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One of the most well-known NewspaperComics of all time, Dick Tracy, created by Chester Gould, is about the cases of a tough as nails police detective. Inspired as a TakeThat towards organized crime in the 1930s (indeed, the strip's first major villain, [[BigBad Big Boy Caprice]], was an Expy of Al Capone) the series followed Detective Dick Tracy as he fights crime, as a modern day SherlockHolmes but with a lot of emphasis on forensic methods/police procedures and the occassional space-age gadget (most notably the character's famous two-way wrist communicators).
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One of the most well-known NewspaperComics of all time, Dick Tracy, created by Chester Gould, is about the cases of a tough as nails police detective. Inspired as a TakeThat towards organized crime in the 1930s (indeed, the strip's first major villain, [[BigBad Big Boy Caprice]], was an Expy {{Expy}} of Al Capone) the series followed Detective Dick Tracy as he fights crime, as a modern day SherlockHolmes but with a lot of emphasis on forensic methods/police procedures and the occassional space-age gadget (most notably the character's famous two-way wrist communicators).
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Now, as of 2011, the strip looks to be able to improve with the new team of Mike Curtis of ''ShandaThePanda'' fame writing and DC/Marvel mainstay Joe Staton drawing.
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* BookSafe: Flattop is hiding out in a boarding house and decides keeping his loot on his person is too risky. So, when he sees an old thick photo album under a table that looks rarely used, he decides to cut out the inner pages and hide his money in it. As it happens, the kid blackmailing Flattop has drowned while ice skating on expensive skates bought with the shakedown money. Those skates led Tracy to the boarding house where he requests the boy's mother to get a photo for the newspaper and so they go to the photo album and the money is discovered. When Tracy asks where this money came from, the mother guesses it must be from her boarder and Tracy proceeds to Flattop's room while the crook is frantically trying to escape.
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* TomeIsWhereTheHeatIs - Flattop is hiding out in a boarding house and decides keeping his loot on his person is too risky. So, when he sees an old thick photo album under a table that looks rarely used, he decides to cut out the inner pages and hide his money in it. As it happens, the kid blackmailing Flattop has drowned while ice skating on expensive skates bought with the shakedown money. Those skates led Tracy to the boarding house where he requests the boy's mother to get a photo for the newspaper and so they go to the photo album and the money is discovered. When Tracy asks where this money came from, the mother guesses it must be from her boarder and Tracy proceeds to Flattop's room while the crook is frantically trying to escape.
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* VideoPhone - Dick's "2-Way Wrist TV" that carries this function and is used to communicate with police headquarters.
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* BerserkButton - Junior, of all people, experienced this once. Right after his first wife is murdered (by a bomb meant for Tracy himself), the first thing he does when he finds out who was responsible is [[TookALevelInBadass take Tracy's spare gun, drive himself to their hideout and prepare to avenge his wife]]. [[spoiler: Only to chicken out at the last minute, requiring Tracy to come to the rescue.]]
** Although Flattop's family is split. His kids and grandchild are the ones that go to crime, while his brothers and (unnamed) sister are civilians (Blowtop had to reform, though).
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** Toss in Flattop; originally a one-shot character, he proved to be so popular that not only did Gould keep bringing him back, but once he killed him off, introduced his family to continue his legacy.
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** Toss in Flattop; originally a one-shot character, he proved to be so popular that not only did Gould keep bringing him back, but once he killed him off, introduced his family to continue his legacy.legacy.
** And Mumbles. Popular enough to [[NotQuiteDead be brought back from the dead TWICE]].
** And Mumbles. Popular enough to [[NotQuiteDead be brought back from the dead TWICE]].
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* FamilyUnfriendlyViolence - People regularly die in perverse (and graphic) ways, such as getting run over by a steamroller, or having [[EyeScream their eyes gouged out]]. And this is all printed on the comics page.
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* FamilyUnfriendlyViolence FamilyUnfriendlyDeath - People regularly die in perverse (and graphic) ways, such as getting run over by a steamroller, or having [[EyeScream their eyes gouged out]]. And this is all printed on the comics page.
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** Gould himself said that the worst death of all went to The Brow, who [[{{Squick}} got impaled on a flagpole]] so hard that he went [[NightmareFuel ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE GROUND]].
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* LegacyCharacter - Flattop. Not only do we have his father (Poptop), his siblings (Sharptop, Blowtop and an unnamed sister) and his KIDS (Flattop Jr. and Angeltop) but now we have his freaking GRANDSON (Hi-Top).
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** So much that, before first laying eyes on her [[CompleteMonster The Brow]] was completely smitten with her (he had been blinded).
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* ButterFace - A number of recurring female characters.
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* PragmaticAdaptation: The handling of the non-gangster villains in media adaptations. In the case of Nazi spy Pruneface, he was turned into a simple mob boss. The Blank, in the Dick Tracy movie, didn't fair as well: the Blank became a disguise for Breathless Mahoney, who wore a man's suit, a flesh colored stocking over her head, and talked like a guy, and basically started killing off Dick Tracy's various enemies to take over the criminal underworld (so that Dick could have time to marry Breathless, if he had no bad guys to arrest).
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** Similarly the Blank's murder spree; all because he was driven to madness over being rejected by his former friends due to his disfigurement.
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** Of course, other accounts state that Beatty wanted to wear the makeup, but the studio wouldn't let him cover up his famous mug.
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** Note that Locher's art has only gone in this direction in recent years. Locher has been doing the art on the strip since the early 80's, including a good chunk of the time Collins was writing it.
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** Note that Locher's art has only gone in this direction in recent years. Locher has been doing the art on the strip since the early 80's, including a good chunk of the time Collins was writing it.
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** Note that Locher's art has only gone in this direction in recent years. Locher has been doing the art on the strip since the early 80's, including a good chunk of the time Collins was writing it.
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* TrainEscape - Shakey does it to lose the pursuing Tracy in his climatic attempt to escape.
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** Since 2006, IDW has been publishing the "Complete Chester Gould's Dick Tracy". Ten volumes (covering the start of the strip in 1931 to March 1947) have been released, with Volume 11 (which will print up to September 1948) is scheduled to come out early 2011.
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* [[MixedMarriage Mixed Couple]] - Dick's daughter Bonnie is dating Detective Joe Sampson, who is Native American. Dick's younger son Joe is named after him, incidentally.
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* [[MixedMarriage Mixed Couple]] - Dick's daughter Bonnie Bonnie's boyfriend is dating Detective Joe Sampson, who is Native American.American (Yakima, specifically). Dick's younger son Joe is named after him, incidentally.
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One of the most well-known NewspaperComics of all time, Dick Tracy, created by Chester Gould, is about the cases of a tough as nails police detective. Inspired as a TakeThat towards organized crime in the 1930s (indeed, the strip's first major villain, [[BigBad Big Boy Caprice]], was an Expy of Al Capone) the series followed Detective Dick Tracy as he fights crime, as a modern day SherlockHolmes but with a lot of emphasis on forensic methods/police procedures and the occassional space-age gadget (most notably the character's famous two-way wrist communicators).
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* CloningBlues - After faking his death (for the second time!), Mumbles returns years later with a shady biologist in tow, claiming to be a clone of the original Mumbles. It's all an elaborate scheme to swindle research money from Diet Smith. Tracy exposes it and Mumbles goes to jail, naturally.
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* [[MixedMarriage Mixed Couple]] - Dick's daughter Bonnie is dating Detective Joe Sampson, who is Native American. Bonnie works as a teacher on the Yakima reservation in Washington state.
** And Junior married a space alien, but well, [[DisContinuity we don't talk about that.]] Alas, [[DroppedABridgeOnHim poor Moon Maid...]]
** And Junior married a space alien, but well, [[DisContinuity we don't talk about that.]] Alas, [[DroppedABridgeOnHim poor Moon Maid...]]
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* [[MixedMarriage Mixed Couple]] - Dick's daughter Bonnie is dating Detective Joe Sampson, who is Native American. Bonnie works as a teacher on the Yakima reservation in Washington state.\n Dick's younger son Joe is named after him, incidentally.
**And And Junior married a space alien, but well, [[DisContinuity we don't talk about that.]] Alas, [[DroppedABridgeOnHim poor Moon Maid...]]
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** And Junior married a space alien, but well, [[DisContinuity we don't talk about that.]] (Alas, [[DroppedABridgeOnHim poor Moon Maid.)]]
** And Junior married a space alien, but well, [[DisContinuity we don't talk about that.]] (Alas, [[DroppedABridgeOnHim poor Moon Maid.)]]
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* [[MixedMarriage Mixed Couple]] - Dick's daughter Bonnie is dating Detective Joe Sampson, who is Native American. Bonnie works as a teacher on the Yakima reservation in Washington state.
**And And Junior married a space alien, but well, [[DisContinuity we don't talk about that.]] (Alas, Alas, [[DroppedABridgeOnHim poor Moon Maid.)]]Maid...]]
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* [[MixedMarriage Mixed Couple]] - Dick's daughter Bonnie is dating Detective Joe Sampson, who is Native American. Bonnie works as a teacher on the Yakima reservation in Washington state.
** Also of course, Junior married a space alien, but well, [[DisContinuity we don't talk about that.]] (Alas, [[DroppedABridgeOnHim poor Moon Maid.)]]
** Also of course, Junior married a space alien, but well, [[DisContinuity we don't talk about that.]] (Alas, [[DroppedABridgeOnHim poor Moon Maid.)]]
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* [[MixedMarriage Mixed Couple]] - Dick's daughter Bonnie is dating Detective Joe Sampson, who is Native American. Bonnie works as a teacher on the Yakima reservation in Washington state.
**Also of course, And Junior married a space alien, but well, [[DisContinuity we don't talk about that.]] (Alas, [[DroppedABridgeOnHim poor Moon Maid.)]]
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* [[MixedMarriage Mixed Couple]] - Dick & Tess's daughter Bonnie is dating Detective Joe Sampson, who is Native American. Bonnie works as a teacher on the Yakima reservation in Washington state.
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* [[MixedMarriage Mixed Couple]] - Dick & Tess's Dick's daughter Bonnie is dating Detective Joe Sampson, who is Native American. American. Bonnie works as a teacher on the Yakima reservation in Washington state.
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* [[MixedMarriage Mixed Couple]] - Dick & Tess's daughter Bonnie is dating Detective Joe Sampson, a full-blooded Yakima Indian. Bonnie works as a teacher on the Yakima reservation in Washington state.
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* [[MixedMarriage Mixed Couple]] - Dick & Tess's daughter Bonnie is dating Detective Joe Sampson, a full-blooded Yakima Indian. who is Native American. Bonnie works as a teacher on the Yakima reservation in Washington state.
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** Also of course, Junior married a space alien, but um, [[DisContinuity we don't talk about that.]] (Alas, [[DroppedABridgeOnHim poor Moon Maid.)]]
** Also of course, Junior married a space alien, but um, [[DisContinuity we don't talk about that.]] (Alas, [[DroppedABridgeOnHim poor Moon Maid.)]]
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* [[MixedMarriage Mixed Couple]] - Dick & Tess's daughter Bonnie is dating Detective Joe Sampson, a full-blooded Yakima Indian. Bonnie works as a teacher on the Yakima reservation in Washington state.
** Also of course, Junior married a space alien, butum, well, [[DisContinuity we don't talk about that.]] (Alas, [[DroppedABridgeOnHim poor Moon Maid.)]]
** Also of course, Junior married a space alien, but
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** Also of course, Junior married a space alien, but um, [[DisContinuity we don't talk about that.]] Alas, [[DroppedABridgeOnHim poor Moon Maid.]]
** Also of course, Junior married a space alien, but um, [[DisContinuity we don't talk about that.]] Alas, [[DroppedABridgeOnHim poor Moon Maid.]]
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* [[MixedMarriage Mixed Couple]] - Dick & Tess's daughter Bonnie's boyfriend Bonnie is dating Detective Joe Sampson, a full-blooded Yakima Indian. Indian. Bonnie works as a teacher on the Yakima reservation in Washington state.
** Also of course, Junior married a space alien, but um, [[DisContinuity we don't talk about that.]]Alas, (Alas, [[DroppedABridgeOnHim poor Moon Maid.]])]]
** Also of course, Junior married a space alien, but um, [[DisContinuity we don't talk about that.]]
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** Also of course, Junior married a space alien, but um, [[DisContinuity we don't talk about that.]] (Alas, [[DroppedABridgeOnHim poor Moon Maid).]]
** Also of course, Junior married a space alien, but um, [[DisContinuity we don't talk about that.]] (Alas, [[DroppedABridgeOnHim poor Moon Maid).]]
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* [[MixedMarriage Mixed Couple]] - Dick & Tess's daughter Bonnie's boyfriend is Detective Joe Sampson, a full-blooded Yakima Indian. Bonnie works as a teacher on the Yakima reservation in Washington state.
** Also of course, Junior married a space alien, but um, [[DisContinuity we don't talk about that.]](Alas, Alas, [[DroppedABridgeOnHim poor Moon Maid).Maid.]]
** Also of course, Junior married a space alien, but um, [[DisContinuity we don't talk about that.]]
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* [[MixedMarriage Mixed Couple]] - Dick & Tess's daughter Bonnie's boyfriend is Detective Joe Sampson, a full-blooded Yakima Indian. Bonnie works as a teacher on the Yakima reservation in Washington state.
** Also of course, Junior married a space alien, but um, [[DisContinuity we don't talk about that.]] (Alas, [[DroppedABridgeOnHim poor Moon Maid).]]
** Also of course, Junior married a space alien, but um, [[DisContinuity we don't talk about that.]] (Alas, [[DroppedABridgeOnHim poor Moon Maid).]]
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** The Brow had a ColdBloodedTorture device consisting of a small mechanical iron maiden that closed around the victim's leg. [[spoiler:Eventually the villain gets caught in it ''by the head''.]]
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* TomeIsWhereTheHeatIs - Flattop is hiding out in a boarding house and decides keeping his loot on his person is too risky. So, when he sees an old thick photo album under a table that looks rarely used, he decides to cut out the inner pages and hide his money in it. As it happens, the kid blackmailing Flattop has drowned while ice skating on expensive skates bought with the shakedown money. Those skates led Tracy to the boarding house where he requests the boy's mother to get a photo for the newspaper and so they go to the photo album and the money is discovered. When Tracy asks where this money came from, the mother guesses it must be from her boarder and Tracy proceeds to Flattop's room while the crook is frantically trying to escape.
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* PornStache - Tracy sported one of these for a while in the '70's. Eventually, his coworkers physically hold him down and shave the ridiculous thing off. His response afterward is, "Thanks."
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* PornStache - Tracy sported one of these for a while in the '70's.'70s. Eventually, his coworkers physically hold him down and shave the ridiculous thing off. His response afterward is, "Thanks."
