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4A one-panel, gag-a-day NewspaperComic created in 1968 by Bill Hoest, continued since his death in 1988 by Bunny Hoest and John Reiner.
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6The comic's protagonists are Leroy and Loretta Lockhorn, a married couple who hate each other.
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8That's pretty much all there is to it. The strips usually feature Leroy and Loretta making passive-aggressive, sarcastic one-liners at each other, whether to the other's face or to some third party, though light satire of everyday life also abounds.
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10!!This comic features tropes such as:
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12* AllMenArePerverts: Leroy often dances and/or looks at the resident busty woman who happens to be in the room/at the beach/wherever. When Loretta is ''five feet away from him.'' Usually, she just snarks about it.
13* AlliterativeName: '''L'''eroy and '''L'''oretta '''L'''ockhorn. Not to mention the strip's original title, ''The'' '''''L'''''''ockhorns of'' '''''L'''''''evittown''.
14* AwfulWeddedLife: The source of all humour in the strip. It's a miracle they never thought of divorcing.
15%%* DeadpanSnarker: Both protagonists.
16* DinnerAndAShow: Leroy and Loretta have a surprisingly busy social calendar, and frequently have dinner parties or visitors. They do not suspend hostilities on these occasions.
17%%* TheEeyore: Both Leroy and Loretta, again.
18%%* FamilyTitle
19* HouseAmnesia: One panel featured Leroy and Loretta walking outside, with Loretta saying, “This is the first time we've been thrown out of a party at our own house.”
20* InformedAttribute: Hoest always claimed that the appeal of the strip is that, for all their bickering, [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther it's clear that Leroy and Loretta really do love each other.]] No strip in the last half-century so much as hints at this.
21* JustEatGilligan: After a while, one can't help but wonder why they don't just go ahead and get a divorce.
22* KavorkaMan: Leroy at times, believe it or not. It's not uncommon for him to be portrayed as actively charming the girls he's attracted to, even putting his arms around them, as opposed to just lusting after them from a distance.
23* LazyHusband: Leroy typically avoids doing chores or fixing things around the house, whether through laziness, incompetence or a belief that Loretta should 'earn' the money she (over)shops with.
24* LethalChef: Loretta's awful cooking is a staple running gag that she's not unwilling to acknowledge.
25* TheMasochismTango: The only explanation for the endurance of their marriage is that they enjoy making each other miserable.
26* MenAreUncultured: Leroy often sleeps through or complains about things Loretta drags him to, some of which are ballets, operas, etc.
27* NoAccountingForTaste: Why are these two together again? Neither one is [[KavorkaMan particularly]] [[PerpetualFrowner attractive]]; neither has [[LazyHusband any appreciable]] [[LethalChef domestic skills]]; and both are [[TheEeyore generally]] [[SnarkToSnarkCombat unpleasant]]. See TheMasochismTango.
28* ObnoxiousInLaws: Loretta's mother is a frequent target of Leroy's snark.
29* PerpetualFrowner: Everyone's range of expressions consists of "depressed and bored" and "infuriated", with only the occasional "grimly satisfied" or "inebriated".
30* PunnyName: The Lockhorns are always "locking horns" with each other.
31* WomenDrivers: Loretta's frequent fender-benders are a major contributor to the dated feel of the whole strip.
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