Nick Burkhardt

S1E17: link

Considering the pamagat I was a little bit surprised that neither the episode nor the fairy tale it was referring to, had an actual cat or mouse. The fairy tale in this case is “Eisenhans” – Iron Hans or Iron John. It is kind of a paborito of mine, but less because it’s particular good, madami because there are so many unexpected changes in the character of Eisenhans, which don’t really make sense, but set him apart from the normal black/white approach in the Grimm stories. I hope that the ipakita will revisit this particular fairy tale later on, because there is so much more...

Through the years, telebisyon and movie companies have selected quite a number of large cities as settings for various plot lines. However, Portland has, up until recently, been flying under the radar. As a citizen of the Portland-metro area, I was delighted to hear that Portland was now a center of the nation's attention. Portland is finally getting the attention it deserves, as it provides the perfect setting for such modern-day fairy tales as those in the world of "Grimm".

Portland has several faces. In the city, it is a mecca for those who wish to break away from the mainstream culture (a.k.a....

S1E08: link


No Reference Rundown this time around. I know that “Of Mice and Man” is an important part of the American literature and is often referenced to in TV-shows, but I have never read it, and I simply lack the cultural background to take a proper or even a feeble stab on it.

German Gebrabbel

“Mausherz” basically means “Mouse heart”, though the correct compound would be “Mäuseherz”. “Lauseschlange” is a little bit madami complicated, because “Lause” is not really a German word, but might be a derivate from either “Laus” (louse), “Läuse” (lice) or “Lausen”...