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by David M Willis on April 13, 2011 at 12:01 am
  • 04 - The Bechdel Test

└ Tags: amber, ethan, mike

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    April 13, 2011 at 12:02 am | #

    DAMN IT

    SEE HOW ANGRY THAT BIRD IS NOW

    lololololol

    • DarkVeghetta
      DarkVeghetta
      June 19, 2015 at 9:09 pm | #

      I see what you did there.

  2. The Unflappable Frogboy
    The Unflappable Frogboy
    April 13, 2011 at 12:02 am | #

    But the birds! What about the birds?!

    • R
      R
      April 13, 2011 at 12:26 am | #

      The birds and the bees. :-p

      • Jayzor
        Jayzor
        April 13, 2011 at 3:53 am | #

        The birds and the gay bees. ;o

    • Random new reader
      Random new reader
      April 14, 2011 at 4:33 am | #

      I think some pigs annoyed them.

  3. Vivvav
    Vivvav
    April 13, 2011 at 12:03 am | #

    So they’ve slept together in this reality, too?
    That’s a pretty sweet universal constant.

    • calendarman27
      calendarman27
      April 13, 2011 at 12:22 am | #

      Yeah, it’s good to see some things never change, like their doing of the tainted tango, or mike’s assholery, or Walky’s….Walkyness

    • A random reader
      A random reader
      April 13, 2011 at 9:38 pm | #

      Words cannot explain how happy their relations make me.

  4. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    April 13, 2011 at 12:03 am | #

    Ah, so they still have done the dirty dance as part of their back stories?

  5. MacaroniPterodactyl
    MacaroniPterodactyl
    April 13, 2011 at 12:04 am | #

    I think I like this Mike a little more. He’s less overtly violent and more subtly damaging. He’s really good at getting under people’s skin.

    • calendarman27
      calendarman27
      April 13, 2011 at 12:18 am | #

      He got under your mom’s skin, for a nickel

      • Bickendan
        Bickendan
        April 13, 2011 at 12:28 am | #

        He paid too much.

    • David Herbert
      David Herbert
      April 13, 2011 at 12:23 am | #

      But the violence is still there.

    • TPmanW
      TPmanW
      April 13, 2011 at 12:59 am | #

      Guess a more realistic setting limits his options. Probably doesn’t hurt that he doesn’t have superhuman capabilities too. It’s easier to pick on people when you have the muscle to back it up.

      • calendarman27
        calendarman27
        April 13, 2011 at 1:23 am | #

        Mike might not have abductee powers in this universe, but he still has the super powerful ability to be an asshole

      • 1Samildanach
        1Samildanach
        April 13, 2011 at 7:07 am | #

        Did being surrounded by people of equal -or greater- physical prowess ever slow abductee Mike down?

    • Bekah
      Bekah
      April 13, 2011 at 3:27 am | #

      I dunno, Mike is pretty masterful with his subtle barbs in the other universe too.

  6. ilvos01
    ilvos01
    April 13, 2011 at 12:06 am | #

    BWAHAHA
    I want that kind of Prom.

    • calendarman27
      calendarman27
      April 13, 2011 at 1:17 am | #

      nothing says high school memories than bitter recriminations and awkward pauses…not for me anyway

  7. Ragnal
    Ragnal
    April 13, 2011 at 12:09 am | #

    I wonder. If the two universes met up, how surprised would their counterparts be at how similar their worlds seem?

    • Ridureyu
      Ridureyu
      April 13, 2011 at 12:11 am | #

      Mike wouldn’t be surprised. He’s jsut join other-Mike in killing everybody.

      After sleeping with their moms.

      • Ridureyu
        Ridureyu
        April 13, 2011 at 12:12 am | #

        See, people think I don’t have an avatar, or my avatar glitched into that square you see.

        They’re wrong.

        I have an avatar. It’s a picture of Mike’s soul.

        • Doctor_Who
          Doctor_Who
          April 13, 2011 at 12:21 am | #

          No way, it’s far too big.

          • Ridureyu
            Ridureyu
            April 13, 2011 at 12:31 am | #

            You can’t see its real size. The darkness fills all available space.

      • Joebo
        Joebo
        April 13, 2011 at 12:45 am | #

        I don’t know, I’d imagine more of a Hylander style fight scene.

        THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE!

        • dchorror
          dchorror
          April 13, 2011 at 9:21 am | #

          Made me think of The One, that Jet Li movie. A fight amongst Mike’s across the multiverse until there is only one.

    • calendarman27
      calendarman27
      April 13, 2011 at 1:16 am | #

      The two Walkys would go get some mcnuggets, the two Joyces might go catatonic ‘cuz there’s no alternate universes in the bible, and the two Joes would team up and start joeing everything with a pulse.

      • Kavonde
        Kavonde
        April 13, 2011 at 4:02 am | #

        Nahhh, Walkyverse Joyce would try to get DoA-Joyce to lighten up, and DoA-Joyce would pull a gun and blow her brains out.

        • Gabe
          Gabe
          April 13, 2011 at 12:45 pm | #

          Pretty much. I bet the DoA Joyce would even …. wipe her mind!… if she could.

          • Sporkaganza
            Sporkaganza
            April 13, 2011 at 6:38 pm | #

            i see what you did there

  8. Ridureyu
    Ridureyu
    April 13, 2011 at 12:09 am | #

    DAMN YOU, WILLIS!

    oh wait, this isn’t a weekend, so we’ll see the story soon. hah.

    • NF
      NF
      April 13, 2011 at 12:30 am | #

      And watch as Willis does not bring this up again for months.

      • Ridureyu
        Ridureyu
        April 13, 2011 at 12:40 am | #

        Then I can repost my comment!

  9. arjay2813
    arjay2813
    April 13, 2011 at 12:09 am | #

    mike makes prom unforgettable

  10. mnk
    mnk
    April 13, 2011 at 12:09 am | #

    You can only play Angry Birds by holding the iPhone/iTouch/whatever horizontally. Amber is holding hers vertically.

    I’M SORRY I HAD TO POINT IT OUT I COULDN’T STOP MYSELF

    • ProtonCon
      ProtonCon
      April 13, 2011 at 12:15 am | #

      Expert Mode

    • Malph
      Malph
      April 13, 2011 at 2:23 am | #

      Like cats, gamers like to make their games interesting.

      I know this because I’ve seen both go out of their way to make otherwise simple tasks complicated (however, the cat’s thought process made more sense).

    • Shawn
      Shawn
      April 13, 2011 at 3:04 pm | #

      I thought she might have meant twitter… but that’s too social ;P

  11. The Sound Defense
    The Sound Defense
    April 13, 2011 at 12:10 am | #

    So wait, did Amber sleep with Mike, or Ethan? I think Mike.

    • calendarman27
      calendarman27
      April 13, 2011 at 12:14 am | #

      Why can’t it be both?

    • Eric Burns-White
      Eric Burns-White
      April 13, 2011 at 12:14 am | #

      I think the point is “both. At once. For a nickel.”

      • The Unflappable Frogboy
        The Unflappable Frogboy
        April 13, 2011 at 12:16 am | #

        It was an extremely awkward prom.

      • dchorror
        dchorror
        April 13, 2011 at 9:23 am | #

        But…she was saying he didn’t know. How could she slept with Ethan without him knowing?

        • Pat
          Pat
          April 13, 2011 at 10:50 am | #

          He didn’t yet know that he was gay before that.

          I think.

        • Shawn
          Shawn
          April 13, 2011 at 3:07 pm | #

          I read it as she slept with Mike, and Ethan didn’t know. Mike wasn’t supposed to tell yet.

          If she slept with Ethan, and Mike wasn’t supposed to know, that would mean Ethan told, and I think his reaction would be stronger in the last panel.

        • Rognik
          Rognik
          April 13, 2011 at 3:25 pm | #

          He was asleep for it?

    • knowwonattawl
      knowwonattawl
      April 13, 2011 at 12:19 am | #

      I’m getting the impression that Ethan slept with Amber while thinking of Mike…

    • Baf
      Baf
      April 13, 2011 at 12:20 am | #

      It had to be Ethan because Mike was busy with your mom that night.

    • Ridureyu
      Ridureyu
      April 13, 2011 at 12:41 am | #

      Everybody at once.

      Prom was kinda like Granfaloon/Legion from Castlevania.

      • SB
        SB
        April 13, 2011 at 8:21 am | #

        That… That made my day. Here’s a nickel, go buy someone’s mom.

  12. Plan D
    Plan D
    April 13, 2011 at 12:21 am | #

    I like DoA Mike even better than Original Recipe. He reminds me of the people I hang out with.

  13. MM
    MM
    April 13, 2011 at 12:22 am | #

    So, did they both wake up next to Mike in this reality, too?

  14. luke
    luke
    April 13, 2011 at 12:24 am | #

    None of them have given off the impression of being in a relationship though (atleast to me). Maybe a now-defunct relationship, or Mike is a voyeur, and Amber keeps secrets.

    • Cha
      Cha
      April 13, 2011 at 12:41 am | #

      Or the three enjoy a “friends with benefits” relationship.
      Is it sad I really hope this is the case? I just like those relationships in fiction a ridiculous amount.

  15. calendarman27
    calendarman27
    April 13, 2011 at 12:24 am | #

    Mike Warner, bringer of uncomfortable truths, doer of moms everywhere! kneel before his mighty powers of assholery!

    • milk experiment
      milk experiment
      April 13, 2011 at 1:10 pm | #

      Your mom kneeled before Mike for a nickel.

      (Sorry, I couldn’t help myself.)

      • calendarman27
        calendarman27
        April 13, 2011 at 3:32 pm | #

        well played my friend, well played, hoisted with my own petard

        • Izzy
          Izzy
          November 25, 2011 at 12:27 am | #

          Mike has your mom hoist his petard for a nickel every night…yeah for 7 month old comments!

  16. tmoney
    tmoney
    April 13, 2011 at 12:37 am | #

    ah this is more like it. yesterdays mike was far too civil

    • JesseJanitect
      JesseJanitect
      April 13, 2011 at 4:47 pm | #

      I think DoA Amber and Ethan have thicker skin than SP! Amber and Ethan, DoA Mike is occasionally civil because a crucial element of assholery is timing: give them enough time to get up so you can knock them down again. (but nut them while they’re down first.)

  17. Locke
    Locke
    April 13, 2011 at 12:39 am | #

    Roofies? More like “floories”.

  18. Cha
    Cha
    April 13, 2011 at 12:42 am | #

    Oh, the joys of prom…

  19. Dahlia
    Dahlia
    April 13, 2011 at 12:58 am | #

    Poor Amber… D: I can see why she likes Ethan, but… >///>;; If hes gay, hes gay, there’s really nothing anyone can do about it… (or should, for that matter s: )

  20. calendarman27
    calendarman27
    April 13, 2011 at 1:20 am | #

    You know, i just noticed that my college semester is on the way out, but theirs is just getting started, i don’t think they’ve made it past wednesday have they? THOSE POOR BASTARDS!

    • KVogue
      KVogue
      April 13, 2011 at 1:27 am | #

      I know right? By the time my first year of college is done they won’t have even finished they’re first week. It’s going to be a long four years…

  21. Shift
    Shift
    April 13, 2011 at 1:23 am | #

    So did the three of them grow up together in this universe? And at what point exactly did Ethan come out as gay? Immediately after prom in the hotel room or at a later point?

    • calendarman27
      calendarman27
      April 13, 2011 at 1:25 am | #

      He might not be gay in this universe for all we know

      • KVogue
        KVogue
        April 13, 2011 at 1:27 am | #

        I’m pretty sure it was stated somewhere that Ethan came out sometime in High School.

      • Malph
        Malph
        April 13, 2011 at 2:28 am | #

        Willis said he came out in High School.

        • Tev
          Tev
          April 14, 2011 at 10:21 am | #

          Willis came out in high school?

      • Shift
        Shift
        April 13, 2011 at 2:36 am | #

        Ummm… yeah, actually we do know he’s gay, Calenderman. His character bio states explicitly that he’s gay. Furthermore, what Amber was shout about “he didn’t know yet” is an obvious reference to the fact he was gay but that he hadn’t realized it at the time of Prom.

        • calendarman27
          calendarman27
          April 13, 2011 at 3:14 am | #

          oh, well my bad

        • Random832
          Random832
          April 13, 2011 at 9:13 am | #

          I thought it was that Amber had slept with Mike, and had not told Ethan [which is a big deal because… well, because Mike].

        • Energetic Jen
          Energetic Jen
          April 13, 2011 at 10:17 am | #

          This comic always makes so much more sense to a noob like me after I’ve read the comments. Also, with his penis?

  22. Kater
    Kater
    April 13, 2011 at 7:32 am | #

    heh heh heh

  23. Kelsey
    Kelsey
    April 13, 2011 at 7:50 am | #

    Ah, classic Mike.

  24. ziggy78eog
    ziggy78eog
    April 13, 2011 at 9:09 am | #

    I am so going to need to hear the rest of this story.

    • dchorror
      dchorror
      April 13, 2011 at 9:26 am | #

      The most awkward 30 seconds of their lives followed by Mike attempting to give her a dime while she ignored him for Angry Birds.

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      April 13, 2011 at 10:57 am | #

      Amber and Ethan went to prom. And shortly thereafter had sex in a hotel room. And a short while after *that* (after prom, before high school graduation) Ethan came out as gay. Mike is implying that while Amber was doing her best, Ethan was thinking of England (specifically those manly men in the tall fuzzy hats).

      • ADHadh
        ADHadh
        April 13, 2011 at 11:04 am | #

        Alright, that one deserves an internet. Never thought of “think of England” like that.

  25. Pinnelipe
    Pinnelipe
    April 13, 2011 at 11:16 am | #

    Isn’t prom normally pretty towards the end of highschool? If so, seems as if Ethan would have had less time to come out of the closet about it than I would have thought, if she indeed slept with Ethan. As is, I was thinking more it meant she had slept with Mike in high school…could also be that Ethan was drugged, drunk, or something else that would make him forget the act he was in, but I sort of doubt they did the monster mash, both consensually.

    • dchorror
      dchorror
      April 13, 2011 at 11:22 am | #

      But how would Mike know?

    • Nanslice
      Nanslice
      April 13, 2011 at 2:36 pm | #

      Obviously I don’t know how their fictional high school worked, but my real world high school hosted two proms annually: one for juniors, and one for seniors. So while it might’ve been toward the end of the school year for them, it might not’ve been toward the end of school.

      • Pinnelipe
        Pinnelipe
        April 13, 2011 at 7:33 pm | #

        With further reading after much more awakeness, I realize it’s definitely Ethan she slept with, buuuut..

        Regarding the proms, I know my school had something called a semi-formal which sounds like the equivalent of your earlier prom. It wasn’t as big as prom here, though, and wasn’t ever called it. But, my high school may not be the norm, and they may have been in a place they always called it prom. We were a pretty small and poor public school.

  26. tom
    tom
    April 13, 2011 at 1:26 pm | #

    It seems that Amber knew, and didn’t mind that Ethan didn’t know. Note that she can’t bring herself to say “we didn’t know”.

    In truth, Mike is the champion of good in the world. He’s a paladin in the DND sense. He wields any weapon he can to strike at the evil in the world. Amber took advantage of Ethan’s ignorance, and Mike’s punishing her for it here.

  27. Zakrael
    Zakrael
    April 13, 2011 at 1:31 pm | #

    I am beginning to love DoA Mike. He just sits there in the background looking sullen for a while and then BAM. Destroys your life with one sentence.

    • Doom Shepherd
      Doom Shepherd
      April 13, 2011 at 2:31 pm | #

      It’s the perfect life.

  28. TheRealAllPurposeGuru
    TheRealAllPurposeGuru
    April 13, 2011 at 3:08 pm | #

    Nonono. This is parallel to Amber and Ethan doing the horizontal hoedown in Shortpacked. Ethan didn’t know he was gay yet– like in Shortpacked– but was distracted during the act.

    This is why when Amber retorts that Ethan tries to do two things at once, Mike mentions Ethan did this during their lovemaking, and Amber justifies this by saying “he didn’t know yet.”

  29. gerardo
    gerardo
    April 13, 2011 at 4:00 pm | #

    You know mike is more friendly because in this reality he didnt saw Dina die before his eyes… oh crap, now is when the flame wars begin right?

    • Lokitsu
      Lokitsu
      April 13, 2011 at 5:26 pm | #

      No flames, but Mike was pretty much the same asshole before Dina died. The lack of repeated alien examinations probably improved his attitude though.

      • gerardo
        gerardo
        April 14, 2011 at 2:04 pm | #

        I`ve only seen mike show any emotion two times, when Dina hug him and when Dina died, and when Amber punched him (but I dont remember well). And you know that Mike got into the super happy team, etc.
        And he insulted a Martian while that thing was tentacle raping him, thats an improvement

    • Aydr
      Aydr
      April 14, 2011 at 2:07 pm | #

      It’s gonna be really awful when somehow she manages to blow up in front of him on the other side of a window in this universe too.

  30. HMRC4EVR
    HMRC4EVR
    April 13, 2011 at 11:43 pm | #

    My entire high school time is best left forgotten as it was a horrific mix of terror and sadness.

    Mike would have probably loved it.

    Went stag my junior year Prom, had my date called a harlot by half the girls at my senior year just because I had an actual date and they couldn’t believe it.

    Ah, the memories.

  31. Magnus369
    Magnus369
    September 28, 2011 at 9:46 pm | #

    From the way she says it, it makes one wonder… Does she turn Ethan gay in every universe? Instant Gay, Just Add Amber!

    • Maycroft
      Maycroft
      January 18, 2012 at 11:54 pm | #

      We really need a thumbs up button for comments like yours!

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