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Pogo (Comic Strip)
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- 75 referencing feature instances
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A long-running (1948–75, plus a 1989–93 revival) daily Newspaper Comic that starred Pogo Possum, Albert Alligator, Churchy La Femme, Howland Owl, Porky Pine, Beauregard Bugleboy, Miz Mam'selle Hepzibah, Miz Beaver, and sundry other talking animals residing in Georgia's Okeefenokee Swamp.Early versions of Pogo and Albert (alongside a quickly-phased-out human protagonist named Bumbazine) were regulars in Dell's Animal Comics starting with its first published issue in 1942, but within a few years the characters had moved to the newspapers, and Pogo soon established itself as one of the all-time comic strip classics. Creator Walt Kelly (1913–1973), a former Disney animator, filled his strip with dozens — actually, hundreds — of characters, all of them with distinct personalities, motivations and goals that would frequently collide. Kelly's ear for dialect and language, in addition to his skill with nonsense poetry, has been compared to that of Mark Twain and Ogden Nash.While superficially a silly comic strip about funny animals, it was also a satire — subtle and, well, not — about modern times, and frequently delved into politics — so much so that Pogo often found itself the target of criticism and censorship. In such cases, Kelly often responded in kind; for instance, by placing a paper bag over the head of a controversial character (based on Senator Joseph McCarthy) when a newspaper said that they would drop the strip if his face ever appeared again. Later, he would create "fluffy bunny" versions of his daily strips, featuring rabbit characters engaged in harmless gags, whose real purpose was to inform readers that their local newspaper was censoring its comics page.Charming, clever, occasionally subversive, and surprisingly warm-hearted even at its most vicious, Pogo was The Office of its day... if The Office had a much larger cast, the writers of The Colbert Report, the trenchant wit of H. L. Mencken, and the idealism of Jon Stewart. Its influence on modern cartooning cannot be overestimated. Bill Watterson (Calvin and Hobbes), Berkeley Breathed (Bloom County), Jeff Smith (Bone), Garry Trudeau (Doonesbury), Frank Cho (Liberty Meadows), Dana Simpson (Ozy and Millie), and Bill Holbrook (Kevin & Kell) have all cited it as inspiration, as did the late Jim Henson (The Muppet Show). | |
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No Celebrities Were Harmed | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_1282bf4f | comment |
No Celebrities Were Harmed: Simple J. Malarkey was Senator Joseph McCarthy as a bobcat. In this case, though, the intent was pretty obviously not "not harming" the celebrity in question; the Jack Acid Society storyline was one of the most savage indictments of a politician in comics since Thomas Nast took on Tammany Hall. | |
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Cannot Tell a Joke | |
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Cannot Tell a Joke: Porky Pine has no sense of humor, so when someone tells him a joke, he never gets why it was funny. He then tries to retell it as best he can remember it... | |
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| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_185ea595 | type |
The Trickster | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_185ea595 | comment |
The Trickster: Seminole Sam, the slick-talking fox, was always out to separate the Okeefenokee folks from their money. (They have money?) Over the decades he tried just about every scam imaginable - dirt in a box ("you can't wash clothes unless you have dirt!"), magic elixir ("Made of pure H20!"), admission to invisible or impossible things ("The U.S. Constitution engraved on the point of a pin!"), and more. At one point he swapped Albert, who'd fallen asleep, to some passing church-mice for their boat, claiming Albert was a "tumbled-down church." Sometimes he got his comeuppance, sometimes he didn't, and sometimes he and the rest of the characters got sidetracked by a fresh face, the resurfacing of an old plot, or the World Series. | |
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The Heart | |
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The Heart: Pogo, as you might guess from the fact that the strip is named after him. He is a kind, uncomplicated character, less foolish and not as easily distracted as his neighbors. Generally. | |
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Poor Communication Kills | |
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Poor Communication Kills: One of the most prominent recurring themes in the comic. Nobody ever seems to quite understand what anyone else is talking about — the villains of the comic often try (and sometimes succeed) to use all the misunderstandings to their advantage. | |
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The Man in the Mirror Talks Back | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_1d434991 | comment |
The Man in the Mirror Talks Back: Subverted. It looks like Porkypine's reflection is talking back to him, but it's actually a bug hiding behind his mirror playing a prank on him. | |
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Talking Animal | |
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Talking Animal: The ones that aren't Funny Animals. | |
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Obstructive Bureaucrat | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_1f799027 | comment |
Although the 'bunny strips' increased his already-formidable daily workload, he was willing to pay that price to express himself. The First Amendment prevented him from getting sued, but he had a lot of very nervous newspaper editors to pacify. | |
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Deep South | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_21718ffc | comment |
Deep South / Sweet Home Alabama: A bit of a see-saw. The cast is poverty-stricken and ignorant; on the other hand they're also kind-hearted, generous and hospitable. (Albert's even generous with other peoples' stuff and hospitable with other peoples' houses.) | |
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Only Sane Man | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_24321e44 | comment |
Only Sane Man: Pogo and Porky Pine were frequently the only two sane characters in an environment where, e.g., a rabbit can be celebrating all known holidays at the start of the year to save time, an owl and a turtle might develop advertising slogans for dirt ("D as in dirt! I as in dirt! R as in dirt! T as in orange pekoe!") while, at the same time, an alligator is plotting to make his fortune and retire to the Sunny Bermoothies ("Land of the onion and the eel!") by ordering a million boxes of dirt with a penny-a-box discount, and then return the boxes. Sanity is very definitely an optional extra in the swamp. | |
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Alliterative Title | |
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Alliterative Title: Several of the book collections: Potluck Pogo, Positively Pogo, Pluperfect Pogo, etc. | |
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Carnivore Confusion | |
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Carnivore Confusion: The animals swing between having a fairly relaxed attitude towards carnivorism and treating it as cannibalism. In the comic's earlier days, Albert would sometimes swallow other animals by mistake (they were usually saved at the end) or be accused of eating whoever was missing at the time. The villains of the strip were more obviously carnivorous. | |
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Adapted Out | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_33d5b7f2 | comment |
Adapted Out: Beauregard Bugleboy is notably absent from the 1980 animated film I Go Pogo. | |
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Never Heard That One Before | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_3684532f | comment |
Never Heard That One Before: A few strips had a ladybug who was tired of always being told to "fly away home." | |
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The Magic Poker Equation | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_4159744 | comment |
The Magic Poker Equation: Parodied with the three bats. Six aces tended to be a losing hand. | |
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| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_4192763e | type |
Malaproper | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_4192763e | comment |
These included malaprops, spoonerisms, and good ol'-fashioned American gibberish. Examples include rhiknockwurst (a large gray African herbivore), Walla Wallanote Though this is the name of a real town in the state of Washington, not something Kelly made up (a place-holder for the surprisingly-frequent occasions on which the characters forget the words to the song they're rehearsing), rackety coon (local swamp residents who have black masks and banded tails) and rowrbazzle (an exclamation of disbelief and/or disdain.) | |
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| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_4781adbb | type |
Jerk with a Heart of Gold | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_4781adbb | comment |
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Played With in the case of Porky Pine. He is capable of acts of kindness, but he does so in a pretty taciturn manner. Albert can get really jerkish and is really soft-hearted. | |
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Characterization Marches On | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_479f9ad0 | comment |
Characterization Marches On: In the early days, before the strip was nationally syndicated, Pogo was the stupidest cast member and was easily taken advantage of by the other characters. He was also a lot more jerkish and could get directly mean sometimes. | |
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Funetik Aksent | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_48d9e12d | comment |
There are even characters whose names are Funetik Aksent examples – Churchy La Femme being the foremost. | |
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Scenery Porn | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_49d59be9 | comment |
Scenery Porn: The comic had some beautiful backgrounds at times, particularly in the Sunday strips. | |
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| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_4e4ea654 | type |
Workaholic | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_4e4ea654 | comment |
Workaholic: Walt Kelly basically worked himself to death trying to keep up with all his self-selected projects. | |
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Author Tract | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_4eaa9b84 | comment |
Author Tract: By the end of its run, Pogo was pretty much the liberal equivalent of Li'l Abner. | |
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Early-Installment Weirdness | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_4f4372e9 | comment |
Early-Installment Weirdness: The earliest appearances of Pogo were standard-issue Funny Animal comics, with none of the razor sharp wit or satire that the series became known for. In the Dell comics, Pogo himself started out looking much more like an opossum (with grey fur, no less), and he was merely Bumbazine's sidekick, and Albert was overtly (if harmlessly) villainous, usually more annoying than aggressive. Even Churchy La Femme was initally an antagonist, being introduced as a villainous pirate (even if he was as much of a Harmless Villain as Albert). | |
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The Barnum | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_4fa3a61f | comment |
The Barnum: P. T. Bridgeport, as evidenced by his name and old-time circus poster dialogue-font. | |
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| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_5009999d | type |
Painting the Medium | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_5009999d | comment |
Painting the Medium: P.T. Bridgeport and Deacon Muskrat speak in stylized fonts. Occasionally-appearing Creepy Undertaker Sarcophagus MacAbre initially spoke in rectangular, black-bordered speech balloons, after the fashion of memorial/funeral cards. | |
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Blind Mistake | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_54bbe8ae | comment |
Blind Mistake: Mole MacAroney claims to be a bird expert, but is clearly blind and keeps misidentifying everyone as a migratory bird, even the ones that aren't birds at all. | |
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Green Aesop | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_56b53152 | comment |
Green Aesop: Pogo was one of the first environmentally aware strips. But then again, they do all live in wetlands. | |
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Never Smile at a Crocodile | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_59a9605d | comment |
Never Smile at a Crocodile: Albert has quite the appetite, but with a few exceptions in the early days, the only times anyone ends up inside him are by accident or because someone tricked them into thinking his cavernous maw was a house. | |
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Foreign-Looking Font | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_607cd03 | comment |
Foreign-Looking Font: A job- rather than country-specific variation, for P.T. Bridgeport and Deacon Muskrat. | |
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| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_674fcb07 | type |
Signature Line | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_674fcb07 | comment |
Signature Line: "We have met the enemy, and he is us." | |
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| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_6a47a1e2 | type |
Knight of Cerebus | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_6a47a1e2 | comment |
Knight of Cerebus: Simple J. Malarkey, both in the sense that he's an antagonist who lacks any of the silliness of previous villains and has seemingly no compunction about attempting to kill the protagonists, and in the sense that his identity as an expy of Joseph McCarthy signaled the movement of the strip into addressing much more controversial political subject matters. | |
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Species Surname | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_6b146924 | comment |
Species Surname: Almost all the animals have this, and quite often they're even called by their species (for example, Churchy La Femme is often simply called "Turtle" and Beauregard is called "Houn' Dog") The exceptions are Pogo and Albert, who are always called exactly that. | |
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| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_6d7026fa | type |
Punny Name | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_6d7026fa | comment |
Punny Name: Oh so many. Starting with Churchy La Femme. | |
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Tertiary Sexual Characteristics | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_6e6b8ca7 | comment |
Tertiary Sexual Characteristics: Most female swamp critters wear bonnets and/or aprons, and Hepzibah wears a skirt. Lampshaded in an early strip in which Miz Hop Frog fools Pogo into thinking she's Mister Hop Frog simply by removing her apron. | |
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| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_6eb1268c | type |
Extreme Omnivore | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_6eb1268c | comment |
Extreme Omnivore: Albert once ate half a kettle of tar on the assumption that somebody had made licorice. Other characters have made odd dietary choices too. | |
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| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_6fc2ca79 | type |
Fictionary | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_6fc2ca79 | comment |
Fictionary: "Swamp-speak", based on U.S. Southern dialect, with many made-up words. Many, many. Kelly was a master of nonsense verse, and had absolutely no shame in using his skill at the drop of a hat. These included malaprops, spoonerisms, and good ol'-fashioned American gibberish. Examples include rhiknockwurst (a large gray African herbivore), Walla Wallanote Though this is the name of a real town in the state of Washington, not something Kelly made up (a place-holder for the surprisingly-frequent occasions on which the characters forget the words to the song they're rehearsing), rackety coon (local swamp residents who have black masks and banded tails) and rowrbazzle (an exclamation of disbelief and/or disdain.) | |
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In Case You Forgot Who Wrote It | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_73d4b01a | comment |
In Case You Forgot Who Wrote It: The 1989–93 revival strip was called Walt Kelly's Pogo, although Kelly himself (who'd died in 1973, even before the original strip ended its run) had nothing at all to do with it.note However, his son and daughter, Pete and Carolyn, did take over the strip in March of 1992. | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_73d4b01a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_73d4b01a | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_75a91f67 | type |
Tar and Feathers | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_75a91f67 | comment |
Tar and Feathers: Simple J. Malarkey tries to have everyone tarred and feathered so they can be classified as migratory birds and be run out of the country. Deacon Muskrat turns the tables on him. | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_75a91f67 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_75a91f67 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_75a91f67 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_76a5eaf8 | type |
Spotlight-Stealing Squad | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_76a5eaf8 | comment |
Spotlight-Stealing Squad: While the strip had many characters who would routinely hog the spotlight to the point where Pogo himself often became more a supporting character in his own strip, no character is more spotlight-hogging than Albert. In the Dell comics he had star billing above Pogo, and in the comic strip itself he's got such a major role that a lot of readers will insist he's the real main character. Howland Owl and Churchy La Femme are almost as spotlight-stealing as Albert. Quite often the strip ends up focusing on the two arguing with each other or getting up to bizarre hijinks for weeks at a time. | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_76a5eaf8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_76a5eaf8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_76a5eaf8 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_80a7d3e2 | type |
Convicted by Public Opinion | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_80a7d3e2 | comment |
Convicted by Public Opinion: Parodied in an early storyline when the Pup-Dog disappears and Albert is accused of eating him; he is saved only by the Pup-Dog's eventual return, and some of the old townsfolk still insist he was guilty and a great injustice has been done by letting him go free. | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_80a7d3e2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_80a7d3e2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_80a7d3e2 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_81241767 | type |
Smelly Skunk | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_81241767 | comment |
Smelly Skunk: Averted. Hepzibah is never shown using her spray; the one time she resorts to long-distance discouragement, it's the more traditional rock salt shotgun round. | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_81241767 | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_81241767 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_81241767 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_823c6e3e | type |
Large Ham | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_823c6e3e | comment |
Large Ham: P.T. Bridgeport (the P.T. Barnum expy) is such an example of this that his word balloons are even lettered in old-school circus advertising type. | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_823c6e3e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_823c6e3e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_823c6e3e | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_86ee8070 | type |
World of Ham | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_86ee8070 | comment |
World of Ham: Almost every character loves the sound of their own voice, with the exception of a few mute characters, Porky the Deadpan Snarker, and Pogo himself. | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_86ee8070 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_86ee8070 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_86ee8070 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_8792383c | type |
Censorship by Spelling | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_8792383c | comment |
Censorship by Spelling: Pogo uses it to talk to Albert without Pup-Dog understanding. Too bad Albert can't spell either. | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_8792383c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_8792383c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_8792383c | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_884e513b | type |
Medium Awareness | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_884e513b | comment |
Medium Awareness: The characters would occasionally acknowledge that they were in a comic, either by answering mail from readers or otherwise making references to their status as comic book characters by (among other things) complaining that the comic wasn't funny enough or remarking that the punchline for today's strip was in the wrong panel. One famous strip even has Albert explaining to Bear how the modern comic strip works ... by pointing to features in their own strip. The same gag popped up when Porkypine was trying to break into cartooning. Albert, Churchy, and others are known to lean on or against the comic border for support — and Albert even lights matches by striking them against the borders. | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_884e513b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_884e513b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_884e513b | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_8c23b321 | type |
Harmless Villain | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_8c23b321 | comment |
In the Dell comics, Pogo himself started out looking much more like an opossum (with grey fur, no less), and he was merely Bumbazine's sidekick, and Albert was overtly (if harmlessly) villainous, usually more annoying than aggressive. Even Churchy La Femme was initally an antagonist, being introduced as a villainous pirate (even if he was as much of a Harmless Villain as Albert). | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_8c23b321 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_8c23b321 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_8c23b321 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_8e92e125 | type |
Lawyer-Friendly Cameo | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_8e92e125 | comment |
Lawyer-Friendly Cameo: Alan Moore had space aliens that bore a striking resemblance appear in an issue of Swamp Thing. | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_8e92e125 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_8e92e125 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_8e92e125 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_9245d989 | type |
Sinister Minister | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_9245d989 | comment |
Sinister Minister: Deacon Muskrat, the only character among the main cast Kelly described as genuinely evil. | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_9245d989 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_9245d989 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_9245d989 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_97928805 | type |
Barefoot Cartoon Animal | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_97928805 | comment |
Barefoot Cartoon Animal: P.T. Bridgeport evolved into this archetype with a full barker's suit and white spats on his paws. Other characters that apply to this include feline hillbilly heavy Wiley Catt and his cousin Simple J. Malarkey. | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_97928805 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_97928805 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_97928805 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_98ce3773 | type |
Cerebus Rollercoaster | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_98ce3773 | comment |
Cerebus Rollercoaster: No matter what wacky hijinks were going on in the swamp, everybody would stop on November 11th of each year in honor of Veterans' Day. | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_98ce3773 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_98ce3773 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_98ce3773 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_9a11f9cf | type |
Informed Species | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_9a11f9cf | comment |
Informed Species: Pogo looks more like a monkey than a possum. | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_9a11f9cf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_9a11f9cf | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_9a11f9cf | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_9def1a92 | type |
Reformed, but Not Tamed | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_9def1a92 | comment |
Reformed, but Not Tamed: Albert in the Animal Comics series. In the early stories, he was the carnivorous villain of the swamp — in the very first story, "Albert Takes the Cake" he first steals Pogo's birthday cake and then tries to eat both Pogo and Bumbazine. He soon became far less of a menace, stopped trying to eat the others and got on fairly good terms with the rest of the swamp critters, referring to himself as "reformed." He still remained a selfish and temperamental pest, and his carnivore instincts weren't completely suppressed... as is shown when he and Pogo try to console a crying Missus Rackedy Coon about her missing son. | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_9def1a92 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_9def1a92 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_9def1a92 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_9e529def | type |
Dork Horse Candidate | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_9e529def | comment |
Dork Horse Candidate: Pogo Possum, against his will, ran for president on three occasions; a write-in campaign in the real world attracted a surprising amount of support. | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_9e529def | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_9e529def | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_9e529def | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_9fbf92c3 | type |
Creator Career Self-Deprecation | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_9fbf92c3 | comment |
Creator Career Self-Deprecation: One exchange goes as follows: | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_9fbf92c3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_9fbf92c3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_9fbf92c3 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_a236dd4c | type |
Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_a236dd4c | comment |
Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal: Pogo with his signature striped shirt, Barnstable Bear with his checkered hat and slacks, and Deacon Mushrat with his country preacher outfit, among others. Ma'm'selle Hepzibah is a borderline case, wearing a skirt that qualifies as more of an accessory. | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_a236dd4c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_a236dd4c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_a236dd4c | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_a65288e2 | type |
Ascended Extra | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_a65288e2 | comment |
Ascended Extra: Pogo himself. Though he is the only character apart from Albert who was present from the very start in the Bumbazine and Albert the Alligator days, he was more a secondary character at the point, like a kind of sidekick to Bumbazine. When Bumbazine was phased out of the comic, Pogo stepped up to become Albert's co-star and the comic was eventually renamed Albert and Pogo. By the time the comic strip started, Pogo was the sole titular character (even though Albert was still just as much of a main character.) | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_a65288e2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_a65288e2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_a65288e2 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_a68421bb | type |
Animated Adaptation | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_a68421bb | comment |
Animated Adaptation: The Pogo Special Birthday Special (1969), animated by Chuck Jones; We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us (1970), a short film animated by Kelly himself; and I Go Pogo (1980), a feature-length Stop Motion film by the Chiodo Brothers. | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_a68421bb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_a68421bb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_a68421bb | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_ab8f31bd | type |
Equal-Opportunity Offender | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_ab8f31bd | comment |
Equal-Opportunity Offender: While Kelly leaned politically left, nobody was safe from his satire. During the 1968 presidential elections, he lampooned many of the candidates (Richard Nixon, Hubert Humphrey, Eugene McCarthy, etc) as well as the outgoing president Lyndon Johnson. | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_ab8f31bd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_ab8f31bd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_ab8f31bd | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_ae3d6438 | type |
Deadpan Snarker | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_ae3d6438 | comment |
Deadpan Snarker: Porky Pine. | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_ae3d6438 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_ae3d6438 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_ae3d6438 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_b503102e | type |
Terrified of Germs | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_b503102e | comment |
Terrified of Germs: Mole in his first appearance is spraying disinfectant from a Cartoon Bug-Sprayer on everyone he meets, worried about "germs of every nation" polluting the country. | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_b503102e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_b503102e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_b503102e | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_b588a9b6 | type |
Too Dumb to Fool | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_b588a9b6 | comment |
Too Dumb to Fool: The gullible, ignorant swamp folk were prone to accidental Logic Bomb situations that would leave the swindler as confused as his victims. | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_b588a9b6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_b588a9b6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_b588a9b6 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_b7bc7d28 | type |
Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny! | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_b7bc7d28 | comment |
Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: It's a pandemic condition in the Okeefenokee. | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_b7bc7d28 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_b7bc7d28 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_b7bc7d28 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_b8e3f20a | type |
Demoted to Extra | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_b8e3f20a | comment |
Bumbazine, the human boy. In the earliest Animal Comics stories, titled, Bumbazine and Albert the Alligator, he's ostensibly the protagonist, but he's quickly Demoted to Extra in favour of focusing on Albert and to a lesser extent Pogo, as the comic was renamed simply Albert the Alligator. After a few more stories of being a very minor character, Bumbazine simply stopped appearing, and the comic was renamed Albert and Pogo and became purely about the animals. | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_b8e3f20a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_b8e3f20a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_b8e3f20a | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_be009bbc | type |
Alliterative Name | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_be009bbc | comment |
Alliterative Name: Pogo Possum, Albert Alligator, numerous other characters. | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_be009bbc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_be009bbc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_be009bbc | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_be2a5b42 | type |
Anthropomorphic Shift | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_be2a5b42 | comment |
Anthropomorphic Shift: Varying amounts for different characters — Hepzibah, for instance, got a flatter face and longer legs over time. | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_be2a5b42 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_be2a5b42 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_be2a5b42 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_bf414570 | type |
Cunning Like a Fox | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_bf414570 | comment |
Cunning Like a Fox: Seminole Sam, generally a con-man. | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_bf414570 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_bf414570 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_bf414570 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_c313d43a | type |
True Companions | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_c313d43a | comment |
True Companions: The swamp critters are all one big family, especially around Christmas time. | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_c313d43a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_c313d43a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_c313d43a | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_c33ba0a8 | type |
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_c33ba0a8 | comment |
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Bumbazine, the human boy. In the earliest Animal Comics stories, titled, Bumbazine and Albert the Alligator, he's ostensibly the protagonist, but he's quickly Demoted to Extra in favour of focusing on Albert and to a lesser extent Pogo, as the comic was renamed simply Albert the Alligator. After a few more stories of being a very minor character, Bumbazine simply stopped appearing, and the comic was renamed Albert and Pogo and became purely about the animals. The ridiculously cute Pup-Dog disappeared from the strip without explanation in the mid-1950s. | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_c33ba0a8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_c33ba0a8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_c33ba0a8 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_c5249b29 | type |
Nice Guy | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_c5249b29 | comment |
Nice Guy: In addition to being the Only Sane Man of the strip, Pogo is also a genuinely good guy without many vices. Walt Kelly referred to him as the glue that held the strip together. | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_c5249b29 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_c5249b29 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_c5249b29 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_c5f0119c | type |
Insane Troll Logic | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_c5f0119c | comment |
Insane Troll Logic: Par for the course. For example, when Albert is on trial for eating Pup-Dog, Seminole Sam notes that Pup-Dog was fond of water, "jus' like a fish," and produces a fish skeleton that he claims is Pup-Dog's. Porky refutes him by noting that it's a catfish skeleton. | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_c5f0119c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_c5f0119c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_c5f0119c | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_c91408cb | type |
Everything Sounds Sexier in French | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_c91408cb | comment |
Everything Sounds Sexier in French: Miss Ma'm'selle Hepzibah, the designated object-of-every-male's-affection, speaks in a heavy accent with occasional French words peppered throughout (often with no regard to what they mean). | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_c91408cb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_c91408cb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_c91408cb | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_c914e68d | type |
Cigar Chomper | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_c914e68d | comment |
Cigar Chomper: Albert is often seen smoking a cigar. | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_c914e68d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_c914e68d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_c914e68d | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_c9597a03 | type |
Self-Deprecation | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_c9597a03 | comment |
Self-Deprecation: On one strip, Albert is reading the comics and thinks "this dog bone thing called Poggo is jes about incompreehensibule." | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_c9597a03 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_c9597a03 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_c9597a03 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_c96e8b3 | type |
Baby Language | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_c96e8b3 | comment |
Baby Language: Grundoon, the ridiculously cute baby woodchuck, speaks only in random consonants like "GNBX" and "SVMPS." | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_c96e8b3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_c96e8b3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_c96e8b3 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_ca7dbd6e | type |
Humanlike Foot Anatomy | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_ca7dbd6e | comment |
Humanlike Foot Anatomy: For most of the cast (Owl, Miz Hepzibah and Houn' Dog being the foremost exceptions). | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_ca7dbd6e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_ca7dbd6e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_ca7dbd6e | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_caa28b82 | type |
Cloudcuckoolander | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_caa28b82 | comment |
Cloudcuckoolander: Most of the characters have their moments of this, but none more than Churchy La Femme. | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_caa28b82 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_caa28b82 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_caa28b82 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_ce6555f0 | type |
Lighter and Softer | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_ce6555f0 | comment |
Lighter and Softer: Kelly would occasionally produce alternate strips (which he called the "fluffy bunny strips") with "safer" gags that more timid newspaper editors could run when the regular strips got too political. Although the 'bunny strips' increased his already-formidable daily workload, he was willing to pay that price to express himself. The First Amendment prevented him from getting sued, but he had a lot of very nervous newspaper editors to pacify. Because more children tended to read the Sunday color comics, Kelly usually made them less satirical and more kid-friendly than the daily strips. | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_ce6555f0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_ce6555f0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_ce6555f0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_cfdb9e17 | type |
Cerebus Syndrome | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_cfdb9e17 | comment |
Cerebus Syndrome: The strip always had a satirical bent, but got a lot more political as time went on. By the end it was basically Doonesbury with talking animals. | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_cfdb9e17 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_cfdb9e17 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_cfdb9e17 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_d6c57287 | type |
Satire/Parody/Pastiche | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_d6c57287 | comment |
Satire/Parody/Pastiche: Pogo is the very definition of satire. | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_d6c57287 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_d6c57287 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_d6c57287 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_d7fc9fd0 | type |
Vitriolic Best Buds | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_d7fc9fd0 | comment |
Vitriolic Best Buds: Churchy and Howland. Even though they frequently argue and annoy one another, they are almost always together. | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_d7fc9fd0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_d7fc9fd0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_d7fc9fd0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_d848560f | type |
Unusual Euphemism | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_d848560f | comment |
Unusual Euphemism: "Rowrbazzle", among others. Taking the unusual euphemisms out of the strip would probably reduce the amount of text by 90%, and the remaining would probably be articles and the occasional conjunction. | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_d848560f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_d848560f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_d848560f | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_db99b292 | type |
Mondegreen Gag | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_db99b292 | comment |
Mondegreen Gag: A frequent occurance in the strip. Whenever someone sings a popular song, they never get the words right, and the result is always a nonsensical mess. Churchy is the most prone to singing these songs; he'll mangle nursery rhymes and traditional folk songs until they're completely unrecognizable. The most famous mangled song, and the one that appears most frequently in the strip is the mangled version of "Deck the Halls," which the characters would attempt to sing every Christmas. Though there are a few different versions of it, the one everyone knows begins "Deck us all with Boston Charlie, Walla Walla Wash., and Kalamazoo..." Beauregard has his own version of the song, which he insisted was the "correct" one: "Bark us all bow-wows of folly; Polly wolly cracker an' a too-da-loo!" Other versions of the song, that just showed up once or twice, went "Dunk us all in bowls of barley..." and "Tinkle salty boss anchovy..." but were shut down because the animals complained that those lyrics didn't make any sense. | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_db99b292 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_db99b292 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_db99b292 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_dcb9c541 | type |
Ship Tease | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_dcb9c541 | comment |
Ship Tease: Pogo and Hepzibah show mutual attraction. | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_dcb9c541 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_dcb9c541 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_dcb9c541 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_de86b894 | type |
Continuity Drift | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_de86b894 | comment |
Continuity Drift: Kelly tended to go with what was funny, not consistent. One specific example is exactly how well the various swamp denizens are able to read; a particular character can go from being completely illiterate to quoting the classics and back again. | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_de86b894 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_de86b894 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_de86b894 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_e2023325 | type |
StrawmanPolitical | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_e2023325 | comment |
Strawman Political: Dozens of short-term visitors to the swamp were thinly-veiled caricatures of politicians of the day. | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_e2023325 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_e2023325 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_e2023325 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_e43c66bd | type |
Art Evolution | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_e43c66bd | comment |
Art Evolution: Again, varies by the character, but the biggest changes occurred in the strip's New York Star run prior to national syndication. | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_e43c66bd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_e43c66bd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_e43c66bd | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_e542d80a | type |
Gonk | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_e542d80a | comment |
Gonk: If it wasn't clear what Kelly's politics were, Simple J. Malarkey is by far the ugliest character in the strip— not that his model◊ was exactly a come-hither ravishing beauty to begin with. | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_e542d80a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_e542d80a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_e542d80a | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_e9a3a1ed | type |
Never Learned to Read | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_e9a3a1ed | comment |
Never Learned to Read: Sometimes made the subject of a gag, with various characters trying to bluff their way through "reading" something. (Although as noted above, the actual literacy rate of the swamp varied wildly from strip to strip.) | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_e9a3a1ed | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_e9a3a1ed | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_e9a3a1ed | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_eb99df21 | type |
Funny Animal | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_eb99df21 | comment |
Funny Animal: All characters qualified, with varying degrees of anthropomorphism. | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_eb99df21 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_eb99df21 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_eb99df21 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_ee3ea61e | type |
Fourth-Wall Mail Slot | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_ee3ea61e | comment |
The characters would occasionally acknowledge that they were in a comic, either by answering mail from readers or otherwise making references to their status as comic book characters by (among other things) complaining that the comic wasn't funny enough or remarking that the punchline for today's strip was in the wrong panel. One famous strip even has Albert explaining to Bear how the modern comic strip works ... by pointing to features in their own strip. | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_ee3ea61e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_ee3ea61e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_ee3ea61e | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_ee7a60e9 | type |
One-Steve Limit | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_ee7a60e9 | comment |
One-Steve Limit: The reason why Walt Kelly sued the band Poco, which originally had the same name as the strip. | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_ee7a60e9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_ee7a60e9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_ee7a60e9 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_ef32c307 | type |
The Owl-Knowing One | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_ef32c307 | comment |
The Owl-Knowing One: Gloriously subverted and parodied with Howland Owl, who thinks he's a genius but is repeatedly shown to be an enormous fool even by Okeefenokee standards. | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_ef32c307 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_ef32c307 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_ef32c307 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_fac83091 | type |
Exposed Animal Bellybutton | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_fac83091 | comment |
Exposed Animal Bellybutton: Mainly Pogo. | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_fac83091 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_fac83091 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_fac83091 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_fbd285b7 | type |
Comically Missing the Point | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_fbd285b7 | comment |
Comically Missing the Point: Anyone and everyone — If anything is at all possible to misunderstand, someone in the swamp will misunderstand it. | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_fbd285b7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_fbd285b7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_fbd285b7 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_fd1f1a63 | type |
Ridiculously Cute Critter | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_fd1f1a63 | comment |
Ridiculously Cute Critter: And how! Even the bugs are adorable in this strip. He very quickly became less of a threat and more of | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_fd1f1a63 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_fd1f1a63 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_fd1f1a63 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_ff3f8c7c | type |
Pretentious Pronunciation | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_ff3f8c7c | comment |
Pretentious Pronunciation: Of a sort— the Mole is sometimes referred to as "Molester Mole", but it's meant to be pronounced to rhyme with "pollster" (which is a job the Mole has a few times). | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_ff3f8c7c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_ff3f8c7c | |
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ItemName | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_name | comment |
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Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_name | |
| Pogo (Comic Strip) / int_name | itemName |
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