Joe Hardy is the younger of the two Hardy brothers in The Hardy Boys series by Franklin W. Dixon.
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Joe lives in Bayport with his parents; Fenton and Laura, his older brother; Frank and his aunt; Gertrude.
Frank is not only Joe’s older brother but, best friend and crime-fighting partner, working together the two have solved countless mysteries. Around Bayport Frank and Joe have quite the reputation as amateur detectives. The Hardy boys are often helped by their friends, most notably best buddy Chet Morton and Frank’s girlfriend Callie Shaw.
Joe is the more impulsive of the two brothers. He dashes into all kinds of situations without worrying too much about consequences, and refuses to admit that anything is impossible. Also Joe is often cocky towards criminals, even when the Hardys are prisoners. Sometimes this gets him into trouble, but for the most part, it works to his advantage, making them lose focus and giving he and his brother a chance to escape.
Although Frank spends his mornings exercising, doing weight training and karate workouts, while Joe usually gets out of bed about an hour later, and stays in shape by simply playing a little football or baseball, Joe seems to be at least as athletic as Frank, if not more so.[1]
In the Casefiles series, Joe jokingly refers to Frank as the brains of their operation and himself as the brawn. The Hardy boys make an excellent team, because their abilities mesh perfectly.[1]
Joe's first girlfriend is Iola Morton, the sister of Joe's best friend Chet. Iola is murdered by a bomb in the events of Dead on Target. After some time, Joe meets Vanessa Bender, and at the end of the series, the two are still going steady.
Frank and Joe both attend Bayport High, along with friends, Biff Hooper, Tony Prito, Phil Cohen, and the aforementioned Chet and Callie.
Presumably through the marriage of Joe's father's brother [2][3] to Janet Hardy Joe is related to Sue Hardy, a cousin who is a year or two younger than Joe.
Joe is also related to Karen Young through the marriage of his father's brother, although she doesn't appear to be a cousin, since she appears to be the daughter of a sister or brother of Janet Hardy, and the it is mentioned that she is a cousin of Sue Hardy.
Vehicles owned by Frank and Joe
Frank and Joe have owned a large number of cars or automobiles over the years. In the originals they have motorcycles ,but Joe totals his in The Shore Road Mystery and they purchase a yellow convertible soon afterwards. The car appears in the series, for over fiftey years, before it is blown up (with Iola Morton inside) in the first Casefiles, Dead on Target. After Frank and Joe save Bayport Mall from being destroyed, they are given a black van by the Bayport Mall Association. In Casefiles #100 True Thriller the van is also blown up. They finally purchase a blue van which remains with them until the end of the series. Throughout the The Hardy Boys Digests, the boys own a black van. In the Undercover Brothers series, Frank and Joe own custom sport bikes, decked out with the latest in accessories.
Sports played by Frank and Joe
Joe plays many school sports along with his brother. Joe is a halfback on the Bayport High football team.[4], but by the time of the later Digests, he gives up his place on the team so he can concentrate on his studies. He also does the endurance running for the Bayport High track team and is on the swim team. He also plays baseball, basketball, and soccer. Frank is also interested in martial arts, the game of chess and in The Clue of the Broken Blade, fencing.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Hardy Boys Casefiles #11 Brother Against Brother, page 20.
- ↑ Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Super Sleuths! Volume 1 The Secret Of Mountaintop Inn
- ↑ This is presumed because the author had Joe calling Janet Hardy "Aunt" and the author described her as "Mrs. Janet Hardy, denoting marriage, plus it was stated in the story that Joe is Sue Hardy's cousin
- ↑ The Hardy Boys #32 The Crisscross Shadow
- ↑ The Hardy Boys #21 The Clue of the Broken Blade
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