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by David M Willis on October 20, 2010 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - Move-In Day

└ Tags: amazi-girl, beef, danny

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  1. MrGBH
    MrGBH
    October 20, 2010 at 12:02 am | #

    As much as I’m expecting Sal, that strange reddish tint to the hair makes me think it’s Faz.

    • Tobias
      Tobias
      October 20, 2010 at 12:06 am | #

      maybe its his dad

    • Chumpy
      Chumpy
      October 20, 2010 at 12:14 am | #

      I want this.

    • Trae Dorn
      Trae Dorn
      October 20, 2010 at 7:06 am | #

      What reddish tint to what hair?

      …I don’t think that’s a human head you’re looking at there.

      (And Faz doesn’t have a red tint to his hair)

      • MrGBH
        MrGBH
        October 20, 2010 at 1:35 pm | #

        Yes he does.
        http://www.shortpacked.com/2010/comic/book-12/01-dominus-jacobus/gears/

    • David
      David M Willis
      October 20, 2010 at 9:21 pm | #

      Aw crap now I have to redraw a bunch of strips!

      • A
        A
        April 29, 2014 at 5:30 am | #

        It seems like you were in a much better mood when you started this comic.
        Which makes me suppose the sheer lack of critical thinking of a few years of commenting is to blame.
        🙁

  2. Jabberwocky
    Jabberwocky
    October 20, 2010 at 12:02 am | #

    Hey, hey, it’s Sal!

  3. addude
    addude
    October 20, 2010 at 12:03 am | #

    Yay Sal!

  4. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    October 20, 2010 at 12:04 am | #

    …CEILIDH =D

    • Cholma
      Cholma
      October 20, 2010 at 12:10 am | #

      “See-lid”? ;D

      * ducks and runs away

  5. n0z3k1ll3r
    n0z3k1ll3r
    October 20, 2010 at 12:05 am | #

    The lack of a tag makes me suspect this isn’t actually Sal… could be wrong though.

    • Ascension
      Ascension
      October 20, 2010 at 12:13 am | #

      He DID say earlier that he isn’t always tagging the very first appearances of characters, to give people time to guess who they are first.

      In other news: I AM kind of surprised, even after the earlier violence from Ruth, that Sal’s being physically introduced (assuming we don’t count the mysterious motorcyclist earlier as her) via vigilante justice in the Dumbiverse. It seems a bit contrary to the whole “Let’s do this again, but with ordinary college hijinks” ethos, given the general lack of vigilantes on college campuses.

      Not that I’m complaining, mind. I don’t place that high a value on normalcy.

      • Joebo
        Joebo
        October 20, 2010 at 8:00 am | #

        Yeah, I’m still going with the Motorcycle chick as Sal. I could be wrong, but I really hope not.

      • Liz
        Liz
        October 20, 2010 at 1:31 pm | #

        Pft whatever. Thats totally normal, who doesn’t enter a fight with a drop kick to someone’s face?

      • LazarusLong
        LazarusLong
        October 20, 2010 at 10:33 pm | #

        Vigilante?? Sal is no vigilante. Sal is a Hero. Sal is BATMAN.(uh.. batgirl….batwoman…whichever SHE won’t beat me up for. she still scares me a little.)

    • George
      George
      October 20, 2010 at 12:16 am | #

      Hopefully it’s just so Sal will be a big reveal to people who aren’t reading the comments or haven’t read It’s Walky!. Because that is totally a Sal entrance.

      Also, I really hope we get an epic Sal vs. Ruth battle at some point in the strip, because that would just be awesome.

      • Ho-hum
        Ho-hum
        October 20, 2010 at 12:52 am | #

        Well, even without Aliens Sal wants to be Batman.

        • hannza314
          hannza314
          October 20, 2010 at 3:14 am | #

          who wouldn’t want to be batman?

          • Liz
            Liz
            October 20, 2010 at 1:32 pm | #

            Tim Drake?

            • Izzy
              Izzy
              July 19, 2011 at 8:44 pm | #

              Tim Drake is shown as being batman in the future is some storyline…I don’t remember exactly when, but it happened

  6. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    October 20, 2010 at 12:05 am | #

    SAL! Even though we can only see a foot, I can tell it’s Sal. Yay Sal.

    • xaan
      xaan
      October 20, 2010 at 12:21 am | #

      It’s amazing how recognizable even her foot is.

      • Björn
        Björn
        October 20, 2010 at 2:49 am | #

        My pant suddenly got tight… and I know exactly why.
        (Knowing that my avatar will be Dina makes it even funnier to write that.)

        • R
          R
          October 20, 2010 at 3:46 pm | #

          The Dina avatar makes me confused, in a bad way (it’s nothing personal).

  7. oddball715
    oddball715
    October 20, 2010 at 12:06 am | #

    Is it just me or does they guy puching Danny look kind of like Trey from Community?

    • Wackd
      Wackd
      October 20, 2010 at 12:25 am | #

      Troy, and Willis has said he’s a Community fan (or at least a fan of the soundtrack) so it’s entirely possible.

  8. Mirenheart
    Mirenheart
    October 20, 2010 at 12:11 am | #

    That’s totally Ninja Rick… with a full head of hair.

    • Nick Wright
      Nick Wright
      October 20, 2010 at 12:56 am | #

      Afro Ninja Rick?

      • Mirenheart
        Mirenheart
        October 20, 2010 at 1:10 am | #

        Yes.

        • Joebo
          Joebo
          October 20, 2010 at 8:02 am | #

          shit, …that is plausible. And it would be something that Willis would do to us.

    • Malph
      Malph
      October 20, 2010 at 1:45 am | #

      Dammit! You beat me to it!

  9. beeftony
    beeftony
    October 20, 2010 at 12:12 am | #

    SAAAAAAAAL

  10. Ragnal
    Ragnal
    October 20, 2010 at 12:15 am | #

    Must be Sal. MUST BE SAL.

  11. Ribos
    Ribos
    October 20, 2010 at 12:16 am | #

    Yeah, I bet one’ll do, too…

    …TO YOUR FAAAAAAAAACE!
    (not letting that one die)

    • davmopedia
      davmopedia
      October 20, 2010 at 12:27 am | #

      See, I was planning on doing some sort of “Well, that’s a foot, what about her FAAAACE?!” comment, but you beat me to that particular meme

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      October 20, 2010 at 3:15 pm | #

      Then, out of nowhere, the jock gets BAMMED! in the FAAAAAAACE!, Holy irony Batman. I am hoping this is Sal, although Ninja Rick would be awesome too.

  12. James
    James
    October 20, 2010 at 12:17 am | #

    So apparently DoA Sal (or Ninja Rick) studies Tae Kwon Leap.

    • Jerricho
      Jerricho
      October 20, 2010 at 12:23 am | #

      Just show me all those nifty moves so I can start trashing bozos!

      • James
        James
        October 20, 2010 at 12:27 am | #

        That jock should feel lucky. Few outsiders get to experience so much of Tae Kwon Leap so soon.

      • Cholma
        Cholma
        October 20, 2010 at 12:28 am | #

        The only use of Tae-Kwon-Leep is self defense. Do you know who said that? Ki-lo-knee, the great teacher.

        • Jerricho
          Jerricho
          October 20, 2010 at 12:30 am | #

          Yeah, well the best defense is a good offense. You know who said that? Mel, the cook from “Alice”

          • hannza314
            hannza314
            October 20, 2010 at 3:15 am | #

            *boot to the head*

  13. Outrider
    Outrider
    October 20, 2010 at 12:19 am | #

    Maybe it’s been a while since I was in college, but I don’t really remember the jocks randomly beating up nerds they find walking around on campus.

    Or maybe it’s because I didn’t go to a big sports school.

    • LV!
      LV!
      October 20, 2010 at 12:32 am | #

      I’m pretty sure Danny is the extent of people the Indiana football team can beat up.

    • Andrew Perron
      Andrew Perron
      October 20, 2010 at 7:48 am | #

      I don’t remember anyone beating up anyone else in college, ever. Not in an “LOL we’re teh top of teh heap!” way, anyway.

      • Andrew Perron
        Andrew Perron
        October 20, 2010 at 7:49 am | #

        Also, my gravatar disturbs deeply.

    • Ryanwoofs
      Ryanwoofs
      October 20, 2010 at 12:36 pm | #

      During my time at IU, I think members of the football team were implicated in one random beating. There was also this one weirdo who would run by and punch people in the gut at night in the woods between Franklin Hall and the the Chemistry building, but I don’t think he was a jock.

    • Freemage
      Freemage
      October 20, 2010 at 1:22 pm | #

      Okay, so I’m not the only one who found the “upperclassmen beating on froshes” kind of weird, then. I remember freshmen getting hazed if they went frat, of course, and I recall some freshmen jocks failing to realize that they weren’t still in high school (and thus went around picking on the freshmen nerds for a few weeks until it became clear that that shit didn’t fly any more). But this… doesn’t really ring any bells for me.

      Still, it’s Sal. Sal makes everything better.

    • Xelgaex
      Xelgaex
      October 20, 2010 at 9:00 pm | #

      Yeah and the way they dress seems like more of high school stereotype than college.But I guess it’s a dramatic way to introduce a character. (Assuming that’s what happening here. It could be someone who’s already been introduced.)

  14. Kamino Neko
    Kamino Neko
    October 20, 2010 at 12:22 am | #

    Hope it’s not Sal, just to mess with people.

    My bet…Joyce. >_>

    • Joebo
      Joebo
      October 20, 2010 at 8:03 am | #

      no, just… no

  15. Sharktibolt
    Sharktibolt
    October 20, 2010 at 12:22 am | #

    I place a random bet on Amazi-Girl.

    • addude
      addude
      October 20, 2010 at 12:26 am | #

      I’ll take that bet!

    • Wackd
      Wackd
      October 20, 2010 at 12:26 am | #

      Seconded. If only to mix things up a little, and because it’d totally be AWESOME.

  16. Wackd
    Wackd
    October 20, 2010 at 12:26 am | #

    Called it yesterday. Doesn’t make it any less awesome, though.

  17. Pariah Jones
    Pariah Jones
    October 20, 2010 at 12:27 am | #

    It appears to be the back of the helmet and boot of the person riding the motorcycle back in “Sister”. Unless Sal has had a haircut in this universe, it’d be quite difficult to hide hip length hair under a helmet that small. The person on the motorcycle appeared to have just been arriving at the dorms when a later strip showed that Sal had already come and gone. Not to mention that Walky and Billie were talking about how they didn’t know where Sal was as the motorcycle drove by.

    • davmopedia
      davmopedia
      October 20, 2010 at 12:31 am | #

      It’s actually Lith.

    • Pariah Jones
      Pariah Jones
      October 20, 2010 at 2:18 am | #

      I want to go out on a limb and say it’s Mandy. She’s only been in one strip and she was important enough to get a tag. And to also follow along the motorcyclist conspiracy, the helmet almost looks semi transparent and light from glasses reflecting underneath (or that’s just general reflections). Either way, I believe this to be the same motorcyclist from “Sister” and that it is someone we’ve already seen somewhere else in the comic. Whether or not the person is male or female still is unclear.

      • JesseJanitect
        JesseJanitect
        October 20, 2010 at 10:54 am | #

        The motorcyclist had boobs. Unless you’re suggesting a crossdresser, the motorcyclist is definitely female. And hair length is not a good indicator for whether or not the motorcyclist is Sal. When you have long hair and wear a helmet, you twist it up on top and back of your head to put the helmet on. When twisted, your hair takes up a lot less space. You can put a motorcycle helmet on over butt length hair.

        • Pariah Jones
          Pariah Jones
          October 20, 2010 at 12:18 pm | #

          I didn’t realize those were supposed to be breasts, I thought it was just the jacket hanging forward due to the rider leaning. I was basing the hair under the helmet from female friends of mine who have said that when their hair gets to a certain length, they don’t like tying it up under the helmet and just let it flow out under it.

  18. Monty Prime
    Monty Prime
    October 20, 2010 at 12:40 am | #

    I bet she had to jumpr through a window to do that.

    • Joebo
      Joebo
      October 20, 2010 at 8:05 am | #

      I bet she did!

  19. NinjaNick
    NinjaNick
    October 20, 2010 at 12:46 am | #

    I’m hoping it’s Sal. Ninja kick!

  20. Rhetoricaster
    Rhetoricaster
    October 20, 2010 at 12:50 am | #

    Funny: I went to a major university for my undergraduate degree and I never noticed roving bands of jocks hanging out around the dorms preying on Freshmen. Mostly I think they were drunk or with skanks. Both the Freshmen and the jocks, that is. I don’t notice this at my current institution, either. OTOH, I’m a grad student, so I don’t notice much of anything outside my building. Weep.

  21. Undrave
    Undrave
    October 20, 2010 at 12:51 am | #

    If its Sal Willis has to come back and change that sound effect for ‘SAL’D!’ instead of ‘BAM!’

    • Cassidy
      Cassidy
      October 20, 2010 at 12:53 am | #

      Sal Willis? You mean Walters right?

      • David
        David M Willis
        October 20, 2010 at 12:55 am | #

        You mean Sal Walkerton!

      • Sharktibolt
        Sharktibolt
        October 20, 2010 at 1:13 am | #

        I think there’s just a missing comma in there:

        If its Sal, Willis has to come back and change that sound effect for ‘SAL’D!’ instead of ‘BAM!’

        • Undrave
          Undrave
          October 20, 2010 at 5:08 am | #

          Yup, that’s just a silly typo. If it’s Sal, Willis had to come and change the sound effect for ‘SAL’D!’

  22. blue_j
    blue_j
    October 20, 2010 at 12:58 am | #

    My money is on Robo-Vac

    • blue_j
      blue_j
      October 20, 2010 at 1:21 am | #

      Wait, no.. crap.
      Robo-vac does not have feet.

      • Shift
        Shift
        October 20, 2010 at 4:03 am | #

        Maybe he will in this universe

  23. Lone Wolf
    Lone Wolf
    October 20, 2010 at 1:07 am | #

    Regardless of who it is, I now have the Blanks’ cover of the Underdog theme stuck in my head. Which is awesome, so this comic gets my approval.

    Youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHyVN14v7FM

    • Malph
      Malph
      October 20, 2010 at 1:52 am | #

      Damn it! Now it’s in my head, and I didn’t even click the link!

  24. Matt
    Matt
    October 20, 2010 at 1:36 am | #

    This use of flying sidekicks proves more than ever that Lawsome must return, David Willis.

    • beeftony
      beeftony
      October 20, 2010 at 2:30 am | #

      That’s not a side kick.

      It’s Sal from above.

  25. Malph
    Malph
    October 20, 2010 at 1:51 am | #

    I’m just going to go out on a limb and say it’s NOT Sal, but Willis wants us to think it is so the reveal will blow our minds.

    Now I will guess either Ninja Rick or Amber.

    • beeftony
      beeftony
      October 20, 2010 at 2:31 am | #

      Or he wants us to speculate that it isn’t so when it turns out to actually be Sal it’ll be a DOUBLE TWIST.

      Have I blown your mind yet?

      • No0ne
        No0ne
        October 20, 2010 at 10:12 pm | #

        Cant do that, I dont have one…

  26. LazerWulf
    LazerWulf
    October 20, 2010 at 2:52 am | #

    Can I really be the first one to say it?

    Boot to the Head!

  27. Malchior1134
    Malchior1134
    October 20, 2010 at 3:09 am | #

    You know what, the roundness of the head makes me think of Head alien, and the boots also resemble those of the Head alien. Granted, the leg is somewhat long and the helmet isn’t purple enough. Still…

  28. Davecom3
    Davecom3
    October 20, 2010 at 3:18 am | #

    It’s Spidercar!

    • Transypoo
      Transypoo
      October 20, 2010 at 3:36 am | #

      Could be a Spidercar clone from the Spidercar clone saga!

      • Shift
        Shift
        October 20, 2010 at 3:58 am | #

        Oh god, please no. It took us three decades just to get that stuff sorted out, when the Scarlet-Spider-Car was turned into scrap heap by their foe, the Green Go-Go Gadgetmobile.

        • Zakrael
          Zakrael
          October 20, 2010 at 6:07 am | #

          In all that mess, I still don’t know what happened to the Blue Spidercar. You know, the one from the alternate Earth? He just seemed to disappear one day, with no-one saying anything.

          • Shift
            Shift
            October 20, 2010 at 8:12 am | #

            Didn’t that get retconed out along during the “One More Tune-up” storyline along Satan removing his marriage with Spider-Car’s wife. You know, that red convertible?

            Or was did it happen around the time he revealed his dual life as a toy store worker during the Civil War between Shortpacked and Joyce and Walky and David Willis?

            • Izzy
              Izzy
              July 19, 2011 at 8:47 pm | #

              I dislike you people so much right now….and still am having a hard time not laughing

  29. Aesir
    Aesir
    October 20, 2010 at 3:38 am | #

    Sal 😀

  30. Shift
    Shift
    October 20, 2010 at 4:03 am | #

    Wow, how cliche of a bully can you get? Calling him gay and then proceeding to beat him up for no real reason? It’s like Danny’s despair caused a time warp him in a film from the 1980’s. Next thing you know there’s gonna be a training montage to some weird techno-music. 🙂

    And my money is on Sal. That or Joyce is more kick-ass than any of us could have ever thought, resulting in an odd turn around of their original dynamic.

  31. McMoose
    McMoose
    October 20, 2010 at 4:20 am | #

    Starts with an “A”.

  32. Rowen Morland
    Rowen Morland
    October 20, 2010 at 7:06 am | #

    Sal,Sal,Sal, c’mon Sal.

    (I want it to be Sal) 😉

  33. Schornforce
    Schornforce
    October 20, 2010 at 7:23 am | #

    I don’t care who it is. I just want their first words to be ‘I’m Batman.’

    • Taekwondodo
      Taekwondodo
      October 20, 2010 at 9:39 am | #

      Seconded!

    • mpark6288
      mpark6288
      October 20, 2010 at 10:52 am | #

      Heck yes.

  34. ziggy78eog
    ziggy78eog
    October 20, 2010 at 9:16 am | #

    So, does that foot belong to Sal, or Ruth?

  35. Zudarkness
    Zudarkness
    October 20, 2010 at 9:46 am | #

    Maybe it’s amanzing girl

    • Sabin
      Sabin
      October 20, 2010 at 10:59 am | #

      No, it’s clearly Sal, since that’s who everyone thinks it is.
      It’s always who people think it is.
      Boot makes me think Amazi-girl, though.
      Except that it’s always what everyone else says. So, even if he was thinking Amazi-Girl, it’s gonna be Sal now, because Willis gives in to pressure. Every time.

      • A random reader
        A random reader
        October 20, 2010 at 10:06 pm | #

        True enough. I can still hope for someone else though.

  36. Reznik
    Reznik
    October 20, 2010 at 10:25 am | #

    It’s indeed Sal, he’s just in her nun head wear, which is why it’s so smooth and single entity looking. Also, the different color tint.

    • Joebo
      Joebo
      October 20, 2010 at 1:48 pm | #

      he?

  37. Animal
    Animal
    October 20, 2010 at 10:37 am | #

    If I know David Willis, this mysterious person will be nothing and no one anyone expected.

    Speculation is futile.

  38. quartz
    quartz
    October 20, 2010 at 10:57 am | #

    C’mon, it’s clearly Amazigirl

  39. Ses
    Ses
    October 20, 2010 at 1:04 pm | #

    Salvador!

  40. Cha
    Cha
    October 20, 2010 at 1:13 pm | #

    Sal? Right? Is it Sal? =D?

  41. Heather
    Heather
    October 20, 2010 at 2:00 pm | #

    This… is probably Sal.

    (Though who knows? We’d better be ready to type ‘Damn you Willis’ otherwise.)

    • Joebo
      Joebo
      October 20, 2010 at 11:02 pm | #

      Already have it on my clipboard.

  42. MightyPinto
    MightyPinto
    October 20, 2010 at 2:33 pm | #

    I’d say, in a surprising turn of events, that it will be Ruth.

  43. Shift
    Shift
    October 20, 2010 at 4:43 pm | #

    It Ethan! In this universe his mother never bought him Transformers, she bought him Batman. And now his obsessive compulsive behavior had driven him to become “Bat-Ethan!”

    …Well it could happen… maybe… 😛

    • Enkai
      Enkai
      October 20, 2010 at 5:11 pm | #

      That brings up an interesting thought for if/when Ethan is finally introduced. The cast members are now all children of the 90’s for the most part–will they still be as obsessed with 80’s series?

      Or will it be something like http://www.shortpacked.com/2007/comic/book-5/06-flashbacked/thefirstmovie/ ?

      • Shift
        Shift
        October 20, 2010 at 6:21 pm | #

        Hehe… He’s going to be a hardcore Power Rangers fan, isn’t he?

  44. Dahlia
    Dahlia
    October 20, 2010 at 5:53 pm | #

    For the love of God and all that is holy PLEASE LET THIS BE SAL.

  45. Rali
    Rali
    October 20, 2010 at 8:34 pm | #

    I’m going to say it’s Leslie.

    Because no one else guessed it. 😀

  46. Sporkaganza
    Sporkaganza
    October 20, 2010 at 8:59 pm | #

    If it is not Sal I will be SOMEWHAT DISAPPOINTED.

  47. No0ne
    No0ne
    October 20, 2010 at 10:15 pm | #

    Is that a bruise on his cheek or did the football player smear his make-up?

  48. Dudefella
    Dudefella
    October 20, 2010 at 10:38 pm | #

    Yeah, you don’t really have roving bands of jocks attacking lone nerds in college. By that age, people learn about “Assault by Mob,” “Police Report,” and “Jail.” =P

  49. JJ
    JJ
    October 20, 2010 at 11:23 pm | #

    Gotta be Amber, right?

  50. Mad Mike
    Mad Mike
    October 20, 2010 at 11:41 pm | #

    C’mon, its totally Amazi-Girl!

  51. NickD
    NickD
    October 21, 2010 at 1:10 am | #

    I’ve attended about 4 colleges, and I’m with the “people usually don’t get beat up anymore” camp, though there does seem to be an exception for actual openly gay men in some parts of the country, or if you’d include “date rape” as a subcategory of “beat up.” But as someone pointed out yesterday, the frosh athletes often take a week or two before they get called juvenile enough times and/or get enough taps on the back of the head (both by the older athletes), but given that Beef SHOULD share Walky’s birthday without baby-switching in this continuity, most likely these athletes are first day frosh too.

    • No0ne
      No0ne
      October 21, 2010 at 1:38 am | #

      Have to point out almost none of the characters seem to share birthdays with the original counter parts.

      Exceptions are there of course

  52. Al the Mighty
    Al the Mighty
    January 20, 2011 at 5:37 pm | #

    Well, No one beats no one in my college. Must be because due to the focus of that specific college, everybody is in some degree a nerd. I am the big and tall kind of nerd, so if I am not bullying someone in my college, no one is, I suppose…

  53. nothri
    nothri
    November 6, 2014 at 6:48 pm | #

    BOOT TO THE HEAD!!

  54. Kilo
    Kilo
    July 26, 2015 at 10:36 am | #

    Coming in entirely blind – apart from a couple of facts about characters, though I don’t know which facts are about which characters – I’m not quite convinced that’s not Ruth to the rescue. Though I admit the hair looks different, and it doesn’t quite feel like her correct motivation.

  55. Mousa The 14
    Mousa The 14
    March 31, 2016 at 10:17 am | #

    Sal, I presume. Punching her way through life as always.

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