Ricky Rapper Explained

Ricky Rapper
Title Orig:	Risto Räppääjä
Author:	Sinikka Nopola, Tiina Nopola
Illustrator:	Aino Havukainen, Sami Toivonen
Country:	Finland
Language:	Finnish
Genre:	Children's literature
Publisher:	Tammi

Ricky Rapper (Finnish: 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 apartment building with his aunt Serena Rapper.^[1]

Fourteen books have been released in the series starting from 1997. In 2008 Sinikka and Tiina Nopola scripted the musical movie Ricky Rapper. It was one of the most successful titles in the Finnish box-office of 2008.^{[2] [3]} 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.^[4]

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 (2003),
• Risto Räppääja ja Hilpuri Tilli (2004)
• Risto Räppääjä ja villi kone (2006)
• Risto Räppääjä ja viimeinen tötterö (2007)
• Risto Räppääjä ja kuuluisa Kamilla (2009)
• Risto Räppääjä saa isän (2011)
• Risto Räppääjä ja nukkavieru Nelli (2012)
• Risto Räppääjä ja kaksoisolento (2013)
• Risto Räppääjä ja Sevillan saituri (2014)
• Risto Räppääjä ja yöhaukka (2015)
• Risto Räppääjä ja pullistelija (2016)

Television series and movies

• Ricky Rapper, 2000 (TV mini-series)
• Ricky Rapper, 2008 (film)
• Ricky Rapper and the Bicycle Thief, 2010 (film)
• Ricky Rapper and the Cool Wendy, 2012 (film)
• Ricky Rapper and the Slick Leonard, 2014 (film)
• Ricky Rapper and the Miser from Seville, 2015 (film)
• Ricky Rapper and the Nighthawk, 2016 (film)
• Ricky Rapper and the Strongman, 2019 (film)
• Ricky Rapper and the Wrong Vincent, 2020 (film)
• Ricky Rapper and the Wild machine, 2023 (film)

External links

• Official Finnish Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ricky Rapper (Risto Räppääjä) . Finnish Film Audition . 26 February 2010.
2. Web site: Ricky Rapper number one of local film in Finland's box-office in 2008 . Finnguide . 26 February 2010.
3. Web site: Ricky Rapper . Box Office Mojo . 26 February 2010.
4. Web site: Risto Räppääjälle paras koko perheen elokuvien avaus . Helsingin Sanomat . Finnish . 26 February 2010.