History ComicStrip / Frazz

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* BlackAndNerdy: Caufield.

* ChildProdigy: Caufield again.

* HalloweenEpisode: Every year there's a week of Halloween-themed strips in which Caufield dresses up as a character from literature, challenging the teachers to guess his identity.

* IntergenerationalFriendship: Frazz is FriendToAllChildren, but especially to Caufield.

** The first [[http://www.gocomics.com/frazz/2001/04/08 Sunday strip]] has Frazz painting the cafeteria in kid-friendly parodies of ''[[Nighthawks NighthawksShot]]'', ''[[Creator/AndyWarhol Campbell's Soup Cans]]'', ''[[SistineSteal Creation of Adam]]'', ''[[Creator/SalvadorDali Persistence of Memory]]'', and ''[[LastSupperSteal The Last Supper]]'', with the title panel (not shown in the linked page) featuring Frazz as the [[LeonardoDaVinci Vitruvian Man]] for a bonus.

** The first [[http://www.gocomics.com/frazz/2001/04/08 Sunday strip]] has Frazz painting the cafeteria in kid-friendly parodies of ''{{Nighthawks}}'', ''[[Creator/AndyWarhol Campbell's Soup Cans]]'', ''[[SistineSteal Creation of Adam]]'', ''[[Creator/SalvadorDali Persistence of Memory]]'', and ''[[LastSupperSteal The Last Supper]]'', with the title panel (not shown in the linked page) featuring Frazz as the [[LeonardoDaVinci Vitruvian Man]] for a bonus.

-->'''Caulfield:''' ''(pointing to Frazz's white-and-red legs)'' Poland called. They want their flag back.

* AdultsAreUseless: Mrs. Olsen is a perfect example of a poor teacher who underestimates her students. She is based on Jef Mallett's past teachers, as well as one of his wife's teachers.
** To be fair, she does have her moments. From time to time she manages to successfully manipulate Caulfield into actually living up to his potential.
** And she's shown to be surprisingly sharp underneath her grouchiness. She's more of a SternTeacher.

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A daily comic strip by Jef Mallett about Edwin Frazier, nicknamed "Frazz" by the kids at Bryson Elementary School. He works there as a janitor, but is also very wealthy due to having written several hit songs.

** The first [[http://www.gocomics.com/frazz/2001/04/08 Sunday strip]] has Frazz painting the cafeteria in kid-friendly parodies of ''{{Nighthawks}}'', ''[[Creator/AndyWarhol Campbell's Soup Cans]]'', ''[[SistineSteal Creation of Adam]]'', ''[[SalvadorDali Persistence of Memory]]'', and ''[[LastSupperSteal The Last Supper]]'', with the title panel (not shown in the linked page) featuring Frazz as the [[LeonardoDaVinci Vitruvian Man]] for a bonus.

** The first [[http://www.gocomics.com/frazz/2001/04/08 Sunday strip]] has Frazz painting the cafeteria in kid-friendly parodies of ''{{Nighthawks}}'', ''[[AndyWarhol Campbell's Soup Cans]]'', ''[[SistineSteal Creation of Adam]]'', ''[[SalvadorDali Persistence of Memory]]'', and ''[[LastSupperSteal The Last Supper]]'', with the title panel (not shown in the linked page) featuring Frazz as the [[LeonardoDaVinci Vitruvian Man]] for a bonus.

* {{Jossed}}: The persistent fan theory that Frazz is [[CalvinAndHobbes a grown-up Calvin]].

** More than one strip has mentioned Giantway, a mid-Michigan grocery chain which went under in 1992. (Strangely, Jef is from Lansing, which was a little south of Giantway's operations). It is possible that the name is a portmanteau of Safeway and Giant, two other large grocery chains.

* AlmightyJanitor: Frazz

* CanNotSpitItOut: Frazz to Ms. Plainwell, for quite a long time.

* IntergenerationalFriendship: Frazz and Caulfield. Also some traces with Frazz and the other students.

** One early (the first?) Sunday strip has Frazz painting the cafeteria in kid-friendly parodies of ''{{Nighthawks}}'', ''[[AndyWarhol Campbell's Soup Cans]]'', ''[[SistineSteal Creation of Adam]]'', ''[[SalvadorDali Persistence of Memory]]'', and ''[[LastSupperSteal The Last Supper]]'' (with the title panel featuring Frazz as the [[LeonardoDaVinci Vitruvian Man]] for a bonus).

** More than one strip has mentioned Giantway, a mid-Michigan grocery chain which went under in 1992. (Strangely, Jef is from Lansing, which was a little south of Giantway's operations.)

A daily comic strip by Jef Mallet about Edwin Frazier, or "Frazz", as he's known to the kids of Bryson Elementary School, where he gets paid for being a janitor, but works as an educator.

* GeniusBonus: See ShoutOut.

* [[ViewersAreGeniuses Readers Are Geniuses]]: See ShoutOut.

* ShoutOut: Countless references to literature, art and music. Not mention that Bryson Elementary is named after author Bill Bryson. Then there's [[TheCatcherInTheRye Caulfield's name]].