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Sweater Girl was renamed Sexy Sweater Girl in TRS. Examples that don't emphasize the fit/tightness/fanservice aspect of the sweater will not be migrated to the new name.


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* JerkAssHasAPoint: Yes he can go overboard with his punishments for Dagwood at times but since Dagwood is lazy, his rage is understandable.
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* NotAMorningPerson: Either he doses off at home or he doses off at work.

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* NotAMorningPerson: Either he doses He has a tendency to doze off at home or he doses off at work.
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* {{Housewife}}: She was this for decades of the strip's run, before starting a catering business with Cookie in 1991.


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Adorkable TRS. Also ZCE.


%%* {{Adorkable}}: Guess who's the star of the strip now...

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* BosssUnfavoriteEmployee: While Dithers is grumpy and impatient to most of his employees, Dagwood has received tirades, been physically kicked, and once thrown out an office window.



* BosssUnfavoriteEmployee: While Dithers is grumpy and impatient to most of his employees, Dagwood has received tirades, been physically kicked, and once thrown out an office window.


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* DumbassNoMore: She still has some ditzy moments, but she's nowhere ''near'' as much of an airhead as she was in the past.
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* DisinheritedChild: In the earliest days of the strip, Dagwood is revealed to be the son of very wealthy parents who detest Blondie. When he marries her anyway, his parents disinherit him.

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-> A meek, gluttonous and terminally lazy but kindhearted family man who once was the heir to a vast industrial fortune, but threw it all away to marry someone his family rejected (Blondie, obviously).

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\n-> A meek, gluttonous and terminally lazy but kindhearted family man who once was the heir to a vast industrial fortune, but threw it all away to marry someone his family rejected (Blondie, obviously).obviously).
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%%* BigEater* BigEater: Being the TropeNamer for ''Dagwood Sandwich'', this comes with the trope, as mentioned in that entry below.



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%%* * DagwoodSandwich: TropeNamerTropeNamer, although Dagwood originally created a ridiculously long sandwich rather than a ridiculously tall one by using a long loaf often called a French Loaf. Later, he began to build tall sandwiches as well. The term has entered the English language, as per the [[http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Dagwoodsandwich.html Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable]]. He was once shown using a hand drill to take out the center of one of these... and then inserting a frankfurter into the center as a dowel.



-> Dagwood's beautiful and sweet-natured wife, now owner of a deli store and a catering service.
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-> Dagwood's beautiful and sweet-natured wife, now owner of a deli store and a catering service.
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* AlliterativeName: Her first and surnames start with "B".



%%* TheFlapper: Originated as this.

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%%* * TheFlapper: Originated as this.this until she married Dagwood. Her maiden name was even "Boopadoop", a play on the then popular expression "Boop-oop-a-doop".



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%%* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She's blonde who's a real sweetheart.



%%* UglyGuyHotWife: With Dagwood.

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%%* * UglyGuyHotWife: With Dagwood.
Dagwood, as, in her flapper days, one would wonder if as to how they ended up together. This was an EnforcedTrope — prior to their marriage, Blondie was portrayed as a fun-loving single woman with a few suitors lined up... then the stock market crashed, at which point she picked Dagwood because he was the most stable (or rather, most relatable) of her beaus.



->Dagwood's hot-headed boss, who often threatens to sack him.

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->Dagwood's Dagwood's hot-headed boss, who often threatens to sack him.

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FourTemperamentEnsemble: The CholericCholeric, being a hothead, who goes off on little things.
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* BosssUnfavoriteEmployee: While Dithers is grumpy and impatient to most of his employees, Dagwood has received tirades, been physically kicked, and once thrown out an office window.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Guess who's the star of the strip now...

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* DagwoodSandwich: TropeNamer
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: The Melancholic/Phlegmatic

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* AlliterativeName

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* TheFlapper: Originated as this.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: The Phlegmatic/Sanguine

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* HappilyMarried: To Dagwood.

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* PinkMeansFeminine: A poster example of this trope.

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* UglyGuyHotWife: With Dagwood.

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* HappilyMarried: To Blondie.

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* HappilyMarried: To Blondie.Blondie, although he is occasionally henpecked.


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* HenpeckedHusband: He's clearly dominated by his wife.

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* BadBoss: And how. But this can be justified by the fact that Dagwood is a lazy lout

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* BadBoss: And how. But this can be justified by the fact that Dagwood is a lazy lout


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* MeanBoss: And how. But this can be justified by the fact that Dagwood is a lazy lout
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* BowtiesAreCool: He is rarely seen without his red bowtie, and other characters often express shock when he wears a necktie.
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* RailEnthusiast: Dagwood is a big model railroad nerd.

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* RailEnthusiast: Dagwood is a big model railroad nerd. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] since he was an heir to a railway engineering company before he was disinherited after marrying Blondie.

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%%* GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity

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%%* GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity* GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity: He is constantly teetering on the brink of being fired.



* CharacterTitle: "Blondie" is both her name and the title of the comic in which she stars.

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* CharacterTitle: "Blondie" Blondie is both her name and (nominally) the title star of the comic in which she stars.strip.



* DudeMagnet: The early Sunday strips featured her being the prime target to a long list of suitors. Dagwood wouldn't appear until a couple of years on.

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* DudeMagnet: The early Sunday strips featured her being the prime target to a long list of suitors. Dagwood wouldn't appear on a Sunday page until a couple of years on.


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!Mr. (Julius Caesar) Dithers
-->'''First appearance:''' 1933

->Dagwood's hot-headed boss, who often threatens to sack him.
* BadBoss: And how. But this can be justified by the fact that Dagwood is a lazy lout
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: The Choleric
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Dagwood. They might have their spats at the office but he often turns to Dag for help.
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%%* BowtiesAreCool* BowtiesAreCool: He is rarely seen without his red bowtie, and other characters often express shock when he wears a necktie.

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* BuxomIsBetter
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* CharacterTitleCharacterTitle: "Blondie" is both her name and the title of the comic in which she stars.



* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold
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* HappilyMarriedHappilyMarried: To Dagwood.



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!Blondie Bumstead

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!Blondie BumsteadBoopadoop-Bumstead
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!Dagwood Bumstead
--> '''First appearance:''' September 8, 1930 (daily), January 1, 1933 (Sunday)

-> A meek, gluttonous and terminally lazy but kindhearted family man who once was the heir to a vast industrial fortune, but threw it all away to marry someone his family rejected (Blondie, obviously).
* {{Adorkable}}: Guess who's the star of the strip now...
* AnimeHair: He is known for his unorthodox haircut[[note]]Middle-parted haircuts were actually a popular fad in the 1930s[[/note]].
* BigEater
* BowtiesAreCool
* BrilliantButLazy: Compare Dagwood at Dithers with Dagwood making a sandwich.
* DagwoodSandwich: TropeNamer
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: The Melancholic/Phlegmatic
* GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity
* HappilyMarried: To Blondie.
* TheKlutz: His [[RunningGag constant run-ins with Postman Beasley]] are one of the strip's more iconic moments.
* NotAMorningPerson: Either he doses off at home or he doses off at work.
* RailEnthusiast: Dagwood is a big model railroad nerd.
* StandardFiftiesFather
* UglyGuyHotWife: With Blondie. It doesn't help that his wardrobe is quite dated.
* UpperClassTwit: Mostly averted in his early years, although he pathetically tried to act like a playboy to impress Blondie.

!Blondie Bumstead
--> '''First appearance:''' September 8, 1930

-> Dagwood's beautiful and sweet-natured wife, now owner of a deli store and a catering service.
* AlliterativeName
* BrainlessBeauty[=/=]DumbBlonde: While she tends to act a little ditzy from time to time, this is ''nothing'' compared to the airheaded flapper she was in the beginning.
* BuxomIsBetter
* CharacterTitle
* DeadpanSnarker: Becomes this whenever she's annoyed.
* DudeMagnet: The early Sunday strips featured her being the prime target to a long list of suitors. Dagwood wouldn't appear until a couple of years on.
* TheFlapper: Originated as this.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: The Phlegmatic/Sanguine
* GoldDigger: Began as this until she underwent some healthy CharacterDevelopment once she got married.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold
* HappilyMarried
* InSeriesNickname: Not even Dagwood seems to remember her actual name.
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: One of the few characters who is drawn realistically.
* PinkMeansFeminine: A poster example of this trope.
* SweaterGirl
* UglyGuyHotWife: With Dagwood.

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