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 Putous is a Finnish sketch comedy show. There have been already 4 seasons, the first was broadcasted on 2010. "Putous" means "Fall" or "Drop" in Finnish.The first season was written and directed by Jani Volanen. On the seasons 2 and 3 the manuscript was written by Petteri Summanen. Miika Nousiainen also was there writing seasons 2 and 3, but he became the head writer not until on the fourth season. The second and the third season was directed by Petteri Summanen. Tuomas Summanen directed the fourth season.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Putous is pretty easily sliced in three parts; the actors/actresses, the sketches themselves and probably the most loved part, "The Sketch Character of the Year"-competition ("Vuoden sketsihahmokilpailu").Putous actors and actresses are well known Finnish comedians. Five of them have been in Putous cast since it started the first time; they are Aku Hirviniemi, Krista Kosonen, Jukka Rasila, Riku Nieminen and of course Jaakko Saariluoma, who also hosted the first and the fourth season.Being in Putous cast is a great opportunity to win Finnish people's hearts. For example Aku Hirviniemi and Armi Toivanen broke through in Putous, nowadays almost everyone in Finland knows them.Till the season four there always were nine people in the cast, but this year (2013) there were only eight; Hirviniemi, Kosonen, Rasila, Nieminen, Saariluoma, Toivanen, Jussi Vatanen and Iina Kuustonen. The hosting is arranged pretty much differently every year, only 2010 and 2013 were entirely led by Jaakko Saariluoma. On 2011 the host was Ville Myllyrinne and on 2012 everyone of the cast got their own leading-turn which was decided by that, who was on "Näytön paikka" in the episode. The host of The Sketch Character competition has always been Jaakko Saariluoma.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })The biggest, or at least the most popular part of Putous is The Sketch Character contest. The idea is very simple; the actors and actresses create their own, humorous sketch characters and play them. Every week they get a little task to do with their characters. Almost every year there has been a talent show and a singing contest. Sometimes they also make a parody of already existing contest, like Strictly Come Dancing or Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. Every week one character must be eliminated, people vote for their favourites via phones. In the final episode there's only two characters left and either one of them will be crowned the sketch character of the year. Already four characters do carry that title; Marja Tyrni (Aku Hirviniemi), Munamies (Riku Nieminen), Leena Hefner, nee Herppeenluoma (Armi Toivanen) and Karim Z. Yskowicz (Jussi Vatanen). Even the characters which don't win do get usually very much attention. It's not unusual for those characters to make a record or get their own TV-show. The happenings in the character competition often do cross the news treshold of papers and the slogans these characters say do root in the heads of Finnish people. The actors/actresses do very good work at creating those little creatures. Even thought the competition is almost purely a joke for them, they still manage to make their characters admirably right; the characters make everyone laugh from little kids to grown-ups, they are easy to identify, very often they take a stance on current talking points, they are sometimes even touching and there's always a little drama between the characters. They can threaten to kick your father's ass, fall in love, have gory fights and arguments, accidentally make their silicon breast explode, get ripped off their Siamese twin, get drunk, almost come out of the closet... Jaakko Saariluoma has jokingly stated that he hosts the competition because he doesn't need a sketch character, he already is one. Since he is the only ”normal” person in the ludicrous world of sketch characters, they often have a special relationship with him. There's also quite a bit of characters who could consider Jaakko as their love interest.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_3'); })What is your number one reason to learn Finnish? Forget about it. The sketch character competition should be that for you. Seriously.Tropes:
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