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* LionsAndTigersAndHumansOhMy: While most comics depict Slylock's world as a WorldOfFunnyAnimals, a few recurring or background humans will sometimes show up, such as Count Weirdly.
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* ConvictionByCounterfactualClue: Sometimes [[DanBrowned the "contradiction" isn't actually wrong]]. In the picture, Slylock deduces that the painting is a forgery because [[spoiler:salmon don't swim downstream. Never mind the fact that some salmon do swim downstream, or that the artist may have not known about salmon, or that they might have just wanted to paint something unrealistic]].
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* ConvictionByCounterfactualClue: Sometimes [[DanBrowned the "contradiction" isn't actually wrong]].wrong. In the picture, Slylock deduces that the painting is a forgery because [[spoiler:salmon don't swim downstream. Never mind the fact that some salmon do swim downstream, or that the artist may have not known about salmon, or that they might have just wanted to paint something unrealistic]].
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''Slylock Fox and Comics for Kids'' is a newspaper comic strip by Bob Weber Jr., which consists of the Slylock puzzler and a number of other activities. The puzzler consists of the professional detective Slylock Fox and his assistant, Max Mouse, solving a number of mysteries, usually stopping a number of recurring villains.
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''Slylock Fox and Comics for Kids'' is a newspaper comic strip by Bob Weber Jr., which consists of the Slylock puzzler and a number of other activities. The puzzler consists of the professional detective Slylock Fox and his assistant, Max Mouse, solving a number of mysteries, usually stopping a number of recurring villains.
villains. [[https://deadline.com/2022/09/slylock-fox-animated-film-based-on-comic-strip-in-works-from-king-features-1235119157/ A feature film is in development.]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:How does Slylock know the painting is a forgery?[[labelnote:Answer]]Because salmon don't swim downstream.[[labelnote]]]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:How does Slylock know the painting is a forgery?[[labelnote:Answer]]Because salmon don't swim downstream.[[labelnote]]]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:How does Slylock know the painting is a forgery?[[labelnote:Answer:]]Because salmon don't swim downstream.[[labelnote]]]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:How does Slylock know the painting is a forgery?[[labelnote:Answer:]]Because forgery?[[labelnote:Answer]]Because salmon don't swim downstream.[[labelnote]]]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:How does Slylock know the painting is a forgery? [[spoiler:Because salmon don't swim downstream]].]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:How does Slylock know the painting is a forgery? [[spoiler:Because forgery?[[labelnote:Answer:]]Because salmon don't swim downstream]].]]
downstream.[[labelnote]]]]
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* ConvictionByCounterfactualClue: Sometimes [[DanBrowned the "contradiction" isn't actally wrong]]. In the picture, Slylock deduces that the painting is a forgery because [[spoiler:salmon don't swim downstream. Never mind the fact that some salmon do swim downstream, or that the artist may have not known about salmon, or that they might have just wanted to paint something unrealistic]].
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* ConvictionByCounterfactualClue: Sometimes [[DanBrowned the "contradiction" isn't actally actually wrong]]. In the picture, Slylock deduces that the painting is a forgery because [[spoiler:salmon don't swim downstream. Never mind the fact that some salmon do swim downstream, or that the artist may have not known about salmon, or that they might have just wanted to paint something unrealistic]].
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* HouseSquatting: Encountered in some puzzles when criminals are believed to be hiding in a house while their owners are away. A specific example had the police unable to find any trace of a criminal hiding in someone's house until Slylock notices the air conditioner has a puddle of water below, indicating it had recently been used.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The setup for one January 2007 strip was that Max Mouse had spent the night with a girl-mouse named Melody, before being interrupted by Slylock asking them to spy on a Fence living next door.
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%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The setup for one January 2007 strip was that Max Mouse had spent GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the night with a girl-mouse named Melody, before being interrupted by Slylock asking them future, please check the trope page to spy on a Fence living next door. make sure your example fits the current definition.
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* ImpliedLoveInterest: Slylock and Max occasionally entertain [[DistaffCounterpart Tiffany Fox and Melody Mouse]]. There's no evidence that they're in love, except for when Max [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar spent the night with Melody]], mentioned above.
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* ImpliedLoveInterest: Slylock and Max occasionally entertain [[DistaffCounterpart Tiffany Fox and Melody Mouse]]. There's no evidence that they're in love, except for when Max [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar spent the night with Melody]], Melody, mentioned above.
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* ConvictionByContradiction: All the time, although sometimes [[DanBrowned the "contradiction" isn't actally wrong]]. In the picture, Slylock deduces that the painting is a forgery because [[spoiler:salmon don't swim downstream. Never mind the fact that [[ConvictionByCounterfactualClue some salmon do swim downstream]], or that the artist may have not known about salmon, or that they might have just wanted to paint something unrealistic]].
* ConvictionByCounterfactualClue: A common puzzle is finding a factual inaccuracy in someone's alibi.
* ConvictionByCounterfactualClue: A common puzzle is finding a factual inaccuracy in someone's alibi.
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* ConvictionByContradiction: All the time, although sometimes time; proving that the accused is lying about ''something'' is the same thing as proving their guilt.
* ConvictionByCounterfactualClue: Sometimes [[DanBrowned the "contradiction" isn't actally wrong]]. In the picture, Slylock deduces that the painting is a forgery because [[spoiler:salmon don't swim downstream. Never mind the fact that[[ConvictionByCounterfactualClue some salmon do swim downstream]], downstream, or that the artist may have not known about salmon, or that they might have just wanted to paint something unrealistic]].
* ConvictionByCounterfactualClue: A common puzzle is finding a factual inaccuracy in someone's alibi.unrealistic]].
* ConvictionByCounterfactualClue: Sometimes [[DanBrowned the "contradiction" isn't actally wrong]]. In the picture, Slylock deduces that the painting is a forgery because [[spoiler:salmon don't swim downstream. Never mind the fact that
* ConvictionByCounterfactualClue: A common puzzle is finding a factual inaccuracy in someone's alibi.
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* ConvictionByContradiction: All the time, although sometimes [[DanBrowned the "contradiction" isn't actally wrong]]. In the picture, Slylock deduces that the painting is a forgery because [[spoiler:salmon don't swim downstream. Never mind the fact that [[ConvictionByCounterfactualClue some salmon do swim downstream]], or the fact that the artist may have not known about salmon]].
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* ConvictionByContradiction: All the time, although sometimes [[DanBrowned the "contradiction" isn't actally wrong]]. In the picture, Slylock deduces that the painting is a forgery because [[spoiler:salmon don't swim downstream. Never mind the fact that [[ConvictionByCounterfactualClue some salmon do swim downstream]], or the fact that the artist may have not known about salmon]].salmon, or that they might have just wanted to paint something unrealistic]].
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* DatingCatwoman: Fans like to pair Slylock and Cassandra Cat as a couple.
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* AllDesertsHaveCacti: In one puzzle, the presence of a saguaro cactus is the proof that Slylock is trapped in Count Weirdly's hologram chamber, and not stranded in the Egyptian desert.
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* ConvictionByContradiction: All the time. Which sometimes leads to FridgeLogic. In the picture, Slylock deduces that the painting is a forgery because [[spoiler:salmon don't swim downstream. Never mind the fact that [[ConvictionByCounterfactualClue some salmon do swim downstream]], or the fact that the artist may have not known about salmon]].
* ConvictionByCounterfactualClue: See above.
* CrossOver: ''ComicStrip/MyCage'' did a [[http://www.gocomics.com/mycage/2011/10/17 storyline]] wherein Cassandra Cat was hired and stole money from the company, with Slylock himself appearing later. WordOfGod states that Max from ''My Cage'' was meant to appear in ''Slylock'', but an editor refused it.
* ConvictionByCounterfactualClue: See above.
* CrossOver: ''ComicStrip/MyCage'' did a [[http://www.gocomics.com/mycage/2011/10/17 storyline]] wherein Cassandra Cat was hired and stole money from the company, with Slylock himself appearing later. WordOfGod states that Max from ''My Cage'' was meant to appear in ''Slylock'', but an editor refused it.
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* ConvictionByContradiction: All the time. Which time, although sometimes leads to FridgeLogic.[[DanBrowned the "contradiction" isn't actally wrong]]. In the picture, Slylock deduces that the painting is a forgery because [[spoiler:salmon don't swim downstream. Never mind the fact that [[ConvictionByCounterfactualClue some salmon do swim downstream]], or the fact that the artist may have not known about salmon]].
* ConvictionByCounterfactualClue:See above.
A common puzzle is finding a factual inaccuracy in someone's alibi.
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** ''ComicStrip/MyCage'' did a [[http://www.gocomics.com/mycage/2011/10/17 storyline]] wherein Cassandra Cat was hired and stole money from the company, with Slylock himself appearing later. WordOfGod states that Max from ''My Cage'' was meant to appear in ''Slylock'', but an editor refusedit.it.
** [[https://theslylockfiles.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/jan14.jpg One strip]] had Count Weirdly use his TimeMachine to travel into a 1927 ''ComicStrip/KrazyKat'' comic.
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** ''ComicStrip/MyCage'' did a [[http://www.gocomics.com/mycage/2011/10/17 storyline]] wherein Cassandra Cat was hired and stole money from the company, with Slylock himself appearing later. WordOfGod states that Max from ''My Cage'' was meant to appear in ''Slylock'', but an editor refused
** [[https://theslylockfiles.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/jan14.jpg One strip]] had Count Weirdly use his TimeMachine to travel into a 1927 ''ComicStrip/KrazyKat'' comic.
* FurryReminder: The FunnyAnimal characters are usually human for all intents and purposes, but some riddles are based around a suspect's species making them capable or incapable of committing the crime.
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* MoonLogicPuzzle: More often than not, the answer to a Slylock puzzler is an obscure real-world fact or a tiny clue in the drawing.
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** More often than not, the answer to a Slylock puzzler is an obscure real-world fact or a tiny clue in thedrawing.drawing.
** One puzzle whose answer is unlikely to be figured out unless you know the answer's logic: A prisoner escaped and hid in a movie theater. The police found his location and surrounded all exits. How did the prisoner escape? [[spoiler:Through the ''entrance''. Never mind that if it's possible to leave through the entrance, it should fit the definition of "exit" and be guarded by the police.]]
** More often than not, the answer to a Slylock puzzler is an obscure real-world fact or a tiny clue in the
** One puzzle whose answer is unlikely to be figured out unless you know the answer's logic: A prisoner escaped and hid in a movie theater. The police found his location and surrounded all exits. How did the prisoner escape? [[spoiler:Through the ''entrance''. Never mind that if it's possible to leave through the entrance, it should fit the definition of "exit" and be guarded by the police.]]
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* [[ShamelessSelfPromoter Shameless Self Promoting]]: One strip had Max Mouse about to visit "one of his favorite Web sites". The site was www.ohbrothercomics.com, the Web site of ''Oh, Brother'', Bob's other comic.
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* [[ShamelessSelfPromoter Shameless Self Promoting]]: ShamelessSelfPromoter: One strip had Max Mouse about to visit "one of his favorite Web sites". The site was www.ohbrothercomics.com, the Web site of ''Oh, Brother'', Bob's other comic.
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** [[http://i.imgur.com/TD2vh.gif Another comic]] had a fan draw [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} Terezi Pyrope]].
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** [[http://i.imgur.com/TD2vh.gif Another comic]] had a fan draw [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} Terezi Pyrope]]. And yet another has [[https://theslylockfiles.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/jan25.jpg Dave Strider]].
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* TimedMission: Some "puzzles" ask the reader to find a number of hidden objects in a scene within a time limit.
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** Animal versions of WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy appear in one comic as apple juice vendors.
