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* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: A male example: the brunet to his younger brother's blond and (DependingOnTheWriter) Chet's redhead.


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* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: A male example: the blond to his older brother's brunet and (DependingOnTheWriter) Chet's redhead.


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* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Chet's hair color changes between red, blond, and light brown DependingOnTheWriter. In the books where it's the former, he becomes the redhead to his two best friends Joe's blond and Frank's brunet.
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** Case 14: "Too Many Traitors": The Gray Man at first reluctantly goes along with the Network's attempts to use the boys as scapegoats in the murder of one of their agents because it's his job, but soon decides to go against the agency's wishes and help the brothers prove their innocence and find the real killer, since he feels responsible for them due to getting them involved with the Network in the first place. At one point, he even pulls a YouShallNotPass to hold off the KGB agents trying to arrest the Hardys so they can escape.

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** Case 14: "Too Many Traitors": The Gray Man at first reluctantly goes along with the Network's attempts to use the boys as scapegoats in the murder of one of their agents because it's his job, but soon decides to go against the agency's wishes and help the brothers prove their innocence and find the real killer, since he feels responsible for them due to getting them involved with the Network in the first place. At one point, he even pulls a YouShallNotPass to hold off the KGB agents trying to arrest apprehend the Hardys so they can escape.



** Case 108: "Blown Away": When he and the Hardys travel to Bhotai to continue an investigation, the authorities try to arrest them almost as soon as they arrive. The Gray Man provides a distraction and allows himself to be apprehended so the boys can continue on.

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** Case 108: "Blown Away": When he and the Hardys travel to Bhotai to continue an investigation, the authorities try to arrest them almost as soon as they arrive. The Gray Man provides a distraction and allows himself to be apprehended taken in so the boys can continue on.
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: With both of the Hardy Boys. Frank and Joe consider him to be their best friend (besides each other) and vice versa, and they've been close since they were kids.
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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Is as compassionate and cares about helping people as much as the Hardys themselves do. This even includes girls who have their eye on her boyfriend Frank, like Tessa from "The Borgia Dagger" and Lindsey in "Fear on Wheels"; she's not thrilled about that part, but still wants to help with the case.

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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Is A brown-eyed blonde who's as compassionate and cares about helping people as much as the Hardys themselves do. This even includes girls who have their eye on her boyfriend Frank, like Tessa from "The Borgia Dagger" and Lindsey in "Fear on Wheels"; she's not thrilled about that part, but still wants to help with the case.
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* RetiredBadass: When he's not being captured, he's been shown to be a competent fighter. Especially true of the ''Casefiles'' version. Even after he's been long retired, he still is frequently brought back in frequently to consult for various organizations, including Scotland Yard.

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* RetiredBadass: When he's not being captured, he's been shown to be a competent fighter. Especially true of the ''Casefiles'' version. Even after he's been long retired, he he's still is frequently brought back in frequently to consult for various organizations, including Scotland Yard.

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-->'''Callie''': Ever heard of Lizzie Borden, genius? Vanessa, when are you going to knock some sense into this guy?

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-->'''Callie''': --->'''Callie''': Ever heard of Lizzie Borden, genius? Vanessa, when are you going to knock some sense into this guy?


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* PutOnABus: Unlike Riley, who got updated via CharacterizationMarchesOn to become more competent and likable, Smuff is instead just written out of the series altogether after the original books.
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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Is as compassionate and cares about helping people as much as the Hardys themselves do. This even includes girls who have their eye on her boyfriend Frank, like Tessa from "The Borgia Dagger" and Lindsey in "Fear on Wheels"; she's not thrilled about that part, but still wants to help with the case.
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* TechnoWizard: Plays this role among the boys' friend group in the Digests and ''Casefiles'', being an excellent programmer and acting as tech support for the Hardys.
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* BornDetective: Raised by former NYPD detective and now current PI father, Fenton.

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* BornDetective: Raised by former NYPD detective and now current PI father, Fenton.Fenton, and sleuthing and mystery solving come as naturally to them as it does to their dad.

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