History YMMV / BeetleBailey

* BrokenBase: Some people would like the 1960s cartoon for being good in it's own right. Others would dismiss it for not being faithful to the comic strip.

* RelationshipWritingFumble: It's probably not intentional, but Beetle and Sarge have had many, MANY instances of HoYay over the years. Beetle's always had a steady girlfriend, and [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday then he started dating Ms. Buxley.]] It's actually become a popular headcanon that Beetle and Sarge are gay lovers in a [[HideYourLesbians Don't Ask, Don't Tell era military]] and their constant scuffles and insults are BelligerentSexualTension built up by their inability to freely engage in a relationship.

** Norway and Sweden actualy has its own counterpart, an even older comic strip (originating in the 1930s, while Beetle came into print in TheFifties): ''91 Stomperud'' (1937) in Norway, or ''91an Karlsson'' (1932) in Sweden. This character and Beetle has a lot in common, although Stomperud is more of a BigEater than a slacker (He is actually a kind of smartass country boy). Comic magazine ''Python'' arranged for the two to meet in a parody strip in the 1980s, setting both soldiers in a NATO manoevre. Bad language skills resulted in a hilarious misunderstanding. The long acquaintance with the Stomperud/Karlsson character may have done a lot for the popularity of Beetle in Scandinavia.

* RelationshipWritingFumble: It's probably not intentional, but Beetle and Sarge have had many, MANY instances of HoYay over the years. Beetle's always had a steady girlfriend, and [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday then he started dating Ms. Buxley.]]
** It's actually become a popular headcanon that Beetle and Sarge are gay lovers in a [[HideYourLesbians Don't Ask, Don't Tell era military]] and their constant scuffles and insults are BelligerentSexualTension built up by their inability to freely engage in a relationship.

** Norway and Sweden actualy has its own counterpart, an even older comic strip (originating in the 1930s, while Beetle came into print in TheFifties): ''91 Stomperud'' (1937) in Norway , or ''91an Karlsson'' (1932) in Sweden . This character and Beetle has a lot in common, although Stomperud is more of a BigEater than a slacker (He is actually a kind of smartass country boy). Comic magazine ''Python'' arranged for the two to meet in a parody strip in the 1980s, setting both soldiers in a NATO manoevre. Bad language skills resulted in a hilarious misunderstanding. The long acquaintance with the Stomperud/Karlsson character may have done a lot for the popularity of Beetle in Scandinavia.

** Norway and Sweden actualy has its own counterpart, an even older comic strip (originating in the 1930s, while Beetle came into print in TheFifties): ''91 Stomperud''(1937) in Norway , or ''91an Karlsson''(1932) in Sweden . This character and Beetle has a lot in common, although Stomperud is more of a BigEater than a slacker (He is actually a kind of smartass country boy). Comic magazine ''Python'' arranged for the two to meet in a parody strip in the 1980s, setting both soldiers in a NATO manoevre. Bad language skills resulted in a hilarious misunderstanding. The long acquaintance with the Stomperud/Karlsson character may have done a lot for the popularity of Beetle in Scandinavia.

** Norway and Sweden actualy has its own counterpart, an even older comic strip (originating in the 1930s, while Beetle came into print in TheFifties): ''91 Stomperud'' (1937), or ''91an Karlsson'' in Sweden (1932). This character and Beetle has a lot in common, although Stomperud is more of a BigEater than a slacker (He is actually a kind of smartass country boy). Comic magazine ''Python'' arranged for the two to meet in a parody strip in the 1980s, setting both soldiers in a NATO manoevre. Bad language skills resulted in a hilarious misunderstanding. The long acquaintance with the Stomperud/Karlsson character may have done a lot for the popularity of Beetle in Scandinavia.

* RelationshipWritingFumble: It's probably not intentional, but Beetle and Sarge have had many, MANY instances of HoYay, or perhaps FoeYay over the years. Beetle's always had a steady girlfriend, and [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday then he started dating Ms. Buxley.]]

* HeartwarmingMoments:

* RelationshipWritingFumble: It's probably not intentional, but Beetle and Sarge have had many, MANY instances of HoYay, or perhaps FoeYay over the years. Beetle's always had a steady girlfriend, [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday Beetle and Ms. Buxley are dating now.]]

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: ''Beetle Bailey'' has been very popular in Scandinavia for decades. The strip has its own regular comic book in Sweden, Denmark and Norway.

* [[RecycledScript Recycled Gag]]: There must be dozens over the years, possibly trying to rely on the fact that with the total number of strips being somewhere in the order of the total number of atoms in the universe, no-one would notice. You might find the exact same strip re-drawn years later, or the same gag being used in a single strip and in the middle of a longer "story".