History ComicStrip / FrankAndErnest

''Frank and Ernest'' is a newspaper comic featuring the title characters in gag-a-day humor that takes them over space and time, and through random occupations (from a baseline of bums), when not featuring bit parts by FracturedFairyTale characters, or MotherGoose characters, or the planets, or numerals. Prone to MediumAwareness and {{Incredibly Lame Pun}}s.

%%* OneMillionBC: One of the numerous settings

%%* FracturedFairyTale: Twisted into puns.

%%* GrandpaGod: In the Heaven.
%%* HumanPopsicle

%%* MatterOfLifeAndDeath: Punned into a matter of life and depth.
%%* NeverNeedsSharpening / VeryFalseAdvertising: Ernest is shameless when trying to sell.
%%* NurseryRhyme: Often in the Fractured Fairy Tales.

%%* PickACard

%%* RobotDog
%%* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Not usually, but they like Sesquicentennial.

* TheEndIsNigh: Never worries either one much.

* {{Feghoot}}
* FireAndBrimstoneHell

* FlyingSaucer: Aliens' invariable transport.
* FracturedFairyTale: Twisted into puns.
* GenreRoulette: You can not rely on its being the same twice.
* GrandpaGod: In the Heaven.
* HumanPopsicle
* HurricaneOfPuns: Happens rather often in the Sunday strips.

* MatterOfLifeAndDeath: Punned into a matter of life and depth.
* NeverNeedsSharpening / VeryFalseAdvertising: Ernest is shameless when trying to sell.
* NurseryRhyme: Often in the Fractured Fairy Tales.
* OneMillionBC: One of the numerous settings
* OnlyTheChosenMayWield
* OverlyPrepreparedGag: Many of the strips are 8 or so panels rambling about something inane to set up for a huge pun at the end. The payoff is worth it.
* PickACard
* PungeonMaster
* PunnyHeadlines: They've been known to work for a newspaper.
* PunnyName: Both names are plays on words for honesty.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Occasionally.
* RobotDog
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Not usually, but they like Sesquicentennial.
* SevenDeadlySins: Can appear as characters.
* SilverBullet: The Lone Ranger oversold them.
* WorldOfPun: Seeing a pattern here?

* TheEndIsNigh: Never worries either one much

* NeverNeedsSharpening: Ernest is shameless when trying to sell

* SevenDeadlySins: Can appear as characters

* VeryFalseAdvertising: Ernest is shameless when trying to sell; usually justifies with a pun

* {{Malaproper}}: Malaprop Man.

''Frank And Ernest'' is a newspaper comic featuring the title characters in gag-a-day humor that takes them over space and time, and through random occupations (from a baseline of bums), when not featuring bit parts by FracturedFairyTale characters, or MotherGoose characters, or the planets, or numerals. Prone to MediumAwareness and {{Incredibly Lame Pun}}s.

[[BeamMeUpScotty The true source]] of the line "Sure he was great, but don't forget that Creator/GingerRogers did everything he did, backwards... and in high heels."

'''''Frank And Ernest''''' is a newspaper comic featuring the title characters in gag-a-day humor that takes them over space and time, and through random occupations (from a baseline of bums), when not featuring bit parts by FracturedFairyTale characters, or MotherGoose characters, or the planets, or numerals. Prone to MediumAwareness and {{Incredibly Lame Pun}}s.

!!Tropes included

[[BeamMeUpScotty The true source]] of the line "Sure he was great, but don't forget that Ginger Rogers did everything he did, backwards... and in high heels."

* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: NOt usually, but they like Sesquicentennial.

* BreakingTheFourthWall

* FracturedFairyTale
* GenreRoulette
* GrandpaGod

* NeverNeedsSharpening

* OneMillionBC

* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness
* SevenDeadlySins
* SilverBullet
* VeryFalseAdvertising

* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Ocasionally.

* AWorldwidePunomenon: Seeing a pattern here?

* OverlyPrepreparedGag: Many of the strips are 8 or so panels rambling about something inane to set up for a huge pun at the end. The payoff is [[{{YMMV}} usually]] worth it.

* HomelessHeroes: Our title characters, often.

* MotherGoose: Often in the Fractured Fairy Tales.

* SwordInTheStone

* MotherGoose

* PunnyHeadlines

* CrossoverCosmology
* FluffyCloudHeaven