Filo Filur

[Olaf Solstrand]

"Filo Filur" appears in lots of stories I know from the pocket books and the 
"Onkel Skrue" magazines. He has been in lots of stories. He mainly appears 
as a friend of Scrooge's wooer, I don't remember her name, but in Norwegian 
it's "Birgitte".

Some details on Filo:
- He has appeared under many different names (at least in Norwegian). Blame 
the translators!

- He is not afraid of doing things in the illegal way. I specially remember 
him from a story drawn specially for the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, 
which has about 200 pages (!) and contains almost all Disney figures 
(Scrooge, Donald, HD&L, Gyro, Mickey, Mickey's little crow friend, The 
Beagle Boys, Black Pete, Rockerduck, "Birgitte", Fethry etc. etc. etc. By 
the way, in this story Filo had no name - he was always referred to as 
"Birgitte"'s compagnion.) Here, Filo was

- He is a genious inventor. He once invented a water-driven car which 
Scrooge also bought (and then suddenly he realized that the car needed 50 
liters of water to drive a kilometer) Don't get me wrong, he is nothing 
compared to Gyro...

- He wants to be a strong business man in Duckburg, and he often starts from 
scratch with different ideas. He has been selling things like shoes, 
grasshoppers and transistor radios, but one thing I especially remember is 
that he once made small lamps containing live fireflys!

- He once swallowed a magic amethyst which originally belonged to Scrooge's 
servant ("James" in Norwegian, very often used in the pocket books). This 
accident revealed that he deep inside has a crush on "Birgitte"!


So, the final question... Does "Filo Filur" exist in the Duckburg to believe 
in? (as explained earlier, the Duckburg *I* believe in contains neither 
Mickey or Fethry) My opinion is YES, if you choose to believe in "Birgitte" 
you must also believe in "Filo" - he is appearantly "Birgitte"'s best 
friend. But even though he exists in Duckburg, he is not an important 
person, but just a good friend of a woman that admires Scrooge. I would 
never use him in a story myself, unless I once should make a "Birgitte" 
story. Got my point?

-olaf-
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