The Trouble With Terkel

Much to the delight the lovers of animation and fiction, the latest Danish cartoon film from the likes of South Park and The Simpsons, is spurring its magic on the silver screen.

The plot revolves around a regular six-grader Terkel, who struggles to find his niche among the popular kids at school. Terkel is a constant butt of ridicule for two bullies, Sten and Saki. He has only one best friend Jason, who always carries an iron pipe with him for no apparent reason. The story takes an interesting turn when Terkel discovers that a hefty girl, Doris has a crush on him. Sten and Saki make fun of Terkel by calling the two a couple. In the longing to be accepted among his peers, Terkel calls Doris a “fat cow” and dumps her, although he himself had a tender spot for her. Agitated by the humiliation, Doris jumps from the fourth floor window and commits suicide. It is after Doris’ death that Terkel realizes that he’s being stalked by some maniac. He receives threat calls on his phone and threatening messages on social networking sites.

Terkel soon discovers that Doris was actually Jason’s sister and presumes that it is his best friend who is now eager to kill him. He decides to confide in and tell the whole story to his teacher, Justin. The plot takes a shocking turn when Terkel accidently unearths that it is his teacher Justin who has been scaring him, to punish him for an incident when he had once unintentionally and frivolously killed a spider!