History ComicBook / TheBeano

** As of June 2021, two new girls, Harsha and Mandi, have joined the Bash Street Kids.

* ShipSinking: The reveal that Dennis and Minnie are, in fact, cousins definitely falls into this. Made all the more confusing by said reveal contradicting the comic's own canon. Many early issues imply the two had a mutual crush on each other.

** Harsha and her siblings Heena and Hani all have names starting with the letter "H".

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[[caption-width-right:199: The 68th Beano Annual with a few of the longer running characters appearing on the front.]]

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[[caption-width-right:200: The 68th Beano Annual with a few of the longer running characters appearing on the front.]]

''The Beano'' is a long running [[BritishComics British children's comic]] that's been in circulation for over 80 years, having entertained several generations of kids since 1938, making this one hell of a [[PrintLongRunners long runner.]] Published weekly, for over 80 years and with over 4,000 issues, it's famous for iconic strips such as ''ComicStrip/{{Dennis the Menace|UK}},'' ''[[DistaffCounterpart Minnie the Minx,]]'' ''[[WackyHomeroom The Bash Street Kids,]]'' and is a huge influence in (and a reflection of) British culture. Other iconic strips include ''[[HighSchoolHustler Roger the Dodger,]]'' ''[[SuperSpeed Billy Whizz,]]'' ''[[FunnyAnimal Biffo the Bear, Big Eggo,]]'' ''[[RichKids Lord Snooty,]]'' ''[[UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball Ball Boy,]]'' ''[[SinkingShipScenario Jonah,]]'' ''[[TheKidWithTheRemoteControl General Jumbo,]]'' ''[[EnfantTerrible Ivy the Terrible,]]'' ''[[InjunCountry Little Plum,]]'' ''[[BornUnlucky Calamity]] [[CosmicPlaything James,]]'' and ''[[BigEater The Three Bears.]]''

The comic is easily the most well known British Humour Comic and is also the longest running comic of its genre. It has outlived numerous generations of competitor comics, such as ''ComicBook/WhizzerAndChips,'' ''ComicBook/FilmFun,'' ''Smash,'' and ''ComicBook/{{Buster}},'' and continues to introduce new characters and innovate.

* [[WeAllLiveInAmerica We All Live in Britain]]: Even though the Three Bears are American they use a lot of British terms.
** Taken literally as of 2014. The Three Bears and Little Plum's US desert setting is now supposedly on the outskirts of Beanotown.

** A number of characters from other ''Beano'' strips have been transplanted to the Bash Street Kids in order to avert TheSmurfettePrinciple and MonochromeCasting: Harsha (from "Har Har's Joke Shop"), Mandi (from the VerySpecialEpisode strip "Mandi"), Stevie (from "Stevie Star"), and Mahira (from "Mahira of the Match").

** A number of characters from other ''Beano'' strips have been transplanted to the Bash Street Kids in order to avert TheSmurfettePrinciple and LeastCommonSkinTone: Harsha (from "Har Har's Joke Shop"), Mandi (from the VerySpecialEpisode strip "Mandi"), Stevie (from "Stevie Star"), and Mahira (from "Mahira of the Match").

* UniversalAdaptorCast: The entire cast fits just fine in the HighSchoolAU. Or in a BuddyCopShow (observe ''Webcomic/DoubleK'').
* UnnamedParent True in almost all strips except Les Pretend where his dad is named Des. A few times it's implied Dennis's dad is actually named [[ADogNamedDog Dad.]]

* AmbiguiousSituation: The central conceit of ''Pup Parade'' is that the dogs are the pets of the Bash Street Kids they resemble, but they're also portrayed as living in a dustbin (although it might just be a clubhouse). This gets weirder with the fact files on the website, since Danny, Wilfrid, and Toots mention Bones, Manfrid and Peeps, but 'Erbert, Scotty, Freddy, and Smiffy don't mention 'Enry, Blotty, Tubby and Sniffy. Plug says his dog is named Napoleon (not Pug) and Sidney mentions Peeps (since he and Toots share a home) as well as his many other pets, but not Wiggy.

* CanonImmigrant: This is not a new thing--many characters from defunct comics, most famously the Beezer and Topper, have migrated to the Beano or its sister comic the Dandy over the years.
** In 2007 the comic started running reprints of Fred's Bed, formerly a strip in the defunct ''Beezer and Topper'' comic, as a cost-saving measure. Then for the 70th Anniversary special edition of the comic the following year they ran an all-new Fred's Bed strip, as the strip's setup made it a convenient way of exploring the comic's history. This led to a full revival of the strip in the following months.
** Bananaman, who came from ''Nutty'' and ''The Dandy''.
** The Numskulls had their time hopping around different DC Thomson comics.

** Merged with ''Magic Comic'' for just in the annuals back in the 40s. Had unofficial mergers in the 90s which saw the comic absorbing characters from recently defunct comics most notably The Numskulls from ''ComicBook/TheBeezer''.

*** Bash Street Fatty was [[SuddenNameChange also renamed]] Freddy in May 2021. They didn't want to teach kids it's OK to call a friend Fatty, so both Fattys were changed to Fredericks.

* TheQuietOne: Wilfred and 'Ebert of the Bash Street Kids.

*** The lack of uniforms was Lampshaded when the kids decided to dress as pirates to reverse global warming ([[WhatAnIdiot Smiffy's]] dad's idea). Also of note, the school isn't completely hated. [[spoiler:Baby Face Finlayson used the school as an abattoir. Of note, the spoiler is a good reason, it's a rare case of an actual StoryArc.]]

** Dennis and Gnasher didn't like Walter's dog Foo-Foo, but they were still disgusted at Walter callously firing and replacing his pet. They spend some time trying to find Foo-Foo a new job until he settles for sheep herding.

* DotingGrandparent: Dennis' Grandma is the only adult who Dennis respects rather than his parents and is his best adult friend. An episode of the animated series even revealed she's something of a GenerationXerox to him.

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** There are old Beano comic strips called Little Dead-Eye Dick and Cocky Dick (Cock and Dick both being contemporary British slang for penis) . Also in an old Bash Street Kids strip Smiffy points at a stuffed lion which Danny has stuffed his head into and says "What a big pussy!" (Pussy is slang for vagina, but can be used to describe a coward. It is also a common UK term for cat, which is the more likely meaning here...).

* DeliberateValuesDissonance / AnachronismStew: The comic's editorial position seems to be to essentially create a mild version of this by not shifting the settings more than they absolutely have to be (as opposed to sister comic ''The Dandy'', which had more of a tendency to [[WereStillRelevantDammit jump on modernising bandwagons]]).

* LastOfHisKind: ComicBook/TheDa
ndy's demise as a print title leaves The Beano as the last weekly humour anthology comic in the United Kingdom.

* NiceShoes: Daisy's platform shoes.

* CuteAlienGirl: Hayley Comet.

** Wayne's in Pain, a new Bash Street Kid who was chosen as a new Bash Street Kid after a competition on ''Series/BluePeter'' to create a new Kid, appeared in The Bash Street Kids strips for a while until he was dropped for no reason and without warning.

* BlindMistake: This is 'Erbert from the Bash Street Kids' main trait, even though he wears glasses, but he's blind ''[[UpToEleven with]]'' them as well as BlindWithoutEm.

** Mike Pearse's take on the Bash Street Kids gives some of them more individual qualities - Sidney's the ButtMonkey, Spotty's the DeadpanSnarker with a NapoleonComplex, Smiffy's stupidity is UpToEleven, etc. He also portrayed the The Three Bears as a DysfunctionalFamily, with Pa Bear being dumber, Ma being tempermental and downright abusive at times and Ted being the sarcastic OnlySaneMan.

* SpinOff: Often in the form of annuals for a specific comic strip, eg the Dennis the Menace Annual and the Bash Street Kids Annual. Also Plug from the Bash Street Kids had his own ''[[UpToEleven spinoff comic]]''.[[note]]Said comic folded after 75 issues and was [[ComicsMerger merged]] into ''ComicBook/TheBeezer'', leading to the unusual situation for several years where Plug was simultaneously appearing in two different comics[[/note]] Some Beano comic strips are spinoffs of other strips in the Beano eg Bea the Mini-Menace was a spinoff of Dennis the Menace, and The Three Bears was a spinoff of Little Plum.

* NiceHat: Minnie's beret.

* {{Elseworld}}: A one-off of ''Billy the Cat'' was a {{Steampunk}}-themed "William the Cat" in Victorian London, which culminates in him fighting a giant mech. [[spoiler:[[AllJustADream In reality, it was a hallucination]] of the modern William, who was on a school trip to a Victorian exhibit and got knocked out by a falling sign. Curiously, [[AndYouWereThere several people from his dream are either his friends or strangers in real-life]].]]

* BerserkButton: Vic Volcano who starts off nice and calm, but would go berserk after the slightest insult. Uh Oh Si Co also has an example, in the form of a boy called Simon Coe, who is obviously called Si Co by his peers, coz... ISN'T IT CLEAR ALREADY?!?!

* BrilliantButLazy: Roger the Dodger. He's often coming up with schemes to get out of doing work and, ironically, these schemes take much more effort than the work he's trying to get out of doing. One strip did feature him helping out a charity shop by modifying and rebranding the low-key donations into appealing and creative products such as an old action figure into a flower bed scarecrow, a vase as a 3D jigsaw and using an exercise ball and the handles from a skipping rope into a space hopper.

* LastOfHisKind: ComicBook/TheDandy's demise as a print title leaves The Beano as the last weekly humour anthology comic in the United Kingdom.

* RhymingNames: The strips feature many characters with rhyming (nick)names. In addition to the famous Dennis the Menace, there's also Roger the Dodger and Tricky Dicky. Defunct strips include Contrary Mary, Handy Sandy, Wavy Davey and his Navy, Jenny Penny, Alf Witt the Ancient Brit, Daniel the Spaniel, and Even Steven.