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Rölli-peikko (Finnish for "Rölli the Troll") is a character from Finnish television portrayed by Allan "Allu" Tuppurainen. The character originally appeared in segments on the children's TV show ''Pikku Kakkonen'' on YLE's Channel 2 in 1986. Original episodes were produced until 2001 and older episodes have been seen in constant reruns on the program. In these segments Rölli would tell stories of his amazing adventures while often criticising and questioning public norm or the activities of people (especially humans). Rölli has also appeared in two feature-length films. The first, made in 1991 and titled ''Rölli - hirmuisia kertomuksia'' ("Rölli - Terrible Stories") was much truer to the TV character, whereas the 2001 ''Rölli ja Metsänhenki'' ("Rölli and the Forest Spirit") was more of a traditional fantasy/adventure film. Rölli has appeared in an animated film ''Röllin Sydän'' (Quest for a Heart) which appeared in Finnish movie theaters December 2007. This film was a co-production made in four countries. () A notable feature of the show and later the movies are the many songs sung as a part of the story. Consequently Rölli has been the basis of many successful children's cassettes and CDs. ==Character and Series Mythos== Despite popular belief, Rölli isn't really a troll. Allu Tuppurainen has said himself that he though Rölli was part of this strange species which wasn't animal but not human either and that species is called Rölli. Reason why other röllis have "names" and main character Rölli is just Rölli is mystery. (The common word ''rölli'' refers to the grass genus ''Agrostis'', e.g. ''nurmirölli'' is common bent.) Rölli lives in Röllimetsä ("Rölli Forest") which is home to many strange creatures. He prides himself on the fact that he never brushes his teeth or takes a bath. His popular catchphrase embodies his lack of personal hygiene: "Kautta likaisten varpaitteni!" ("By my dirty toes!"). While Rölli is very critical of humans he himself has been known to fall prey to their wonders and gadgets, and later regret it. He also likes to think of himself as a scary figure but comes over as silly. In the beginning, the Rölli series did not have a very well organised mythos and Rölli would often claim to have met witches, ghosts, robots, giants and some such which would never actually appear on the show (some did appear in later audio plays). Rölli is also very distrustful of fairies (menninkäiset) calling them a mischievous lot who like to play pranks on him, though a later encounter with a fairy in the TV show seemed to prove that Rölli was just being xenophobic. The depiction of fairies differs greatly between the series and the movies. In the series fairies are depicted as small winged creatures which may appear as flashes of light amongst the trees during night. In the movie they seem to be fair earthy creatures and about the same size and height as trolls. 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「Rölli」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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