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* TheArtifact: Dagwood's fascination with model railways makes a lot more sense when taking in mind his father was a railroad tycoon.
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** Daisy's litter of lookalike puppies disappeared sometime in the '70s. Dean Young has said that drawing them all was too much of a pain.
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** Daisy's litter of lookalike puppies disappeared sometime in the '70s. Dean Young has said that drawing them all was too much of a pain.pain, especially as drawing space dwindled.
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** Dagwood appeared in the DirectToVideo ''Garfield gets Real'', living in the same ToonTown as the titular cat.
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** Dagwood appeared in the DirectToVideo ''Garfield gets Gets Real'', living in the same ToonTown as the titular cat.
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* DatingWhatDaddyHates: The strip featured a gender-flipped version in its early years. Dagwood's parents really didn't like Blondie.
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* DatingWhatDaddyHates: The strip featured a gender-flipped version in its early years. Dagwood's parents really didn't like Blondie.Blondie and much of the early years had them trying to marry him off to a girl within his own class to no avail.
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* ParentalMarriageVeto: Dagwood, heir to the Bumstead billions, was told he would be [[PassedOverInheritance cut out of his father's will]] if he married Blondie. [[MarryForLove He did anyway.]] Apparently it didn't cut off all communication; Dagwood is often shown reminiscing to Alexander and Cookie over many his other Bumstead relatives.
* {{Parody}}: The strip started off parodying the loads of "pretty girl" melodrama strips popular during TheRoaringTwenties.
* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: J.C. Dithers is technically in the construction business, but it's barely referred to at all. Lampshaded in recent years- [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LpSaZ0EVYcU/UqeUYoPCaDI/AAAAAAAAENM/SVdgVk55Dds/s1600/131121+Blondie.PNG one strip had Dithers and Dagwood interviewing a potential new hire]]. He promptly asks them what business they're in- he isn't sure if it's construction or something else. After he leaves, Dithers and Dagwood promptly conclude that he "asked way too many questions".
* {{Parody}}: The strip started off parodying the loads of "pretty girl" melodrama strips popular during TheRoaringTwenties.
* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: J.C. Dithers is technically in the construction business, but it's barely referred to at all. Lampshaded in recent years- [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LpSaZ0EVYcU/UqeUYoPCaDI/AAAAAAAAENM/SVdgVk55Dds/s1600/131121+Blondie.PNG one strip had Dithers and Dagwood interviewing a potential new hire]]. He promptly asks them what business they're in- he isn't sure if it's construction or something else. After he leaves, Dithers and Dagwood promptly conclude that he "asked way too many questions".
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* ParentalMarriageVeto: Dagwood, heir to the Bumstead billions, was told he would be [[PassedOverInheritance cut out of his father's will]] if he married Blondie. [[MarryForLove He did anyway.]] Apparently it didn't cut off all communication; Dagwood is often shown reminiscing to Alexander and Cookie over many of his other Bumstead relatives.
* {{Parody}}: The strip started off parodying the loads of "pretty girl" melodrama strips popular duringTheRoaringTwenties.
[[TheRoaringTwenties the late 1920s]] and [[TheGreatDepression the early 1930s]].
* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: J.C. Dithers is technically in the construction business, but it's barely referred to atall. Lampshaded all, to the point of being lampshaded in recent years- [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LpSaZ0EVYcU/UqeUYoPCaDI/AAAAAAAAENM/SVdgVk55Dds/s1600/131121+Blondie.PNG one this strip had where Dithers and Dagwood interviewing interview a potential new hire]]. He promptly asks them what business they're in- he in--he isn't sure if it's construction or something else. After he leaves, Dithers and Dagwood promptly conclude that he "asked way too many questions".
* {{Parody}}: The strip started off parodying the loads of "pretty girl" melodrama strips popular during
* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: J.C. Dithers is technically in the construction business, but it's barely referred to at
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%%** Dagwood and Herb
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* MsRedInk: A key trait of Blondie for much of the strip's run was that she'd spend lots of money in clothes, much to Dagwood's consternation. After Chic Young's death however, she has become much more sensible, and this aspect finally disappeared once she established her catering business.
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Up until he began getting too old for the nickname, Alexander, for years, was only referred to as "Baby Dumpling".
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Up until he began getting too old for the nickname, Alexander, for years, was almost only referred to as "Baby Dumpling".
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%%* DagwoodSandwich: TropeNamer.
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Not to be confused with [[Music/Blondie1930 the band]].
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Not to be confused with [[Music/Blondie1930 [[Music/BlondieBand the band]].
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Not to be confused with [[Music/{{Blondie}} the band]].
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Not to be confused with [[Music/{{Blondie}} [[Music/Blondie1930 the band]].
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I added Daisy to the list of one "Running Gag" example remembering that the dog also reacts to the punchline.
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** Whenever Dagwood shows the family the album and talks about any distant relatives seen in the photo, the panel that shows the punchline always shows Blondie, Alexander, Cookie, or sometimes neighbor Elmo astonished with a small line over their heads.
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** Whenever Dagwood shows the family the album and talks about any distant relatives seen in the photo, the panel that shows the punchline always shows Blondie, Alexander, Cookie, or sometimes neighbor Elmo Elmo, or even the dog Daisy astonished with a small line over their heads.
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Renamed to Sexy Sweater Girl. "People wearing sweaters" is not a trope.
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%%* SweaterGirl: Blondie, often.
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%%* AsideGlance: Daisy and Dagwood often do this.
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