunder, as shown both in the episode 'Donder en bliksem' and the movie 'Plop in de Wolken'.
• Food Porn: Tarts, porridge, and plop milk in the show all look very tasty
• Funny Animal: All three of the animals in the new series Plop & de Peppers
• Forgotten Birthday: Used in the episode 'Plops Verjaardagstaart' where Plop later gets sad thinking the other gnomes didn't arrive for his birthday.
• Gag Nose: All of the gnomes have this.
• Gag Series: The show is mostly themed to slapstick and can be silly most of the time.
• Genki Girl: Kwebble and Smal, especially Kwebbel
• Gentle Giant: Lui, even though he's the tallest and strongest of them all, is the one crying the most - often over something cute or innocent, like when the others are yelling at him.
• Hand-or-Object Underwear: Lui does this a couple of times in the movie 'Plop en de Wenssteen'.
• Hair Decoration: Kwebble has small flowers between her pigtails while Smal had blue ribbons
• Happy Birthday to You!: The series equivalent is the song 'Plop Is Jarig' but does use an actual birthday song 'Lang Zal Hij Leven' which is traditional is a Dutch/Flemish birthday song.
  • The Dutch version 'Lang Zal Ze Leven' is sang by Plop, Kwebbel and Smal in 'Lui is verdwenen' and 'Plops Verjaardagstraat'
• Image Song: Each of the main characters have a song dedicated to one of them.
  • Plop (Het Ploplied)
  • Kwebbel (Jij Praat Teveel)
  • Klus (Klus Wil Vliegen and Klus Heeft Het Gedaan)
  • Lui (Ik Word Daar Zo Moe Van)
  • Smal (Ik Ben Small and Snuffeltje)
  • Smul (Hoipiepeloi)
• Inelegant Blubbering: Plop, near the end of 'Plop in de Wolken'
• Keet: Klus
• Kid-Appeal Character: Klus and Smal are very popular with children in Belgium. Both are commonly seen during live shows at Plopsaland and Plopsa Indoor Hasselt.
  • In September 2017, a young female gnome was introduced in the third shows starring Plop called 'Plop & Felle'. Felle is the youngest of the main cast.
• Meaningful Name: Each of the gnomes except Plop have appropriate names:
  • Kwebbel = Blabbermouth/Chatter
  • Lui = Lazy
  • Klus = Chore
  • Smal = Slim
  • Smul = Yum
• Mistaken for Romance: In 'Kwebbel gaat trouwen' Kwebbel receives a marriage invitation and gets excited thinking that she's going to get married by any male gnome. She later starts flirting with Lui until Plop later learns that it was a prank by Klus.
• Motor Mouth: Kwebble even a song was dedicated to this titled 'Jij Praat Te Veel'
• Mouse World: The gnomes are very small and are half the size of a squirrel. As seen in a few films where they encounter humans outside the forest.
• Never Wake Up a Sleepwalker: Lui is sleepwalking in the episode 'De slaapwandelaar'.
• Nice Hat: All gnomes in the series had two bells which rise when they get shocked or surprised.
• Pink Means Feminine: In the later years of the series, Kwebbel's hat was changed from red to light pink.
• Real Life Writes the Plot: Lui is noticeable absent from the stage shows since 2014. This is because the actor was diagnosed with cancer in real-life. Smal replaced Lui in newer live shows and promotional material.
• Race Against the Clock: The movie 'Plop in de Wolken' has the gang out on an adventure to save Plop's grandfather before it's too late.
  • The movie also features a literal Death's Hourglass.
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here!: Klus,Smul, and Lui do this when they get tired of dressing as females gnomes during a girl's only party in 'Het Meisjesfeest'.
• Sick Episode: The episode 'Niezen' features Klus catching a cold and doesn't cover his mouth much to the disgust of Plop, Kwebbel and later Smal.
• The Movie: The show has gained a couple movies over the years.
• The Smurfette Principle: Kwebbel was the only female of the main cast until Smal was introduced to the series in 2000. More female gnomes started showing up in movies.
• The Chew Toy: Klus mainly when ever his pranks backfire on him or when his pranks cause a big problem.
• The Leader: Plop
• Theme Tune Cameo: The shows theme song can be heard in different variations in the show.
• “The Reason You Suck” Speech: All of the male gnomes deliver this to Kwebbel in song form since they are tired of Kwebbel's constant chattering and eavesdropping in Jij Praat Teveel
• Triumphant Reprise: A triumphant version of the song 'Wat Een Feest' is played near the end of the film Plop Wordt Kabouterkoning during a royal party held in honor of the crowning of the new Kabouter king.
• Trrrilling Rrrs: In the Flemish version, whenever Kwebbel sings she would sometimes have a singing style resembling an opera singer. Such as: Sinterklaas Kapoentje.
• The Narrator: Plop always narrates what happened the previous day or earlier that day for every episode.
• The Tooth Hurts: Lui has toothache in the episode 'Lui heeft tandpijn'. The gang later helps him by pulling out his tooth.
• Our Gnomes Are Weirder: They are the Belgian version of gnomes called 'Kabouters' that act a bit different compared to the typical gnomes seen in media.
• Pokémon Speak: Downplayed. The gnomes tend to repeat their own names when they are excited, angry, or worried.
• Sinterklaas: While never seen, they did do a cover of 'Sinterklaas Kapontje' and 'O kom maar eens kijken'
• Security Cling: Lui and Kwebbel during the movie 'Plop in de Wolken'.
• Signature Laugh: Plop's deep laugh whenever he becomes amused or very happy.
• Slice of Life: Follows the daily and mostly zany lives of a group of gnomes.
• Slapstick: This is the type of humor the series mostly involves.
• Slapstick Knows No Gender: Mostly on Kwebbel but sometimes avoided with Smal.
• Still Sucks Thumb: Klus, while sleeping
• Vocal Evolution: Starting in the mid 2000's, Klus, Lui and Kwebbel's voices started deepening.