History YMMV / Pogo

** However, even this didn't stop Kelly from mocking Senator [=Joe McCarthy=] during the height of the redbaiting bully's power in the 1950s. Unlike the reporter Edward R. Murrow, Kelly faced real risks doing this since he didn't have a major broadcast network backing him up and subscribing newspapers could have ruined him by dropping his strip in droves.
* NightmareFuel: Every other 'bad guy' in the strip is an IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Simple J. Malarkey [[http://mightygodking.com/2010/02/16/when-pogo-met-simple-j-malarkey/ is a true and terrible villain]].
** The panel where Malarkey reveals himself hiding behind a tree - his face covered in tar and making him seem eternally in the shadows - and threatening to shoot Mole is considered one of the most terrifying moments in newspaper comics.
-->'''Malarkey:''' ''Last shell, Mole?''

* WeirdAlEffect: "We have met the enemy and he is us" is more famous now than the original quote from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Hazard_Perry Oliver Hazard Perry]] that it parodies: "We have met the enemy and they are ours".

* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome for ''newspaper comics as a whole.'' There are several other magnificent strips that contend for the honor, but most of the other contenders cite ''Pogo'' as one of ''their'' inspirations for getting into comics to begin with. Also, the '50s comic strips had [[SceneryPorn enough space to make things pretty]] and [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar less political sensitivity,]] although they were subject to [[RedScare censorship]] [[GoshDangItToHeck pressure]] of [[FairForItsDay many other varieties.]]

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome for ''newspaper comics as a whole.'' There are several other magnificent strips that contend for the honor, but most of the other contenders cite ''Pogo'' as one of ''their'' inspirations for getting into comics to begin with. Also, the '50s comic strips had [[SceneryPorn enough space to make things pretty]] and [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar less political sensitivity,]] although they were subject to [[RedScare censorship]] [[GoshDangItToHeck pressure]] of [[FairForItsDay many other varieties.]]

* WeirdAlEffect: "We have met the enemy and he is us" is more famous now than the original quote from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Hazard_Perry Oliver Hazard Perry]] that it parodies: "We have met the enemy and they are ours".

* NightmareFuel: Simple J. Malarkey, [[http://mightygodking.com/2010/02/16/when-pogo-met-simple-j-malarkey/ full stop]].

** However, even this didn't stop Kelly from mocking Senator [=Joe McCarthy=] during the height of the redbaiting bully's power in the 1950s. Unlike the reporter Edward R. Murrow, Kelly faced real risks doing this since he didn't have a major broadcast network backing him up and subscribing newspapers could have ruined him by dropping his strip in droves.

* CreatorBacklash: According to ''Phi Beta Pogo'', Walt Kelly ''despised'' the Pogo Birthday TV special, mainly for Creator/ChuckJones mucking about with what Kelly wanted, and how "he took all the sharpness out of it and put in that sweet, [[TastesLikeDiabetes saccharine stuff]] that Creator/ChuckJones [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids always THINKS is Disney]], [[MisBlamed but isn't."]] Considering Kelly himself was a former Disney animator, he wasn't saying that lightly.

* CreatorBacklash: According to ''Phi Beta Pogo'', Walt Kelly ''despised'' the Pogo Birthday TV special, mainly for Creator/ChuckJones mucking about with what Kelly wanted, and how "he took all the sharpness out of it and put in that sweet, [[TastesLikeDiabetes saccharine stuff]] [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids that Creator/ChuckJones always THINKS is Disney]], [[MisBlamed but isn't."]] Considering Kelly himself was a former Disney animator, he wasn't saying that lightly.

'''The comic strip:'''

** However, even this didn't stop Kelly from mocking Senator [=Joe McCarthy=] during the height of the redbaiting bully's power in the 1950s. Unlike the reporter Edward R. Murrow, Kelly faced real risks doing this since he didn't have a major broadcast network backing him up and subscribing newspapers could have ruined him by dropping his strip in droves.

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'''The electronic artist:'''

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: "Scrumdiddlyumptious", "Expialidocious", and "Hundred Acre Rain" just to name a few.
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: "Upular" has been known to make people go, "awwww..."
** What can be deciphered of the "Toyz Noize" lyrics qualifies:
-->Own the star, we own the star
-->In my own
-->Be brave
-->Have faith in me
* SignatureSong: "Alice"
* TearJerker: All of his songs can produce this reaction, usually a TearsOfJoy variety. "Buzzwing," "Alice," and "Upular" especially.

* CreatorBacklash: According to ''Phi Beta Pogo'', Walt Kelly ''despised'' the Pogo Birthday TV special, mainly for ChuckJones mucking about with what Kelly wanted, and how "he took all the sharpness out of it and put in that sweet, [[TastesLikeDiabetes saccharine stuff]] [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids that Chuck Jones always THINKS is Disney]], [[MisBlamed but isn't."]] Considering Kelly himself was a former Disney animator, he wasn't saying that lightly.

** However, even this didn't stop Kelly from mocking Senator [=Joe McCarthy=] during the height of the redbaiting bully's power in the 1950s. Unlike the reporter Edward R. Murrow, Kelly faced real risks doing this since he didn't have a major broadcast network backing him up and subscribing newspapers could dropped his strips in droves to ruin him.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome for ''newspaper comics as a whole.'' There are several other magnificent strips that contend for the honor, but most of the other contenders cite ''Pogo'' as one of ''their'' inspirations for getting into comics to begin with. Also, the '50s comic strips had [[SceneryPorn enough space to make things pretty]] and [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar less political sensitivity,]] although they were subject to [[RedScare censorship]] [[GoshDangItToHeck pressure]] of [[FairForItsDay many other varieties.]]

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome for ''newspaper comics as a whole.'' There are several other magnificent strips that contend for the honor, but most of the other contenders cite ''Pogo'' as one of ''their'' inspirations for getting into comics to begin with. Also, the '50s comic strips had [[SceneryPorn enough space to make things pretty]] and [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar less political sensitivity,]] although they were subject to [[DirtyCommie censorship]] [[GoshDangItToHeck pressure]] of [[FairForItsDay many other varieties.]]

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome for ''newspaper comics as a whole.'' There are several other magnificent strips that contend for the honor, but most of the other contenders cite ''Pogo'' as one of ''their'' inspirations for getting into comics to begin with. Also, the '50s comic strips had [[SceneryPorn enough space to make things pretty]] and [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar less political sensitivity,]] although they were subject to [[DirtyCommie censorship]] [[Bowdlerize pressure]] of [[FairForItsDay many other varieties.]]