History ComicStrip / MuttAndJeff

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Mutt and Jeff often interact with their "Boss" Bud Fisher,
* LongRunner: From [[TheEdwardianEra 1907-1908]] to [[TheEighties 1982]]

The characters also appeared in films during the 1910s and 1920s, first as live-action shorts before turning to animation. The duo also appeared in popular plays. In 1926, Fisher stopped drawing the strip, handing it to his assistants (though he kept signing it until his death in 1954), most notably Al Smith, who drew it between 1932 and 1980. While ''Mutt and Jeff'' ended in 1982, it continues to be rerun by Universal Press Syndicate to this day.

The characters also appeared in films during the 1910s and 1920s, first as live-action shorts before turning to animation. The duo also appeared in popular plays. In 1926, Fisher stopped drawing the strip, handing it to his assistants (he kept signing it until his death in 1954), most notably Al Smith, who drew it between 1932 and 1980. ''Mutt and Jeff'' ended in 1982, being rerun by Universal Press Syndicate to this day.

''Mutt and Jeff'' is an historic comic strip, created by Bud Fisher in 1907, being notable as the first to successfully run on a daily basis, as well as the first to receive worldwide popularity.

The strip initially centered on the tall and meek Augustus Mutt, an avid gambler and first protagonist of the strip (originally titled ''A. Mutt''), who constantly got reprimanded by his wife. The strip shifted from SliceOfLife-mixed-with-sports to comedy when Mutt encountered a diminutive asylum inmate called Jeff.[[note]] Named after legendary boxer James Jeffries, with Jeff believing he was "The Great White Hope". [[/note]] Years later, Mutt's son Cicero (and his cat Desdemona) and Jeff's identical twin brother Julius (the "strongest little man in the world") were introduced.

The strip initially centered on the tall and meek Augustus Mutt, an avid gambler and first protagonist of the strip (originally titled ''A. Mutt''), who constantly got reprimanded by his wife. The strip shifted from SliceOfLife-mixed-with-sports to comedy when Mutt encountered a diminutive asylum inmate called Jeff[[note]]named after legendary boxer James Jeffries, with Jeff believing he was "The Great White Hope"[[/note]]. Years later, Mutt's son Cicero (and his cat Desdemona) and Jeff's identical twin brother Julius (the "strongest little man in the world") were introduced.

* CloudCuckoolander: Jeff was initially an asylum inmate that thought he was a boxing champ.
* CrossOver: With ''ComicStrip/GasolineAlley'' in a 2015 Halloween arc, like other strips of the early twentieth century.

* AlliterativeName: '''A'''ugustus '''Mutt'''

'''''Mutt and Jeff''''' is an historic comic strip, created by Bud Fisher in 1907, being notable as the first to successfully run on a daily basis, as well as the first to receive worldwide popularity.

* WorldWarOne: Both characters enlisted and spent most of 1917 and the entire year of 1918 in the trenches.

The strip initially centered on the tall and meek Augustus Mutt, an avid gambler and first protagonist of the strip (originally titled ''A. Mutt''), who constantly got reprimanded by his wife. The strip shifted from SliceOfLife-mixed-with-sports to comedy when Mutt encountered a diminutive asylum inmate called Jeff[[note]]named after legendary boxer James Jeffries, with Jeff believing he was Jeffries[[/note]]. Years later, Mutt's son Cicero and his cat Desdemona were introduced.

* OutlivedItsCreator: Bud Fisher died in 1954, the strip ended in 1982.

The strip initially centered on the tall and meek Augustus Mutt, an avid gambler and first protagonist of the strip (originally titled ''A. Mutt''), who constantly got reprimanded by his wife. The strip shifted from SliceOfLife-mixed-with-sports to comedy when Mutt encountered a diminutive asylum inmate called Jeff[[note]]named after a popular boxer of the time[[/note]]. Years later, Mutt's son Cicero and his cat Desdemona were introduced.

* CrossOver: With ''ComicStrip/GasolineAlley'', like other strips of the early twentieth century, even in modern times.

* FirstNameBasis[=/=]LastNameBasis: Aside from Mutt, it's not clear whether "Jeff" is a name or surname

The characters also appeared in films during the 1910s and 1920s, first as live-action shorts before turning to animation. The duo also appeared in popular plays. In the 1920s, Fisher stopped drawing the strip, handing it to his assistants (he kept signing it until his death in 1954), most notably Al Smith, who drew it between 1932 and 1980. ''Mutt and Jeff'' ended in 1982, being rerun by Universal Press Syndicate to this day.

* LongRunner

-->'''Jeff:''' Why? I'll bet cha two bucks I can do it?