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by David M Willis on December 3, 2010 at 12:01 am
  • 02 - Uphill From Here

└ Tags: amber, dina, ethan, mike

Discussion (238) ¬

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    December 3, 2010 at 12:02 am | #

    Whoa, like. Deja vu.

    • Joebo
      Joebo
      December 3, 2010 at 1:36 am | #

      personal Deja vu, or my avatar deja vu?

      • jaredTSF
        jaredTSF
        December 3, 2010 at 9:32 am | #

        Both?

      • Heather
        Heather
        December 4, 2010 at 1:26 pm | #

        I love the fact it looks like you want to murder the person you replt to in your icon.

  2. Cassidy
    Cassidy
    December 3, 2010 at 12:02 am | #

    Dina makes my life.

    i amthinking of becoming dina.

    but that requires a sex change.

    • David Herbert
      David Herbert
      December 3, 2010 at 12:04 am | #

      Maybe a wig will be all that’s necessary if you look girly enough.

    • captainswift
      captainswift
      December 3, 2010 at 12:04 am | #

      If Dina is who you are inside, free her! Free her!

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      December 3, 2010 at 5:25 pm | #

      Haha, I didn’t get it at first that Dina’s saying goodbye XD

      *short attention span*

    • Lycinder
      Lycinder
      December 7, 2010 at 6:09 am | #

      Just be a boyish version of Dina

  3. Haven
    Haven
    December 3, 2010 at 12:02 am | #

    Man. Been awhile since I’ve seen frustratedly angry mike.

    • Arthur
      Arthur
      December 3, 2010 at 7:18 am | #

      Maybe mike has been having anger therapy in the DoA universe and Amber made him fall of the wagon.

      • Arthur
        Arthur
        December 3, 2010 at 7:18 am | #

        YES! Finally got an alien avatar!

  4. Sakimei
    Sakimei
    December 3, 2010 at 12:02 am | #

    I like how Ethan kind of just drags her as well…

    • Loki
      Loki
      December 3, 2010 at 9:50 am | #

      Once Mike took decisive action, he agreed enough to go along with it. As the person who often ended up taking decisive action in my social group in college, I’ve seen it a lot.

      This means, by the way, that in addition to being an asshole, Mike is showing leadership potential here. Via impatience. 🙂

  5. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    December 3, 2010 at 12:02 am | #

    Oh God I love that Mike face.

    Also Dina.

    • Jabberwocky
      Jabberwocky
      December 3, 2010 at 12:03 am | #

      Oh, hey, Jason!

    • Tomb
      Tomb
      December 3, 2010 at 10:18 pm | #

      Your Mom + A Nickel = Prostitute

      Warner, Mike

      • Grrt
        Grrt
        December 7, 2010 at 6:15 am | #

        ^ Winning Comment.

  6. Chrisby
    Chrisby
    December 3, 2010 at 12:03 am | #

    And they didn’t even need the crowbar.

  7. Jabberwocky
    Jabberwocky
    December 3, 2010 at 12:03 am | #

    Oh, Dina.

    • Chrisby
      Chrisby
      December 3, 2010 at 12:03 am | #

      Oh, me!

  8. katie01
    katie01
    December 3, 2010 at 12:04 am | #

    …Replace “killing spiders” with “Just one more TVTropes page!” and that would be me.

    • Wackd
      Wackd
      December 3, 2010 at 12:46 am | #

      And me.

    • Bickendan
      Bickendan
      December 3, 2010 at 12:49 am | #

      Guilty.

    • R
      R
      December 3, 2010 at 1:20 am | #

      I’ve almost considered getting netnanny just so I can block TVTropes and Wikipedia.

      • R
        R
        December 3, 2010 at 1:21 am | #

        Awww, I’m no longer Leslie. Much sadness!

      • Jabberwocky
        Jabberwocky
        December 3, 2010 at 1:23 am | #

        Netnanny is crap.

      • Blightning
        Blightning
        December 3, 2010 at 9:24 am | #

        If you’re on Windows, you can block them with the hosts file:

        http://www.overclock.net/faqs/44143-how-use-hosts-file-block-websites.html

        Redirect it to something like your school or work website to guilt trip yourself every time you try to go there.

    • Malph
      Malph
      December 3, 2010 at 1:32 am | #

      That sums me up perfectly. I’m amazed I managed to tear myself away from it long enough to read SP and this.

      • TheAlucinaut
        TheAlucinaut
        December 4, 2010 at 1:15 pm | #

        I hate TV tropes.

        I am a writer, too.

        I just find it asinine to make a list of things that happen in stories and give them a name. People who know stories can recognise them already, what is the use of looking at lists. It makes the stories seem less special.

        Not to mention all the spoilers.

        Blech, it’s just another time-sink. I’d rather be adding to my own stories than reading arbitrary lists.

        • Jen Aside
          Jen Aside
          December 5, 2010 at 2:15 pm | #

          You can be someone who does X and not need a tool that categorizes X. It’s informative (but mostly entertaining) for people who AREN’T experts at X.

          I basically used TVTropes to write a whole book. Meet cute? Got it. Five Man Band? Check. Eigen plot? WHOO BOY.

        • Notebooked
          Notebooked
          January 23, 2013 at 11:51 am | #

          “People who know stories can recognise them already”.
          Yep. A lot of people recognised them in stories and compiled them. Thus, TVtropes.
          I dunno, but I think it’s good to have a thing for people who want to talk about the construction of stories and draw parallells between them.

    • landbasered
      landbasered
      December 3, 2010 at 1:52 am | #

      3 open tvtropes tabs right now.
      damn.

      • thatgirlwiththeglasses
        thatgirlwiththeglasses
        July 4, 2011 at 8:34 pm | #

        6 open TV Tropes tabs for me. IT’S SO ADDICTING

        • karfsma
          karfsma
          July 17, 2015 at 10:23 am | #

          Forty tabs here. Send help.

    • JacquieH
      JacquieH
      December 3, 2010 at 2:03 am | #

      Or “one more quest” in WoW 😀

      • JacquieH
        JacquieH
        December 3, 2010 at 2:04 am | #

        Whoot! I’m Walky again!

    • David Herbert
      David Herbert
      December 3, 2010 at 3:13 am | #

      Yep, I’m guilty of that too. Glad to see I’m not alone.

    • Osaru Sensei
      Osaru Sensei
      December 3, 2010 at 3:25 am | #

      There is no shame in joining the Cult. The Holy Church of TvTropes welcomes all.

      [/creepychurchmissionary]

      • Osaru Sensei
        Osaru Sensei
        December 3, 2010 at 3:27 am | #

        … Noo! Not my Ruth! *sadface*

    • Nexa
      Nexa
      December 3, 2010 at 8:36 am | #

      Just when I thought I would be able to get to sleep soon, too. Oh well.

    • Ruth
      Ruth
      December 3, 2010 at 9:05 am | #

      That site is freaking crack for nerds like me. The withdrawal was crazy. I’m still recovering.

    • wynne
      wynne
      December 3, 2010 at 9:30 am | #

      Oh God, TV Tropes. I had to cut cold turkey just so I could get all my work done, but recently it’s been successfully reintroduced. So does that make me a functioning tropeaholic?

    • mpark6288
      mpark6288
      December 3, 2010 at 11:03 am | #

      Yeah, me too.

      • Ezzy
        Ezzy
        December 3, 2010 at 12:27 pm | #

        40 tabs of TvTropes open right now, but I consider it writing study.

    • Fyrewyre
      Fyrewyre
      December 3, 2010 at 2:58 pm | #

      Hello thar. (Feather duster wave)

    • Feenyksfyre
      Feenyksfyre
      December 4, 2010 at 8:40 am | #

      Hoo boy am I ever guilty of that. It’s like crack cocaine + wikipedia or something.

    • dchorror
      dchorror
      December 4, 2010 at 11:45 am | #

      I think it’s easy to say that everyone who’s ever been there can be considered an addict.

    • Wackd
      Wackd
      December 5, 2010 at 2:17 am | #

      Guilty.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      April 10, 2011 at 7:30 pm | #

      In my case, it would be CRACKED dot com, that site is one hell of a time sink.

      • misagoth
        misagoth
        August 20, 2013 at 10:31 pm | #

        Scribol…

  9. JK9000
    JK9000
    December 3, 2010 at 12:04 am | #

    I feel like Mike missed the opportunity for a mom joke there, as old hat as it is.

    • Arthur
      Arthur
      December 3, 2010 at 7:21 am | #

      Oh god! What if Mike now somehow is Amber’s mom?!?!?

      ..

      .. through time travel and gender switching rays or something…

      • Loki
        Loki
        December 3, 2010 at 9:52 am | #

        I get the impression we’re kinda low on those sorts of things in this universe.

        This is a a good thing, by the way.

    • Feenyksfyre
      Feenyksfyre
      December 4, 2010 at 8:43 am | #

      Makes me think of those Holiday Inn Express commercials… “I’m not your mom, but I DID fuck her (for a nickel) at a Holiday Inn Express last night!”

  10. Jacob
    Jacob
    December 3, 2010 at 12:04 am | #

    Mike rage! Awesome

  11. T Campbell
    T Campbell
    December 3, 2010 at 12:05 am | #

    I don’t think we’ve ever seen Mike blow his cool so completely. I like it.

    • Plan D
      Plan D
      December 3, 2010 at 12:09 am | #

      Alt Mike, right? I’ve been wondering if this one is a little more of a no nonsense misanthrope than magnificent bastard.

    • NF
      NF
      December 3, 2010 at 12:15 am | #

      See the time in Its Walky! when Dina tried to make Mike her boyfriend by keeping him intoxicated. It ended with Mike sobering up and trying to choke Dina, only being stopped by Walky.

    • Alice Macher
      Alice Macher
      December 3, 2010 at 12:38 am | #

      There was also the Shortpacked strip (one of my faves) where Mike finally met his match: a customer who was so innocent and dense (kinda like Charlotte of Making Fiends) that he didn’t understand any of Mike’s increasingly blatant “your mom” insults. By the second-last panel, Mike was quivering with rage.

      • Fauxlosopher
        Fauxlosopher
        December 3, 2010 at 12:46 am | #

        Dina did that too. Or she was so depressed she just didn’t care, I forget.

  12. Qaxis
    Qaxis
    December 3, 2010 at 12:05 am | #

    I feel like Mike is nicer in this universe than he was in the other one.

    • Lawlz
      Lawlz
      December 3, 2010 at 4:30 pm | #

      I agree… and a wee bit more tempermental. I think I’m used to a more stoic, less flapable Mike
      but it is funny to see him freak once in a while, and this is why he and amber are perfect together

  13. Dedlok
    Dedlok
    December 3, 2010 at 12:06 am | #

    Whoo! Twilight Zone Reference! 😀

    • Cholma
      Cholma
      December 3, 2010 at 12:40 am | #

      This. Burgess Meredith + Amber. OTP.

    • Matt
      Matt
      December 3, 2010 at 12:44 am | #

      But her glasses didn’t fall off.

  14. Touch Of Grey
    Touch Of Grey
    December 3, 2010 at 12:07 am | #

    It’s odd how familiar this seems. Almost reminiscent of my Borders intervention.

  15. Yama
    Yama
    December 3, 2010 at 12:08 am | #

    Wow Its like Ethan and Mike are Amber’s shoulder angel and devil. One’s a push over and the other isn’t.

  16. Hythrain
    Hythrain
    December 3, 2010 at 12:08 am | #

    Sad thing is, I know exactly how Amber feels.

    Mike and Dina are awesome. 😀

  17. Katy
    Katy
    December 3, 2010 at 12:14 am | #

    MY GLASSES!!

    • Joebo
      Joebo
      December 3, 2010 at 1:39 am | #

      cuz after all, the entire world’s worth of optometrists offices was destroyed too.

      • Heather
        Heather
        December 3, 2010 at 5:35 am | #

        Awesome gravatar is awesome.

        • Heather
          Heather
          December 3, 2010 at 5:36 am | #

          Aw man, is this Tony? Dang.

          Ah well, could be worse.

          • Arthur
            Arthur
            December 3, 2010 at 7:23 am | #

            True that, could be Jacob.

  18. Sporkaganza
    Sporkaganza
    December 3, 2010 at 12:14 am | #

    Lol at Amber’s melodramatic dialogue in panel 4. Not on the level of a Furmanism but… pretty close

  19. Nowhere Man
    Nowhere Man
    December 3, 2010 at 12:17 am | #

    So is Amber a fan of Twilight Zone, or does she just know the line through cultural osmosis?

    • Lokitsu
      Lokitsu
      December 3, 2010 at 4:41 pm | #

      I think everyone has a brief period of that when they first learn that now THEY choose bedtime.

      …Then they have to get up for work/class with only 2 hours sleep and the charm of being a grownup starts to fade.

      • Joana
        Joana
        April 6, 2011 at 12:59 pm | #

        You had a parent-imposed bedtime until college? Really?

  20. JackNapier
    JackNapier
    December 3, 2010 at 12:19 am | #

    Whoa…I can’t even remember the last time I’ve seen Mike blow up like that, if he ever has, that is.

    And oh, Dina. I foresee hi-jinks in your future.

    • Mujaki
      Mujaki
      December 4, 2010 at 6:19 am | #

      How can you SEE them, when Dina is so stealthy?
      Invisibility powers:
      Ghosts > Ninjas > Dina.

      • Wackd
        Wackd
        December 5, 2010 at 2:21 am | #

        Maybe she went to the Milford Academy?

  21. Jabberwocky
    Jabberwocky
    December 3, 2010 at 12:21 am | #

    Nice Twilight Zone reference, Willis.

  22. KVogue
    KVogue
    December 3, 2010 at 12:26 am | #

    Well Dina, I’d get used to this. This is probably going to be how Amber leaves the room half the time.

  23. Mirenheart
    Mirenheart
    December 3, 2010 at 12:40 am | #

    If Willis ends up going for a Dina statue, I’m gonna buy at least ten! X3

    • Mute
      Mute
      December 3, 2010 at 12:55 am | #

      It will be a miniature statue of a door,
      and a lame joke involving Schrodinger.

      • agentksilver
        agentksilver
        December 3, 2010 at 12:59 am | #

        No Schrodinger joke is lame.

        • Joebo
          Joebo
          December 3, 2010 at 1:40 am | #

          seconded

          • Trae Dorn
            Trae Dorn
            December 3, 2010 at 7:32 am | #

            No no no you guys, you can’t know if a Schrodinger joke is lame or not until someone actually tells it.

        • agentksilver
          agentksilver
          December 3, 2010 at 10:03 am | #

          Apparently I can’t comment on Trae Dorn, so congrats! you win for finishing my set-up. Have an internet.

          • mags
            mags
            December 3, 2010 at 2:21 pm | #

            This. Probably. Let’s make it a 50/50 chance.

        • Nim
          Nim
          December 5, 2010 at 11:37 pm | #

          My cat is named Schrödinger. My vet has spent that last 11 years trying to decide if it’s witty or morbid.

          • Wackd
            Wackd
            October 22, 2011 at 1:15 pm | #

            It’s both, simultaneously.

      • Wackd
        Wackd
        December 5, 2010 at 2:22 am | #

        Unless it’s the Walkyverse!Dina. Then it’ll be a set, not a figure, will come in more parts than Johnny Longtorso.

    • Hoop
      Hoop
      December 3, 2010 at 7:56 am | #

      One for every door in your mom’s basement?

      • Mirenheart
        Mirenheart
        December 3, 2010 at 7:56 pm | #

        I live in Arizona, we don’t have basements here (as far as I can tell).

        • MLEst1
          MLEst1
          December 3, 2010 at 9:52 pm | #

          I lived in Arizona for 6 years. The closest I ever saw to a basement was a few houses built on hills, so you entered on the second floor and had to go downstairs to get to the first floor.

          Who needs basements in Arizona, anyway? It’s not like it can get any hotter, so there’s no need to down toward Hell. Unlike here in Idaho where we just had an uncommonly large amount of snow fall on us, and it’s freaking cold.

  24. Laurel
    Laurel
    December 3, 2010 at 12:42 am | #

    Ah hah hah hah hah hah. Loves it.

  25. Dahlia
    Dahlia
    December 3, 2010 at 12:43 am | #

    Dinas too cute! ; ~ ; <3

    Bwahahaha, sorry Amber, intervention is a real b*tch!

  26. Wackd
    Wackd
    December 3, 2010 at 12:51 am | #

    Wow. This gives me a great new theory–I always figured one of Mike’s abductee powers was an extreme awareness of the shortcomings of others.

    But maybe the Aliens realized they had taken Mike one step too far, and tried to subdue him, and his rage against everyone was so extreme that the most they could do was make him calmer.

    • Wackd
      Wackd
      December 3, 2010 at 12:52 am | #

      Also–cool, I’m Jason. And I have a bowtie.

      Bowties are cool.

      • Joebo
        Joebo
        December 3, 2010 at 1:41 am | #

        “So you kept the bow-tie”

        ~”Yeah, bow-ties are cool”

        • Arthur
          Arthur
          December 3, 2010 at 7:26 am | #

          “no fez… eh, I can buy a fez”

          • CJ
            CJ
            December 3, 2010 at 2:32 pm | #

            No no. Don’t do that. Don’t.

          • Jabberwocky
            Jabberwocky
            December 3, 2010 at 7:37 pm | #

            Allons-y!

          • Joebo
            Joebo
            December 5, 2010 at 10:14 pm | #

            GERONIMO!!!

            BTW, I think this is a rather lame catch phrase and it is my least favorite thing about Matt Smith as the Doctor.

  27. agentksilver
    agentksilver
    December 3, 2010 at 12:58 am | #

    Man, this makes me want to have Ethan and Mike as my best friends, and I’m neither a Transformers/Batman fan nor tolerant of misanthropes. Is he a misanthrope? He obviously really wants Amber to join them for lunch.

    • agentksilver
      agentksilver
      December 3, 2010 at 12:58 am | #

      Hurray! I’m Sarah again! I should make her my permanent Gravatar.

      • Joebo
        Joebo
        December 3, 2010 at 1:42 am | #

        that’s a slippery slope. It starts with just keeping your favorite stock avatar, then it escalates…

    • Loki
      Loki
      December 3, 2010 at 9:54 am | #

      I think he may just want to go to lunch, and he’s enough of a not-misanthrope to want Ethan to go with him. And Ethan won’t go without Amber.

  28. The A.D.D. Kidd
    The A.D.D. Kidd
    December 3, 2010 at 1:02 am | #

    God, Mike’s face in panel 2 is just beautiful…

    • The A.D.D. Kidd
      The A.D.D. Kidd
      December 3, 2010 at 1:05 am | #

      and of course cue the “Ethan has a thing for Mike back on Shortpacked!” comments in 3…. 2… 1….

      • ADHadh
        ADHadh
        December 3, 2010 at 2:25 pm | #

        Hey, at least you don’t have an Amber.
        *glares*

        • The A.D.D. Kidd
          The A.D.D. Kidd
          December 3, 2010 at 4:03 pm | #

          Yeah, at least I got Ethan. 😀

          • Jabberwocky
            Jabberwocky
            December 4, 2010 at 12:36 am | #

            Given the events of Shortpacked!, this conversation is even more hilarious.

          • The A.D.D. Kidd
            The A.D.D. Kidd
            December 5, 2010 at 11:23 am | #

            Oh did it? 😀

  29. The A.D.D. Kidd
    The A.D.D. Kidd
    December 3, 2010 at 1:09 am | #

    Oh and since the general topic stemming from this strip is about geeks, one has to wonder “Will Ninja Rick be making an appearance in DoA?”

    • TexasNinjaBuzzard
      TexasNinjaBuzzard
      December 3, 2010 at 2:21 am | #

      Theyll open a door and he’ll be standing there staring at them, and after a moment he’ll start dorkdancing while singing “NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UUUUP, NEVER GONNA LET YOU DOOOWWWN…”

      • Tahiri
        Tahiri
        December 3, 2010 at 3:17 am | #

        Teh awesome!

      • The A.D.D. Kidd
        The A.D.D. Kidd
        December 3, 2010 at 10:34 am | #

        One can only hope.

    • Brady Kj
      Brady Kj
      December 3, 2010 at 10:45 am | #

      I’m betting Ninja Rick will be an Amazi-Girl villain.
      I’m making the same bet on Galasso, but I’m not betting as much imaginary money on it.

      • Hoop
        Hoop
        December 3, 2010 at 3:24 pm | #

        Galasso is obviously the Dean of Students.

      • The A.D.D. Kidd
        The A.D.D. Kidd
        December 3, 2010 at 4:04 pm | #

        Or most probably, he’ll hardly appear at all, like usual.

    • Lokitsu
      Lokitsu
      December 3, 2010 at 4:45 pm | #

      After everyone leaves, Ninja Rick will ask Dina if he can have his place behind the door back.

      • MLEst1
        MLEst1
        December 3, 2010 at 9:57 pm | #

        But what would Ninja Rick be doing in Amber’s and Dina’s room? Is he pulling an Edward Cullen and stalking them because he likes one, but they’re both such shut ins that no matter which one he was interested in, neither would date him?

    • Confuzor
      Confuzor
      December 5, 2010 at 1:21 am | #

      If he does, I hope he has his Naruto fanboy haircut like he did for that short time in Shortpacked, I always liked that and hoped he’d keep it.

    • Zem
      Zem
      December 5, 2010 at 11:48 am | #

      I always imagined that Rick is going to be the school janitor. Doing all sorts of ninja-ish stuff with a mop.

      • Joebo
        Joebo
        December 5, 2010 at 10:12 pm | #

        hells yeah.

  30. George
    George
    December 3, 2010 at 1:21 am | #

    Love the mike face. I’m gonna miss his supernatural jackass powers, but it’s fun seeing him have facial expressions.

    • George
      George
      December 3, 2010 at 1:24 am | #

      Yay, back to Leslie! Now my comments won’t sound all depressed!

  31. CJ
    CJ
    December 3, 2010 at 1:24 am | #

    Cut me Mike, I can’t see.

    …nothin?

    • Joebo
      Joebo
      December 5, 2010 at 10:11 pm | #

      wait… what?

  32. Trent
    Trent
    December 3, 2010 at 1:24 am | #

    This is most definitely my favorite strip thus far. I’m loving everything about it. Most particularly Mike’s face in panel two

    • Lillian
      Lillian
      December 5, 2010 at 5:40 am | #

      This strip made my day. Watching characters freak out always makes me giddy inside.

    • Zem
      Zem
      December 5, 2010 at 11:49 am | #

      I agree, all four panels were exceptional.

  33. GoatMan
    GoatMan
    December 3, 2010 at 1:48 am | #

    Just wait until Dina realizes IT’S A COOKBOOK!

  34. Kyle
    Kyle
    December 3, 2010 at 1:56 am | #

    This comic always makes my day.

  35. TexasNinjaBuzzard
    TexasNinjaBuzzard
    December 3, 2010 at 2:24 am | #

    I’m really appreciating that Mike is the standard-bearer for This Universe Is Not Like The Other Universe, just by virtue of being surly and uncommunicative instead of the assiest asshole in the world.

  36. Alechsa
    Alechsa
    December 3, 2010 at 2:24 am | #

    I’m going to agree that the opportunity for a ‘your mom’ joke was squandered after the rant as she was dragged off….

    I’m guessing that you just ran out of room? Also surprised Ethan didn’t invite Dina along on the way out.

  37. Acher4
    Acher4
    December 3, 2010 at 2:42 am | #

    Lol. I love everything in this strip. Mike’s reaction, Amber’s line and Dina’s farewell….priceless!

  38. Taryn
    Taryn
    December 3, 2010 at 2:45 am | #

    God, Mike is totally my favorite character. XD

    • Lawlz
      Lawlz
      December 3, 2010 at 4:32 pm | #

      THIS.

      and it is totally fitting in this case that I have an Amber

  39. meow
    meow
    December 3, 2010 at 2:53 am | #

    I love Mike

  40. Undrave
    Undrave
    December 3, 2010 at 2:59 am | #

    How can she get any hero-ing done if she has to go to class AND kill spiders?!

    • Rachel
      Rachel
      December 3, 2010 at 6:35 am | #

      Maybe it’s a Tyler Durden thing and she does it in her sleep.

    • Malisteen
      Malisteen
      December 3, 2010 at 8:16 am | #

      I assume the super-heroing is something she does to fill time whenever the servers are down for periodic updates.

      • agentksilver
        agentksilver
        December 3, 2010 at 10:05 am | #

        No, no, Amber is Spider-Car. We don’t know who Amazi-Girl is.

        • MLEst1
          MLEst1
          December 3, 2010 at 10:00 pm | #

          Batman’s sidekick Robin (because I can’t just call him Robin without confusing him with the girl), because he want to do some super-heroing, darn it, and Batman’s too busy saying “I’m Batman” to get anything done 😛

        • Gianni
          Gianni
          December 4, 2010 at 9:04 am | #

          You can see she’s hiding her tires under her shirt!

        • Joebo
          Joebo
          December 5, 2010 at 10:10 pm | #

          hooray! They can be taught!

  41. Kater
    Kater
    December 3, 2010 at 4:16 am | #

    An hour and thirty eight minutes later, Amber will return to her room (having suped on zebra pudding and developed a hate crush on Mike) to find it covered in spider webs. The spiders will have departed to wreck havoc all over campus, leaving Dina entraped in a web cocoon (like the dwarves in The Hobbit). Dina didn’t scream because she didn’t want to bother anyone.

    • zuche
      zuche
      December 3, 2010 at 9:41 am | #

      And it would be the best she could do anyway.

    • Kater
      Kater
      December 3, 2010 at 10:04 am | #

      Also, nice Twilight zone reference.

  42. Aesir
    Aesir
    December 3, 2010 at 4:17 am | #

    Mike’s a lot more easily angered here it seems, maybe his cool exterior and frown were martian abilities for him?

    • Suzushiiro
      Suzushiiro
      December 3, 2010 at 9:49 am | #

      To my recollection, the only people sober Mike has shown emotion outside of “cold unfeeling asshole” to are Dina and Amber.

      So basically if Mike yells at you it means he wants to fuck you.

      • agentksilver
        agentksilver
        December 3, 2010 at 10:06 am | #

        He also wants to fuck you if you’re someone’s mom and he has a nickel handy.

        • Lokitsu
          Lokitsu
          December 3, 2010 at 4:46 pm | #

          Mike ALWAYS has a nickel handy.

      • Joebo
        Joebo
        December 5, 2010 at 10:08 pm | #

        I seem to recall a Mike/Walky brawl, or was that just Walky kicking Mike’s ass?

        • superscientistgirl
          superscientistgirl
          December 24, 2010 at 9:42 pm | #

          Wasn’t that right after Walkyverse!Dina died?

  43. Randonimity
    Randonimity
    December 3, 2010 at 4:39 am | #

    And as always Mike is awesome XD

  44. Steve
    Steve
    December 3, 2010 at 7:47 am | #

    >Ctrl+F for “Twilight Zone”
    Well played, comment thread, well played. I was hoping some of you would catch the (admittedly obvious) reference, and you did not disappoint. 😀

    • Zanosuke_Kurosaki
      Zanosuke_Kurosaki
      December 3, 2010 at 9:34 am | #

      Well, that and she obviously thought now that she’s out from under parental supervision, she could just play ’til her eyes bleed. Good to see her caring friends are swift to disabuse her of this notion. =D

  45. Ozzmandius
    Ozzmandius
    December 3, 2010 at 7:57 am | #

    I totally thought I was reading last week’s comic for a second there.

    Oh, and Dina made my morning.

  46. Gojoe
    Gojoe
    December 3, 2010 at 7:57 am | #

    heh twilight zone reference. that’s twilight zone. not twilight. ah good tv.

    • zuche
      zuche
      December 3, 2010 at 9:50 am | #

      Yeah, we don’t want to get Meyered in those.

      • agentksilver
        agentksilver
        December 3, 2010 at 10:09 am | #

        *groan*

      • CJ
        CJ
        December 3, 2010 at 2:23 pm | #

        unacceptable

        • zuche
          zuche
          December 4, 2010 at 1:59 pm | #

          Then give it back.

  47. Hoop
    Hoop
    December 3, 2010 at 8:00 am | #

    So explain this to me: Why do Mike and Ethan even CARE? It’s the first day of classes, they barely know Amber, what skin is it off their asses (especially Mike’s, for god’s sake) that this girl come along with them.

    Unless they’re planning to roofie her Zebra Pudding and take her back behind the dumpsters for an impromptu hate-threesome, I guess.

    • David
      David M Willis
      December 3, 2010 at 9:24 am | #

      Cast page is your friend: http://www.dumbingofage.com/cast/attachment/castamber/

      • Hoop
        Hoop
        December 3, 2010 at 3:26 pm | #

        That’s not nearly as interesting. She’s still kind of a shitty friend.

  48. Rachel
    Rachel
    December 3, 2010 at 8:04 am | #

    I’m like the webcomics version of Amber and Ethan. Instead of video games or toys I just read a lot of specific webcomics and, of course, take a while to adjust to a new series. “But these ones are already so good!” I had to start reading this, though, because I read Something*Positive and Randy was advertising. And so now I read this and Dumbing of Age every day. “Hold on, one more strip that I’m rereading from so-and-so’s database, the strip five strips from now is a really good one!”

  49. Jack Faire
    Jack Faire
    December 3, 2010 at 8:25 am | #

    Okay I could be crazy and going nuts but I swear Amber is quoting something I just can’t place the reference

    • beeftony
      beeftony
      December 3, 2010 at 12:43 pm | #

      It’s from the Twilight Zone episode where all this guy wanted to do was read, so he hid in a bank vault just to read a book. Then a Hydrogen Bomb went off and he was the only survivor. He pilfered the library and settled in to read… and then his coke-bottle glasses fell off. He then said the line in question.

  50. ADHadh
    ADHadh
    December 3, 2010 at 8:26 am | #

    Mike is good to have around.

    • ADHadh
      ADHadh
      December 3, 2010 at 8:27 am | #

      Ok, with an Amber avatar this doesn’t sound the way I wanted.
      Curse you, Willis!

  51. Tomb
    Tomb
    December 3, 2010 at 8:49 am | #

    MY GLASSES!!!! WHYYYYYY!

  52. Ruth
    Ruth
    December 3, 2010 at 9:08 am | #

    Oh man, I’d love to give you so many internets for that Twilight Zone reference!

    And I still have so much love for Mike. <3

  53. Richie9999
    Richie9999
    December 3, 2010 at 9:30 am | #

    Mikes behavior is full of lulz and win.

  54. Cognomen
    Cognomen
    December 3, 2010 at 9:31 am | #

    Is Ethan showing that they’re only going to ask her four more times by holding up his thumb and forefinger on both hands? I find this a strange way to finger count.

  55. Loki
    Loki
    December 3, 2010 at 9:57 am | #

    Is it just me, or is Amber adorable in Panel 3?

    (Of course, BDSM Amber fantasies are only “enhanced” by my current avatar.)

  56. arjay2813
    arjay2813
    December 3, 2010 at 9:57 am | #

    lol, dina

  57. zuche
    zuche
    December 3, 2010 at 10:20 am | #

    I can’t believe it took me this long to make the connection between dinosaurs and amber.

    • aydr
      aydr
      December 5, 2010 at 8:37 pm | #

      ok, I have to admit I didn’t notice it at all until I read your comment.

  58. Mysterious Stranger
    Mysterious Stranger
    December 3, 2010 at 10:50 am | #

    Don’t have time right now to read all 120bajillion comments so forgive if this was covered. But is this the first time we’ve seen the whites of Mike’s eyes? I don’t recall seeing them ever in Shortpacked!

    • zuche
      zuche
      December 3, 2010 at 12:39 pm | #

      That’s a good question.

      I just don’t have time to answer it.

    • Marco
      Marco
      December 3, 2010 at 2:03 pm | #

      We saw the whites before: Drunk Mike always had them in Shortpacked!, and I think Sober Mike had them a few times in IW!

  59. Bean
    Bean
    December 3, 2010 at 11:16 am | #

    Well, since the doctor’s been quoted a bunch of times already here, I’ll join in.

    “Fantastic.” (Chris Eccelston is highly underrated) Mike Joins Dina and Sal as my favorite characters as of this strip! I find characters who just do whatever the hell they want amazingly compelling.

    • arjay2813
      arjay2813
      December 5, 2010 at 9:14 am | #

      agreed with the underrated comment. i just recently started watching Doctor Who, but i’m through the 4th season (yay for netflix). Tennant was okay, but did not have as many funny lines (like Eccelston with the coat in the Empty Child)

  60. Angelicfiend
    Angelicfiend
    December 3, 2010 at 2:21 pm | #

    Self control Amber, Self control! also, i am my joy of seeing Ethan in DoA i still a strong as ever!!!

  61. Matt
    Matt
    December 3, 2010 at 2:44 pm | #

    For some reason, Mike’s “I’VE HAD IT” made me think of Charlie Brown in A Charlie Brown Christmas.

  62. Zander
    Zander
    December 3, 2010 at 4:35 pm | #

    I admit, I am mostly only posting because I want to see what avatar I will get. I enjoyed todays comic. I hadn’t realized they were still in the same room as Amber, so it shed light on the past few days as well.

  63. Zander
    Zander
    December 3, 2010 at 4:36 pm | #

    oh well. I am not in the Joyce fan club, but it could be worse.

  64. James
    James
    December 3, 2010 at 5:21 pm | #

    Did anyone else hear Tali from Mass Effect say “see you later” for Dina or was it just me?

  65. Roborat
    Roborat
    December 3, 2010 at 5:29 pm | #

    Woot, Angry Mike FAAAAAAAAAACE, and a Twilight Zone reference. Brilliant page.

  66. Gianni
    Gianni
    December 3, 2010 at 6:08 pm | #

    Wow, this is my fav DOA comic BY FAR, not just awesome Mike, but Dina at the end too!

  67. Doominbottle
    Doominbottle
    December 3, 2010 at 8:12 pm | #

    First off: Mass lulz for the Twilight Zone reference, took me a minute but awesome.

    Second: Your mom had time with me, last night.

    Third: Rage face mike is the best thing ever.

    • Doominbottle
      Doominbottle
      December 3, 2010 at 8:12 pm | #

      And I’m HER? T_T; *Grumble*

      • Heather
        Heather
        December 4, 2010 at 1:11 pm | #

        Who the heck is that character anyway? I only dabbled in the older work here and there.

        • Wackd
          Wackd
          December 5, 2010 at 2:41 am | #

          That’s Rachel. She helped build Ultra-Car. At the end of It’s Walky, she’s become Joe’s girlfriend. Like, for real.

          Yes, seriously.

          Really.

          You can stop laughing now.

          Of course, Jacob and Ultra-Car’s visit to Rosenthal Industries in “Shortpacked!” would seem to imply that that’s no longer the case, as he’s become even more girl-and-toy-obsessed than before, if such a thing is possible. He even has a “collection” of sexy librarians. And has grown a rather hideous mustache.

        • Jake
          Jake
          December 5, 2010 at 10:42 am | #

          It’s Joe’s girlfriend who appeared late in It’s Walky!. Her name’s Rachel.

      • zuche
        zuche
        December 4, 2010 at 1:27 pm | #

        Shhh…shhh…it’s okay. You’re not her. You could NEVER be her.

  68. Andi
    Andi
    December 3, 2010 at 8:52 pm | #

    Oh, Mike, how I love you. Best face ever.
    And Dina. Poor Dina.

  69. Tomb
    Tomb
    December 3, 2010 at 10:14 pm | #

    Hope the door does not eat her…

    • Tomb
      Tomb
      December 3, 2010 at 10:14 pm | #

      I’VE HAD IT! *Rips the door off its hinges*

  70. DaniellePhantom
    DaniellePhantom
    December 4, 2010 at 12:28 am | #

    how come all these shy girls have at one point in their alternate-universe past fallen for mike?

    • dchorror
      dchorror
      December 4, 2010 at 12:01 pm | #

      I just think it’s great that the two girls that dated Mike in the main walkyverse are rooming together.

      • Joebo
        Joebo
        December 5, 2010 at 10:06 pm | #

        I don’t know, “dated” is a strong word for what he and Dina were. I think “poisoned” would be a better description.

        • dchorror
          dchorror
          December 6, 2010 at 1:13 pm | #

          With Mike, is there a difference?

  71. The A.D.D. Kidd
    The A.D.D. Kidd
    December 4, 2010 at 12:52 am | #

    One a side-note: It just occured to me, what if we see the McAwesome’s employees on DoA as well? Sure they’re not as well established normally, but…

    • Gianni
      Gianni
      December 4, 2010 at 2:42 am | #

      We already saw Agatha @ the Ruth/Billie brawl session, and Agatha was from Its Walky! first.

      • Cratacon
        Cratacon
        December 4, 2010 at 12:37 pm | #

        My guess is Ethan gets with Thaddeus in this iteration of things. They bang.

        • Gianni
          Gianni
          December 4, 2010 at 3:10 pm | #

          Ooh, what about Ethan and Evan? Or would that be TOO weird?

          • The A.D.D. Kidd
            The A.D.D. Kidd
            December 4, 2010 at 3:19 pm | #

            Who knows, what if Ethan and Evan end up banging?

          • turkishproverb
            turkishproverb
            December 4, 2010 at 6:58 pm | #

            I assumed Ethan and Mike were banging in this universe.

  72. Shift
    Shift
    December 4, 2010 at 5:42 am | #

    I swear, Mike seems so much more emotional and… HUMAN in this comic. I mean, he just lost his temper, rather than just showing cold cruelty. That’s really kinda unsettling.

  73. TheAlucinaut
    TheAlucinaut
    December 4, 2010 at 1:09 pm | #

    “There was time now” was genius, David. I laughed oh so very hard.

  74. QuBasa
    QuBasa
    December 4, 2010 at 7:42 pm | #

    If you block out everything except panel 3, you get an instantly questionable scenario 😀

    • dchorror
      dchorror
      December 4, 2010 at 11:37 pm | #

      You are just wrong for that.

  75. CyberSkull
    CyberSkull
    December 4, 2010 at 10:50 pm | #

    At least she didn’t break her glasses.

  76. DeadManDante
    DeadManDante
    December 5, 2010 at 12:17 am | #

    Whoo, the rock that is work that I have been under has been escaped and I have discovered this comic. Willis, you are unto my Favz comics folder.

    • DeadManDante
      DeadManDante
      December 5, 2010 at 12:17 am | #

      Woot, I got Mike.

  77. Gianni
    Gianni
    December 5, 2010 at 1:06 am | #

    Now I want to see this get up to 200 comments…

    • Wackd
      Wackd
      December 5, 2010 at 2:42 am | #

      Lemme help you out.

      • Wackd
        Wackd
        December 5, 2010 at 2:42 am | #

        Just one more…

        • Wackd
          Wackd
          December 5, 2010 at 2:43 am | #

          Yep. There we go.

          You’re welcome.

  78. Breeze
    Breeze
    December 5, 2010 at 5:26 pm | #

    I think Dina’s “See you later” made me laugh more than Mike’s rage moment.

    • Breeze
      Breeze
      December 5, 2010 at 5:26 pm | #

      … Head alien? Really?

      • Joebo
        Joebo
        December 5, 2010 at 10:03 pm | #

        really

  79. Cha
    Cha
    December 5, 2010 at 11:05 pm | #

    Late replying to this thing, but I’ve been too busy laughing every time I look at it. I just love Dina’s “See you later”, and Mike’s face.

  80. Kelvin
    Kelvin
    August 30, 2011 at 6:05 am | #

    XDDDDDD Am I the only one who caught Amber’s quote-reference?

  81. Magnus369
    Magnus369
    September 28, 2011 at 3:17 am | #

    the last man on earth?

  82. melly
    melly
    October 18, 2011 at 4:14 pm | #

    Thanks for the “Twilight Zone” reference! So lovely.

  83. JoeMerl
    JoeMerl
    December 23, 2013 at 2:41 am | #

    WHAT IS THAT FACE IT WILL HAUNT MY NIGHTMARES.

  84. ilvos01
    ilvos01
    May 3, 2014 at 5:43 pm | #

    Haha, Twilight Zone. I love the Twilight Zone.

  85. RandomPerson12
    RandomPerson12
    October 16, 2014 at 10:39 pm | #

    No, Mike isn’t Amber’s mom. Mike banged her mom for a nickel.

  86. Aisling
    Aisling
    May 22, 2015 at 3:31 pm | #

    LMAO +9000 points for the Burgess Meredith Twilight Zone reference!

  87. Benjy
    Benjy
    November 1, 2015 at 8:10 am | #

    OHHHHHHHHH

    After all these years, I just realized that it’s DINA saying “See you later” from behind the door. I thought the speech bubble was coming from the hallway, and Amber was saying “See you later” to her game.

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