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Examples of Recurring Themes

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Herbie Popnecker Examples:
Recurring Gags:
Stopping by Sticking Out Feet

Created: 2008-11-20     Updated: 2012-04-10  
Stories: 14     Examples: 14     Links: 23  

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Herbie and others make sudden stops on land and in the air by sticking out their feet and leaning back SKREE-EEEE!

Index terms: friction, braking, applying the brake, Richard E. Hughes, Ogden Whitney

No sound-effect, but clouds of dust.
Source: Forbidden Worlds #94 p.4 (1961-03)
Updated: 2012-04-03
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No sound-effect, but clouds of dust.
SSK-REEEE!
Source: Forbidden Worlds #116 p.10 (1963-11)
Updated: 2008-11-20
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SSK-REEEE!
SKREE-EEEE
Source: Herbie #1a p.12 (1964-04)
Updated: 2008-11-20
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SKREE-EEEE
(silent, maybe because two-headed monsters are quiet)
Source: Herbie #3a p.10 (1964-08)
Updated: 2008-11-20
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(silent, maybe because two-headed monsters are quiet)
SKREE-EEEE Combined with flying.
Source: Herbie #3b p.9 (1964-08)
Updated: 2008-11-20
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SKREE-EEEE Combined with flying .
SCREEEECH! Combined with talking to animals.
Source: Herbie #4b p.7 (1964-09)
Updated: 2008-11-20
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SCREEEECH!
SCREE-EECH! Combined with being famous.
Source: Herbie #5a p.12 (1964-10)
Updated: 2008-11-20
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SCREE-EECH!
SKREE-EEEE... Combined with being famous and talking to animals.
Source: Herbie #7a p.9 (1965-02)
Updated: 2008-11-20
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SKREE-EEEE...
SCREEECH
Source: Herbie #8a p.10 (1965-03)
Updated: 2011-12-26
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SCREEECH
SCREE-EECH! Combined with Trouble...always trouble.
Source: Herbie #8b p.5 (1965-03)
Updated: 2008-11-20
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SCREE-EECH!
SKREE-EEEE!
Source: Herbie #10a p.11 (1965-06)
Updated: 2008-11-20
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SKREE-EEEE!
Prime Example: SKRE-EEEE Combined with flying.
Source: Herbie #14a p.7 (1965-12)
Updated: 2008-11-20
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Prime Example : SKRE-EEEE Combined with flying .
(silent, drowned out by Foo-Manchu's WHIZZZZ!) Combined with flying.
Source: Herbie #16a p.6 (1966-03)
Updated: 2008-11-20
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(silent, drowned out by Foo-Manchu's WHIZZZZ!
SKREE-EEEEE
Source: Herbie #21a p.11 (1966-10)
Updated: 2008-11-20
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SKREE-EEEEE