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* TheBusCameBack: Preppie character Muffy Hollandaise was introduced as an assistant at the ''Tattler'' in the 1980s but dropped from the roster by the end of that decade, seemingly never to be seen again. In 2024 she was reintroduced as a TV reporter who sometimes hangs out at Roz's diner.
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** Secretary Muffy Hollandaise was introduced in the 1980s and eventually written out.
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** Secretary Muffy Hollandaise was introduced in the 1980s and eventually written out. Decades later she was [[TheBusCameBack written back in]].
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According to the official site for Shoe, Senator Belfry was originally a parody of Tip O'Neill.
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* TakeThat: As [=MacNelly=] was generally politically conservative, his portrayal of Senator Belfry is a barely disguised stand-in for UsefulNotes/TedKennedy (identical hairstyle, hints at womanizing, heavy drinking).
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* TakeThat: As [=MacNelly=] was generally politically conservative, his portrayal of Senator Belfry is a barely disguised stand-in for UsefulNotes/TedKennedy (identical hairstyle, hints at womanizing, heavy drinking).drinking), though it started out as a parody of then-Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill.
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A [[PrintLongRunners long-running]] newspaper comic strip begun in 1977 by Jeff [=MacNelly=], ''Shoe'' centralizes on a cast of anthropomorphic bird characters, and is titled after a purple martin character named P. Martin Shoemaker, who runs a newspaper called ''The Treetops Tattler''. Other prominent characters include Prof. Cosmo Fishhawk (usually called "Perfessor"); Roz, the owner of a local treetop diner; Skyler, Cosmo's young nephew; and Loon, a mail carrier and former pilot.
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A [[PrintLongRunners long-running]] newspaper comic strip begun in 1977 by Jeff [=MacNelly=], ''Shoe'' centralizes on a cast of anthropomorphic bird characters, and is titled after a purple martin character named P. Martin Shoemaker, who runs a newspaper called ''The Treetops Tattler''. Other prominent characters include Prof. Cosmo Fishhawk (usually called "Perfessor"); "Perfesser"); Roz, the owner of a local treetop diner; Skyler, Cosmo's young nephew; and Loon, a mail carrier and former pilot.
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* JeopardyIntelligenceTest: Subverted; When one character is watching Jeopardy! and getting all the answers right, at the end another character leans over and says, "What is 'rerun'?"
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* JeopardyIntelligenceTest: Subverted; When one character is watching Jeopardy! ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' and getting all the answers right, at the end another character leans over and says, "What is 'rerun'?"
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** Though Belfrey's stupidity could cross ideological lines. In one strip, his support of cuts to basic research led the "Concerned Scientists of Planet Earth" to immerse him in a virtual reality version of the future. In other words, they slammed a full trash can over his head.
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** Though Belfrey's Belfry's stupidity could cross ideological lines. In one strip, his support of cuts to basic research led the "Concerned Scientists of Planet Earth" to immerse him in a virtual reality version of the future. In other words, they slammed a full trash can over his head.
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[=MacNelly=] worked on this strip and his lesser-known second strip, ''ComicStrip/{{Pluggers}}'', in addition to doing illustrations for Creator/DaveBarry columns and several political cartoons. In 1997, he turned over ''Pluggers'' to Gary Brookins; following [=MacNelly=]'s death in 2000, Brookins took most of the work that [=MacNelly=] had previously illustrated, with help from Chris Cassatt and [=MacNelly=]'s wife, Susie, on ''Shoe''.
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[=MacNelly=] worked on this strip and his lesser-known second strip, ''ComicStrip/{{Pluggers}}'', in addition to doing political cartoons (for which he won the UsefulNotes/PulitzerPrize three times) and illustrations for Creator/DaveBarry columns and several political cartoons.columns. In 1997, he turned over ''Pluggers'' to Gary Brookins; following [=MacNelly=]'s death in 2000, Brookins took most of the work that [=MacNelly=] had previously illustrated, with help from Chris Cassatt and [=MacNelly=]'s wife, Susie, on ''Shoe''.
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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Secretary Muffy Hollandaise was introduced in the 1980s and eventually written out.
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** Secretary Muffy Hollandaise was introduced in the 1980s and eventually writtenout.out.
** Cosmo also [[ItMakesSenseInContext inherited a butler]] in the 1980s named Bumpkins; the character hasn't been seen for years.
** Secretary Muffy Hollandaise was introduced in the 1980s and eventually written
** Cosmo also [[ItMakesSenseInContext inherited a butler]] in the 1980s named Bumpkins; the character hasn't been seen for years.
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* TakeThat: As [=MacNelly=] was generally politically conservative, his portrayal of Senator Belfry is a barely disguised stand-in for Ted Kennedy (identical hairstyle, hints at womanizing, heavy drinking)
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* TakeThat: As [=MacNelly=] was generally politically conservative, his portrayal of Senator Belfry is a barely disguised stand-in for Ted Kennedy UsefulNotes/TedKennedy (identical hairstyle, hints at womanizing, heavy drinking)drinking).
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* FoulCafeteriaFood: One strip has Skyler in line at his school's cafeteria, wondering what they'll serve him. Skyler notes that the day is a Thursday. A scoop drops an offwhite, gooey lump onto his tray, at which Skyler observes: "Of course, Cream of Tuesday."
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* StartMyOwn: How the ''Treetops Tattler'' newspaper started; in the very first strips back in 1977, [[EarlyWeirdnessInstallment it didn't even exist]]. It came about when Shoe kept sending angry letters to the editor of a local newspaper. Not happy with said paper, Shoe started up his own and it has since remained an integral part of the comic strip.
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* StartMyOwn: How the ''Treetops Tattler'' newspaper started; in the very first strips back in 1977, [[EarlyWeirdnessInstallment [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness it didn't even exist]]. It came about when Shoe kept sending angry letters to the editor of a local newspaper. Not happy with said paper, Shoe started up his own and it has since remained an integral part of the comic strip.
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* StartMyOwn: How the ''Treetops Tattler'' newspaper started; in the very first strips back in 1977, [[EarlyWeirdnessInstallment it didn't even exist]]. It came about when Shoe kept sending angry letters to the editor of a local newspaper. Not happy with said paper, Shoe started up his own and it has since remained an integral part of the comic strip.
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* BadToTheLastDrop: This [[https://imgur.com/a/nywNKsu early strip]] from October 11, 1977 has Roz's coffee being so bad that Cosmo uses it for writing ink!
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* RobeAndWizardHat: Wiz wears this outfit but unlike other examples of this trope, he's not an actual wizard; he's a computer wizard!
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* SupportingProtagonist: While the strip is named for Shoe, it is arguably Cosmo who gets the most attention in the strips.
