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[[File:Hi_and_Lois_Logo_2007_4020.png|frame|The logo, featuring the title characters]]


'''Hi And Lois''' is an American newspaper comic begun in 1954. It centralizes on Hiram and Lois Flagston, a suburban family with several children: Chip, Dot, Ditto and Trixie. It was first written by ''[[Beetle Bailey]]'' creator Mort Walker and drawn by Dik Browne; following Dik's death in 1989, his son, Chance, took over drawing, with Mort's sons Brian and Greg taking over on writing.

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=== Tropes present: ===
* [[Aerith and Bob]]: Their names aren't that far-fetched, save for "Ditto."
* [[Comic Book Time]]: Chip started out as an eight-year-old, but has been a teenager for quite some time. Dot and Ditto have aged slightly as well.
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: [http://www.artbaxter.com/images/blog/2008-postings/topless_backs/lois-9.28.71.gif This] strip from September 28, 1971.
* [[Honest John's Dealership]]: Lois is usually a decent, honest woman. But in her profession as a real estate saleswoman, she stretches the truth as much as anyone else in the business.
* [[Hot Mom]]: Lois. Surely breasts that round and pert are unusual on ''most'' suburban housewives.
* [[Imaginary Friend]]: Subverted with Trixie, who has long, reflected conversations with The Sunbeam. Not ''a'' Sunbeam. ''The'' Sunbeam.
* [[Long Runner]]: Started in 1954 and hasn't stopped.
* [[Long Runner Tech Marches On]]
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Hi and Lois ("high and low"); oldest son Chip ("chip off the old block"); younger children Dot and Ditto (twins - "ditto" means "copy of"); Trixie ("full of tricks")
* [[Name and Name]]
* [[Spin-Off]]: The Flagstons first appeared in ''[[Beetle Bailey]]''. Lois is Beetle's sister.
* [[Theme Twin Naming]]: Don't twins have enough identity issues without being named "Ditto"?

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