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Meneer Pheip is a Flemish comic book character from the Belgian comic strip ''The Adventures of Nero'' by Marc Sleen. In the series he is part of Nero's personal circle of friends, despite often being up in arms with him. He is the husband of Madam Pheip, father of Clo-Clo and adoptive father of Petoetje and Petatje. Meneer Pheip's most notable character trait is the fact that he speaks French. ==Character== Meneer Pheip is an obese, middle-aged man with a large moustache. He is very stingy, chauvinistic and prone to aggression. He frequently quarrels with Nero and gets into fights with Abraham Tuizentfloot. Pheip isn't very bright either. He is a frequent victim of Madam Pheip's dominant behaviour. She forces him to do domestic chores and beats him up when he insults her or looks at other women. Despite being a violation of the law of marriage he carries her name instead of the other way around. Madam Pheip also frequently beats him up whenever he insults her or looks at other women. In "De Terugkeer van Geeraard de Duivel" ("The Return of Geeraard de Devil") (1983) she even keeps him close to her by means of a chain.〔"De Terugkeer van Geeraard de Duivel" ("The Return of Geeraard the Devil"), Standaard Uitgeverij, 1983.〕 Meneer Pheip has rebelled against his wife's bullying in some stories. In "Mama Kali" (1969) he goes on safari to Tanzania without her. In "De Groene Chinees" ("The Green Chinese") (1955) he is so jealous that he forbids her to go on new adventures with Nero. In "De Zwarte Toren" ("The Black Tower") (1983) he even kidnaps Nero to become the series' new protagonist. The Pheips also kidnap Nero's son Adhemar in "De Zoon van Nero" ("Nero's Son") (1959), out of jealousy over the child's genius. Meneer Pheip is a rich business man and politician, despite sometimes suffering from a lack of money in later stories. In "De Totentrekkers" ("The Ugly Face Makers") (1970) he is declared bankrupt. In "Het Spook van Zoetendaal" ("The Ghost of Zoetendaal") (1979) he is rich enough again to buy a castle in Zoetendaal. Like many rich people in Belgium during the 1950s Pheip speaks French. He also reads the French-language newspaper "Le Moniteur" and takes his holidays at the Côte d'Azur. When Nero and the Pheips are mountain climbing in "De Pax-Apostel" ("The Pax Apostle") (1958) Nero manages to make Pheip climb quicker and higher than everybody else by telling him to "remember the Six hundred Franchimontois".〔"De Pax-Apostel" ("The Pax Apostle"), Uitgeverij Het Volk, 1958.〕 The character was inspired by the real-life mayor of Moerbeke, Jean Mariën. Much like Meneer Pheip he too owned a local sugar factory,〔http://www.handelsgids.be/Moerbeke/〕 had a moustache and was short and obese. Some sources claim Maurice Lippens was the main inspiration.〔http://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/g65vb4pc〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Meneer Pheip」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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