History ComicStrip / Nancy

* ShoehornedAcronym: Agnes creates one in the [[https://www.gocomics.com/nancy/2020/10/13 10-13-2020 strip]], when attempting to write a poem about her loneliness:

* TooUpsetToCreate: [[https://www.gocomics.com/nancy/2018/07/29 This comic]] implies an instance of Jaimes suffering this after writing a double comma in Nancy's speech that MistakesAreNotTheEndOfTheWorld. Despite Nancy's advice for the reader to pick themselves back up and finish what they started, Jaimes leaves the last three panels incomplete.

*** In the [[https://www.gocomics.com/nancy-classics/2019/08/13 rerun for 2019-08-13]], Nancy asks Aunt Fritzi if she can have some jellybeans. Fritzi replies that Nancy can have only "one." Nancy does indeed "one"--that is, several jellybeans arranged to spell out "one."

* ComicBookTime: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in the AprilFoolsDay 2020 [[https://www.gocomics.com/nancy/2020/04/01 strip]], which jokes that the characters have not aged in 80 years because they are all "immortal, daywalking [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire[=[=]s[=]=]]]".

* BookDumb: Nancy's not the greatest student ever, but [[https://www.gocomics.com/nancy/2018/05/14 proves to be a clever problem-solver when she can actually be motivated]].

** Classic Nancy is the absolute master of this trope. Whatever rule or order you throw at her, she’ll always find a clever way to disobey it while respecting the strict letter of it. Examples [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/06/61/f0/0661f056da4d775724b11ef452e5a3ae.jpg here]] and [[https://scontent.fyhu2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/131970634_3541573079212313_6019220717131021404_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=2&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=UerVlDmsNi8AX-egfE2&_nc_ht=scontent.fyhu2-1.fna&oh=b7075e62f3f18445da00f5385fca9206&oe=600D930C here]] and [[https://scontent.fyhu2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/131334205_10159169951339744_3231090409641531131_o.jpg?_nc_cat=100&ccb=2&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=-O_DrfegwmEAX-eBp4k&_nc_ht=scontent.fyhu2-1.fna&oh=3b46f657492beccb9e5828d0db5db717&oe=600D5AF3 here]] and [[https://scontent.fyhu2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/127880411_10159129561864744_4001712673537287619_o.jpg?_nc_cat=111&ccb=2&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=55Oge6gbUIMAX_z4jyh&_nc_oc=AQnfHXAOp3nOZRVDgLhrqmz0lYupuwClnRK7Sg8jKHwPJ_pajj46lS__v5kRvnJl8Zg&_nc_ht=scontent.fyhu2-1.fna&oh=8fff2e5735f737a77187c624f942d503&oe=600D6025 here]] and [[https://www.gocomics.com/nancy-classics/2018/12/08 here]] and [[https://www.gocomics.com/nancy-classics/2019/02/06 here]] and [[https://www.gocomics.com/nancy-classics/2019/08/13 here]] and [[https://www.gocomics.com/nancy-classics/2019/12/03 here]] and [[https://www.gocomics.com/nancy-classics/2019/05/22 here]] and [[https://www.gocomics.com/nancy-classics/2019/10/23 here]] and [[https://www.gocomics.com/nancy-classics/2020/02/10 here]].

* RunningGag: The Jaimes run very often features HypocriticalHumor where a character gives some sort of advice to herself or to others but fails to follow it. For instance, somebody might tell herself to be less competitive, and decide that she's gonna be the best in the entire world at not being competitive.

** Punchlines in Bushmiller's and Jaimes's runs frequently involve Nancy or Sluggo interpreting metaphors literally. [[https://www.gocomics.com/nancy/2018/08/03 For example.]]

** [[https://www.gocomics.com/nancy/2020/05/20 Here], Mildred claims to have a psychological insight into how to convince Esther to join her study group. When Esther agrees because she wants to be friends, Mildred complains that she wasn't finished yet.

** For a brief few seconds in the special ''Fantastic Funnies'' in 1980, where notably, ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' made his animated debut. Garfield returned the favor by having Nancy and Sluggo {{cameo}} in ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' (albeit in Jerry Scott’s incarnative designs) in episode 16, when Garfield opens the doors.

* WontTakeYesForAnAnswer: [[https://www.gocomics.com/nancy/2018/10/11 Here]], Nancy suggests a game of catch as "research" on how to construct a robotic throwing arm, and she's disappointed when the teacher so readily agrees with her.

* TheBusCameBack: Aunt Fritzi's boyfriend, Phil Fumble, was a recurring character when Fritzi was still the star of the strip. He eventually vanished. He ended up returning near the end of Guy Gilchrist’s run of the strip ending with him and Fritzi [[TheyDo getting married]]. He's yet to appear in Olivia Jaimes's run of the strip.

* PutOnABus: Fritzi’s boyfriend, Phil Fumble, was phased out of the strip when Nancy rose in popularity. [[TheBusCameBack he was brought back towards the end of Guy Gilchrist’s run of the strip,]] and in the end, [[TheyDo he and Fritzi got married.]] He’s yet to appear since Olivia Jaimes took over the strip.

** The [[https://www.gocomics.com/nancy/2020/10/18 2020-10-18]] strip is about Agnes introducing Nancy to [[{{Manga}} "Japanese comics"]] and employs many JapaneseVisualArtsTropes that are not normally part of the strip. These include BlankFaceOfShame, CrossPoppingVeins, SweatDrop, etc. Oh, and the strip must be read from right to left.

Nancy first appeared in 1933 in ''Fritzi Ritz'', a strip created in 1922 by Larry Whittington (Bushmiller took over in 1925) which depicted Fritzi as a dizzy {{flapper}}. Nancy quickly proved to be so popular as a character that, in 1938, the daily strip was retitled to her name, with Fritzi--who was now portrayed as a stern [[{{Nephewism}} parental figure]] for her presumably-orphaned niece--largely shunted to the background. ''Fritzi Ritz'' did continue as a SundayStrip, centered around Fritzi and her boyfriend Phil Fumble (with ''Nancy'' as a "topper"), until it too was permanently replaced with ''Nancy'' in 1968.