# Does this sound familiar? (comic strip/cartoon scene) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 4, 2007, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-sound-familiar-comic-strip-cartoon-scene/390813 "2007-02-04T19:42:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2007, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-sound-familiar-comic-strip-cartoon-scene/390813/1 "2007-02-04T19:42:45Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2007, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-sound-familiar-comic-strip-cartoon-scene/390813/2 "2007-02-04T19:49:59Z")
I get a very vague Calvin and Hobbes vibe, but I could just be getting that from the wagon. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2007, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-sound-familiar-comic-strip-cartoon-scene/390813/3 "2007-02-04T19:52:00Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2007, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-sound-familiar-comic-strip-cartoon-scene/390813/4 "2007-02-04T21:46:09Z")
Sounds like the old comic strip Henry. Was the kid bald? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2007, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-sound-familiar-comic-strip-cartoon-scene/390813/5 "2007-02-04T21:47:26Z")
[QUOTE=Voyager] Sounds like the old comic strip Henry. Was the kid bald? [/QUOTE] I bet you remember Hambone! Right? Henry was a dude! ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-sound-familiar-comic-strip-cartoon-scene/390813/6 "2007-02-05T06:22:54Z")
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.** ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-sound-familiar-comic-strip-cartoon-scene/390813/7 "2007-02-05T09:14:51Z")
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](http://www.cartoonstock.com/lowres/ptr0154l.jpg)), 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. ---
**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-sound-familiar-comic-strip-cartoon-scene/390813/8 "2007-02-05T15:07:13Z")
[QUOTE=Kal] 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](http://www.cartoonstock.com/lowres/ptr0154l.jpg)), 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. [/QUOTE] 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.