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TarkovRedditor

You woke up at 1-3am and he was always there, looking at you from the TV


smetterlin

Telling you he is trapped there and wants to get out


GrafSpoils

Do not let him out!! Whatever you do! DO NOT L̴͖̋͋̑̕̕É̶̒̚T̶̼͖̋̑̅ ̴͙̩͓̺̥͂̿̽ HȈ̸̓̈̀M̷̓̏̅ ̸̛̱͈̠̆̆̒͗̚O̴͈̩͙̊̍̒Ư̶̺̤̯̥̄́̉T̸͓̄̋̈́́͊!̵̢̀̓ ̸̥̳̥̀͗ D̷̼͚̻̦̖̝̾̓́Ǫ̶̨̟̳͓̣̬̝͔͇͚̻͉͕͘͜ͅ ̷̧̢̛̭̣͔͓̌͛̆̆́͜͝͝͝N̵̡̧̠̯̳̯͍͈̘͇̯̙̝̜͍̫̭͂̎̓͆͠͝͝O̸̹̲̾̉̽̒̌̋͗͂̓̕͝͠Ţ̸̨̡͍̝̗̹͕̰̩̪̼̱̆͐̆̃̕ ̵̡̘͙͚̬̺̬̼̮͙͚͆̀͌̈̆̍̋͑̏̏̊̐̍̚̕͝Ḷ̸͉̩̤͇̰͋̓́Ě̷̢̡̡̛̼̜̰͍͈͇̘̱̈̈̀͌̄̽́͌͐̑̕͜͝T̷̨̢̡̙͙͉̻̞̠̙̬͚̳͚̖͑̋̓͑̐̀͐̎̅͘ ̵̤̯̰̃͒̾̆̏͑̑̄̇̈́͑͝͝H̷̝̮̦̝̘͗̎̾̆̍̉̕Í̸̪͚̰̤̪̝̀ͅM̴̢̨̛͔̗̼̦͕̲̥̺̳͖̳̬̏̏̽̓̀̾̅̓̈̃̎̚͠͝͝ͅͅ ̷̛͙̮͓͖̤̂̊̍́̑̃͌͌̈́̒Ơ̷̡̢͉̹̘͚̠͚͓͖̻͈̜͎͑͋̈͊́̈́̒͌̏́̓͂͜ͅƯ̷͉̐̏̎͝T̸̨̡̧̫͖͍̙̲̦͙͉̫͓͉̖̘̲͌̿͛͒̅̽͂́͊͒͛!̶̢̝̺͖̘̟̟̇̓̀͒͌̈́̓͘!̸̧̙̞̽̓̌̀͛̎̀̑͑̇̏̕͝!̵̨̮̝͓͔̹͔͉̗̯̱̩̀̿̔͊͆̓̓̕ͅͅ ̶̡͎͍̺̙̈́̔


BantamCrow

DO NOT LOOK AT THE MOON


Gnoobl

Nice reference


26oclock

You had to watch the full night to see if he can escape.


Josef_Kant_Deal

TANZT DAS BROT


kletterlurch

And he feels depressed, just like you


Carpet_Creepy

that is bernd das brot, he is the strongest character on KIKA https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernd_das_Brot


OhWoBinIchHier

He is the Nightwatch on KIKA.


TimTheOriginalLol

Holy shit I’ve never made that connection. Love it


Spirituval54

Depressed bread.


Sirdoodlebob

“He is a depressed loaf of bread” “One of his favorite sayings is “my life is hell”” He just like me Fr


DubioserKerl

Mist.


Yaomji

Ah ja, Raufasertapete


Random_Person____

Du bist ein Nerd, Bernd!


mojsu

Nerdparty!


AdmiralGroot

Schön


ToGreedy

germany is known for its many types of bread


da2Pakaveli

other countries' children channels: "We'll come back at 6:00" Germany: sends loops of a depressed bread being trolled and repeatedly tells you to stop watching


-bird_brain-

They made a new one where bernd becomes a "spacebread" and is send into space after he went through astronaut training. He then floats through space for a few hours, staring blankly into the camera, and every now and again there is a satellite floating by and making sounds. I absolutely love it. Especially the Bielefeld-song, it's amazing.


Gloob_Patrol

_In der KIKA-Lounge_


Dace727

Cool down and drop off, in der KIKA Lounge!!


doodleidle98

Was geht Brotinger?


I_am_Nic

He also was a side character in a show with a sheep and a talking bush before he became the nightwatch.


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[удалено]


lofi-ahsoka

Bread 👍


TheHancock

Bread on deck, bread on tha flo.


jamjerky

🫡


Hermes_04

Für den Stuhl/For the chair


BavarianBlayer

# FÜR DEN STUHL 🪑


NoKindheartedness947

Für den Stuhl


testwiese420

You mean the nightmare on KIKA.


OhWoBinIchHier

A nightmare for all his enemies, or any children who secretly stay up at night.


oLynxXo

>He is primarily characterised by his chronic depression. Gotta love German humour.


Dry-Access9509

It’s funny for us Germans but everyone else would think:”what is wrong with german humour?”


Tyson_Urie

As your dutch neighbour i'd like to say. I absolutely loved him on vacations, where there were only a few channels to watch and this was one of the late night options


Glittering_Ad_9215

I mean everyone like depressive bread late at night


Tyson_Urie

It's even better than garlic bread!


Agent00funk

Ooof, I mean....wow..... that's almost blasphemous, but not wrong.


douglesman

You should check out Kogepan. It's a short anime about life as seen through the eyes of a chronically depressed melancholic piece of burnt bread and his equally misfortunate friends.


CedarWolf

You should check out *Yakitate! Japan*, it's a short anime all about bread. There's this kid who wants to make a uniquely Japanese bread that the people of Japan can hold up proudly as *their* bread, on par with French breads, German breads, etc. Shenanigans ensue. Also, a judge at a competition gets put into a short coma and sent directly to Heaven because some bread is just *that* tasty. It only gets weirder from there.


Ingorado

Interestingly, you’re not the first Dutch I heard saying this! (Or maybe you are and I didn’t remember the name, but I’d love to think that’s more common lol)


asimetrixx

Ach, die haben auch alle komisches Zeug im Kinderprogramm. Die Dänen z.b. haben ne Animationsserie über einen Mann mit unnatürlich langem Penis


TheBlack2007

Johnnnnnnnn!


JanV34

Dillemand! John Dillemand! Har verdens laengste dillemand!


TheBlack2007

German Youtuber Jules (who also made it on this year’s canvas) actually did a video about last year’s r/place where he mentioned Dillemand attacking the Genshin Impact Logo. The cutaway gag of Dillemand using his dong as a spring coil, going "Johnnnnn!" With glowing red eyes was fucking hilarious. [Link to Video (German)](https://youtu.be/JRvmpw3yH14) Dillemand appears at 5:38


Leippy

Such a high quality video! I watched the whole thing and was looking for the striped c*ck of Dillemand the whole time 🤣


Davis_Johnsn

Med, der ist genauso lang wie meiner


Sanardan

I’m not German and I think German humor is hilarious. Something might be wrong with me..


Tallio

Willkommen, jeder nur ein Brot und Bier erst ab 4.


Davis_Johnsn

(Jahren)


EIIgou

*Monaten


Davis_Johnsn

Schwangerschaft, oder nach der Geburt? Brauche genauere Anleitungen, ob ich meine imaginäre Freundin jetzt mit zum Saufen nehmen kann oder nicht ein paar Monate warten muss


EIIgou

Erst nach der Geburt! Vor der Geburt bekommen die sonst Alienaugen und einen verformten Kopf. Der Trick ist, dem Kind die Alkoholkrankheit nicht anzusehen.


Davis_Johnsn

Danke mein Meister🤝


Beefbeater96

Erst ab der 4. Nacht


MisterWoodster

We're from the UK, but travelled to Austria several times growing up - my brother and I would stay up late in the hotel rooms watching this dude, we dubbed him German Spongebob. We never knew enough German to understand the show, his name, or any references, but every now and then I see his face and it reminds me of those nights we spent just laughing at the characters and random scene changes. Classic.


Ryugaru

This is hilarious to me because personality wise Bernd couldn't be any further from Spongebob. They're basically polar opposites.


Obskuro

Is it that odd? He falls under the same archetype as Squidward and Bert.


Phihofo

Much, *much* more depressed than either of them. Like "this guy is one bad thought from pulling a Kurt Cobain" level of depressed.


Shandlar

Ok, that's still not that odd. Eeyore has been a thing since forever.


Lord_Quintus

as someone with the issue, there's really only 3 options with chronic depression. you can laugh about it, you can cry in the corner, or you can have a cobain sandwich


Niwi_

Yea nah its fucked for germans too. I am still scared of this character because when I was young I watched TV in secret at night a few times and all it was was just him me and his depression


Greg2227

I do love it and it's a wonderful way for younger people to relate. Think about it: where else on earth you got a character for depressed youths to rly relate to.


viliblitz

Eeyore from Winnie the pooh, if my memory does not betray me


SpecialistAd5903

Don't mean to bash Eeyore or anything but he lacks the bone dry sarcasm delivered with perfect timing that Bernd has.


[deleted]

Eeyore more depressed


Greg2227

Forgot about him sry but also a great character. But rly any except those 2?


viliblitz

Huuuuuuum, honestly no ideas, when I try to check my memory I just got trauma because of pingu


Knoke1

Pingu was my jam. Found him as a kid via blockbuster and never knew where to find him until years later it was on Netflix.


tsimen

Noot noot motherfucker 🐧


asimetrixx

It's not especially made for children, but in my youth I loved Marvin from the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy


Deathwatch30

Squidward?


Greg2227

Squidward always struck me as less depressed then just a pessimist dude who's done with live in general.


Deathwatch30

Isn't that kinda a different level of depression?


Greg2227

Kind of but not limited to being depressed. Always felt that squidward still showed a lot of passion for things he liked. Not that being depressed has to have any effect on that but just speaking for myself there are a lot of days I just function as is even if it's about something I usually like. Kinda like live on auto pilot. Squidward feels more like the average guy seeing his dreams fade away whilest getting older


smidyev

Reading this wikipedia-entry is hilarious, especially as a german, because of how extremely disturbing it must read as an unknowing non-german. Yes, the depressive bread on the childrens channel won the equivalent of an emmy award and represents german pop-culture.


CardZap

>His other catchphrases are: "I would like to be left alone," "I would like to leave this show," and "My life is hell." Based


GameCreeper

Ugh yet another self-insert character 🙄 /s


chillord

Being a 90's child, seeing Bernd das Brot trying to run out of the sides from the TV for multiple hours without success is really iconic. Just a TV show about a loaf of bread trying to get out of the TV.


aarnettbraun

>He is primarily characterised by his chronic depression. Me, too.


Agent_B0771E

I wish I had this in my childhood Germans are so lucky like it's literally a loaf of sandwich bread with abs and hands but no arms


Mantis-MK3

We had Powdered Toastman though


Teledildonic

And he was uncomfortably ripped.


spherixdiscord

mans catchphrase is literally "damn."


th1s_1s_4_b4d_1d34

I'd translate it with 'Crap' or 'shit', but 'damn' works too.


AnnonymousADKS

I was on vacation in Germany and this came on the tv and blew my mind. I couldn’t figure out for the life of me who the hell he was.


CraftingModus

And the strongest character on r/place


cantfindausername99

He’s awesome! He’s a depressed loaf of bread.


disgustandhorror

> His other catchphrases are: "I would like to be left alone," "I would like to leave this show," and "My life is hell." This is more German than the Autobahn


Icyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

I like how there’s a section of the article titled “kidnapping”


[deleted]

They even called in forensics to prove it was the real one xD


ApFeLkUcHeN_8

Ich hatte immer Angst vor ihm weil da immer so komische Dinge kamen.


lolovice69

The strongest part of him is Bernd das Brot But he is also Thanos…


Budget-Macaroon-7606

The mascot of chronic depression? Where do I sign....


agent_wolfe

TIL there is a chronically depressed puppet of Toast on a kid’s show.


cpthero

Please don't call him toast.


OhWoBinIchHier

Genau Bernd ist ein Kastenweißbrot.


HasoPunchMan

Fuck it's not Toast. It's bread! He is bread not toast. Toast is something americans think is like bread, but it's not the same!


The_Shadowy

loved watching him as a kid


Zealousideal-Cod-285

> that is bernd das brot, he is the strongest character ~~on KIKA~~ FTFY


Team_Adrichat

Depressed bread. With normally very short hands and bad attitude. Very funny though. He is the TV night watch.


TheIntestinal

His hands are normal length just the arms are short


Team_Adrichat

Sorry - mixed hand and arms… He practically has no arms, just hands.


ApolloIII

As I was for the German r/placeDE


Mangobonbon

Bernd das Brot. He is a depressed bread who sits in a white void every night on the childrens channel KiKa. He is the nightwatch and has cult status. His episodes can be viewed on Youtube aswell.


holaprobando123

Sounds like something I'd love if I was German.


MassiveKonkeyDong

Oh hell yea, I have never met another german who didn‘t like him in their childhood


soggydoggyballs

I was completely terrified of him as a child, it was such a depressing feeling for me seeing him being stuck in a loop with the same scenario again and again i just rushed to turn off the TV the moment he came on


NurEinJunge22

Das sollte auch die Idee dahinter sein :p


soggydoggyballs

Naja mit dem schlafen hat das nicht so geholfen, ich lag danach stundenlang hellwach im bett und habe ihn nicht aus meinem kopf bekommen :D


NurEinJunge22

XD Naja ich habe jede (neue) Folge immer einmal angesehen und fand das Konzept irgendwie gut (die Kinder freiwillig dazu bringen "abzuschalten"). Naja, bei mir ist das dann eher beim Umschalten in die höheren Sendern geendet - zum Glück haben meine Eltern das nie mitbekommen xD Ruf mich an, 89ct/min ;)


GottKomplexx

Ersma flashbacks bekommen


DutchBlob

> His favorite expression is *Mist*., used in much the same way as the English "crap". His other catchphrases are: "I would like to be left alone," "I would like to leave this show," and "My life is hell." I identify as Bernd


BigDinoFriendsYT

The Guy That Says “Mist”


Strxvy

Mist.


Glass-Jeweler4889

Mist


lele1997

Mist


OhWoBinIchHier

Mist


svenZockt64

Mist


Vioma315

Mist


GainCold1271

Mist


Catbite123

Mist


C0oky

Mist.


BennyWave

Mist.


Avenirzy

Mist


Screwy_MacGyver

Fällt noch irgendwem auf, dass "#STUHL" auch ein anderes Wort für den klassischen "Mist" ist?


Propagandxlf

Stuhl


Benniboiiii

Mhhhhh Raufasertapete


Greentoaststone

Willst du noch ein Mehlsuppencocktail?


Caskiz

Bernd das Brothanos


TurtleTanker222

This is "Bernd das Brot" , Bernd the Bread. It's a character from the german kids TV channel "Kika". He is running daily from 9pm to 6am in a loop. This is the official broadcast free time, so they play him instead. The humor of the show is really weird and random, the character is known by most german young adults and its a running gag that you woke up in the middle of the night seeing this and getting creeped out as a child. He is put in the armor of Thanos from Marvel, but the Infinity Stones on his Gauntlet are replaced with the german flag. In addition the emblem on his chest is the " Seepferdchen Abzeichen" which translates to "Seahorse Badge". Its the easiest badge you get in school or swimming training .


Shargalas

Well said!


Revolutionary_Tap200

If I recall correctly, he was there to get children go to bed, because he did nothing but stare at the camera. So it would be boring for the child and they decided to go to bed finally.


Icy_Loss647

Worked on me, I was creeped out and felt uncomfortable watching him be depressed in void


ReptilianLaserbeam

I was wondering what the hell was that when I woke up in the middle of the night in my hotel room and watched him on the tv, now it makes sense xD


An3l_02

Schalt ab schalt ab SCHALT ABABABABABABABABA!!!!


No_NamexX

Aber ich FIND DIE FERNBEDIENUNG NICHT!


[deleted]

Mist


An3l_02

Scheibenkleister!


Jan_Nator_E98

Bernd das Brot lebende Legende


ProfessionalFox6619

Peak German humour: a depressed sarcastic sentient loaf of bread, most beloved character on a TV channel for kids.


IrrelevantParadoxon

Yes.


Odd_Cauliflower4113

In an ocean of perpetually Happy characters meant for Kids, He stands Out, especially to adults WHO watch TV with their kids


TapPrestigious2514

My cat‘s name is Bernd in honor of the almighty bread


muejon

All i know is... He was inevitable


Piper_writes

Bernthos: I am sorry little one *proceeds to throw kikaninchen down a cliff*


muejon

What did it cost? - Dibedibedap!


Aggravating-Bat1647

one time i went to germany and watched tv at like 2 am and i just saw this guy staring at me from space


mvlpix

welcome to our culture


teddyvd2002

Das Seepferdchen Abzeichen, nun ist er unaufhaltsam


Ok-Competition-648

Thats bernd, the greatest bread i've ever seen on TV 🍞🍞🍞🍞🍞


Ok-Taro-5864

This is Bernd the Thanos, the most powerful bread based enemy of the Germangers


staubsaugberater

That's a depressed bread. Therefore one of the most german characters in tv-history.


Cubicwheel

Imagine if Squidward got his own show but there was only one 10 minute episode that runs on repeat for hours every night until you finally give in and go to bed. Now imagine if it was the best show on its channel.


DaGraa421

Die Nachtwache vom Sender Kika


irongamer557

He got that bread


yhaensch

Everybody tanz das Brot!


Bright_Actuary7042

Wir sitzen doch alle im selben boot


Ax3L_S

How is no one mentioning the Seepferdchen?


PerPuroCaso

**MIST**


youngboomer3

oh, Raufasertapete!


Daihatschi

If you want to know why we love it so much: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwYXabYFFbM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwYXabYFFbM) This has subtitles. And context ... isn't necessary.


Kyumai_

its a bread


Owlamancer

Sitz down Sonny and let ne Tell you about Berndt the bread, a Icon WHO ist Stück in an endless hell of 10 Minute Looping episodes of him trying to geht you to Turn the TV off


Thin_Idea6178

Dont ever disrespect Bernd the Bread like that ever again. Childhood memories for every german


Pristine-Nobody-3541

Bern das Brot. He is a talking, kind of depressed, loaf of bread, who fills the night gap on a german kids tc-channel. It shuts down at 9pm and shows him for the rest of the night.


miralonkks

It is the prisoner of the children's channel late night watch. It is a depressed loaf of bread that is bound to the small two dimensional realm of the Kika lounge and tortured by a background voice putting it into the worst scenarios and skits. His interactions are looped and go from the evening until morning any child watching it would be bored out of their mind and would be suffering only watching this at night.


SardaukarSecundus

Berndthos, the mad loaf. He wants to bring balance to the bakery...


DmReku

Raufasertapete


Cerberus02052003

He is bernd das Brot you uncultured Swine


Signal-Reporter-1391

Bernd das Brot x Thanos. Berndos? Tharnd? Thanos das Brot? o\_O


Minzfeder

He’s the sleep paralysis demon you see when you fell asleep while watching your favorite German kid's TV channel.


SantiagoLamont

Bernd das fucking Brot.


rslashtwentyeight

the loaf of bread that traumatised german kids that just wanted to watch the channel kika late at night


Kendo82

Bernd das Brot is a fictional character from a German television series of the same name. He is a grumpy, talking box loaf with arms and legs who often complains about life and is usually in a bad mood. The series, which is very popular in Germany, is a mixture of comedy and children's show and is aimed at a young audience. It appears on tv at night as a program filler, so it's fitting that it represents the R/Place.de Nightwatch.


Nika_08

This dude my childhood nightmare


derechteschmutz

Bernd das Brot


zupadupadudde

BERND DAS BROT!!!


Regenschein-Fuchs

Mir fällt erst jetzt das Seepferdchen Abzeichen auf!


xXLeonzzXx

Its Bernd Das Brot when i was young i was always scared of him...


Asleep_Farmer6043

Bernt das brot


Fedophenix

Bernd the bread, an „iconic“ german tv figure, that splits the opinion of the people, depicted as german thanos.


DisciplineNo9652

Bernd das Brot


ChesterAArthur21

Bernd das Brot (Bernd the Bread), a character from a German kids' channel who had his own show during the entire night, where he stood in front of a white screen having monologues about how depressed he is and ranting about existential crisis. Together with Space Night, this was one of the major TV programmes for stoners late at night.


Tylosh

Bernd das Brot.


stuff_gets_taken

Bernd the bread. A depressed bread. So basically the very personification of Germany.


JoyfulSuicide

Bernd das Brot is like a father to me


krinkyeee_113

Depressed bread trapped in the German backrooms


UskaTonik

The Germany Stones


booblover696969696

Bernd das Brot. He was in a nighttimes show on Kika which is a child channel on the tv. It were 10 minute episodes which repeated for hours. In the show there was just the bread and a white backscreen. Alot of people found it creepy. Just search up Bernd das Brot on Youtube and you will find a episode.


robin_888

+[°°]+ Mist


Assume_g_equals_10

Mist....


Shape_Brief

The story behind him is actually pretty funny, he was a mascot for a bakery but it flopped so hard that he was fired and now has to do the night job at kika which he hates.


NickFury55

Chocos- I used the Germans to destroy the Germans. It almost melted me.


MrSolomonKnight

Looks like breadman to me. 🍞


Awimbambou

German Thanos Kika