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Examples of Recurring Themes

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Created: 2012-01-20 Updated: 2012-06-18
Examples: 52 Links: 52

Related:

Story Splash Pages (55 examples)
Little Fat Nothing (49 examples)
Money Mania (12 examples)
Shrugging (44 examples)
Breaking the 4th Wall (22 examples)
Bop you with this here lollipop (35 examples)

Herbie stories end with a final panel or two, often with one or more recurring themes, and almost always with Herbie. This page shows the ending panels from all 52 Herbie stories.

There were 5 Herbie stories in Forbidden Worlds, 44 in 23 issues of Herbie (two were reprints of stories in Forbidden Worlds), and 3 by authors other than Richard E. Hughes and Ogden Whitney. The original 49 Herbie stories by Hughes and Whitney included:

Dad, complaining what a little fat nothing of a son he has (17 stories),
Dad, with a pile of money, thinking that he and not Herbie had something to do with getting it (6 stories), while Herbie shrugs
Herbie, or sometimes someone else, shrugging (8 stories),
Mom and/or Dad confused by Herbie's remark (8 stories),
Herbie, talking to (even threatening) the reader with lollibopping (5 stories),
Herbie pretending to lead a dull life (3 stories), although that could include all the stories ending with Dad calling Herbie a little fat nothing.
Herbie, accepting the world as it is "Some days you just can't win!" (4 stories)

Index terms: shrug, little fat nothing, money, confusion, acceptance, Richard E. Hughes, Ogden Whitney

Herbie is dull.

Source: Forbidden Worlds #73 p.8 (1958-12)

Updated: 2012-01-21

Themes Cover Scan

Herbie is dull.

Herbie is dull.

Source: Forbidden Worlds #94 p.12 (1961-03)

Updated: 2012-01-21

Themes Cover Scan

Herbie is dull.

Acceptance.

Source: Forbidden Worlds #110 p.10 (1963-03)

Updated: 2012-01-21

Themes Cover Scan

Acceptance.

Source: Forbidden Worlds #114 p.14 (1963-09)

Updated: 2012-01-21

Themes Cover Scan

Forbidden Worlds #11414

Dad sold the lollipop company and Herbie accepts that "You can't win!"

Source: Forbidden Worlds #116 p.13 (1963-11)

Updated: 2012-01-21

Themes Cover Scan

Dad sold the lollipop company and Herbie accepts that "You can't win!"

Little Fat Nothing.

Source: Herbie #1a p.13 (1964-04)

Updated: 2012-01-21

Little Fat Nothing .

Mom tries to calm down Dad, who is not proud of a little fat nothing who does nothing.

Source: Herbie #1b p.12 (1964-04)

Updated: 2012-01-21

Mom tries to calm down Dad, who is not proud of a little fat nothing who does nothing.

Little Fat Nothing.

Source: Herbie #2a p.12 (1964-06)

Updated: 2012-01-21

Little Fat Nothing .

Herbie accepts his lot in love, consoled by his lollipops.

Source: Herbie #2b p.12 (1964-06)

Updated: 2012-01-21

Herbie accepts his lot in love , consoled by his lollipops .

Little Fat Nothing.

Source: Herbie #3a p.12 (1964-08)

Updated: 2012-01-21

Little Fat Nothing .

Little Fat Nothing.

Source: Herbie #3b p.12 (1964-08)

Updated: 2012-01-21

Little Fat Nothing .

Mom confused (at least she would appear to be if we could see her).

Source: Herbie #4a p.15 (1964-09)

Updated: 2012-01-21

Mom confused (at least she would appear to be if we could see her).

Herbie shrugs while Mom tries to calm Dad with coffee.

Source: Herbie #4b p.9 (1964-09)

Updated: 2012-01-21

Herbie shrugs while Mom tries to calm Dad with coffee.

Herbie is dull (because he is too fat to have adventures). Herbie shrugs.

Source: Herbie #5a p.13 (1964-10)

Updated: 2012-01-21

Herbie is dull (because he is too fat to have adventures).

If he weren't so unobservant, Dad (and Mom) might be confused by the resemblance of Herbie and Eibreh.

Source: Herbie #5b p.10 (1964-10)

Updated: 2012-01-21

If he weren't so unobservant , Dad (and Mom) might be confused by the resemblance of Herbie and Eibreh.

Hint about a future story (that appears in #10b).

Source: Herbie #6a p.12 (1964-12)

Updated: 2012-01-21

Hint about a future story (that appears in #10b ).

Dad with piles of money, complains that Herbie is just a little fat nothing, while Herbie shrugs.

Source: Herbie #6b p.11 (1964-12)

Updated: 2012-01-21

Dad with piles of money , complains that Herbie is just a little fat nothing , while Herbie shrugs .

Herbie talking to and threatening the reader.

Source: Herbie #7a p.13 (1965-02)

Updated: 2012-01-21

Herbie talking to and threatening the reader .

Herbie shrugs.

Source: Herbie #7b p.11 (1965-02)

Updated: 2012-01-21

Herbie shrugs .

Mom tries to calm Dad while he complains about being stuck with a little fat nothing.

Source: Herbie #8a p.15 (1965-03)

Updated: 2012-01-21

Mom tries to calm Dad while he complains about being stuck with a little fat nothing .

Source: Herbie #8b p.9 (1965-03)

Updated: 2012-01-21

Herbie #8b9

Mom and Dad confused.

Source: Herbie #9a p.13 (1965-04)

Updated: 2012-01-21

Mom and Dad confused.

Dad confused by Herbie fainting.

Source: Herbie #9b p.11 (1965-04)

Updated: 2012-01-21

Dad confused by Herbie fainting .

Source: Herbie #10a p.16 (1965-06)

Updated: 2012-01-21

Herbie #10a16

Source: Herbie #10b p.9 (1965-06)

Updated: 2012-01-21

Herbie #10b9

Little Fat Nothing.

Source: Herbie #11a p.15 (1965-08)

Updated: 2012-01-21

Little Fat Nothing .

Source: Herbie #11b p.10 (1965-08)

Updated: 2012-01-21

Herbie #11b10

Herbie talking to and threatening the reader.

Source: Herbie #12a p.16 (1965-09)

Updated: 2012-01-21

Herbie talking to and threatening the reader .

Dad with piles of money, complaining about Herbie being a little fat nothing

Source: Herbie #12b p.10 (1965-09)

Updated: 2012-01-21

Dad with piles of money , complaining about Herbie being a little fat nothing

Dad thinks he's a genius and Herbie shrugs.

Source: Herbie #13a p.13 (1965-10)

Updated: 2012-01-21

Dad thinks he's a genius and Herbie shrugs .

Confused Mom.

Source: Herbie #13b p.10 (1965-10)

Updated: 2012-01-21

Confused Mom.

Little Fat Nothing. Dad does not notice that Herbie is sleeping in mid air, otherwise he might find it confusing.

Source: Herbie #14a p.14 (1965-12)

Updated: 2012-01-21

Little Fat Nothing .

Little Fat Nothing.

Source: Herbie #14b p.12 (1965-12)

Updated: 2012-01-21

Little Fat Nothing .

Herbie talking to and threatening the reader.

Source: Herbie #15a p.17 (1966-02)

Updated: 2012-01-21

Herbie talking to and threatening the reader .

Confused Dad, fainting.

Source: Herbie #15b p.9 (1966-02)

Updated: 2012-01-21

Confused Dad, fainting .

Hint about a future story (that never appears).

Source: Herbie #16a p.16 (1966-03)

Updated: 2012-01-21

Hint about a future story (that never appears).

Herbie talking to and threatening the reader.

Source: Herbie #16b p.9 (1966-03)

Updated: 2012-01-21

Herbie talking to and threatening the reader .

Dad lighting a cigar with money while complaining about having a little fat nothing for a son.

Source: Herbie #17a p.13 (1966-04)

Updated: 2012-01-21

Dad lighting a cigar with money while complaining about having a little fat nothing for a son.

Confused Dad talking about Herbie being a little fat nothing.

Source: Herbie #18a p.13 (1966-06)

Updated: 2012-01-21

Confused Dad talking about Herbie being a little fat nothing .

Dad complaining about Herbie but not calling him a little fat nothing.

Source: Herbie #18b p.13 (1966-06)

Updated: 2012-01-21

Dad complaining about Herbie but not calling him a little fat nothing .

Source: Herbie #19a p.14 (1966-08)

Updated: 2012-01-21

Herbie #19a14

Source: Herbie #19b p.11 (1966-08)

Updated: 2012-01-21

Herbie #19b11

Herbie, as the Fat Fury, thinking while looking at the reader.

Source: Herbie #20a p.14 (1966-09)

Updated: 2012-01-21

Herbie, as the Fat Fury, thinking while looking at the reader .

Dad, confused by the little fat nothing.

Source: Herbie #20b p.12 (1966-09)

Updated: 2012-01-21

Dad, confused by the little fat nothing .

Herbie, pleading and getting his lollipops back from Dad, who calls him a little fat nothing and then a big fat something (when it comes to lollipops).

Source: Herbie #21a p.14 (1966-10)

Updated: 2012-01-21

Herbie, pleading and getting his lollipops back from Dad, who calls him a little fat nothing and then a big fat something (when it comes to lollipops).

Dad, with a big pile of money, thinks he's a genius and Herbie shrugs.

Source: Herbie #21b p.12 (1966-10)

Updated: 2012-01-21

Dad, with a big pile of money, thinks he's a genius and Herbie shrugs .

Dad complaining about Herbie, calling him a little fat nothing, while Herbie shrugs.

Source: Herbie #22a p.15 (1966-12)

Updated: 2012-01-21

Dad complaining about Herbie, calling him a little fat nothing , while Herbie shrugs .

Confused Mom, who shrugs.

Source: Herbie #22b p.11 (1966-12)

Updated: 2012-01-21

Confused Mom, who shrugs .

Prime Example: Acceptance. Some days you just can't win.

Source: Herbie #23a p.17 (1967-02)

Updated: 2012-01-21

Prime Example : Acceptance.

Source: Dark Horse Herbie #1 (1992)

Updated: 2012-01-21

Dark Horse Herbie #1

Source: Flaming Carrot #31 p.11 (1994)

Updated: 2012-01-21

Flaming Carrot #3111

Source: ACG Return of Herbie #1 p.12 (1996)

Updated: 2012-01-21

ACG Return of Herbie #112