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Scritches

by David M Willis on November 17, 2019 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - Birthday Pursuit
└ Tags: dina, sarah

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  1. ValdVin
    ValdVin
    November 17, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

    Who is really surprised at Dina here?

    • He Who Abides
      He Who Abides
      November 17, 2019 at 6:34 am | #

      Sarah, apparently.

    • Kaidah
      Kaidah
      November 18, 2019 at 10:33 am | #

      I’m more surprised that Sarah noticed her at all.

  2. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    November 17, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

    Mike’s cat?

    …Sarah’s now

  3. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    November 17, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

    *sound effect from a 1960s magical wife sitcom*

    • MandibleBones
      MandibleBones
      November 17, 2019 at 12:30 am | #

      More like the “DETECTED” noise from Metal Gear Solid, in my head.

      • EvilMidnightLurker
        EvilMidnightLurker
        November 17, 2019 at 3:05 am | #

        Now I want someone to switch those and make a video.

    • Ryan
      Ryan
      November 17, 2019 at 4:07 am | #

      *poit*

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        November 17, 2019 at 8:02 am | #

        More like, *beDang*!

        Yes, I am old enough to have watched “Bewitched” and “I Dream of Jeannie” on television in my youth.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      November 17, 2019 at 8:39 am | #

      Do Sarah and the kitty move slightly across the jump cut?

      • Jen Aside
        Jen Aside
        November 17, 2019 at 11:31 pm | #

        final panel is wider to the left side

  4. p!enapple
    p!enapple
    November 17, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

    Trying to imagine Dina’s reaction toscritches by Sarah… *snerkles*

    • Yet_One_More_Idiot
      Yet_One_More_Idiot
      November 17, 2019 at 5:25 am | #

      That would be hella ‘dorable! 😀

  5. Danielle
    Danielle
    November 17, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

    dina requests head pats

    • Clif
      Clif
      November 17, 2019 at 2:26 pm | #

      Pizza more likely.

  6. Screwball
    Screwball
    November 17, 2019 at 12:07 am | #

    They are only just now allowing you to know of their presence…

    • Clif
      Clif
      November 17, 2019 at 2:28 pm | #

      She was behind the door until the pizza arrived.

  7. Slartibeast Button, BIA
    Slartibeast Button, BIA
    November 17, 2019 at 12:07 am | #

    As predicted by someone yesterday.

    • Pablo360
      Pablo360
      November 17, 2019 at 12:10 am | #

      yeah, but when that prediction was made, I think “Dina” and “cat” were options

    • OBBWG
      OBBWG
      November 17, 2019 at 12:41 am | #

      Called it! (Right for the first time. I am going to enjoy this moment because it may never happen again.)

  8. taekwondogirl
    taekwondogirl
    November 17, 2019 at 12:08 am | #

    But what’s the cat’s name?!?!?!

    • Slartibeast Button, BIA
      Slartibeast Button, BIA
      November 17, 2019 at 12:13 am | #

      The Naming of Cats
      T. S. Eliot – 1888-1965

      The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter,
      It isn’t just one of your holiday games;
      You may think at first I’m as mad as a hatter
      When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES.
      First of all, there’s the name that the family use daily,
      Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo, or James,
      Such as Victor or Jonathan, George or Bill Bailey—
      All of them sensible everyday names.
      There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter,
      Some for the gentlemen, some for the dames:
      Such as Plato, Admetus, Electra, Demeter—
      But all of them sensible everyday names,
      But I tell you, a cat needs a name that’s particular,
      A name that’s peculiar, and more dignified,
      Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular,
      Or spread out his whiskers, or cherish his pride?
      Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum,
      Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo, or Coricopat,
      Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellylorum—
      Names that never belong to more than one cat.
      But above and beyond there’s still one name left over,
      And that is the name that you never will guess;
      The name that no human research can discover—
      But THE CAT HIMSELF KNOWS, and will never confess.
      When you notice a cat in profound meditation,
      The reason, I tell you, is always the same:
      His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
      Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name:
      His ineffable effable
      Effanineffable
      Deep and inscrutable singular name.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        November 17, 2019 at 8:34 am | #

        That’s a lot of thought about names coming from a man whose own is an anagram for “toilets”.

        • Delicious Taffy
          Delicious Taffy
          November 17, 2019 at 3:12 pm | #

          Damn, you didn’t have to murder the guy.

        • DSL
          DSL
          November 17, 2019 at 9:00 pm | #

          As you say, Elder Fondue.

    • Abel Undercity
      Abel Undercity
      November 17, 2019 at 6:22 am | #

      Expedite matters and simply call it “Master.”

      • Clif
        Clif
        November 17, 2019 at 2:29 pm | #

        I find that to be a practical approach.

  9. Rei
    Rei
    November 17, 2019 at 12:08 am | #

    Snake? Snake! SNAAAAAKE!!!

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      November 17, 2019 at 1:35 am | #

      No, that’s clearly a cat. And I don’t see any metal gears anywhere either.

      • Tacos
        Tacos
        November 17, 2019 at 5:16 am | #

        There are, however, a couple of cardboard boxes there.

        • Geneseepaws
          Geneseepaws
          November 17, 2019 at 7:56 am | #

          So you can either know if the cat is awake, or where it is, but not both, ooooh, you mean Schrodinger.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      November 17, 2019 at 8:05 am | #

      Badger, badger, badger, badger
      Mushroom MUSHROOM

  10. Slartibeast Button, BIA
    Slartibeast Button, BIA
    November 17, 2019 at 12:08 am | #

    That pizza is laced with that drug that makes you see things as they truly are.

    • Proxiehunter
      Proxiehunter
      November 17, 2019 at 12:47 am | #

      Blue mushrooms?

    • JBento
      JBento
      November 17, 2019 at 7:33 am | #

      Klatchian coffee? It makes you knurd.

  11. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    November 17, 2019 at 12:09 am | #

    Wait there really was a cat. And a dinasaur

  12. timemonkey
    timemonkey
    November 17, 2019 at 12:09 am | #

    A moment’s distraction is all Dina needs to appear.

    • Clif
      Clif
      November 17, 2019 at 2:33 pm | #

      To exit from behind the door and leap lightly onto the bed while Sara is distracted by Pizzacat.

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        November 20, 2019 at 4:21 pm | #

        Wonder if it is a samurai pizza cat?

  13. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    November 17, 2019 at 12:10 am | #

    Also, OF COURSE the cat immediately goes on the warm pizza container

    • Mra
      Mra
      November 17, 2019 at 12:18 am | #

      If it’s not meant for sits then why is it made of warm?

      • Marsh Maryrose
        Marsh Maryrose
        November 17, 2019 at 1:22 am | #

        I can haz upvoted?

  14. Slartibeast Button, BIA
    Slartibeast Button, BIA
    November 17, 2019 at 12:11 am | #

    One of the reasons crowds can be so exhausting is that the more people you are interacting with, the tighter the restrictions are on what you can do without bothering someone, and the more secret rules there are you can run afoul of.

    • Mra
      Mra
      November 17, 2019 at 12:21 am | #

      Sara doesn’t like people, Dina doesn’t know how to interact with people, maybe the party should have just been the four of them, Sarah, Dina, Becky, and Joyce, hanging out rather than inviting all these other folks.

      • Tacos
        Tacos
        November 17, 2019 at 12:28 am | #

        Wasn’t that more or less the original plan? To only have a small grouping of people attend? Seems like a bunch more showed up uninvited after overhearing that there’d be a party like Meredith.

        • Norah
          Norah
          November 17, 2019 at 12:45 am | #

          Only Willis knows for sure, but I’m guessing all these people were invited by Joyce. And maybe a Meredith left after she found out it was the wrong kind of “joint” party!

          • Nono
            Nono
            November 17, 2019 at 3:58 am | #

            Why Grace and Mandy, though?

      • Norah
        Norah
        November 17, 2019 at 12:28 am | #

        And maybe Dorothy.

  15. Cholma
    Cholma
    November 17, 2019 at 12:12 am | #

    That’s Blowjob Cat’s alternate form.

    • Tacos
      Tacos
      November 17, 2019 at 12:46 am | #

      Though this isn’t even its final form.

  16. JepMZ
    JepMZ
    November 17, 2019 at 12:13 am | #

    Is the fact a door is nearby is what allows Dina to teleport? Her powers have grown

    • Oberon
      Oberon
      November 17, 2019 at 10:16 am | #

      She didn’t teleport. She was sitting right there in that exact pose the entire time.

    • Bicycle Bill
      Bicycle Bill
      November 17, 2019 at 5:47 pm | #

      She came in through the window?

  17. TravestyHat
    TravestyHat
    November 17, 2019 at 12:15 am | #

    Clever girl.

    • Bathymetheus
      Bathymetheus
      November 17, 2019 at 12:21 am | #

      I saw what you did there!

  18. Mra
    Mra
    November 17, 2019 at 12:18 am | #

    While Dina isn’t Misanthropic like Sarah, but she is not really sociable either, why would having a birthday party with lots of people be a good idea when neither guests of honor are good with people? They might as well have just had the party in that room with only Joyce, Becky, Sarah, and Dina eating pizza.

    • Sam
      Sam
      November 17, 2019 at 12:36 am | #

      Dina doesn’t actually mind it so much as she gets overwhelmed by the faces. As we saw at Joyce’s previous party.

      • Norah
        Norah
        November 17, 2019 at 12:47 am | #

        Yes, I think this is the ideal situation for Dina. She can go into the main room, then come back in here when she gets overloaded. But Sarah would probably rather not be there at all.

  19. Tacos
    Tacos
    November 17, 2019 at 12:19 am | #

    *Metal Gear Solid noise*

  20. Pocky
    Pocky
    November 17, 2019 at 12:20 am | #

    I was going to make a petting joke, but I think Dina is too pure for that.

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      November 17, 2019 at 12:28 am | #

      Too “pure”? For what?

      • Doopyboop
        Doopyboop
        November 17, 2019 at 11:02 am | #

        I think the word should be “too ace” not “too pure” because Dina’s…preeeetty ace! Whether she ‘fucks’ or not would need to be discussed with Becky but she is absolutely some flavor of ace.

    • Proxiehunter
      Proxiehunter
      November 17, 2019 at 12:50 am | #

      Not when Becky’s doing the petting. Dina isn’t a child she’s an adult who happens to be autistic.

      • Jay
        Jay
        November 17, 2019 at 8:33 am | #

        Was it ever confirmed she’s autistic 😕

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          November 17, 2019 at 8:44 am | #

          It hasn’t been confirmed, but the signs are there. Remember at Joyce’s dorm party, she was overwhelmed by trying to keep up with all the nonverbal communication she saw so she hid under Ethan’s jacket. She was either overstimulated, or has to manually process it all instead of having it come naturally.

          • Regalli
            Regalli
            November 17, 2019 at 10:31 am | #

            The official position is ‘Dina’s never been diagnosed’, which is pretty distinct from a yes or no. (Based on that, I think it’s highly unlikely she’ll be formally diagnosed over the course of the comic – she’s an adult woman of color and doctors fucking suck at recognizing it outside amab white children – but I consider it likely.)

            • Delicious Taffy
              Delicious Taffy
              November 17, 2019 at 3:10 pm | #

              Yeah, she ain’t a little white boy in kindergarten, so there’s not much chance of a diagnosis.

        • Delicious Taffy
          Delicious Taffy
          November 17, 2019 at 3:08 pm | #

          Direct confirmation might be more of a headache than shrugging. If it’s just extremely implied, we can spot the “clues” and nobody gets too bothered about the quality of representation. If there’s explicit confirmation, you get a certain crowd taking it as a Message that this is How All Autistic People Act, and then we all have to put up with them.

          • He Who Abides
            He Who Abides
            November 17, 2019 at 10:36 pm | #

            It could also be that DYW never intended her to be autistic, but ended up writing her as autistic-appearing by coincidence. Far-fetched, yes, but he wouldn’t be the first.

            • Regalli
              Regalli
              November 18, 2019 at 12:07 am | #

              He’s definitely written that with Joyce. I think with Dina it started as unintentional but once enough people asked that he had a set response, a bit more intention may have sprung up.

    • Proxiehunter
      Proxiehunter
      November 17, 2019 at 1:31 am | #

      Unclear how to properly make a link but: http://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/03-the-butterflies-fly-away/hypotheses/

      • Oberon
        Oberon
        November 17, 2019 at 10:23 am | #

        Testing:

        • Oberon
          Oberon
          November 17, 2019 at 10:24 am | #

          Testing again:

          • Oberon
            Oberon
            November 17, 2019 at 10:25 am | #

            Yet again:
            Butterflies

            • Oberon
              Oberon
              November 17, 2019 at 10:28 am | #

              Ok…
              See the examples below the Comment box? You want:
              a href=”” title=””
              Except fuck that Titles part, because it sucks. So just:
              a href=””
              Put the title behind the close enclosure instead of inside as the example suggests.
              Then close it with /a, surrounded by the same less-than/greater-thans
              I can’t use the enclosures in my explanation because then they are treated deadly serious.
              In the quotes following href you place the URL.
              Title is whatever you want to call it.
              So this:
              a href=”” Title /a

              • No Name
                No Name
                November 17, 2019 at 6:02 pm | #

                The thing between the <a> </a> is not the title, but the link itself. The title=”” bit is for the title text (hence the name). It’s a common mistake to make (I’ve made it myself), and I blame the programmers.

    • Sporky
      Sporky
      November 17, 2019 at 3:06 am | #

      On the contrary. Dina fucks

  21. Vabolo
    Vabolo
    November 17, 2019 at 12:24 am | #

    Heh, nothing personnel, kid

  22. Kingmonster
    Kingmonster
    November 17, 2019 at 12:28 am | #

    Huh…didn’t know that a Triceratops could use the ninja job class proficiently.

  23. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    November 17, 2019 at 12:32 am | #

    Dina can teleport is my favorite Dumbing of Age fact.

  24. Terry
    Terry
    November 17, 2019 at 12:33 am | #

    Clever girl…

  25. abysswatcher1993
    abysswatcher1993
    November 17, 2019 at 12:34 am | #

    Teleportation, the power of Sans and Lucy Loud.

  26. Marsh Maryrose
    Marsh Maryrose
    November 17, 2019 at 12:37 am | #

    We don’t want your judgment, and we don’t need your pity

    • Norah
      Norah
      November 17, 2019 at 12:51 am | #

      That’s amazing!

      • Marsh Maryrose
        Marsh Maryrose
        November 17, 2019 at 1:09 am | #

        Willis has been on at least one JoCo Cruise with the Doubleclicks. I’m not sure if that’s the one where he picked up the blue ukulele.

  27. BBCC
    BBCC
    November 17, 2019 at 12:41 am | #

    Oh, hey, Becky found time to steal a cat today.

  28. PHNX
    PHNX
    November 17, 2019 at 1:01 am | #

    NINJACERATOPS!!

  29. sylvestrus
    sylvestrus
    November 17, 2019 at 1:08 am | #

    This is where I wanna be, hanging out with cats at parties

  30. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    November 17, 2019 at 1:13 am | #

    That’s clearly a stray cat, since it doesn’t have a tag.

    • Marsh Maryrose
      Marsh Maryrose
      November 17, 2019 at 1:25 am | #

      Portal Cat portals where needed.

    • King Daniel
      King Daniel
      November 17, 2019 at 3:49 am | #

      #TagTheCricketCat

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        November 17, 2019 at 5:37 pm | #

        Maybe, like the cricket, the cat’s name is Tag?

    • Rachel McCall
      Rachel McCall
      November 17, 2019 at 5:14 am | #

      My roommate’s cat doesn’t have a tag. She also doesn’t go outside.

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      November 20, 2019 at 4:25 pm | #

      So it’s name is Brian Setzer?

  31. Keulen
    Keulen
    November 17, 2019 at 1:31 am | #

    Looks like Dina learned how to teleport. Did she learn it from Joyce, or figure out how to do so on her own?

    • BarerMender
      BarerMender
      November 17, 2019 at 2:03 am | #

      C’mon, Joyce is a rookie. No one teleports like Dina.

    • TemperaryObsessor
      TemperaryObsessor
      November 17, 2019 at 2:21 am | #

      She must have gotten her hands on TM 30 or TM 4.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      November 17, 2019 at 8:10 am | #

      Cats are natural teleporters. Dina has studied them for years, and has learned their ways.

  32. NinjaNick
    NinjaNick
    November 17, 2019 at 2:02 am | #

    A cat and ninja-saurus appears. Can this get any more purr-fect?

  33. Megan Rivera
    Megan Rivera
    November 17, 2019 at 2:09 am | #

    What’s the cat’s name?

    • Adam Black
      Adam Black
      November 17, 2019 at 2:38 am | #

      Becky

  34. Fobane
    Fobane
    November 17, 2019 at 2:13 am | #

    Dina has mastered the art of standing so still she becomes invisible

    • Oberon
      Oberon
      November 17, 2019 at 10:31 am | #

      Hi Drax!

  35. BenRG
    BenRG
    November 17, 2019 at 2:19 am | #

    Is this the point where Sarah develops a complex about her possibly turning into a Crazy Cat Lady?

    • StClair
      StClair
      November 17, 2019 at 6:15 pm | #

      “She only has one cat!”
      “Give her time…”

  36. Skemono
    Skemono
    November 17, 2019 at 2:26 am | #

    KITTY!!

    I look forward to this kitty winning all future votes as the character to be featured in the Patreon bonus comics.

  37. Adam Black
    Adam Black
    November 17, 2019 at 2:37 am | #

    It’s Becky.
    She’s a Catperson.

    She’s a WereCat and everyone is trying to stop her father from lifting the curse.

  38. Sporky
    Sporky
    November 17, 2019 at 3:01 am | #

    Cat not tagged 🙁

  39. Zatar
    Zatar
    November 17, 2019 at 3:17 am | #

    Sarah is now with a quite but adorable creature that is a great friend to an introvert and also a cat.

  40. Bagge
    Bagge
    November 17, 2019 at 3:22 am | #

    Cat confirmed.

    • Slartibeast Button, BIA
      Slartibeast Button, BIA
      November 17, 2019 at 4:02 am | #

      How much are you billing for that cat scan?

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        November 17, 2019 at 4:47 am | #

        Heh!

  41. Arianod
    Arianod
    November 17, 2019 at 4:26 am | #

    Why is this strip so perfect.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      November 17, 2019 at 4:48 am | #

      Because Dina is in it?

  42. Sasha
    Sasha
    November 17, 2019 at 4:30 am | #

    Dina was in all five panels, because you can see the indent in the pillow where her tail was resting.

    • Jhon
      Jhon
      November 17, 2019 at 11:10 pm | #

      Have we seen Dina with a tail before?

  43. Thomas
    Thomas
    November 17, 2019 at 5:41 am | #

    It’s Stealth Job Cat!

  44. maarvarq
    maarvarq
    November 17, 2019 at 5:49 am | #

    Man, I wish that Dina would materialise when I est pizza on my own!

    • maarvarq
      maarvarq
      November 17, 2019 at 6:02 am | #

      … “eat” …

  45. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    November 17, 2019 at 6:52 am | #

    Obviously Sarah is a cats person. But can she be a dinosaurs person too? And wait, that is Becky’s cat or Robin’s cat? Or is just one of the Blowjob Cat hig priests came in the room in search of new victims?

  46. Pun
    Pun
    November 17, 2019 at 7:59 am | #

    Omg, look at Sarah’s smile for the kitty!

    • He Who Abides
      He Who Abides
      November 17, 2019 at 10:25 am | #

      She’s smiled a few times in this story now. I’m starting to think this one’s set in the AU called Smarting of Age.

  47. Cmd1095
    Cmd1095
    November 17, 2019 at 8:26 am | #

    I’m just imagining the metal gear alert noise and an exclamation mark over Sarah’s head right now

    • Bicycle Bill
      Bicycle Bill
      November 17, 2019 at 11:26 am | #

      Sarah hasn’t yet seen Dina, but there ARE three little marks above Sarah’s head in the last panel — meant, I assume, to show that she has suddenly gotten the feeling that she is being watched.

  48. Vulcanodon
    Vulcanodon
    November 17, 2019 at 9:12 am | #

    Wonder if there’s a baseball bat in that bedroom. ‘Cuz if Blaine and Toedad were going to strike, this’d be a pretty good time.

    • Vulcanodon
      Vulcanodon
      November 17, 2019 at 9:12 am | #

      Also, “Kitty!”

  49. Kaz
    Kaz
    November 17, 2019 at 10:10 am | #

    *World of Warcraft stealth sound*

  50. Oberon
    Oberon
    November 17, 2019 at 10:33 am | #

    ofc the cat sits on the warm box.
    Which could be summarized to: ofc the cat sits on the box.

  51. Softsful
    Softsful
    November 17, 2019 at 10:51 am | #

    NOBODY TOLD ME THIS WAS A HORROR COMIC!

  52. Jean Cabot
    Jean Cabot
    November 17, 2019 at 2:57 pm | #

    I wish to know this cat’s deal and motivations immediately.

    Also the room is drawn really nice in this comic.

  53. Alaric
    Alaric
    November 17, 2019 at 6:46 pm | #

    Staying away from the party in a private room with a cat, pizza, and a dinosaur. I think that would be my perfect party.

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