History ComicStrip / HagarTheHorrible

* Fanservice: In one particular strip, Honi decides to wear her dress without the shoulder straps. Problem is, [[DidntThinkThisThrough since her dress is made of metal]], it ''immediately'' falls down and leaves her naked, although all you see is her barely covering her breasts.

''Hägar the Horrible'' is a classic comic strip about a red-bearded Viking, created by Dik Browne (''ComicStrip/HiAndLois'') in 1973.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Hägar. He is a buffonish viking who pillages other people's 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.

* LeeroyJenkins:
** When Lucky Eddie learns that the first step to becoming a Viking is to "do something incredibly brave" he marches straight up to Helga and pulls a face at her. One [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beatdown]] later Hägar tells him, "Sorry, we don't take crazy people."
** Hägar has his moments, too.

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

** In Spanish-speaking countries, the strip is known as "Olafo el Vikingo" or "Olafo el Amargado" ("Olaf the Viking" and "Olaf the Bitter"). Hägar becomes Olafo, Lucky Eddie is named Chiripa (which is spanish slang for a lucky break), Honi is Astrid and Dirty Dirk is "Bola de Churre".

** In Spanish-speaking countries, the strip is known as "Olafo el Vikingo" ("Olaf the Viking"). Hägar becomes Olafo, Lucky Eddie is named Chiripa and Honi is Astrid.

** AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: Hägar, Honi, Hernia and Snert. Justified in Hägar's case by being a name made up by kids playing vikings.

* FantasyKitchenSink: Hagar occasionally encounters dragons and other fantastic creatures like trolls and such (one strip has him and Snert running from an angry tree, Hagar telling Snert that "you ''never'' do ''that'' in the Haunted Forest!") He also occasionally comes across fairy tale characters, like ''Literature/PussInBoots'' and ''Literature/TheGingerbreadMan''.

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Hägar, despite him not being all that "horrible".

* UsefulNotes/BritainVersusTheUK: In one strip, after being blown off course and shipwrecked, Hägar thinks he has landed in England and sends Lucky Eddie ashore proclaiming he loves the English. Turns out they have actually landed in [[ViolentGlaswegian Scotland]], and [[HilarityEnsues Violence Ensues]].

** Hagar and family's house is usually shown in a wide open space... except one time it was shown to be on the edge of a cliff, with Hagar's boat docked in the water below.

** Hagar himself hates baths; a RunningGag of the strip is that he only takes one once a year. (In truth, Vikings were known for their personal hygene at home -- on shipboard was another matter; they INVENTED the sauna, after all!)

* TheMagnificent: Inverted with Hägar's epithet, "the Horrible". There's are actually his real middle and last names; see WhosOnFirst.

* TheMagnificent: Inverted with Hägar's epithet, "the Horrible".

* NeverBareheaded: Hagar even ''sleeps'' wearing his helmet.

** [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with Hagar's son Hamlet, a {{bookworm}} who prefers reading to fighting.
* ObnoxiousInLaws: Hagar and his mother-in-law do NOT get along. In one strip, Hagar gives a long spiel to Hamlet about the roles of various family members. His entry on in-laws? "Don't ask."

** Hagar and family's house is usually shown in a wide open space... except one time it was shown to be on the edge of a cliff, with Hagar's boat docked in the water below below.

* HatesBaths: Hägar hates his yearly bath.

%%* AerithAndBob
* ActionGirl: Honi has difficulty deciding whether she wants to be a housewife or a warrior.

* AnimatedAdaptation: Creator/HannaBarbera did a very good one, which aired as a half-hour special on Creator/{{CBS}} in 1989 with Creator/PeterCullen voicing Hägar. Sadly, [[OneEpisodeWonder it never got turned into a series]].
%%* ApronMatron: Helga

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Even if he isn't all-that "horrible".

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

%%* BruiserWithASoftCenter: Hägar

%%* ButtMonkey: Lucky Eddie.

%%* ClingyJealousGirl: Hernia

%%* CunningLinguist: Lucky Eddie.
%%* CutASliceTakeTheRest

** The Swedish translation names Hägar Hagbard, his son Loke, his daughter Brynhilde and his best friend Tur-Ture.

%%* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench
* FantasyKitchenSink: Hagar occasionally encounters dragons and other fantastic creatures like trolls and such (one strip has him and Snert running from an angry tree, Hagar telling Snert that "you ''never'' do ''that'' in the Haunted Forest!") He also occasionally comes across fairy tale characters, like ''Literature/PussInBoots'' and ''Literature/TheGingerbreadMan''

%%* HenpeckedHusband
* HornsOfBarbarism: The Vikings, as usual, wear horned helmets. If a Viking lies, his horns fall off. Hagar tends to go through a lot of helmets because of this. The horns also show the wearer's emotional state, somehow, pointing upward normally but pointing downward when Hagar is sad.

%%* TheIngenue: Honi.

* IronicNickname: Lucky Eddie--one longer story does explain he used to be extremely lucky until he was cursed.

* TheJester: With elements of a modern comedian.

* LovesMeNot: Hernia does it but decides to stop at "loves me" before she has reached the last petal.

* TheMagnificent: Well, more like "The Horrible"

%%* MattressTagGag

%%* NiceGuy: Lucky Eddie.
* NegativeContinuity

** [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with Hagar's son Hamlet, who prefers reading to fighting.
%%* NorseByNorsewest

** Hagar himself hates baths; a RunningGag of the strip is that he only takes one once a year. (In truth, Vikings were known for their personal hygene at home--on shipboard was another matter; they INVENTED the sauna, after all!)

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

%%* SymbolSwearing

* UnwillingSuspension: Tax evaders get this, for instance
* 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.

** Hagar himself hates baths; a RunningGag of the strip is that he only takes one once a year. (In truth, that's actually ''more'' often than most men from that time period did.)

* {{Mermaid}}: They seem drawn to Lucky Eddie, oddly enough.