History ComicStrip / BusterBrown

* DreadfulMusician: Buster plays the violin in one strip, so terribly that his mother hires a teacher to try to get him to play properly. When the lessons don't help, Buster gets the idea to perform in the street, pretending to be blind. He is then given money by sympathetic passersby.

* TheTrickster: Buster

Though today the name is [[AdaptationDisplacement synonymous with shoes]] (as a 1904 licensing deal resulted in his becoming the mascot of the Brown Shoe Company), ''Buster Brown'' was originally a comic strip character created in 1902 by Richard F. Outcault.

* BratsWithSlingshots: Buster has a slingshot and will cause mayhem with it.

Though today the name is synonymous with shoes (as a 1904 licensing deal resulted in his becoming the mascot of the Brown Shoe Company), ''Buster Brown'' was originally a comic strip character created in 1902 by Richard F. Outcault.

Though he is known today merely as a mascot for the Brown Shoe Company, ''Buster Brown'' was originally a comic strip character created in 1902 by Richard F. Outcault.

* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: The name "Buster" came directly or indirectly from the popularity of Creator/BusterKeaton, then a child actor in vaudeville.

* TheEdwardianEra: The comic strip was contemporary to this time period.

* TheEdwardianEra: The comic strip was contemporary to this time period.
* ViewerGenderConfusion: With his pageboy haircut and delicate features, Buster is easily mistaken for a girl.

* TheEdwardianEra: The comic strip was contemporary to this time period.

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[[caption-width-right:200:Buster Brown and his dog, Tige.]]

Though he is known today merely as a mascot for the Brown Shoe Company, ''Buster Brown'' was originally a comic strip character created in 1902 by Richard F. Outcault. A city-dwelling boy with wealthy parents, his actions belie his pretty looks. Essentially an [[TheEdwardianEra Edwardian era]] ''[[ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUS Dennis the Menace]]'', Buster is a practical joker who might dress in a girl's outfit and have her wear his clothes, break a window with his slingshot, or play a prank on a neighbor. The trick or transgression is discovered and he is punished, usually by being spanked by his mother, but it is unclear if he ever repents. Many strips end with Buster delivering a self-justifying moral which has little or nothing to do with his crime.

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[[caption-width-right:250:Buster Brown and his dog, Tige.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Buster Brown and his dog, Tige.]]

Accompanying Buster in his adventures was his dog, Tige, who is thought to be the first talking pet to appear in American comics. Often he would warn Buster in vain about the trouble he was about to get into.

Though he is known today merely as a mascot for the Brown Shoe Company, ''Buster Brown'' was originally a comic strip character created in 1902 by Richard F. Outcault. A city-dwelling boy with wealthy parents, his actions belie his pretty looks. Essentially an [[TheEdwardianEra Edwardian era]] ''[[ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUS Dennis the Menace]]'', he is a practical joker who might dress in a girl's outfit and have her wear his clothes, break a window with his slingshot, or play a prank on a neighbor. The trick or transgression is discovered and he is punished, usually by being spanked by his mother, but it is unclear if he ever repents. Many strips end with Buster delivering a self-justifying moral which has little or nothing to do with his crime.

Though he is known today merely as a mascot for the Brown Shoe Company, ''Buster Brown'' was originally a comic strip character created in 1902 by Richard F. Outcault. A city-dwelling boy with wealthy parents, his actions belie his pretty looks. Essentially an Edwardian era ''[[ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUS Dennis the Menace]]'', he is a practical joker who might dress in a girl's outfit and have her wear his clothes, break a window with his slingshot, or play a prank on a neighbor. The trick or transgression is discovered and he is punished, usually by being spanked by his mother, but it is unclear if he ever repents. Many strips end with Buster delivering a self-justifying moral which has little or nothing to do with his crime.

* BratsWithSlingshots: Buster has a slingshot and will cause mayhem with it.