History ComicStrip / HagarTheHorrible

*** The Finnish name of the strip is ''Harald Hirmuinen'' (Harald the Horrible) - Harald is a genuine Viking name. His best pal is ''Orm Onnekas'' (Orm the Lucky) in Finnish.

** The Swedish translation names Hägar Hagbard, his wife is Helga, his son Loke, his daughter Brynhilde and his best friend Tur-Ture.

Not to be confused with HiggisIsHorrible.

* HairOfGold: Honi.

* BritainVersusTheUK: In one strip, after being blown off course and shipwrecked, Hägar thinks he has landed in England and goes ashore proclaiming he loves the English. Turns out he has actually landed in [[ViolentGlaswegian Scotland]], and [[HilarityEnsues Violence Ensues]].

* ClingyJealousGirl

* AnimatedAdaptation: {{Hanna-Barbera}} did a very good one, which aired as a half-hour TV special back in the 1980s. Sadly, it never got turned into a series.

* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: Hägar has had a sizeable following in Scandinavia, and appeared in a large number of newspapers, almost all the way back to its beginnings.

* EarTrumpet: Hägar once was trying to communicate with an old Viking. The problem: The EarTrumpet [[PaintingTheFourthWall was full of letters.]]

* AnachronismStew: Hägar has encountered KingArthur, RobinHood, AttilaTheHun and RichardIII in various strips.

* DubNameChange:
** In the Norwegian translation, all the main characters are named after people from Creator/SnorriSturluson's [[Literature/{{Heimskringla}} Norse Kings' sagas]]. Hägar is named Hårek after Viking Age chieftain Hårek of Tjøtta (965-1036).

* DidNotDoTheResearch: Dragons aren't nearly as common in Scandinavian myths as this comic strip would have you believe. It might just be a case of RuleOfCool, though, since Dik Browne really liked drawing dragons.

Tropes:

* DubNameChange: In the Norwegian translation, all the main characters are named after people from SnorriSturluson's [[Literature/{{Heimskringla}} Norse Kings' sagas]]. Hägar is named Hårek after Viking Age chieftain Hårek of Tjøtta (965-1036). The Swedish translation names Hägar Hagbard, his wife is Helga, his son Loke, his daughter Brynhilde and his best friend Tur-Ture.

* ActionGirl (Honi has difficulty deciding whether she wants to be a housewife or a warrior)
* AnachronismStew (Hägar has encountered KingArthur, RobinHood, AttilaTheHun and RichardIII in various strips.)
* AnimatedAdaptation ({{Hanna-Barbera}} did a very good one, which aired as a half-hour TV special back in the 1980s. Sadly, it never got turned into a series.)
* ApronMatron (Helga)
* BankruptcyBarrel (Happens often when someone gets looted.)

* ButtMonkey (Lucky Eddie)

* CunningLinguist (Lucky Eddie)

* GenderBlenderName ("Hagar" is actually a feminine name, according to Literature/TheBible.)

* HairOfGold: Honi

* TheIngenue (Honi)
* IronicNickname (Lucky Eddie - one longer story does explain he used to be extremely lucky until he was cursed.)
* IWasQuiteALooker (Helga apparently used to be beautiful, according to some snarky comments by her husband- it also explains where Honi came from.)

* TheMagnificent (Well, more like "The Horrible")

* OutlivedItsCreator (Dik Browne died years ago, and the strip has been worked on by his son since then.)
* PrintLongRunners (Since 1974, which is practically still baby years for a comic strip.)
* ShoutOut ("Hooray, Hooray! [[JonathanCoulton It's the third of May!]] Outdoor gardening starts today!!")

* UglyGuysHotDaughter (Honi is thin and gorgeous compared to the lumpy, hairy Hägar. Apparently this is due to Helga's looks in her youth.)
* TheUnpronounceable (In an early strip, Lucky Eddie gave as his real name a string of letters loaded with random diacritical marks.)
* UnwillingSuspension (Tax evaders get this, for instance)

* GenderBlenderName ("Hagar" is actually a feminine name, according to TheBible.)

* DubNameChange: In the Norwegian translation, all the main characters are named after people from SnorriSturluson's [[Literature/TheIcelandicSagas Norse Kings' sagas]]. Hägar is named Hårek after Viking chief Hårek of Tjøtta (965-1036). The Swedish translation names Hägar Hagbard, his wife is Helga, his son Loke, his daughter Brynhilde and his best friend Tur-Ture.

* AnachronismStew (Hägar actually met RobinHood in one strip.)

* DubNameChange: In the Norwegian translation, all the main characters are named after people from Snorri Sturluson's [[Literature/TheIcelandicSagas Norse Kings' sagas]]. Hägar is named Hårek after Viking chief Hårek of Tjøtta (965-1036). The Swedish translation names Hägar Hagbard, his wife is Helga, his son Loke, his daughter Brynhilde and his best friend Tur-Ture.