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Difference between revisions of "Mr. Square"
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| − | + | [[Image:Square_Mr_Hi-Jinx.png|right]]A bloodhound anti-jive reformer, full name: Mr. I.M. Square, from Delaware. He comes to combat swing music jitterbugs, having successfully campaigned against the Fox Trot. He's a regular in the short-lived swing music-themed teenage funny animal comic book ''[https://www.comics.org/series/12133/ Hi-Jinx]''. He immediately comes to love swing music, despite remaining a square. | |
| − | + | He enters the Big Croon and Swoon Contest in the "Square and Warmer" story of #2 (September-October 1947). | |
| + | The winner is whoever makes the most girls swoon. He can sing, but only in the bath, so has to perform in a tub. This gag was reused in "The Flintstone Canaries" episode (10/24/1964) of animated television series ''The Flintstones''. | ||
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| + | His name is a reference to the song "You're a Square from Delaware" by Fats Waller. | ||
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| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Parrot Como]] | ||
| + | *[[Guy Lumbeardo]] | ||
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| + | ==External Links== | ||
| + | *http://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=70610 | ||
| + | *Character introduced here: http://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=10374 | ||
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| + | [[Category:1947|Square]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Comic books|Square]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Pop|Square]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Fictional animals|Square]] | ||
Revision as of 12:24, 13 March 2018
A bloodhound anti-jive reformer, full name: Mr. I.M. Square, from Delaware. He comes to combat swing music jitterbugs, having successfully campaigned against the Fox Trot. He's a regular in the short-lived swing music-themed teenage funny animal comic book Hi-Jinx. He immediately comes to love swing music, despite remaining a square.
He enters the Big Croon and Swoon Contest in the "Square and Warmer" story of #2 (September-October 1947). The winner is whoever makes the most girls swoon. He can sing, but only in the bath, so has to perform in a tub. This gag was reused in "The Flintstone Canaries" episode (10/24/1964) of animated television series The Flintstones.
His name is a reference to the song "You're a Square from Delaware" by Fats Waller.
See also
External Links
- http://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=70610
- Character introduced here: http://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=10374
