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* CuteWitch: The titular ''Bewitched Belinda''.
** This was a common thing for ''Bewitched Belinda'' to enact on others, though she never leaves them transformed.
** ''Bewitched Belinda'' was basically ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'' with the protagonist aged down to a girl.
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** "Top of the Class". A harassed teacher tries to cope with the fact that half his class are posh swots, the other half are lower-class roughs, and the two groups hate each other. Unlike the other examples above, where editorial sympathy was clearly with the lower-class characters, UpperClassTwit / AristocratsAreEvil were in full play and UnderdogsNeverLose, in this case both sides were presented as equal and one side usually didn't come out on top.
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** "Top of the Class". A harassed teacher tries to cope with the fact that half his class are posh swots, the other half are lower-class roughs, and the two groups hate each other. Unlike the other examples above, where editorial sympathy was clearly with the lower-class characters, UpperClassTwit / AristocratsAreEvil were in full play and UnderdogsNeverLose, in this case both sides were presented as equal and one side usually didn't come out on top.
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* ComicsMerger: The comic Knockout merged with Whizzer and Chips in 1973, followed by Krazy in 1978, Whoopee! in 1985 (Which itself had merged with three other comics Shiver and Shake in 1974, followed by Cheeky in 1980 and Wow! in 1983) and finally [[FootballPopMusicAndFlatCaps Scouse]] Mouse in 1989.
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* ComicsMerger: The comic Knockout merged with Whizzer and Chips in 1973, followed by Krazy in 1978, Whoopee! in 1985 (Which itself had merged with three other comics Shiver and Shake in 1974, followed by Cheeky in 1980 and Wow! in 1983) and finally [[FootballPopMusicAndFlatCaps [[UsefulNotes/FootballPopMusicAndFlatCaps Scouse]] Mouse in 1989.
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*BookWorm: A character by that name (one or two words varied), who had various adventures based on solving problems with books, trying to get peace to read, or taking what he read too seriously.
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* ArchEnemy: The two comics in thise two comics in one comic Whizzer was Chips were supposedly archenemies.
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** "Animalad" (from ''Whoopee!'' originally) may have been inspired by ''{{Manimal}}''.
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** "Animalad" (from ''Whoopee!'' originally) may have been inspired by ''{{Manimal}}''.''Series/{{Manimal}}''.
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** "The Toffs and the Toughs" (who eventually became supporting characters to the similar-concept "Smarty and Tatty")
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** "The Toffs and the Toughs" (who eventually became supporting characters to the similar-concept "Smarty Pants and Tatty")Tatty Ed")
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** "Ivor Lott and Tony Broke" (later incorporating their [[DistaffCounterpart Distaff Counterparts]] Milly O'Naire and Penny Less)
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** "Ivor Lott and Tony Broke" (later (originally from ''Cor!!''; later incorporating their [[DistaffCounterpart Distaff Counterparts]] Milly O'Naire and Penny Less)
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''Whizzer and Chips'' was a {{British comic|s}} which first started in 1969. The comic ran until 1990 when it [[ComicsMerger merged]] with a comic called ''ComicBook/{{Buster}}'' (a spin off of sorts of AndyCapp). It was similiar in style to ''TheBeano'' and ''ComicBook/TheDandy'' and was a direct competitor to the two being published by a different publisher ''Fleetway'' as opposed to ''TheBeano'' and ''ComicBook/TheDandy'' which were published by ''Creator/DCThomson''. The comic's gimmik was that it was two comics in one, one called ''Whizzer'' and the other called ''Chips'' which was a pull-out section. These comics were supposedly rivals with so called raids (which involved characters from one comic entering the other) between the two being a common occurrence, readers were encouraged to become Whizz-kids or Chip-ites (this referred to which comic they supported) and each comic had a different leader Sid from a strip called [[ABoyAndHisX Sid's Snake]] for Whizzer and Shiner for Chips.
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''Whizzer and Chips'' was a {{British comic|s}} which first started in 1969. The comic ran until 1990 when it [[ComicsMerger merged]] with a comic called ''ComicBook/{{Buster}}'' (a spin off of sorts of AndyCapp). It was similiar in style to ''TheBeano'' and ''ComicBook/TheDandy'' and was a direct competitor to the two being published by a different publisher ''Fleetway'' as opposed to ''TheBeano'' and ''ComicBook/TheDandy'' which were published by ''Creator/DCThomson''. The comic's gimmik was that it was two comics in one, one called ''Whizzer'' and the other called ''Chips'' which was a pull-out section. These comics were supposedly rivals with so called raids (which involved characters from one comic entering the other) between the two being a common occurrence, readers were encouraged to become Whizz-kids or Chip-ites (this referred to which comic they supported) and each comic had a different leader Sid from a strip called [[ABoyAndHisX Sid's Snake]] for Whizzer and Shiner for Chips.
Chips. The distinction between the two titles was later emphasised by changing the duotone strips in ''Chips'' from red to blue.
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''Whizzer and Chips'' was a {{British comic|s}} which first started in 1969. The comic ran until 1990 when it [[ComicsMerger merged]] with a comic called ''ComicBook/{{Buster}}'' (a spin off of sorts of AndyCapp). It was similiar in style to ''TheBeano'' and ''ComicBook/TheDandy'' and was a direct competitor to the two being published by a different publisher ''Fleetway'' as opposed to ''TheBeano'' and ''ComicBook/TheDandy'' which were published by ''DC Thomson''. The comic's gimmik was that it was two comics in one, one called ''Whizzer'' and the other called ''Chips'' which was a pull-out section. These comics were supposedly rivals with so called raids (which involved characters from one comic entering the other) between the two being a common occurrence, readers were encouraged to become Whizz-kids or Chip-ites (this referred to which comic they supported) and each comic had a different leader Sid from a strip called [[ABoyAndHisX Sid's Snake]] for Whizzer and Shiner for Chips.
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''Whizzer and Chips'' was a {{British comic|s}} which first started in 1969. The comic ran until 1990 when it [[ComicsMerger merged]] with a comic called ''ComicBook/{{Buster}}'' (a spin off of sorts of AndyCapp). It was similiar in style to ''TheBeano'' and ''ComicBook/TheDandy'' and was a direct competitor to the two being published by a different publisher ''Fleetway'' as opposed to ''TheBeano'' and ''ComicBook/TheDandy'' which were published by ''DC Thomson''.''Creator/DCThomson''. The comic's gimmik was that it was two comics in one, one called ''Whizzer'' and the other called ''Chips'' which was a pull-out section. These comics were supposedly rivals with so called raids (which involved characters from one comic entering the other) between the two being a common occurrence, readers were encouraged to become Whizz-kids or Chip-ites (this referred to which comic they supported) and each comic had a different leader Sid from a strip called [[ABoyAndHisX Sid's Snake]] for Whizzer and Shiner for Chips.
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''Whizzer and Chips'' was a {{British comic|s}} which first started in 1969. The comic ran until 1990 when it [[ComicsMerger merged]] with a comic called ''Buster'' (a spin off of sorts of AndyCapp). It was similiar in style to ''TheBeano'' and ''ComicBook/TheDandy'' and was a direct competitor to the two being published by a different publisher ''Fleetway'' as opposed to ''TheBeano'' and ''ComicBook/TheDandy'' which were published by ''DC Thomson''. The comic's gimmik was that it was two comics in one, one called ''Whizzer'' and the other called ''Chips'' which was a pull-out section. These comics were supposedly rivals with so called raids (which involved characters from one comic entering the other) between the two being a common occurrence, readers were encouraged to become Whizz-kids or Chip-ites (this referred to which comic they supported) and each comic had a different leader Sid from a strip called [[ABoyAndHisX Sid's Snake]] for Whizzer and Shiner for Chips.
It incorporated many, many other comics in mergers over the years and finally merged with ''Buster'', but in any case the distinctions were unclear at any point because Fleetway would publish compilations drawing on strips from all their comics put together and would reprint strips which debuted in other comics. Therefore, not all the strips mentioned below will necessarily have appeared under the original title.
It incorporated many, many other comics in mergers over the years and finally merged with ''Buster'', but in any case the distinctions were unclear at any point because Fleetway would publish compilations drawing on strips from all their comics put together and would reprint strips which debuted in other comics. Therefore, not all the strips mentioned below will necessarily have appeared under the original title.
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''Whizzer and Chips'' was a {{British comic|s}} which first started in 1969. The comic ran until 1990 when it [[ComicsMerger merged]] with a comic called ''Buster'' ''ComicBook/{{Buster}}'' (a spin off of sorts of AndyCapp). It was similiar in style to ''TheBeano'' and ''ComicBook/TheDandy'' and was a direct competitor to the two being published by a different publisher ''Fleetway'' as opposed to ''TheBeano'' and ''ComicBook/TheDandy'' which were published by ''DC Thomson''. The comic's gimmik was that it was two comics in one, one called ''Whizzer'' and the other called ''Chips'' which was a pull-out section. These comics were supposedly rivals with so called raids (which involved characters from one comic entering the other) between the two being a common occurrence, readers were encouraged to become Whizz-kids or Chip-ites (this referred to which comic they supported) and each comic had a different leader Sid from a strip called [[ABoyAndHisX Sid's Snake]] for Whizzer and Shiner for Chips.
It incorporated many, many other comics in mergers over the years and finally merged with''Buster'', ''ComicBook/{{Buster}}'', but in any case the distinctions were unclear at any point because Fleetway would publish compilations drawing on strips from all their comics put together and would reprint strips which debuted in other comics. Therefore, not all the strips mentioned below will necessarily have appeared under the original title.
It incorporated many, many other comics in mergers over the years and finally merged with
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** Initially at least. Later he was restored to normal height, but suffered random shrink attacks. He had no control over when he suddenly grew back, either.
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* OriginsEpisode: Several strips were given one, usually years after they started, with the subtitle ''Special "How It All Began" Story''.
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* BrainyBaby: Baby Boffin from the S.O.S. Squad, who invents all kinds of advanced technology and vehicles for the team but inevitably they all end up being pram-themed. (At the time this was probably intended as a [[ExaggeratedTrope parodic exaggeration]] of the common ChildProdigy / TeenGenius trope in adventure series).
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* SpringtimeForHitler: Fairly common plot. The Bumpkin Billionaires' plans to lose their fortune often end up making them even richer. Mr Superstore's plans in ''Store Wars'' to drive Bloggs and Son out of business often make them even more successful at his own expense.
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* PlotTailoredToTheParty: Often used with the Super Seven.
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** "The Six Billion Dollar Boy", later "Super Steve", was a British version of ''TheSixBillionDollarMan'' as a boy. Made obvious by his civilian identity, Steve Ford (the original being Steve Austin, both Ford and Austin being car companies).
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** "The Six Billion Dollar Boy", later "Super Steve", was a British version of ''TheSixBillionDollarMan'' ''TheSixMillionDollarMan'' as a boy. Made obvious by his civilian identity, Steve Ford (the original being Steve Austin, both Ford and Austin being car companies).
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* FunWithAcronyms: Super Steve's usual villains were the '''NME''', a KGB-type group of DirtyCommunists from {{Ruritania}}.
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** CoolCar: CoolCar / ThemeMobile: The Sevenmobile
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It incorporated many, many other comics in mergers over the years and finally merged with ''Buster'', but in any case the distinctions were unclear at any point because Fleetway would publish compilations drawing on strips from all their comics put together.together and would reprint strips which debuted in other comics. Therefore, not all the strips mentioned below will necessarily have appeared under the original title.
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''Whizzer and Chips'' was a {{British comic|s}} which first started in 1969. The comic ran until 1990 when it [[ComicsMerger merged]] with a comic called ''Buster'' (a spin off of sorts of AndyCapp). It was similiar in style to ''TheBeano'' and ''ComicBook/TheDandy'' and was a direct competitor to the two being published by a different publisher ''Fleetway'' as opposed to ''TheBeano'' and ''ComicBook/TheDandy'' which were published by ''DC Thomson''. The comic's gimmik was that it was two comics in one, one called ''Whizzer'' and the other called ''Chips'' which was a pull-out section. These comics were supposedly rivals with so called raids (which involved characters from one comic entering the other) between the two being a common occurrence, readers were encouraged to become Whizz-kids or Chip-ites (this referred to which comic they supported) and each comic had a different leader Sid from a strip called [[ABoyAndHisX Sid's Snake]] for Whizzer and Shiner for Chips. It incorporated many, many other comics in mergers over the years and finally merged with ''Buster'', but in any case the distinctions were unclear at any point because Fleetway would publish compilations drawing on strips from all their comics put together. Therefore, not all the strips mentioned below will necessarily have appeared under the original title.
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''Whizzer and Chips'' was a {{British comic|s}} which first started in 1969. The comic ran until 1990 when it [[ComicsMerger merged]] with a comic called ''Buster'' (a spin off of sorts of AndyCapp). It was similiar in style to ''TheBeano'' and ''ComicBook/TheDandy'' and was a direct competitor to the two being published by a different publisher ''Fleetway'' as opposed to ''TheBeano'' and ''ComicBook/TheDandy'' which were published by ''DC Thomson''. The comic's gimmik was that it was two comics in one, one called ''Whizzer'' and the other called ''Chips'' which was a pull-out section. These comics were supposedly rivals with so called raids (which involved characters from one comic entering the other) between the two being a common occurrence, readers were encouraged to become Whizz-kids or Chip-ites (this referred to which comic they supported) and each comic had a different leader Sid from a strip called [[ABoyAndHisX Sid's Snake]] for Whizzer and Shiner for Chips. Chips.
It incorporated many, many other comics in mergers over the years and finally merged with ''Buster'', but in any case the distinctions were unclear at any point because Fleetway would publish compilations drawing on strips from all their comics put together. Therefore, not all the strips mentioned below will necessarily have appeared under the originaltitle.title.
Though they eventually died out in TheEighties, formerly occasional adventure strips with an ArtShift to a more realistic style were included as well as the humour strip majority.
It incorporated many, many other comics in mergers over the years and finally merged with ''Buster'', but in any case the distinctions were unclear at any point because Fleetway would publish compilations drawing on strips from all their comics put together. Therefore, not all the strips mentioned below will necessarily have appeared under the original
Though they eventually died out in TheEighties, formerly occasional adventure strips with an ArtShift to a more realistic style were included as well as the humour strip majority.
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* MagicalNativeAmerican: In "Sonny Storm", one of the longest-lasting adventure strips, a boy discovers his grandfather used to live with the Sioux Indians and, among his old things in the attic, finds a magical rattle that lets him control the weather.
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* ForegoneConclusion: A lot of strips always ended the same way, such as Shiner getting a black eye; often the humour came from how the result would come from an unexpected source, given that the chracters were frequently GenreSavvy and avoided the obvious.
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* LiteralGenie: The strip "Pete's Pockets" sometimes worked this way, with his pockets capable of giving him anything he wanted but messing up in this fashion. Other times they failed due to {{Mondegreen}} (he asks for a toaster, they send him a boaster, a coaster and a poster).
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* ArabOilSheikh: "Mustafa Million", with the twist that he's a young boy and living in the UK, often misunderstanding British traditions and getting the help from his British friends to escape his private tutor.
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* UnclePennybags: Inverted with "Lolly Pop", to a ''[[UpToEleven ludicrous]]'' degree, to the point where one wonders how he even manages to run such a profitable business empire if he refuses to spend any money on even the barest essentials.
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* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: "Animalad", who can transform into any animal.
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* ConspicuousTrenchcoat: "Hit Kid" (played for laughs). A [[VigilanteMan Vigilante Boy]] who goes around getting revenge on people (usually adults) who steal from kids and the like, and is paid in sweets.
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* MundaneFantastic: The "S.O.S. Squad" strip. It's yet another strip based on a team of kids each embodying a 'hat' of an attribute going around helping people, yet the people they help out include an alien who's crashed his flying saucer, retrieving a possession from a house in a now-flooded valley by turning it into a giant hovercraft, and so on.
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** "The Krazy Gang" were based on ''The Double-Deckers''.
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* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Quite a common gimmick.
** "Animalad", who can transform into any animal.
** "Faceache", 'The Boy with a Thousand Faces', though most of them are TheGrotesque.
** "Animalad", who can transform into any animal.
** "Faceache", 'The Boy with a Thousand Faces', though most of them are TheGrotesque.
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* InvoluntaryShapeshifting / JekyllAndHyde: "Guy Gorilla", who transforms into a gorilla every time he (usually accidentally) eats peanuts.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: One "Store Wars" strip from TheEighties had the visit of the Lady Mayoress, "Mrs Hatcher", an expy of MargaretThatcher who had the same background and views. Unusually for British comics in this period it didn't get too political, with the joke being that "Mr. Superstore" thinks she'll like him because of her approving of free enterprise--which she does--but she likes Bloggs and Son even more because it reminds her of growing up in her father's own small grocery shop.
* PunnyName: Used more often than not.
* PunnyName: Used more often than not.
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* SlobsVersusSnobs: A very common basis for strips.
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* SlobsVersusSnobs: A very common basis for strips. Examples include:
** "The Toffs and the Toughs" (who eventually became supporting characters to the similar-concept "Smarty and Tatty")
** "Ivor Lott and Tony Broke" (later incorporating their [[DistaffCounterpart Distaff Counterparts]] Milly O'Naire and Penny Less)
** "Top of the Class". A harassed teacher tries to cope with the fact that half his class are posh swots, the other half are lower-class roughs, and the two groups hate each other. Unlike the other examples above, where editorial sympathy was clearly with the lower-class characters, UpperClassTwit / AristocratsAreEvil were in full play and UnderdogsNeverLose, in this case both sides were presented as equal and one side usually didn't come out on top.
** "The Toffs and the Toughs" (who eventually became supporting characters to the similar-concept "Smarty and Tatty")
** "Ivor Lott and Tony Broke" (later incorporating their [[DistaffCounterpart Distaff Counterparts]] Milly O'Naire and Penny Less)
** "Top of the Class". A harassed teacher tries to cope with the fact that half his class are posh swots, the other half are lower-class roughs, and the two groups hate each other. Unlike the other examples above, where editorial sympathy was clearly with the lower-class characters, UpperClassTwit / AristocratsAreEvil were in full play and UnderdogsNeverLose, in this case both sides were presented as equal and one side usually didn't come out on top.
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''Whizzer and Chips'' was a {{British comic|s}} which first started in 1969. The comic ran until 1990 when it [[ComicsMerger merged]] with a comic called ''Buster'' (a spin off of sorts of AndyCapp). It was similiar in style to ''TheBeano'' and ''ComicBook/TheDandy'' and was a direct competitor to the two being published by a different publisher ''Fleetway'' as opposed to ''TheBeano'' and ''ComicBook/TheDandy'' which were published by ''DC Thomson''. The comic's gimmik was that it was two comics in one, one called ''Whizzer'' and the other called ''Chips'' which was a pull-out section. These comics were supposedly rivals with so called raids (which involved characters from one comic entering the other) between the two being a common occurrence, readers were encouraged to become Whizz-kids or Chip-ites (this referred to which comic they supported) and each comic had a different leader Sid from a strip called [[ABoyAndHisX Sid's Snake]] for Whizzer and Shiner for Chips.
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''Whizzer and Chips'' was a {{British comic|s}} which first started in 1969. The comic ran until 1990 when it [[ComicsMerger merged]] with a comic called ''Buster'' (a spin off of sorts of AndyCapp). It was similiar in style to ''TheBeano'' and ''ComicBook/TheDandy'' and was a direct competitor to the two being published by a different publisher ''Fleetway'' as opposed to ''TheBeano'' and ''ComicBook/TheDandy'' which were published by ''DC Thomson''. The comic's gimmik was that it was two comics in one, one called ''Whizzer'' and the other called ''Chips'' which was a pull-out section. These comics were supposedly rivals with so called raids (which involved characters from one comic entering the other) between the two being a common occurrence, readers were encouraged to become Whizz-kids or Chip-ites (this referred to which comic they supported) and each comic had a different leader Sid from a strip called [[ABoyAndHisX Sid's Snake]] for Whizzer and Shiner for Chips. It incorporated many, many other comics in mergers over the years and finally merged with ''Buster'', but in any case the distinctions were unclear at any point because Fleetway would publish compilations drawing on strips from all their comics put together. Therefore, not all the strips mentioned below will necessarily have appeared under the original title.
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** Which was only one of several strips based on the concept of 'weird school where normal teacher vainly tries to carry on as usual'. Others included ''Showbiz School'' (all the students are budding superstars who don't care about normal lessons) and ''Shipwrecked School'' (stuck on a desert island).
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** Which was only one of several strips based on the concept of 'weird school where normal teacher vainly tries to carry on as usual'. Others included ''Showbiz ''Stage School'' (all the students are budding superstars who don't care about normal lessons) and ''Shipwrecked School'' (stuck on a desert island).island).
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: "My Bruvver"
* AnythingYouCanDoICanDoBetter: The "Beat Your Neighbour" strip, in which two boys boast that their dads are better at/have a better one of something and egg them on in an EscalatingWar, only for this to cause a disaster that in the last panel leaves them boasting that their dad "has more broken bones than your dad!" or similar.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: "My Bruvver"
* AnythingYouCanDoICanDoBetter: The "Beat Your Neighbour" strip, in which two boys boast that their dads are better at/have a better one of something and egg them on in an EscalatingWar, only for this to cause a disaster that in the last panel leaves them boasting that their dad "has more broken bones than your dad!" or similar.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Strips involving a team of kids who each embodied a single characteristic such as the fat one, the dim one, etc. were (and are) common, but this was parodied/deconstructed with "The Group" strip, whose members had ''actual names'' like "Brain", "Fatso", "Shorty" and "Stupid".
* IncredibleShrinkingMan: Sammy Shrink, originally from ''Knockout''. Unusually it wasn't a reversible transformation, he was stuck that way.
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* IncredibleShrinkingMan: Sammy Shrink, originally from ''Knockout''. Unusually it wasn't a reversible transformation, he was stuck that way.
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** ''The Six Billion Dollar Boy'', later ''Super Steve'', was a British version of ''TheSixBillionDollarMan'' as a boy. Made obvious by his civilian identity, Steve Ford (the original being Steve Austin, both Ford and Austin being car companies).
** ''Shipwrecked School'' was ''GilligansIsland'' but with schoolkids and their teacher.
** ''The Bumpkin Billionaires'' was ''TheBeverlyHillbillies'', but set in the UK and with the twist that they were forever trying to get ''rid'' of their money, only to be foiled by the ResetButton.
** ''Shipwrecked School'' was ''GilligansIsland'' but with schoolkids and their teacher.
** ''The Bumpkin Billionaires'' was ''TheBeverlyHillbillies'', but set in the UK and with the twist that they were forever trying to get ''rid'' of their money, only to be foiled by the ResetButton.
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** ''The "The Six Billion Dollar Boy'', Boy", later ''Super Steve'', "Super Steve", was a British version of ''TheSixBillionDollarMan'' as a boy. Made obvious by his civilian identity, Steve Ford (the original being Steve Austin, both Ford and Austin being car companies).
**''Shipwrecked School'' "Shipwrecked School" was ''GilligansIsland'' but with schoolkids and their teacher.
**''The "The Bumpkin Billionaires'' Billionaires" was ''TheBeverlyHillbillies'', but set in the UK and with the twist that they were forever trying to get ''rid'' of their money, only to be foiled by the ResetButton. ResetButton.
** "Animalad" (from ''Whoopee!'' originally) may have been inspired by ''{{Manimal}}''.
* SlobsVersusSnobs: A very common basis for strips.
* SuperTeam: The Super Seven (originally from ''Knockout'' before the merger) who all had their own separate strips, but would team up for specials.
** BlowYouAway: Windy
** CoolCar: The Sevenmobile
** GadgeteerGenius / WrenchWench: Wanda Wheels
** ImprobableAimingSkills: Dead Eye Dick (with catapults), Booter (with footballs) and Thunderball (with marbles)
** StinkBomb: Stinker
* TotallyRadical: Ringo, from "The Group" (deliberately; the strip ran in TheSeventies and he was a DiscoDan still stuck in TheSixties)
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** "Animalad" (from ''Whoopee!'' originally) may have been inspired by ''{{Manimal}}''.
* SlobsVersusSnobs: A very common basis for strips.
* SuperTeam: The Super Seven (originally from ''Knockout'' before the merger) who all had their own separate strips, but would team up for specials.
** BlowYouAway: Windy
** CoolCar: The Sevenmobile
** GadgeteerGenius / WrenchWench: Wanda Wheels
** ImprobableAimingSkills: Dead Eye Dick (with catapults), Booter (with footballs) and Thunderball (with marbles)
** StinkBomb: Stinker
* TotallyRadical: Ringo, from "The Group" (deliberately; the strip ran in TheSeventies and he was a DiscoDan still stuck in TheSixties)
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* UnderdogsNeverLose: The strip ''Store Wars'', which was about a CorruptCorporateExecutive villain running a huge supermarket and his rivalry with a small traditional corner shop down the road run by Mr Bloggs and his son. Had a similar dynamic to the Wyle E. Coyote and Road Runner cartoons--although you should in theory sympathise with the one who's being targeted, in practice the villain becomes sympathetic just because of the ForegoneConclusion of his EpicFail every week.
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* UnderdogsNeverLose: The strip ''Store Wars'', which was about a CorruptCorporateExecutive villain running a huge supermarket and his rivalry with a small traditional corner shop down the road run by Mr Bloggs and his son. Had a similar dynamic to the Wyle E. Coyote and Road Runner WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadrunner cartoons--although you should in theory sympathise with the one who's being targeted, in practice the villain becomes sympathetic just because of the ForegoneConclusion of his EpicFail every week.
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* ABoyAndHisX: One of the most common themes for strips, with the 'X' being either an animal, some sort of alien or etheral creature, or a gadget with strange powers.
** ''Sid's Snake'' (Sid and his giant snake Slippy)
** ''Ray Gunn'' (eponymous boy and his RayGun with settings controlled by BillionsOfButtons allowing it to do whatever the plot required)
** ''Minnie's Mixer'' (see below)
** ''X-Ray Specs'' (A boy and his, well, X-Ray Specs)
** ''Odd Ball'' (a boy and his sentient shapeshifting magical football...thing)
** ''Sid's Snake'' (Sid and his giant snake Slippy)
** ''Ray Gunn'' (eponymous boy and his RayGun with settings controlled by BillionsOfButtons allowing it to do whatever the plot required)
** ''Minnie's Mixer'' (see below)
** ''X-Ray Specs'' (A boy and his, well, X-Ray Specs)
** ''Odd Ball'' (a boy and his sentient shapeshifting magical football...thing)
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* UnderdogsNeverLose: The strip ''Store Wars'', which was about a CorruptCorporateExecutive villain running a huge supermarket and his rivalry with a small traditional corner shop down the road run by Mr Bloggs and his son. Had a similar dynamic to the Wyle E. Coyote and Road Runner cartoons--although you should in theory sympathise with the one who's being targeted, in practice the villain becomes sympathetic just because of the ForegoneConclusion of his EpicFail every week.
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** Which was only one of several strips based on the concept of 'weird school where normal teacher vainly tries to carry on as usual'. Others included ''Showbiz School'' (all the students are budding superstars who don't care about normal lessons) and ''Shipwrecked School'' (stuck on a desert island).
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* NationalStereotypes: The strip ''Worldwide School'' was about a multi-national group of students travelling around the world to all their home countries in turn, accompanied by their accident-prone teacher. About 50% of the time stereotypes were played straight and the other 50% they were referenced and then debunked.
* RecycledInSpace: A lot of strips basically consisted of taking whatever was popular on television (especially imported American programmes) and putting a spin on it that was either 1) British, 2) involved children or school to fit the target audience, or 3) both. Some renamings over the years were required to avoid being sued.
** ''The Six Billion Dollar Boy'', later ''Super Steve'', was a British version of ''TheSixBillionDollarMan'' as a boy. Made obvious by his civilian identity, Steve Ford (the original being Steve Austin, both Ford and Austin being car companies).
** ''Shipwrecked School'' was ''GilligansIsland'' but with schoolkids and their teacher.
** ''The Bumpkin Billionaires'' was ''TheBeverlyHillbillies'', but set in the UK and with the twist that they were forever trying to get ''rid'' of their money, only to be foiled by the ResetButton.
* RecycledInSpace: A lot of strips basically consisted of taking whatever was popular on television (especially imported American programmes) and putting a spin on it that was either 1) British, 2) involved children or school to fit the target audience, or 3) both. Some renamings over the years were required to avoid being sued.
** ''The Six Billion Dollar Boy'', later ''Super Steve'', was a British version of ''TheSixBillionDollarMan'' as a boy. Made obvious by his civilian identity, Steve Ford (the original being Steve Austin, both Ford and Austin being car companies).
** ''Shipwrecked School'' was ''GilligansIsland'' but with schoolkids and their teacher.
** ''The Bumpkin Billionaires'' was ''TheBeverlyHillbillies'', but set in the UK and with the twist that they were forever trying to get ''rid'' of their money, only to be foiled by the ResetButton.
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''Whizzer and Chips'' was a {{British comic|s}} which first started in 1969. The comic ran until 1990 when it [[ComicsMerger merged]] with a comic called ''Buster'' (a spin off of sorts of AndyCapp). It was similiar in style to ''TheBeano'' and ''ComicBook/TheDandy'' and was a direct competitor to the two being published by a different publisher ''Fleetway'' as opposed to ''TheBeano'' and ''ComicBook/TheDandy'' which were published by ''DC Thomson''. The comic's gimmik was that it was two comics in one, one called ''Whizzer'' and the other called ''Chips'' which was a pull-out section. These comics were supposedly rivals with so called raids (which involved characters from one comic entering the other) between the two being a common occurrence, readers were encouraged to become Whizz-kids or Chip-ites (this referred to which comic they supported) and each comic had a different leader Sid from a strip called [[ABoyAndHisX Sid's Snake]] for Whizzer and Shiner for Chips.
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!!This comic (and its strips) provide examples of:
* AllGhoulsSchool: A strip called [[GrangeHill Strange Hill]] which featured a normal teacher with monster students.
* ArchEnemy: The two comics in thise two comics in one comic Whizzer was Chips were supposedly archenemies.
* ComicsMerger: The comic Knockout merged with Whizzer and Chips in 1973, followed by Krazy in 1978, Whoopee! in 1985 (Which itself had merged with three other comics Shiver and Shake in 1974, followed by Cheeky in 1980 and Wow! in 1983) and finally [[FootballPopMusicAndFlatCaps Scouse]] Mouse in 1989.
* EnfantTerrible: Sweeny Toddler
* MagicalGirlfriend: There was a strip named Bobby's Ghoul, which was about a boy who had a ghost for a girlfriend.
* MergingMachine: There was a strip called "Minnie's Mixer", which played this for laughs. The eponymous device looked like an electric food mixer, but when pointed at two objects in close proximity could fuse them together. Most often used to mix people or pets with objects. Fortunately the process was reversible.
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!!This comic (and its strips) provide examples of:
* AllGhoulsSchool: A strip called [[GrangeHill Strange Hill]] which featured a normal teacher with monster students.
* ArchEnemy: The two comics in thise two comics in one comic Whizzer was Chips were supposedly archenemies.
* ComicsMerger: The comic Knockout merged with Whizzer and Chips in 1973, followed by Krazy in 1978, Whoopee! in 1985 (Which itself had merged with three other comics Shiver and Shake in 1974, followed by Cheeky in 1980 and Wow! in 1983) and finally [[FootballPopMusicAndFlatCaps Scouse]] Mouse in 1989.
* EnfantTerrible: Sweeny Toddler
* MagicalGirlfriend: There was a strip named Bobby's Ghoul, which was about a boy who had a ghost for a girlfriend.
* MergingMachine: There was a strip called "Minnie's Mixer", which played this for laughs. The eponymous device looked like an electric food mixer, but when pointed at two objects in close proximity could fuse them together. Most often used to mix people or pets with objects. Fortunately the process was reversible.
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