Does this sound familiar? (comic strip/cartoon scene)

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I’m working on a graphic novel scene at the moment, and don’t want to rip off somebody (or at least, I want to know whom I’m ripping off). Does this comic strip/cartoon scene sound familiar to anyone?

  • kid walking down sidewalk, pulling little red wagon. In the wagon: a goldfish in a goldfish bowl. i.e., kid talking his/her fish for a walk.
    This seems familiar to me, but damned if I can remember where I saw it. Can anyone ID the source?
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I get a very vague Calvin and Hobbes vibe, but I could just be getting that from the wagon.

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Man! I’m visualizing the scene just as you describe it. Guesses:

Dennis the Menace (although he would be torturing the fish)
Calvin (of & Hobbes but I never read that strip so that can’t be it. I guess)
some random kid in a Tom & Jerry or Bugs Bunny cartoon
Blondie & Dagwood’s offspring
one of the Peanuts kids
some kid in one of the Little Rascals movies
Leave it to Beaver maybe
some Disney animated feature

Nothing solid. Sorry

4

Sounds like the old comic strip Henry. Was the kid bald?

5

I bet you remember Hambone! Right? Henry was a dude!

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How much is that doggie in the window?
The one with the waggily tail
How much is that doggie in the window?
I do hope that doggie’s for sale.
I don’t want a bunny or a kitty.
I don’t want a parrot that talks.
I don’t want a bowl of little fishies.
You can’t take a goldfish for walks.

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Someone taking their goldfish for a walk - be it it in a wagon or on a skateboard, go-kart, whatever - is a gag done by so many comic strips and cartoons (an example), as well as live-action comedy shows that it’s gonna be almost impossible for you to trace the original time the gag was used.

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I did come across that cartoon last night. I guess you’re right–in which case, I’m not too worried. I thought it was much more of a unique occurrence. Looks like it’s pretty much a “common domain” sort of gag.

Thanks, all.