Hausmeister Krause – Ordnung muß sein (Janitor Krause -There Has to Be Order) is aGermanSitcom series ofThe Noughties.

Dieter Krause is the janitor of an apartment block in the Cologne city district of Kalk, which is where he alsolives with his family. This familiy consists of Dieter'swife, Lisbeth, and his kids,Tommie and Carmen. But the most important family member is — at least as far as Dieter is concerned — his dachshund, Bodo! This is anobsession Dieter shares with his comrades of the dachshund club.

• Almighty Janitor: Dieterthinks that he is one. But his supervisor, Mr. Makielski, begs to differ...
• Butt Monkey: WhenHilarity Ensues and thingsgo worse, Mr. Makielski always has to suffer the most.
• The Drag Along: Dieter always manages to persuade his comrade Herbert tohelp him with hisschemes.
• Catch Phrase: Several, but the most memorable would be the oath of the dachshund club:Alles für den Dackel, alles für den Club, unser Leben für den Hund! (Everything for the dachshund, everything for the club, our life for the dog!) There is a pun hidden in there: The last part alludes to the expressionAlles für die Katz! (Everything for the cat!), meaningAll in vain!
• Control Freak: Dieter; and it drives everyone around him (especially Mr. Makielski) crazy!
• Demonic Dummy: One episode features anAx Crazy serial killer, whoseKasperle hand-puppet urges him to "playHannibal".
• Dumb Blonde: Carmen, although she doesn't quite reach her father's level in dumbness.
• Embarrassing Nickname: Carmen always calls her brotherFettie.Perhaps you already guessed it: "Fatty"
• Failure Is the Only Option: Dieter always strives to upgrade his employment contract from part-time position to full-time position - but in the end of each episode, he can be thankful thathe still has his poorly paid janitor job at all!
• The Fun in Funeral: In one episode. By the way, the deceased is a dachshund.Of course.
• Genius Ditz: Dieter has managed to screw together technical marvels such as security enforcement machines and anexploding chicken. WhenHilarity Ensues (which isinevitably the case!), then because these contraptions work a bittoo well.
• Hey, It's That Guy!: Mrs. Ricken, the neighbour MILF, is played by Maren Gilzer, mainly known forturning the letters in the German version ofWheel of Fortune.
• Hey, It's That Voice!: Mr. Fritsch, the new general owner of the apartment block, is played Gudo Hoegel, the German dubbing voice ofDarkwing Duck andJonathan Archer.
• Hilarity Ensues
• Hopeless Suitor: Herbert has avery hopeless crush on Dieter's daughter Carmen. (Herbert: "Ca-Ca-Carmen!"Carmen: "He-He-Herbert!")
• Hormone-Addled Teenager: Tommie and Carmen.
• Hypocritical Humor: Dieter can bevery hypocritical. (For example by complaining about all the smutty stuff in a porn magazine while carefully studying it.)
• Gaydar: Subverted! Dieter needs avery long time to realize that the new neighbours (one of them veryCamp Gay) are homosexual.
• German Dialects: The Cologne dialect in this case.
• Get Rich Quick Scheme: In one episode, Dieter falls for a pyramid scheme.(Although he doesn't quite get how the money-avalanche can go uphill.)
• Innocent Innuendo: In one episode, Mrs. Ricken wants Dieter to come over to her place and fix a loose screw. Dieter interprets this as aveiled invitation for sexual intercourse, while in fact it was meantliterally.
• It Got Worse: Many episodes end in outright worst-case scenarios! Utter chaos!
• Like a Weasel: Dieter's modus operandi when dealing with Mr. Makielski or the president of the dachshund club.
• Limited Wardrobe:Except for Carmen, there isn't much variation regarding what the characters wear. In Dieter's case though, this isjustified: Most of the time, he either wears his janitor coat or his club uniform, a visual cue to his two obsessions.
• Mistaken for Dying: Dieter in one episode. He then proceeds to appoint Herbert as his heir, including his job and thehand of his daughter...
• Ms. Fanservice:Theiss Titillation Theory tends to apply to most of Carmen's outfits. And in one episode, she even runs around in the apartment corridors in only her underwear.
• Nice Hat: Dieter evensleeps with it.
• Only Sane Man: Mr. Makielski; the problem is that Dieter only sees aPointy-Haired Boss in him.
• The Other Darrin: President Karl Göbel.
• Our Presidents Are Different: Karl is only the president of the dachshund club (and isn't even the top of the hierarchy), but the club members treat him as if he were an actual head of state.
• Putting on the Reich: While the uniforms worn by the dachshund club members look nothing like Nazi uniforms, there is their ridiculously militaristic and ceremonial behavior. But one cue takes the cake: The title of President Göbel's superior actually isGauleiter!
• Serious Business: For Dieter and his pals, everything that has to do with dachshunds.
• Stalker with a Crush: Tommie, regarding friends of his sister Carmen.
• Status Quo Is God: The only reason why, after all what he has done, Dieter still has his job / his dachshund club membership / his wife...
• The Stoner: Two of the Krause's neighbours are aNew Age Retro Hippie pair. Dieter wants them to be kicked out of the house, because he (rightly) suspects them to possessmarihuna marijuana, but he never actually finds evidence of this.
• Totally Radical: Played for laughs with Tommie's unique speech pattern. (Most importantly, he is turning all kinds of verbs intoUnsound Effects.)
• Too Dumb to Live: Dieter doesn't seem to be very susceptible to everything more subtile than a sledgehammer.
• Ultimate Job Security: Considering some of the things that Dieter has done, he should have been fired a dozen times over. (Not that Makielski didn'ttry that...)
• Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist
• The Von Trope Family:
  • Bodo's (Yes, that's the dog!) full name isBodo von der Hermannsklause.
  • In the episode where Lisbeth has anot really rich suitor, Tommie speculates that if she leaves Dieter for this guy, they will soon be named "von Krause"! (Uh, Tommie?Naming conventions do not work that way...)
• Wrong Genre Savvy: Tommie sometimes tries to applystuff he has seen in horror movies onReal Life.
• Zany Scheme: Ends in acatastrophe most of the time.

• Work
• German Media
• Dom Com
• Hausmeister Krause
• TV Series