Hardy Boys: Difference between revisions

After the books were acqired by Simon & Schuster (which took control of Grosset & Dunlap in the 70s after a lawsuit), the series was continued as "Digests". Later on, the [[Darker and Edgier]] ''Casefiles'' series was added and ran concurrently with the Digests. Both series have since been discontinued, the ''Casefiles'' in 1998 and the Digests in 2005. The series has since continued under the ''Undercover Brothers'' subtitle, which reinvents the brothers as agents working for an all-teen secret agency; there is also a corresponding graphic novel series.

 

 

Definitely ''not'' to be confused with [[Matt Hardy|the]] [[Jeff Hardy|wrestlers]] of the same name.

* [[Distressed Dude]]: Both of them, also Fenton and Chet on occasion.

* [[Doppelganger]]: In a Casefiles book, body doubles of the boys are made once they're captured. They play [[Spot the Imposter]]. {{spoiler|It turns out Iola kept a diary, so when Joe asks her questions, in standard trope fashion, "only she would know the answer to"...}}

* [[Fat Best Friend]]: Chet Morton is the best friend of The Hardy Boys, and has been described as fat, plump, chubby, stout, heavy-set, etc. He has a huge appetite, and vacillates between types A, B and C as the plot dictates.

* [[Friend or Foe]]

* [[Kid Detective]]/[[Amateur Sleuth]]

* [[Keep Circulating the Tapes]]: Although Applewood Books reprinted the original versions of books 1-16 complete with the original bindings and dustjackets, the only way to get books 17-38 in their unabridged form is to hunt down original copies at thrift stores and eBay. Also, Applewood has stopped printing the books, but they can still be bought new online.

** There have been rumors for a long time about "The Hardy Men," a live-action movie starring Ben Stiller and Tom Cruise as the Hardy Brothers as adults.

* [[Long Running Book Series]]

* [[Tap On the Head]]: Frank & Joe have both been knocked out by getting hit in the head so often that, in real life, the two should be vegetables in permanent coma in the hospital.

* [[Teen Genius]]: Frank

* [[Working the Same Case]]