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** The first [[http://www.gocomics.com/frazz/2001/04/08 Sunday strip]] has Frazz painting the cafeteria in kid-friendly parodies of ''[[NighthawksShot 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.
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** The first [[http://www.gocomics.com/frazz/2001/04/08 Sunday strip]] has Frazz painting the cafeteria in kid-friendly parodies of ''[[NighthawksShot 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 [[Creator/LeonardoDaVinci Vitruvian Man]] for a bonus.
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** The 2016 costume storyline is confined to a single day's strip (10/31), in which Caulfield shows up for school in a high-altitude mountaineer's outfit. He tells a puzzled Frazz that he's a pop-up ad for a mountain expedition company, then adds as an afterthought that he could also symbolize the novels ''Into Thin Air'' and ''The Eiger Sanction''.
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Copy pasta fail. Edit reason is as follows: By decision of the Trope Repair Shop, Magnum Opus is now In Universe Examples Only.
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- Magnum Opus: As expected for a musician with such a long career, Zappa has several contenders. Commonly cited choices include \'\'Freak Out\'\', \'\'Absolutely Free\'\', \'\'Were Only In It For The Money\'\', \'\'Hot Rats\'\', \'\'Lather\'\', and \'\'Civilization Phaze III\'\'. The last two, given their length and the fact that Zappa was dying when he composed the latter, seem to have been consciously crafted as such.
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* SpiritualSequel: MANY people have noted the physical similarities between Frazz and [[ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes Calvin]], the [[BrilliantButLazy similar personalities]], the general feel of the comic, the fact that Frazz shares several hobbies with Calvin's dad, and (most importantly) Mallet's art style being nearly indistinguishable from that of Bill Watterson. Though every theory has been {{Jossed}} to death - that Mallet IS Watterson, that Mallet intended for Frazz to be a sequel/alt-continuity to ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes - most fans, regardless, consider it a very-fitting, even if accidental, spiritual successor to Watterson's MagnumOpus.
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* SpiritualSequel: MANY people have noted the physical similarities between Frazz and [[ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes Calvin]], the [[BrilliantButLazy similar personalities]], the general feel of the comic, the fact that Frazz shares several hobbies with Calvin's dad, and (most importantly) Mallet's art style being nearly indistinguishable from that of Bill Watterson. Though every theory has been {{Jossed}} to death - that Mallet IS Watterson, that Mallet intended for Frazz to be a sequel/alt-continuity to ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes - most fans, regardless, consider it a very-fitting, even if accidental, spiritual successor to Watterson's MagnumOpus.successor.
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* FunWithAcronyms: [[http://www.gocomics.com/frazz/2016/01/10 We could use a Big Ol' Snow Storm.]]
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* SpiritualSequel: MANY people have noted the physical similarities between Frazz and [[ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes Calvin]], the [[BrilliantButLazy similar personalities]], the general feel of the comic, The fact that Frazz shares several hobbies with Calvin's dad, and (most importantly) Mallet's art style being nearly indistinguishable from that of BillWatterson. Though every theory has been {{Jossed}} to death - that Mallet IS Watterson, that Mallet intended for Frazz to be a sequel/alt-continuity to ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes - most fans, regardless, consider it a very-fitting, even if accidental, spiritual successor to Watterson's MagnumOpus.
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* SpiritualSequel: MANY people have noted the physical similarities between Frazz and [[ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes Calvin]], the [[BrilliantButLazy similar personalities]], the general feel of the comic, The the fact that Frazz shares several hobbies with Calvin's dad, and (most importantly) Mallet's art style being nearly indistinguishable from that of BillWatterson.Bill Watterson. Though every theory has been {{Jossed}} to death - that Mallet IS Watterson, that Mallet intended for Frazz to be a sequel/alt-continuity to ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes - most fans, regardless, consider it a very-fitting, even if accidental, spiritual successor to Watterson's MagnumOpus.
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* SubvertedPunchline: In [[http://www.gocomics.com/frazz/2016/01/10http://www.gocomics.com/frazz/2016/01/10 this comic]], Frazz makes a reference to a song by Music/TheWho without saying the name of the band, hoping that Caulfield will ask the question of "Who?" as in "who wrote it?" He goes for proper grammar instead and asks "whom?"
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* FallenOnHardTimesJob: Frazz's original motive. Resulting early strips where he explains why he keeps it now that the money is not an issue.
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* FallenOnHardTimesJob: Frazz's original motive. Resulting in early strips where he explains why he keeps it now that the money is not an issue.
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* NonIdleRich: Despite his great wealth, Frazz has no intention of giving up his day job.
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* Caulfield - an eight-year-old kid who regularly challenges Frazz and Mrs. Olsen with his literary insights. He's smart, but tends to get detention because it doesn't challenge him. Caulfield chooses a literature-themed costume every Halloween and regularly stumps the teachers.
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* Caulfield - an eight-year-old kid who regularly challenges Frazz and Mrs. Olsen with his literary insights. He's smart, but tends to get detention because it doesn't challenge him. Caulfield chooses a literature-themed costume every Halloween and regularly stumps the teachers.teachers, but Frazz tends to figure them out quickly.
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* HardWorkHardlyWorks: Subverted with Caulfield's swimming
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* HardWorkHardlyWorks: Subverted with Caulfield's swimmingswimming.
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* KidsPreferBoxes: Caulfield thinks it's great that while he has broken half his toys, he still has all these empty boxes for his cat. Indeed, he spent most of Christmas vacation juggling the cat from box to box.
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* ScantronPicture: [[BrilliantButLazy Caulfield]] does this as a RunningGag. He uses the dots to write out music notes, and later recreates the Mona Lisa.
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** [[BrilliantButLazy Caulfield]] does this as a RunningGag. He uses the dots to write out music notes, and later recreates the MonaLisa.Lisa.
** In one comic, Frazz and Caulfield are talking about standardized tests, and Frazz tells Caulfield that he once took a test that had bubbles from A to G. On its side, it's basically a blank piece of sheet music.
** [[BrilliantButLazy Caulfield]] does this as a RunningGag. He uses the dots to write out music notes, and later recreates the Mona
** In one comic, Frazz and Caulfield are talking about standardized tests, and Frazz tells Caulfield that he once took a test that had bubbles from A to G. On its side, it's basically a blank piece of sheet music.
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* Metaphorgotten: Caulfield's playing with this leads to a discussion of metaphor and simile.
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* Metaphorgotten: {{Metaphorgotten}}: Caulfield's playing with this leads to a discussion of metaphor and simile.
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* {{Picture Day}}: One story arc where Caulfield draws a goatee on himself in permanent marker the day before picture day. Resolved when [[spoiler: the photographer uses a computer program to cover the goatee]].
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* {{Picture Day}}: PictureDay: One story arc where Caulfield draws a goatee on himself in permanent marker the day before picture day. Resolved when [[spoiler: the photographer uses a computer program to cover the goatee]].
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* SpiritualSequel: MANY people have noted the physical similarities between Frazz and [[CalvinAndHobbes Calvin]], the [[BrilliantButLazy similar personalities]], the general feel of the comic, The fact that Frazz shares several hobbies with Calvin's dad, and (most importantly) Mallet's art style being nearly indistinguishable from that of BillWatterson. Though every theory has been {{Jossed}} to death - that Mallet IS Watterson, that Mallet intended for Frazz to be a sequel/alt-continuity to CalvinAndHobbes - most fans, regardless, consider it a very-fitting, even if accidental, spiritual successor to Watterson's MagnumOpus.
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* SpiritualSequel: MANY people have noted the physical similarities between Frazz and [[CalvinAndHobbes [[ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes Calvin]], the [[BrilliantButLazy similar personalities]], the general feel of the comic, The fact that Frazz shares several hobbies with Calvin's dad, and (most importantly) Mallet's art style being nearly indistinguishable from that of BillWatterson. Though every theory has been {{Jossed}} to death - that Mallet IS Watterson, that Mallet intended for Frazz to be a sequel/alt-continuity to CalvinAndHobbes ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes - most fans, regardless, consider it a very-fitting, even if accidental, spiritual successor to Watterson's MagnumOpus.
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* HardWorkHardlyWorks: Subverted with Caulfield's swimming
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* Mr. Burke - fourth-grade teacher and friend of Frazz's. They regularly shoot baskets--except that neither of them ever makes one. Several years into the comic, he also took up running.
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* PrettyButterflies: A viceroy. (Frazz gets to explain why it looks like a monarch.)
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* SpiritualSequel: MANY people have noted the physical similarities between Frazz and [[CalvinAndHobbes Calvin]], the [[BrilliantButLazy similar personalities]], the general feel of the comic, The fact that Frazz shares several hobbies with Calvin's dad, and (most importantly) Mallet's art style being nearly indistinguishable from that of BillWatterson. Though every theory has been {{Jossed}} to death - that Mallet IS Watterson, that Mallet intended for Frazz to be a sequel/alt-continuity to CalvinAndHobbes - most fans, regardless, consider it a very-fitting, even if accidental, spiritual successor to Watterson's MagnumOpus.
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* Frazz - the star of the strip, a successful songwriter who works as a janitor to get further inspiration. He is respected by the kids and the school's staff, and regularly dates Miss Plainwell.
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* Frazz - the star of the strip, a successful songwriter who works as a whose janitor job has turned from keeping himself alive while he writes to get a source of further inspiration. He is respected by the kids and the school's staff, and regularly dates Miss Plainwell.
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* FallenOnHardTimesJob: Frazz's original motive. Resulting early strips where he explains why he keeps it now that the money is not an issue.
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* SantaClaus: Discussed. Frazz even explains how he can afford all the gifts: he licenses his image.
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* BestYearsOfYourLife: the child actually manages to counter that that probably springs from her father's career.
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* BestYearsOfYourLife: the child actually manages to counter that that probably springs from her father's career. On another occasion, a child asks for and gets assurance it's not true.
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* NatureLover: Frazz, running and biking in the Great Outdoors. And commenting on the kids who never go out.
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* SplashOfColor: One strip is shades of gray, except for a colored egg.
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* BluebirdOfHappiness: One child's bad mood is underscored by having her ignore a bluebird.
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* BananaPeel: Realistically depicted, to the disappointment of the girl who tried to slip on a fresh one.
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* SnowballFight: Frazz and Caulfield, more than once.
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* Metaphorgotten: Caulfield's playing with this leads to a discussion of metaphor and simile.
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* BestYearsOfYourLife: the child actually manages to counter that that probably springs from her father's career.
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* DrivesLikeCrazy: Mrs. Olsen. She routinely runs into signs and cars in the parking lot.
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* HalloweenEpisode: Every year there's a week of Halloween-themed strips in which Caulfield dresses up as a character from literature, challenging the teachers to guess his identity.
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** A couple of times, he's referred to an entire literary work through his actions, such as taking a new route to school for "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost, or sitting on the swings with his dog for "The Pit and the Pendulum" by Edgar Allan Poe.
** A couple of times, he's referred to an entire literary work through his actions, such as taking a new route to school for "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost, or sitting on the swings with his dog for "The Pit and the Pendulum" by Edgar Allan Poe.
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* ThroughHisStomach: One teacher wins the secondgraders with food.
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* ScantronPicture: [[BrilliantButLazy Caulfield]] does this as a RunningGag. He uses the dots to write out music notes, and later recreates the Mona Lisa.
