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== Comic == |
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== Trivia tropes == |
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* [[Name's the Same]]: The title character was inadvertently named after a comic character from [[The Forties]] who would feature in US Air Force publications as a humorous example of 'How Not To Do It'. Adams asked for name suggestions from his friends, and the winner didn't realize he must have recalled the name from the earlier comic until after ''Dilbert'' had already become famous. |
* [[Name's the Same]]: The title character was inadvertently named after a comic character from [[The Forties]] who would feature in US Air Force publications as a humorous example of 'How Not To Do It'. Adams asked for name suggestions from his friends, and the winner didn't realize he must have recalled the name from the earlier comic until after ''Dilbert'' had already become famous. |
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* [[Recycled Script]]: [http://dilbert.com/blog/entry/the_creative_process |
* [[Recycled Script]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20131116213149/http://dilbert.com/blog/entry/the_creative_process Cleanup on aisle three]. |
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== TV Show == |
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== Non-trope trivia == |
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* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Several of the voice actors are well-established, as are some who aren't commonly known for voice acting but can still be easily recognized from their many live-action roles, but the [[Almighty Janitor|Garbage Man]] is voiced by Maurice LaMarche, who is in many, ''many'' animated works and games and can be recognized from the Garbage Man's voice as such varied characters as [[Pinky and The Brain|The Brain]], [[Futurama|Kif Kroker and Morbo]], and [[Abraham Lincoln]]. |
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* The strip was dropped by GoComics and many major newspaper chains in 2023 after Scott Adams made a racist rant on YouTube. |
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** Dilbert is [[The Wonder Years|Kevin Arnold]] all grown up. |
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** Dogbert is [[Eagle Heart|Chris Monsanto]]. |
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** Ratbert, Asok, and Zimbu the monkey are [[Spongebob SquarePants]] and [[Transformers Animated|Starscream]]. Zimbu even sounds EXACTLY like SpongeBob. |
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** Catbert is [[Seinfeld|George Costanza]]. |
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** The [[Pointy-Haired Boss]] is [[Max Keebles Big Move|Principal Jindrake]]. |
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* [[Screwed By the Network]]: Despite the show's high ratings (by UPN's standards), the show was canceled due to the network's decision to focus entirely on minority groups (primarily African-Americans) in the station's line-up, notably the show that aired right before ''Dilbert'', ''[[Shasta McNasty]]''. The fact that UPN went off the air shortly afterward [[Sarcasm Mode|shows how good an idea]] [[What an Idiot!|that was]]. |
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** For its second season, the series had also been moved from its fairly successful Monday night timeslot to Thursdays - up against NBC's then-quite powerful lineup. |
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Latest revision as of 15:08, 4 March 2023
Trivia about Dilbert includes:
Trivia tropes
- Name's the Same: The title character was inadvertently named after a comic character from The Forties who would feature in US Air Force publications as a humorous example of 'How Not To Do It'. Adams asked for name suggestions from his friends, and the winner didn't realize he must have recalled the name from the earlier comic until after Dilbert had already become famous.
- Recycled Script: Cleanup on aisle three.
Non-trope trivia
- The strip was dropped by GoComics and many major newspaper chains in 2023 after Scott Adams made a racist rant on YouTube.
- Back to Dilbert