| 1 | * 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 less political sensitivity, although they were subject to [[RedScare censorship]] [[GoshDangItToHeck pressure]] of [[FairForItsDay many other varieties.]] |
| 2 | ** However, even this didn't stop Kelly from mocking Senator UsefulNotes/JosephMcCarthy during the height of the red-baiting bully's power in the 1950s. Unlike the reporter Edward R. Murrow, Kelly faced real risks in doing this since he didn't have a major broadcast network backing him up and the newspapers carrying ''Pogo'' could have ruined him by dropping the strip in droves. |
| 3 | * 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]]. |
| 4 | ** 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. |
| 5 | --->'''Malarkey:''' ''Last shell, Mole?'' |
| 6 | * ParodyDisplacement: "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". |
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