History ComicStrip / MotherGooseAndGrimm

* PutOnABus: Hamm, Mother Gooses' pig friend.

The comic strip takes place in a world filled with {{funny animal}}s. At the start of the series, Grimmy and Attila were [[AnthropomorphicShift noticeably less anthropomorphic as they are now]], and communicated through thought bubbles as opposed to the speech bubbles they use now.

** Another strip had EdwardScissorhands constantly losing at RockPaperScissors...which is, in fact, already used as a RunningGag in the movie.

The comic strip takes place in a world filled with {{funny animal}}s. At the start of the series, Grimmy and Attila were [[AnthropomorphicShift noticeably less anthropomorphic as they are now]], and communicated through thought bubbles as opposed to the speech bubbles they use now.

In 1991, the strip had its own little known [[WesternAnimation animated series]], which wasn't widely known for a good reason, mainly because it ended up tanking, and the strip isn't as popular as ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} to begin with.

*** One version:
-->'''Grimmy''': What are you watching?
-->'''Mother Goose''': A history channel show about presidents.
-->'''Grimmy''': [[ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} When did he grow that ugly beard? Did they serve lasagna at his inauguration? Was Odie his vice president?]]
-->'''Mother Goose''': Grimm, president Garfield and the cat are two different people.
*** There's also an earlier one to ''Garfield'' in one strip during a 2004 story arc where Grimm goes to a veterinarian. While the vet was talking to Mother Goose, he briefly morphs into Garfield but still wears the doctor clothes, prompting Grimm to cry out, "NURSE!"

** To ''ComicStrip/Garfield''

* ShoutOut:

** There's also an earlier one to ''Garfield'' in one strip during a 2004 story arc where Grimm goes to a veterinarian. While the vet was talking to Mother Goose, he briefly morphs into Garfield but still wears the doctor clothes, prompting Grimm to cry out, "NURSE!"

* TakeThat: In one June 2006 strip, Grimm is told by Ralph that a commercial for the Tim Allen remake of ''TheShaggyDog'' is on TV and was then asked if he'd like to go see it. Grimm then declines, stating that "Tim Allen is no shaggy dog."

* NominalParody: More than once.
** One had a man watching TV with a woman behind him looking shocked, and the caption, "Scully discovers the XXX Files." Which wasn't actually funny if you had any knowledge of ''Series/TheXFiles'', since it was well-established that Mulder really did stash porn all over the office, and that Scully was perfectly aware of it and didn't care.
** Another strip had EdwardScissorhands constantly losing at RockPaperScissors...which is, in fact, already used as a RunningGag in the movie.

* MurderByCremation: A strip had Grimm's TooDumbToLive friend, Ralph the Boston Terrier, giving a testimony of the death of a possum who had apparently died, so they cremated him and placed his ashes in an urn. [[spoiler: However, the possum's wife shows up, demanding to know where her husband is. When Ralph explains to her what happened, the female possum becomes angry, saying that her husband did not die, but was actually played possum, [[CaptainObvious like all possums are wont to do]], then starts ranting that her husband is dead and questions about what she'll do now.]]

* MeetMyGoodFriendsLeftyAndRighty: The strip for [[http://www.grimmy.com/images/MGG_Archive/MGG_2012/MGG-2012-05-19.gif May 19th, 2012]]. TheCatInTheHat and [[Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas The Grinch]] are in a bar. The Cat in the Hat holds up his fists in a threatening manner and says "Oh yeah? You want to meet Thing 1 and Thing 2?"

* MeetMyGoodFriendsLeftyAndRighty: The strip for [[http://www.grimmy.com/images/MGG_Archive/MGG_2012/MGG-2012-05-19.gif May 19th, 2012]]. Literature/TheCatInTheHat and [[Literature/HowTheGrinceStoleChristmas The Grinch]] are in a bar. The Cat in the Hat holds up his fists in a threatening manner and says "Oh yeah? You want to meet Thing 1 and Thing 2?"

'''Mother Goose and Grimm''' is a comic strip begun in 1984 by Mike Peters. The strip centralizes on its title characters: an anthropomorphic goose named Literature/MotherGoose, and her dog, Grimm. Except when it chooses to be a one-shot, gag-a-day strip in the vein of ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide''. Other main characters include Atilla the Cat and Ralph the Boston Terrier.

'''Mother Goose and Grimm''' is a comic strip begun in 1984 by Mike Peters. The strip centralizes on its title characters: an anthropomorphic goose named MotherGoose, and her dog, Grimm. Except when it chooses to be a one-shot, gag-a-day strip in the vein of ''TheFarSide''. Other main characters include Atilla the Cat and Ralph the Boston Terrier.

In 1991, the strip had its own little known [[WesternAnimation animated series]], which wasn't widely known for a good reason, mainly because it ended up tanking, and the strip isn't as popular as {{Garfield}} to begin with.

The comic strip takes place in a world filled with [[FunnyAnimal funny]] animals. At the start of the series, Grimmy and Attila were [[AnthropomorphicShift noticeably less anthropomorphic as they are now]], and communicated through thought bubbles as opposed to the speech bubbles they use now.

* AnthropomorphicShift: Grimmy and Atilla started out noticeably less humanoid than they are now. One of the most notable changes is that they now speak normally instead of via thought bubbles á la ''{{Garfield}}''.

* IncrediblyLamePun: Whether verbal or [[VisualPun visual]], one of the strip's specialties.
* MeetMyGoodFriendsLeftyAndRighty: The strip for [[http://www.grimmy.com/images/MGG_Archive/MGG_2012/MGG-2012-05-19.gif May 19th, 2012]]. TheCatInTheHat and TheGrinch are in a bar. TheCatInTheHat holds up his fists in a threatening manner and says "Oh yeah? You want to meet Thing 1 and Thing 2?"
* MurderByCremation: A strip had Grimm's {{Too Dumb To Live}} friend, Ralph the Boston Terrier, giving a testimony of the death of a possum who had apparently died, so they cremated him and placed his ashes in an urn. [[spoiler: However, the possum's wife shows up, demanding to know where her husband is. When Ralph explains to her what happened, the female possum becomes angry, saying that her husband did not die, but was actually played possum, [[{{Captain Obvious}} like all possums are wont to do]], then starts ranting that her husband is dead and questions about what she'll do now.]]

** One had a man watching TV with a woman behind him looking shocked, and the caption, "Scully discovers the XXX Files." Which wasn't actually funny if you had any knowledge of ''{{The X-Files}}'', since it was well-established that Mulder really did stash porn all over the office, and that Scully was perfectly aware of it and didn't care.

-->'''Grimmy''': [[{{Garfield}} When did he grow that ugly beard? Did they serve lasagna at his inauguration? Was Odie his vice president?]]

* LiteralJunkFood: One of the things that Grimm always feasts in.

* ShoutOut: In a recent comic:

* ArtEvolution: Grimm was much more lumpy and scratchy in the first years. Sometime around 1988, his design was streamlined, and the art has stayed the same since.

* PlungerDetonator:

* ParodyFailure: More than once.
** One had a man watching TV with a woman behind him looking shocked, and the caption, "Scully discovers the XXX Files." Which wasn't actually funny if you had any knowledge of ''{{The X-Files}}'', since it was well-established that Mulder really did stash porn all over the office, and that Scully was perfectly aware of it and didn't care.
** Another strip had EdwardScissorhands constantly losing at RockPaperScissors...which is, in fact, already used as a RunningGag in the movie.