Adaptational Villainy: Rudolf Blodstrupmoen, while never a particularly nice person, wasn't a bad guy in Aukrust's original writings. In the movie he's much more ruthless and more willing to do whatever it takes to win, which includes stealing, cheating and sabotage. Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. Burning Rubber: Il Tempo Gigante is a fast and powerful car, to the degree that the asphalt itself gets roasted and curls off the ground when it takes off. Dub Name Change: Since the Norwegian names are often difficult to pronounce for anyone who isn't Norwegian (and a lot of the names are pun-based anyway), the various language dubs often change the names of the characters. The English names for the main characters are: Author Avatar: Kjell Aukrust once described both Solan and Ludvig as this, claiming that "Solan is me before I turned fifty — Ludvig is me after I turned fifty."

When I saw the first two films I was pleasently suppriesed and liked them a lot. I didn't think neither Solan og Ludvig - Jul i Flåklypa (English title: Louis & Luca and the Snow Machine) which is the first film, or Solan og Ludvig: Herfra til Flåklypa (Louis & Luca: The Big Cheese Race), the second film, came close to Flåklypa Grand Prix quality. But I thought they were good animation films and quite entertaining. And I have to talk a little bit about the humour in the film. I find in many animation movies they exaggerate the humour and make situations with characters just for laughs. But here I found the situations to make sense. They were both funny and they make sense for me. As in the previous two films, Moonlight in Flåklypa is also made using stop-motion animation. It is an expensive and time consuming way to make animated films. On the other hand, the result is much better than if they used CGI animation. Visually the movie is impressive. In particular the space scenes in the film. Breakout Character: Ludvig, the only character in the movie who hadn't appeared previously in Kjell Aukrust's books (outside a single illustration), emerged as the star of the movie and went on to become Aukrust's most beloved character, starring in many books alongside Solan (who until now had been a solo character).Solan and Ludvig would go on to star in many books by Aukrust, usually composed of small humorous Slice of Life vignettes, and the pair would return to the movie world in the hand-drawn animated movie Solan, Ludvig og Gurin med Reverompa ("Solan, Ludvig and Gurin with the Fox Tail") in 1998, in which Reodor had a minor role. In this story, Solan is an Oslo private detective, with Ludvig as his assistant, and they are tasked with finding a nisse (sort of a Norwegian gnome) named Gurin, who has grown a fox's tail. Big Damn Heroes: Ludvig in The Snow Machine, who saves Reodor and Solan when they're in danger and ultimately ends up being the one to resolve the main plot. Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Though ultimately a good person, Solan is notably more jerkish, selfish and egocentric in these movies than he is in the original. This is of course because the follow-up movies are based on Aukrust's writings rather than the first movie, and so use the books' characterizations of Solan rather than the Lighter and Softer one from Flåklypa Grand Prix.

Then I went to the premiere of the third film Solan og Ludvig - Månelyst i Flåklypa (English title: Louis & Luca: Moonlight in Flåklypa (I will call it that instead of the other English title: Mission to the Moon)), which is the final Qvisten Animation film about Flåklypa. Moonlight in Flåklypa is an adventurous experience and the best of the three films directed by Rasmus A. Sivertsen in my opinion. Advertised Extra: Gurin, in Gurin med Reverompa. Though the story is really about him, he doesn't get a lot of screen-time; more than half the movie is dedicated to the madcap adventures of Solan and Ludvig as they try to find him, and Gurin himself is only in the movie for about 20 minutes altogether... less than a third of the movie's runtime.

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Funny Animal: The movie has Solan the morning bird and Ludvig the hedgehog. Emanuel Desperados the gorilla also counts, but he exhibits more animal-like qualities in his body language and inability to speak coherently. Heroic Second Wind: Because of Rudolf Blodstrupmoen damaging Il Tempo Gigante's engine, Reodor frequently falls behind the other racers. It's when Ludvig holds the car's engine together with his own hands that Reodor zooms past his competitors, complete with Theme Music Power-Up. Arab Oil Sheikh: Sheikh Ben Redic Fy Fazan. Translates something like Sheikh Ben Radish Gosh Tarnit.