History ComicStrip / HagarTheHorrible

Hägar is married to Helga, who is a formidable woman with bigger horns on her helmet than he has on his. The rest of Hägar's family consists of his young son Hamlet (a book-lover with no interest in violence much to Hägar's chagrin), and a daughter called Honi who is just old enough to be TheIngenue. His best friend is a klutz called Lucky Eddie. This is a gag-a-day Strip set in DarkAgeEurope covering both Viking invasions and sieges (he regularly harasses castles) and Hägar's home life.

Hägar is married to Helga, who is a formidable woman with bigger horns on her helmet than he has on his. The rest of Hägar's family consists of his young son Hamlet, and a daughter called Honi who is just old enough to be TheIngenue. His best friend is a thin guy called Lucky Eddie. This is a gag-a-day Strip set in DarkAgeEurope covering both Viking invasions and sieges (he regularly harasses castles) and Hägar's home life.

* ApronMatron: Helga

* BigEater: Hagar
* BookDumb: Hagar.
* {{Bookworm}}: Hamlet.

* BruiserWithASoftCenter: Hägar

* ButtMonkey: Lucky Eddie.

* ClingyJealousGirl: Hernia

* CunningLinguist: Lucky Eddie.
* CutASliceTakeTheRest

* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench

* GirlyBruiser: Honi. She is very pretty, the [[HelloNurse object of male attention]], wears a metal dress, wields a sword or spear and is very strong. In fact, Honi is strong enough that she has been shown arm wrestling her suitors!

* TheIngenue: Honi.

* TheLowMiddleAges

* MattressTagGag

* NiceGuy: Lucky Eddie.

* NeverLearnedToRead: Hagar, and he regrets it, ''except'' when Helga needs help with bookshelf assembly instructions.

* NorseByNorsewest

* SymbolSwearing

* AerithAndBob

* HenpeckedHusband
* HornyVikings: And in this strip, if a Viking tells a lie, his horns fall off. (Hagar tends to go through a lot of helmets.) The size of the horns correlates with authority.

* ComplainingAboutRescuesTheyDontLike: Hägar once saved a screaming woman from a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rack_%28torture%29 rack]]. Only to learn later that TheBrute he had killed was really her [[AnachronismStew chiropractor]].

* AuthorAvatar: Hägar bares a striking resemblance to his creator, Dik Browne, as well as his son, Chris, who currently draws the strip.

* MrStarship: Hägar's ship (at least the figurehead) will sometimes have facial expressions reacting to what is happening (for example, looking scared when the ship is about to go over a waterfall).

* WriteWhoYouKnow: According to Chris Browne, the current cartoonist behind the comic strip, his dad, the original creator, Dik Browne, based all the characters off of family members.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Subverted. According to Chris Browne, the current cartoonist behind the comic strip, his dad, the original creator, Dik Browne, based all the characters off of family members.

* IWasQuiteALooker: Helga apparently used to be beautiful, according to some snarky comments by her husband--it also explains where Honi came from. One strip has Hauml;gar trying to compliment Honi by saying her mother used to look just like her, which causes her to declare her whole life ruined.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Hagar. He is a buffonish viking who pillages other peoples property. However, he is also shown to be a lovable and well-meaning family man who really does love his wife, children, and does have a childlike and adorable innocence to his character.
* JockDadNerdSon: Parodied with BookDumb Hagar, who has virtually no education skills, yet frequently goes raiding other countries to bring home the goods, and his studious son Hamlet, who is much more literate than Hagar and has no tendencies to follow in his father's footsteps.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Hagar. He is a buffonish viking who pillages other peoples property. However, he is also shown to be a well-meaning family man who really does love his wife, children, and does have a childlike and adorable innocence to his character.

* IWasQuiteALooker: Helga apparently used to be beautiful, according to some snarky comments by her husband--it also explains where Honi came from. One strip has Hägar trying to compliment Honi by saying her mother used to look just like her, which causes her to declare her whole life ruined.

* LongRunner

** 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).

* ShoutOut: "Hooray, Hooray! [[JonathanCoulton It's the third of May!]] Outdoor gardening starts today!!"

* WhereWhere: Once they met a panicked Frenchman shouting "Les barbariens viennent!" (The barbarians are coming!) and thought he was mad, since they couldn't see anyone.

** 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. Orm is also a genuine Viking name.

* WesternZodiac: Parodied. Helga rants how she made a mistake when she married the Leo Hägar and claims she would have done better if she had married a Virgo instead. Lucky Eddie applauds her - because he's a Virgo. She gives up on astrology.

Hägar is married to Helga, who is a formidable woman with bigger horns on her helmet than he has on his. The rest of Hägar's family consists of his young son Hamlet, and a daughter called Honi who is just old enough to be TheIngenue. His best friend is a short guy called Lucky Eddie. This is a gag-a-day Strip set in DarkAgeEurope covering both Viking invasions and sieges (he regularly harasses castles) and Hägar's home life.

!! This comic provides examples of:

* 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. One strip has Hägar trying to compliment Honi by saying her mother used to look just like her, which causes her to declare her whole life ruined.