Ricky Rapper ( fi, Risto Räppääjä) is a main character in a series of
children's fantasy books and
comic strip
A comic strip is a sequence of drawings, often cartoons, arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions. Traditionally, throughout the 20th and into the 21st ...
s by
Finnish writers
Sinikka Nopola
Sinikka Marianna Nopola (26 November 1953 – 13 January 2021) was a Finnish writer of children's literature who published nearly 80 books since 1987. Nopola is best known for the series '' Hayflower and Quiltshoe'' and ''Ricky Rapper'' she wrote ...
and
Tiina Nopola. Ricky Rapper is a ten-year-old boy who likes to play
drums
A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...
. He lives in an apartment building with his aunt ''Serena Rapper''.
Fourteen books have been released in the series starting from 1997. In 2008 Sinikka and Tiina Nopola scripted the musical movie ''
Ricky Rapper
Ricky Rapper ( fi, Risto Räppääjä) is a main character in a series of children's fantasy books and comic strips by Finnish writers Sinikka Nopola and Tiina Nopola. Ricky Rapper is a ten-year-old boy who likes to play drums. He lives in an ...
''. It was one of the most successful titles in the Finnish box-office of 2008. In 2010, the following movie ''
Ricky Rapper and the Bicycle Thief'' was the sixth most successful title in the Finnish box-office of all time in its first weekend, and the most successful Finnish family movie of all time.
Book series
* ''
Hetki lyö, Risto Räppääjä'' (1997)
* ''
Risto Räppääjä ja kauhea makkara'' (1998)
* ''
Risto Räppääjä ja Nuudelipää'' (2000),
* ''
Risto Räppääjä ja pakastaja-Elvi'' (2001),
* ''
Risto Räppääjä ja komea Kullervo'' (2002)
*''
Risto Räppääjä ja sitkeä finni
Risto ( sr, Ристо) is a masculine given name, found in Finnish, Estonian and South Slavic. In South Slavic, it is a hypocorism derived from '' Hristofor'' or ''Hristivoje''. It may refer to:
Estonia
* Risto Järv (born 1971), folklorist
...
'' (2003),
* ''
Risto Räppääja ja Hilpuri Tilli'' (2004)
* ''
Risto Räppääjä ja villi kone'' (2006)
* ''
Risto Räppääjä ja viimeinen tötterö'' (2007)
* ''
Risto Räppääjä ja kuuluisa Kamilla
Risto ( sr, Ристо) is a masculine given name, found in Finnish, Estonian and South Slavic. In South Slavic, it is a hypocorism derived from '' Hristofor'' or ''Hristivoje''. It may refer to:
Estonia
* Risto Järv (born 1971), folklorist
...
'' (2009)
* ''
Risto Räppääjä saa isän
Risto ( sr, Ристо) is a masculine given name, found in Finnish, Estonian and South Slavic. In South Slavic, it is a hypocorism derived from '' Hristofor'' or ''Hristivoje''. It may refer to:
Estonia
* Risto Järv (born 1971), folklorist
...
'' (2011)
* ''
Risto Räppääjä ja nukkavieru Nelli
Risto ( sr, Ристо) is a masculine given name, found in Finnish, Estonian and South Slavic. In South Slavic, it is a hypocorism derived from '' Hristofor'' or ''Hristivoje''. It may refer to:
Estonia
* Risto Järv (born 1971), folklorist
...
'' (2012)
* ''
Risto Räppääjä ja kaksoisolento
Risto ( sr, Ристо) is a masculine given name, found in Finnish, Estonian and South Slavic. In South Slavic, it is a hypocorism derived from '' Hristofor'' or ''Hristivoje''. It may refer to:
Estonia
* Risto Järv (born 1971), folklorist
...
'' (2013)
* ''
Risto Räppääjä ja Sevillan saituri'' (2014)
* ''
Risto Räppääjä ja yöhaukka'' (2015)
* ''
Risto Räppääjä ja pullistelija
Risto ( sr, Ристо) is a masculine given name, found in Finnish, Estonian and South Slavic. In South Slavic, it is a hypocorism derived from '' Hristofor'' or ''Hristivoje''. It may refer to:
Estonia
* Risto Järv (born 1971), folklorist
...
'' (2016)
Television series and movies
* ''
Ricky Rapper
Ricky Rapper ( fi, Risto Räppääjä) is a main character in a series of children's fantasy books and comic strips by Finnish writers Sinikka Nopola and Tiina Nopola. Ricky Rapper is a ten-year-old boy who likes to play drums. He lives in an ...
'', 2000 (TV mini-series)
* ''
Ricky Rapper
Ricky Rapper ( fi, Risto Räppääjä) is a main character in a series of children's fantasy books and comic strips by Finnish writers Sinikka Nopola and Tiina Nopola. Ricky Rapper is a ten-year-old boy who likes to play drums. He lives in an ...
'', 2008 (film)
* ''
Ricky Rapper and the Bicycle Thief'', 2010 (film)
* ''
Ricky Rapper and the Cool Wendy Ricky may refer to:
Places
*Říčky (Brno-Country District), a village and municipality in the Czech Republic
*Říčky v Orlických horách, a village in the north of the Czech Republic
*Rickmansworth, a town in England sometimes called "Ricky"
...
'', 2012 (film)
* ''
Ricky Rapper and the Slick Leonard Ricky may refer to:
Places
*Říčky (Brno-Country District), a village and municipality in the Czech Republic
*Říčky v Orlických horách, a village in the north of the Czech Republic
*Rickmansworth, a town in England sometimes called "Ricky"
...
'', 2014 (film)
* ''
Ricky Rapper and the Miser from Seville Ricky may refer to:
Places
*Říčky (Brno-Country District), a village and municipality in the Czech Republic
*Říčky v Orlických horách, a village in the north of the Czech Republic
*Rickmansworth, a town in England sometimes called "Ricky"
...
'', 2015 (film)
* ''
Ricky Rapper and the Nighthawk Ricky may refer to:
Places
*Říčky (Brno-Country District), a village and municipality in the Czech Republic
*Říčky v Orlických horách, a village in the north of the Czech Republic
*Rickmansworth, a town in England sometimes called "Ricky"
...
'', 2016 (film)
* ''
Ricky Rapper and the Strongman'', 2019 (film)
* ''
Ricky Rapper and the Wrong Vincent'', 2020 (film)
References
External links
Official Finnish Website
Rapper
Rapper
1997 comics debuts
Finnish children's literature
Finnish comic strips
Children's books adapted into films
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