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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.
 
The Hardy Boys have also appeared on TV several times, originally courtesy of a serial running on the ''[[Mickey Mouse Club]]''. [[Hardy Boys-Nancy Drew Mysteries (TV)|They shared a show]] with [[Nancy Drew]] on [[ABC]] in [[The Seventies]], and had a series of their own, produced by [[Nelvana]], in the [[The Nineties]]. They also (whew!) had a 1969 [[Saturday Morning Cartoon]] series.
 
Definitely ''not'' to be confused with [[Matt Hardy|the]] [[Jeff Hardy|wrestlers]] of the same name.
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* [[Crossover]]: With [[Nancy Drew]] in the "Super Mystery" series and [[Tom Swift]] in the "Ultra Thriller" books.
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: The newer Hardy Boy ''Casefiles'' series. Iola Morton, Joe's long-running girlfriend in the original series, is blown up by terrorists shortly before the opening scene of ''the first book''.
** Not to mention that some cases would place tension between the brothers, which would often lead into not-so-friendly brawls between them. Later, it also modifies their relationship with the police (which is scarcely a problem in the original series), with an [[Ascended Extra]] of sorts in Con Riley as the only officer that takes their skills seriously. And then there are the Assassins, the terrorist group responsible for Iola's aforementioned murder, and are also the most frequently recurring villains in the series who, well...[[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|do exactly what you might expect]].
** The original edition of "The Sinister Signpost" features a vaguely middle-European villain named Vilnoff who {{spoiler|tries to destroy Bayport, and kills himself via electrocution to avoid arrest}}.
* [[Distressed Dude]]: Both of them, also Fenton and Chet on occasion.
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* [[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.
* [[Live Action Adaptation]]: ''The Mickey Mouse Club'' adaptation in the 1950s; [[Hardy Boys-Nancy Drew Mysteries (TV)|''The Hardy Boys Nancy Drew Mysteries'']], which ran from 1977-1979, and the short-lived ''The Hardy Boys'' in 1995.
** 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]]
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* [[Not Now, Kiddo]]: The Hardys met with this in a lot of the early books. Eventually, Chief Collig and Con Riley figured out they should probably listen to them once in a while...
* [[Odd Couple]]
* [[Put Onon a Bus]]: The majority of the Hardy's circle of friends have slowly faded away as time has gone by. Chet is still a regular, Biff Hooper and Tony Prito make rare appearances, but Phil Cohen and Jerry Gilroy seem to have completely disappeared.
* [[Recycled in Space]]: The 1969 animated show featured the Hardy Boys...as a hip groovy ''rock band''!
* [[Sibling Team]]
* [[Spin-Off]]: There have been several:
** ''The Hardy Boys Casefiles:'' [[Darker and Edgier]] and [[Hotter and Sexier]] series designed to appeal to teen audiences by removing the previous roadblocks of the parent series ([[No Hugging, No Kissing]], [[Never Say "Die"]], etc.) Although it played up the violence and played down the romance compared to its [[Distaff Counterpart]] ''The Nancy Drew Files.'' Might qualify as a [[Quietly Performing Sister Show]] since it had a successful run of 12 years (1986-1998) and 127 issues.
** ''The Hardy Boys are: The Clues Brothers'' and ''The Hardy Boys Secret Files:'' [[Spinoff Babies]] series which both involve 8 and 9-year-old versions of Frank and Joe solving mysteries in the vein of missing pet cats.
** ''Hardy Boys: Undercover Brothers:'' Considered a continuation of the original series by the publisher, it hovers somewhere between the Originals and the Casefiles in terms of storytelling (less graphic than the Casefiles, but also more liberal than the Originals.)
** Both the ''Casefiles'' and ''Undercover Brothers'' spin-off had their own spin-off, a Crossover series with [[Nancy Drew]]. Interestingly, they were both titled ''Nancy Drew-Hardy Boys Supermysteries.'' (Fans tag them '88 and '07 for the sake of avoiding confusion.) Both shared a lot of similar traits, including hinting at Nancy/Frank and Bess/Joe relationships.
* [[Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome]]: {{spoiler|Iola}} in the first chapter of the first ''Casefiles'' book.
* [[Tap Onon 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
* [[Wham! Episode]]: the very first Casefiles book, with the death of Iola in the opening chapter.
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