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by David M Willis on October 10, 2012 at 12:01 am
  • 06 - Strange Beerfellows
└ Tags: amber, dina

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  1. Uniqueantique
    Uniqueantique
    October 10, 2012 at 12:01 am | #

    OMG. she really is cute.

    • Cody
      Cody
      October 10, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

      Suggesting the messiah is cute is certainly not allowed.

      • nothri
        nothri
        October 10, 2012 at 10:45 am | #

        Nibbler: Sometimes I fear we truly are cute.
        Fiona: Oh, niggle-snoosh!

  2. Nexev
    Nexev
    October 10, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    SomeONE not someTHING

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 10, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

      Dinosaurs are people too!

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        October 10, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

        Oh yeah! High five!

        • GrrArg42
          GrrArg42
          October 10, 2012 at 12:24 am | #

          ..eh…eehhhh… My tiny arms can’t reach that high! How about a middle two?

          • Kernanator
            Kernanator
            October 10, 2012 at 1:43 am | #

            …Good enough for me!

      • Kirt Dankmyer
        Kirt Dankmyer
        October 10, 2012 at 9:01 am | #

        Wait… Dina likes dinosaurs?!

        • Pantsotron
          Pantsotron
          October 10, 2012 at 11:15 am | #

          These sudden personality changes have thrown me for a loop as well.

  3. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    October 10, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    Where do I sign up to join her in the process?

    • fatemaster1
      fatemaster1
      June 18, 2014 at 3:41 pm | #

      Jurassic Park.

  4. Uniqueantique
    Uniqueantique
    October 10, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    Its not a thing, its a dino.

    • Random Guy
      Random Guy
      October 10, 2012 at 9:59 am | #

      You must be Whoopie Goldberg in real life.

  5. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    October 10, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    I wouldn’t mind being a dinosaur either.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 10, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

      Unless I was one of the small ones that got eaten all the time.

      • GrrArg42
        GrrArg42
        October 10, 2012 at 12:25 am | #

        Yeah, but you might get feathers and some early wings. Take THAT Red Bull.

  6. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    October 10, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    Curse you Willis! Making me hand type out saurornithoides mongoliensis. into google

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      October 10, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

      Guess I lucked out then, I just scanned the comments until I found yours and then copied it.

      Picturing that dino in Dina’s hat gave me a giggle.

      • David Herbert
        David Herbert
        October 10, 2012 at 12:10 am | #

        Someone needs to draw some fan art, or maybe photoshop a hat onto a picture.

      • Wonder Wig
        Wonder Wig
        October 10, 2012 at 12:23 am | #

        Your welcome citizen. My work is done. *Fwoosh

      • Ed Rhodes
        Ed Rhodes
        May 15, 2013 at 9:58 am | #

        Me too!

        http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=saurornithoides+mongoliensis&go=&qs=n&form=QBIR&pq=saurornithoides+mongoliensis&sc=2-28&sp=-1&sk=

        I wish I could draw because I would so draw that dinosaur in the hat dina wears.

    • Valdrax
      Valdrax
      October 10, 2012 at 3:45 pm | #

      You think that’s difficult? Try pronouncing it with a mouth full of cereal!

    • DarkVeghetta
      DarkVeghetta
      June 18, 2015 at 8:49 am | #

      @Wonder Wig & Ed Rhodes – the Internet thanks you for your tireless service to it’s lazy residents.

  7. Izzy
    Izzy
    October 10, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    I’ve never changed who I am. Only added more layers

    • Jackson
      Jackson
      October 10, 2012 at 7:03 am | #

      Shift + Ctrl + N.

    • svenman
      svenman
      October 10, 2012 at 2:05 pm | #

      Seeing your comment, I initially misread the last word as “lawyers”.

      Made kind of sense that way, too!

  8. agentksilver
    agentksilver
    October 10, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

    It’s this, you guys:

    http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/Saurornithoides_JBZV_80.JPG

    It has a cool tail thing.

    • |Agent
      |Agent
      October 10, 2012 at 12:22 am | #

      That is pretty cool.

    • mnk
      mnk
      October 10, 2012 at 1:33 am | #

      I approve of this life goal.

  9. brasca1
    brasca1
    October 10, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

    So Amber in the Shortpacked universe has an abusive Dad and consequently becomes Amazi-Girl who’s only real strength is immunity to criticism meanwhile Dumbing of Age Amber’s Dad just walked out and that coupled with her boyfriend coming out of the closet was enough to make her a far more effective Amazi-Girl? Now I’m worried that Faz when he finally appears will be some criminal mastermind.

    • TemplarKnight
      TemplarKnight
      October 10, 2012 at 12:51 am | #

      Excuse me, how many Giant Pastry Monsters has DoA Amazi-girl taken down?

      Scoreboard.

      • cutestupidfox
        cutestupidfox
        October 10, 2012 at 1:04 am | #

        -1 DoA /+1 walkyverse in that
        5+ DoA/ +4 walkyverse criminals Amazi-girl taken out…i think

    • Historyman68
      Historyman68
      October 10, 2012 at 2:25 am | #

      Just because this is all she’s telling her right now doesn’t mean that’s all there is to it. And while the Batman/Spiderman archetype exists for a reason, it’s silly to assume that people who are well-adjusted can’t be heroic.

    • linkman0596
      linkman0596
      October 11, 2012 at 3:34 pm | #

      Well, part of it is probably that without her dad, she not only had the confidence, but also the ability to join track and field. Giving her a place to work out, which walkyverses amazigirl did have.

  10. Blob Marley
    Blob Marley
    October 10, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

    Dina: Goddamn sexual tyrannosaurus. Well, goddamn tyrannosaurus at any rate.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      October 10, 2012 at 12:18 am | #

      I now picture Jesse Ventura offering Arnold Schwarzenegger and Carl Weathers a bowl of cereal while wearing Dina’s hat.

      This amuses me greatly.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        October 10, 2012 at 12:40 am | #

        I haven’t seen that much name dropping since the time I hosted the Emmys!
        [insert cutaway gag who’s punchline is either racist, sexist, or just mean spirited]

  11. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    October 10, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

    Hence the hat…? Σ=

  12. Kasamari
    Kasamari
    October 10, 2012 at 12:11 am | #

    Wow. I started typing in that dinosaur name and after the first eight letters it was the first thing to pop up.

  13. GenericScreenName101
    GenericScreenName101
    October 10, 2012 at 12:11 am | #

    Wait… Saurornithoides Mongoliensis??? Could this mean that Amiza-girl is part Saurornithoides Mongoliensis and part hero? ‘Cause that would explain her invulinerability to criticism.

  14. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    October 10, 2012 at 12:11 am | #

    I am not good at changing myself. Which is why I don’t have a girlfriend, despite how devilishly handsome and talented I am.

    • GrrArg42
      GrrArg42
      October 10, 2012 at 12:22 am | #

      You look like the devil and are talented at the fiddle?!?!

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        October 10, 2012 at 12:28 am | #

        Who doesn’t want to date the guy with mad Fiddle skills? And I don’t care what anyone says, Goat hooves are SEXY.

        • GrrArg42
          GrrArg42
          October 10, 2012 at 12:51 am | #

          I tried to link to an old Walky and Joyce strip (but the site wouldn’t let me) that includes the words “Warm my feet”… if you remember it, this would definitely diminish the sexy factor.

      • Random Guy
        Random Guy
        October 10, 2012 at 10:04 am | #

        And a goat below the waist.

    • GrrArg42
      GrrArg42
      October 10, 2012 at 12:23 am | #

      Seriously though, once you force yourself to floss regularly, everything else seems easy in comparison.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        October 10, 2012 at 12:29 am | #

        I barely got into the habit to BRUSH regurally :T

    • Vabolo
      Vabolo
      October 10, 2012 at 12:46 am | #

      See, I’m almost the opposite. I change all the time. I AM THE EMBODIMENT OF HERACLITUS’ RIVER AND FIRE. Also I tend to change my mind about things and can be persuaded, or at least have a change of heart, rather easily when compared to most stubborn-headed people out there. Reed>Oak, because I do love me the sound of music, and that professor’s always telling me what not to do, EVEN WHEN HE’S NOT THERE.

      …What I’m saying is, don’t change too much either, because then you become a nutcase and envision a very lonely life on the romantic side of things. You’ll get plenty of friends, though; everyone likes to see a monkey dance!

      • GrrArg42
        GrrArg42
        October 10, 2012 at 12:48 am | #

        Only if it is dancing Gungan Style.

        • Vabolo
          Vabolo
          October 10, 2012 at 12:57 am | #

          Oh dear, I can’t dance; I’ve got ciment shoes, a lead tongue, a dulled brain and a heart of (1 carat) gold. I AM MORE MACHINE THAN MAN. Also, I think everyone’s going to be over Gangnam Style in a while, like the Numa-numa Guy and other such viral phenomena, but I must admit that its invasion of the mainstream media might grant it a better standing in the collective mind, although it now surges with so much information and new pop-cultural elements that its fickleness might soon rival my own.

          • GrrArg42
            GrrArg42
            October 10, 2012 at 1:03 am | #

            I’ve heard it both ways… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKkuLzLqwF0

            • LazerWulf
              LazerWulf
              October 10, 2012 at 10:44 pm | #

              I prefer Oppa Gundam Style: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zEhLlRsy7w

          • Pineapple Goat
            Pineapple Goat
            October 10, 2012 at 9:08 am | #

            Gangnam style is just this generations version of the Macarena…That feels weird to say. I’m not sure if I’m old enough to be commenting about generations yet.

        • Valdrax
          Valdrax
          October 10, 2012 at 1:48 pm | #

          Meesa seesa sexy lady!

  15. otusasio451
    otusasio451
    October 10, 2012 at 12:16 am | #

    Personally, I’d want to be Masiakiasaurus knopfleri, but that’s just me.

    • eerilychildish
      eerilychildish
      October 10, 2012 at 2:45 am | #

      On most dinosaur metrics, the Masiakasaurus is not quite as cool as the Saurornithoides, but it gets hella bonus points for being named after one of the greatest guitarists in the world.

      • otusasio451
        otusasio451
        October 11, 2012 at 12:14 am | #

        For me, it’s mostly the gnarly-looking lower jaw it’s sporting. Not to mention the fact that it’s one of the few dinosaurs found in Madagascar, and, yeah, the Mark Knopfler thing.

  16. Cope
    Cope
    October 10, 2012 at 12:17 am | #

    I have great shame in admitting I’ve never heard of Saurornithoides Mongoliensis.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      October 10, 2012 at 12:37 am | #

      You and 70% of the earth’s population

  17. lightsabermario
    lightsabermario
    October 10, 2012 at 12:30 am | #

    That’s what Dina wants to be?

    Clever girl.

    • otusasio451
      otusasio451
      October 10, 2012 at 12:33 am | #

      OhhhHOOOOOO I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE

      • GrrArg42
        GrrArg42
        October 10, 2012 at 12:35 am | #

        Awesomeness.

    • Matt of Steel
      Matt of Steel
      October 10, 2012 at 9:34 am | #

      That would be the hero name I’d pick for her if she became Amazigirl’s sidekick.

  18. Dierna
    Dierna
    October 10, 2012 at 1:22 am | #

    Dina wants to be a Troodon?? Well I suppose that makes sense. They’re considered to be UBER smart dinos as they had bigger brains than other species..

    • David
      David M Willis
      October 10, 2012 at 1:26 am | #

      The smartness is why I picked it. Or, well, what I figured Dina would pick.

      • Furie
        Furie
        October 10, 2012 at 8:44 am | #

        Has she not seen the awesomeness that is Stegasaurus? Hell, what does she think of Dinobots? Enquiring geeks wish to know.

    • otusasio451
      otusasio451
      October 10, 2012 at 1:38 am | #

      Whoa, whoa. Saurornithoides is not the same as Troodon. It is a troodontid, but we haven’t found enough evidence of Saurornithoides to suggest that it was quite as smart as its North American cousin. However, it has been said to have some of the largest eyes of any dinosaur (proportionally, that is), which is a trait that most known troodontids share.

      Sorry. Massive dino nerd. Incidentally, Dina is one of my favorite characters.

    • Zephindabius
      Zephindabius
      October 10, 2012 at 1:48 am | #

      Dina’s detachment from humanity and social norms will likely turn her into the saurornithoides that she loves so much. At least mentally. Maybe she will take up a mantle and become her roommate’s nemesis! I could see Dina as a super-villain, with her vast amount of knowledge, indifference to societal structures, and unimposing-yet-aloof demeanor.

      She is quickly becoming my favorite character.

    • madd
      madd
      October 10, 2012 at 1:09 pm | #

      If they hadn’t died out, they could have become Dennis Hopper

  19. Just for kix
    Just for kix
    October 10, 2012 at 3:49 am | #

    I would have gone for velociraptor mongoliensis – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQrRg3LtjXY

    • Aidenn
      Aidenn
      October 10, 2012 at 11:42 am | #

      Not obscure enough

    • nobodez
      nobodez
      October 10, 2012 at 11:54 am | #

      I think my favorite part was at the end where Frank Lapedis from LOST was the helicopter pilot, totally awesome (well, perhaps the “some sort of future language” line was also pretty awesome).

  20. Bugberry
    Bugberry
    October 10, 2012 at 8:29 am | #

    I can see myself as a Dimetrodon, but my favorite was always Ankylosaurus.

    • L.K. Crocuta
      L.K. Crocuta
      December 1, 2014 at 7:35 pm | #

      *twitch* Dimetrodon wasn’t a dinosaur. It was a synapsid, closer related to mammals than dinosaurs. If we’re allowing non-dinosaur prehistoric creatures, I’d say Tylosaurus proriger, or if restricted to true dinosaurs, Gigantoraptor erlianensis.

  21. katercanter
    katercanter
    October 10, 2012 at 9:03 am | #

    Amazi-Girl Origin Flashback? AmaziOrigin?

  22. krashthemytro
    krashthemytro
    October 10, 2012 at 9:47 am | #

    Dinah would make the cutest sidekick for Amazi Girl.

    • MediaDuke
      MediaDuke
      October 10, 2012 at 1:52 pm | #

      Amazi Girl and Dino Gal!!

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        October 10, 2012 at 4:23 pm | #

        Dino-Ninja

    • Scoops!
      Scoops!
      October 10, 2012 at 1:56 pm | #

      I’m waiting for the reveal that Dinah has been following her for the past week and Amber just hadn’t noticed.

    • Sir Robin
      Sir Robin
      October 10, 2012 at 5:40 pm | #

      Yes, if only Amazi-Girl were in this comic

  23. LurkerAbove
    LurkerAbove
    October 10, 2012 at 1:08 pm | #

    I’m liking this exchange between Amber and Dina. Can’t wait to see more!

    • Sir Robin
      Sir Robin
      October 10, 2012 at 5:38 pm | #

      Me too, I’m thinking spin-off series

  24. LiC
    LiC
    October 10, 2012 at 10:36 pm | #

    I remember in the Walky-verse, Ethan inadvertently coming out to his mom over the phone (thanks to Mike). We never really got to see how that version of Ethan’s family responded to him being gay. I wonder if they were more accepting than the DoA version.

    • David
      David M Willis
      October 10, 2012 at 10:51 pm | #

      They were. By the time SP!Ethan had nearly reached his thirties, his parents had pretty much guessed.

  25. BrokenEye, True False Prophet
    BrokenEye, True False Prophet
    September 18, 2015 at 10:03 pm | #

    I think we’ve all been there, Dina

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