Kasperl and Seppel soon discover that even the best-laid plans can be foiled, especially when Hotzenplotz enlists the help of his wicked magician friend Petrosilius Zackleman, a gluttonous villain with a weakness for fried potatoes.
The Robber Hotzenplotz works hard at his job, waking early to hide in the woods and waylay new victims.
Robber Hotzenplotz held poor grandma at gunpoint with his pepper pistol and stole her coffee mill.
