History Literature / TheHardyBoys

** [[TheLeader The Leaders]] / [[TheHero The Heroes]]: Frank and Joe Hardy

** Though Frank and Joe are naturally the usual focus of the narrative, being the main characters and all, but we're occasionally treated to the thoughts of other characters as well. In the originals, said other characters were usually the boys' family (Fenton, Laura, Gertrude) or "chums" (Chet and others). However, in the ''Casefiles'' (especially the early ''Casefiles'', where the POV switch happens much more often), we get the POV of all these people and more, including Callie Shaw (pretty frequently), a few of the one-shot characters from the novel, and even the bad guys.

** The originals and ''Casefiles'' are told in third-person, with the narrative mostly describing the events, actions, and thoughts/feelings of Frank and Joe, but occasionally showing those of other characters as well (especially in the early ''Casefiles'' novels)
** The ''Undercover Brothers'' and ''Adventures'' are told in first person, exclusively from the Hardy Boys' point of view, with Frank and Joe alternating first-person chapter.

* TapOnTheHead: Frank & Joe have both been knocked out by getting hit in the head so often that, in real life, the two should be vegetables in permanent coma in the hospital.

** TheChick: Callie Shaw, and Iola Morton (Digests) / Vanessa Bender(latter half of the Casefiles)

** TheChick: Callie, and Iola (Digests) / Vanessa (latter half of the Casefiles)

* PutOnABus: The majority of the Hardy's circle of friends have slowly faded away as time has gone by. Chet is still a regular, Biff Hooper and Tony Prito make rare appearances, but Phil Cohen and Jerry Gilroy seem to have completely disappeared.

* GirlOfTheWeek: Happens pretty often in the ''Casefiles'' series, although they usually tended to go for Joe; the ones who would have eyes for Frank would have to be let down gently in the end because he's with Callie, of course.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: Brothers though they may be, Frank and Joe also have this relationship in ALL of their different incarnations. Though their personalities change in the various series, one thing that is constant throughout is that they're a team and are inseparable, doing just about everything together and basically able to read each other's minds. They have their friends in all the different series, and they have their girlfriends/love interests, but each of them is always the other's number-one priority.

Definitely ''not'' to be confused with [[MattHardy the]] [[JeffHardy wrestlers]] of the same name.

* WorkingTheSameCase

Originally created by the StratemeyerSyndicate, a prolific group of ghostwriters under the direction of Edward Stratemeyer (and his daughters, who took over when Edward died in 1930) that put out many successful children's books. Canadian writer Leslie [=McFarlane=] was the original writer of the first 16 books, writing them only to pay his bills and feed his family (getting ~$100 US for each book, with no royalties, which wasn't all that bad at the time; a large number of the original Stratemeyer ghostwriters were journalists, and using journalist salaries as comparison, $100 per book was roughly six weeks' salary for four weeks' worth), and dreaded having to write the books (referring to the books in his diary as "the damn juveniles"), and by the mid-30s other writers began to write the books as well (such as John Button, whose books are infamous for their use of sci-fi elements, inconsistencies, and strange plots), leaving [=McFarlane=] free to forget about the books and write his own stories.

Originally created by the StratemeyerSyndicate, a prolific group of ghostwriters under the direction of Edward Stratemeyer (and his daughters, who took over when Edward died in 1930) that put out many successful children's books. Canadian writer Leslie [=McFarlane=] was the original writer of the first 16 books, writing them only to pay his bills and feed his family (getting ~$100 US for each book, with no royalties), and dreaded having to write the books (referring to the books in his diary as "the damn juveniles"), and by the mid-30s other writers began to write the books as well (such as John Button, whose books are infamous for their use of sci-fi elements, inconsistencies, and strange plots), leaving [=McFarlane=] free to forget about the books and write his own stories.

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* CrossOver: With Literature/NancyDrew in the "Super Mystery" series and TomSwift in the "Ultra Thriller" books.

* ShipTease: The ''Supermysteries'' really loved to tease a possible Frank/Nancy Drew pairing; Bess/Joe ventured here every now and again as well.

* ScoobyDooHoax: prominent in the original Hardcover series, where the titles give it away (''The Phantom Freighter'', ''The Ghost of Skeleton Rock''), although some are more subtle about it (for example, ''Secret Warning'' deals with both the ghost of a pirate ''and'' an ancient curse revolving around a golden Pharaoh's head). Even the ''Casefiles'' managed to squeeze in a seemingly supernatural plot at least once (''Cliff-hanger'' sees a mountaineering expedition on Yeti's Tower being threatened by the creature from which the mountain got its name).

A LongRunningBookSeries, beginning in 1927, for kids and teens created by the legendary StratemeyerSyndicate under the [[PenName pseudonym]] Franklin W. Dixon. They follow the adventures of Frank and Joe Hardy, a [[SiblingTeam pair of brother detectives]]. Frank is the logical, calm one, and Joe is the more impulsive, instinctual one. The series (alongside their DistaffCounterpart and frequent Crossover partner NancyDrew) invented or popularized most of the KidDetective tropes.

* TheHardyBoysNancyDrewMysteries on Creator/{{ABC}} in TheSeventies, which they shared with NancyDrew, starring Shaun Cassidy & Parker Stevenson. Arguably the most famous of the TV incarnations.

They seem a bit prone to a CrossOver with NancyDrew.

* AerithAndBob: Much like NancyDrew, there have been a few names that have fallen out of favor since 1927, and now come across like this. Just look at their close circle: Frank, Joe, Tony, Phil, Jerry, and Callie are quite common, Chet and Biff are marginal (and nicknames for Chester and Allan, anyway), but Iola just completely sticks out. Considering she was replaced with a girl named "Vanessa" in the ''Casefiles,'' it's possible the publishers thought so, too.

** In the Hardy Boys, it's slightly justified. Bayport was a port city (duh), so some smuggling was expected. It makes less sense in NancyDrew's hometown River Heights (although both were suburbs of cities which were known for mafia activity, New York and Chicago.)

* CrossOver: With NancyDrew in the "Super Mystery" series and TomSwift in the "Ultra Thriller" books.

** Both the ''Casefiles'' and ''Undercover Brothers'' spin-off had their own spin-off, a Crossover series with NancyDrew. Interestingly, they were both titled ''Nancy Drew-Hardy Boys Supermysteries.'' (Fans tag them '88 and '07 for the sake of avoiding confusion.) Both shared a lot of similar traits, including hinting at Nancy/Frank and Bess/Joe relationships.

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* DarkerAndEdgier: The newer Hardy Boy ''Casefiles'' series. Iola Morton, Joe's long-running girlfriend in the original series, is blown up by terrorists shortly before the opening scene of ''the first book''.