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by David M Willis on May 17, 2012 at 12:01 am
  • 03 - The First Step Towards Recovery
└ Tags: amazi-girl, danny, mario kart

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  1. Mkvenner
    Mkvenner
    May 17, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    I think danny needs glasses or a new brain.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      May 17, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

      maybe he knows and he’s just messin’ with her

      • Mkvenner
        Mkvenner
        May 17, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

        This is Danny we are talking about.

        • Icalasari
          Icalasari
          May 17, 2012 at 12:16 am | #

          Joy would be able to figure this out

          So Danny MIGHT be able to

          • Aizat
            Aizat
            May 17, 2012 at 12:23 am | #

            Who’s Joy?

            • NCP19
              NCP19
              May 17, 2012 at 12:27 am | #

              Joyce if you don’t feel like remembering the second syllable

              • Pat
                Pat
                May 17, 2012 at 1:17 am | #

                “Joyce” does not have a second syllable.

                • Izzy
                  Izzy
                  May 17, 2012 at 2:58 am | #

                  You mean it’s not pronounced “joy-see”?

                • begbert2
                  begbert2
                  May 17, 2012 at 10:30 am | #

                  I’m pretty sure it’s pronounced Joe-yuh-kuh-ay.

                • Joim
                  Joim
                  May 17, 2012 at 11:21 am | #

                  @Izzy: I think it’s pronounced joys, just as in toys.

                • Khrene Cleaver
                  Khrene Cleaver
                  May 17, 2012 at 2:08 pm | #

                  Think about it, still two syllables. Count how many mouth/lip movements you need to make.

                  1st to sound out Joy/Toy

                  2nd to add the “S” sound which is a downplayed “suh” sound.

                  Hell it could even 3 considering joy is Jo-ee

                  In other words everything they taught you about syllables in elementary is kinda a lie.

                • David
                  David M Willis
                  May 17, 2012 at 3:28 pm | #

                  I’ve decided my name has five syllables!

                  Day-ee-vee-ud-duh

                  Though if I were really trying hard, I could probably get another three or four syllables out of there. Maybe Dee-ay-ee-vee-uh-duh. There’s six!

                  Or maybe I should just look at a dictionary, which confirms Joyce is just one syllable, and I’m being incredibly obtuse. “Jois.”

                • Plasma Mongoose
                  Plasma Mongoose
                  May 17, 2012 at 10:33 pm | #

                  Joyce rhymes with Voice.

              • NCP19
                NCP19
                May 18, 2012 at 12:51 am | #

                Haha, massive fail on my part. Clearly I should’ve said “two extra letters” rather than syllables, but I suppose it spawned a thread that even Willis commented on so…good work, stupid me!

                • Pat
                  Pat
                  May 18, 2012 at 11:39 am | #

                  I figured that’s what you meant. Apparently, pointing this out was dangerous.
                  I did not expect this.

            • Yotomoe
              Yotomoe
              May 17, 2012 at 12:29 am | #

              It’s Joe and Joyces fusion fan-character they made up. they have sex with people while spouting the morals of jesus christ.

              • billygoatofdoom
                billygoatofdoom
                May 17, 2012 at 12:37 am | #

                I read those words, and then my head made a picture, AND NOW I CAN’T UNSEE IT!

                • Yotomoe
                  Yotomoe
                  May 17, 2012 at 12:40 am | #

                  then my plan was successful…
                  AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

                • Broken Products
                  Broken Products
                  May 17, 2012 at 12:45 am | #

                  I did the same, and now i can’t stop laughing!

                • KresyAntics
                  KresyAntics
                  May 17, 2012 at 12:56 am | #

                  here billy this is a free bottle of: Brain Bleach(TM), for use when you create a distrubing mental image that you want to erase. See product label for warnings and precautions before using this product.

                • Plasma Mongoose
                  Plasma Mongoose
                  May 17, 2012 at 1:44 am | #

                  Are we talking Historical Jesus or Picture Bible Jesus?

                • madd
                  madd
                  May 17, 2012 at 1:26 pm | #

                  I vote Buddy Christ. He seems like more of a party guy.

              • Cheredarenee
                Cheredarenee
                May 17, 2012 at 1:55 am | #

                This… needs to happen

              • Random Guy
                Random Guy
                May 17, 2012 at 3:01 am | #

                How is this un-like every other American Christian?

                • Random Guy
                  Random Guy
                  May 17, 2012 at 3:03 am | #

                  Yeah…@Yotomoe

                • A cross upon her bedroom wall
                  A cross upon her bedroom wall
                  May 17, 2012 at 3:06 am | #

                  From grace…

                  She will fall

  2. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    May 17, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    “If I seem rediculousely good at a game I’ve never played before, it’s because I had to train hard to be the best at everything”

    • Ancestral Hamster
      Ancestral Hamster
      May 17, 2012 at 12:42 am | #

      “I’m Amazi-Girl. I can breathe in space.”

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        May 17, 2012 at 1:29 am | #

        But canshe finish Battletoads?

        • Ancestral Hamster
          Ancestral Hamster
          May 17, 2012 at 1:39 am | #

          “I’m Amazi-Girl. I have the high score in Battletoads.”

          (Incidentally, this was the first I heard of Battletoads. Fortunately, this is the Age of teh Internetz!)

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            May 17, 2012 at 1:45 am | #

            You never heard about Battletoads until now?

            How young are you?

            • TheBenenator
              TheBenenator
              May 17, 2012 at 2:03 am | #

              Hey now. I’m 22, and I hadn’t heard of Battletoads until about two months ago. 8~P

              • Plasma Mongoose
                Plasma Mongoose
                May 17, 2012 at 2:07 am | #

                Battletoads came out in the early 90s, so you most likely need to be at least in your late 20s/early 30s now to have played it as a kid.

                • Dragon
                  Dragon
                  May 17, 2012 at 2:18 am | #

                  I love and hate battletoads! one of the most craziest games that made anyone who can beat it without cheats a legend and god at the same time I could only make it the lv 10 or 11 without cheats in the NES version

                • Faceless G.I. Joe
                  Faceless G.I. Joe
                  May 17, 2012 at 4:18 am | #

                  I’m 22 and battletoads was of the first games i ever
                  played, that and castlevania III. oh i miss u handme
                  down NES

                • TheBenenator
                  TheBenenator
                  May 17, 2012 at 9:05 am | #

                  Not to mention, have had an NES. 8~P

                  We had a Sears Video Arcade II (Sears’ American version of the Japanese Atari 2800), and that’s it. (Solaris ftw.)

            • Ancestral Hamster
              Ancestral Hamster
              May 17, 2012 at 2:25 am | #

              Re: “How young are you?”

              Other way round, PM, and old enough that I won’t say.

              • Plasma Mongoose
                Plasma Mongoose
                May 17, 2012 at 5:55 am | #

                So you’re also old enough to get senior discounts at the chemists?

            • begbert2
              begbert2
              May 17, 2012 at 10:33 am | #

              Pheh, I’m 36 and I’ve only barely heard of it.

              Some of us had lives as children. And then there was me, spending all my time off reading.

              • Plasma Mongoose
                Plasma Mongoose
                May 17, 2012 at 4:28 pm | #

                But kids who played video games had tons of lives, you needed all the 1UPs just to finish the game sometimes.

            • Kryss LaBryn
              Kryss LaBryn
              May 17, 2012 at 10:45 am | #

              http://xkcd.com/1053/ 😀

              (Protip: There’s alt-text)

              • Dsurion
                Dsurion
                May 17, 2012 at 1:50 pm | #

                This. I like when this happens. In fact, I had to explain the Yellowstone Supervolcano to somebody the other week. I used my old Scientific American too…teacups and trashcans! XD

  3. Darth
    Darth
    May 17, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    I call Daisy.

  4. Derek
    Derek
    May 17, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

    What’s Wiggler?

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      May 17, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

      This guy!

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        May 17, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

        http://www.google.com/imgres?q=wiggler&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=1366&bih=664&tbm=isch&tbnid=l2cP0TO9Vpv8kM:&imgrefurl=http://mario.wikia.com/wiki/Wiggler&docid=edjQC_dyMsdtZM&imgurl=http://images.wikia.com/mario/images/8/8b/Wig-geler.jpg&w=433&h=330&ei=P3m0T4eRBsW42wWZ5-0o&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=514&vpy=183&dur=2283&hovh=196&hovw=257&tx=118&ty=108&sig=107654064731792821206&page=1&tbnh=131&tbnw=199&start=0&ndsp=19&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:0,i:92

  5. addude
    addude
    May 17, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

    Can’t he find out who she really is from the versus records?

    • NCP19
      NCP19
      May 17, 2012 at 12:28 am | #

      I like to imagine that Amber is such a dork that she actually owns two copies of Mario Kart 7 already. One to use as herself, and a back-up one for just such an occasion as this.

    • Null Set
      Null Set
      May 17, 2012 at 12:33 am | #

      Yes, he can. Which will lead to Danny discovering that Amber is Amazigirl’s butler.

      • Rognik
        Rognik
        May 17, 2012 at 1:06 am | #

        This then begs the question… when did Sal hire Amber as her butler? (And why is a girl a butler instead of a maid?)

        • Blob Marley
          Blob Marley
          May 17, 2012 at 1:10 am | #

          Because it’s the 21st century, man! Girls can be whatever they want!

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            May 17, 2012 at 1:49 am | #

            But can Amber pull off the Bifauxnen look?

        • madd
          madd
          May 17, 2012 at 1:49 pm | #

          The female equivalent of butler is not a maid. A housekeeper is closer in status and duty to a butler than a maid is. Traditionally, butlers are male and are in charge of the male staff while the housekeepr is female and in charge of the female staff, but in a modern setting there is no reason why a female couldn’t be a butler or a male a housekeeper.

    • Kisai
      Kisai
      May 17, 2012 at 1:10 am | #

      You’re reading too much into that. I’m assuming Danny meant 3DS.

      The 3DS you could use streetpass to narrow down who someone is by simply checking every time the green light (streetpass) comes on, who was found. In a classroom environment, it’s a process of elimination.

      Besides, how many people put their real name on things? It’s a large campus, there’s bound to be at least 100 people with one. It would take a very long time.

      • ryan
        ryan
        May 17, 2012 at 8:35 am | #

        but some games on ds, including mario kart ds, took advantage of a friends list. if his opponent on the game was already on his friends list, he could narrow it down to anyone he’s played against.

  6. Sensedog
    Sensedog
    May 17, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

    I’m not even into hand-held games, and I have to admit that the DS is awesome. Sony could never hope to compete with Nintendo in that particular aspect, try as they might (though their efforts have been lackluster at best).

    And this is coming from a 360 player.

  7. Vabolo
    Vabolo
    May 17, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

    “-Wait, where have I seen this Player name before?

    -Amber123 is a very common username.

    -Oh yeah, right.”

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      May 17, 2012 at 12:12 am | #

      -ugh this guy keeps beating us
      -what’s his username?
      -mikebangsyourmom25

      • madd
        madd
        May 17, 2012 at 1:51 pm | #

        Shouldn’t that be mikebangsyourmom45?

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          May 17, 2012 at 4:08 pm | #

          or worst
          mikebangsyourmom69

  8. Rex Hondo
    Rex Hondo
    May 17, 2012 at 12:11 am | #

    Well that’s some pretty heavy innuendo if I’ve ever seen it.

  9. SolarisPrime
    SolarisPrime
    May 17, 2012 at 12:13 am | #

    CONTINUITY ALERT:

    Wiggler’s only in Mario Kart 7 on the 3DS, which is reflected in the art… but isn’t Dumbing of Age set BEFORE MK7 and the 3DS came out?

    • David
      David M Willis
      May 17, 2012 at 12:32 am | #

      Sigh.

      See #4: http://www.dumbingofage.com/about/

      • Azukar
        Azukar
        May 17, 2012 at 2:38 am | #

        The About page links to TVTRopes, you fiend!

      • Lieutenant Dan
        Lieutenant Dan
        May 17, 2012 at 8:19 am | #

        Does #3 include Danny?

      • madd
        madd
        May 17, 2012 at 1:53 pm | #

        Does #5 include any other character?

    • Rognik
      Rognik
      May 17, 2012 at 1:08 am | #

      What is this continuity you speak of?

      • lordphulish
        lordphulish
        May 17, 2012 at 8:35 am | #

        CONTINUITY!
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyPh8aIdR-4

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      May 17, 2012 at 1:39 am | #

      Continuity is for the weak, SolarisPrime.

      The webcomic time is so slow in DoA that the same student who started the school year with a 320 Gigabyte HD Notebook will most likely finish the year with a Zettabyte holographic brainchip implant.

    • Everyl
      Everyl
      May 17, 2012 at 7:26 am | #

      So if they’re playing on 3DS, then this is when Danny discovers her secret identity because she forgot to disable StreetPass tags?

    • Bunk
      Bunk
      May 17, 2012 at 1:29 pm | #

      No, the real continuity error is that Danny is using a 3DS color that does not exist in America at this point, and will be an error until it does.

      • Rognik
        Rognik
        May 17, 2012 at 1:31 pm | #

        Yeah, he only has one of those crummy monochrome 3DS’s instead.

  10. Aizat
    Aizat
    May 17, 2012 at 12:17 am | #

    Aw, that’s sweet. I

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      May 17, 2012 at 12:21 am | #

      hate sweet. Get me photos, photos of Amazi-Girl.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        May 17, 2012 at 12:39 am | #

        have them on my desk by Monday Parrker!…i mean Wilcox!

        • Rognik
          Rognik
          May 17, 2012 at 1:09 am | #

          And make certain she has a chest window! Now if you’ll excuse me, I have a date with my bathtub…

  11. TEi
    TEi
    May 17, 2012 at 12:24 am | #

    d’aww, Danny, you’re so lovably dense. <3

    • Scoops!
      Scoops!
      May 17, 2012 at 12:31 am | #

      With his wiggler.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        May 17, 2012 at 1:42 am | #

        She’s got dibs on the wiggler. 😀

  12. Aizat
    Aizat
    May 17, 2012 at 12:25 am | #

    I hope her butler is a Serville Snarker.

    • GenericScreenName101
      GenericScreenName101
      May 17, 2012 at 3:07 am | #

      Sorry to tell ya, but by amazi-girl’s “butler” she really means Amber because she probably does the cleaning in the dorm room because obviously Dina is too busy hiding in the shadows and on the phone answering the call for vengeance.

      • Mrelegos
        Mrelegos
        May 17, 2012 at 1:58 pm | #

        Wait…so you’re saying that Amazi-Girl is Dina?! My god, it all makes sense now!

  13. Brasca1
    Brasca1
    May 17, 2012 at 12:27 am | #

    As dense as he is it seems to be working.

    • fellixe
      fellixe
      May 17, 2012 at 12:41 am | #

      He’s meant to be with her. It’s his density.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        May 17, 2012 at 12:47 am | #

        for someone to be that dense, this girl’s gotta matter a lot.

      • Cronomatt
        Cronomatt
        May 17, 2012 at 6:16 am | #

        So says Darth Vader from the planet Vulcan!

        • ryan
          ryan
          May 17, 2012 at 8:37 am | #

          this is heavy.

          • Aizat
            Aizat
            May 17, 2012 at 8:57 am | #

            There’s that word again: “heavy.” Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with the Earth’s gravitational pull?

            • Jackson
              Jackson
              May 17, 2012 at 4:48 pm | #

              We’ll have to weight to find out.

  14. Aizat
    Aizat
    May 17, 2012 at 12:35 am | #

    Wait a sec, a guy named Danny who is somewhat dense and clueless? I know I’ve seen it from somewhere.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      May 17, 2012 at 12:38 am | #

      …..danny phantom?
      Danny devito?
      Dan in real life?

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        May 17, 2012 at 12:48 am | #

        The first one.

  15. BronzeKnighjt
    BronzeKnighjt
    May 17, 2012 at 1:04 am | #

    And then I saw her FACE!

    Now I’m a BELIEVER!

  16. General Tekno
    General Tekno
    May 17, 2012 at 1:12 am | #

    I hope Amber remembers to switch her Mii to one that’s not her usual one.

  17. ALostProphet
    ALostProphet
    May 17, 2012 at 1:44 am | #

    Calling it now, he knows.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      May 17, 2012 at 1:49 am | #

      Yep, and he’s just playing along.

      • Wonder Wig
        Wonder Wig
        May 17, 2012 at 2:00 am | #

        That would be terribly romantic.

        • Aydr
          Aydr
          May 17, 2012 at 3:56 am | #

          Well, if he doesn’t, then the whole DS friend code thing will give it away…

  18. Poopoops
    Poopoops
    May 17, 2012 at 2:40 am | #

    i really like this comic

  19. Groove
    Groove
    May 17, 2012 at 3:58 am | #

    In the last panel I find it very easy to convince myself that Amazi-girl has eyes looking in opposite directions, with the one partially under her hair. Once you’ve seen that, it’s the derpiest facial expression ever.

    Also panel 3 is daaawwwwww.

  20. James Rye
    James Rye
    May 17, 2012 at 5:08 am | #

    He would be the perfect bf for her, if he weren´t into her alter ego that is. XD

  21. Pajamin
    Pajamin
    May 17, 2012 at 5:44 am | #

    I’m pretty sure the purple DS is not quite out yet. Looks like you were just a week or so early.

    • David
      David M Willis
      May 17, 2012 at 10:37 am | #

      1) Sigh. See #4.
      2) That DS is not purple. It’s blue.

      • Bunk
        Bunk
        May 17, 2012 at 1:35 pm | #

        Not exactly, That color blue is not the blue that we get in America. That color is only in japan right now.

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      May 17, 2012 at 10:41 am | #

      Meh, give it a week.

    • Fignewton of my Imagination
      Fignewton of my Imagination
      May 17, 2012 at 3:24 pm | #

      Note that there is no such thing as unavailable in the Willisverse!

  22. AJBulldis
    AJBulldis
    May 17, 2012 at 5:59 am | #

    IS THIS HOW YOU HIT ON WOMEN?! OFFER TO PLAY VIDEO GAMES WITH THEM?!

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      May 17, 2012 at 6:51 am | #

      This is how I hit on women. it works 10% of the time. Some girls just wanna beat you at brawl. (they won’t though cuz i’m awesome)

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      May 17, 2012 at 8:58 am | #

      Hey, I would give an arm and a leg to have a girl play Budokai Tenkaichi 3 with me.

    • Regalli
      Regalli
      May 17, 2012 at 10:36 am | #

      YES. It is the perfect way to hit on women. At least, to hit on women who like video games.

  23. Jackson
    Jackson
    May 17, 2012 at 6:02 am | #

    Vengeance can wait.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      May 17, 2012 at 6:52 am | #

      meanwhile the entire chess team is getting beaten to a pulp by the cool kids.

      • Cybersnark
        Cybersnark
        May 17, 2012 at 9:48 am | #

        If they allow the cool kids to get within beating range without a plan, then they’re obviously not a very good chess team.

        Remember, three moves ahead.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          May 17, 2012 at 4:10 pm | #

          3 moves
          cower, cry, call mommy.
          o3o ironically I think everyone on my schools chess team could kick my ass.

  24. lurkmoarrrr
    lurkmoarrrr
    May 17, 2012 at 8:15 am | #

    this may be my favorite comic in this series

  25. bob
    bob
    May 17, 2012 at 10:12 am | #

    Today I realised I think David Willis’s writing is kinda good and, also, funny.

    • bob
      bob
      May 17, 2012 at 10:13 am | #

      …. and after getting that gravatar I instantly change my mind 🙁

  26. Mr. Morningstar
    Mr. Morningstar
    May 17, 2012 at 10:40 am | #

    Why do I get the feeling Danny figured out who she is?

    • Bekah
      Bekah
      May 17, 2012 at 10:52 am | #

      Probably because you’re giving him too much credit.

  27. Pickle
    Pickle
    May 17, 2012 at 9:04 pm | #

    What version of Mario Kart has Wiggler being playable?

    • Bunk
      Bunk
      May 18, 2012 at 12:33 am | #

      The 3DS one

  28. blackouthart
    blackouthart
    May 14, 2013 at 5:51 am | #

    “if you’ve looked through the entire archive for hovertext, congratulations, here is some.”
    WIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLLLIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSSSSSSS

    • killerhamster222
      killerhamster222
      August 18, 2013 at 4:28 pm | #

      ikr finding that was my finest moment in obsessive webcomic-reading

      • Lamachine
        Lamachine
        September 21, 2013 at 5:22 pm | #

        And now it is mine too.

        GODS. I love this comic way too much.

        • Kernanator
          Kernanator
          October 16, 2013 at 6:22 pm | #

          I cracked up laughing like a maniac.

          Well played, Willis.

    • Haven
      Haven
      June 17, 2014 at 3:06 pm | #

      I don’t know why I have the urge to shake my fist in his direction considering that he technically gave me what I was looking for

      • Camachri
        Camachri
        September 6, 2014 at 1:29 pm | #

        Because he is the Monkey Paw of comics. It’s just what he -does-.

  29. avstron
    avstron
    September 12, 2014 at 4:14 pm | #

    I have indeed looked through the whole archive to look for hovertext!

  30. Arcelos
    Arcelos
    October 29, 2014 at 2:19 am | #

    I was just re-reading for fun, the hovertext was a bonus

  31. AnvilPro
    AnvilPro
    January 12, 2015 at 11:29 pm | #

    The introduction to the greatest character in any Willis-Universe: Hover Text

  32. Severing
    Severing
    April 7, 2015 at 3:45 am | #

    Hooooooovvvvvveeeeeerrr Teeeeeeeeeeext! I knew if I was persistent enough the strip would give up on not having hovertext and have some!

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