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Memorized

by David M Willis on March 8, 2012 at 12:01 am
  • 02 - Choosing My Religion
└ Tags: dexter, dorothy, monkey master, walky

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  1. Gundi
    Gundi
    March 8, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    Dorothy is such a neeeeeeeeeeeeeerd. And that’s awesome.

    • Jackson
      Jackson
      March 8, 2012 at 6:21 am | #

      She’s even doing the voices!

      • Blob Marley
        Blob Marley
        March 8, 2012 at 11:35 am | #

        And the *FACES*.

        • Larkeith
          Larkeith
          October 21, 2013 at 12:43 am | #

          Don’t you mean the *FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACES* ?

  2. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    March 8, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    How very Ethan of you Walky.

    • Khantalas
      Khantalas
      March 8, 2012 at 12:16 am | #

      Ethan doesn’t seem to be too into online fandoms and wiki wars in Dumbing of Age, though, does he?

      • Historyman68
        Historyman68
        March 8, 2012 at 12:34 am | #

        That’s the Ethan who grew up closeted in the 80s- there’s all sorts of nature/nurture shit going on here.

      • Blob Marley
        Blob Marley
        March 8, 2012 at 1:17 am | #

        Well, we did see transformers in his posession. Remember when Joyce dismissed the idea that Ethan was gay because his toys weren’t dolls?

        • Wonder Wig
          Wonder Wig
          March 8, 2012 at 1:58 am | #

          I wonder if there’s Monkey Master/Transformers rivalry in this universe.

          • Blob Marley
            Blob Marley
            March 8, 2012 at 11:34 am | #

            The two fill pretty distinct niches in the fandom, I think. It’s not as though Dexter the Head Alien drives a Go-bot to work, after all.

          • NomadPrime
            NomadPrime
            March 12, 2012 at 10:51 am | #

            heh, Trukk vs. Munky

  3. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    March 8, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    Aww, their first fight =D

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      March 8, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

      and not likely to be their last when it comes to this subject.

  4. Khantalas
    Khantalas
    March 8, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    A battle of the geeks!

    ((Make out. Make out NOW.))

    • Tristan J
      Tristan J
      March 8, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

      Has that ever worked?

      • Khantalas
        Khantalas
        March 8, 2012 at 12:14 am | #

        Once, on a webcomic.

        • Ravencrowe
          Ravencrowe
          March 8, 2012 at 9:41 pm | #

          NOW KISS!

  5. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    March 8, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    I wonder if this will result in Slap Slap Kiss.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      March 8, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

      No, nerd fight then kiss.

      • Khantalas
        Khantalas
        March 8, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

        Nerd fights do involve sissy slaps and foam swords.

    • mechaqua
      mechaqua
      March 8, 2012 at 12:11 am | #

      Then Kiss Kiss Bang Bang?

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        March 8, 2012 at 12:13 am | #

        Only if we’re lucky. 😀

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        March 8, 2012 at 12:22 am | #

        Bang bang? Shooting or a group activity?

        • Shippy McShipper
          Shippy McShipper
          March 8, 2012 at 6:42 pm | #

          Yes.

          • Aizat
            Aizat
            March 8, 2012 at 11:05 pm | #

            *shoots Shippy* Freaking smart ass.

    • meanderling
      meanderling
      March 8, 2012 at 12:11 am | #

      Geeky turn-on?

  6. Bunk
    Bunk
    March 8, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    Walky is not impress.

    • What?
      What?
      March 8, 2012 at 12:13 am | #

      I are dissapoint.

      • Blob Marley
        Blob Marley
        March 8, 2012 at 1:18 am | #

        Im 12 and what this

        • bethluvsbooks
          bethluvsbooks
          March 9, 2012 at 9:34 pm | #

          Shes base are belong to him

    • Henry
      Henry
      March 8, 2012 at 10:08 am | #

      His expression in the last panel looks suspiciously like a Walky Trollface.

  7. xaan
    xaan
    March 8, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    People demand that I recite the last Harry Potter movie when I joke that I have it memorized. They then learn that I’m not exactly joking.

    Two measly lines ain’t gonna cut it, Dorothy.

    • Bekah
      Bekah
      March 8, 2012 at 12:12 am | #

      I can do that with Empire Strikes Back, but I need prompting sometimes.

      • mechaqua
        mechaqua
        March 8, 2012 at 12:16 am | #

        For me its the Big Lebowski.

        • Tristan J
          Tristan J
          March 8, 2012 at 12:19 am | #

          mechaqua, this isn’t ‘Nam. This is the comments section of Dumbing of Age. There are rules.

          • mechaqua
            mechaqua
            March 8, 2012 at 12:26 am | #

            Tristen J, ya know, it’s me, so my toe slipped over the line a little big deal It’s just a game, man.

            • Tristan J
              Tristan J
              March 8, 2012 at 12:53 am | #

              I’d say I like your new gravatar, but that’s, just, like, my opinion man.

              • Fauxlosopher
                Fauxlosopher
                March 8, 2012 at 2:38 am | #

                I’m sorry, I wasn’t paying attention.

        • Madock345
          Madock345
          March 8, 2012 at 12:39 am | #

          For Me, it’s usually books that I wind up memorizing, not movies. for instance, I have recited the entire first chapter of “So you Want to be a Wizard” from memory. I think I could go farther, but I never got the chance.

        • Blob Marley
          Blob Marley
          March 8, 2012 at 1:20 am | #

          Down Periscope for me.

          “someone just dropped… 45 cents. A quarter and… two dimes.”

          I’ve seen that damn movie so many times I can actually mimic Sonar mimicing whale calls. Pitch-correct.

          • fellixe
            fellixe
            March 8, 2012 at 6:20 am | #

            Real Genius. “…and Kent. STOP PLAYING WITH YOURSELF!”
            “It IS Jesus!”

      • Björn
        Björn
        March 8, 2012 at 1:13 pm | #

        I can pretty much recite Spaceballs. And, like so many others, Mony Python and the Holy Grail.

    • Jetstream
      Jetstream
      March 8, 2012 at 12:45 am | #

      Transformers: The Movie is my quotable. I can recreate at least 80% of that flick… I can even do it in order if I have the musical score playing.

      The one from 1986 mind, not the new ones.

    • moonracer
      moonracer
      March 8, 2012 at 4:25 am | #

      I could do this with Fight Club, but I’m not allowed.

      • Zuche
        Zuche
        March 8, 2012 at 10:30 am | #

        Well played.

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      March 8, 2012 at 6:56 am | #

      The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy over here. I used to be able to do the whole thing, but now I’m down to pretty much the Prologue. It’s been too long.

    • Patrick McGraw
      Patrick McGraw
      March 8, 2012 at 8:37 am | #

      Conan the Barbarian (the first one, obviously).

      • Henry
        Henry
        March 8, 2012 at 9:04 am | #

        Can’t recite a whole book start to finish, but I can do some big chunks of several of the Dresden Files and Belisarius books.

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        March 8, 2012 at 3:51 pm | #

        For me, Holy Grail, Johnny Dangerously, Army of Darkness, Princess Bride and Pirates of Penzance.

        • fellixe
          fellixe
          March 8, 2012 at 9:24 pm | #

          Johnny Dangerously, a movie that never got the acclaim it truly should have. Like Top Secret.

        • das-g
          das-g
          March 15, 2012 at 6:34 pm | #

          Inconceivable!

          SCNR:-P

    • Charlie Spencer
      Charlie Spencer
      March 8, 2012 at 11:15 am | #

      Jesus Christ, Superstar, including the two songs that were added for the movie and aren’t in the original stage production

  8. Cranberrier
    Cranberrier
    March 8, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    Oh god, I hope these two date. So adorable.

  9. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    March 8, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    Okay, that’s just plain awesome.

  10. mechaqua
    mechaqua
    March 8, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    Dorothy just got burned!

  11. Tristan J
    Tristan J
    March 8, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

    This is actually better than them playing with the dolls. Actually, the way it’s going, it’ll probably end with them playing with the dolls.

    • Blob Marley
      Blob Marley
      March 8, 2012 at 1:20 am | #

      Show me on the Dotty where the Monkey Master touched your doll.

  12. Aizat
    Aizat
    March 8, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

    So? I watched Transformers:The Movie five times and I can memorized about half of the dialog.

  13. NCP19
    NCP19
    March 8, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

    Did he edit it…with his penis?

    • Bunk
      Bunk
      March 8, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

      For a nickel.

      • mechaqua
        mechaqua
        March 8, 2012 at 12:14 am | #

        with your mom.

        • XMD
          XMD
          March 8, 2012 at 12:55 am | #

          in her FAAAACE.

          • Nightwolf
            Nightwolf
            March 8, 2012 at 1:04 am | #

            For Journalism.

            • Blob Marley
              Blob Marley
              March 8, 2012 at 1:21 am | #

              Using only his femurs.

              • Izzy
                Izzy
                March 8, 2012 at 1:49 am | #

                Butts

                • Blob Marley
                  Blob Marley
                  March 8, 2012 at 11:30 am | #

                  You win this round, Izzy.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      March 8, 2012 at 12:17 am | #

      Wouldn’t that mess up your touchscreen? 😛

      • mechaqua
        mechaqua
        March 8, 2012 at 12:22 am | #

        Perhaps Walky uses a keyboard.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          March 8, 2012 at 12:23 am | #

          Like a sticky keyboard would be any better.

          • mechaqua
            mechaqua
            March 8, 2012 at 12:28 am | #

            I think alot of boys use sticky keyboards and it doesn’t seem to stop them.

            • Blob Marley
              Blob Marley
              March 8, 2012 at 1:22 am | #

              Mechaqua, I can’t tell if your name means “robot water” or if it’s a play on the “macaque” or both. Whatever the case… GENIUS.

              • fellixe
                fellixe
                March 8, 2012 at 6:23 am | #

                Always puts me in mind of that Mexican carne asada and scrambled egg dish.

  14. Leorale
    Leorale
    March 8, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

    She did perform them well, though!

  15. Ridureyu
    Ridureyu
    March 8, 2012 at 12:16 am | #

    Uh oh, WIKI FIGHT!

    Is this gonna be like the Ethan vs. David fight we had in a certain other unnamed comic?

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      March 8, 2012 at 12:23 am | #

      If so, is mud going to be involved?

      • Historyman68
        Historyman68
        March 8, 2012 at 12:39 am | #

        Wasn’t it pudding?

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          March 8, 2012 at 12:49 am | #

          Pudding? Oh right! Sorry about that, my memory must have failed me.

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      March 8, 2012 at 3:53 pm | #

      Just so long as they don’t end up on TVTropes, this strip is slow enough as it is.

  16. Sporkaganza
    Sporkaganza
    March 8, 2012 at 12:18 am | #

    Dang, Walky kinda did a 180 with respect to Dorothy.

    • Jetstream
      Jetstream
      March 8, 2012 at 12:45 am | #

      Cuz he’s in a comfort zone right now. Don’t worry, his mind will shatter shortly.

      • ryan
        ryan
        March 8, 2012 at 8:41 am | #

        if only he was wearing pajama jeans in the comfort zone.

  17. Chiatroll
    Chiatroll
    March 8, 2012 at 12:19 am | #

    This can only lead to sex.

  18. Atcote
    Atcote
    March 8, 2012 at 12:20 am | #

    Welp, that’s the foreplay out of the way. Now to discuss who your favourite voice actor for Monkey Master was and it’s officially coitus.

    • fellixe
      fellixe
      March 8, 2012 at 6:26 am | #

      Don’t know about Monkey Master, but Head Alien is a role just dying for Mark Hamill.

      • Osaru Sensei
        Osaru Sensei
        March 8, 2012 at 8:00 am | #

        Just For Pun he should be voiced by Powers Boothe.

        • Zuche
          Zuche
          March 8, 2012 at 10:32 am | #

          Oh, Grod, that was awful.

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        March 8, 2012 at 3:54 pm | #

        Really, in my head it is Bruce Campbell, although Patrick Warburton would be a good alternative.

        • fellixe
          fellixe
          March 8, 2012 at 9:27 pm | #

          There’s really only one Monkey Master voice for me. Michael Clarke Duncan.

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      March 8, 2012 at 5:58 pm | #

      Head Alien is played by Jon Lovitz, obviously.

      • Wack'd
        Wack'd
        March 8, 2012 at 7:14 pm | #

        Confirmed.

  19. RaijinK
    RaijinK
    March 8, 2012 at 12:22 am | #

    Of all the things to carry over from the Walkyverse, “Dorothy possessed by the Head Alien” is the last thing I would have expected.

  20. Pivitor
    Pivitor
    March 8, 2012 at 12:39 am | #

    When/how did Walky get the upper hand over Dorothy?! His transformation from drooling idiot to this is amazing.

    • Blob Marley
      Blob Marley
      March 8, 2012 at 1:23 am | #

      It’s almost as though somehow, the revelation that she’s not a virgin has rid Walky of his previous terror. That or, as I’ve advanced numerous times before, he’s an evil fucking genius and his “rictus of horror” face was his way of making Dotty make the first move.

      • NotShane
        NotShane
        March 8, 2012 at 6:05 am | #

        Oh no, it’s the comfort zone. It’s his World, and Dorothy’s just sauntering in it.

        • Blob Marley
          Blob Marley
          March 8, 2012 at 11:31 am | #

          But he’s been showing more confidence around her in a lot of different situations.

  21. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    March 8, 2012 at 1:11 am | #

    Everybody watch out! Soon the foam swords and plastic missiles are going to come out!

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      March 8, 2012 at 1:45 am | #

      Don’t forget the Nerf guns.

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      March 8, 2012 at 3:57 pm | #

      Foam Swords? Plastic Missiles? Is that what the young kids are calling it nowadays?

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        March 8, 2012 at 11:35 pm | #

        Sometimes men even call them Super-Soakers. 😀

  22. Blob Marley
    Blob Marley
    March 8, 2012 at 1:16 am | #

    It’s shit like this, Walky. It’s shit like this that shows us you’re secretly a goddamn evil genius.

  23. Kaylee
    Kaylee
    March 8, 2012 at 1:20 am | #

    Every single facial expression on this page is priceless. XD

  24. Blob Marley
    Blob Marley
    March 8, 2012 at 1:24 am | #

    I just realized… I’ve started reading Dotty’s lines and hearing the voice of Fionna from that one episode of Adventure Time.

  25. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    March 8, 2012 at 1:42 am | #

    Got it memorized?

  26. Angel
    Angel
    March 8, 2012 at 1:48 am | #

    Is it just me or did Walky just use reverse psychology on dorothy?

  27. DK1105
    DK1105
    March 8, 2012 at 1:50 am | #

    Yea this is me with futurama. Its quite bad when you can quote commentary lines.

    • Tristan J
      Tristan J
      March 8, 2012 at 2:18 am | #

      “That is the nerdiest thing in the universe.”

      • Tristan J
        Tristan J
        March 8, 2012 at 9:59 pm | #

        Damn it, the internet lets me down again.

        “… But it’s only the fifteenth nerdiest thing in Futurama.”

  28. Azukar
    Azukar
    March 8, 2012 at 1:52 am | #

    I’m starting to think we’re watching a Masterclass in slow seduction here…

  29. Oresthin
    Oresthin
    March 8, 2012 at 2:25 am | #

    Thank You! I’m still wondering how Walky got so much game. Yes it’s nerd game, but game none the less!

  30. GenericScreenName101
    GenericScreenName101
    March 8, 2012 at 2:46 am | #

    Tread lightly Walky, your messing with a woman with something to prove andshe just might shut you up with her wikipedia knowledge

  31. Beachfox
    Beachfox
    March 8, 2012 at 2:51 am | #

    Geek Flirting is the best Flirting. <3

  32. FossilLord
    FossilLord
    March 8, 2012 at 3:08 am | #

    I like to think I am a propponant of this webcomic but why do peopple wait until midnight to post in the comics section?

  33. Tarkada
    Tarkada
    March 8, 2012 at 7:27 am | #

    I now feel both sad and dumb for checking to see if Willis had actually made a Wikipedia entry for this with a full episode synopsis and dialogue…my expectations were apparently to high.

    • Blob Marley
      Blob Marley
      March 8, 2012 at 11:33 am | #

      Well, most episodes of shows don’t have their own detailed wikipedia entries. Usually, there will be a wiki specifically dedicated to a show and with an affectionate nickname (this one would probably be Dexterpedia or Monkeypedia or Headpedia). On those specific wikis, they go much more in-depth on the details of each episode, because, unlike the original wikipedia, they’re not restricted by “must have citations in news or journal articles” or whatever.

  34. Kelsey
    Kelsey
    March 8, 2012 at 7:47 am | #

    The most rigorous courting process.

  35. AJBulldis
    AJBulldis
    March 8, 2012 at 7:48 am | #

    I used to have Jurassic Park memorized. That and several commercials, most of them involving Barbie or pain medication.

    Oh, and I memorized the Monopoly board, but not the Chance or Community Chest cards.

  36. sandbridgekid
    sandbridgekid
    March 8, 2012 at 8:09 am | #

    Jeff Wayne’s “War of the Worlds” for me: ‘No one would have believed in the last years of the 19th century, that human affairs were being watched from the timeless world of space’.. btw met my wife correcting her version of the Horta episode from Star Trek TOS while passing her & other nerdlings in hallway at uni. Walky/Dotty: “Open the Pod Bay doors, Hal”

  37. Joebo
    Joebo
    March 8, 2012 at 8:23 am | #

    Am I the only one to notice that he appears to be wearing a “butttaco.org” t-shirt?

    • Joebo
      Joebo
      March 8, 2012 at 8:24 am | #

      Sorry, that’s butt-taco.org

  38. Henry
    Henry
    March 8, 2012 at 8:56 am | #

    Thus begins the Nerd-Off!

  39. Zobot
    Zobot
    March 8, 2012 at 9:23 am | #

    To quote Robin from a completely different strip:

    MAKE OUT ALREADY!

    • Zuche
      Zuche
      March 8, 2012 at 10:37 am | #

      Not until they’re both quivering with anticip–

      • Zuche
        Zuche
        March 8, 2012 at 4:59 pm | #

        –pation.

  40. Blackmage835
    Blackmage835
    March 8, 2012 at 10:19 am | #

    OOHH SHIT DOROTHY!!! Walky is calling you out!

    Step up and show him what’s what!!

  41. MR C
    MR C
    March 8, 2012 at 11:38 am | #

    these two are about to have angry sex

  42. turkishproverb
    turkishproverb
    March 8, 2012 at 11:46 am | #

    Wow. Those two are cute together.

  43. davidbreslin101
    davidbreslin101
    March 8, 2012 at 12:09 pm | #

    Hang on. These two have been in a wiki editing war? I think we know how this plays out. There will be custard.

  44. jererry
    jererry
    March 8, 2012 at 12:39 pm | #

    Nerd burn!

  45. BlueMario
    BlueMario
    March 8, 2012 at 2:47 pm | #

    Unfortunatly, I SUCK at describing how the voices sound in my head.

    Dexer (done by dorothy) sort of sounds like a boy version of Hermoine from the Harry Potter movies, though (young Hermoine, not adult)

  46. Arkadi
    Arkadi
    March 8, 2012 at 2:52 pm | #

    I’ve got such a big smile on my face right now C: Like, reeeeeeally big.

  47. Wack'd
    Wack'd
    March 8, 2012 at 6:00 pm | #

    Anyone else tempted to make a Dexter & Monkey Master TV Tropes page (y’know, like the Disney’s Anne Frank and Inspector Spacetime pages?)

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      April 30, 2013 at 7:24 pm | #

      Well, it took me over a year, but here it is.

  48. Aegon01
    Aegon01
    March 8, 2012 at 6:57 pm | #

    Walky MIGHT be the Zen master of the slow game. We’ll have to see how that works out.

  49. fangrider
    fangrider
    March 8, 2012 at 7:36 pm | #

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBeAjISBb2U

  50. allybally
    allybally
    March 8, 2012 at 10:06 pm | #

    aww, walky’s acting like a normal person around dorothy. thats so cute.

  51. ProjectXa3
    ProjectXa3
    March 10, 2012 at 12:47 am | #

    So… Head Alien’s real name is Dexter?

  52. Dragoonchris
    Dragoonchris
    March 11, 2012 at 5:32 pm | #

    I knew that she was a fan of the series but I didn’t suspect her be a huge geek.

    LOL, Wiki edits wars. Are they go to fight in pudding?

  53. Twirls
    Twirls
    October 7, 2012 at 3:24 am | #

    This is so unbelievably cute. I feel like something’s going to go terribly wrong.

  54. Rory
    Rory
    August 5, 2013 at 4:24 pm | #

    Oooh bickering about their nerd cred. They’re gonna make out soon.

  55. Rabid Rabbit
    Rabid Rabbit
    January 30, 2014 at 11:17 pm | #

    I only just noticed that in the penultimate panel, Dorothy’s managed to make her left hand in HA’s claw. It’s really quite impressive.

  56. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    April 13, 2015 at 8:56 pm | #

    Aaah. As a Wikipédia editor, I am finally represented in comics !

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