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** Another shows a woman in a bikini and an inner tube, [[ThongOfShielding with all the men behind her with their eyes juuuust over the waterline.]]
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* ShoutOut: One strip shows a man in a fishing boat who caught [[Literature/KingArthur the Lady of the Lake, who is still holding onto Excalibur.]]

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* ShoutOut: One strip shows a man in a fishing boat who caught [[Literature/KingArthur [[Myth/KingArthur the Lady of the Lake, who is still holding onto Excalibur.]]
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* ShoutOut: One strip shows a man in a fishing boat who caught [[Literature/KingArthur the Lady of the Lake, who is still holding onto Excalibur.]]
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** A knight with a tipped over cauldron is unformed that he just dumped boiling oil on the window cleaner.

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** A knight with a tipped over cauldron is unformed informed that he just dumped boiling oil on the window cleaner.
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* AgonyOfTheFeet: A man with his feet in a pail of water is told by his wife "I told you not to buy size 10."
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** One (under AmusingInjuries) involves [[TheTopicOfCancer a tumor-raddled x-ray technician]], and one (under ThePlague) involves a man with [[BodyHorror flesh-eating disease]] being given useless advice by his quack doctor.


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** A patient is told that if they aren't painful, they're nothing to be worried about.
** The old joke of "The good news is, they're naming it after you" is cartooned.
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** An X-Ray technician, more tumor than doctor, is given his retirement watch.


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** A man rotting into a puddle of sludge is told to "Take two asprin and call me in the morning."
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** A knight with a tipped over cauldron is unformed that he just dumped boiling oil on the window cleaner.
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* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: Some strips in the mid '80s show people talking about 1992 as if it had come and gone.


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** A man with a crab claw grafted onto his wrist is told to come back if he starts walking sideways.
** Two involve expensive things left inside a surgical patient, a Rolex watch and a pair of scissors respectively, and them being told the doctor's going in after them.


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** One shows a castaway talking to himself on a tin can telephone.
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** A man with a cast is asked if he really did get rid of his pet crocodile like his wife said.
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* BlackComedy: A woman brings a clearly dead daschund to the vet and says "He won't eat!"
** A man with a charred stump for a neck is shown next to a doctor who angrily demands to know the expiry date on the nitroglycerine pills (medicinal nitroglycerine is distinct from the explosive stuff).
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** The King yells at a man with a spanner "You don't listen too good, I said 'Bring me a ''wench!''"

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Herman is a newspaper comic strip that ran from 1975 to 1992, when the cartoonist, James "Jim" Unger retired. Like ''The Far Side,'' it has NoContinuity and is often bizzare.

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Herman ''Herman'' is a newspaper comic strip that ran from 1975 to 1992, when the cartoonist, James "Jim" Unger retired. Like ''The Far Side,'' it has NoContinuity and is often bizzare.



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''Herman'' !!''Herman'' provides examples of:



** A cobbler brings out a pair of model ships while his customer angrily ennunciates "Booooots!"

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** A cobbler brings out a pair of model ships while his customer angrily ennunciates enunciates "Booooots!"



** Yet another has a neanderthall ask his mate that if his daughter (a human woman as attractive as Unger can draw) is a mutant, why does he have to keep the other males away from her with a club.
* OldPeopleAreFunny: One has someone's Granny trying to feed peanuts to an elephand on TV.

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** Yet another has a neanderthall neanderthal ask his mate that if his daughter (a human woman as attractive as Unger can draw) is a mutant, why does he have to keep the other males away from her with a club.
* OldPeopleAreFunny: One has someone's Granny trying to feed peanuts to an elephand on TV.
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* UglyGuyHotWife: A pair of chimps at the zoo wonder "What does she see in him?" while contemplating such a pairing.

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* UglyGuyHotWife: A pair of chimps at the zoo wonder "What does she see in him?" while contemplating such a pairing.pairing.
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* FirstGrayHair: One shows a bald woman staring into a mirror in shock, and her husband telling her "I told you not to pluck grey hairs."
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* OldPeopleAreFunny: One has someone's Granny trying to feed peanuts to an elephand on TV.
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* AmusingInjuries: A man with a crispy arm is told that his X-Ray is overexposed.


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** One shows the doctor loading a gun and saying "I'm sure you agree that we don't want an epidemic."
** Another has the doctor give Herman a bottle of pills by way of a 10-foot pole and telling him "Don't touch the stick."
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** Another has a housewife holding a sign that reads "It's my birthday," while her oblivious husband tells her to quit whistling.
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* UglyGuysHotWife: A pair of chimps at the zoo wonder "What does she see in him?" while contemplating such a pairing.

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* UglyGuysHotWife: UglyGuyHotWife: A pair of chimps at the zoo wonder "What does she see in him?" while contemplating such a pairing.
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* LadyMondergreen: A common joke is to have such a misunderstanding.
** A cobbler brings out a pair of model ships while his customer angrily ennunciates "Boots."
** Another has a cowboy with a cat in his arms being berated "I said 'Round up a ''posse''"'

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* LadyMondergreen: {{Mondegreen}}: A common joke is to have such a misunderstanding.
** A cobbler brings out a pair of model ships while his customer angrily ennunciates "Boots."
"Booooots!"
** Another has a cowboy with a cat in his arms being berated "I said 'Round up a ''posse''"'''posse.''"'

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** Another strip shows two men robbing a bank. One is holding bagpipes, while his partner threatens that he'll start playing if their demands aren't met.



* LadyMondergreen: A common joke is to have such a misunderstanding.
** A cobbler brings out a pair of model ships while his customer angrily ennunciates "Boots."
** Another has a cowboy with a cat in his arms being berated "I said 'Round up a ''posse''"'



* ThePlague: Usually connoted by someone covered in boils talking to a doctor.

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** Yet another has a neanderthall ask his mate that if his daughter (a human woman as attractive as Unger can draw) is a mutant, why does he have to keep the other males away from her with a club.
* ThePlague: Usually connoted by someone covered in boils talking to a doctor.doctor.
* UglyGuysHotWife: A pair of chimps at the zoo wonder "What does she see in him?" while contemplating such a pairing.
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* FarSideIsland: One strip shows a castaway complaing that he owes $3,000 on a library book he's never gotten to read.
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* AlienAbduction: One strip shows a man with a serial number clipped to his ear and a radio collar around his neck screaming "Aliens!"
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* ButtMonkey: Herman is more this character type than any one character. If a small child starts tapdancing in your entree, and their mother scolds them for spoiling their good shoes, congratulations, you're Herman. [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident If your husband buys you a Zebra coat and takes you on Safari,]] congratulations, you're Herman.

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* ButtMonkey: Herman is more this character type than any one character. If a small child starts tapdancing in your entree, and their mother scolds them for spoiling their good shoes, shoes instead of your night out, congratulations, you're Herman. [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident If your husband buys you a Zebra coat and takes you on Safari,]] congratulations, you're Herman.
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* MissFanservice: An early strip shows an old woman complaining about how some young ladies at the beach are dressed: Bikini tops and bellbottom jeans.

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* MissFanservice: An early strip shows an old woman complaining about how some young ladies at the beach are dressed: Bikini tops and skintight bellbottom jeans.
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* LethalChef: Food usually consists of slop with lumps in it, clots of char, or burgers with horns ("Elk burger? What the heck is an elk burger?" Cue waiter carrying a hamburger sporting antlers.)

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* LethalChef: Food usually consists of slop with lumps in it, clots of char, or burgers with horns ("Elk burger? What the heck is an elk burger?" Cue waiter carrying a hamburger sporting antlers.)) One strip even has Herman trying to [[ToiletSeatDivorce use his wife's awful cooking as grounds for divorce.]]
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* AliensInCardiff: Space aliens are a common sight in this world.

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* HintDropping: One strip shows a kid yelling through a megaphone at his dad as he writes "The old skinflint forgot my allowance again" in his journal.



* MissFanservice: An early strip shows an old woman complaining about how some young ladies at the beach are dressed: Bikini tops and bellbottom jeans.

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* MissFanservice: An early strip shows an old woman complaining about how some young ladies at the beach beach are dressed: Bikini tops and bellbottom jeans.
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* ButtMonkey: Herman is more this character type than any one character. If a small child starts tapdancing in your entree, and their mother scolds them for spoiling their good shoes, congratulations, you're Herman. [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident If your husband buys you a Zebra coat and takes you on Safari, you're Herman.]]

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* ButtMonkey: Herman is more this character type than any one character. If a small child starts tapdancing in your entree, and their mother scolds them for spoiling their good shoes, congratulations, you're Herman. [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident If your husband buys you a Zebra coat and takes you on Safari, Safari,]] congratulations, you're Herman.]]



* LethalChef: Usually consists of slop with lumps in it, clots of char, or burgers with horns ("Elk burger? What the heck is an elk burger?" Cue waiter carrying a hamburger sporting antlers.)
* MissFanservice: An early strip shows an old woman complaining about how some young ladies at the beach are dressed: Bikini tops and bellbottom jeans.

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* LethalChef: Usually Food usually consists of slop with lumps in it, clots of char, or burgers with horns ("Elk burger? What the heck is an elk burger?" Cue waiter carrying a hamburger sporting antlers.)
* MissFanservice: An early strip shows an old woman complaining about how some young ladies at the beach beach are dressed: Bikini tops and bellbottom jeans.
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* EverythingsLouderWithBagpipes: One strip shows a kid telling a piper that it'll "likely stop screaming if you let it go."


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* LethalChef: Usually consists of slop with lumps in it, clots of char, or burgers with horns ("Elk burger? What the heck is an elk burger?" Cue waiter carrying a hamburger sporting antlers.)
* MissFanservice: An early strip shows an old woman complaining about how some young ladies at the beach are dressed: Bikini tops and bellbottom jeans.
** Another shows a tycoon hiring a SexySecretary with the warning that if she lets his wife see her, she's sacked.
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Herman is a newspaper comic strip that ran from 1975 to 1992, when the cartoonist, James "Jim" Unger retired. Like ''The Far Side,'' it has NoContinuity and is often bizzare.

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''Herman'' provides examples of:

* ButtMonkey: Herman is more this character type than any one character. If a small child starts tapdancing in your entree, and their mother scolds them for spoiling their good shoes, congratulations, you're Herman. [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident If your husband buys you a Zebra coat and takes you on Safari, you're Herman.]]
* DreadfulMusician: Several strips involve this sort. One shows a man with a broken fiddle complaining to a policeman that someone kicked down the door and unloaded a gun into his violin.
* TheGrotesque: 99% of the characters are fat and jowly. If they're old, they're often covered in warts to boot.
* ThePlague: Usually connoted by someone covered in boils talking to a doctor.

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