History ComicStrip / HiAndLois

* MediumAwareness: This is one possible explanation for the [[http://hiandlois.com/comics/november-10-2018/ November 10th, 2018 strip]]. When Dot asks Ditto if his pancake looks like a cartoon character, he replies, "Maybe...it kinda looks like Beetle Bailey all beat up." As noted under SpinOff below, not only do ''Hi and Lois'' and ''ComicStrip/BeetleBailey'' take place in the same universe, but Beetle is Ditto's ''uncle''.\\

* MediumAwareness: This is one possible explanation for the November 10th, 2018 strip. When Dot asks Ditto if his pancake looks like a cartoon character, he replies, "Maybe...it kinda looks like Beetle Bailey all beat up." As noted under SpinOff below, not only do ''Hi and Lois'' and ''ComicStrip/BeetleBailey'' take place in the same universe, but Beetle is Ditto's ''uncle''.\\

* MediumAwareness: This is one possible explanation for the November 10th, 2018 strip of ''ComicStrip/HiAndLois''. When Dot asks Ditto if his pancake looks like a cartoon character, he replies, "Maybe...it kinda looks like Beetle Bailey all beat up." As noted under SpinOff below, not only do ''Hi and Lois'' and ''ComicStrip/BeetleBailey'' take place in the same universe, but Beetle is Ditto's ''uncle''.\\

* MediumAwareness: This is one possible explanation for the November 10th, 2018 strip of ''ComicStrip/HiAndLois''. When Dot asks Ditto if his pancake looks like a cartoon character, he replies:
-->'''Ditto:''' Maybe...it kinda looks like Beetle Bailey all beat up.
::This is rather surprising; as noted under SpinOff below, not only do ''Hi and Lois'' and ''ComicStrip/BeetleBailey'' take place in the same universe, but Beetle is Ditto's ''uncle''.\\

::This is rather surprising; not only do ''Hi and Lois'' and ''ComicStrip/BeetleBailey'' take place in the same universe, but Beetle is Ditto's ''uncle''.\\

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: [[http://www.artbaxter.com/images/blog/2008-postings/topless_backs/lois-9.28.71.gif This]] strip from September 28, 1971.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: [[http://www.artbaxter.com/images/blog/2008-postings/topless_backs/lois-9.28.71.gif This]] strip from September 28, 1971. (Seriously, it probably happens all the time in real life.)

* ComicBookTime: Chip started out as an eight-year-old, but has been a teenager for quite some time. Dot and Ditto have aged slightly as well.

* ShoutOut: [[ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes Rosalyn]] has a cameo as Dot and Ditto's babysitter in the 10/25/2014 strip.

'''''Hi and Lois''''' is an American newspaper comic begun in 1954. It centralizes on Hiram and Lois Flagston, a suburban family with several children: Chip, Dot, Ditto and Trixie. It was first written by ''ComicStrip/BeetleBailey'' creator Mort Walker and drawn by ''HagarTheHorrible'' creator Dik Browne; following Dik's death in 1989, his son, Chance, took over drawing, with Mort's sons Brian and Greg taking over on writing.

!!Tropes present:

* HonestJohnsDealership: Lois is usually a decent, honest woman. But in her profession as a real estate saleswoman, she stretches the truth as much as anyone else in the business

* PosterGalleryBedroom: The 2/23/13 strip shows Chip's bedroom to have a Cubs pennant and posters of TheWho, the RollingStones and LedZeppelin. As one commentator pointed out, these are not exactly bands contemporary teenagers are big on.

* ShoutOut: [[ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes Rosalyn]] once made a cameo as Dot and Ditto's babysitter in the 10/25/2014 strip.

* MeaningfulName: Hi and Lois ("high and low"); oldest son Chip ("chip off the old block"); baby Trixie ("full of tricks"); younger children Dot and Ditto ("ditto" means "copy of", which either refers to his twin sister or his father -- Ditto's real name is Hiram Jr.)

* ShoutOut: [[ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes Rosalyn]] once made a cameo as Dot and Ditto's babysitter.

'''Hi And Lois''' is an American newspaper comic begun in 1954. It centralizes on Hiram and Lois Flagston, a suburban family with several children: Chip, Dot, Ditto and Trixie. It was first written by ''ComicStrip/BeetleBailey'' creator Mort Walker and drawn by ''HagarTheHorrible'' creator Dik Browne; following Dik's death in 1989, his son, Chance, took over drawing, with Mort's sons Brian and Greg taking over on writing.

** There was a CrossOver to celebrate the 40th anniversary of ''Hi and Lois'' in 1994, with Beetle visiting the Flagstons on furlough.

* SpinOff: The Flagstons first appeared in ''ComicStrip/BeetleBailey''. Lois is Beetle's sister.

* AerithAndBob: Their names aren't that far-fetched, save for "Ditto." (It's a nickname for Hiram Flagston Jr. Geddit?)

* MeaningfulName: Hi and Lois ("high and low"); oldest son Chip ("chip off the old block"); younger children Dot and Ditto (twins - "ditto" means "copy of"); Trixie ("full of tricks")

* AerithAndBob: Their names aren't that far-fetched, save for "Ditto."

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: [[http://www.artbaxter.com/images/blog/2008-postings/topless_backs/lois-9.28.71.gif This]] strip from September 28, 1971.

* HotMom: Downplayed with Lois, though it was mostly played straight early on.

* UglyGuyGotWife: PlayedStraight with the titular couple in earlier years, being downplayed more recently.

* HonestJohnsDealership: Lois is usually a decent, honest woman. But in her profession as a real estate saleswoman, she stretches the truth as much as anyone else in the business.

'''Hi And Lois''' is an American newspaper comic begun in 1954. It centralizes on Hiram and Lois Flagston, a suburban family with several children: Chip, Dot, Ditto and Trixie. It was first written by ''ComicStrip/BeetleBailey'' creator Mort Walker and drawn by Dik Browne; following Dik's death in 1989, his son, Chance, took over drawing, with Mort's sons Brian and Greg taking over on writing.

* HotMom: Lois. Surely breasts that round and pert are unusual on ''most'' suburban housewives.

'''Hi And Lois''' is an American newspaper comic begun in 1954. It centralizes on Hiram and Lois Flagston, a suburban family with several children: Chip, Dot, Ditto and Trixie. It was first written by ''BeetleBailey'' creator Mort Walker and drawn by Dik Browne; following Dik's death in 1989, his son, Chance, took over drawing, with Mort's sons Brian and Greg taking over on writing.

* SpinOff: The Flagstons first appeared in ''BeetleBailey''. Lois is Beetle's sister.