History ComicStrip / Pluggers

In ''Pluggers'', a cast of FunnyAnimal characters illustrate reader-submitted one-liners about "Pluggers": working-class, largely rural people who "unceremoniously keep plugging along, balancing work, play and family life." An example might be "You're a Plugger when the most expensive piece of clothing you own is an NFL jersey."

The strip can be read [[http://www.gocomics.com/pluggers/ here]]. It's one of the favored targets of Blog/TheComicsCurmudgeon.

** For reference, common recurring themes in the comics are "Pluggers are [[FatSlob fat]]", "Pluggers are [[WorkingClassPeopleAreMorons dumb]]", "Pluggers are afraid of [[NewTechnologyIsEvil modern technology]]", "Pluggers are couch potatoes", "Pluggers are [[ThePigPen slobs]]", "[[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Pluggers are fat]]", "Pluggers have [[{{Asexuality}} no sex drive]]", "Pluggers drive [[TheAllegedCar rattling junkheaps]]", "Pluggers have terrible diets", "Pluggers require constant medication to stay alive", "[[RuleOfThree Pluggers are fat]]", "Pluggers are [[TheScrooge cheapskates]]", "Pluggers have to [[ToiletHumour use the bathroom constantly]]", "Pluggers are old and out of touch", "Pluggers are always broke", and "[[OverlyLongGag Pluggers are fat]]".

The strip can be read [[http://www.gocomics.com/pluggers/ here]].

A single-panel NewspaperComic begun in 1993 by cartoonist Jeff [=MacNelly=], best known for his long-running comic strip ''{{Shoe}}''.

In '''''Pluggers''''', a cast of FunnyAnimal characters illustrate reader-submitted one-liners about "Pluggers": working-class, largely rural people who "unceremoniously keep plugging along, balancing work, play and family life." An example might be "You're a Plugger when the most expensive piece of clothing you own is an NFL jersey."

!Tropes present:

* NostalgiaFilter: Distaste for any entertainment made since you turned 35 seems to be a requirement for Pluggerhood.

* SmallTaxonomyPools with a touch of LazyArtist: A perusal of [[http://web.archive.org/web/19970208084719/http://www.pluggers.com/archive.html the older strips]] will show that when MacNeilly was drawing the strip, there was ''much'' more species variety; elephants, bison, walruses, alligators, hyenas...but under Brookins' pen, outside of the core five it's pretty much just dogs and bears, with a smattering of cats, pigs and birds.

A single-panel NewspaperComic begun in 1993 by cartoonist Jeff [=MacNelly=], best known for his long-running comic strip ''{{Shoe}}''. In '''''Pluggers''''', a cast of FunnyAnimal characters illustrate reader-submitted one-liners about "Pluggers": working-class, largely rural people who "unceremoniously keep plugging along, balancing work, play and family life." An example might be "You're a Plugger when the most expensive piece of clothing you own is an NFL jersey."

A single-panel NewspaperComic begun in 1993 by cartoonist Jeff [=MacNelly=], best known for his long-running comic strip ''{{Shoe}}''. In ''Pluggers'', a cast of FunnyAnimal characters illustrate reader-submitted one-liners about "Pluggers": working-class, largely rural people who "unceremoniously keep plugging along, balancing work, play and family life." An example might be "You're a Plugger when the most expensive piece of clothing you own is an NFL jersey."

A single-panel NewspaperComic begun in 1993 by cartoonist Jeff [=MacNelly=], best known for his long-running comic strip ''{{Shoe}}''. In ''Pluggers'', a cast of animal characters illustrate reader-submitted one-liners about "Pluggers": working-class, largely rural people who "unceremoniously keep plugging along, balancing work, play and family life." An example might be "You're a Plugger when the most expensive piece of clothing you own is an NFL jersey."

** For reference, common recurring themes in the comics are "Pluggers are [[FatSlob fat]]", "Pluggers are [[WorkingClassPeopleAreMorons dumb]]", "Pluggers are afraid of [[NewTechnologyIsEvil modern technology]]", "Pluggers are couch potatoes", "Pluggers are [[ThePigPen slobs]]", "Pluggers have [[{{Asexuality}} no sex drive]]", "[[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Pluggers are fat]]", "Pluggers drive [[TheAllegedCar rattling junkheaps]]", "Pluggers have terrible diets", "Pluggers require constant medication to stay alive", "Pluggers are [[TheScrooge cheapskates]]", "Pluggers have to [[ToiletHumour use the bathroom constantly]]", "[[RuleOfThree Pluggers are fat]]", "Pluggers are old and out of touch", "Pluggers are always broke", and "[[OverlyLongGag Pluggers are fat]]".

** For reference, common recurring themes in the comics are "Pluggers are [[FatSlob fat]]", "Pluggers are [[WorkingClassPeopleAreMorons dumb]]", "Pluggers are afraid of [[NewTechnologyIsEvil modern technology]]", "Pluggers are couch potatoes", "Pluggers are [[ThePigPen slobs]]", "Pluggers have [[{{Asexuality}} no sex drive]]", "[[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Pluggers are fat]]", "Pluggers drive [[TheAllegedCar rattling junkheaps]]", "Pluggers have terrible diets", "Pluggers require constant medication to stay alive", "Pluggers are [[TheScrooge cheapskates]]", "Pluggers have to [[ToiletHumour use the bathroom constantly]]", "[[RuleOfThree Pluggers are fat]]", "Pluggers are old and out of touch", and "[[OverlyLongGag Pluggers are fat]]".

** For reference, common recurring themes in the comics are "Pluggers are [[FatSlob fat]]", "Pluggers are [[WorkingClassPeopleAreMorons dumb]]", "Pluggers are afraid of [[NewTechnologyIsEvil modern technology]]", "Pluggers are couch potatoes", "Pluggers are [[ThePigPen slobs]]", "Pluggers have [[{{Asexuality}} no sex drive]]", "[[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Pluggers are fat]]", "Pluggers drive [[TheAllegedCar rattling junkheaps]]", "Pluggers have terrible diets", "Pluggers require constant medication to stay alive", "Pluggers are cheapskates", "Pluggers have to use the bathroom constantly", "[[RuleOfThree Pluggers are fat]]", "Pluggers are old and out of touch", and "[[OverlyLongGag Pluggers are fat]]".

** For reference, common recurring themes in the comics are "Pluggers are [[FatSlob fat]]", "Pluggers are [[WorkingClassPeopleAreMorons dumb]]", "Pluggers are afraid of [[NewTechnologyIsEvil modern technology]]", "Pluggers are couch potatoes", "Pluggers are [[ThePigPen slobs]]", "Pluggers have [[{{Asexuality}} no sex drive]]", "[[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Pluggers are fat]]", "Pluggers drive [[TheAllegedCar rattling junkheaps]]", "Pluggers have terrible diets", "Pluggers require constant medication to stay alive", "Pluggers are cheapskates", "Pluggers have to use the bathroom constantly", "[[RuleOfThree Pluggers are fat]]", "Pluggers are old", and "[[OverlyLongGag Pluggers are fat]]".

** For reference, common recurring themes in the comics are "Pluggers are [[FatSlob fat]]", "Pluggers are [[WorkingClassPeopleAreMorons dumb]]", "Pluggers are afraid of [[NewTechnologyIsEvil modern technology]]", "Pluggers are couch potatoes", "Pluggers are [[ThePigPen slobs]]", "Pluggers have [[{{Asexuality}} no sex drive]]", "[[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Pluggers are fat]]", "Pluggers drive [[TheAllegedCar rattling junkheaps]]", "Pluggers have terrible diets", "Pluggers require constant medication to stay alive", "Pluggers are cheapskates", "Pluggers have to use the bathroom constantly", "[[RuleOfThree Pluggers are fat]]", "Pluggers are old", and "[[OverlyLongGag Pluggers are fat]]]".

** For reference, common recurring themes in the comics are "Pluggers are [[FatSlob fat]]", "Pluggers are [[WorkingClassPeopleAreMorons dumb]]", "Pluggers are afraid of [[NewTechnologyIsEvil modern technology]]", "Pluggers are couch potatoes", "Pluggers are [[ThePigPen slobs]]", "Pluggers have [[{{Asexuality}} no sex drive]]", "[[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Pluggers are fat]]", "Pluggers drive [[TheAllegedCar rattling junkheaps]]", "Pluggers have terrible diets", "Pluggers require constant medication to stay alive", "Pluggers are cheapskates", "Pluggers have to use the bathroom constantly", and "[[RuleOfThree Pluggers are fat]]."

* ThisLoserIsYou: A strange case, as the traits depicted are supplied by readers of the comic. Possibly an instance of SelfDeprecation.

** For reference, common recurring themes in the comics are "Pluggers are [[FatSlob fat]]", "Pluggers are [[WorkingClassPeopleAreMorons dumb]]", "Pluggers are afraid of [[NewTechnologyIsEvil modern technology]]", "Pluggers are couch potatoes", "Pluggers are [[ThePigPen slobs]]", "Pluggers have [[{{Asexuality no sex drive]]", "[[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Pluggers are fat]]", "Pluggers drive [[TheAllegedCar rattling junkheaps]]", "Pluggers have terrible diets", "Pluggers require constant medication to stay alive", "Pluggers are cheapskates", "Pluggers have to use the bathroom constantly", and "[[RuleOfThree Pluggers are fat]]."

** For reference, common recurring themes in the comics are "Pluggers are [[FatSlob fat]]", "Pluggers are [[WorkingClassPeopleAreMorons dumb]]", "Pluggers are afraid of [[NewTechnologyIsEvil modern technology]]", "Pluggers are couch potatoes", "Pluggers are [[ThePigPen slobs]]", "Pluggers have no sex drive", "[[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Pluggers are fat]]", "Pluggers drive rattling junkheaps", "Pluggers have terrible diets", "Pluggers require constant medication to stay alive", "Pluggers are cheapskates", "Pluggers have to use the bathroom constantly", and "[[RuleOfThree Pluggers are fat]]."

** For reference, common recurring themes in the comics are "Pluggers are [[FatSlob fat]]", "Pluggers are [[WorkingClassPeopleAreMorons dumb]]", "Pluggers are afraid of modern technology", "Pluggers are couch potatoes", "Pluggers are slobs", "Pluggers have no sex drive", "[[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Pluggers are fat]]", "Pluggers drive rattling junkheaps", "Pluggers have terrible diets", "Pluggers require constant medication to stay alive", "Pluggers are cheapskates", "Pluggers have to use the bathroom constantly", and "[[RuleOfThree Pluggers are fat]]."

** For reference, common recurring themes in the comics are "Pluggers are fat," "Pluggers are afraid of modern technology," "Pluggers are couch potatoes," "Pluggers are slobs," "Pluggers have no sex drive," "[[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Pluggers are fat]]," "Pluggers drive rattling junkheaps," "Pluggers have terrible diets," "Pluggers require constant medication to stay alive," "Pluggers are cheapskates" "Pluggers have to use the bathroom constantly" and "[[RuleOfThree Pluggers are fat]]."

** An alternative interpretation is that Pluggers are sincerely meant to be WorkingClassHero types, but end up being ''seen'' as losers by more "sophisticated" and/or snobbish readers.

** An alternative interpretation is that Pluggers are sincerely meant to be WorkingClassHero types, but end up being (unintentionally) read as losers by more "sophisticated" and/or snobbish readers.

** An alternative interpretation is that Pluggers are sincerely meant to be WorkingClassHero types, but end up being (unintentionally) read as losers to more "sophisticated" and/or snobbish readers.

** An alternative interpretation is that Pluggers are sincerely meant to be WorkingClassHero types, but (unintentionally) read as losers to more "sophisticated" and/or snobbish readers.

** An alternative interpretation is that Pluggers are sincerely meant to be WorkingClassHero types, but (unintentionally) read as losers to more "sophisticated" readers.

* ThisLoserIsYou: A strange case, as the traits depicted are supplied by readers of the comic. It may be thought of, perhaps, as SelfDeprecation.